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241. Hijaz Railway Museum
The historic Ottoman-era Amman station of the Hijaz Railway, with steam locomotives and a small museum about the line from Damascus to Medina.
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242. Imam Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab Mosque
Qatar's State Grand Mosque, opened in 2011, is a vast sandstone building with 93 domes and room for more than 30,000 worshippers, open to respectful visitors outside prayer times.
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243. Jui Tui Shrine
A red-and-gold Hokkien shrine in Phuket Town that serves as the starting point of the island's Vegetarian Festival processions every autumn.
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244. Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara
An ancient temple 11 km north-east of Colombo, linked by tradition to the Buddha's third visit and known for its Solias Mendis murals and January perahera.
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245. Lodhi Garden
A 90-acre park on Lodhi Road where 15th-century tombs of the Sayyid and Lodi rulers stand among lawns and walking paths, close to Khan Market.
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246. Longhua Temple
A working temple in Xuhui whose origins go back to 242 AD, with a 40-metre brick pagoda from 977, a 14th-century bell and a New Year's Eve bell-ringing.
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247. Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
A 152-acre Second World War cemetery in Taguig with 16,859 American graves, a memorial listing 36,286 missing and large mosaic maps of the Pacific campaigns.
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248. Marble Mountains (Ngu Hanh Son)
A cluster of marble and limestone hills between Hoi An and Da Nang, with cave shrines, pagodas, viewpoints and the Non Nuoc stone-carving village at their foot.
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249. Masjid Jamek
Completed in 1909 at the meeting point of the Klang and Gombak rivers, Masjid Jamek is an Indo-Saracenic mosque designed by Arthur Benison Hubback.
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250. Narayanhiti Palace Museum
The former royal palace of Nepal's Shah kings, opened as a museum after the end of the monarchy, with state rooms kept as the royal family left them.
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251. Ocean Park Hong Kong
A not-for-profit marine theme park on the south side of Hong Kong Island, with giant pandas, a large aquarium and thrill rides linked by a cable car over the sea.
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252. Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan)
The ruins of the vast Qing imperial gardens destroyed in 1860, including the carved stone remains of the European-style palaces designed by Jesuit missionaries.
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253. Oman Aquarium
A large indoor aquarium at Mall of Muscat, opened in 2019, with more than 100 exhibits, a tunnel through the main tank and supervised dive and snorkel sessions.
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254. Osaka Museum of History
A museum telling some 1,400 years of Osaka's story with full-scale reconstructions and models, built on the site of the ancient Naniwa Palace.
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255. Sanjusangen-do
A 120-metre wooden hall, officially Rengeo-in, holding 1,000 standing statues of the thousand-armed Kannon around a seated Kannon by the sculptor Tankei.
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256. Sri Mariamman Temple
Singapore's first Hindu temple, built by Indian settlers by 1827 on South Bridge Road, crowned by a tiered gopuram covered in painted deities.
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257. Terrace of the Elephants
A 350-metre royal terrace in Angkor Thom carved with elephants, garudas and lions, once the stage from which the king watched ceremonies and returning armies.
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258. Thien Hau Temple
A Cantonese temple founded around 1760 in Cholon and dedicated to Mazu, the sea goddess, known for its roof of porcelain figures and hanging incense.
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259. Ueno Park
One of Tokyo's first public parks, opened in 1873, home to major museums, a zoo, Ueno Toshogu shrine and the lotus-filled Shinobazu Pond.
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260. Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts
Vietnam's main art museum, set in a 1937 colonial building near the Temple of Literature, covering Vietnamese art from ancient times to the present day.
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