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Aquae Onesiorum
Aquae Onesiorum, also known as the Onesiorum Thermae, is an ancient thermal site recorded by Strabo and identified with Bagnères-de-Luchon in Haute-Garonne, France, at the confluence of the One and the Pique.
Aquae Segestanae
Aquae Segestanae (sive Pincianae), Roman thermal spa and road station in Segesta's territory, western Sicily, on the via Valeria; identified with Ponte Bagni, inhabited into the 8th-10th centuries AD.
Aquae Siccae
Aquae Siccae (Aquis Siccis), a Gallo-Roman road station and vicus at Saint-Cizy, Cazères, Haute-Garonne, on the Antonine Itinerary route from Toulouse to Dax; named for its marshy springs, excavated by Gabriel Manière.
Aquae Tauri
Aquae Tauri was an ancient Roman town on the Ficoncella hill near Civitavecchia, Italy, built around a sulphurous thermal spring on an earlier Etruscan settlement, and abandoned around 107 AD.
Aquae Vescinae
Aquae Vescinae, the Roman thermal springs and baths of Suio, Castelforte (Latina, Lazio), on the Garigliano; sulphurous waters up to about 60 degrees C, cited by Pliny and Lucan, with 2nd-century BC bath ruins.
AQUAMARINE FUKUSHIMA
Aquamarine Fukushima (アクアマリンふくしま), officially Fukushima Marine Science Museum, is a large environmental aquarium in Iwaki, Japan, opened 2000, themed on the Kuroshio-Oyashio 'shiome' convergence, damaged by the 2011 tsunami and reopened 126 days later.
Aquarium Boka
Aquarium Boka (Akvarijum Boka), Montenegro's only public aquarium, opened June 2021 in Dobrota near Kotor within the Institute of Marine Biology; 16-18 tanks of Adriatic and Bay of Kotor species plus a sea turtle rescue centre, funded by a 0.62 million euro Norwegian MonteAqua grant.
Aquarium Grotto Garden
Aquarium Grotto Garden (حديقة جبلاية الأسماك, Fish Garden, El Gabalaya) is a historic 1867 Khedive Ismail garden with artificial grotto caves and aquariums on Zamalek island, Cairo, opened to the public in 1902 and registered as Islamic and Coptic antiquities.
Aquarium of Genoa
Aquarium of Genoa (Acquario di Genova), public aquarium on Ponte Spinola in Genoa's Porto Antico, opened 1992 for Expo '92; exterior by Renzo Piano, interiors by Peter Chermayeff; about 12,000 specimens of 400 species, cetacean pavilion 2007–2013, over 33 million visitors.
Aquarium of Quebec
Aquarium du Québec (Aquarium of Quebec), a Sépaq-run public aquarium in Quebec City on a 16-hectare St. Lawrence site, holding about 10,000 specimens of 300 species; founded 1958-1959, expanded by the 21 M$ Louphoque sea otter pavilion in 2026.
Aquarium of Veracruz
Aquarium of Veracruz (Aquarium del Puerto de Veracruz, formerly Acuario de Veracruz), a public aquarium in Veracruz, Mexico, opened 1992; largest in Latin America per 2011 EPA account, state-run since 2022, with delfinario, lobario, and manatee research.
Aquarium Paradise
Aquarium Paradise is a walkthrough aquarium in Bengaluru, India, opened March 21, 2025 at Palace Grounds, with India's longest 180-foot underwater tunnel, over 100 fish species, mermaid shows, and weekday adult tickets of ₹499.
Aquarium Piran
Aquarium Piran (Akvarij Piran) is Slovenia's largest public marine aquarium, founded in 1964 in Piran and run since 2022 by the University of Primorska's Science Centre. It displays about 140 northern Adriatic species in 26 tanks, including an 11,000-litre floor tank, over 11th-century church ruins under a glass floor.
Aquas volaternas
Aquas Volaternas (Aquae Volaterranae), a thermal-bath station near Volterra in Etruria on the Tabula Peutingeriana, identified with Bagno al Morbo near Larderello, Tuscany, famed for healing waters in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Aquashow
Aquashow (Aquashow Park) is a water and theme park in Semino, Quarteira, Algarve, Portugal, run by Celoli. Known for its 740 m Mack water coaster, 32 m free-fall slides, Aquashow Indoor park, and the 148-room Aquashow Park Hotel.
AQUATERRACE NISHIKIGAOKA
Aqua Terrace Nishikigaoka (アクアテラス錦ケ丘) is a small indoor aquarium opened July 18, 2015 on the 2F of Nishikigaoka Hillside Mall, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan, run by Dockwood, featuring freshwater fish, reptiles, and small animals in water-and-light themed zones.
Aquatic Botanical Garden
Aquatic Botanical Garden (수생식물학습원), a Korean aquatic plant garden in Daecheong Lake Garden, Okcheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, showing native and tropical water plants; reservations required, closed Sundays and January-February.
Aquaworld Aquarium
Aquaworld Aquarium (Aquaworld Aquarium & Reptile Rescue Centre), Hersonissos, Crete: small rescue aquarium and reptile centre founded by John McLaren in 1995, Crete's first public aquarium; distinct from the Sacramento discus-hatchery namesake.
Aque Ange
Aque Ange (Aquae Angae), a thermal station on the Tabula Peutingeriana in Bruttium, Calabria, between Temsa and Annicia; traditionally identified with Bagni di Caronte near Nicastro, alternatively with the Roman baths of Acconia di Curinga.
Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System
Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System (Sistema hidráulico del acueducto del Padre Tembleque), a 48.22 km 16th-century water system in Mexico and Hidalgo states, built 1555–1572 by friar Francisco de Tembleque with indigenous communities; UNESCO World Heritage 2015, with the highest single-level aqueduct arcade (39.65 m).
Ar(e)lape
Arelape (Arlape), Roman auxiliary fort on the Danube limes in Noricum under modern Pöchlarn, Lower Austria; occupied about 60-488 AD, garrisoned by cohors I Flavia Brittonum, later equites Dalmatae and the Danube fleet prefect; name survives in river Erlauf.
Ara della Regina
Ara della Regina (Altar of the Queen): largest known Etruscan temple, on the Civita plateau acropolis of Tarquinia, Italy. Four phases, 6th to 3rd century BC; 77.15 x 35.55 m tufa platform; Winged Horses terracotta; Milan excavations since 1982.
Ara Pacis
Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace): marble altar and precinct wall in Rome voted by the Senate 13 BCE, dedicated 9 BCE; buried, excavated and rebuilt 1937-38, now in the 2006 Meier museum.
Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of nine Norman-era buildings in Sicily, inscribed in 2015.
Arabian Desert Safari
Arabian Desert Safari names a drive-through native-wildlife zone at Dubai Safari Park, several Dubai desert tour operators, and conservation safaris in reserves such as Hegra and the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve.
Arachnaion (mountain)
Arachnaion (Αραχναίο, Arachnaeus) is a 1,197 m limestone mountain in Argolis, Greece, near Epidaurus, with ancient altars of Zeus and Hera for rain sacrifices and a role in Aeschylus' Agamemnon beacon chain.
Aradul Nou
Aradul Nou ("New Arad") is a district of Arad, Romania, south of the Mureș on DN69; formerly a German-colonist commune, annexed to Arad in 1948, known for a Celtic necropolis and disputed Roman brick stamps.
Arae Philaenorum
Arae Philaenorum (Altars of the Philaeni, Greek Philainon bomoi), ancient boundary site at Ras al-A'ali, Libya, between Carthage and Cyrene, later Africa and Cyrenaica; legend of two brothers buried alive.
Araghju
Araghju (Arraggio): Bronze Age Torrean fortress, the Casteddu d'Araghju, at 245 m near Porto-Vecchio, San-Gavino-di-Carbini, Corsica; 40 m cyclopean enclosure, torra tower, excavated by Roger Grosjean from 1967, historic monument since 1974.
Araripe UNESCO Global Geopark
Araripe UNESCO Global Geopark (Ceará, Brazil): first geopark in the Americas (GGN 2006, UNESCO 2015), 3,796 km², nine geosites, famed for Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation fossils and the Chapada do Araripe plateau.