St Paul’s Cathedral, Abidjan
A cathedral hung from a colossal figure of the saint – Aldo Spirito’s cable-stayed sanctuary above the lagoon, one of Africa’s boldest modern churches.
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St Michael’s Church, Libreville
The church of the carved columns – 31 pillars sculpted with biblical scenes by a blind Gabonese master, Africa’s scripture told in hardwood.
St George’s Cathedral, Freetown
The Georgian cathedral of the freed – mother church of the province founded for liberated slaves, built of laterite by recaptive craftsmen.
Palais de la Nation, Kinshasa
The palace where Lumumba’s independence-day speech electrified Africa – Belgian colonial modernism turned, within minutes, into the stage of decolonization’s…
St John’s Cathedral, Belize City
The oldest Anglican cathedral in Central America – built of ships’-ballast brick by enslaved labour, where Miskito kings were crowned under the Union Jack.
Port Louis Theatre, Mauritius
The oldest theatre of the Southern Hemisphere’s islands – a Regency jewel where French opera played for sugar barons, restored for its third century.
Victoria Clock Tower, Seychelles
Little Big Ben of the Indian Ocean – the silver clocktower marking the world’s smallest capital, ticking since the Seychelles became a colony in their own…
Gandantegchinlen Monastery, Ulaanbaatar
The great place of complete joy – the monastery Stalin’s purges spared as a showpiece, sheltering a 26-metre golden Buddha rebuilt by popular subscription.
Faneromeni Church, Nicosia
The great church of the walled city – built from the stones of ruined Latin churches, guarding the tomb of the bishops the Ottomans executed in 1821.
Old Amiri Palace, Doha
The coral-and-gypsum palace of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim – the pearl-era heart of Qatar, now embraced by Jean Nouvel’s desert-rose museum.