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| x Residential | 199 New Montgomery | ||
| 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 and comfort. It is usually a place in which an individual or a family can rest and be able to store personal property. Most modern-day households contain sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food....
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| Bill Gates' house | |||
| Pardee Home | |||
| Royal Observatory, Greenwich | |||
| Smith Estate | |||
| x Museum |
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Milwaukee Art Museum |
A museum is a building or institution which houses a collection of artifacts.
Museums collect and care for objects of scientific, artistic, or historical importance and make them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or...
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| Kiasma, Helsinki | |||
| Mole Antonelliana | |||
| National Palace Museum | |||
| Mwalimu Nyerere Museum Centre | |||
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| x School |
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DeLand Hall |
A school (from Greek σχολή (scholē), originally meaning "leisure", and also "that in which leisure is employed", "school"), is an institution designed to allow and encourage students (or "pupils") to learn, under the supervision of teachers. Most...
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| Mayfield School | |||
| Lyndhurst | |||
| 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. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education. The word university is derived from the Latin...
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| DeLand Hall | |||
| Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich | |||
| 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 | |||
| Erechtheum | |||
| 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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| Factor | |||
| Amar | |||
| Hill | |||
| Sierra Pine | |||
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| x Lot |
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Rio Vista |
In real estate, a lot 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 countries...
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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 practice of allowing more than one type of use in a building or set of buildings. In planning zone terms, this can mean some combination of residential, commercial, industrial, office, institutional, or other land uses....
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| Sky Tower Dubai | |||
| Terminal Tower | |||
| Project City Center | |||
| Burj Dubai | |||
| x Religion |
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Frauenkirche, Munich |
A religion is a system of human thought which usually includes a set of narratives, symbols, beliefs and practices that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power, deity or deities, or ultimate truth....
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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 and Canada, coined by Lamar Hunt, to refer to a sports stadium whose primary purpose is to host association football (soccer) matches. A SSS may host...
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| Stanley Park Stadium | |||
| x Church |
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St. Peters Roman Catholic Church |
A church building is a building or structure whose primary purpose is to facilitate the meeting of a church. Originally, Jewish Christians met in synagogues, such as the Cenacle, and in one another's homes. As Christianity grew and became more...
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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 | |||
| Embarcadero Center | |||
| x Business school |
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Tanaka Business School |
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy,...
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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 | |||
| Sears Tower | |||
| x FM broadcasting |
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Eiffel Tower |
FM broadcasting is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation (FM) to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio.
The term ‘FM band’ is effectively shorthand for ‘frequency band in which FM is used...
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| x Library |
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Library of Parliament |
A library is a collection of sources, resources, and services, and the structure in which it is housed; it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. In the more traditional sense, a library is a...
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| Library of Congress | |||
| British Library | |||
| Bibliotheca Alexandrina | |||
| University of Idaho Law Library | |||
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| x Swimming pool |
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Leeds International Pool |
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest and deepest is the Olympic size. A pool can be built...
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| John Smeaton leisure centre | |||
| Royal Commonwealth Pool | |||
| x Track and field athletics |
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Track and Field Athletics is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing, jumping and walking. Organised athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC, and most modern events are conducted by the member clubs of...
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| x Thermae |
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Baths of Caracalla |
The terms balnea or thermae were the words the ancient Romans used for the buildings housing their public baths.
Most Roman cities had at least one, if not many, such buildings, which were centers of public bathing and socialization. Baths were...
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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 framework 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 and to pilots at sea.
Lighthouses are used to mark dangerous coastlines,...
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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 given. While a theater is not required for performance (as in environmental theater or street...
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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 railway station, train station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which passengers may board and alight from trains, and/or where rail-transported freight (or goods) may be loaded or unloaded. Historically, the term (railroad)...
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| Flinders Street Station | |||
| North Philadelphia station | |||
| München Hauptbahnhof | |||
| Moskovsky Rail Terminal | |||
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| x Shopping mall |
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Toronto Eaton Centre |
A shopping mall or shopping centre is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a convenient parking area – a modern,...
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| Terminal Tower | |||
| The Mall Athens | |||
| The Boulevard, Emirates Towers | |||
| Mall of the Emirates | |||
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| 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 that contains the seat of a bishop. It is a religious building for worship,...
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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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Newgrange |
A tomb 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 places of interment or,...
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| Zhaoling | |||
| x Music library | Library of Congress |
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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| Charles H. Mills Music Library | |||
| 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. When...
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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 defensive structure symbolic of the Middle Ages. The term has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its precise meaning, but a castle is usually considered to be the "private fortified residence" of a lord or...
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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, movie theatre, picture theatre, film theater or cinema is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ("movies" or "films").
Most movie theaters are commercial operations catering to the general public, who attend by...
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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 any one of a variety of different systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby persons trade, and goods and services are exchanged, forming part of the economy. It is an arrangement that allows buyers...
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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 | |||
| Mausoleum of Theodoric | |||
| Lenin's Mausoleum | |||
| Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii | |||
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| x Music venue |
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The 2 I's Coffee Bar |
A music venue is any location regularly used for a concert or musical performance. Music venues range in size and location, from an outdoor bandshell or bandstand to an indoor sports stadium. Typically, different types of venues host different...
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| London Astoria | |||
| Astoria 2 | |||
| London Forum | |||
| Queen Elizabeth Hall | |||
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| x College |
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St Catherine's College, Oxford |
College (Latin: collegium) is a term most often used today to denote degree awarding tertiary educational institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of colleagues, for example, an electoral college, a College of Arms or the College...
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| Emmanuel College, Cambridge | |||
| x Theme Park | Ferrari World | ||
| 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 an institution for health care providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment, and often but not always providing for longer-term patient stays.
Today, hospitals are usually funded by the state, by health organizations,...
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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, sometimes 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 Syriac abba, "father"), is a Christian monastery or convent, under the government of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community. The term can also refer to an...
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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 | |||
| x Mosque |
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Hassan II Mosque |
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid, Arabic: مسجد — Arabic pronunciation: [ˈmæsdʒɪd] (pl. masājid, Arabic: مساجد — [mæˈsæːdʒɪd]). The word "mosque" in English refers...
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| Koutoubia Mosque | |||
| Tin Mal Mosque | |||
| Sultan Ahmed Mosque | |||
| Faisal 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 other location where a group of people (a congregation) comes to perform acts of religious praise, honour, 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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Newport Casino |
A casino is a facility that houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships and other tourist attractions. Some casinos are known...
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| The Mirage | |||
| Casino Velden | |||
| Monte Carlo Casino | |||
| x Public Museum | Pardee Home | ||
| x Wat |
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Wat Xieng Thong |
A wat (derived from the Sanskrit word Vattaka) 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 defense 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 | |||
