50 of the Most Important Landmarks of the World (Part 1)

Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area.

Now, a landmark includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument or a building, or any other spot to designate places that might be of interest to tourists.

A few examples are the Statue of Liberty, Uluru, the Taj Mahal, Mount Everest, and the Eiffel Tower.

When we see one of those, everyone knows in which part of the world they are located.

Here are 50 landmarks for you to recognize. Are you ready for a trip around the world? Oh, and in case you want to see more, check out 50 More of the most Important Landmarks of the World – Part 2

Blue-domed Church in Santorini

St Basil Cathedral in Moscow

The Statue of Liberty in New York

Machu Picchu in Peru

The Taj Mahal in Agra ( India )

The Eiffel Tower in Paris

The Great Sphynx at Giza

The Chinese Wall in China

Uluru in the Northern Territory

The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen

Windmills at Kinderdijk ( Holland )

Agia Sofia in Istanbul, Turkey

Acropolis of Athens

Mount Fuji in Japan

Stonehenge in the English county of Wiltshire

Big Ben in London

Neuschwanstein in Bavaria

Mount Eden crater in New Zealand

Loch Ness in Scotland

Easter Island in the Polynesian Triangle

Christo Redemptor in Rio de Janeiro

Capitol Hill in Washington DC

Tower of Pisa

Al Aqsa in Jerusalem

Niagara Falls at the border of Ontario ( Canada ) and New York ( USA )

Angkor Wat at Cambodia

The Burj in Dubai

Bran Castle in Romania

Manneke Pis in Brussels

Mount Everest on the border of Tibet and Nepal

Mecca in Saudi Arabia

Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

St Peters at Vatican City

Mont St Michel in France

Mount Rushmore in South Dakota

Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe

The Grand Canyon in Arizona

Nevado Mismi in Peru ( source of the Amazon River )

Auschwitz in Poland

The Great Buddha of Kamakura in Tokyo

Neptune and the Palace of Versailles in France

Cape of Good Hope in South Africa

Trevi Fountain in Rome

Petra in Jordan

Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

North Cape in Norway

Chichen Itza in Mexico

Inukshuk in Canada

Lascaux in France

Table Mountain in South Africa