Sacred & ancient places

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• Skara BraeOrkney, Scotland

  Photograph: Ekrem Canli, CC BY-SA 4.0

• ChiloéLos Lagos

  Photograph: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

• Cueva de las ManosSanta Cruz

  Photograph: Pablo A. Gimenez from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Cueva de las Manos, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

• Paro TaktsangParo District, Bhutan

  Photograph: Arian Zwegers from Brussels, Belgium, Paro, Taktsang Goemba (Tiger's Nest), CC BY 2.0

• Cappadocia & DerinkuyuNevşehir Province, Türkiye

  Photograph: Aquinoxmedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

• MeteoraThessaly, Greece

  Photograph: Giles Laurent, CC BY-SA 4.0

• SG̱ang GwaayHaida Gwaii, British Columbia

  Photograph: Christine Rondeau, Gwaii Haanas National Park, CC BY 2.0, cropped

• The Hopewell Ceremonial EarthworksOhio

  Photograph: amanderson2 via Flickr, Seip Mound Hopewell Culture National Historic Park, CC BY 2.0, cropped

• TongariroCentral North Island

  Photograph: Follash, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

• Nan MadolPohnpei

  Photograph: Pkkj, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Machu PicchuCusco Region

  Photograph: Lunaloop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

• The Nazca LinesIca Region

  Photograph: Christian Haugen via Flickr, Nasca Lines - The monkey, CC BY 2.0

• MaltaSiġġiewi, Malta

  Photograph: Martin Furtschegger, Blick vom Marsamxett Harbour auf Valletta. - panoramio, CC BY 3.0, cropped

• Angkor WatSiem Reap, Cambodia

  Photograph: Alexey Komarov, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Mount FujiShizuoka and Yamanashi, Japan

  Photograph: Steven Lynn via Unsplash, Unsplash licence

• Vatican CityVatican City, enclaved in Rome, Italy

  Photograph: Fabio Fistarol via Unsplash, Unsplash licence, cropped

• Santiago de CompostelaGalicia, Spain

  Photograph: Fernando Pascullo, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Ephesusİzmir Province, Türkiye

  Photograph: Benh LIEU SONG, Ephesus Celsus Library Façade, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

• PatmosDodecanese, Greece

  Photograph: Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

• RegistanSamarkand, Uzbekistan

  Photograph: Kraftabbas, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

• Fushimi Inari TaishaFushimi Ward, Kyoto, Japan

  Photograph: Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0

• BorobudurMagelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia

  Photograph: Justine Hong, Borobudur Sunrise 2012-01-05, CC BY 2.0, cropped

• SigiriyaMatale District, Central Province, Sri Lanka

  Photograph: C.J. Hatton, CC BY-SA 4.0

• TaputapuāteaRaiatea, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia

  Photograph: Octave Fargier, CC BY 4.0, cropped

• Mont-Saint-MichelNormandy, France

  Photograph: Lynx1211, CC BY-SA 4.0

• StonehengeWiltshire, England

  Photograph: Ankit Sood via Unsplash, Unsplash licence

• Our Lady of the RocksPerast, Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

  Photograph: Jocelyn Erskine-Kellie, Church of Our Lady of the Rocks, CC BY 2.0

• Easter IslandIsla de Pascua Province, Valparaíso Region, Chile

  Photograph: Otávio Nogueira, Fabrica de Moais-13, CC BY 2.0, cropped

• HampiVijayanagara district, Karnataka, India

  Photograph: Arian Zwegers, Hampi, Vittala Temple, chariot, CC BY 2.0

• Great ZimbabweMasvingo Province, Zimbabwe

  Photograph: Andrew Moore, The Great Zimbabwe Hill Complex, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

• KharkhorinÖvörkhangai Province, Mongolia

  Photograph: François Philipp, Protecting Turtle, Erdene Zuu Monastery, CC BY 2.0

• The Missions of Trinidad and JesúsItapúa, Paraguay

  Photograph: Falk Arnhold (Falk2), CC BY-SA 4.0

• TsodiloNgamiland, North-West District, Botswana

  Photograph: Joachim Huber, Tsodilo Hills, Botswana, CC BY-SA 2.0

• L’Anse aux MeadowsGreat Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

  Photograph: Gordon Leggett, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

• Hvalsey ChurchKujalleq, south Greenland

  Photograph: jtstewart, Hvalsey Church 2014 04, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

• Mesa VerdeMontezuma County, Colorado, United States

  Photograph: National Park Service, Public domain

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