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Aapravasi Ghat Port Luis (Capital of Mauritius)
Acropolis Athens (Capital of Greece)
Amsterdam Canal Ring Amsterdam, capital of The Netherlands
Asmara Asmara - Capital of Eritrea
Baroque Churches Manila (Capital of the Philippines)
Beijing Central Axis Beijing (Capital of China)
Belem Lisbon (Capital of Portugal)
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates Berlin (Capital of Germany)
Boyana Church Sofia (Capital of Bulgaria)
Brasilia Brasilia (Capital of Brazil)
Bridgetown Capital of Barbados
Budapest Budapest (Capital of Hungary)
Camino Real Mexico City (Capital of Mexico)
Cape Floral Region Cape Town (legislative capital of South Africa)
Central University City Campus of the UNAM Mexico City (Capital of Mexico)
Changdeokgung Palace Complex Seoul (Capital of South Korea)
Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye Moscow (Capital of Russia)
City of Luxembourg Luxembourg (Capital of Luxembourg)
Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas Caracas (Capital of Venezuela)
Damascus Damascus (Capital of Syria)
Danube Limes A component (Vindobona) lies in Vienna, capital of Austria
Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios Athens (Capital of Greece)
Drottningholm Stockholm (Capital of Sweden)
ESMA Site Museum Buenos Aires (capital of Argentina)
Fortress of Suomenlinna Helsinki (Capital of Finland)
Forts and Castles Gold Coast Ussher Fort, James Fort, Christiansborg Castle (aka Osu Fort)
Golestan Palace Teheran (Capital of Iran)
Grand Canal Beijing (Capital of China)
Grand Place, Brussels Brussels (Capital of Belgium)
Historic Cairo Cairo (Capital of Egypt)
Humayun's Tomb Part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Capital of India)
Imperial Palace Beijing (Capital of China)
Island of Gorée Part of the city of Dakar, Capital of Senegal.
Jongmyo Shrine Seoul (Capital of South Korea)
Kasbah of Algiers Algiers (Capital of Algeria)
Kathmandu Valley Kathmandu (Capital of Nepal)
Kew Gardens London (Capital of the United Kingdom)
Koguryo Tombs Pyongyang (Capital of the DPR of Korea)
Kremlin and Red Square Moscow (Capital of Russia)
Kunta Kinteh Island Banjul (Capital of Gambia): Six-gun battery component
Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra Kiev (Capital of Ukraine)
Lima Lima (Capital of Peru)
Luis Barragán House and Studio Mexico City (capital of Mexico)
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley Andorra la Vella (Capital of Andorra)
Major Town Houses Brussels (Capital of Belgium)
Maritime Greenwich London (Capital of the United Kingdom)
Medina of Tunis Tunis (Capital of Tunesia)
Mexico City and Xochimilco Mexico City (Capital of Mexico)
Museumsinsel (Museum Island) Berlin (Capital of Germany)
Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites Union Buildings (component 001) are in Pretoria
Novodevichy Convent Moscow (Capital of Russia)
Old City of Berne Bern (Capital of Switzerland)
Old City of Jerusalem Jerusalem (Capital of Israel)
Old Havana Havana (Capital of Cuba)
Panamá Panama City (Capital of Panama)
Paramaribo Paramaribo (Capital of Surinam)
Paris, Banks of the Seine Paris (Capital of France)
Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro Madrid, capital of Spain
Plečnik's Ljubljana Ljbubljana, capital of Slovenia
Potsdam Berlin (Capital of Germany)
Prague Prague (Capital of Czech Republic)
Quito Quito (Capital of Ecuador)
Qutb Minar Part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Capital of India)
Rabat Capital of Morocco
Red Fort Part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Capital of India)
Rideau Canal Ottawa (Capital of Canada)
Riga Riga (Capital of Latvia)
Robben Island Cape Town (legislative capital of South Africa)
Rome Rome (Capital of Italy)
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France Paris (Capital of France)
Royal Joseon Tombs Seoul (Capital of South Korea)
San Marino and Mount Titano San Marino (capital of San Marino)
Sana'a Sanaa (Capital of Yemen)
Santo Domingo Santo Domingo (Capital of the Dominican Republic)
Schönbrunn Vienna (Capital of Austria)
Singapore Botanic Gardens Singapore, Capital of Singapore
Skogskyrkogarden Stockholm (Capital of Sweden)
Stoclet House Brussels (capital of Belgium)
Sucre Sucre (constitutional capital of Bolivia)
Summer Palace Beijing (Capital of China)
Tallinn Tallinn (Capital of Estonia)
Temple of Heaven Beijing (Capital of China)
Thang Long Hanoi, capital of Vietnam
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Paris - Capital of France, Tokyo - Capital of Japan
Tombs of Buganda Kings Kampala (Capital of Uganda)
Tower of London London (Capital of the United Kingdom)
Trans-Iranian Railway Teheran
Valletta Valetta (Capital of Malta)
Vatican City Vatican City (Capital of the Vatican)
Via Appia The first kms are in Rome, the capital of Italy
Vienna Vienna (capital of Austria)
Vilnius Vilnius (Capital of Lithuania)
Walled City of Baku Baku (Capital of Azerbaijan)
Warsaw Warsaw (Capital of Poland)
Westminster London (Capital of the United Kingdom)
Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia Arslanhane Mosque lies in Ankara, the capital of Turkey

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