Religious sites

15 photos of the Longshan temple which was built in 1738 by Chinese settlers from Fujian.

30 photos of the Doi Suthep mountain with its temple complex near Chiang Mai in northern Thailand

33 photos of Lampang in Northern Thailand and of the Wat Phra That Lampang Luang temple

28 photos of Sukhotai, an ancient city and former royal capital in northern Thailand

8 photos of the beautiful and richly decorated Hoi An Buddhist association temple

14 photos of the temple of Literature, the largest and most important temple complex in Hanoi

15 photos of the Den Trinh temple, the first pagoda which visitors to the Perfume pagoda reach after the ride on the Yen river

12 photos of the Perfume pagoda (Chua Huong Tich in Vietnamese), a shrine in a cave on top of a mountain

28 photos of the interior of the Cai Dai Great Temple during the noon ceremony in Tay Ninh, Vietnam

9 photos of the Cao Dai Great temple near Tay Ninh, the centre of the Cao Dai faith in Vietnam

250 photos of the temples of Angkor in Cambodia, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1992

68 photos of Angkor Thom, a fortified city of some 10 sq km in extent, including the Bayon, Baphuon and other temples

15 photos of the temples of the Roluos group including the Bakong and Lolei temples

147 photos of Jerusalem, the most significant city in Israel, home to the holiest sites of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths

72 photos of St. Peter's basilica, the vatican museums and St. Peter's square

65 photos of Miyajima, the island in the Japanese Seto inland sea famous for the Itsukushima Shinto shrine with its red torii gate built in the sea

45 photos of several churches and cathedrals in Warsaw

47 photos of the Perfume pagoda, a shrine dedicated to Quan Am in the mountains southwest of Hanoi

37 photos of Tay Ninh, a city in southern Vietnam, home to the Cao Dai religion, an indigenous sincretist Vietnamese religion

20 photos of the Helsinki Lutheran and Uspenski Orthodox cathedrals and of the Pyhan Kolminaisuuden orthodox church

6 photos of the Sultan Abu Bakar mosque, the state mosque of Johor