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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Chateau d'Amboise, Great Zimbabwe, St Mary the Virgin's Church, North Stoke, St Mary de Haura Church, Shoreham-by-Sea, Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Sompting, 11th century in architecture, Pagoda of Fogong Temple, Mitford Castle, Aisha Bibi, Kasivisvesvara Temple, Lakkundi, Kundgol, Eglise Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Rouffach, Fengguo Temple, Aljaferia, St Peter's Church, Wickham Bishops, Old Church of St Nicholas, Uphill, St Andrew's Church, Bywell, Wupatki National Monument, St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Wissembourg, Tripurantaka Temple, Jameh Mosque of Isfahan, Beni Hammad Fort, Konye-Urgench, Liaodi Pagoda, Church of St. Mary, Chateau des Adhemar, Trifels Castle, Alcazaba of Malaga, San Martin de Tours, San Clemente Abbey, Chateau d'Usson, San Pietro a Grado, San Giovanni Theristis, Lingxiao Pagoda, Church of St Mary The Virgin, Ston Easton, Jorlunde Church, Ponte della Maddalena, Burana Tower, Alcazaba of Almeria, Santa Maria della Piazza, Church of Sant Vicenc, Rudkhan Castle, Ujigami Shrine, Castle of Molina de Aragon, San Caprasio, Monastery of Sant Daniel, Girona, San Baudelio de Berlanga, Mezquita de las Tornerias, Church of El Salvador, Toledo, Ksar Nalut, Phnom Chisor, Muralla urbana de Marbella. Excerpt: Great Zimbabwe is a ruined city that was once the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe, which existed from 1100 to 1450 AD during the country's Late Iron Age. The monument, which first began to be constructed in the 11th century and which continued to be built until the 14th century, spanned an area of 722 hectares (1,784 acres) and at its peak could have housed up to 18,000 people. Great Zimbabwe acted as a royal palace for the Zimbabwean monarch and would have been used as the seat of their political power. One of its most prominent features were its walls, some of which were over five metre...