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Older than the maps
Structures that predate the cities around them, and in many cases the countries.
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St. Mark's Basilica
1094 · Byzantine
Koldinghus
1341 · Kolding
Nederluleå Church
1400 · Gothic
Moscow Kremlin
1485 · Medieval
Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Vézelay
1150 · Medieval
London Stone
1100 · London
Sigiriya
495 · Medieval
Klostret i Ystad
1300 · Gothic
Banská Štiavnica
1500 · Renaissance
Boudhanath
500 · Vernacular
Sankta Maria kyrka, Ystad
1300 · Baroque
House of the Blackheads
1334 · Baroque
Franciscan Church
1269 · Art Nouveau
Sankta Ragnhilds kyrka
1100 · Gothic
Härkeberga kyrka
1300 · Gothic
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- Churches and chapels 1,463
- Parks and gardens 1,395
- Built this century 1,192
- Housing 805
- Museums and galleries 792
- Public art 775
- Stone and mortar 762
- World Heritage 489
- Castles and palaces 484
- Local traditions 430
- Legally protected 420
- Town halls 391
- Post-war ambition 368
- Schools 349
- Squares 297
- The functionalist turn 284
- National romanticism 262
- Monuments 261
- Concrete 193
- Stations 170
- Bridges 166
- Industrial architecture 142
- Award winners 141
- Glass towers 128
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