The Saptakoteshwar Temple in Narve, Goa, India
One of the six greatest Shiva temples in the Konkan region is the Saptakoteshwar temple in Narve, Goa, India. The temple is situated in an archaeologically significant location and features a shallow Moghul dome built on an octagonal drum with sloping tiled roofs, a European-style Mandapa, or assembly hall, and a tall lamp tower, or Deepastamba. The temple’s surroundings include a number of Brahminical laterite and stone caves.
Monastery of Geghard
Partially cut out of a neighboring mountain and surrounded by cliffs, Geghard is a medieval monastery in Armenia’s Kotayk region. UNESCO has designated it as a World Heritage Site, providing additional protection. The monastery’s chapels and graves, carved straight into the rocky rock face, are distinctive.
The Eschif of Périgueux, France
It’s about 700 years old and spent all that time balancing on a thin corbelled wall. The Eschif near Périgueux, France, served as a lookout for a toll bridge. It was constructed in 1347 as an oak timber frame with wattle and daub infill. Oak struts along the length of Puy-Saint-Front, the medieval center of Périgueux.
Manasija Monastery in Despotovac, Serbia.
Manasija Monastery, a Serbian Orthodox monastery founded in the early 15th century and protected by extensive walls, is located in Pomoravlje District, central Serbia.
Madonna della Corona, Italy, is a sanctuary.
The Santuario Madonna della Corona, situated in front of Valdadige on Italy’s Mount Baldo, rises more than 2,000 feet above sea level into a sheer cliff face. The Sanctuary of the Lady of the Crown, known as Santuario Madonna della Corona, seems to hover in mid-air.
Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe in Auvergne, France.
Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe is a chapel located in Le Puy-en-Velay, France. 268 stairs carved into the rock lead to the chapel. In 969, they erected the chapel atop a volcanic plug, which stands 85 meters (279 feet) tall. The surface on top of the plug is 57 meters (187 feet) in diameter.
Villa Farnese, Italy.
In Caprarola, Viterbo, Northern Lazio, Italy, the 16th-century pentagonal Renaissance villa Villa Farnese stands on fortress foundations. It is a large Renaissance and Mannerist structure that leads into the Monte Cimini, a series of heavily covered volcanic hills. The reddish-gold stone forms its five-sided layout, with buttresses supporting the upper stories. Caprarola, being the focal point of the immense Farnese possessions, was always an emblem of Farnese authority rather than a villa in the more traditional agricultural or leisure sense.
Beauport Abbey
The seaside abbey of Beauport, located near the town of Kérity in the commune of Paimpol, Côtes-d’Armor, dates back to the beginning of the 13th century. The monastic complex, which faces the sea in an unspoiled natural environment, is a registered historic monument, and the French Coastal Protection Agency protects the property.
St. Anne of Vilnius, Lithuania
The late 15th-century brick Gothic church of St. Anne in Vilnius, Lithuania, may have the most bizarre brickwork ever created. They used 33 different types of clay bricks and painted them black.
In Persepolis, Iran, workers built the Gate of All Nations, also known as the Gate of Xerses, between 486-465 BC.
Leadenhall Market, London.
The Erechtheion’s caryatid porch is located in Athens, Greece.
Antwerpen-Centraal railway station, Belgium.
