Explore Ancient and Medieval Historic Sites You Can Still Visit
Explore a growing collection of more than 20,000 historic sites, including ancient cities, medieval castles, temples, palaces, monasteries and bridges. Discover places with standing buildings, preserved interiors and extensive archaeological remains.
Browse by country, civilization, period or type of site to find places around a destination or explore a historical interest. The main focus is ancient and medieval history, with prehistoric settlements and selected later structures also represented.
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The Ancient World
Discover ancient cities, temples, theatres, tombs and other surviving structures.
The Medieval World
Explore medieval castles, towns, religious buildings, palaces and bridges.
Castles & Fortifications
Browse castles, forts, citadels and town walls, alongside palaces and historic residences.
Religious Sites
Discover temples, churches, monasteries, mosques and other historic places of worship.
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Discover the Buildings and Their History
Individual site articles explain what survives, how buildings were used and how they changed over time. Explore the streets and houses of ancient cities, the gates and towers of fortifications, or the halls, courtyards and interiors of palaces and religious complexes.
Alongside the site collection, articles explore the societies behind these places through subjects including food, clothing, housing, communication and trade.
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Dietach Castle developed from a medieval residential tower into a two-storey residence, passing through the hands of noble families and undergoing successive architectural additions.
Completed as a private residence in 1890, Palau Marcet later housed the Teatre de la Comèdia and Cinema Comèdia behind its retained nineteenth-century façade.
Listed among Genoa’s Rolli palaces for distinguished state visitors, Palazzo Filippo Lomellini preserves a layered architectural history and richly decorated interiors.
Probably built in the 1480s as part of the Kremlin’s southern riverfront defenses, the Second Bezymyannaya Tower was repeatedly altered and restored as its military role faded.
Bordage Castle developed from a 13th-century motte fortification into a fortified Montbourcher residence and a center of French Protestantism. Its fortress was destroyed in the late 18th century, while parts of the complex survive.
The Tour de Falhiès formed part of a medieval warning network linked to Aurillac Abbey and preserves remains of an 11th-century tower above the Jordanne valley.