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  1. Aerial view of turquoise surf along a sandy shore on Saadiyat Island, with one small person on the beach.
    City

    Abu Dhabi

    Louvre Abu Dhabi pairs its 55 buildings with a star-patterned roof; the museum calls filtered sunlight “rain of light” and says stone surfaces slow warming.

    Explore Abu Dhabi

    Photograph: Florian Kriechbaumer · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  2. Sun setting over the hazy houses and distant hills of Abuja, seen from a rocky hilltop
    City

    Abuja

    At Abuja’s Millennium Park, a river crosses the grounds along the main rectilinear axis; one side has terraces, the other an Italian-style garden.

    Explore Abuja

    Photograph: Fawaz.tairou · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  3. A white lighthouse tower with red bands and a red lantern rising behind a white and red building, with blue sky and the sea beyond.
    City

    Accra

    Accra through three places: Ussher and James forts, the Jamestown lighthouse, and Teshie’s Kane Kwei workshop for Ga figurative coffins.

    Explore Accra

    Photograph: Albgoess · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  4. View over Addis Ababa from the slopes of Mount Entoto, with trees in the foreground and the city’s towers hazy in the distance
    City

    Addis Ababa

    Entoto divides the Abbay and Awash watersheds; UNESCO documents Maskel’s bonfire; Prague’s museum reported Lucy and Selam’s homeward journey after a 2025 exhibition.

    Explore Addis Ababa

    Photograph: Diego Delso, delso.photo · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  5. A tall brick minaret with a blue tiled band stands beside a turquoise river in a narrow mountain valley, with bare rocky slopes behind it and a stone retaining wall around its base
    Country

    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan through three places: the Minaret of Jam, the painted caves of the Bamiyan Valley and Bagh-e Babur, a terraced garden in Kabul.

    Explore Afghanistan

    Photograph: AhmadElhan · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  6. Kastelholm Castle seen across a reed-edged bay: pale stone buildings with dark roofs on a low green rise among bare trees, mirrored in calm water under a cloudy sky
    Country

    Åland Islands

    A museum barque that sailed with 26 crew, a castle once on an islet and two Ramsar bird archipelagos: three places in the Åland Islands, with sources.

    Explore Åland Islands

    Photograph: Helgi Þorsteinsson/norden.org · Photo source · CC BY 2.5 dk

  7. Stone ruins of the theatre at Butrint among trees, with the walls of a fortress on the hill above
    Country

    Albania

    Butrint’s marsh-bound history, Berat’s stepped windows, Gjirokastra’s stone towers and a lake shared with Montenegro: four places for your Albanian map.

    Explore Albania

    Photograph: Photo: Marcin Konsek / Wikimedia Commons · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  8. Weathered sandstone towers above broken slabs under a clear sky on the Tassili n’Ajjer plateau.
    Country

    Algeria

    In Algeria, a Roman town grew beyond its grid, Ghardaïa channels floodwater into gardens, and Tassili’s prehistoric rock-art chronology remains debated.

    Explore Algeria

    Photograph: Gruban · Photo source · CC BY-SA 2.0

  9. Flat roof terraces of the Casbah in the foreground, a white dome among the dense houses of the lower town, and the harbour moles and the Bay of Algiers beyond
    City

    Algiers

    Casbah roof terraces linked neighbouring homes; Djamaa el-Kebir has eleven aisles, and the 32-hectare Hamma garden dates to 1832. Explore these parts of Algiers.

    Explore Algiers

    Photograph: Dan Sloan · Photo source · CC BY-SA 2.0

  10. Panoramic view across Amman from Citadel Hill
    City

    Amman

    ACOR’s Ain Ghazal page links a 1974 road-building discovery to a plaster statue and clay figurines photographed in two museums.

    Explore Amman

    Photograph: Falcodigiada · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  11. A tree-lined Amsterdam canal with a stone arched bridge, a passenger boat and church spires in the distance, partly blurred by pink flowers in the foreground
    City

    Amsterdam

    At De Hallen, Amsterdam’s former tram depot, tram rails and stone hall-number plates remain beneath long, largely glazed roofs.

    Explore Amsterdam

    Photograph: André Silva · Photo source · CC0

  12. A grey-stone Romanesque church with a tall square bell tower with arched openings at left and a porch at the front stands on a grassy mound, with a forested mountainside to the right, a snow-capped peak behind and a clear blue sky
    Country

    Andorra

    Madriu’s forge worked mainly in summer; opening Casa de la Vall’s archive cupboard requires all seven keys; a 1963 excavation recovered part of a stucco Christ.

    Explore Andorra

    Photograph: Pierre Bona · Photo source · CC BY-SA 3.0

  13. Andorra la Vella spread across a narrow valley between green mountain slopes
    City

    Andorra la Vella

    Trace Andorra la Vella from the Rec del Solà irrigation channel to Sant Esteve’s bells and the renewed Plaça del Poble.

    Explore Andorra la Vella

    Photograph: Tiia Monto · Photo source · CC BY-SA 3.0

  14. A single Welwitschia mirabilis on a flat, dry desert plain: a ring-shaped woody crown in the middle with long, leathery green leaves split into grey-brown strips spreading across the sand
    Country

    Angola

    Explore Madungu’s archaeological finds, the giant sable study at Cangandala and Kew’s account of how Welwitschia was named.

    Explore Angola

    Photograph: Paulo César Santos · Photo source · CC0 1.0

  15. Ankara skyline and surrounding hills in warm light
    City

    Ankara

    Ankara’s Museum of Anatolian Civilizations was made from two Ottoman buildings; a ministry brochure says one, a bazaar, had ten domes and 102 arched shops.

    Explore Ankara

    Photograph: Hendrik Wieduwilt · Photo source · CC BY 2.0

  16. Hillside houses and a broad view across Antananarivo beneath low clouds
    City

    Antananarivo

    Four museum projection rooms show films drawn from a photograph database. A 2016 heritage submission describes paved routes and watercress beds in the upper town.

    Explore Antananarivo

    Photograph: Smiley.toerist · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  17. A white two-storey wooden building with covered verandas, grey shutters and a sign reading Dockyard Museum, with a palm tree in front, red flowering shrubs below and a bright blue sky
    Country

    Antigua and Barbuda

    Antigua and Barbuda: the 1725 offer of English Harbour, a 3,600 ha lagoon on Barbuda and a snake that rose from about 50 to over 1,100.

    Explore Antigua and Barbuda

    Photograph: Dr. Thomas Liptak · Photo source · CC BY 4.0

  18. Apia’s waterfront with a cathedral and a large multi-storey building, seen from the harbour with a boat in the foreground.
    City

    Apia

    Bennett’s 2015 study records photographic prints on the staircase and lower-floor displays of coconut-husk sennit and canoe models at the Museum of Samoa in Apia.

    Explore Apia

    Photograph: Balou46 · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  19. A wall of blue-white ice at the front of a glacier rising from grey-green lake water, with snow-capped mountains and low cloud behind
    Country

    Argentina

    Argentina in three places: the Perito Moreno Glacier in Santa Cruz, the Coctaca farming terraces in Jujuy and the Iguazú River above its falls in Misiones.

    Explore Argentina

    Photograph: Charles J. Sharp · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  20. Ionic columns and pediment of the Garni temple under a clear blue sky, with hills behind
    Country

    Armenia

    Armenia through three places: the Matenadaran manuscript collection in Yerevan, Lake Sevan and its managed water level, and the Garni temple in Kotayk.

    Explore Armenia

    Photograph: Diego Delso, delso.photo · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

  21. Rounded pale boulders at Casibari, Aruba, with stone steps and railings climbing to the top, columnar cacti in front and blue sky behind
    Country

    Aruba

    Compare two dates for Aruba’s batholith, see reported rock-art dates at Arikok and Ayo, and explore two wetlands on the Ramsar list.

    Explore Aruba

    Photograph: Rarends297 · Photo source · CC0 1.0

  22. Wide view of Ashgabat buildings and streets from above
    City

    Ashgabat

    A juniper labelled 1902 predates Ashgabat Botanic Garden, a 2020 article says. It also names a succulent section; a 2024 report covers a carpet photo exhibition.

    Explore Ashgabat

    Photograph: Hans Birger Nilsen · Photo source · CC BY 2.0

  23. Palm trees and rooftops in Asmara under a blue sky
    City

    Asmara

    An article by Edward Denison describes Teatro Asmara’s double staircase and seven arches, Cinema Capitol’s retractable roof and a former Lancia workshop’s façade.

    Explore Asmara

    Photograph: Hansueli Krapf · Photo source · CC BY-SA 3.0

  24. Ishim River in front of Astana’s distant skyline and bridge
    City

    Astana

    The Book Museum in Astana describes a 1532 book made of leather and Zaki Akhmetov’s personal library. A separate railway museum lists models and four themed halls.

    Explore Astana

    Photograph: jtstewart · Photo source · CC BY-SA 2.0

  25. Asunción rooftops and taller buildings with a river in the distance
    City

    Asunción

    A 1990s model at Casa Viola highlights heritage buildings in colour; two other museums hold ñandutí lace, festival masks, harps and scores.

    Explore Asunción

    Photograph: Cmasi · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0

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