most famous landmarks around the world

The Statue of Liberty in New York USA
 1. The statue is situated in Upper New York Bay on Liberty Island south of Ellis Island, which together comprise the Statue of Liberty National Monument. Both islands were ceded by New York to the federal government in 1800. .....
The Eiffel Tower in Paris France
 2. The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It was named after the engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. .....
St Basils Cathedral in Moscow Russia
 3. The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, commonly known as Saint Basil s Cathedral, is a church in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. .....
Blue Domed Church in Santorini Greece
 4. Santorini Oia Oia church with cupola painted blue and white washed walls the town have a complex of white washed blue domed churches and charming. .....
The Great Sphinx at Giza Egipt
 5. The Great Sphinx of Giza is the largest, the oldest and probably the most famous monumental statues in the world and an iconic symbol of Ancient Egypt. .....
The Pyramids of Giza in Egypt
 6. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. .....
The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen Denmark
 7. The Little Mermaid is a bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen, depicting a mermaid. The sculpture is displayed on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is 1.25 metres tall and weighs 175 kilograms. .....
Neptune and the Palace of Versailles in France
 8. The Palace of Versailles or simply Versailles, is a royal ch .....
Windmills at Kinderdijk Holland
 9. The windmills at Kinderdijk are a group of 19 monumental windmills in the Alblasserwaard polder, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. .....
The Great Chinese Wall in China
 10. The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups. .....
The Taj Mahal in Agra India
 11. The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located on the southern bank of Yamuna River in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favorite wife of three, Mumtaz Mahal. .....
Machu Picchu in Peru
 12. Machu Picchu is an Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains in Peru, above the Urubamba River valley. Built in the 15th century and later abandoned, it s renowned for its sophisticated dry-stone walls that fuse huge blocks without the use of mortar, intriguing buildings that play on astronomical alignments, and panoramic views. Its exact former use remains a mystery. .....
Big Ben in London
 13. Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower. .....
The Burj al Arab Hotel in Dubai
 14. Luxury all-suite hotel on the Dubai coastline. Suits details with photos, dining, activities, and recreation facilities, services, special offers, and useful links. .....
Tower of Pisa Italy
 15. The Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply the Tower of Pisa is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa, known worldwide for its unintended tilt to one side. .....
Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro
 16. Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by the Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with the French engineer Albert Caquot. .....
Lascaux in France
 17. Lascaux is the setting of a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings. The original caves are located near the village of Montignac, in the department of Dordogne. .....
Mecca in Saudi Arabia
 18. Mecca also transliterated as Makkah, is a city in the Hejaz in Saudi Arabia. It is the capital of that kingdom s Makkah Region. The city is located 70 km inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of 277 m above sea level. .....
Loch Ness in Scotland
 19. Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately 23 miles southwest of Inverness. Its surface is 52 ft above sea level. .....
Mont St Michel in France
 20. Le Mont-Saint-Michel is an island commune in Normandy, France. It is located approximately one kilometre off the country s northwestern coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches. .....
Bran Castle in Transylvania Romania
 21. Bran Castle, situated near Bran and in the immediate vicinity of Bra?ov, is a national monument and landmark in Romania. The fortress is situated on the border between Transylvania and Wallachia, on DN73. .....
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul Turkey
 22. Hagia Sophia is a former Christian patriarchal basilica, later an imperial mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. .....
Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Germany
 23. The Brandenburg Gate is an 18th-century neoclassical triumphal arch in Berlin, and one of the best-known landmarks of Germany. .....
Acropolis of Athens Greece
 24. The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a high rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon. .....
Sagrada Familia in Barcelona Spain
 25. The Bas .....
Uluru in the Northern Territory Australia
 26. Uluru also known as Ayers Rock and rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia. .....
Neuschwanstein in Bavaria
 27. Neuschwanstein Castle is a nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near F .....
Mount Fuji in Japan
 28. Mount Fuji, located on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m. An active stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707 .....
Stonehenge in the English county of Wiltshire
 29. Stonehenge, prehistoric stone circle monument, cemetery, and archaeological site located on Salisbury Plain, about 8 miles (13 km) north ofSalisbury, Wiltshire, England. It was built in six stages between 3000 and 1520 bce, during the transition from the Neolithic Period (New Stone Age) to the Bronze Age. .....
Mount Eden crater in New Zealand
 30. Mount Eden is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand whose name honours George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland. It is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the Central Business District (CBD). Mt Eden Road winds its way around the side of Mount Eden Domain and continues to weave back and forth as it descends into the valley; it runs south from Eden Terrace to Three Kings. Mt Eden village centre is located roughly between Valley Road and Grange Road. The domain is .....
Easter Island in the Polynesian Triangle Pacific Ocean
 31. Easter Island is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle. Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park. .....
Capitol Hill in Washington DC
 32. Capitol Hill, aside from being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C., stretching easterly in front of the United States Capitol along wide avenues. .....
Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
 33. Al-Aqsa Mosque, also known as Al-Aqsa and Bayt al-Muqaddas, is the third holiest site in Islam and is located in the Old City of Jerusalem. .....
Niagara Falls at the border of Ontario Canada and New York USA
 34. Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States; more specifically, between the province of Ontario and the state of New York. They form the southern end of the Niagara Gorge. From largest to smallest, the three waterfalls are the Horseshoe Falls, the American Falls and the Bridal Veil Falls. The Horseshoe Falls lie mostly on the Canadian side and the American F .....
Angkor Wat at Cambodia
 35. Angkor Wat is a temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world. It was originally founded as a Hindu capital for the Khmer Empire, gradually transforming into a Buddhist temple toward the end of the 12th century. It was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century in Ya?odharapura the capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state temple and eventual mausoleum. Breaking from the Shaiva tradition of previ .....
Manneken Pis in Brussels
 36. Manneken Pis is a landmark small bronze sculpture in Brussels, depicting a naked little boy urinating into a fountain s basin. It was designed by Hi .....
Mount Everest on the border of Tibet and Nepal
 37. Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarm?th? and in Tibet as Chomolungma, is Earth s highest mountain. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. Its peak is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level and is the 5th furthest summit from the center of Earth.The international border between China and Nepal runs across the precise summit point. Its massif includes neighboring peaks Lhotse, 8,516 m (27,940 ft); Nuptse, 7,855 m (25,77 .....
St Peters Cathedral at Vatican City
 38. The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican, or simply St. Peter s Basilica is a Late Renaissance church located within Vatican City. Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter s is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and remains one of the two largest churches in the world.While it is neither the mother church of the Catholic Church nor the Catholic Roman Rite cathed .....
Mount Rushmore in South Dakota
 39. Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States. .....
Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe
 40. The Victoria Falls. ictoria Falls presents a spectacular sight of awe-inspiring beauty and grandeur on the Zambezi River, forming the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It was described by the Kololo tribe living in the area in the 1800 s as Mosi-oa-Tunya The Smoke that Thunders . .....
The Grand Canyon in Arizona
 41. Arizona s Grand Canyon is a natural formation distinguished by its layered bands of red rock and its vast scale, averaging 10 miles across and a mile deep along its 277-mile length. Much of the area is a national park. With sweeping vistas, it s a destination for hiking, mule rides, camping and aerial tours, plus white-water rafting on the Colorado River. .....
Nevado Mismi in Peru
 42. Mismi is a 5,597-metre mountain peak of volcanic origin located in the Ch ila mountain range in the Andes of Peru. .....
The Great Buddha of Kamakura in Japan
 43. The Great Buddha of Kamakura is a monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amit?bha T?dai-ji - temple in Nara, home to largest bronze Buddha statue in Japan. .....
Petra in Jordan
 44. Petra is a historical and archaeological city in the southern Jordanian governorate of Ma an that is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system. .....
Trevi Fountain in Rome Italy
 45. The Trevi Fountain is a fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Pietro Bracci. .....
Auschwitz in Poland
 46. Auschwitz concentration camp was a network of German Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II. .....
Cape of Good Hope in South Africa
 47. The Cape of Good Hope; looking towards the west, from the coastal cliffs above is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. .....
North Cape in Norway
 48. North Cape is a cape on the northern coast of the island of Mager .....
Chichen Itza in Mexico
 49. Chichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic period. The archaeological site is located in Tinum Municipality, Yucat .....
Inukshuk in Canada
 50. An inuksuk is a man-made stone landmark or cairn used by the Inuit, Inupiat, Kalaallit, Yupik, and other peoples of the Arctic region of North America. These structures are found from Alaska to Greenland. .....
Table Mountain in Cape Town South Africa
 51. Table Mountain is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa, and is featured in the Flag of Cape Town and other local government insignia. .....
Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco California
 52. The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait, the mile-wide, three-mile-long channel between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. .....
Sydney Opera House in Australia
 53. The Sydney Opera House is Australia s most recognisable building and is an icon ofAustralia s creative and technical achievement. Since its completion in 1973. .....
Parc Guell in Barcelona Spain
 54. The Park G .....
Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
 55. Mount Kilimanjaro with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira, is a dormant volcanic mountain in Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain in the world at 5,895 metres (19,341 ft) above sea level. .....
Forbidden City in Beijing
 56. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty .....
Iguazu Falls on the border of Brazil and Argentina
 57. Iguazu Falls, Iguaz .....
The Colosseum in Rome Italy
 58. The Colosseum or Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Built of concrete and stone it is the largest amphitheatre ever built and is considered one of the greatest works of architecture and engineering. .....
Twyfelfontein in Namibia
 59. Twyfelfontein is a site of ancient rock engravings in the Kunene Region of north-western Namibia. It consists of a spring in a valley flanked by the slopes of a sandstone table mountain that receives very little rainfall and has a wide range of diurnal temperatures. The site has been inhabited for 6,000 years, first by hunter-gatherers and later by Khoikhoi herders. Both ethnic groups used it as a place of worship and a site to conduct shamanist .....
Tower Bridge in London
 60. Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England which crosses the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London and has become an iconic symbol of London. .....
The Blue Mosque in Istanbul
 61. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is a historic mosque in Istanbul. The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built from 1609 to 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Its K .....
The Sphinx in Bucegi Romania
 62. The Sphinx is a natural rock formation in the Bucegi Natural Park which is in the Bucegi Mountains of Romania. It is located at an altitude of 2,216 metres, a 10-minute walk from the Babele. .....
Millau Bridge in France
 63. The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France. .....
Luxor Temple in Egypt
 64. Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor and was founded in 1400 BCE. Known in the Egyptian language as ipet resyt, or the southern sanctuary . .....
Dom in Berlin
 65. With its wonderful tone colors, the historic Sauer organ plays a large role in the musical life of the Cathedral of Berlin. The instrument is heard twice daily during. .....
Faisal Mosque in Islamabad Pakistan
 66. The Faisal Mosque is the largest mosque in Pakistan, located in the national capital city of Islamabad. .....
Kremlin in Moscow
 67. The Moscow Kremlin, usually referred to as the Kremlin, is a fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River to the south, Saint Basil s Cathedral and Red Square to the east, and the Alexander Garden to the west. .....
The Empire State Building in New York
 68. The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on Fifth Avenue between West 33rd and 34th Streets. .....
Hermitage in Saint Petersburg
 69. The State Hermitage is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of the largest and oldest museums in the world, it was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has been open to the public since 1852. .....
Newgrange in Ireland
 70. Newgrange is a prehistoric monument in County Meath, Ireland, located about one kilometre north of the River Boyne. It was built during the Neolithic period around 3200 BC, making it older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids .....
Waterloo in Belgium
 71. Waterloo is a municipality in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium, which in 2011 had a population of 29,706 and an area of 21.03 km?. .....
Carnac in France
 72. Carnac is a commune beside the Gulf of Morbihan on the south coast of Brittany in the Morbihan department in north-western France. .....
Tilicho Lake in Nepal
 73. Tilicho lake is the lake situated in the highest altitude in the world. It is 4,919 m high in the Annapurna range of the Himalayas in Manang district of Nepal. .....
Temple of Besakih in Bali Indonesia
 74. The Mother Temple of Besakih, or Pura Besakih, in the village of Besakih on the slopes of Mount Agung in eastern Bali, Indonesia, is the most important, the largest and holiest temple of Hindu religion. .....
Pompeii in Italy
 75. Pompeii is a vast archaeological site in southern Italy s Campania region. Once a thriving and sophisticated Roman city, Pompeii was buried in meters of ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 C.E. Near the coast of the Bay of Naples, the site features excavated ruins that visitors can freely explore. .....
The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem
 76. The Western Wall, Wailing Wall or Kotel is located in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is a relatively small western segment of the walls surrounding the area called the Temple Mount by Jews, Christians. .....
Konark Sun Temple in India
 77. Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century Sun Temple, at Konark, in Odisha, India. It is believed that the temple was built by king Narasimhadeva I of Eastern Ganga Dynasty around AD 1250. .....
Abu Simbel in Egypt
 78. The Abu Simbel temples are two massive rock temples at Abu Simbel, a village in Nubia, southern Egypt, near the border with Sudan. They are situated on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 230 km southwest of Aswan. .....
Middle of the Earth in Ecuador
 79. The Ciudad Mitad del Mundo is a tract of land owned by the prefecture of the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. It is located at San Antonio parish of the canton of Quito, 26 km north of the center of Quito. .....
The Prophets Mosque in Medina
 80. Al-Masjid an-Nabaw?, also called the Prophet s Mosque, is a mosque established and originally built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, situated in the city of Medina in Saudi Arabia. .....
Jin Mao and SWFC in Shanghai
 81. Together, the Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai Tower and Jin Mao Tower form the world s first adjacent grouping of three supertall skyscrapers. .....
Sacre Coeur in Paris France
 82. The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacr .....
American Cemetery in Normandy
 83. The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War II cemetery and memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, that honours American troops who died in Europe during World War II. .....
Potala Palace in Llasa Tibet
 84. The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising. It is now a museum and World Heritage Site. .....
Skellig Michael near the coast of Ireland
 85. Skellig Michael or Great Skellig is an island (the larger of the two Skellig Islands) in the Atlantic Ocean, 11.6 km west of the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.A Christian monastery was founded on the island at some point between the 6th and 8th century, and was continuously occupied until its abandonment in the late 12th century. The remains of the monastery, along with most of the island itself, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site i .....
Angel Falls in Venezuela
 86. Angel Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela. It is the world s highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 m and a plunge of 807 m. .....
The Louvre in Paris France
 87. The Louvre or the Louvre Museum is one of the world s largest museums and a historic monument in Paris, France. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement. .....
Atomium in Brussels
 88. The Atomium is a building in Brussels originally constructed for Expo 58, the 1958 Brussels World s Fair. Designed by the engineer Andr .....
White Cliffs of Dover in Great Britain
 89. The White Cliffs of Dover are cliffs which form part of the English coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France. The cliffs are part of the North Downs formation. .....
Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan
 90. The Minaret of Jam is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in western Afghanistan. It is located in a remote and nearly inaccessible region of the Shahrak District, Ghor Province, next to the Hari River. .....
Golden Temple of Amritsar in India
 91. The Harmandir Sahib, also Darbar Sahib and informally referred to as the Golden Temple , is the holiest Sikh gurdwara located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India. The city was founded in 1574 by the fourth Sikh guru, Guru Ram Das .....
The Palace of Parliament in Bucharest Romania
 92. The Palace of the Parliament is the seat of the Parliament of Romania. Located on Spirii Hill in central Bucharest, the Palace is the world s largest civilian building with an administrative function .....
Rock of Gibraltar
 93. The Rock of Gibraltar is a monolithic limestone promontory located in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, off the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. It is 426 m high. .....
Lotus Temple in New Delhi India
 94. The Lotus Temple, located in New Delhi, India, is a Bah .....
Half Dome at Yosemite Valley in California
 95. Half Dome is a granite dome at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is possibly Yosemite s most familiar rock formation. .....
CN Tower in Canada
 96. The CN Tower is a 553.33 m-high concrete communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. .....
Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles
 97. The Hollywood Sign is a landmark and American cultural icon located in Los Angeles, California. It is situated on Mount Lee in the Hollywood Hills area of the Santa Monica Mountains. The sign overlooks Hollywood, Los Angeles. .....
Ephesus in Turkey
 98. Ephesus is discovered in Selcuk, Izmir in western Turkey. Kusadasi is 19 km. far away from Ephesus and Pamucak beach is 5 km far away from Ephesus. .....
Twelve Apostles in Australia
 99. The Twelve Apostles is a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. Their proximity to one another has made the site a popular tourist attraction. .....
Piazza San Marco in Venice Italy
 100. Piazza San Marco, is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as the Piazza . All other urban spaces in the city are called campi . .....
Vinson Massif in Antarctic
 101. Vinson Massif is a large mountain massif that is 21 km long and 13 km wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. .....
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