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Leuven Town Hall
Leuven, Belgium
A Gothic town hall so richly carved it looks like jewellery.
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Magdalen College
Oxford, United Kingdom
A college with deer park, river walks and a famous bell tower.
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Monemvasia
Greece
A medieval fortress town on a rock island linked to the mainland by a causeway.
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Muckross House and Gardens
Killarney, Ireland
A Victorian mansion and gardens within Killarney National Park.
Historic site · UNESCO
Old Town Hall Bamberg
Bamberg, Germany
A painted town hall built on an island in the river.
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Palais des Nations
Geneva, Switzerland
The European headquarters of the United Nations, set in a park above the lake.
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Palazzo Pubblico
City of San Marino, San Marino
The government palace on Liberty Square, with guards in colourful uniforms.
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Pecs Cathedral and Early Christian Necropolis
Pecs, Hungary
Late Roman burial chambers with painted walls, UNESCO-listed.
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Plaza de Toros de Ronda
Ronda, Spain
One of Spain's oldest bullrings, now a museum, tied to the origins of modern bullfighting.
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Portovenere
Italy
A colourful harbour village with a black-and-white church on the rocks.
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Skara Brae
United Kingdom
A remarkably preserved Neolithic village on the coast of Orkney.
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Street of the Knights
Rhodes Town, Greece
A medieval street lined with the former inns of the knights.
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Subotica City Hall
Subotica, Serbia
A colourful early 20th-century Art Nouveau town hall with a tall tower you can climb.
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Trinity College Great Court
Cambridge, United Kingdom
A vast college courtyard famous for the Great Court Run.
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Tyne Cot Cemetery
Ypres, Belgium
The largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world, in the former Passchendaele battlefield.
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Valldemossa Carthusian Monastery
Palma, Spain
A mountain-village monastery where Chopin and George Sand spent a winter.
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Via Garibaldi and the Palazzi dei Rolli
Genoa, Italy
Genoa's grand street of Renaissance and baroque palaces.
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Vysehrad
Prague, Czechia
A hilltop fortress with ramparts, a basilica and a cemetery of famous Czechs.
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Westerplatte
Gdańsk, Poland
A peninsula at the mouth of the port, the site of the first battle of the Second World War.
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Zamość Old Town
Zamość, Poland
An ideal Renaissance town planned in the 16th century, with arcaded houses and a magnificent town hall.
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Begijnhof
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A quiet courtyard of historic houses, hidden just off a busy shopping street.
Historic site · UNESCO
Beguinage of Bruges
Bruges, Belgium
A whitewashed enclosed courtyard of cottages, now home to Benedictine nuns.
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Capuchin Catacombs
Palermo, Italy
Underground corridors lined with preserved bodies, a sobering and unusual sight.