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Religion	Country	Location	Description
Bahai	Israel / Palestine	Haifa	Shrine in Haifa dedicated to the founder of the Bahai faith who was executed in 1850.
Buddhism	China	Yunnan Kunming	The 1000 year old Yang Tong Temple in Kunming.
Buddhism	China	Tibet Sakya Monastery	Monks at Sakya Monastery built in the 13th century. The walled complex covers an area of 18,000m2.
Buddhism	China	Tibet Palkhor Choide Monastery	The 13th century Palkhor Choide Monastery on the Tibetan plateau.
Buddhism	China	Tibet Lhasa Drepung Monastery	Drepung Monastery, dating from 1416, is one of the largest in the world. It is in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.
Buddhism	China	Beijing Lama Temple	Mongolian, Tibetan and Chinese writing on the Buddhist Lama Temple in Beijing.
Buddhism	India	Jammu and Kashmir Tikse	Tikse Gompa is a spectacular Buddhist monastery in the Himalayan region of Ladakh.
Buddhism	Indonesia	Java Borobudur	Pilgrims walking around Borobudur. This is the largest Buddhist structure in the world. It is 200m square and dates from 850AD.
Buddhism	Japan	Nara	The Main Hall of the 6th Century Todai Temple in Nara is the largest wooden building in the world.
Buddhism	Malaysia	Penang Island	The Million Buddhas Pagoda on Penang Island.
Buddhism	Myanmar	Rangoon Shwedagon Pagoda	Reclining Buddha at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda in Rangoon, dating from 1769.
Buddhism	Nepal	Kathmandu Valley Bodhnath	The 7th century Bodhnath Stupa is the largest in Nepal.
Buddhism	Nepal	Annapurna Trek Kali Gandaki Valley	Tukche Monastery overlooked by Manapati (6380m).
Buddhism	South Korea	Mount Gaya	Haen-Sa Temple at Mount Gaya dates from 802 AD.
Buddhism	Sri Lanka	Kandy Temple of the Tooth	The Temple of the Tooth in Kandy.
Buddhism	Sri Lanka	Kandy	Lankatilake Temple near Kandy.
Buddhism	Thailand	Bangkok Wat Benjamabophit	Wat Benjamabophit in Bangkok.
Buddhism	Thailand	Nakhorn Pathon	Phra Pathom is the world's tallest Buddhist monument (127m) in Nakhorn Pathon. It dates from 6th century.
Buddhism	Thailand	Phu Thawk	Phu Thawk is a rocky outcrop that houses a Buddhist monastery on eight levels.
Buddhism	Thailand	That Panom	Wat That Panom is a Lao style Buddhist temple dating from 500 BC. The chedi is 52m high and contains 16kg of gold.
Cao Dai	Vietnam	Tay Ninh	The colourful Cao Dai temple at Tay Ninh.
Christianity : Catholic	France	Grasse	Notre Dame du Puy Cathedral in Grasse dates from 13th century and is in Provencal-Romanesque style.
Christianity : Catholic	Guatemala	Guatemala City	Yurrita Church in Guatemala City is the capital's strangest building.
Christianity : Catholic	Guatemala	Antigua	San Pedro Church in Antigua dates from 1680.
Christianity : Catholic	Mexico	Zacatecas	The Cathedral in Zacatecas is carved from red sand stone and dates from 1752.
Christianity : Catholic	Mexico	Puebla	The colourful Church of San Fransisco in Puebla is covered in ceramic tiles.
Christianity : Catholic	Mexico	Oaxaca Mitla	The 16th century Church of San Paolo is built on top of a Zapotec temple at Mitla.
Christianity : Catholic	Monaco	Monaco Monaco Ville	The Cathedral in Monaco houses the tombs of the royal family including Prince Rainer III and Princess Grace.
Christianity : Orthodox	Israel / Palestine	Nazareth	The Church of the Annunciation was built in 1969 on the site of four earlier churches.
Christianity : Orthodox	Kazakhstan	Almaty	The Zenkov Cathedral in Almaty was built in 1904.
Christianity : Orthodox	Kyrgyzstan	Karakol	The 1895 Holy Trinity Cathedral in Karakol is made entirely of wood.
Christianity : Orthodox	Russia	Moscow Kremlin	The 1479 Assuption Cathedral in the Kremlin contains the tombs of many Russia Orthodox church leaders.
Christianity : Orthodox	Russia	Moscow	The brick Monastery of the Sign dates from the 17th century.
Christianity : Orthodox	Russia	Moscow	The Bell Tower of the Novodevichy Monastery dates from 1690 and is 72m high.
Christianity : Orthodox	Russia	Novosibirsk	The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Novosibirsk dates from 1898
Christianity : Orthodox	Syria	Damascus	The 13th century Armenian Orthodox church of St Sarkis in Damascus.
Christianity : Orthodox	Syria	Damascus Maaloula	The Greek Orthodox St Sarkis in Maaloula is the oldest convent in the world and dates from the 1st century.
Christianity : Orthodox	Syria	Latakia	Greek Orthodox wedding in Latakia. Over a million Chriistians live in Syria.
Christianity : Protestant	Belize	Belize City	St John's Cathedral in Belize City is the oldest Anglican church in Central America.
Christianity : Protestant	Germany	Cologne	Carved doorway at Cologne Cathedral.
Christianity : Protestant	Indonesia	Sumatra Brastagi	Karo Batak style church in Brastagi, their cultural centre.
Christianity: Catholic	Brazil	Belem	Nazare Basilica in Belem.
Christianity: Catholic	Brazil	Congonhas	The Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos in Congonhas.
Christianity: Catholic	Chile	Chiloe Island Chonchi	San Carlos Church in Chonchi is a typical wooden structure from Chiloe Island.
Christianity: Catholic	Chile	Lauca National Park Parinacota	Thatched church, built 1789, in the 4000m high Aymara village of Parinacota.
Christianity: Catholic	Colombia	Popayan	The famous night Easter precession at Popayan.
Christianity: Catholic	Colombia	Villa de Leyva	Church in the pretty village of Villa de Leyva dating from 1608.
Christianity: Catholic	Colombia	Momphos	The earthquake-proof Santa Barbara Church in Momphos, a pretty colonial town on the banks of the Magdalena River.
Christianity: Catholic	Croatia	Dubrovnik	Carving above the entrance to the Fransiscan Monastery dating from 1498 in Dubrovnik.
Christianity: Catholic	Czech Republic	Prague	The Baroque Church of St Nicholas in the centre of Old Prague dates from 1730.