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Căciulăteşti
Căciulăteşti, a village in Dobreşti commune, Dolj County, Romania, on the Craiova–Bechet road, is known for the multi-period La Schitul Roaba archaeological site with Verbicioara Bronze Age, Geto-Dacian La Tène, and medieval monastery layers.
Čačov
Čáčov (Čáčov), village and city part of Senica, Slovakia, with Paleolithic to early medieval archaeology; known for Viktor Šemmer's 1937 excavation of a rich 2nd-century AD Germanic woman's grave with Roman brooch and likely Chinese silk.
Cacti and Succulent Garden
Cacti and succulent gardens are botanical displays of water-storing plants, from Panchkula's seven-acre Asian landmark to Beijing's 1,200 m² Cactus Succulent House, Singapore's Sun Pavilion, and Shenzhen's renamed 2016 collection.
Cactus Park Ayia Napa
Cactus Park Ayia Napa (Park of Mediterranean Plants, Cacti and Succulents) is a free municipal garden in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, created in 2015 beside the Sculpture Park, holding thousands of cacti and succulents over about 40 acres with sea views.
Cadayrac, Salles-la-Source
Cadayrac (Catiriacum), Salles-la-Source, Aveyron: Gallo-Roman sanctuary site 12 km north of Rodez with a 1st-2nd century theater (about 2,000 seats, listed 2015), temple, and tile kiln.
Cadbury Camp Hill Fort
Cadbury Camp, Tickenham, North Somerset: a small multivallate Iron Age hillfort (6th century BC to mid-1st century AD) on Cadbury Hill, a scheduled National Trust monument, distinct from Cadbury-Congresbury and South Cadbury.
Cadbury Castle, Devon
Cadbury Castle, Devon: a slight univallate Iron Age hillfort with later ramparts in Cadbury parish, Mid Devon; scheduled monument 1019540, distinct from the larger Camelot-associated South Cadbury hillfort in Somerset.
Cadbury Castle, Somerset
Cadbury Castle, Somerset (South Cadbury), a large multivallate Iron Age hillfort of just over 7 ha near South Cadbury and Sutton Montis, occupied from the Mesolithic to Ethelred's AD 1010 mint and traditionally identified as Camelot.
Cadder
Cadder, Roman fort on the Antonine Wall at Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire; one of 17 principal forts, excavated 1929-31, destroyed by 1940s sand quarrying.
Cades Cove
Cades Cove (Cherokee Tsiyahi, "Otter Place") is a 6,800-acre valley in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, settled by John Oliver in 1818, displaced for the park in the 1920s-1940s, and toured today on an 11-mile loop road.
Cadw
Cadw, the Welsh word for "keep", is the historic environment service of the Welsh Government, established in 1984 and caring for 132 monuments, including Caerphilly, Conwy, and Harlech castles.
Caeciliana
Caeciliana (Ceciliana, Greek Kaikilia) was a Roman city in Kyrrhestika on the right bank of the Euphrates, Syria, between Zeugma and Hierapolis, on the Tabula Peutingeriana; not securely identified, possibly at Qal'at an-Najm.
Caena (Turkey)
Caena, ancient road station in Cappadocia, Asia Minor, on the Tabula Peutingeriana between Salaberina and Tracias; tentatively identified with a mound near Uluören, Turkey; distinct from the mutatio Caena near Tyana.
Caepionis Monu.
Caepionis Monu. (Turris Caepionis, Tower of Caepio) was a Roman tower-lighthouse at the Guadalquivir mouth, built by Quintus Servilius Caepio, ancestor of Chipiona Lighthouse, whose name it gave.
Caer Gai
Caer Gai is a Roman auxiliary fort in Gwynedd, Wales, set on a spur above the River Dee near Llyn Tegid, garrisoned from about AD 75-80 to 130.
Caer Gybi
Caer Gybi (Caergybi, Cybi's fort) is a small late Roman coastal fort at Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, with walls up to 4 m high and corner towers, later enclosing St Cybi's 6th-century church; a Cadw-scheduled monument.
Caer Llugwy
Caer Llugwy, also called Bryn y Gefeiliau, is a Roman auxiliary fort site near Capel Curig, Conwy, Wales, established about AD 90 on the Roman road between Caerhun and Tomen-y-Mur, later reduced in size, with annexe buildings, hypocaust pillars, and evidence of metalworking.
Caerau Hillfort
Caerau Hillfort: large 5.1-hectare Iron Age multivallate hillfort in west Cardiff's Caerau and Ely suburbs, with a Neolithic causewayed enclosure beneath it and a medieval church and ringwork inside, excavated by the CAER Heritage community project since 2011.
Caerleon Roman amphitheatre
Caerleon Roman amphitheatre, the oval arena of the legionary fortress of Isca in south Wales, built around AD 90, seating about 6,000 on a timber grandstand; excavated by the Wheelers in 1926-27, revised by George Boon in 1962, and linked to King Arthur's Round Table legend.
Caermote Roman fort
Caermote Roman fort: two superimposed turf-and-timber Roman auxiliary forts near Bothel, Cumberland, at the north end of Bassenthwaite lake; late 1st–early 2nd century AD, c. 500-strong garrison, no vicus.
Caerphilly Roman fort
Caerphilly Roman fort: a Roman auxiliary fort at Caerphilly, south Wales, midway between Cardiff and Gelligaer, discovered in 1963 under a Civil War redoubt near Caerphilly Castle; occupied c. AD 75 into the second century.
Caersws
Caersws, Powys, Wales: village at the Carno-Severn confluence hosting two Roman forts (Caersws I at Llwynybrain, Caersws II, 3.2 ha) and a 7-hectare vicus, hub of Roman roads in mid Wales.
Caesarea Mithraeum
Caesarea Mithraeum: Roman Mithras sanctuary in a Herodian warehouse vault at Caesarea Maritima, Israel. Discovered 1973; earliest known Roman Mithraic site; only mithraeum in Israel; tauroctony medallion, frescoes, 19 ceiling holes.
Caesareum of Palmyra
The Caesareum of Palmyra was the imperial-cult sanctuary of Roman-period Palmyra, Syria, known mainly from inscriptions; Seyrig linked it to imperial statues and the customs-edict inscription.
Cage with raven
Cage with raven (Клетка с вороном) is a small zoo and tourist attraction in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi District, Ukraine, near Beresteiska metro, rated 8.1/10 on MESTA.
Cahercommaun
Cahercommaun (Cathair Chomáin), triple-walled early medieval stone ringfort (cashel) on a cliff edge in the Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland; excavated 1934 by Hencken, chiefdom centre of Tulach Commáin, occupied to the 10th century.
Cahokia
Cahokia, also called Cahokia Mounds, was the largest pre-Columbian Mississippian city north of Mexico, near Collinsville, Illinois, peaking around 1050–1150 with 10,000–20,000 people, dominated by Monks Mound, and abandoned by about 1350–1400.
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, near Collinsville, Illinois, preserves the core of the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico, a Mississippian city with Monks Mound, Woodhenge, and about 120 mounds, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1982.
Caino
Caino, ancient name of Chinon in Touraine, France: a Gallic oppidum and prosperous Gallo-Roman small town on the Vienne, walled in the 3rd century, mentioned by Gregory of Tours as Caino castrum.
Cairngorms National Park
Cairngorms National Park, Scotland's second national park (established 2003, extended 2010), is the UK's largest national park in the Highlands, managed by the Cairngorms National Park Authority, with about 2 million annual visitors, three ski centres, and a major 2026 wildfire.