The document provides a detailed overview of significant architectural structures worldwide, including their history and cultural significance. Key examples highlighted are the Palace of Versailles in France, the Taj Mahal in India, and the Sagrada Familia in Spain, among others. It emphasizes the variety of architectural styles and the historical context of these buildings across different continents.

1. Castles, temples, and other
amazing architecture
Where in the world are these buildings?

2. All over the world people make buildings
• Houses
• Schools
• Temples
• Castles
• Forts
• Churches
• Palaces
• Tombs

3. What continent? What country?

4. Continents

6. Europe, France
• The Palace of Versailles
• In Versailles, France (around 12 miles from Paris)
• was the principal royal residence of France from 1682, under Louis
XIV, until the start of the French Revolution in 1789, under Louis XVI.

8. Asia, India
• The Taj Mahal
• Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
• an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the southern bank of the
river Yamuna in the Indian city of Agra
• It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah
Jahan (reigned from 1628 to 1658) to house the tomb of his favourite
wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself.
The tomb is the centrepiece of a 17-hectare (42-acre) complex, which
includes a mosque and a guest house, and is set in formal gardens
bounded on three sides by a crenellated wall.

10. Europe, Germany
• Hohenschwangau, Germany
• Neuschwanstein Castle
• The palace was commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat
and in honour of Richard Wagner. Ludwig chose to pay for the palace
out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing,
rather than Bavarian public funds. Construction began in 1869, but
was never fully completed.

12. Europe, Russia
• Saint Basil's Cathedral, is an Orthodox church in Red
Square of Moscow
• The building, now a museum, is officially known as the Cathedral of
the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat,
or Pokrovsky Cathedral.[5] It was built from 1555 to 1561 on orders
from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates the capture of
Kazan and Astrakhan. It was the city's tallest building until the
completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600.

14. Europe, Spain
• the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
• On 19 March 1882, construction of the Sagrada Família began under
architect Francisco de Paula del Villar. In 1883, when Villar
resigned,[5] Gaudí took over as chief architect, transforming the
project with his architectural and engineering style,
combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudí devoted
the remainder of his life to the project, and he is buried in the crypt.
At the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the project
was complete. It is still unfinished.

16. Asia, China
• Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
• The Forbidden City was constructed from 1406 to 1420, and was the
former Chinese imperial palace and winter residence of the Emperor
of China from the Ming dynasty (since the Yongle Emperor) to the end
of the Qing dynasty, between 1420 and 1924. The Forbidden City
served as the home of Chinese emperors and their households and
was the ceremonial and political center of the Chinese
government for over 500 years. Since 1925, the Forbidden City has
been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose extensive
collection of artwork and artifacts were built upon the imperial
collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Forbidden City was
declared a World Heritage Site in 1987.

18. Asia, Cambodia
• Siem Reap, Cambodia
• Angkor Wat
• Originally constructed as a personal mausoleum for
the Khmer King Suryavarman II, dedicated to Vishnu in the early 12th
century, it was converted into a Buddhist Temple towards the end of
12th century and remains so in the present day.

20. Asia and Europe, Turkey
• Istanbul, Turkey
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii), also known as
the Blue Mosque, is an Ottoman-era friday mosque
• A functioning mosque, it also attracts large numbers of tourist visitors. It
was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I.
Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah and a hospice. Hand-
painted blue tiles adorn the mosque’s interior walls, and at night the
mosque is bathed in blue as lights frame the mosque’s five main domes, six
minarets and eight secondary domes.[2] It sits next to the Hagia Sophia, the
principal mosque of Istanbul until the Blue Mosque's construction and
another popular tourist site.

22. Asia, Japan
• Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan
• Osaka Castle
• In 1583 Toyotomi Hideyoshi commenced construction on the site of
the Ikkō-ikki temple of Ishiyama Hongan-ji.[4] The basic plan was
modeled after Azuchi Castle, the headquarters of Oda Nobunaga.
Hideyoshi wanted to build a castle that mirrored Nobunaga's, but
surpassed it in every way: the plan featured a five-story main tower,
with three extra stories underground, and gold leaf on the sides of
the tower to impress visitors.

24. Africa, Mali
• Djenné, Mopti, Mali
• The Great Mosque of Djenné (French: Grande mosquée de
Djenné, Arabic: ‫جينيه‬ ‫في‬ ‫الكبير‬ ‫)الجامع‬ is a large banco or adobe building
that is considered by many architects to be one of the greatest
achievements of the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style. The mosque
is located in the city of Djenné, Mali, on the flood plain of the Bani
River. The first mosque on the site was built around the 13th century,
but the current structure dates from 1907. As well as being the centre
of the community of Djenné, it is one of the most famous landmarks
in Africa. Along with the "Old Towns of Djenné" it was designated
a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988.

26. South America, Columbia
• southern Colombian Department of Nariño, in the municipality
of Ipiales, and is built inside the canyon of the Guáitara River
• The National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Las
Lajas (Spanish: Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de las
Lajas), commonly called Las Lajas Shrine (Santuario de Las Lajas), is
a basilica church
• The present church was built in a Gothic style between 1916 and
1949, taking up a total time frame of 33 years to build. The
name Laja (slab) comes from the name of a type of flat sedimentary
rock similar to shale and slate

28. North America, USA
• Asheville, North Carolina, USA
• Biltmore House, the main residence, is a Châteauesque-style mansion
built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895
and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at
178,926 square feet (16,622.8 m2) of floor space (135,280 square feet
of living area).[2] Still owned by George Vanderbilt's descendants, it
remains one of the most prominent examples of Gilded
Age mansions.

30. South America, Brazil
• Manaus, Brazil
• The Amazon Theatre (Portuguese: Teatro Amazonas) is an opera
house located in Manaus, in the heart of the Amazon
rainforest in Brazil. It is the location of the annual Festival Amazonas
de Ópera (Amazonas Opera Festival) and the home of the Amazonas
Philharmonic Orchestra which regularly rehearses and performs at
the Amazon Theatre along with choirs, musical concerts and other
performances.
• More than 120 years old, it represents the city's heyday during
the rubber boom.[2] It was chosen by Vogue magazine as one of the
most beautiful opera houses in the world.[3]

32. Europe, Portugal
• São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on
the Portuguese Riviera
• The Pena Palace (Portuguese: Palácio da Pena) is a Romanticist castle.
The castle stands on the top of a hill in the Sintra Mountains above
the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen
from Lisbon and much of its metropolitan area. It is a national
monument and constitutes one of the major expressions of 19th-
century Romanticism in the world. The palace is a UNESCO World
Heritage Site and one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal. It is also
used for state occasions by the President of the Portuguese
Republic and other government officials.

34. North America, Canada
• Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
• The Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, formerly and commonly
referred to as the Château Frontenac, is a historic hotel in Quebec
City, Quebec, Canada. The hotel is situated in Old Quebec, within the
historic district's Upper Town. The Château Frontenac was designed
by Bruce Price, and was built by the Canadian Pacific
Railway company. The hotel is presently managed by Fairmont Hotels
and Resorts.

36. Asia, India
• Old Delhi, India
• The Red Fort is a historic fort in the city of Delhi (in Old Delhi)
in India that served as the main residence of the Mughal Emperors.
Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned construction of the Red Fort on
12 May 1638, when he decided to shift his capital from Agra to Delhi.
Originally red and white, its painting is credited to architect Ustad
Ahmad Lahori, who also constructed the Taj Mahal. It was renovated
between May 1639 and April 1648 based on an earlier fort.