Heritage

The Angkor site, centred on Angkor Wat, is the largest religious complex ever built, the legacy of the Khmer Empire.

Great Wall, Forbidden City, Terracotta Army: China is among the world's richest countries in World Heritage sites.

Pyramids of Giza, temples of Luxor and Karnak, Abu Simbel: Egypt holds humanity's most famous ancient remains.

Mont-Saint-Michel, Versailles, Carcassonne, the Lascaux caves: France ranks among the countries with the most World Heritage sites.

Acropolis of Athens, Delphi, Meteora, Olympia: Greece is an open-air museum of antiquity and the sacred.

Taj Mahal, the Ajanta and Ellora caves, Hampi, the pink city of Jaipur: India unfolds a dizzyingly diverse heritage.

Colosseum, Pompeii, Venice, Florence: Italy holds the largest number of UNESCO World Heritage sites on Earth.

Teotihuacán, Chichén Itzá, Palenque: Mexico holds the largest number of World Heritage sites in the Americas.

Machu Picchu, Cusco, the Nazca Lines: Peru guards one of the world's most spectacular pre-Columbian heritages.

Alhambra, Sagrada Família, the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, the Camino de Santiago: Spain boasts a rare wealth of heritage.