- Amiens: cathedral - Gothic, 13th century, photo
- Rouen: cathedral - Gothic, 14th century
- Paris: Notre Dame - the hunchback is not at home anymore, early Gothic, 12th century
- Rome: Peter Church - large dome, 16th century, Sixtine Chapel by Michelangelo,
facade photo.
- Santiago de Compostela: cathedral -
huge incense bowl, 11th century, goal for pilgrims
- Toledo: cathedral - 13th century. At that time the city was Arabic.
- Köln: cathedral - gothic, black of soot, 13th century
- Palermo: cathedral - partially Arabic style, 12th century,
photo
- London: Westminster Abbey - famous people's graves, 13th century
- London: St Paul's Cathedral - neo-classic with large dome, 17th century
- Moscow: Vasilij cathedral - onion domes, 16th century
- St Petersburg: Isaac cathedral - neo-classic with golden dome, 19th century,
photo
- Kairouan, Tunis: grande mosque with a forest of ancient columns,
photo
- Paris: Sainte-Chapelle - 13th century with nice stained glass paintings, perhaps a bit too
much
- Barcelona: La Sagrada Familia - Gaudí's creation, 20th century,
photo
- - Córdoba: moskén - 9th century
- - Chartres, Orléans, Reims, Evreux: the great Gothic cathedrals
- - Sevilla: cathedral - 15th century
- Pisa: il Duomo - 11th century
- Milano: il Duomo - 14th century
- - Siena: il Duomo - 12th century
- Wien: Stephansdom
- - Istanbul: Hagia Sofia - bysantine church from 6th century AD, now a mosque,
photo
- - Morocco: world's gratest mosque - 1990s
- - Buchara, Uzbekistan: Kaljan mosque with 45 m high minaret,
photo
- - Khiva, Uzbekistan: Kalta Minor minaret, photo
- - Rangoon, Burma: the golden Schvedagon pagoda - 13th century,
photo
Per Åkesson 1994, revised
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