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Powder Tower (Prague, Czech Republic)

+ This late Gothic period tower served (and still serves) as an incredible city gate for the city’s Old Town.

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Thorncrown Chapel (near Eureka Springs, Arkansas)

+ located in the middle of a forest in northwest Arkansas, this chapel blends modern architecture with nature, in a way that feels much older than its 1980 date of construction.

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Castel Sant’Angelo (Rome, Italy)

+ Built originally, on the banks of the Tiber, as a mausoleum for the Roman Emperor Hadrian, the site subsequently served as a fortress, a prison, a residency for the Papacy, and as a museum.

The site’s name derives from a legend regarding the 6th century appearance of the Archangel Michael on the roof.

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Monument to the Battle of the Nations (Leipzig, Germany)

+ The Battle of the Nations, or the Battle of Leipzig, was turning point and decisive victory in the war against Napoleon, though it came at the cost of many lives from many nations.

Today a monument stands on the sight of the fiercest fighting and serves as a reminder to remember the fallen and their sacrifice.

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The Royal Crescent (Bath, England)

+ One of the best examples of Georgia architecture was constructed in Bath, England, just over a quarter of a millennium ago.

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)

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Khor Virap (near Lusarat, Ararat Province, Armenia)

+ A beautiful Armenian monastery, within view of Mount Ararat, sits on the site of a former prison dungeon dug deep into the ground. The name of the place today, Khor Virap, translates as “deep dungeon.”

In the early 4th century, after more than a decade in this dark pit, St. Gregory the Illuminator emerged and helped to bring Christianity to Armenia. The monastery (and the pit) are now one of the country’s most visited pilgrimage sites.

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Sacré-Cœur (Paris, France)

+ This beautiful 19th century basilica is a free interpretation of Romano-Byzantine architecture, and it was constructed as a form of penitence by the Roman Catholics in France for the moral decline of the nation in the century since the French Revolution.

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Schönbrunn Palace (Vienna, Austria)

+ The summer home of the Habsburg royal family for three centuries, this 1,441 room Baroque palace is arguably the most beautiful in Europe.

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Royal Albert Hall (London, U.K.)

+ This Victorian era concert hall, named as a memorial to the Queen’s then late husband Albert, is designed in a beautiful Italianate architectural style. The building remains one of the most famous concert halls in the U.K.