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Termas dos Cucos - Termas dos Cucos, in the suburbs of Torres Vedras, 50 km north of Lisbon, Portugal

Asia
Masjid-i-Jahan Numa - Jama Masjid or Masjid-i-Jahan Numa (Urdu: مسجد جھان نمہ), mosque of Old Delhi commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan - New Delhi, India

SouthEast Asia
Sitted Buddha - 2003 - Sitted Buddha,  Wat Mahathat - Sukhothai Historical Park (th: อุทยานประวัติศาสตร์สุโขทัย), Thailand

North America
Campeche cathedral - Campeche cathedral or cathedral of Campeche, Mexican state of Campeche, on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico

Central America
Port of Roatan - Port of Roatán and town among Jose Santos Guardiola, Cayos Cochinos, Coxen Hole and also French Harbour, West End, and Oak Ridge - Honduras' Bay Islands

South America
Puerto Madero - Vista aedrea de Puerto Madero desde el Río de La Plata

The Caribbean
Beach - Klein Curaçao (Dutch for little Curaçao), Klein Curaçao island beach, south-east of Curaçao

Africa
Sunrise over Chott El Jerid - Sunrise over salt lake Chott El Jerid or Chott el Djerid (Arabic: شط الجريد‎), southern Tunisia

Oceania
By night - The Sydney Opera House by night, based on the competition winning entry by Danish architect Jørn Utzon - on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Middle East
Harbour area - The harbour area in Alanya - The ferry from Alanya to Keryneia (Girne, Kyrenia) in Occupied Northern Cyprus

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View of San Francisco's Chinatown, a painted building, oldest Chinatown in the United States Painted building - View of San Francisco's Chinatown, a painted building, oldest Chinatown in the United States

Pudong New Area (浦東新区, pinyin: Pǔdōng Xīn Qū) with the Oriental Pearl Tower (Chinese: 东方明珠塔; pinyin: Dōngfāng Míngzhūtǎ, Official Name: 东方明珠电视塔) and view of Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; pinyin: Shànghǎi), by night - China Oriental Pearl Tower - Pudong New Area (浦東新区, pinyin: Pǔdōng Xīn Qū) with the Oriental Pearl Tower (Chinese: 东方明珠塔; pinyin: Dōngfāng Míngzhūtǎ, Official Name: 东方明珠电视塔) and view of Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; pinyin: Shànghǎi), by night - China

Downtown Hội An, on the coast of the South China Sea in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, Quảng Nam province Hoi An street - Downtown Hội An, on the coast of the South China Sea in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, Quảng Nam province

Little India is an ethnic neighbourhood found in Singapore that has Indian cultural elements, east of the Singapore River, across from Chinatown, and north of Kampong Glam Little India - Little India is an ethnic neighbourhood found in Singapore that has Indian cultural elements, east of the Singapore River, across from Chinatown, and north of Kampong Glam

Fountain in front of the Torre del Filarete. In the main entrance to the Ducal Courtyard museums is a stairway leading to the Rocchetta first and second floors, which house the Sforzesco Castle Applied art collections. On the first floor is the so-called Sala della Balla, where ladies and knights at the Sforza Court used to amuse themselves. Here are the magnificent Trivulzio Tapestries, manufactured in Vigevano according to Bramantino's cartoons. In the ball room are also some of the exhibits belonging to the museum of musical instruments. The collection was acquired by the city of Milan starting from the '50s with the Gallini Collection, but includes also a wide range of other exhibits, in particular stringed instruments from Lombardy. In the following rooms are 16th and 17th century lutes, arch lutes, zithers, guitars, and strings that made families from Cremona (the Amati and the Guarneri) renowned in the 17th century. The wind instruments deserve great attention too, to begin with the old hunting horns, the numerous wood instruments (e.g. flutes, oboes, clarinets, English horns) and the bassoons. There are also many valuable exhibits, such as Mango Longo's ten-string guitar, a 16th century harpsichord of the Venice school, Johannes Maria Anciuti's oboe (1722) and a rare glass harmonica, which had once belonged to Pietro Verri. Not to be forgotten, a section with a collection of non-European instruments and two rooms (room XXXIV and room XXXV) with a collection of instruments donated to the castle museum by the Antonio Monzino Foundation in 2000. On the second floor of the Rocchetta is exhibited a great variety of decorative arts from Lombardy, including artistic ceramics, antique furniture, ivories dating from the 4th to the 18th centuries, enamelware from Limoges scientific instruments and time meters. Among the ivory, the consul's diptychs and the Trivulzio little plate, on which emperor Ottone's family is portrayed, deserve particular attention, among the jewellery, Voghera's monstrance must be mentioned. There are interesting wrought iron exhibits, as well as glassware, majolica and china, put in chronological order, from the Middle Ages until the 19th century. Some works are by great majolica painters of the Renaissance - e.g. Francesco Xanto Avelli and Nicola da Urbino - some other by the most important china factories of the 18th century in Europe - e.g. Meissen, Vienna, Capodimonte and Ginori of Doccia. Torre del Filarete - Fountain in front of the Torre del Filarete. In the main entrance to the Ducal Courtyard museums is a stairway leading to the Rocchetta first and second floors, which house the Sforzesco Castle Applied art collections. On the first floor is the so-called Sala della Balla, where ladies and knights at the Sforza Court used to amuse themselves. Here are the magnificent Trivulzio Tapestries, manufactured in Vigevano according to Bramantino's cartoons. In the ball room are also some of the exhibits belonging to the museum of musical instruments. The collection was acquired by the city of Milan starting from the '50s with the Gallini Collection, but includes also a wide range of other exhibits, in particular stringed instruments from Lombardy. In the following rooms are 16th and 17th century lutes, arch lutes, zithers, guitars, and strings that made families from Cremona (the Amati and the Guarneri) renowned in the 17th century. The wind instruments deserve great attention too, to begin with the old hunting horns, the numerous wood instruments (e.g. flutes, oboes, clarinets, English horns) and the bassoons. There are also many valuable exhibits, such as Mango Longo's ten-string guitar, a 16th century harpsichord of the Venice school, Johannes Maria Anciuti's oboe (1722) and a rare glass harmonica, which had once belonged to Pietro Verri. Not to be forgotten, a section with a collection of non-European instruments and two rooms (room XXXIV and room XXXV) with a collection of instruments donated to the castle museum by the Antonio Monzino Foundation in 2000. On the second floor of the Rocchetta is exhibited a great variety of decorative arts from Lombardy, including artistic ceramics, antique furniture, ivories dating from the 4th to the 18th centuries, enamelware from Limoges scientific instruments and time meters. Among the ivory, the consul's diptychs and the Trivulzio little plate, on which emperor Ottone's family is portrayed, deserve particular attention, among the jewellery, Voghera's monstrance must be mentioned. There are interesting wrought iron exhibits, as well as glassware, majolica and china, put in chronological order, from the Middle Ages until the 19th century. Some works are by great majolica painters of the Renaissance - e.g. Francesco Xanto Avelli and Nicola da Urbino - some other by the most important china factories of the 18th century in Europe - e.g. Meissen, Vienna, Capodimonte and Ginori of Doccia.

Reflection in jiuzhaigou, Jiuzhaigou Valley (simplified Chinese: 九寨沟; traditional Chinese: 九寨溝; pinyin: Jiǔzhàigōu; lit. 'Valley of Nine Villages'; Tibetan: Sicadêgu), Sichuan province of China Reflection - Reflection in jiuzhaigou, Jiuzhaigou Valley (simplified Chinese: 九寨沟; traditional Chinese: 九寨溝; pinyin: Jiǔzhàigōu; lit. 'Valley of Nine Villages'; Tibetan: Sicadêgu), Sichuan province of China

Great Wall of China: several walls, referred to as the Great Wall of China, were built since the 5th century BC, the most famous being the one built between 220 BC and 200 BC by the first Emperor of China (Chinese: 皇帝; Pinyin: Huángdì), Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇; Pinyin: Qín Shǐ Huáng) Great Wall of China - Great Wall of China: several walls, referred to as the Great Wall of China, were built since the 5th century BC, the most famous being the one built between 220 BC and 200 BC by the first Emperor of China (Chinese: 皇帝; Pinyin: Huángdì), Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇; Pinyin: Qín Shǐ Huáng)

長城一般指現存中國的明長城,東起鴨綠江邊的虎山長城,西至嘉峪關,全長7,300多公里(另據報道,1990年一個徒步走完長城的中國人的計步器顯示為6,700公里),合14,600華里,所以被稱為萬里長城,在西方也常被稱為中國長城。長城平均高6-7米、寬4-5米,是建於中國古代的浩大的軍事防禦工程。也是世界上僅有的幾個巨型結構 Great Wall of China - 長城一般指現存中國的明長城,東起鴨綠江邊的虎山長城,西至嘉峪關,全長7,300多公里(另據報道,1990年一個徒步走完長城的中國人的計步器顯示為6,700公里),合14,600華里,所以被稱為萬里長城,在西方也常被稱為中國長城。長城平均高6-7米、寬4-5米,是建於中國古代的浩大的軍事防禦工程。也是世界上僅有的幾個巨型結構

The Great Wall of China (Simplified Chinese: 长城; Traditional Chinese: 長城; Pinyin: Chángchéng), world's longest human-made structure, stretching over approximately 6,400 km (4,000 miles) from Shanhai Pass in the east to Lop Nur in the west Fortifications in China - The Great Wall of China (Simplified Chinese: 长城; Traditional Chinese: 長城; Pinyin: Chángchéng), world's longest human-made structure, stretching over approximately 6,400 km (4,000 miles) from Shanhai Pass in the east to Lop Nur in the west

The Yonghe Temple (Chinese: 雍和宮; Pinyin: Yōnghégōng; Manchu: Hūwaliyasun hūwaliyaka gung; Mongolian: Найралт Найрамдах Сүм (Nairalt Nairamdakh Suum); Tibetan: དགའ་ལྡན་བྱིན་ཆགས་གླིང་), also known as the 'Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple', the 'Yonghe Lamasery', or the 'Lama Temple' is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China Lama Temple - The Yonghe Temple (Chinese: 雍和宮; Pinyin: Yōnghégōng; Manchu: Hūwaliyasun hūwaliyaka gung; Mongolian: Найралт Найрамдах Сүм (Nairalt Nairamdakh Suum); Tibetan: དགའ་ལྡན་བྱིན་ཆགས་གླིང་), also known as the 'Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple', the 'Yonghe Lamasery', or the 'Lama Temple' is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China

Life scene in a street in Yangshuo city (陽朔), small town in Guilin, Guangxi Province, China Street - Life scene in a street in Yangshuo city (陽朔), small town in Guilin, Guangxi Province, China

Beautiful landscape in Yangshuo site, Yangshuo, China Landscape - Beautiful landscape in Yangshuo site, Yangshuo, China

Lijiang River and karst peaks near Yangshuo, at dusk - Guangxi Province, China Dusk - Lijiang River and karst peaks near Yangshuo, at dusk - Guangxi Province, China

Lijiang River and karst peaks near Yangshuo, foremost venue for rock climbing, mountain biking and kayaking; China Lijiang River - Lijiang River and karst peaks near Yangshuo, foremost venue for rock climbing, mountain biking and kayaking; China

Karst peak around Yangshuo (Simplified Chinese: 阳朔; Traditional Chinese: 陽朔; Pinyin: Yángshuò), China Karst peak - Karst peak around Yangshuo (Simplified Chinese: 阳朔; Traditional Chinese: 陽朔; Pinyin: Yángshuò), China

Canal and buffalo, Yangshuo site, near Yangshuo, China Canal - Canal and buffalo, Yangshuo site, near Yangshuo, China

Karst peak landscape near Yangshuo, small town in Guilin, Guangxi Province, China Panorama - Karst peak landscape near Yangshuo, small town in Guilin, Guangxi Province, China

Karst peak around Li River or Lijiang River (Chinese: 漓江, pinyin: Lí Jiāng), near Yangshuo, China Karst peak - Karst peak around Li River or Lijiang River (Chinese: 漓江, pinyin: Lí Jiāng), near Yangshuo, China

Karst peak near Yangshuo (阳朔县), Guangxi Province (广西壮族自治区), China (中国) Karst peak - Karst peak near Yangshuo (阳朔县), Guangxi Province (广西壮族自治区), China (中国)

Yangshuo site (陽朔) near Guilin, Guangxi Province, China Landscape - Yangshuo site (陽朔) near Guilin, Guangxi Province, China

Kunming (昆明) train station, capital city of Yunnan province, China Train station - Kunming (昆明) train station, capital city of Yunnan province, China

View of New Dali, Yunnan province in the south of China, located on a fertile plateau between the Cangshan mountains to the west and Erhai lake to the east View - View of New Dali, Yunnan province in the south of China, located on a fertile plateau between the Cangshan mountains to the west and Erhai lake to the east

View of Lijiang, home to the Jade Water Village, a Dongba cultural centre and Lugu Lake, a lake which is a tourist attraction; Yunnan, China Lijiang view - View of Lijiang, home to the Jade Water Village, a Dongba cultural centre and Lugu Lake, a lake which is a tourist attraction; Yunnan, China

Lijiang City and its four counties, including the Liijang new town, Dayan old town, Shuhe old town (束河古镇), Baisha old town (白沙古镇), and parts of the Tiger Leaping Gorge. It is on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau China Lijiang city - Lijiang City and its four counties, including the Liijang new town, Dayan old town, Shuhe old town (束河古镇), Baisha old town (白沙古镇), and parts of the Tiger Leaping Gorge. It is on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau China

View of Lijiang (丽江市), rooftops; Yunnan, China Rooftops - View of Lijiang (丽江市), rooftops; Yunnan, China

View showing water wheel beside the entrance to the ancient city of Lijiang, Yunnan province, China  Water wheel - View showing water wheel beside the entrance to the ancient city of Lijiang, Yunnan province, China

Wenchang Palace, initially built in the first year of Emperor Yongzheng's reign in the Qing Dynasty, Wenchang Palace was a temple integrating Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism and was one of the major sites for local governors, country gentlemen, scholars and luminaries to hold grand ceremonies of offering sacrifices - Lijiang, China Wenchang Palace - Wenchang Palace, initially built in the first year of Emperor Yongzheng's reign in the Qing Dynasty, Wenchang Palace was a temple integrating Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism and was one of the major sites for local governors, country gentlemen, scholars and luminaries to hold grand ceremonies of offering sacrifices - Lijiang, China

Old Town of Lijiang or Dayan old town (大研古镇), Lijiang, Yunnan, China Dayan old town - Old Town of Lijiang or Dayan old town (大研古镇), Lijiang, Yunnan, China

Street in Lijiang City (Chinese: 丽江市; Pinyin: Lìjiāngshì), Dayan old town (大研古镇), Yunnan Province, China Street in Lijiang - Street in Lijiang City (Chinese: 丽江市; Pinyin: Lìjiāngshì), Dayan old town (大研古镇), Yunnan Province, China

Shangri-La: Meili, Baimang and Haba snow-capped mountains; the region is crisscrossed by the Golden Sand, Mekong, and Yangtze Rivers - Zhongdian County, Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China Jinshajiang River - Shangri-La: Meili, Baimang and Haba snow-capped mountains; the region is crisscrossed by the Golden Sand, Mekong, and Yangtze Rivers - Zhongdian County, Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China

Odeon Circle, China Town, Bangkok, Thailand Odeon Circle - Odeon Circle, China Town, Bangkok, Thailand

Yanjing parc frontière entre la China et le Tibet Yanjing - Yanjing parc frontière entre la China et le Tibet

Sorte d'hôtel religieux au Tibet, près de la frontière avec la China, Préfecture autonome tibétaine de Dêqên Near China - Sorte d'hôtel religieux au Tibet, près de la frontière avec la China, Préfecture autonome tibétaine de Dêqên

Bridge between China and Tibet (西藏) Bridge - Bridge between China and Tibet (西藏)

Near Deqin, temple, landscape, Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China Temple - Near Deqin, temple, landscape, Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China

Stupas au pied du Meili Xue Shan (6740 m), Préfecture autonome tibétaine de Dêqên, Yunnan, China Stupas - Stupas au pied du Meili Xue Shan (6740 m), Préfecture autonome tibétaine de Dêqên, Yunnan, China

Landscape near Deqin, Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 迪庆藏族自治州; Pinyin: Díqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan - བདེ་ཆེན་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ / Bde-chen Bod-rigs rang-skyong khul), autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China Landscape - Landscape near Deqin, Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 迪庆藏族自治州; Pinyin: Díqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan - བདེ་ཆེན་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ / Bde-chen Bod-rigs rang-skyong khul), autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China

Landscape, snow-covered mountains on the raod to Deqin, Yunnan province, China Mountains - Landscape, snow-covered mountains on the raod to Deqin, Yunnan province, China

Terrace-like landscape between Zhongdian and Deqin, China Terrace - Terrace-like landscape between Zhongdian and Deqin, China

Road toward Deqin, Yunnan, China Toward Deqin - Road toward Deqin, Yunnan, China

Landscape between Zhongdian and Deqin, Yunnan, China Between Zhongdian and Deqin - Landscape between Zhongdian and Deqin, Yunnan, China

Street and old houses in Zhongdian, view on the giant prayer wheel - China Old houses - Street and old houses in Zhongdian, view on the giant prayer wheel - China

Giant prayer wheel turns, Zhongdian, Yunnan province, China Prayer wheel - Giant prayer wheel turns, Zhongdian, Yunnan province, China

Zhongdian and around, mountain panoram, China Mountain view - Zhongdian and around, mountain panoram, China

Zhongdian view, Yunnan, China Zhongdian - Zhongdian view, Yunnan, China

Zhongdian Songzanlin Si monastery, Yunnan Province in southwest China Terrace - Zhongdian Songzanlin Si monastery, Yunnan Province in southwest China

Monks standing in front of Songzanlin Si monastery in Zhongdian, China Monks - Monks standing in front of Songzanlin Si monastery in Zhongdian, China

View of Zhongdian and Songzanlin Si monastery; Yunnan Province in southwest China Songzanlin Si monastery - View of Zhongdian and Songzanlin Si monastery; Yunnan Province in southwest China

View of Songzanlin Si monastery, Zhongdian, Shangri-La County (香格里拉县), primarily Tibetan county in northwestern Yunnan Province in southwest China View - View of Songzanlin Si monastery, Zhongdian, Shangri-La County (香格里拉县), primarily Tibetan county in northwestern Yunnan Province in southwest China

Destroyed road and bridge opposite the gorge, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan, China Bridge - Destroyed road and bridge opposite the gorge, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan, China