Sep
04
2014- Cupola and main aisle of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia (Turkey)
- Buddhist monk sitting in awe in front of Boudha Stupa (also Bauddhanāth Stupa) in Kathmandu, Nepal
- On a rock spur in the Paro valley in Bhutan sits “Taktshang”, the Tiger’s Nest monastery
- Image of the Naqsh-e Rustam rock-hewn tombs in Iran near Persepolis
- Khazneh al-Firaun, the Treasury House at the entrance to the rock-hewn city of Petra
- Dawn at the Tetrapylon, the former Roman ruins of Palmyra near today’s Tadmur desert oasis (Syria)
- The Gizah Pyramids shine in the light of the light show held every evening
- Palace of Darius I. in Persepolis (Iran)
- Agra-based Indian Taj Mahal mirrors itself in a fountain
- The Chand Baori step well at Indian town of Abhaneri
- The Parthenon of deserted Athens Acropolis at sunrise
- The arched ceiling of Kiev’s Refectory Church at the Lavra monastery complex
- Main gate and ascent of Aleppo Citadel in Syria
- Altar der Heiligen Kinga im Salzbergwerk von Wieliczka
- Damascus-based Khan As’ad Pasha (Syria)
- Easter pilgrims waiting in front of Bet Giyorgis, a rock-hewn church in Ethiopia
- The Odeon of Herodes Atticus – a giant amphitheatre of ancient Greece
- The world’s tallest sun dial can be found in Indian city of Jaipur
- The coralline limestone made Ha’amonga trilithon in Tonga is the most important remnant of Polynesian culture
- Valley of Tombs near Syrian city of Palmyra
- Panorama of the shaft furnace battery at Rüdersdorf-based Museumspark near Berlin