Architecture is an important part of traveling. The investment of communities into their significant tourist attractions is a direct reflection of the pride that residents have in their city or country. We have witnessed some incredible architecture in our limited travels. However, the world is full of wonderful buildings and other structures, many of which we can only dream about at this point. What an amazing list!
Arc d’Triomphe* — Paris, France
Alhambra* — Granada, Spain
Bank of China Tower* — Hong Kong, China
Basilica of St Francis* — Assisi, Italy
Big Ben & Parliament* — London, England
Brandenburg Gate — Berlin, Germany
Casa Mila — Barcelona, Spain
Chambord* — Loire Valley, France
Chenonceau* — Loire Valley, France
City Palace — Udiapur, India
Cloth Hall (Sukiennice)* — Krakow, Poland
CN Tower* — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cologne Cathedral — Cologne, Germany
Cristo Redentor — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dome of the Rock — Jerusalem, Israel
Duomo* — Florence, Italy
Duomo* — Milan, Italy
Duomo* — Siena, Italy
Eiffel Tower* — Paris, France
El Alcazar* — Segovia, Spain
El Escorial* — Near Madrid, Spain
Forbidden City* — Beijing, China
Forbidden Purple City — Hue, Vietnam
Ginkaku-ji Temple — Kyoto, Japan
Golden Temple — Amritsar, India
Grand Palace* — Bangkok, Thailand
Great Wall of China* — Badaling, China
Hagia Sophia* — Istanbul, Turkey
Hofburg* — Vienna, Austria
Hohensalzburg* — Salzburg, Austria
Kappelbrucke* — Luzern, Switzerland
Kiyomizudera Temple — Kyoto, Japan
Kremlin — Moscow, Russia
La Mezquita* — Cordoba, Spain
Linderhof Palace* — Romantic Road, Bavaria, Germany
Louvre* — Paris, France
Mehrangarh Fort & Museum — Jodhpur, India
Mont-St-Michel Abbey* — Mont-St-Michel, France
Municipal House* — Prague, Czech Republic
Neuschwanstein* — Near Fussen, Germany
Notre Dame Cathedral* — Paris, France
Opera House — Sydney, Australia
Pantheon* — Rome, Italy
Parliament Building* — Budapest, Hungary
Parliament Building — Ottawa, Canada
Parliament Building* — Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Parthenon* — Athens, Greece
Pena National Palace — Sintra, Portugal
Peterhof Palace — Near St Petersburg, Russia
Petronas Twin Towers — Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia
Piazza dei Miracoli* — Pisa, Italy
Pink Palace — Jaipur, India
Plaza de Espana* — Seville, Spain
Potala Palace — Lhasa, Tibet, China
Red Fort — Old Delhi, India
Residenz — Wurzburg, Germany
Roman Aqueduct* — Segovia, Spain
Royal Pavilion* — Brighton, England
Sagrada Familia Church — Barcelona, Spain
Schonbrunn Palace* — Vienna, Austria
Schwedagon Stupa — Yangon, Myanmar
St Basil’s Cathedral — Moscow, Russia
St Mark’s Basilica* — Venice, Italy
St Peter’s Basilica* — Vatican City, Rome Italy
Taj Mahal — Agra, India
Theater of Epidauros — Epidauros, Greece
Tower Bridge* — London, England
Tre Castelli* — San Marino, Italy
Trevi Fountain* — Rome, Italy
Versailles Palace* — Versailles, France
Total = 70 (I have managed 44 — better than originally thought).
