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  • The Complex of Goguryeo Tombs lies in North Korea. In July 2004, UNESCO ... The Complex of Goguryeo Tombs provides a rare glimpse into the national ...
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  • Jongmyo is a Confucian shrine dedicated to the memorial services in ... to ceremonies honoring departed Korean kings and queens, the excellent state ...
    6 KB (909 words) - 00:56, 4 August 2022
  • ) is the ruins of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty ... * List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia * Oracle bone ...
    11 KB (1,657 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
  • south of present day Luoyang in Henan province, China. The grottoes ... The construction of the Longmen Grottoes began in 493 C.E. and continued ...
    11 KB (1,501 words) - 02:38, 4 November 2022
  • The Lahore Fort, locally referred to as Shahi Qila citadel of the ... Shah Jahan made the improvements on Fort Lahore and built the Shalamar ...
    15 KB (2,177 words) - 10:57, 10 November 2023
  • The Minaret of Jam is located in the Shahrak District, Ghor Province ... , had been built entirely of baked-bricks. Robert Hillenbrand, Islamic ...
    10 KB (1,495 words) - 18:44, 9 November 2022
  • IPA: /luaŋ pʰabaːŋ/), a city located in north central Laos, is situated ... monasteries. Wat Xieng Thong temple built in the sixteenth century serves ...
    10 KB (1,520 words) - 04:17, 4 November 2022
  • ), located in Nepal, lies at the crossroads of ancient civilizations ... The valley has a history of human habitation dating to at least 300 ...
    11 KB (1,537 words) - 20:17, 28 February 2023
  • Changdeokgung (Changdeok Palace or Palace of Prospering Virtue) is ... Changdeokgung was the favored palace of many kings of the Joseon Dynasty ...
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  • Dambulla Cave Temple (also known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla ... east of Colombo and 72|km|mi north of Kandy. The largest and best-preserved ...
    13 KB (1,949 words) - 18:09, 24 January 2024
  • ) (also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas and Dunhuang Caves ... ) or the Dunhuang Caves. -->Construction of the Buddhist cave ...
    10 KB (1,518 words) - 19:28, 9 November 2022
  • The Tropical Rainforest of Sumatra, is situated in the middle of the ... * List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia * Southeast Asia ...
    15 KB (2,127 words) - 18:18, 2 May 2023
  • Wat Phou (Vat Phu) is a Khmer ruined temple complex in southern Laos ... from the Mekong river in Champassak province. Previously named Shrestapura ...
    11 KB (1,724 words) - 23:14, 3 May 2023
  • Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom, located in ... The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and the turning away from communism ...
    12 KB (1,765 words) - 19:34, 25 November 2023
  • Hampi (Kannada: ಹಂಪೆ, Hampe) refers to a village in northern ... Hampi, located within the ruins of Vijayanagara, served as the capital ...
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  • The Mountain Resort in Chengde (Chinese: 避暑山庄; pinyin: Bìshǔ ... Qing Dynasty's summer palace), situated in the city of Chengde in Hebei ...
    12 KB (1,789 words) - 14:51, 5 December 2023
  • Sanchi refers to a small village in India located 46 km north-east ... among them the Great Stupa containing relics of Buddha, a World Heritage Site ...
    10 KB (1,469 words) - 03:10, 23 December 2022
  • The City of Vigan is the capital city of the province of Ilocos Sur ... Vigan constitutes the best example of a Spanish colonial town in the ...
    13 KB (1,737 words) - 20:19, 3 May 2023
  • ) is a Hindu temple complex, located in the village of Duy Phú in ... Many Champa temples exist in a valley roughly two kilometers wide ...
    14 KB (2,135 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
  • , "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Kapilavastu ... east of the Kapilavastu. Legend states the Buddha lived there until ...
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