Archaeological sites

Parthenon (5th Century BC) Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Roman aqueduct (2nd Century) Segovia, Spain

Houses of the historical city of 'Raqmu' (1st-2nd Century) Petra, Jordan

Greek temple of Concordia in the "Valle dei Templi" (5th Century BC) Agrigento - Sicily, Italy

Roman amphitheatre (1st Century) Mérida - Badajoz, Spain

Roman triumphal arch (1st Century) Orange - Vaucluse, France

Roman municipium of Augustóbriga (3rd Century) Cáceres, Spain

Terracotta army (210-209 BC) Xi'an, China

Roman Village 'Baelo Claudia' (2nd Century) Cádiz, Spain

Dolmen D53 (3400-3100 BC) Havelte, Netherlands

Celtic village 'Castro de Baroña' (1st Century BC) A Coruña, Spain

'Chevaux de frise' (Frisian horses) in the fortified Vetton village 'Castro de la Mesa de Miranda' (5th-1st Century BC) Ávila, Spain

Colosseum (1st Century) Rome - Lacio, Italy

Dolmen of Dombate (3800-2700 BC) La Coruña - Galicia, Spain

Reefert Church (12th Century) Glendalough - County Wicklow, Ireland

'Almogarén', Guanche ritual place in 'Cuatro Puertas' (before 1483) Gran Canaria, Spain

Temple of Goa Gajah (9th Century) Bali, Indonesia

Prehistoric town 'Los Millares' (4th-2nd Millennium BC) Almería, Spain

Greco-Roman city Gerasa (1st Century) Jerash, Jordan

Temple of Diana in Cefalu (4th Century BC) Sicily, Italy

Talayot site of Talatí de Dalt (13th Century BC) Menorca - Baleares, Spain

Monasterboice (8th Century) Louth, Ireland

Obelisk of Theodosius (erected in 15th Century BC by pharaoh Thutmose III) re-erected in 357 in Alexandria and transported in 357 to Constantinople, actually Istanbul, Turkey

Visigoth necropolis 'Remedios' (6th-7th Century) Colmenar Viejo - Madrid, Spain

Ancient Greek city 'Paestum' (6th-4th Century BC) Salerno - Campania, Italy

Arab baths (13th-14th Century) Ronda - Málaga, Spain

Prehispanic settlement 'Cañada de los Gatos' (before 1483) Puerto de Mogán - Gran Canaria, Spain

Pre-Romanesque church of St Mary (9th Century) Mount Naranco, Oviedo, Spain

Roman Forum 'Forum Romanum', Rome, Italy

Post-Talayotic house of Biniparratxet Petit (approx. 1st Century BC) Menorca - Baleeares, Spain

Pompei (7th-1st century BC) Naples - Campania, Italy

Roman city walls (3rd Century) Lugo, Spain

Temple of Tanah-Lot (16th Century) Bali, Indonesia

Roman terms (1st Century) Alhama de Murcia, Spain

Temple of Diana (1st Century BC) Mérida - Badajoz, Spain

Ruins of the Bobastro Church (9th Century) Ardales, Spain

Fourknocks Passage Tomb (3000–2500 BC) Stamullen - County Meath, Ireland

Rests of a basilica in Roman city 'Complutum' (3th Century) Alcalá de Henares - Madrid, Spain

Iberian village (6th Century BC) Ullastret - Girona, Spain

'The bulls of Guisando' (4th-3rd Century B.C.) El Tiemblo - Ávila, Spain

The Great Wall of China (220-206 BC, rebuilt 14th-17th Century) China

Hercules Tower (1st Century) La Coruña, Spain (the oldest lighthouse still in use)

'Tzompantli' in Chiche Itzá (800-1100) near to Pisté, Mexico

(A 'Tzompantli' was used for the public display of human skulls of war captives or other sacrificial victims).

Visigoth graves, dug out of granite rocks (6th-7th Century) Hoyo de Manzanares - Madrid, Spain

Roman factory of 'garum' -a fermented fish sauce- with Phoenician origins (5th-1st Century BC) Almuñécar - Granada, Spain

Almendres Cromlech (6th Century BC) Évora - Antelejo, Portugal

Hypogea in Phoenician-Carthaginian necropolis Puig des Molins (6th-1st Century BC), Ibiza - Baleares, Spain

Greek temple of Apollo in Ortygia (6th Century BC) Syracuse - Sicily, Italy.

Rock engravings in La Zarza y La Zarcita (before 11th Century) Garafía - La Palma, Spain

City wall of Vetton 'Castro de Ulaca' (3rd-2nd Century BC) Villaviciosa - Ávila, Spain

Rests of a Phoenician fort inside the Saint George Castle (approx. 7th Century BC) Lisbon, Portugal

Lion Gate (13th Century BC) Mycenae, Greece

Remaining columns of the Doric Temple (6th Century BC) Taranto, Italy

Roman theater (1st Century BC) Cartagena - Murcia, Spain

Roman road, Puerto del Pico - Sierra de Gredos, Spain

Monte Albán (founded approx. 500 BC) Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Mexico

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