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| x Residential | 199 New Montgomery |
Residential building is a multi-residential space contained in a single structure where dwellers may rent or own their residences.
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| Millennium Tower | |||
| One Rincon Hill South Tower | |||
| One Rincon Hill North Tower | |||
| Steiner House | |||
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| x Office | Gap Headquarters | ||
| 53 State Street | |||
| Ernst & Young Tower | |||
| Bay Wellington Tower | |||
| Two World Financial Center | |||
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| x Home |
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Glass House |
A home is a place of residence or refuge. When it refers to a building, it is usually a place in which an individual or a family can live and store personal property. Most modern-day households contain sanitary facilities and a means of preparing...
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| Bill Gates' house | |||
| Pardee Home | |||
| Royal Observatory, Greenwich | |||
| Smith Estate | |||
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| x Museum |
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Mole Antonelliana |
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most...
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| National Palace Museum | |||
| Mwalimu Nyerere Museum Centre | |||
| Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney | |||
| Harris Museum | |||
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| x School |
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DeLand Hall |
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students (or "pupils") under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of...
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| Mayfield School | |||
| Lyndhurst | |||
| Divinity School, Oxford | |||
| Edgewood Fine Arts Academy | |||
| x University |
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William Gates Computer Science Building |
A university is an institution of higher education and research which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects and provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education. The word "university" is derived from the Latin universitas...
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| DeLand Hall | |||
| x Temple |
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Parthenon |
A temple (from the Latin word templum) is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites. A templum constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest, or augur. It has the same root as...
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| Wat Manolom | |||
| Kinkaku-ji | |||
| Hekatompedon temple | |||
| Healing temple | |||
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| x Warehouse |
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Yates |
A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial areas of cities and towns...
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| Amar | |||
| Hill | |||
| Sierra Pine | |||
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| x Lot |
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Rio Vista |
In real estate, a lot or plot is a tract or parcel of land owned or meant to be owned by some owner(s). A lot is essentially considered a parcel of real property in some countries or immovable property (meaning practically the same thing) in other...
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| x Industrial | Peppertree | ||
| Yates | |||
| Hathaway I | |||
| Westcore Miramar | |||
| Factor | |||
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| x Retail Center | Main Street Marketplace | ||
| Coronado | |||
| Butterfield Valley Village | |||
| Riverside Plaza | |||
| Hillcrest | |||
| x Manufacturing | 780 Shiloh Road | ||
| Stafford | |||
| Baldwin Park | |||
| x Retail | Corona Plaza | ||
| Sears | |||
| Vons Poway (Leasehold Purchase) | |||
| 350 University | |||
| L.A. Fitness | |||
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| x Lab | William Gates Computer Science Building | ||
| Fremont Business Center | |||
| x Office Tower | Southfield | ||
| Two Commodore Plaza | |||
| 800 Brazos | |||
| Terminal Tower | |||
| Transamerica Pyramid | |||
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| x R&D | Peppertree | ||
| Remec | |||
| Mission Falls Business Park | |||
| Westcore Miramar | |||
| Westcore Pacific Center | |||
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| x Distribution | Hathaway I | ||
| Amar | |||
| WDC - Stafford | |||
| WDC - Amar | |||
| WDC - Gale | |||
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| x Land | North County Industrial Park | ||
| Airport Centre (Lot 12) | |||
| x Mixed-use |
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One Beale |
Mixed-use development is the use of a building, set of buildings, or neighborhood for more than one purpose. Since the 1920s, zoning in some countries has required uses to be separated. However, when jobs, housing, and commercial activities are...
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| Sky Tower Dubai | |||
| Terminal Tower | |||
| Project City Center | |||
| Burj Khalifa | |||
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| x Soccer-specific stadium |
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Wildparkstadion |
Soccer-specific stadium (or football-specific stadium) is a term used mainly in the United States, Canada, Australia and South Korea coined by Lamar Hunt, to refer to a sports stadium either purpose built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer ...
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| Stanley Park Stadium | |||
| x Church |
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St. Peters Roman Catholic Church |
In the Christian religion, a church is a building or structure to facilitate the meeting of its members. Originally, Jewish Christians met in synagogues, such as the Cenacle, and in one another's homes, known as house churches. As Christianity grew...
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| The Class of 1959 Chapel | |||
| Santa Maria sopra Minerva | |||
| San Nicola in Carcere | |||
| Santa Bibiana | |||
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| x Commercial | Empire State Building | ||
| Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II | |||
| Millennium Tower, Vienna | |||
| Bank of America Center | |||
| One Galleria Tower | |||
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| x Business school |
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A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. They can also be known by such names as College of Business, College of Business Administration, School of Business, or School of Business...
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| x Observation tower |
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Eiffel Tower |
An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision. They are usually at least 20 metres (65.6 ft) tall and made from stone, iron, and wood. Many modern towers are also used as...
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| Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower | |||
| Willis Tower | |||
| x Library |
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Library of Parliament |
A library is an organized collection of books, other printed materials, and in some cases special materials such as manuscripts, films and other sources of information. Collections can be print, audio, or visual materials, including maps, prints,...
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| British Library | |||
| Bibliotheca Alexandrina | |||
| University of Idaho Law Library | |||
| Beinecke Library | |||
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| x Swimming pool |
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Leeds International Pool |
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool. A pool can...
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| John Smeaton leisure centre | |||
| Royal Commonwealth Pool | |||
| Neanderbad | |||
| x Track and field athletics |
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Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running...
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| x Thermae |
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Baths of Caracalla |
In ancient Rome, thermae (from Greek thermos, "hot") and balnea (Greek βαλανείον, balaneion) were facilities for bathing. Thermae usually refers to the large imperial bath complexes, while balneae were smaller-scale facilities, public or private,...
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| Baths of Diocletian | |||
| Baths of Trajan | |||
| Baths of Constantine | |||
| Baths of Agrippa | |||
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| x Lighthouse |
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Raffles Lighthouse |
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Lighthouses...
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| x Theatre |
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Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow |
A theater or theatre (also a playhouse) is a structure where theatrical works or plays are performed or other performances such as musical concerts may be produced. While a theater is not required for performance (as in environmental theater or...
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| Teatro alla Scala | |||
| Teatro Massimo, Palermo | |||
| Teatro Regio di Torino | |||
| Finnish National Theatre | |||
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| x Train station |
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Terminal Tower |
A train station, also called a railroad station (mainly in the United States) or railway station (mainly in the British Commonwealth) and often shortened to just station, is a railway facility where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers...
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| Flinders Street Station | |||
| North Philadelphia station | |||
| Moskovsky Rail Terminal | |||
| Central Vermont Railway Depot | |||
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| x Shopping mall |
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Toronto Eaton Centre |
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit,...
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| Terminal Tower | |||
| The Mall Athens | |||
| The Boulevard, Emirates Towers | |||
| Meadowlands Xanadu | |||
| x Cathedral |
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Cologne Cathedral |
A cathedral (French cathédrale from Lat. cathedra, "seat" from the Greek kathedra (καθέδρα), seat, bench, from kata "down" + hedra seat, base, chair) is a Christian church which contains the seat of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a...
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| Basilica of San Gaudenzio | |||
| Guildford Cathedral | |||
| Verona Cathedral | |||
| Duomo di Milano | |||
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| x Tomb |
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Zhaoling |
A tomb (from Greek: τύμβος - tumbos) is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes.
The word is used in a broad sense to encompass a number of such types of...
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| x Music library |
A music library contains music-related materials for patron use. Collections may also include non-print materials, such as digitized music scores or audio recordings. Use of such materials may be limited to specific patron groups, especially in...
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| x Bell tower |
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Leaning Tower of Pisa |
A bell tower (also belfry) is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. Modern bell...
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| Bell Tower, San Nicola, Pisa | |||
| Giotto's Bell Tower | |||
| Ivan the Great Bell Tower | |||
| San Marco Campanile | |||
| x Palace |
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Palace of Versailles |
A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word itself is derived from the Latin name Palātium, for Palatine Hill, one of the...
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| Hofburg Imperial Palace | |||
| Schönbrunn Palace | |||
| Buckingham Palace | |||
| Winter Palace | |||
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| x Castle |
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Neuschwanstein Castle |
A castle (from Latin castellum) is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified...
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| Castello Sforzesco | |||
| Windsor Castle | |||
| Prague Castle | |||
| Castelvecchio | |||
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| x Roadhouse | Washoe House | ||
| x All-Ages Club | Phoenix Theater | ||
| x Movie theater |
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Phoenix Theater |
A movie theater (also called a movie house, film theater, film house, picture theater or cinema) is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ("movies" or "films").
Most but not all movie theaters are commercial operations catering to...
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| Capitol Cinema | |||
| Stanley Theatre | |||
| Standalone movie theaters of the Philippines | |||
| Broadway Cinematheque | |||
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| x Market |
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West Side Market |
A market is one of many varieties of systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby parties engage in exchange. While parties may exchange goods and services by barter, most markets rely on sellers offering their...
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| x Mausoleum |
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Taj Mahal |
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb...
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| Castel Sant'Angelo | |||
| Lenin's Mausoleum | |||
| Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii | |||
| Mausoleum of Maussollos | |||
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| x Music venue |
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The 2 I's Coffee Bar |
A music venue is any location used for a concert or musical performance. Music venues range in size and location, from an outdoor bandshell or bandstand or a concert hall to an indoor sports stadium. Typically, different types of venues host...
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| London Astoria | |||
| Astoria 2 | |||
| London Forum | |||
| Queen Elizabeth Hall | |||
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| x College |
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A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage of the word college varies in English-speaking nations. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, an...
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| x Theme Park | |||
| x Embassy | British Embassy in Washington, D.C. | ||
| Embassy of Mexico in London | |||
| Embassy of Germany in London | |||
| Embassy of Serbia in London | |||
| Embassy of Switzerland in London | |||
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| x Hospital |
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Hospital, Woolwich |
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment.
Hospitals are usually funded by the public sector, by health organizations (for profit or nonprofit), health insurance companies, or charities,...
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| Manipal Teaching Hospital | |||
| Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital | |||
| Patan Hospital | |||
| Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital | |||
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| x Dormitory |
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Blue Boar Quadrangle |
A dormitory, often shortened to dorm, in the United States is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or...
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| Farnham Hall | |||
| Welch Hall | |||
| Lanman-Wright Hall | |||
| Bingham Hall | |||
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| x Hostel |
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YMCA Building, Barbican Estate |
Hostels provide budget oriented, sociable accommodation where guests can rent a bed, usually a bunk bed, in a dormitory and share a bathroom, lounge and sometimes a kitchen. Rooms can be mixed or single-sex, although private rooms may also be...
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| x Abbey |
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Ottobeuren Abbey |
An abbey (from Latin abbatia, derived from Latin language abbatia, from Latin abbās, derived from Aramaic language abba, "father") is a Catholic monastery or convent, under the authority of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father...
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| Dryburgh Abbey | |||
| Lorsch Abbey | |||
| Collegiate Church of the Annunciation of St. Mary | |||
| x Monastery |
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Valaam Monastery |
Monastery (plural: monasteries) denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer (e.g. an oratory) as well as the domestic quarters and workplace(s) of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in...
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| Smolny Convent | |||
| Mafra National Palace | |||
| Songzanlin Monastery | |||
| Batalha Monastery | |||
| x Mosque |
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Hassan II Mosque |
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word entered English from a French word which probably derived from Italian moschea, a variant of Italian moscheta, from either Armenian mzkiṭ or Greek μασγίδιον, from Arabic masjid, meaning...
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| Koutoubia Mosque | |||
| Sultan Ahmed Mosque | |||
| Faisal Mosque | |||
| Shah Mosque | |||
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| x Place of worship |
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St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne |
A place of worship or house of worship is an establishment or her location where a group of people (a congregation) comes to perform acts of religious study, honor, or devotion. The form and function of religious architecture has evolved over...
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| St. Paul's Cathedral | |||
| Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo | |||
| Angkor Wat | |||
| Notre Dame de Paris | |||
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| x Casino |
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The Mirage |
In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions....
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| Casino Velden | |||
| Monte Carlo Casino | |||
| x Public Museum | Pardee Home | ||
| x Wat |
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Wat Xieng Thong |
A wat (derived from the [Pāli] word vatthu-ārāma) is a monastery temple in Cambodia, Thailand, or Laos. The word "wat" (Khmer: វត្ត, Thai: วัด, sometimes rendered "vat" when referring to Laos) means "school".
Strictly speaking a wat is a Buddhist...
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| Wat Phou | |||
| x Fortification |
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Château d'If |
Fortifications are military constructions and buildings designed for defence in warfare and military bases. Humans have constructed defensive works for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs. The term is derived from...
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| Kilgore Fort House | |||
| Habsburg castle | |||
| Siri Fort | |||
| Nossa Senhora da Conceição Fortress | |||
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| x Academic | Phelps Hall | ||
| Linsly Chittenden Hall | |||
| A. K. Watson Hall | |||
| x Chapel |
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Sindone Chapel |
A chapel is a religious place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, synagogue, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an...
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| Dwight Chapel | |||
| St Peter ad Vincula | |||
