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Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital, most populous city, and one of the nine states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the cultural, economic, and political centre of the country, the fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most populous of the cities on the river Danube.

Damascus
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital city in the world. Known colloquially in Syria as and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine" (), Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.

Timbuktu
Timbuktu ( ; ; Koyra Chiini: ; ) is an ancient city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River. It is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrative regions of Mali, having a population of 32,460 in the 2018 census.

Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik, historically also known as Ragusa, is a city in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, by the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean, a seaport and the centre of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County. In 2021, its total population was 41,562. Recognizing its outstanding medieval architecture and fortifications, UNESCO inscribed the Old City of Dubrovnik as a World Heritage Site in 1979.

Palmyra
Palmyra (, ; ; ) is an ancient city in central Syria. It is located in the eastern part of the Levant, and archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first mention the city in the early second millennium BCE. Palmyra changed hands on a number of occasions between different empires before becoming a subject of the Roman Empire in the first century CE.

Samarra
Buddhas of Bamiyan
sculptures in Afghanistan before 2001
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Mtskheta
Mtskheta ( ) is a city in the region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is located approximately north of Tbilisi, at the confluence of the Kura and Aragvi rivers. Currently a small provincial capital, for nearly a millennium until the 5th century AD, Mtskheta was a large fortified city and a significant economic and political center of the Kingdom of Iberia.

Assur
Aššur, also known as Ashur and '''Qal'at Sherqat''', was the capital of the Middle Assyrian Empire for a time, of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–609 BC) and a semi-independent state during the Parthian Empire between the 2nd century BC and mid 3rd century AD. The remains of the city lie on the western bank of the Tigris River, north of the confluence with its tributary, the Little Zab, in what is now Iraq, more precisely in the al-Shirqat District of the Saladin Governorate. Assur lies south of the site of Kalhu (the biblical Calah, Nimrud) and 100 km (60 mi) south of Nineveh.
Virunga National Park
national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Krak des Chevaliers
Crusader castle near Homs, Syria
Minaret of Jam
minaret in Afghanistan
Plitvice Lakes National Park
national park of Croatia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Hampi
Hampi or Hampe (), also referred to as the Group of Monuments at Hampi, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the town of Hampi in Vijayanagara district, east-central Karnataka, India. Hampi predates the Vijayanagara Empire; it is mentioned in the Ramayana and the Puranas of Hinduism as Pampa Devi Tirtha Kshetra. Hampi continues as a religious centre, with the Virupaksha Temple, an active Adi Shankara-linked monastery and various monuments belonging to the old city.
Everglades National Park
one-and-a-half million acres in Florida (US) managed by the National Park Service
Leptis Magna
ancient city in modern Libya
Kathmandu Valley
valley in Bagmati Province, Nepal
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
World Heritage Site

Butrint
Butrint (, , ) was an ancient Greek polis and later Roman city and the seat of an early Christian bishopric in Epirus.

Bosra
Bosra (), historically Bostra () and officially called Busra al-Sham (), is a town in southern Syria, administratively belonging to the Daraa District of the Daraa Governorate and geographically part of the Hauran region.
Abu Mena
town, monastery complex and Christian pilgrimage center in Late Antique Egypt. WHS#90
Garamba National Park
national park in DR Congo
Salonga National Park
national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zabid
Zabid () (also spelled Zabīd, Zabeed and Zebid) is a town with an urban population of around 52,590 people, located on Yemen's western coastal plain. It is one of the oldest towns in Yemen, and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993. However, in 2000, the site was placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger. The town was the capital of several ruling dynasties in Yemen over many centuries.
Aïr Mountains
mountain range in Niger
Coro
capital of Falcón State and the oldest city in the west of Venezuela
Kasubi Tombs
Grass thatched round house containing the tombs and insignia of Mutesa I, and three northern subsequent rulers of Buganda
Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park
national park
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park
national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Simien Mountains National Park
national park in Ethiopia
Tomb of Askia
tomb in Gao, Mali
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
three Indonesian national parks on the island of Sumatra
list of World Heritage in Danger
Wikimedia list article
Gelati Monastery
monastery in Georgia, Caucasus
Chan Chan
Archaeological site in Peru
Wieliczka Salt Mine
salt mine (Wieliczka, Poland)
Kilwa Kisiwani
island in Tanzania
Shalamar Gardens
garden complex in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Srebarna Nature Reserve
nature reserve and biosphere reserve in Bulgaria
Sangay National Park
national park in Ecuador
Lahore Fort
citadel in Lahore, Pakistan
Bam Citadel
citadel in Bam, Iran
Dead Cities
group of abandoned settlements in northwest Syria
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
biosphere reserve in Honduras
Rwenzori Mountains National Park
national park in Uganda
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
national park in Senegal
Citadel of Salah Ed-Din
medieval castle in northwestern Syria
Rainforests of the Atsinanana
madagascan World Heritage Sitie
Bahla Fort
medieval Islamic fort in Oman
Los Katíos National Park
national park in Colombia
Iguaçu National Park
national park in Brazil

Battir
Battir (, Hebrew: ביתר) is a Palestinian village in the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the West Bank, 6.4 km west of Bethlehem, and southwest of Jerusalem. In 2017, the village had a population of 4,696.

Portobelo
Portobelo (Modern Spanish: "Puerto Bello" ("beautiful port"), historically in Portuguese: Porto Belo) is a historic port and corregimiento in Portobelo District, Colón Province, Panama. Located on the northern part of the Isthmus of Panama, it is northeast of the modern port of Colón now at the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. It has a population of 4,559 , and functions as the seat of Portobelo District.
East Rennell
southern portion of Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands
Songo Mnara
ruins of a stone town in Tanzania
Ancient City of Aleppo
historic city centre of Aleppo, Syria
Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Autonomous province of Kosovo, Serbia
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
various rice terraces located at the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines
Dresden Elbe Valley
cultural landscape in Saxony in Germany
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor
UNESCO World Heritage Site