Lan Xang style bronze Buddha dating from between the 17th and 19th centuries, Ho Pha Kaew Museum, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

San Miguel de Lillo, 9th century Royal Chapel of Summer Palace of Ramiro I, remodelled in the 17th century, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, Europe

Original stone built and thatched cottage, circa 17th century, Eden Valley, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Dunluce Castle, a now-ruined medieval castle in Northern Ireland, Bushmills, County Antrim, Ireland

Fresco, Gate Church of the Resurrection (1670), Kremlin, Golden Ring; Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Fresco, Gate-Church of the Resurrection (1670), Kremlin, Golden Ring; Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Original Fresco, 17th Century, Church of the Holy Apostles, 10th Century, Ancient Agora; Athens, Greece

Fresco, New Testament Trinity, Spassky Monastery; Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Fresco, Gate-Church of the Resurrection (1670), Kremlin, Golden Ring; Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Fresco, Gate Church of the Resurrection (1670), Kremlin, Golden Ring; Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Fresco, Gate-Church of the Resurrection (1670), Kremlin, Golden Ring; Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Stables and Bakaffa's Palace, Fasil Ghebbi (Royal Enclosure), Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Turkish baths, Fasil Ghebbi (Royal Enclosure), Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Sunset at Ulun Danu Beratan temple, a major Hindu Shaivite water temple on Lake Bratan; Bali, Indonesia

Sunset at Pura Gede Luhur Batu Ngaus; Bali, Indonesia

Big Buddha at Paknam Temple in Bangkok, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

Ananuri, a castle fortress complex along the Aragvi River in Dusheti Municipality, Georgia, Dusheti, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia

Big Buddha at Paknam Temple in Bangkok, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

People look up at the Big Buddha against a twilight sky at Paknam Temple in Bangkok, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

Artwork of Boniface the Martyr, Spassky Monastery; Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Frescoes, Gate Church of the Resurrection (1670), Kremlin, Golden Ring; Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Statue of Archangel San Rafael, circa 1651, on the Puente Romano, Roman Bridge over the the Guadalquivir river, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain