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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 (863 words) - 19:53, 4 May 2024
- 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 ...8 KB (1,121 words) - 00:21, 8 January 2024
- ) 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) - 06:36, 1 April 2024
- 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 ...8 KB (1,063 words) - 01:18, 4 December 2023
- 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 ...12 KB (1,695 words) - 17:01, 21 January 2024
- 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 ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022