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Wigan War Memorial — view

Wigan War Memorial

Grade II* listed war memorial designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and completed in 1925, commemorating Wigan’s fallen from the First and Second World Wars.

Pleasington Priory — view

Pleasington Priory

A Grade I listed Catholic church in Lancashire, Pleasington Priory is an exceptional pre-Emancipation chapel praised as “an astonishing church” by architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner.

Whitworth Building — view

Whitworth Building

A Grade II* listed building completed in 1902, the Whitworth Building anchors the University of Manchester’s historic quadrangle on Oxford Road in Chorlton-on-Medlock.

Sibyllenort Palace — view

Sibyllenort Palace

A Tudor-style Silesian palace, once seat of the dukes of Oels and later royal Saxon property, destroyed in WWII. Fragments and park grounds remain near Wrocław.

The Hub, Edinburgh — view

The Hub, Edinburgh

A Gothic Revival masterpiece crowning Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, The Hub combines ecclesiastical heritage with world-class arts programming as home to the Edinburgh International Festival.

Oostakker Basilica — view

Oostakker Basilica

A neo-Gothic pilgrimage basilica near Ghent, built in 1876–77 to serve devotees drawn by reported miracles and a replica Lourdes grotto. Flanders’ principal Marian shrine.

Honningsvåg Church — view

Honningsvåg Church

A white neo-Gothic wooden church built in 1885 on Magerøya island in Arctic Norway, serving the northernmost Nordkapp parish with seating for approximately 220.

Gerolstein station — view

Gerolstein station

A railway station in Gerolstein, Germany, once a vital Eifel junction that declined after connecting rail lines closed, now the town’s sole remaining station.

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