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Sanctuary of Poseidon at Tainaron
Sanctuary of Poseidon at Tainaron (Cape Matapan), southernmost Greece: a temple of Poseidon in a sacred grove, an asylum for helots and slaves, mercenary base, and marble quarries; its reputed oracle of the dead is now disputed.
Sanctuary of Poseidon Hippios (Mantineia)
Sanctuary of Poseidon Hippios at Mantineia, Arcadia: an ancient sanctuary of Poseidon as Horse God, with an oak-log temple by Agamedes and Trophonios, a wool-thread interdict, Aipytos's blinding by an inland wave, and Hadrian's rebuilding.
Sanctuary of Ptah and Mertesger
Sanctuary of Ptah and Mertesger (Meretseger), a rock-cut shrine between Deir el-Medina and the Valley of the Queens at Thebes, dedicated to Ptah and the cobra goddess Meretseger; seven chapels, late 19th to 20th Dynasty, excavated by Schiaparelli and Bruyère.
Sanctuary of Ptoan Apollo
Sanctuary of Ptoan Apollo (Ptoion, Ἀπόλλωνός Πτώου τὸ ἱερόν): ancient oracular sanctuary of Apollo on Mt. Pelagia, Boeotia, near Akraiphnion; cult from the 8th century BCE, famous Archaic kouroi, Hellenistic tripod dedications, excavated since 1885.
Sanctuary of Sol Indiges
Sanctuary of Sol Indiges, ancient sanctuary of the old Roman sun god at the mouth of the Numicus river at Lavinium's seaport, tied to Aeneas' landing; first built c. 520 BC, rebuilt mid-Republican as a fortified enclosure.
Sanctuary of the Dioscouri at Athens
Anakeion (Ἀνάκειον), the Athenian sanctuary of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), worshipped as the Anakes; site of the Anakeia festival and prytaneion meal, a slave market per Demosthenes 45.80, with no securely located archaeological remains.
Sanctuary of the Egyptian gods (Nea Makri)
Sanctuary of the Egyptian gods at Brexiza (Mikro Elos), Nea Makri, Greece: a Roman sanctuary of Isis, Sarapis, and Horus founded by Herodes Atticus around 160 AD, with Egyptian-style pylons, colossal Osiris and Isis statues, and a navigable canal.
Sanctuary of the Muses
Sanctuary of the Muses (Mouseion of Helikon): ancient Greek sanctuary in the Valley of the Muses on Mount Helicon, Boeotia, near Ascra and Thespiai; home of the four-yearly Mouseia festival and linked to Hesiod.
Sanctuary of the Public Lares
Sanctuary of the Public Lares (Santuario dei Lari Pubblici), Pompeii VII.9.3: large roofless Forum sanctuary tied to civic Lares and imperial cult, marble-clad, excavated 1817, dating and identification debated.
Sanctuary of Truth
Sanctuary of Truth (Prasat Sut Ja-Tum, ปราสาทสัจธรรม), Pattaya, Thailand: all-wood, nail-free hand-carved museum begun 1981 by Lek Viriyaphan, about 105 m tall, still under construction, with day and night guided tours.
Sanctuary of Zeus Aphesios (Megarid)
Sanctuary of Zeus Aphesios (Διός Ἀφεσίου ναός), ancient Megarian mountain sanctuary of Zeus the Releaser near Marmara, west of Megara; tied by Pausanias to Aiakos' drought-ending rain sacrifice and excavated c. 1890.
Sanctuary of Zeus Lykaios
Sanctuary of Zeus Lykaios, on Mt. Lykaion (Agios Elias), Arcadia: ancient Greek Zeus sanctuary with a Mycenaean-to-Hellenistic ash altar, secret sacrifices, Lykaion Games, and the Greek world's only visible hippodrome.
Sandarakourgion Oros
Sandarakourgion Oros (σανδαρακουργεῖον ὄρος), Latinized Sandaracurgium, the "Realgar-mine mountain" of Paphlagonia near Pompeiopolis and Pimolisa, whose arsenic mine worked by condemned slaves Strabo describes at Geography 12.3.40.
Sandomierz-Krakówka
Sandomierz-Krakówka: a rich Przeworsk culture cremation burial, called a 'princely grave', found in 1928 near Sandomierz, Poland, with Roman imports and an Östland bucket, linked to the Świętokrzyskie iron-smelting center.
Sang-i Dokhtar
Sang-i Dokhtar (Sang-e Dokhtar, Band-e Dokhtar), an ancient dam and sluice-gate structure on the Kor River in Fars, Iran, near Persepolis; dated variously Achaemenid, Sasanian, or Islamic, and relocated during the 1964–1972 Dorudzan dam project.
Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park
Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park, Sudan's Red Sea coast: serial UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed 2016, only atoll in the Red Sea, globally significant dugong population, 260,700 ha.
Sangay National Park
Sangay National Park (Parque Nacional Sangay), Ecuador's largest highland reserve in the eastern Andes, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1983 with volcanoes Tungurahua, Sangay, and Altar, 502,105 ha, and mountain tapir and spectacled bear habitat.
Sangdongjangcheok Folk Village
Sangdongjangcheok Folk Village (상동장척민속촌) is a traditional cultural space and theme park in Sangdong-myeon, Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, open Tuesday to Sunday 09:00-18:00, near Mulgeum station and the Nakdonggang bicycle path.
Sangha Trinational
Sangha Trinational is a cross-border protected area in the Congo Basin where Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and the Republic of Congo meet, inscribed by UNESCO in 2012.
Sangha-Nouabalé-Ndoki
Sangha-Nouabalé-Ndoki, Ramsar site 1858 in northwestern Congo (1,525,000 ha, designated 2009), a wetland complex on the Sangha and Ndoki rivers centered on Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park within the Sangha Tri-National UNESCO World Heritage area.
Sanghyowon Arboretum
Sanghyowon Arboretum (상효원, 上孝園), also called Sanghyowon Botanical Garden, is Jeju Island's first private arboretum in Sanghyo-dong, Seogwipo, founded by KC Cottrell chairman Lee Dal-woo, with 1,200 species, 16 themed gardens, a Gotjawal conservation area, and an annual March tulip festival.
Sangiran Early Man Site
Sangiran Early Man Site (Sangiran dome, Central Java, Indonesia) is a 5,600 ha UNESCO World Heritage site, inscribed 1996, yielding over 100 Homo erectus individuals and the Sangiran flake industry across 2.4 million years of Plio-Pleistocene strata.
Sangol Folk Village
Sangol Folk Village (산골민속촌, Sangolminsokchon) is a small theme park and tourist attraction in Gupo-dong, Buk-gu, Busan, South Korea, near Gupo station, showcasing traditional Korean houses and crafts.
Sangulmaceae flora
Sangulmaceae flora (桑榆科植物区) is a 0.6-hectare living collection of Moraceae and Ulmaceae trees, 9 genera and over 20 species, in the South Garden of the China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, featuring northern China native trees such as mulberries, elms, hackberry, zelkova, and Pteroceltis.
Sanjay Gandhi National Park
Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), formerly Borivali National Park, is a roughly 104 sq km urban protected forest in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, known for the 109 Kanheri Buddhist caves, high leopard density, and intense surrounding urban pressure.
Sanook Park
Sanook Park (สนุกปาร์ค) is an adventure park on Thepprasit Road, Pattaya, Thailand, founded 1989 as Pattaya's first bungee operator. It offers a 60 m lake bungee jump, 86 m human slingshot at 150 km/h, paintball, airsoft, ATVs, and a floating water park.
Sanquhar
Sanquhar, a former Royal Burgh in Upper Nithsdale, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on the A76; known for its 1735 William Adam Tolbooth Museum, Sanquhar Castle ruins, the UK's oldest Post Office (1763), Sanquhar Pattern knitting, and a nearby Roman fortlet.
Sanrio Puroland
Sanrio Puroland (サンリオピューロランド) is Japan's indoor Hello Kitty theme park in Tama, Tokyo, opened December 7, 1990; Sanrio Entertainment also runs outdoor Harmonyland in Oita and the VRChat park Virtual Sanrio Puroland.
Sanshui Lotus World
Sanshui Lotus World (三水荷花世界, Lotus Flower Wonderland) is a lotus-themed ecological park in Sanshui, Foshan, Guangdong, opened 8 July 2000; a national 4A attraction with about 500 lotus varieties, free entry since May 2025, water park and rides.
Sant'Imbenia Roman Villa
Sant'Imbenia Roman Villa (Villa romana di Sant'Imbenia), a luxurious seaside Roman residence in Porto Conte bay near Alghero, Sardinia; built late 1st century BC to early 1st century AD, used to the 4th century AD, the richest Roman villa known in Sardinia.