Human ingenuity

Peru · History

Machu Picchu

An Inca city suspended between mountain and cloud.

India · History

Taj Mahal

Marble, reflection and the architecture of remembrance.

Italy & Vatican City · Culture

Rome & Vatican City

An extraordinary conversation between empire, faith and everyday life.

Egypt · History

Pyramids of Giza & the Sphinx

The last surviving wonder of the ancient world's celebrated seven.

China · History

Great Wall of China

A line of watchtowers following the folds of northern China's mountains.

Australia · Culture

Sydney

A great harbour framed by two icons of modern Australia.

Japan · History

Himeji Castle

White walls and ingenious defences above the city of Himeji.

Italy · Culture

Florence

Renaissance art and architecture within a city made for walking.

China · Culture

Beijing

Imperial courtyards and ceremonial architecture at the heart of Beijing.

Panama · History

Panama Canal

A working waterway that changes the geography of global trade.

Germany · History

Neuschwanstein Castle

A nineteenth-century dream of the Middle Ages in the Bavarian foothills.

United Arab Emirates · Culture

Dubai & Abu Dhabi

Contemporary ambition and monumental architecture in two Gulf cities.