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[edit] Ancient Egypt

[edit] Ancient Middle East

Temple of Bel, Palmyra, Syria

Tetrapylon, Palmyra

[edit] Ancient European temples

[edit] Greece

Acropolis of Athens at night	Acropolis of Athens	Parthenon at Acropolis, Athens	Erechtheion (Athens)
Erechtheion (Athens)	Temple of Hephaistos, Athens	Delphi	Category:Delphi
Temple of Apollo Epikauros at Bassae

[edit] Magna Graecia

Temple of Neptune at Paestum, Campania, Italy	Hero temple at Metaponto, Lucania	Temple of Segesta, Sicily	Temple of Concordia in Agrigento, Sicily
Temples Valley in Agrigento, Sicily	Temple of Hera in Selinunte, Sicily

[edit] Rome

Pantheon in Rome, Italy	Saturnustemplet, Forum Romanum, Rome	Templum Portunus, Rome	Temple of Hercules, Rome
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Rome	Temple of Hadrian, Rome	Temple of Castor and Pollux, Rome	Temple of Venus, Rome
Capitoline temple at Brescia, Italy	Maison Carrée, Nîmes, France	Gallo-roman temple of Mercury (god), Puy-de-Dôme, France

[edit] Buddhist temples

[edit] India

[edit] Tibet, Nepal and Himalaya region

The Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet	Samye (Tibet)	Chorten in Tibet	Chorten in Ladakh region
Chorten in Kangding, Tibet

[edit] China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan

Mazu Temple in Pescadores Islands, Taiwan	Entrance of Temple (probably located in Tainan, Taiwan)/ Chen Cheng-po/ Date Unknown/ Canvas/ Oil painting/ 59×70.5 cm	Lung-shan Temple in Lukang, Taiwan	Hui-an Temple in Kuan-tien, Tainan
Longshan Temple in Mengjia, Taipei, Taiwan	The main sign of Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai	Guangzhou, China	Foxiang Ge Pagoda, Beijing, China
Higher Daxiong Baodian, located on the second highest peak of Jiuhuashan in China's Anhui province	Wan song monk pagoda		A sign inside Beijing's Yonghe Temple, showing writing in four languages
Tin Hau Temple, Sai Kung, Hong Kong	Kung Yum Temple, Hung Hom, Hong Kong	Kung Yum Temple, Macau	Guan Yu Temple, Macau
Po chia Temple outside, Macau	Po chia Temple inside, Macau	Shing Wong Temple , Macau	Zhuge Liang Temple
Chong Sheng temple, Dali

Bild:Himmelstempel.jpg/thumb/ Tempel in Penking

[edit] Korea

See also Category:Temples in Korea

Temple-at-gyeongju.jpg

Bulguksa, Korea

Buryeongsa, Korea

Sudeoksa, Korea

[edit] Japan

See also: Category:Temples in Japan

Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, Golden temple), Kyoto	Kiyomizudera (Kiyomizudera temple), Kyoto	Dry garden ("Zen garden"), Ryoan Ji (龍安寺) Kyoto	Dry garden ("Zen garden"), Ryoan Ji Kyoto
Sensoji Pagoda, Tokyo	Daigoji, Kyoto	Daigoji, Kyoto	Daigoji, Kyoto
Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto

[edit] Indonesia

[edit] Cambodia

Angkor Wat (originally dedicated to Vishnu)]	Angkor Wat, dedicated to Vishnu	Phnom Bakheng, central temple, at Angkor (originally dedicated to the Hindu-divinity Yasodharesvara)	Bayon, Angkor
Wat Phnom, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

[edit] Myanmar

Shwedagon pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar

Shwemawdaw, Pegu

[edit] Thailand

see also: Buddhist temples in Thailand, Bangkok, Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Arun, Sukhothai, and Ayutthaya

Wat in Bangkok	Phra Pathom Chedi	Phra Pathom Chedi	Wat Yansangwararam
Wat Phra Buddha Baat	Wat Khao Suwan Pradit	Sukhothai	Sukhothai
Sukhothai	Wat Arun, Bangkok	Phra Baromathat	Phra Sri Rattana Chedi

[edit] Europe, America

Pagoda01.jpg Peace Pagoda, Vienna (Austria)	Great Stupa of Dharmakaya near Red Feather Lakes, Colorado (USA)	Close-up of the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya near Red Feather Lakes, Colorado (USA)	Hsi Lai Temple, Los Angeles (USA)
Chùa Quang Minh Buddhist Temple, Chicago (USA)	The Zen Buddhist Temple on Cornelia Street in Chicago (USA)

[edit] Cao Dai temples

Cao Dai temple near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Cao Dai temple Wiley Park, Sydney, Australia

[edit] Hindu temples

[edit] Jewish temples

Temple Mount Jerusalem as of before 1910

Reconstruction of the king Solomon temple

[edit] LDS Temples

en:Temples_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints

For more see Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

left\|The LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.	The LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.	The LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.	The LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.	The LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.	The LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.	The LDS Temple in Laie, Hawaii.
Temple de Berne, Suisse

[edit] Shinto

Many more photos are at Jinja (shrine).

Torii of the Meiji Shrine, Tokyo	Meiji Shrine, Tokyo	Meiji Shrine, Tokyo	Meiji Shrine, Tokyo
Meiji Shrine, Tokyo	Torii, Asakusa Shinto Shrine Taito-ku, Tokyo	Asakusa Shinto Shrine Taito-ku, Tokyo	Asakusa Shinto Shrine Taito-ku, Tokyo
Toshogu, Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo

[edit] Temple of Osun-Osogbo, Nigeria

Temple of Osun-Osogbo - Osun State - Nigeria - Africa - Photo by Alex Mazzeto

Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove UNESCO en:Osun-Osogbo

Osun river, Osogbo, Nigeria	Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove	Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove	Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove	Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove

Abu Simbel	Trajan's Kiosk	Trajan's Kiosk from the other side
			Obelisk and first pylon, Luxor Temple, Egypt
Obelisk, Karnak Temple, Egypt	Karnak Temple, Egypt	Temple of Hatshepsut, Luxor	Temple of Hathor, Dendera
Temple of Ramesses II, Luxor	Temple of Ramesses II, Luxor	Temple of Ramesses II, Luxor	Temple of Ramesses II, Luxor
Temple of Ramesses II, Luxor	Temple of Ramesses II, Luxor	Temple of Ramesses II, Luxor	Temple of Ramesses II, Luxor
Temple of Ramesses II, Luxor	Temple of Khnum, Esna	Temple of Horus, Edfu	Bes at the Temple of Hathor, Dendera
Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel	Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel	Temple of Horus & Sobek, Kom Ombo	Temple of Horus, Edfu
Luxor Temple	Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel	Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel	Temple of Nefertiri, Abu Simbel
Temple of Horus & Sobek, Kom Ombo	Temple of Hatshepsut, Luxor	Temple of Isis, Philae	Temple of Isis, Philae
Karnak Temple, Luxor	Karnak Temple, Luxor	Temple of Horus, Edfu	Temple of Horus, Edfu
Hawk symbol at Temple of Hatshepsut	Night at Karnak Temple	Philae Temple	Philae Temple
Philae Temple	Philae Temple	Philae Temple	Philae Temple
Sunset @ Luxor Temple

Borobudur the largest Buddhist monument in the world	Mendut temple near Borobudur	Pawon temple between Borobudur and Mendut	Prambanan, the largest Hindu Temple in Indonesia
Lumbung	Sewu	Kalasan temple near Prambanan	Sari temple
Plaosan	Plaosan Kidul	Sambisari	Banyunibo
Candi Bima, Dieng Plateau	Candi Puntadewa, Dieng Plateau	Candi Arjuna, Dieng Plateau	Candi Srikandi, Dieng Plateau
Candi Gatotkaca, Dieng Plateau	Candi Semar, Dieng Plateau	Cangkuang, West Java	Blandongan, Batujaya, West Java
Sukuh	Penataran	Jawi	Kidal
Singhasari	Jago	Jabung	Biaro Bahal, North Sumatra
Gumpung, Muaro Jambi, Jambi	Muaro Takus, Jambi	Besakih, Bali	Gunung Kawi, Bali
Taman Ayun, Bali	Ubud, Bali	Pura Ulun Danu Bratan, Bali

Gopuram (main tower) of the Brihadisvara temple, Thanjavur, India.	Ornamented pillar at Brihadisvara temple	Nandi (temple bull) and Gopuram (tower) at Brihadisvara temple	Nandi (temple bull) and ceiling fresco at Brihadisvara temple
Wheel of Konark, Orissa, India	Mysore (India)	Mysore (India)	Mysore (India)
Nha Trang, Vietnam	Colombo, Sri Lanka