Great Stupa
Ancient India and south-east Asia, Unknown, Sanchi, India, c. 250 BCE-250 CE.
Cave Temple
Ancient India and south-east Asia, Unknown, Karli, India, c. 100 BCE-100 CE.
Brihadeshvara Temple
Ancient India and south-east Asia, Unknown, Tanjore, India, c. 1000-1010
Lingaraja Temple
Ancient India and south-east Asia, Unknown, Bhubaneshwar, India, c.1050-1150
Angkor Wat
Ancient India and south-east Asia, Unknown, Angkor, Cambodia, c. 1113-1150
Great Wall of China
Traditional China, Unknown, China, 221 BCE - 1368 CE
Nanchan Monastery
Traditional China, Unknown, Shanxi, China, 782
Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple
Traditional China, Unknown, Ying, China, 1056
Forbidden City
Traditional China, Ming Changzu, Beijing, China, c. 1420
Horyuji Temple Complex
Traditional Japan, Unknown, Nara, Japan, 670-714
Todaiji Great Buddha Hall (aka Daibutsu-Den)
Traditional Japan, Unknown, Nara, Japan, c.1200
Ise Shrine
Traditional Japan, Unknown, Uji-Yamada, Japan, c. 690-present
Katsura Imperial Villa
Traditional Japan, Unknown, Kyoto, Japan, 1620-1660
Palace of Knossos
Ancient Greece, Unknown, Crete, Greece, c.1700-1380 BCE
Great Altar of Zeus
Ancient Greece, Unknown, Pergamon, Turkey, c. 181-159 BCE
Erechtheion
Ancient Greece, Mnesikles, Athens, Greece, c. 421-406 BCE
Plan of Miletus
Ancient Greece, Hippodamus of Miletus, Miletus, Turkey, c. 500 BCE
The Parthenon
Ancient Greece, Iktinos and Kallikrates, Athens, Greece, 448-432 BCE
Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia
Ancient Rome, Unknown, Palestrina, Italy, c. 80 BCE.
Flavian Amphitheater (aka Colosseum)
Ancient Rome, Unknown, Rome, Italy, c. 70-82 CE
Pantheon
Ancient Rome, Unknown, Rome, Italy, 118-128 CE
Arch of Constantine
Ancient Rome, Unknown, Rome, Italy, c. 312-315 CE
Forum of Trajan
Ancient Rome, Apollodorus of Damascus, Rome, Italy, c. 100-114 CE
Old Saint Peter’s
Early Christian, Unknown, Rome, Italy, c. 333
Church of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo
Early Christian, Unknown, Ravenna, Italy, 556-569
Hagia Sophia
Byzantine, Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Istanbul, Turkey, 532-537 CE
San Marco Basilica
Byzantine, Unknown, Venice, Italy, 1063-1089
Saint Basil the Blessed Cathedral
Byzantine, Barma and Posnik, Moscow, Russia, 1555-1560
Great Mosque of Damascus
Islamic, Unknown, Damascus, Syria, 706-715
Great Mosque of Córdoba
Islamic, Unknown, Córdoba, Spain, 833-988
Alhambra
Islamic, Unknown, Granada, Spain, 1237-1492
Sehzade Mosque
Islamic, Mimar Sinan, Istanbul, Turkey, 1545-1548
Taj Mahal
Islamic, Ahmed Lahauri, Isa Afandi and Ismail Afridi, Agra, India, 1631-1647
Great Zimbabwe
Ancient African, Unknown, Masvingo, Zimbabwe, c. 1060
Great Mosque of Djenné
Ancient African, Unknown, Djenné, Mali, c. 1200, rebuilt 1907
Husuni Kubwa Palace
Ancient African, Unknown, Kilwa, Tanzania: c. 1245
Rock Cut Churches
Ancient African, Unknown, Lalibela, Ethiopia, c.1270
Kasubi Tombs
Ancient African, Unknown, Kampala, Uganda, 1881
Charlemagne’s Palatine Chapel
Early Medieval, Odo of Metz, Aachen, Germany, 792-805.
Plan of Saint Gall
Early Medieval, Unknown, unbuilt, c. 817
Monastery of Saint Martin-du-Canigou
Early Medieval, Unknown, Canigou, France, 1001-1026