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Parthenon
The Parthenon (; ; ) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the Parthenon is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, Western civilisation, and democracy.
Pantheon
ancient Roman temple in Rome, Italy
Temple Mount
religious hilltop in the Old City of Jerusalem
Temple of Hephaestus
ancient Greek temple in Athens
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
church in Rome, Italy
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
2nd century Roman temple in Rome which was later converted into a Roman Catholic church, the Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Miranda or simply "San Lorenzo in Miranda"
Temple of Portunus
Roman temple in Rome, Italy
Temple of Bel
ruins of a temple to Bel located in Palmyra, Syria
Temple of Hercules Victor
The Temple of Hercules Victor or Hercules Olivarius is a Roman temple in Piazza Bocca della Verità, in the area of the Forum Boarium close to the Tiber in Rome, Italy
Temple of Baalshamin
Temple in Palmyra, Syria
Santi Cosma e Damiano
church
Temple at Uppsala
nordic temple
Temple of Eshmun
temple in Lebanon
Caesareum of Alexandria
demolished temple in Egypt
Temple of Jupiter, Damascus
Roman temple of Damascus
Mamre
Mamre (; ), full name "Oaks of Mamre", refers to an ancient religious site originally focused on a single holy tree growing "since time immemorial" at Hebron in Canaan. It is best known from the biblical story of Abraham and the three visitors. He pitched his tents is known as the oak or terebinth of Mamre. Modern scholars have identified four sites near Hebron which, in different historical periods, could have been successively known as Mamre: Khirbet Nimra, also known as Ayn Nimreh, (a little excavated Persian and Hellenistic period site, a hypothetical identification, not proven by any arch
Saint Joseph Cathedral
church in Hanoi, Vietnam
Temple of Kalabsha
building in Egypt
Red Basilica
Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Turkey
Tas-Silġ
Tas-Silġ () is a rounded hilltop on the southeast coast of the island of Malta overlooking Marsaxlokk Bay and close to the town of Żejtun. Tas-Silġ is a major multi-period sanctuary site with archaeological remains covering 4000 years, from the Neolithic to the ninth century. The site includes a Megalithic temple complex dating from the early third millennium BCE and a Phoenician and Punic sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Astarte. During the Roman era, the site became an international religious complex dedicated to the goddess Juno, helped by its location along major maritime trading routes,
Roman temple of Bziza
cultural heritage building in Bziza, Lebanon
Anta de Pavia
dolmen transformed into a chapel in Pavia, Portugal
Dolmen-Chapel of São Brissos
christianized dolmen in Santiago do Escoural, Portugal
St. Leonard's Church, Lipnica Murowana
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Convent of Santo Domingo
cultural heritage site in Cusco, Peru
Christianized site
method employed in the Interpretatio Christiana
Sanctuary of Aphrodite, Aphrodisias
1st-century BC Temple of Aphrodite
Virgin Mary Athiniotissa
old church in the Acropolis of Athens