Landmarks

4 famous landmarks from World Famous paint the night parade
200px|thumb|Statue of Liberty, New York City
200px|thumb|Sydney Opera House, Sydney
200px|thumb|right|Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow
200px|thumb|right|Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong 
Originally, a landmark literally meant a prominent, easily identified geographic point, (like a mountain, a cliff, or a river) used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area.

In modern use, it includes anything that can be recognized easily, such as a monument, building, or other structure. In American English it is the main word used to call places that are tourist attractions because they are beautiful, or big, or they have historical importance. Some, such as National Landmarks, are on official lists of landmarks. Landmarks in the British English are normally used for casual navigation, such as giving directions to someone to get somewhere. This is done in American English as well.

List of important landmarks
Landmarks also can be of two different categories: natural (e.g., physical features such as waterfalls and mountains), and structures constructed by humans. Many of them are World Heritage Sites.

Some important landmarks across the world today include:

Natural phenomena
 Amazon Rainforest, Brazil/Peru / 
Angel Falls, Canaima National Park, Gran Sabana, Bolivar State, Venezuela 
Cotton Tree, Freetown, Sierra Leone 
The Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland 
Galápagos Islands, Galápagos Province, Ecuador 
Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland,  United Kingdom 
Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA 
Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Queensland, Australia 
The Great Blue Hole, Belize 
Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee/North Carolina, USA 
Iguazu Falls, Paraná/Misiones, Brazil/Argentina /
Matterhorn, Alps, Switzerland/Italy /
Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand 
Mont Saint Michel, France 
Monument Valley, Arizona, USA 
Mount Cook, South Island, New Zealand 
Mount Everest, Himalayas, Nepal/China /
Mount Fuji, Chūbu region, Honshū, Japan 
Mount Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania 
Niagara Falls, Ontario/New York, Canada/USA /
Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA 
Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil 
Stone Mountain, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia 
Southern Patagonian Ice Field, Southern Patagonic Andes, Argentina/Chile, /
Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa 
The Twelve Apostles (Victoria), Victoria, Australia 
The Three Sisters,, Australia 
Torres del Paine, Magallanes, Chile 
Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia 
Victoria Falls, Zambia/Zimbabwe /

Constructed features 
Africa
Great Pyramid of Giza, Sphinx, Egypt 
Great Sphinx of Giza, Giza, Egypt 
Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt 
Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco 
Great Mosque of Djenné, Djenné, Mali 
Tomb of Askia, Gao, Mali 

Asia
Maiden Tower (Baku), Baku, Azerbaijan 
Baalbek, Baalbeck, Lebanon 
Persepolis, Fars, Iran 
Azadi Tower, Tehran, Iran 
Taj Mahal, Agra, India 
Gateway of India, Mumbai, India 
Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar, India 
Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, Dhaka, Bangladesh 
The Great Wall of China, Beijing, China 
Tiananmen Square/Forbidden City, Beijing, China 
Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China 
Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China 
Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China 
The Terracotta Army,  Xi'an, Shaanxi, China 
Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China 
Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai, China 
Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai, China 
Leshan Giant Buddha, Sichuan, China 
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong 
Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong 
Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong 
International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong 
Langham Place ,  Hong Kong 
63 Building/N Seoul Tower, Seoul, South Korea 
Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea 
Golden Pavilion, Kyoto, Japan 
Tokyo Tower, Tokyo, Japan 
Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo, Japan 
Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand 
Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan 
Sigiriya Fortress, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka 
Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia 
Borobudur, Central Java, Indonesia 
Burj Al Arab, Dubai, UAE 
Emirates Office Tower, Dubai, UAE 
Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE 
The Palm, Dubai, UAE 
The World (archipelago), Dubai, UAE 
Petra, Arabah,  Aqaba Governorate, Jordan
Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel 
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel 
Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv, Israel 
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey 
Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia 

Europe
Maiden Tower (Baku), Baku, Azerbaijan 
Irish Government Buildings, Dublin, Ireland 
Newgrange, Co. Meath, Ireland 
The Customs House, Dublin, Ireland 
The Spire of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 
Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary 
The Parthenon, Athens, Greece 
The White Tower of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France  
Louvre, Paris, France 
Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France 
Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Paris, France 
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy 
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pisa, Italy 
St Mark's Square, Venice, Italy 
Pompeii, Campania, Italy 
Big Ben, London, United Kingdom 
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, United Kingdom 
Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth, United Kingdom 
Eden Project, Cornwall, United Kingdom 
Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, United Kingdom 
Angel Of The North, Bristol, United Kingdom 
Roman Baths, Bath, United Kingdom 
London Eye, London, United Kingdom 
Millenium Dome, The 02, London, United Kingdom 
Tower Bridge, London, United Kingdom 
St Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom 
Trafalgar Square, London, England, United Kingdom 
The Shard, London, United Kingdom 
Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania 
Red Square/Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia 
Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd, Russia 
Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russia 
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia 
Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg, Russia 
Grand Place, Brussels, Belgium 
Atomium, Brussels, Belgium 
Kölner Dom, Cologne, Germany 
Frauenkirche, Munich, Germany 
Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany 
Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany 
Reichstag Building, Berlin, Germany 
Fernsehturm, Berlin, Germany 
Torre de Belém, Lisboa, Portugal 
Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 
Mezquita de Córdoba, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain 
Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain 
City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain 
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City 
Pobednik, Belgrade, Serbia 
Palace on Dam square, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam Central Station, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Market Hall, Rotterdam, Netherlands 
Delta Works, Zeeland, Netherlands 

North America 
CN Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, USA 
Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York City, New York, USA 
Space Needle, Seattle, Washington, USA 
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, USA 
Hollywood Sign, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA 
Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri, USA 
Hoover Dam, Colorado River, Arizona\Nevada, USA 
One World Trade Center, New York City, New York, USA 
432 Park Avenue, New York City, New York, USA 
30 Hudson Yards, New York City, New York, USA 
Empire State Building, New York City, New York, USA 
Sears Tower, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 
White House, Washington, D.C., USA 
Capitol, Washington, D.C., USA 
Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Chichen Itza, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico 

Central and South America
Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
Macchu Picchu,  Urubamba Valley, Peru 
Moais, Eastern Island, Chile 
Historic Town of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais State, Brazil  
Panama Canal, Panama 
Tikal, Department of El Petén, Guatemala 

Australia
 Sydney Opera House, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 
 Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 
 Sydney Tower, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 
 Eureka Tower, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 
 Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 
 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 
 Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 
 Q1, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 
 Bell Tower, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 

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