Ancient cities and towns

Citadel of Arbil, Iraq

Wondermondo 🢖 Categories of wonders 🢖 Archaeological wonders 🢖 Settlements 🢖 Ancient cities and towns Category Ancient cities and towns Described ancient cities and towns What is included in this category? There could be several ways to define the ancient cities and towns and then – to select monuments that fit into this category. Unfortunately, none of them draws a strict divide between […]

Abandoned cities and towns

Ruins of Palmyra from above, Syria

Wondermondo 🢖 Categories of wonders 🢖 Architectural wonders 🢖 Settlements 🢖 Abandoned cities and towns Category Abandoned cities and towns Described abandoned cities and towns What is included in this category? Wondermondo includes in this category those cities or towns – and also parts of cities – which have been built and inhabited in the past but are abandoned now. Every abandoned city […]

Cities and towns

Venice

Wondermondo 🢖 Categories of wonders 🢖 Architectural wonders 🢖 Settlements 🢖 Cities and towns Category Cities and towns Described cities and towns What is included in this category? Many of the most popular and exciting landmarks in the world are cities and towns. Millions of tourists are attracted to such cities as Venice, Florence, Prague, Jerusalem. They never fail to impress and one […]

Morongo Uta

One of hilltop fortreses in Rapa Iti, Morongo Uta

One of the most impressive inland fortifications in Rapa Iti, built around 1500 AD on the top of 258 m high mountain. This small island has 13 – 14 prehistoric mountaintop fortifications.

Kalambo Falls

Kalambo Falls, Zambia

221 – 235 m tall, single plunge waterfall. The second tallest uninterrupted fall in Africa. Important archaeological site – a site of human settlement since 300 000 BC, starting from Acheulian culture.

Nusa Roviana hillfort and shrines

Nusa Roviana shrine, Solomon Islands

Impressive settlement complex – 600 m long hillfort with 3 m high, 2 m wide, and 500 m long wall made of stone rubble. Here are located 13 skull shrines filled with skulls of deceased chiefs. A small terraced area in the highest place of the island contains a legendary shrine – Tiola or dog shrine with a stone carving – dog’s head. The fortress was destroyed in 1892.

Bhimbetka cave shelters

Cave art in Bhimbetka caves, India

Group of caves containing a rich collection of cave art, up to 9,000 years old. Some caves have been inhabited for more than 100,000 years.