Famous Landmarks Flashcards
1
Q
The Shard
A
London, England
2
Q
Burj Al Arab Hotel
A
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
3
Q
Loch Ness
A
Scotland (in the Highlands)
4
Q
Kronborg Castle
A
Helsingør, Denmark
(immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet)
5
Q
Angkor Wat
A
Siem Reap, Cambodia
6
Q
Moulin Rouge
A
Paris, France
7
Q
Mount Rushmore
A
South Dakota
8
Q
Lascaux Caves
A
France (near the village of Montignac, in the department of Dordogne)
9
Q
Victoria Falls
A
at the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe
10
Q
Everglades National Park
A
Florida
11
Q
The Forbidden City
A
Beijing, China
12
Q
St. Paul’s Cathedral
A
London, England
13
Q
The Ka’aba
A
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
14
Q
Buckingham Palace
A
London, England
15
Q
Kilimanjaro
A
Tanzania
16
Q
Abu Simbel
A
Egypt
17
Q
Mont-Saint-Michel
A
Normandy, France
18
Q
Arc de Triomphe
A
Paris, France
19
Q
The Gerkin
A
London, England
20
Q
Oriental Pearl TV Tower
A
Shanghai, China
21
Q
Death Valley
A
California
22
Q
Machu Picchu
A
Peru (in the Cusco Region)
23
Q
Ha Long Bay
A
Vietnam
24
Q
Louvre Museum
A
Paris, France
25
Big Ben
London, England (at the north end of the Palace of Westminster)
26
The Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib)
Amritsar, India
27
The Parthenon (on the Acropolis)
Athens, Greece
28
Mount Etna
Sicily, Italy
29
Palace of Versailles
Île-de-France, France (about 20 km southwest of Paris)
30
Mount Fuji
Japan (on Honshu)
31
St. Basil's Cathedral
Moscow, Russia
32
Millau Bridge
France
33
Westminster Abbey
London, England
34
St. Mark's Basilica and Campanile
Venice, Italy
35
Statue of Liberty
Liberty Island in New York Harbor
36
Tower Bridge
London, England
37
Sistine Chapel
Vatican City
38
Christ the Redeemer
On Corcovado overlooking Rio de Janiero, Brazil
39
Iguazu Falls
Argentina
40
Petra
Jordan
41
The Great Pyramid (and the Great Sphinx)
Giza (in Greater Cairo), Egypt
42
Giant's Causeway
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
43
Notre-Dame (the most famous one)
Île de la Cité, Paris, France
44
Leaning Tower
Pisa, Italy
45
Colosseum
Rome, Italy
46
Pompeii (and Mount Vesuvius)
Italy (near Naples)
47
Petronas Twin Towers
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
48
Cloud Gate
Chicago, Illinois
49
Brandenburg Gate
Berlin, Germany
50
Trevi Fountain
Rome, Italy
51
Windsor Castle
Windsor, England (in Berkshire)
52
Potala Palace
Lhasa, Tibet
(former Winter Palace of the Dalai Lama)
53
Burj Khalifa
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
54
Freedom Tower
New York City (at "Ground Zero")
55
Times Square
New York City
56
Table Mountain
South Africa (overlooking the city of Cape Town)
57
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican City
58
The Grand Canyon
Arizona, United States
59
Empire State Building
New York City,
60
Pompidou Centre
Paris, France
61
CN Tower
Toronto, Ontario
62
The Little Mermaid
Copenhagen, Denmark
63
Alhambra
Granada, Andalusia, Spain
64
Tivoli Gardens
Copenhagen, Denmark
65
Sacre Coeur
Paris, France
66
Yellowstone National Park
Mostly in Wyoming, the park spreads into parts of Montana and Idaho too.
67
Bridge of Sighs
Venice, Italy
68
Ponte Vecchio
Florence (or Firenze), Italy
69
Mount Everest
Nepal and China (Tibet Autonomous Region)
70
Neuschwanstein Castle
Bavaria, Germany
71
Space Needle
Seattle, Washington
72
Wailing Wall (or Western Wall)
Jerusalem, Israel
73
Guggenheim Museum
There are several! The most famous two are the one in New York City and the one in Bilbao, Spain.
74
Taj Mahal
Agra, India
75
Uluru (Ayers Rock)
Australia
76
Newgrange
County Meath, Ireland
77
Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C.
78
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Jerusalem, Israel
79
The Mo'ai
Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
80
Blue Mosque
Istanbul, Turkey
81
Chichen Itza
Yucatán, Mexico
82
Hagia Sophia
Istanbul, Turkey
83
The Terracotta Army ( Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum)
Xi'an, China
84
Eiffel Tower
Paris, France
85
Matterhorn
Switzerland and Italy
86
The Pentagon
Arlington County, Virginia
87
Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower)
Chicago, Illinois
88
Spanish Steps
Rome, Italy
89
La Sagrada Familia
Barcelona, Spain
90
Gateway Arch
St. Louis, Missouri
91
Redwood National and State Parks
California
92
The Kremlin
Moscow, Russia
93
Alcatraz
off the coast of San Francisco, California
94
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
Arizona (near the border with Utah)
95
Bran Castle
Transylvania, Romania
96
The Blue Lagoon
Iceland (near Reykjavik)
97
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco, California
98
Stonehenge
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England
99
Manneken Pis
Brussels, Belgium
100
Rialto Bridge
Venice, Italy
