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Visit Modena, Italy (UNESCO sites)
Modena is a city on the south side of the Po valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. An ancient town, it is the seat of an archbishop, but is now best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and Maserati are, or were, located here and all, ex... -
Explore Modernist Kaunas, Kaunas, Lithuania (UNESCO site)
During the Interwar period, the historic capital of Lithuania, Vilnius, was lost to Poland, and Kaunas was designated the temporary capital. This triggered a construction boom as all the vital infrastructure for a new country had to be built. The architectural style combined the national traditions and the contemporary influences from abroad to form a local school of ... -
Visit Modica, Sicily, Italy (UNESCO site)
Modica is a city in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, southern Italy. The city is situated in the Hyblaean Mountains and, along with Val di Noto, is part of UNESCO Heritage Sites in Italy. As the city developed it gradually became divided into "Modica Alta" (Upper Modica) and "Modica Bassa" (Lower Modica). During the last century the city has extended and developed new ... -
Visit Moenjodaro (Mohenjo-daro), Pakistan (UNESCO site)
Mohenjo-daro (Mound of the Dead), situated in the province of Sindh, Pakistan, was one of the largest city-settlements of the Indus Valley Civilization. Built around 2600 BCE, it was one of the early urban settlements in the world, existing at the same time as the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete. The archaeological ruins of the city are designat... -
Visit Mogao Caves (Caves of the Thousand Buddhas), China (UNESCO site)
The Mogao Caves, or Mogao Grottoes (also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas and Dunhuang Caves) form a system of 492 temples 25 km (15.5 miles) southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis strategically located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province, China. The caves contain some of the finest examples of Buddhist art spann... -
Visit Moidam, Assam, India (UNESCO Site)
Frang-Mai-Dam or Moidam for short (meaning:Burial of the dead) is a traditional tumulus of the Ahom religion. Today, the people of the four clans namely Mo-Hung, Mo-Cham, Chaodang and Mo-Plong follow the tomb tradition of Ahom religion. Ninety moidams are found within the Charaideo necropolis. In 2024, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of Beijing ... -
See Moldovița Monastery, Romania (UNESCO site)
The Moldovița Monastery is a Romanian Orthodox monastery situated in the commune of Vatra Moldoviței, Suceava County, Moldavia, Romania. The Monastery of Moldovița was built in 1532 by Petru Rareș, who was Stefan the Great's (in Romanian Ștefan cel Mare) illegitimate son. It was founded as a protective barrier against the Muslim Ottoman conquerors from the East. This... -
Explore Mole Creek Karst National Park, Tasmania, Australia (UNESCO site)
Mole Creek Karst is a national park in Tasmania, Australia, 168 km northwest of Hobart. It is the only national park in Tasmania created specifically to protect karst landforms. It is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site. The national park was declared in 1996 to provide protection for an extensive system of over 300 known caves and sinkholes, includin... -
Visit Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico (UNESCO site)
The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve is a conservation area and World Heritage Site within the wintering grounds of most of the monarch butterflies that migrate from east of the Rocky Mountains for up to 4,000 km south to central Mexico. The reserve is located in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests ecoregion on the border of Michoacán and Mexico... -
See Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin, Armenia (UNESCO site)
Haghpat Monastery, also known as Haghpatavank, is a medieval Armenian monastery complex in Haghpat, Armenia. Described as a "masterpiece of religious architecture and a major center of learning in the Middle Ages", this venerable institution of the Armenian Apostolic Church was placed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1996. The monastery was founded by Saint Nishan (... -
See Monastery of Asunción de Nuestra Señora, Tochimilco, Mexico (UNESCO site)
The Asunción de Nuestra Señora monastery in Tochimilco receives water from the volcano via a long aqueduct which brings the liquid directly into the building as well as to a 16th century fountain in the plaza of the town. The inner walls of the atrium have niches for each of the Stations of the Cross. This monastery was affected by an earthquake in 1999,... -
See Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley, Armenia (UNESCO site)
The monastery of Geghard is a unique architectural construction in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While the main chapel was built in 1215, the monastery complex was founded in the 4th century by Gregory the Illuminator at the site of a sacred sprin... -
See Monastery of La Concepcion, Zacualpan de Amilpas, Mexico (UNESCO site)
The monastery of La Concepcionin Zacualpan was built by the Augustinians. It has conserved much of its original layout including the original layout of gardens and homes that surround it. Water here is provided by the melting snows of Popocatepel. The baptistery has a arch and in its wall are the remains of a painted altarpiece. Its Rosario Chapel has other small Baro... -
See Monastery of Saint Euthymius, Russia (UNESCO site)
The Saviour Monastery of St. Euthymius is a monastery in Suzdal, Russia. The monastery was founded in the 14th century, and grew in importance in the 16th and 17th centuries after donations by Vasili III, Ivan IV and the Pozharsky family, a noble dynasty of the region. Among the buildings erected during this period were the Assumption Church, the bell tower, the surr... -
Visit Monastery of Saint Thaddeus (Kara Kilise), Iran (UNESCO site)
The Monastery of Saint Thaddeus is an ancient Armenian monastery in the mountainous area of West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Also known as Kara Kilise (the "Black Church"), it is located about 20 kilometers from the town of Chaldiran. The monastery and its distinctive Armenian conical roofs are visible from long distances. According to the tradition of the Armenian Apo...
