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Gandikota (గండికోట)
Gandikota (గండికోట), the "Grand Canyon of India", is a fort village in YSR Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, above the Pennar gorge; fortress dated 1123, ruled by Vijayanagara, Golconda, Mughal and British powers, now an ASI-protected tourism hub.
Ganesra Mound
Ganesra Mound (Gaṇeśrā, Singar/Singer Tila): two ancient mounds at Ganesra village, Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, near the Chaurasi Jain temple; ASI-protected since 1910-11, yielding inscribed bricks naming Gomitra's minister Rohadeva Kohada.
Gangnaru Folk Village
Gangnaru Folk Village (강나루민속촌) is a folk village on Nakdong 1-gil along the Nakdong River in Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, near the Nakdonggang Bike Path; distinct from the Incheon locality Gangnaru and Seoul's Gwangnaru station.
Gangwon Eco-Peace Biosphere Reserve
Gangwon Eco-Peace Biosphere Reserve (강원생태평화 생물권보전지역), a UNESCO MAB biosphere reserve designated 19 June 2019, covering 182,815 ha across Cheorwon, Hwacheon, Yanggu, Inje, and Goseong counties in the DMZ-adjacent Civilian Control Zone of Gangwon Province, South Korea.
Ganj Nameh
Ganj Nameh (گنجنامه, Gandj Nameh, Ganjnameh), "treasure book": two trilingual Achaemenid cuneiform inscriptions of Darius I and Xerxes I carved on Mount Alvand about 12 km southwest of Hamadan, Iran, along the Royal Road.
Gansu Dunhuang Xihu Wetlands
The Gansu Dunhuang Xihu Wetlands (甘肃敦煌西湖湿地), also known as Hala Lake, are wetlands in Dunhuang, Gansu, China, a national nature reserve designated a Ramsar site in 2022.
Gansu Gahai Wetlands Nature Reserve
Gansu Gahai Wetlands Nature Reserve (甘肃省尕海湿地自然保护区), Ramsar Site No. 1975 since 2011, is a 247,431 ha alpine wetland in Luqu County, Gansu, China, protecting Gahai Lake, peatlands, and black-necked crane breeding habitat.
Gansu Yellow River Shouqu Wetlands
Gansu Yellow River Shouqu Wetlands (黄河首曲), Ramsar Site no. 2429, is an alpine marsh and meadow wetland in Maqu County, Gansu, at the Yellow River's first meander; it adds 40% of upper-basin run-off and shelters black-necked cranes.
Gaoligong Mountain Botanical Garden
Gaoligong Mountain Botanical Garden (高黎贡山植物园), a botanical garden in Tengchong, Baoshan, Yunnan, on Huayan Road, about 169.2 mu, plus a 98.31-million-yuan rare-endemic plant garden project with 11 specialized gardens.
Gaoligong mountains Biosphere Reserve
Gaoligong Mountains Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO MAB biosphere reserve (2000) in western Yunnan, China; 293,564 ha, Gawagapu Peak 5,126 m, 4,897 higher plant species, 699 vertebrates, part of the Three Parallel Rivers World Heritage site.
Garaet El Taref
Garaet El Taref, a shallow saline sebkha lake in Oum El Bouaghi wilaya, northeastern Algeria; Ramsar Site no. 1421 since 12 December 2004, 33,460 ha, fed by Aurès oueds, drying seasonally in summer.
Garamba National Park
Garamba National Park (Parc national de la Garamba), a 512,736-hectare UNESCO World Heritage site in northeastern DRC's Haut-Uélé Province, is one of Africa's oldest national parks (1938), co-managed by ICCN and African Parks, on the List of World Heritage in Danger, and home to the DRC's last Kordofan giraffes.
Gardaland Park
Gardaland Park, at Castelnuovo del Garda on Lake Garda, Italy, opened 19 July 1975, founded by Livio Furini; Italy's first amusement park, Merlin-owned since 2006, about 3 million annual visitors, part of Gardaland Resort with SEA LIFE and LEGOLAND Water Park.
Gardellaca/Cardabiaca
Gardellaca/Cardabiaca, a Roman road station and small fort on the Danube limes in Pannonia inferior at Tokod, Hungary; attested in the Tabula Peutingeriana, Ravenna Geographer, and Notitia Dignitatum (auxilia insidiatorum), occupied into the 5th century.
Garden City Funfair
Garden City Funfair (غاردن سيتي), formerly Unity Park, is a small theme park in eastern Taiz, Yemen, at 13.57401°N, 44.023°E; destroyed in the civil war, closed 2015–2018, reopened 2018 as the city's only amusement park.
Garden Houses
Garden Houses (Case a Giardino): planned second- and third-century CE luxury apartment complex with shops and gardens at Ostia, Rome's port; excavated 1938-1942, later converted to commercial use.
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz) is an 18th-century landscape of parks and palaces in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, created by Prince Franz of Anhalt-Dessau and listed by UNESCO in 2000.
Garden of Cybele
Garden of Cybele (Jardin de Cybèle), Vienne, France: archaeological garden preserving the Gallo-Roman forum quarter, with portico arches, a 800-seat assembly hall, a domus, and 2023-2025 excavations.
Garden of Exotic Plants
Garden of Exotic Plants (趣異植物園), a 550 m2 collection of 53 unusual plants built in 1994 within Macau's botanic garden on Coloane, featuring Kandelia obovata, Nepenthes mirabilis, and Drosera spathulata.
Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods is a free 1,341.3-acre city park and National Natural Landmark in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with red sandstone formations, about 4.5 to 6 million annual visitors, and a 1909 Perkins family donation requiring free public access forever.
Garden Pavilion
Garden pavilion: a small ornamental building in a garden or park, also called summerhouse or gazebo. English examples range from the Grade I John Webb pavilion at The Vyne to Capability Brown-era and 20th-century listed pavilions.
Garden Route Biosphere Reserve
Garden Route Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO MAB site designated June 2017 as South Africa's 9th biosphere reserve; 698,363 ha along the southern Cape coast within the Cape Floristic Region, centered on the Garden Route National Park.
Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž
Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž (Zahrady a zámek v Kroměříži): Czech UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed 1998, an early Baroque archbishop's castle with the English-style Castle Garden and the formal 17th-century Flower Garden.
Gardens by the Bay
Gardens by the Bay (滨海湾花园), Singapore's national garden at Marina Bay, comprises Bay South, Bay East, and Bay Central waterfront gardens. Opened 2012 after a 2006 design competition won by Grant Associates; known for Supertrees, cooled conservatories, and over 100 million visitors.
Gardens of Bomarzo
Gardens of Bomarzo, also called Sacro Bosco or Park of the Monsters (Parco dei Mostri), a 16th-century Mannerist sculpture park in Bomarzo, Lazio, Italy, built by Vicino Orsini from about 1552 with grotesque peperino sculptures.
Gardens of the Tigris Street Corniche
حدائق كورنيش شارع دجلة, gardens of the Tigris Street Corniche (كورنيش السرية والسراي) in Maysan Governorate, Iraq; first phase opened by Governor Ali Daway Lazim, built by Ufuq al-Mansour and Shamsa al-Iraq with gardens, lighting, and riverfront recreation.
Gardens of Versailles
The Gardens of Versailles, also called jardins du château de Versailles, are the French formal gardens laid out from 1661 by André Le Nôtre for Louis XIV, with the Grand Perspective, 400 statues, 14 groves, and gravity-fed fountains; free entry except on fountain-show days.
Garibaldi Provincial Park
Garibaldi Provincial Park, established 1927, is a 188,667 ha wilderness park in the Coast Mountains 64 km north of Vancouver, centered on 2,678 m Mount Garibaldi, with five Highway 99 trailheads, over 90 km of trails, and reservation-only backcountry camping.
Garn Fadryn
Garn Fadryn (Carn Fadrun), a 371 m hill on Wales's Llŷn peninsula in Gwynedd, holds a two-phase Iron Age hillfort (4.8 and 10.7 ha) and a 12th-century stone castle of Owain Gwynedd's sons, recorded by Gerald of Wales in 1188.
Garner State Park
Garner State Park: Texas state park on the Frio River near Concan, Uvalde County, named for Vice President John Nance Garner; built by CCC Company 879 (1935–1941), dedicated June 1, 1941; 1,774 acres, 2.9 river miles, most-visited Texas state park.