Pha That Luang, symbol of the Laos sovereignty, Buddhist religion and the city of Vientiane, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pha That Luang, symbol of the Laos sovereignty, Buddhist religion and the city of Vientiane, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pha That Luang, symbol of the Laos sovereignty, Buddhist religion and the city of Vientiane, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

The gate of Pha That Luang, symbol of the Laos sovereignty, Buddhist religion and the city of Vientiane, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pha That Luang, symbol of the Laos sovereignty, Buddhist religion and the city of Vientiane, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

A weathered stone fort and Portuguese flag flying from flagpole on a small turret, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

The Da Gama padrao, a monument to Vasco Da Gama in the Cape Point Nature Reserve in South Africa. Da Gama was a Portuguese sailor/explorer and led expeditions from the Cape to the East in 1497. A padrao is a limestone pillar bearing the Portuguese coat of arms and an inscription stating when and by whom it was raised. The cross signified Portuguese sovereignty and Christianity.

Aerial view, Arsanas Chromnitsas, Mount Athos, Orthodox monastic republic with autonomous status under Greek sovereignty, Athos Peninsula, Halkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Europe

Aerial view, sunrise, view of Mount Athos, Orthodox monastic republic with autonomous status under Greek sovereignty, taken from Kriaritsi, Sithonia, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Europe

Aerial view, dawn, view of Mount Athos, Orthodox monastic republic with autonomous status under Greek sovereignty, taken from Kriaritsi, Sithonia, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Europe