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Jeju horse ride park

Jeju Horse Riding Park (제주승마공원) is a reservation-based riding facility in Aewol-eup, Jeju City, opened 2009, with Korea's longest off-course riding trails (up to 80-100 km) through Gotjawal forest; distinct from Jeju Horse Park in Seogwipo.

Jeju Love land

Jeju Love land (제주러브랜드) is an adults-only sculpture park in Jeju City, South Korea, opened in 2004 and themed on sex and sexuality in art.

Jeju Mini Land

Jeju Mini Land (제주센트럴파크) is a miniature theme park in Jocheon-eup, Jeju City, on Jeju Island, South Korea, displaying around 100 replicas of famous international buildings.

Jeju Stone Park

Seolmundae-Halmang Park, officially Jeju Stone Park (제주돌문화공원), is a 3.3 km² museum and ecological park in Jocheon, Jeju, opened 2006 and themed on the giant creator goddess Seolmundae Halmang and the Five Hundred Generals, with a dedicated exhibition hall opened June 2025.

Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church

Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church: UNESCO World Heritage site (1994) in Jutland, Denmark, with two Viking-Age royal mounds, the runestones of Gorm and Harald Bluetooth, and Jelling Church.

Jemelle villa rustica

Jemelle villa rustica (villa of Malagne): large Gallo-Roman farm estate at Neufchâteau between Jemelle and Rochefort, Belgium, built mid-1st century CE, active four centuries, excavated 1890 and 1992–1997, now an experimental archaeology park.

Jeonbuk West Coast UNESCO Global Geopark

Jeonbuk West Coast UNESCO Global Geopark (전북 서해안), designated 2023, is South Korea's fifth and first coastal UNESCO Global Geopark, in Gochang and Buan counties; 1,892.5 km², 32 geosites, macrotidal getbol flats, dolmens, and dinosaur egg fossils.

Jeonil Florist

Jeonil Florist, a flower shop and garden on Samgak-wolsan-gil in Buk-gu, Gwangju, South Korea, mapped near Gwangju Prison, CGV Gwangju Yongbong, and Cheongagwan dormitory; distinct from the landscaping business Jeonil Sikmulwon on the same street.

Jerash Hippodrome

The Jerash Hippodrome is a Roman chariot-racing circus at Jerash, Jordan, built in the 2nd century AD, among the smallest and best preserved hippodromes of the Roman Empire.

Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba

Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba (Manzana y estancias jesuíticas de Córdoba), a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2000 under criteria (ii) and (iv): a Jesuit city block in Córdoba, Argentina, plus five rural estancias (Alta Gracia, Santa Catalina, Jesús María, Caroya, La Candelaria) built 1599-1767.

Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue

Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue: paired Guaraní Jesuit mission ruins in Itapúa, Paraguay, UNESCO World Heritage since 1993, Criterion (iv).

Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos

The Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos (Misiones jesuíticas de Chiquitos) are former mission settlements in eastern Bolivia founded by the Jesuits between 1696 and 1760.

Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil)

Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis, also called the Guarani reductions, a five-site UNESCO World Heritage property (1983) in Argentina and Brazil: ruins of San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Loreto, Santa Maria Mayor, and Sao Miguel das Missoes.

Jeu Joker, Casino - Paseo Marítimo

Jeu Joker, Casino - Paseo Marítimo, also called Game Joker or Joker Casino Bata, is a casino on the seafront of Bata, Equatorial Guinea, owned by Games World of Sharjah, offering roulette, blackjack, slots, and poker.

Jevremovac Botanical Garden

Jevremovac Botanical Garden (Botanička bašta "Jevremovac"), the University of Belgrade's botanical garden in Stari Grad, founded 1874, moved 1889 to King Milan Obrenović's donated estate; 4.82 ha, 1892 greenhouse, natural monument since 1995.

Jewel Cave National Monument

Jewel Cave National Monument, a Black Hills cave monument in South Dakota proclaimed by Theodore Roosevelt in 1908, first cave named a National Monument; known for calcite spar, barometric wind, and about 200 mapped miles.

Jewish cemetery

Jewish cemetery (beit kevarot, beit olam): a burial ground governed by Jewish law requiring in-earth burial, served by the chevra kadisha, with distinct medieval history, notable sites such as Altona and Bet She'arim, and active European preservation programs.

Jewish cemetery of Salonica

The Jewish cemetery of Salonica (Thessaloniki), also called the old Jewish cemetery of Thessaloniki, was one of Europe's largest Jewish cemeteries, with over 300,000 graves; destroyed in 1942-43, its site is now Aristotle University.

Jewish cemetery of Thessaloniki

The Jewish cemetery of Thessaloniki, known as La Puerta Redonda, served the city's Sephardic community from the 15th century until its 1942 destruction, after which Aristotle University was built on the site.

Jewish cemetery preservation in Europe

Jewish cemetery preservation in Europe is the organized effort to protect, document, and restore Jewish burial sites, combining legal advocacy, EU funding, and rabbinical supervision.

Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč

Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč (Židovská čtvrť a bazilika sv. Prokopa), a serial UNESCO World Heritage site in Moravia, Czech Republic, inscribed 2003: a preserved Jewish ghetto, old cemetery, and early 13th-century basilica.

Jewish-Medieval Heritage of Erfurt

Jewish-Medieval Heritage of Erfurt: UNESCO World Heritage Site (2023, criterion iv) in Thuringia, Germany, comprising the Old Synagogue (oldest preserved to the roof in Central Europe), the 13th-century Mikveh, and the Stone House, witnesses of medieval Jewish-Christian coexistence until the 1349 pogrom.

Jewry Wall (United Kingdom)

Jewry Wall, Leicester: a 9 m high Roman wall built about AD 160 as the west wall of the palaestra of the town's public baths in Ratae Corieltauvorum; excavated by Kathleen Kenyon 1936-39, scheduled monument, adjacent Jewry Wall Museum reopened 2025.

Jianshui Ancient City Inner City Historic and Cultural District

建水古城内城历史文化街区 (Jianshui Ancient City Inner City Historic and Cultural District), a protected district in Jianshui, Yunnan, within the Ming Lin'an Guard walls; core zone bounded by the Gebi-Linping railway and Chaoyang roads; landmark Chaoyanglou (1389); governed by the 2021 prefecture protection regulation.

Jiashan Yuely

Jiashan Yuely (嘉善越里, formerly New Xitang Yuely) is a purpose-built Jiangnan water-town cultural-tourism street in Dayun town, Jiashan County, Zhejiang; opened free in 2017, converted into Guomao Outlets (Jiashan) in December 2024.

Jidava

Jidava (Jidova) was a Roman fort on the Limes Transalutanus near Câmpulung-Muscel, Romania, garrisoned by cohors I Flavia Commagenorum and destroyed by the Carpi in 245 AD.

Jigokudani Monkey Park (地獄谷野猿公苑)

Jigokudani Monkey Park (地獄谷野猿公苑) is an unfenced 1964 park in Yamanouchi, Nagano, where a wild troop of about 160 Japanese macaques, drawn by regulated feeding, famously bathes in a natural hot spring.

Jigorul Mare

Jigorul Mare (Jigoru Mare, Vârful cu Ocol) is a Roman marching camp of Trajan's Dacian Wars at Bănița, Hunedoara County, Romania, at 1,501 m altitude; a 7.1 ha quadrilateral enclosure, RAN 87255.02, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia World Heritage property.

Jijila

Jijila is a commune in Tulcea County, Romania, on the Lower Danube, hosting the Dinogetia Roman-Byzantine fortress at Garvăn, the Cetățuie fortified settlement, and the La Grădini Late Bronze Age site.

Jilin Momoge National Nature Reserve

Jilin Momoge National Nature Reserve (吉林莫莫格国家级自然保护区), a 144,000 ha Ramsar wetland in Zhenlai County, Jilin, China, designated 2013; key Siberian crane stopover with up to 95% of the world population.