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Chesterton villa

Chesterton villa: Romano-British villa north of Ewefields Farm, Chesterton and Kingston, Warwickshire, found in 1922, excavated in the 1990s, with mosaics, hypocaust, and a scheduled medieval settlement.

Chevra kadisha

The chevra kadisha (חברה קדישא, Aramaic for holy society) is a Jewish burial society of volunteers who ritually wash, shroud, and guard the dead, considered a sacred duty since the earliest societies of the Talmudic era.

Chew Green

Chew Green (Ad Fines?), Northumberland: scheduled Roman complex of a fort, two fortlets, two camps and Dere Street on the Cheviots, overlaid by the deserted medieval settlement Kemylpeth with a chapel.

Chew Park

Chew Park is a Roman villa site in the Chew Valley, Somerset, excavated before Chew Valley Lake was flooded in the 1950s; its well yielded ink-inscribed Roman writing tablets.

Chez Michaud, Suaux

Chez Michaud (Suaux) is a lieu-dit in Charente, France, site of 1st–2nd century Gallo-Roman villa remains discovered in 1961, classified monument historique 16 August 1973 (PA00104521), near the Via Agrippa.

Chhoti Pahari Mound

Chhoti Pahari Mound, also called Chhoti Paharai stupa, is a centrally protected ASI stupa mound in Patna district, Bihar, about 30 m wide and 9 m high, identified with the first of Ashoka's 84,000 stupas and excavated unsuccessfully in 1899.

chị Ngọc spa

chị Ngọc spa: name shared by Ngọc Spa in Châu Phú, An Giang, founded by chị Ngọc Ngô Đức, a mobile at-home beauty spa launched mid-2024, and an unrelated directory entry in Ninh Bình province.

Chiang Mai Night Safari

Chiang Mai Night Safari (เชียงใหม่ไนท์ซาฟารี) is a government-run nocturnal zoo in Hang Dong district near Chiang Mai, Thailand, opened in 2006 as the first night zoo in Thailand.

Chibikko Ninja Village

Chibikko Ninja Village (チビッ子忍者村, Kids Ninja Village) is a ninja-themed amusement park in Togakushi, Nagano City, Japan, home of the Togakure ninja school; open late April to late November, closed Thursdays, with obstacle courses, ninja mansions, and shuriken throwing.

Chicago City Hall

Chicago City Hall, the City half of the City Hall-County Building by Holabird & Roche (finished 1911, landmarked 1982), is known for its 2001 EPA-study green roof, 20,300 sq ft, about 80°F cooler than the adjacent conventional roof.

Chichen Itza

Chichen Itza (Chichén Itzá), a major pre-Columbian Maya city in Yucatán, Mexico, famed for El Castillo, the Warriors' Temple, El Caracol, and its debated Toltec connections; UNESCO site since 1988 and Mexico's most-visited archaeological ruin.

Chicot State Park

Chicot State Park: 6,400-acre Louisiana state park near Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, established 1939; largest in the state system, on 1,643-acre Lake Chicot, with a 20-mile loop trail and the Louisiana State Arboretum.

Chiesa di Sant'Ilario a Port' Aurea

Chiesa di Sant'Ilario a Port'Aurea, Benevento: early medieval Lombard church built late 7th-8th century beside the Arch of Trajan (Porta Aurea), with Benedictine monastery, two-dome apsidal hall, deconsecrated after the 1688 earthquake, now the Museo dell'Arco.

Chignall St. James

Chignall St. James (Chignal St James), Essex village with a scheduled Roman courtyard villa, one of few masonry villas in the county, excavated 1977-81, plus a Grade II former church containing Roman brick.

Chiikawa Park

Chiikawa Park (ちいかわパーク) is an indoor Chiikawa character attraction opened July 2025 in Sunshine City Annex, Ikebukuro, Tokyo; timed-entry tickets via asoview!, cashless payment, exhibits, greetings, games, and park-exclusive merchandise.

Chil Zena

Chil Zena (Chilzina, Chehel Zina, "Forty Steps") is a rocky outcrop on the western edge of Kandahar, Afghanistan, with forty rock-cut steps and a chamber inscribed for Babur in 1522 CE, and Ashoka's Greek-Aramaic bilingual edict on its slope.

Children's attractions

Children's attractions (дитячі атракціони, детские аттракционы): amusement rides and play equipment for children, from carousels and trampolines to rope parks and indoor edutainment parks, with Ukrainian examples, pricing, and safety rules.

Children's Chain Carousel

Дзіцячая ланцужковая карусель (children's chain carousel, chair-o-plane): a small amusement ride with seats hung on chains from a rotating canopy; patented 1888, typically 12 rpm, 12–32 riders, 3-minute cycles.

Children's City

Children's City (مدينة الطفل) is Dubai Municipality's children's museum in Creek Park, Dubai, opened March 2002 at a cost of AED 77 million for ages 2-15, with science galleries, a planetarium, and a Henkel-run Forscherwelt lab.

Children's entertainment center "Jumanji"

Children's entertainment center "Jumanji" ("Jumanji" balalar dem alıw orayı) is a theme park in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, near Nukus, at 42.46733°N, 59.6006°E, one of two theme parks in the city.

Children's Fairyland

Children's Fairyland is a 10-acre storybook theme park for young children at Lakeside Park on Lake Merritt, Oakland, opened September 1950 as the first US storybook park, inspiring Disneyland, with the country's oldest continuously operating puppet theater.

Children's farm

משק ילדים (children's farm): Hebrew term for a miniature farm where children raise animals, a kibbutz educational institution; also a zoo near Ein Dor, Northern District, Israel.

Children's Park

Дзіцячы парк (children's park): a public park designed primarily for children's play and recreation. Chief example, the Central Children's Park named after Maxim Gorky in Minsk, founded 1805, made a children's park in 1960, 28 ha, 54 m Ferris wheel.

Children's Town

Children's Town (Orășelul Copiilor) is a children's amusement park in Tineretului Park, Sector 4, Bucharest, near Constantin Brâncoveanu metro; a communist-era park famed for its miniature railway, later modernized and run by Sector 4 since 2011.

Children's Water Park

Детский аквапарк (children's water park): a water park or zone with slides, shallow pools, and play equipment designed for children aged 2 to 14, height 90 to 160 cm, under Russian GOST safety and SanPiN sanitary standards.

Children's World

Children's World (Korpeler Dünjasi) is an indoor amusement park on the top floor of the Berkarar shopping center in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, whose best-known ride is the Egypt Coaster.

Children's Zoo STEP

Children's Zoo STEP (子ども動物園すてっぷ) is Ueno Zoo's children's zoo in Tokyo's West Garden, descended from Japan's first children's zoo (1948) and reopened under this name in 2017, with guinea pig encounters, Futaba Ranch livestock, and school programs.

Childrens Entertainment Center Fantaziya

Childrens Entertainment Center Fantaziya (ДРЦ «Фантазия») is a children's play center in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, at Valamatzade 21, open daily 11:00–22:00 for ages 1–16, with Lego, PlayStation, trampoline, and themed play zones.

Childrens Entertainment Center Panda

Childrens Entertainment Center Panda (Детский развлекательный центр Панда) is a children's theme park at 127 Rudaki Avenue, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, near Pedagogical University and the Infectious Clinical Hospital.

Chilgrove

Chilgrove: two excavated Roman villas (Chilgrove 1 and 2) in the Chilgrove valley, West Dean, West Sussex, dug by Alec Down from 1963, with mosaics, a Fortuna statuette, and Iron Age origins.