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36.0575, -78.9629
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48.8010, 2.1238
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41.3798, -73.9470
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Messina, Italy
Two out of Four Fountains
These two remaining restored marble fountains were part of a set of four which graced the corners of an important crossroads in Messina until the earthquake of 1908
38.1910, 15.5562
Leek, England
The French Prisoners' Memorial
A memorial to the paroled French officers who died whilst prisoners of war in this English Midlands town
53.1068, -2.0264
Messina, Italy
The Campanile and Astronomical Clock of Messina Cathedral
The cathedral is not really remarkable except for the campanile with its astronomical clock and some amazing automatons which perform every day at noon
38.1923, 15.5547
Worksop, England
Oxcroft Estate
The legacy of a social experiment of the 1930s funded by Andrew Carnegie's Charity is a dispersed group of 40 houses of identical original design dotted across 400 acres of Derbyshire agricultural land
53.2559, -1.2681
Keadby, England
Keadby's Moveable Bridges
This small north Lincolnshire village is blessed with examples of three different types of moveable bridge
53.5933, -0.7536
Randazzo, Italy
Ferrovia Circumetnea and the Catania Metro
The lines of the historic rail line around Etna are slowly being swallowed by the extension of the Catania Metro system
37.8752, 14.9544
San Miguel de Salinas, Spain
Cave Houses of the Barrio Primiero de Mayo
This town has two officially recognised troglodyte villages
37.9763, -0.7870
Leek, England
Leek Monument
One of the tallest war memorials in the UK is known locally as Sir Arthur's wristwatch
53.1056, -2.0207
Santa Giusta, Italy
The Santa Giusta Lagoon
The third largest lagoon in Sardinia is the historic home of the Is Fassõis reed boats
39.8692, 8.6088
Porto Torres, Italy
Turris Libisonis
A first-century Roman colony and a magnificent Roman bridge
40.8385, 8.3970
Retford, England
Saint Peter's, Clayworth
This 12th-century church is home to England's largest Phoebe Traquair murals
53.3876, -0.9094
San Lucido, Italy
The Statue of Cilla
Magnificent statue which commemorates a local girl who either starved or fell to her death whilst waiting for her lost love or her lost child, depending on which legend you believe
39.3073, 16.0472
Alar del Rey, Spain
The Canal de Castilla
This ambitious 18th century project never achieved its aim as a means of navigation but remains an essential component of agriculture and water supply in central Spain
42.6608, -4.3060
Richmond, England
The Station
This former railway station is now an impressive cultural and retail centre and a magnet for railroad history fans
54.4031, -1.7298
Cagliari, Italy
The Basilica and Necroplis of San Saturnino
During the reconstruction of this ancient church, the multiple layers of burials that it held were revealed to archaeologists
39.2139, 9.1233
Cagliari, Italy
Tuvixeddu Necropolis
The world's largest Punic necropolis
39.2289, 9.1011
Lincoln, England
St John the Baptist Church, Ermine
A 1960s church with a hyperbolic paraboloid roof and an amazing stained glass window
53.2476, -0.5314
Lincoln, England
Saint Giles Church, Lincoln
Known locally as the church that moved
53.2434, -0.5198
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