Top 1290 Historic Sites in the world - Page 2

Here rests one of the Mughal Empire’s brilliant rulers.

Where military history and architecture meet.

Protecting the many lives in Muscat then, either as a fort, a prison, Al Jalali Fort has taken on many lives, settling down as a very private museum now.

A fortress with a history marred with imprisonment and torture.

A marriage of Christian and Moorish architecture.

A mystical, ancient site with 95 standing stones.

Gaze at the only surviving example of Almoravid architecture in Marrakesh!

Dreamy and mysterious, the ruins of this fortress have a story to tell.

A time capsule of the Malagasy civilization and culture that still thrives within the people of Madagascar.

Surround yourself with beautiful Indian architecture at this fantastic fort.

Located on Amman’s Jabal al-Qal’a is a site inhabited since the age of cavemen, known to the Greeks as Philadelphia, or the Rabbath Amman in the iron age and to us as Amman Citadel.

The oldest amphitheatre of the Roman world.

Haarlem’s only city gate left standing provides a valuable glimpse into life during Medieval times.

An age-old monastery that is rich in Greek history and culture.

Where the four Buddhas identified in history are brought together in a single location.