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221. Vienna State Opera

Opera houseInnere Stadt

The Ringstrasse opera house that opened in 1869, home to one of the world's busiest repertory companies, with guided tours by day and cheap standing places at night.

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222. Villa Masséna

Art and history museumPromenade des Anglais

A Belle Epoque palace on the Promenade des Anglais housing the Musée Masséna, which tells the story of Nice and the Riviera from the 18th to the early 20th century.

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223. Vyšehrad

Historic fortress, basilica and cemeteryVyšehrad

A clifftop fortress above the Vltava with the Basilica of Sts Peter and Paul, the national cemetery where Dvořák and Mucha lie, and underground casemates.

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224. Zoo Zürich

Zoo and rainforest hallZürichberg

A large zoo on the Zürichberg with thousands of animals in landscaped habitats, including the Masoala Rainforest hall, the Kaeng Krachan Elephant Park and the Lewa Savannah.

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225. Almudena Cathedral

CathedralPalacio (Madrid de los Austrias)

Madrid's cathedral, begun in 1883 and consecrated in 1993 by Pope John Paul II, facing the Royal Palace across the Plaza de la Armería.

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226. Barcelona Cathedral

Gothic cathedralBarri Gòtic

The Gothic Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia at the heart of the Barri Gòtic, with a shaded cloister and a crypt dedicated to the city's patron saint.

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227. Basilica di Santa Croce

Basilica and museumSanta Croce

The great Franciscan church of Florence, with Giotto's frescoes, Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel and the tombs of Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli.

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228. Bioparc Valencia

ZooCampanar (Parque de Cabecera)

A ten-hectare zoo opened in 2008 at the western end of the Turia garden, where African animals live in immersive habitats without visible bars.

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229. BMW Museum

Automotive museumMilbertshofen

BMW's company museum in its 1973 'salad bowl' building opposite BMW Welt, telling the brand's story through cars, motorcycles, engines and design studies.

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230. Capitoline Museums

Archaeology and art museumCampidoglio

Dating to Pope Sixtus IV's gift of ancient bronzes in 1471, the Capitoline Museums fill Michelangelo's piazza on the Capitoline Hill with Rome's own treasures.

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231. Cimiez Monastery and Gardens

Monastery, garden and Franciscan museumCimiez

A Franciscan monastery on the Cimiez hill with a free 9,550 square metre garden overlooking the city and sea, a small museum and the cemetery where Matisse lies.

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232. Collegium Maius

University museum in a Gothic collegeOld Town

The oldest building of the Jagiellonian University, a late-Gothic college around an arcaded courtyard that now houses the university museum and its historic instruments.

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233. Comic Art Museum (Belgian Comic Strip Center)

Comics museumCity Centre (near Botanique)

Brussels' museum of the ninth art, opened in 1989 in Victor Horta's Art Nouveau Waucquez store, with galleries on Tintin, the Smurfs and Belgian comics.

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234. EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

Interactive history museumDocklands

An interactive museum in the Docklands' CHQ building telling the stories of Irish emigrants across 20 galleries, with a genealogy centre on site.

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235. Istanbul Archaeology Museums

Archaeology museumGülhane

Turkey's great archaeological collection beside Gülhane Park, founded by Osman Hamdi Bey, home to the Alexander Sarcophagus and an Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty tablet.

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236. Jewish Museum Berlin

History museumKreuzberg

A museum of Jewish life in Germany, housed in Daniel Libeskind's zigzag building and a baroque courthouse, with a core exhibition and the ANOHA children's world.

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237. Leopold Museum

Modern art museumMuseumsQuartier

A white limestone museum in the MuseumsQuartier built around Rudolf and Elisabeth Leopold's collection, with the world's largest group of works by Egon Schiele.

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238. Lokrum Island

Island nature reserveLokrum

A wooded nature reserve island a short boat ride from the Old Port, with a ruined Benedictine monastery, botanical gardens, a salt lake and resident peacocks.

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239. Monastero di Santa Chiara

Monastery, cloister and museumCentro Storico

Fourteenth-century Franciscan complex on Spaccanapoli, famous for its cloister of hand-painted majolica tiles, with a museum and Roman baths beside it.

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240. Monumental Cemetery of Milan (Cimitero Monumentale)

Historic cemetery and open-air sculpture museumPorta Volta

A vast 19th-century cemetery designed by Carlo Maciachini, filled with sculpted family tombs and the Famedio, resting place of Alessandro Manzoni.

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