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Taj Mahal

Big Ben in London

Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

Saint Basil's Cathedral

Azadi Square in Tehran

Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro

Eiffel Tower in Paris

Sydney Opera House in Sydney

Colosseum in Rome

Parthenon in Athens

Giza Pyramids in Cairo

Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area.

In modern usage, it includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument, building, or other structure. In American English it is the main term used to designate places that might be of interest to tourists due to notable physical features or historical significance. Landmarks in the British English sense are often used for casual navigation, such as giving directions. This is done in American English as well.

A variant is a seamark or daymark, a structure usually built intentionally to aid sailors navigating featureless coasts. An example is the tower at Walton-on-the-Naze in England.

Links to landmarks around the world

Landmarks may be split into two categories: natural phenomena (physical features such as waterfalls and mountains) and man-made features, like buildings, bridges, statues, public squares, and so forth.

Natural phenomena

• The Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland
• Cotton Tree, Freetown, Sierra Leone
• Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia
• Stone Mountain, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
• Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
• The Twelve Apostles (Victoria), Victoria, Australia
• Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Queensland, Australia
• Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
• Niagara Falls, Ontario/New York, Canada/USA /
• Victoria Falls, Zambia/Zimbabwe /
• Angel Falls, Canaima National Park, Gran Sabana, Bolivar State, Venezuela
• Mount Everest, Himalayas, Nepal/China /
• Matterhorn, Alps, Switzerland/Italy /

Man-made features

Africa

• Great Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt
• Great Mosque of Djenné, Djenné, Mali
• Tomb of Askia, Gao, Mali

Asia

• Baalbek, Baalbeck, Lebanon
• Persepolis, Fars, Iran
• Azadi Tower, Tehran, Iran
• Taj Mahal, Agra, India
• Gateway of India, Mumbai, India
• Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai, China
• The Great Wall of China, Beijing, China
• Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
• 63 Building/N Seoul Tower, Seoul, South Korea
• Tokyo Tower, Tokyo, Japan
• Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand
• Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan
• Sigiriya Fortress, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
• Burj Al Arab, Dubai, UAE
• Petra, Arabah, Aqaba Governorate, Jordan
• Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel
• Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel
• Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Europe

• Irish Government Buildings, Dublin, Ireland
• Newgrange, Co. Meath, Ireland
• Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
• The Customs House, Dublin, Ireland
• The Spire of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
• Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary
• The Parthenon, Athens, Greece
• The White Tower of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
• Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
• Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France
• The Colosseum, Rome, Italy
• Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
• Big Ben, London, United Kingdom
• Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom
• Stonehenge, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
• Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, United Kingdom
• London Eye, London, United Kingdom
• Tower Bridge, London, United Kingdom
• St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
• Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania
• Red Square/Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia
• Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd, Russia
• Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Kölner Dom, Cologne, Germany
• Frauenkirche, Munich, Germany
• Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany
• Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
• Reichstag Building, Berlin, Germany
• Fernsehturm, Berlin, Germany
• Torre de Belém, Lisboa, Portugal
• Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
• Mezquita de Córdoba, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
• Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
• St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
• Pobednik, Belgrade, Serbia
• Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

• Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, USA
• Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York City, New York, USA
• Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, USA
• Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
• Hoover Dam, Colorado River, Arizona\Nevada, USA
• Empire State Building, New York City, New York, USA
• Sears Tower, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Chichen Itza, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
• White House, Washington, D.C., USA
• Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Oceania

South America

• Macchu Picchu, Urubamba Valley, Peru
• Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Monserrate, Bogota, Colombia

Photographs

Taipei 101, the world's tallest office building (509 m) since its completion in 2004, is located in Taipei, Taiwan	The CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada had been the Tallest Building and Freestanding Structure (553.3 m) for over 30 years, and has the highest observation deck.	The Q1 Tower in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Is the second tallest residential tower in the world (323 m)	The Colosseum in Rome, Italy
The Persepolis in Fars, Iran	Parliament House in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia	The Sphinx and Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt	The Statue of Liberty in New York City, New York, USA
The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France	The Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany	The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Pisa, Italy	The Harbour Bridge in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia is the widest long-span bridge in the world
The Sky Tower in Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand	Burj al-Arab Hotel in Dubai, UAE	Sydney Opera House in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania is the largest building in Europe	Eureka Tower in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia is the tallest residential tower in the world	Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Oriental Pearl Tower, Located in the Bund in Shanghai, China,
Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, USA	Uluru in Northern Territory, Australia is the largest rock in the world	Grand Palace, the official residence of the king of Thailand from the 18th century to the mid-20th century and the home of the Emerald Buddha, Bangkok, Thailand,	Cotton Tree, Cotton Tree in Freetown in the distance, Freetown, Sierra Leone,
Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, South West England, United Kingdom	Sigiriya, an ancient rock fortress and ruined palace towering over the jungles of Central Sri Lanka,

See also

• Waypoint
• National Historic Landmark
• Tourism