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    See San Ignacio Miní, Argentina (UNESCO site)

    See San Ignacio Miní, Argentina (UNESCO site)

    San Ignacio Miní was one of the many missions founded in 1632 by the Jesuits in the Americas during the Spanish colonial period near present-day San Ignacio valley, some 60km north of Posadas, Misiones Province, Argentina. The original mission was erected near the year 1610 by priests José Cataldino and Simón Maceta in the region called Guayr&aacu...
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    Visit Şanlıurfa Castle, Urfa (Şanlıurfa), Turkey

    Visit Şanlıurfa Castle, Urfa (Şanlıurfa), Turkey

    Şanlıurfa Castle, or Urfa Castle in short, is a castle overlooking the city center of Şanlıurfa (previously Edessa), Turkey. The castle was built by the Osroene in antiquity and the current walls were constructed by the Abbasids in 814 AD. Today, the castle functions as an open-air museum.
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    Visit Sannai-Maruyama Site, Aomori Prefecture, Japan (UNESCO Site)

    Visit Sannai-Maruyama Site, Aomori Prefecture, Japan (UNESCO Site)

    The Sannai-Maruyama Site (三内丸山遺跡,Sannai-Maruyama iseki) is an archaeological site and museum located in the Maruyama and Yasuta neighborhoods to the southwest of central Aomori in Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan, containing the ruins of a very large Jōmon period settlement. The ruins of a 40-hectare (400,000 m2; 99-acre) settlement were discovered in 1992, when Ao...
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    See Santa Maria del Canneto, Pula, Croatia

    See Santa Maria del Canneto, Pula, Croatia

    The Basilica of Santa Maria del Canneto, or Santa Maria Formosa, was a sixth-century Byzantine church erected in Pola (modern-day Pula, Croatia) under the patronage of Maximianus, bishop of Ravenna. The structure was damaged at the time of the Venetian sack of Pola in 1243, and building material was subsequently taken from the ruins and primarily incorporated into the...
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    Explore Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio, Palermo, Italy (UNESCO Site)

    Explore Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio, Palermo, Italy (UNESCO Site)

    The church of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio, seat of the parish Parrocchia San Nicolò dei Greci (Klisha e Shën Kollit së Arbëreshëvet in Albanian), commonly called the Martorana, overlooking the Piazza Bellini in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. The church belongs to the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, a ...
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    See Santa María la Mayor, Argentina (UNESCO site)

    See Santa María la Mayor, Argentina (UNESCO site)

    Reducción de Santa María la Mayor (Reduction of Holy Maria Major), located in the Santa María Department of the Misiones Province, Argentina, was one of the missions or reductions founded in the 17th century by the Jesuits in the Americas during the Spanish colonial period. The ruins of the reduction were declared World Heritage Site by UNESC...
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    Visit Santorini Island (Thíra), Greece

    Visit Santorini Island (Thíra), Greece

    Walking through the narrow streets of the picturesque Greek Island of Santorini you will likely smell a heavenly mixture of olive oil, mint, and wine in the air. The islands whitewashed houses framed by bougainvillea spill down the rim of this ancient volcanic crater. You’d never really know that a volcano last erupted on this island in 1956. Though some of the ...
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    Visit Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, Rome, Italy

    Visit Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, Rome, Italy

    The Basilica of St. Stephen in the Round on the Celian Hill is an ancient basilica and titular church in Rome, Italy. Commonly named Santo Stefano Rotondo, the church is Hungary's "national church" in Rome, dedicated to both Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr, and Stephen I, the sanctified first king of Hungary who imposed Christianity on his subjects. The mino...
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    Visit Sarazm, Tajikistan (UNESCO site)

    Visit Sarazm, Tajikistan (UNESCO site)

    Sarazm is an ancient town and jamoat in north-western Tajikistan. It is located in Panjakent District in Sughd province. The archaeological site of the ancient city of Sarazm is located near Durman, a town situated in the Zarafshan Valley of north-west Tajikistan in the Sughd province near the border with Uzbekistan. The site indicates an early steppe presence in the ...
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    Visit Sardis, Sart, Manisa Province, Turkey (UNESCO Site)

    Visit Sardis, Sart, Manisa Province, Turkey (UNESCO Site)

    Sardis (/ˈsɑːrdɪs/ SAR-diss) or Sardes (/ˈsɑːrdiːs/ SAR-deess; Lydian: 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣, romanized: Sfard; Ancient Greek: Σάρδεις, romanized: Sárdeis; Old Persian: Sparda) was an ancient city best known as the capital of the Lydian Empire. After the fall of the Lydian Empire, it became the capital of the Persian satrapy of Lydia and lat...
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    Visit Sardis Synagogue, Sardis, Sart, Manisa Province, Turkey

    Visit Sardis Synagogue, Sardis, Sart, Manisa Province, Turkey

    The Sardis Synagogue is a former ancient Jewish synagogue, that was discovered in the modern-day town of Sardis, in the Manisa Province, in the Aegean Region of western Turkey. The former synagogue building is now an archaeological site and Jewish museum. The archaeological site is the largest Jewish site known from antiquity. Sardis was under numerous foreign ruler...
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    Visit Sarmizegetusa Regia Fortress, Romania (UNESCO site)

    Visit Sarmizegetusa Regia Fortress, Romania (UNESCO site)

    Built in murus dacicus style, the six Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains, in Romania, were created in the 1st centuries BC and AD as protection against Roman conquest. Their extensive and well-preserved remains present a picture of a vigorous and innovative ancient civilization. Today, treasure-hunters sometimes search the area, as Romania lacks legislation in...
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    Visit Sassanid Palace at Sarvestan, Iran (UNESCO Site)

    Visit Sassanid Palace at Sarvestan, Iran (UNESCO Site)

    The Sassanid Palace at Sarvestan is a Sassanid-era building in the Iranian city of Sarvestan, some 90 km southeast from the city of Shiraz. The palace was built in the 5th century AD, and was either a gubernatorial residence or a Zoroastrian fire temple. The Sarvestan Palace was built by the Sasanian king Bahramgur (Persian:بهرام گور‎‎) (r. 420-438), and domin...
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    Visit Sassari, Sardinia, Italy

    Visit Sassari, Sardinia, Italy

    Sassari is an Italian city on the island of Sardinia. Being one of the oldest cities on the island, it contains a considerable collection of art. Sassari is a city rich in art, culture and history, and is well-known for its beautiful "palazzi" and its elegant, neo-classical piazzas, such as Piazza d'Italia (Square of Italy) and the Teatro Civico (Civic Theatre). As Sa...
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    See Satellite Pyramid, Dahshur, Egypt

    See Satellite Pyramid, Dahshur, Egypt

    A satellite pyramid, built to house the Pharaoh'sKa, is located 55 metres south of the Bent Pyramid. The satellite pyramid originally measured 26 metres in height and 52.80 metres in length, with faces inclining 44°30'.[note 1] The structure is made of limestone blocks, relatively thick, arranged in horizontal rows and covered with a layer of fine limestone from...
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