How often have you heard of a famous landmark, but couldn't place it immediately? The name rings familiar, but you just can't think where or what it is.
We have started to collate the landmarks, but if you want any others included. please send us an email
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Town |
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Acropolis |
Athens |
Greece |
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Akershus Castle |
Oslo |
Norway |
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Alhambra |
Granada |
Spain |
Moorish palace |
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Angel Falls |
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Venezuela |
aka Cherun-Meru, highest waterfall in the world |
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Arc de Triomphe |
Paris |
France |
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Ayers Rock |
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Australia |
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Balmoral Castle |
Aberdeenshire |
Scotland |
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Bank of England |
London |
England |
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Belvedere Palace |
Vienna |
Austria |
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Big Ben |
London |
England |
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Blue Mosque |
Istanbul |
Turkey |
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Brandenburg Gate |
Berlin |
Germany |
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Buckingham Palace |
London |
England |
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Camp David |
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USA |
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Capitol |
Washington, DC |
USA |
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Casa Mila |
Barcelona |
Spain |
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Caves of Lascaux |
Dordogne Region |
France |
prehistoric cave paintings |
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Central Park |
New York |
USA |
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Champs-Elysees |
Paris |
France |
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Cherun-Meru |
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Venezuela |
aka Angel Falls, highest waterfall in the world |
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Christ on the Corcovado |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil |
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Colossus of Rhodes |
Rhodes |
Greece |
wonder of the ancient world |
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Doge's Palace |
Venice |
Italy |
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Duthie Park Winter Gardens |
Aberdeen |
Scotland |
largest winter garden in Europe |
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Eiffeltower |
Paris |
France |
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Empire State Building |
New York |
USA |
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European Bank |
Frankfurt |
Germany |
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European Parliament |
Strasburg |
France |
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Fingal's Cave |
Staffa Island |
Scotland |
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Fort Knox |
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Kenntucky,USA |
holds gold reserves |
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Fountain of the Four Rivers |
Rome |
Italy |
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Golden Gate Bridge |
San Fransciso |
USA |
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Golden Temple |
Amritsar |
India |
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Grand Canyon |
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Arizona,USA |
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Grand Ol Opry |
Nashville |
USA |
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Great Barrier Reef |
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Australia |
world's longest coral structure |
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Great Pyramid of Cheops |
El Gizeh |
Egypt |
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Great Smoky Mountains national park |
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Tennessee, USA |
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Great Wall |
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China |
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Hadrian's Wall |
Northumberland,Cumbria |
England |
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Hagia Sophia |
Istanbul |
Turkey |
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
Babylon |
Iraq |
wonder of the ancient world |
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Hofburg |
Vienna |
Austria |
residence of the President of Austria |
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Holyrood Palace |
Edinburgh |
Scotland |
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Jagannath Temple |
Puri |
India |
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Kremlin |
Moscow |
Russia |
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Krüger National Park |
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South Africa |
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La Sagrada |
Barcelona |
Spain |
by Antoni Gaudi |
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Lake Volta |
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Ghana |
world's largest artifical lake |
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Leaning Tower |
Pisa |
Italy |
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Little Mermaid |
Copenhagen |
Denmark |
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Louvre |
Paris |
France |
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Machu Picchu |
Cuzco |
Peru |
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Maison Carrée |
Nimes |
France |
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Manneken Pis |
Brussels |
Belgium |
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Marcus Square |
Venice |
Italy |
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Marishal College |
Aberdeen |
Scotland |
second largest granite building in the world |
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Millau Bridge |
Millau |
France |
world's tallest bridge , 891 ft high, spans Tarn River Valley, opened 16 December 2004 |
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Mount Palomar |
San Diego, CA |
USA |
astronomical observatory, home of the Hale reflector |
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Mount Rushmore |
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South Dakota, USA |
faces of Wahington, Jefferson, Lincoln & Theodore Roosevelt |
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Mount of Olives |
Jerusalem |
Israel |
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Neuschwanstein |
Fuessen |
Germany |
aka Cinderella Castle |
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Niagara Falls |
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Canada, USA |
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Notre Dame |
Paris |
France |
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Number 10 |
London |
England |
10 Downing Street, Residence of the British Prime Minister |
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Old Faithful |
Yellowstone Park |
USA |
geyser |
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Panthéon |
Paris |
France |
church built on request by Louis XV |
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Pathenon |
Athens |
Greece |
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Pharos of Egypt |
Alexandria |
Egypt |
wonder of the ancient world |
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Ponte di Rialto |
Venice |
Italy |
Bridge of Sighs |
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Prater |
Vienna |
Austria |
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Pyramids of Egypt |
Giza |
Egypt |
wonder of the ancient world |
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Red Square |
Moscow |
Russia |
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Rockefeller Centre |
New York |
USA |
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Rotterdam Harbour |
Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
largest harbour in the world |
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Royal Gore Bridge |
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Colorado, USA |
world's tallest suspension bridge |
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Royal Mile |
Edinburgh |
Scotland |
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Sacre Coeur |
Paris |
France |
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Schonbrunn Palace |
Vienna |
Austria |
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Sistene Chapel |
Rome |
Italy |
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Spanish Steps |
Vatican |
Italy |
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Sphinx |
Giza |
Egypt |
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St. Basil's Cathedral |
Moscow |
Russia |
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St. Nicholas Church |
Hamburg |
Germany |
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St. Paul's Cathedral |
London |
England |
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Statue of Liberty |
New York |
USA |
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Statue of Zeus |
Olympia |
Greece |
wonder of the ancient world |
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Stonehenge |
Salisbury Plain |
England |
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Storting |
Oslo |
Norway |
Parliament |
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Sugarloaf Mountain |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil |
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Sydney Opera House |
Sydney |
Australia |
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Table Top Mountain |
Capetown |
South Africa |
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Taj Mahal |
Uttar Pradesh |
India |
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Tate Gallery |
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Temple of Amun |
Karnak |
Egypt |
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Temple of Artemisof the Ephesians |
Ephesus |
Turkey |
wonder of the ancient world |
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Times Square |
New York |
USA |
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Tivoli |
Copenhagen |
Denmark |
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Tomb of King Mausolus of Caria |
Halicarnassus (now Bodrum) |
Turkey |
wonder of the ancient world |
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Trevi Fountain |
Rome |
Italy |
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Valley of the Kings |
Thebes |
Egypt |
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Versailles |
Paris |
France |
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Victoria Falls |
Livingstone, Victoria Falls |
Zambia, Zimbabwe |
on Zambezi River |
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Westminster Abbey |
London |
England |
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White House |
Washington, D.C |
USA |
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Windsor Castle |
Windsor |
England |
largest inhabited castle in the world |
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World Trade Centre |
New York |
USA |
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Yellowstone Park |
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USA |
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York Minster |
York |
England |
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Ziggurat of Ur |
Muquyyar |
Iraq |
largest surviving ziggurat |
