Most Famous Landmarks-Part 3

Most Famous Landmarks and Cultural Monuments in the World - Places of Power and Worship

Each of these landmarks is a cultural icon, it may represent an epoch, an area, a belief, a culture, a country or a city, it also may represent more than one of this various meanings. Click on the image to see the monument's description and a satellite view of the site.

	Building		Continent
		Luxor, Egypt Luxor was the ancient city of Thebes and once the center and the capital of the ancient Egyptian Empire. It is the site of the ruins of Luxor Temple and the Karnak Temple complex, and the necropolises of the "Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens.	Africa
		Chichén Itzá, Mexico was the most important regional capital of the Mayan culture between the years 750 and 1200 AD, the pre-Columbian city is located in the northern center of the Yucatan Peninsula of present-day Mexico	The Americas
		Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey was a former patriarchal basilica, the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years. In 1453, Constantinople (today Istanbul) was conquered by the Ottoman Turks and Sultan Mehmed II ordered the building to be converted into a mosque.	Europe/ Asia
		Temple Mount, the Noble Sanctuary with the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, Israel.	Middle East
		Basilica of Saint Peter One of the symbols and focal points for the Catholic faith, part of Vatican City, the papal residence. Rome, Vatican City	Europe
		Moscow Kremlin Kremlin with Cathedral of the Annunciation and Cathedral of the Archangel, Moscow, Russia	Europe
	The Executive Residence is the central part of the White House Complex.	The White House in Washington D.C. is since 1800 the official residence of the President of the United States, the building is recognized as the symbol of the President, of the President's administration, and of the United States.	The Americas
	Basin of Apollo and Versailles Palace.	Palace of Versailles (Château de Versailles) The royal chateau was built by the Sun King Louis XIV, it was (and still is) a symbol of absolute monarchy expressed in stone and environment. France	Europe
		Schönbrunn Palace, the palace was one of the residences of the Habsburg empire in Vienna (Wien), Austria