Ruins of St. Paul Cathedral, Macau

Macau - St Paul Church 02, originally uploaded by betta design.

Built between 1582 and 1602, destroyed by fire during a typhoon in 1835.

More details at Wikipedia.

Great Churches of Asia

Manila Cathedral
Manila, The Philippines

www.manilacathedral.org
www.philippines-travel-guide.com/manila-cathedral.html





Oura Catholic Church
Nagasaki, Japan

http://web-japan.org/atlas/architecture/arc25.html

St. Basil’s Cathedral (Russian Orthodox)


(1555-1560)
Moscow, Russia

Great Buildings of Africa and Asia

The Great Ziggurat at Ur
(2125-2025 BC)
Iraq


Treasury at Petra
(1st Century AD)
Petra, Jordan

www.brown.edu/Departments/Anthropology/Petra/








Temple at Borobudur
(8th-9th Centuries)
Java, Indonesia

www.borobudur.tv


Angkor Wat
(12th century)
Angkor, Cambodia

www.angkorwat.org


Krak des Chevaliers
(12th-13th centuries AD)
Syria

www.pbase.com/azlin/syria
http://www.syriagate.com/Syria/about/cities/Homs/krakdeschevalier.htm


The Great Wall of China

www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/

The Great Wall by Elizabeth Mann


The Imperial Palace/Forbidden City
(15th Century AD)
Beijing, China


Castle of the White Heron
(1601-1609)
Himeji, Japan

http://web-japan.org/atlas/architecture/arc16.html


Taj Mahal
(1632-1648)
India

www.taj-mahal.net


Potala Palace
(1645-1694)
Lhasa, Tibet

www.pbase.com/dominicyeung/potala_tibet
www.china.org.cn/english/kuaixun/74941.htm

Amber Fort
(16th – 17th Century)
Amber, India

www.normankoren.com/India_04_6.html

Dusit Maha Prasad
(18th Century)
Bangkok, Thailand

www.hellosiam.com/html/Bangkok/Bangkok%20-%20Grand%20Palace.htm

Petronas Towers
(1998)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

www.petronastwintowers.com.my

Taipei 101
Taipei, Taiwan

www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=100765