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Choragic Monument of Lysicrates
Choragic Monument of Lysicrates (Lantern of Diogenes), Athens, 335/334 BCE: circular Corinthian monument on Tripodon Street displaying the tripod prize from Lysicrates' boys' dithyramb victory at the City Dionysia; only surviving choragic monument.
Chorula
Chorula (German Chorulla, Steinfurt), village in Krapkowice County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland; Lusatian culture necropolis with 239 cremation graves, Roman-period Przeworsk culture cemetery, and early medieval settlement.
Choshi-Kei Monkey Park
Choshi-Kei Monkey Park (銚子渓自然動物園 お猿の国, Choshikei Osaru no Kuni) is a nature zoo in Choshikei Gorge, Tonosho, Shodoshima, Kagawa, with provisioned wild Japanese macaques, a prefectural natural monument; closed since August 18, 2025 for staff shortage.
Chott de Zehrez Chergui
Chott de Zehrez Chergui (Zahrez Chergui), Ramsar site 1294, is a 50,985 ha endorheic salt-lake depression in Djelfa Province, Algeria, designated 4 June 2003, with steppe halophytes and the vulnerable Marbled Teal.
Chott Merrouane et Oued Khrouf
Chott Merrouane et Oued Khrouf (شط مروان) is a wetland complex in El Oued Province, Algeria, made a Ramsar site in 2001 and spanning 337,700 hectares.
Chrea Biosphere Reserve
Chréa Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO biosphere reserve in the Blida Atlas mountains of northern Algeria, designated in 2002 and home to the Atlas cedar and Barbary macaque.
Chris Mark Castle
Chris Mark Castle is a privately owned 35,000-square-foot castle built 2003–2010 in Woodstock, Connecticut, by Christopher Wakeman Mark, heir of steel pioneer Clayton Mark; also known for the 101 Princesses reality show episode.
Christ Church (United Kingdom)
Christ Church (United Kingdom): a common church dedication to Christ used by many UK churches, including Grade I Christ Church Appleton-le-Moors (J.L. Pearson, 1863-65) and Grade II Christ Church Coventry (Alfred H Gardner, 1956-58).
Christ Church Burial Ground
Christ Church Burial Ground, opened 1719 at 5th and Arch Streets in Philadelphia, is a two-acre Colonial-era cemetery with 1,400 markers, over 4,000 burials, and the graves of Benjamin Franklin and four other Declaration signers.
Christ of the Abyss
Christ of the Abyss (Cristo degli Abissi) is Guido Galletti's 2.5 m bronze statue of Christ, sunk in 1954 off San Fruttuoso, Italy, at about 17 m depth; restored in 2003-2004, annually cleaned by divers, with casts in Grenada and Key Largo.
Christ's College, Cambridge
Christ's College, Cambridge: a University of Cambridge college founded as God's House in the 1430s and refounded in 1505 by Lady Margaret Beaufort; central 2 ha Grade II registered site with Grade I First Court, Milton's mulberry, Darwin's rooms, Lasdun's New Court, and the Grafton Architects Library+ project.
Chrysas, T.
Chrysas, T. is the temple of the river god Chrysas (Dittaino river) between Assorus and Enna, Sicily, known from Cicero, In Verrem 2.4.96, and from Assorus' only coin series.
Chu Yang Sin
Chu Yang Sin National Park (Vườn quốc gia Chư Yang Sin), Dak Lak Province, Vietnam; established 2002 from a nature reserve; 58,947 ha around 2,442 m Mount Chu Yang Sin, highest peak of the Da Lat plateau, with 203 bird and 46 mammal species.
Chuandong Ecology Zoo
Chuandong Ecology Zoo (川东生态动物园) is a private 500-mu zoo in Xiangshi Town, Longchang, Neijiang, Sichuan, with 30-plus species; it drew national attention in May 2026 over its emaciated elderly Siberian tiger.
Chudo-grad
Чудо-град ("miracle city") names several places: a children's amusement park opened 2021 in Tiraspol's Ekaterininsky Park, a 1990s Gorky Park complex, a Serpukhov cottage settlement, and the nickname of Dobrograd.
Chugach State Park
Chugach State Park is a roughly 495,000-acre Alaska state park, one of the four largest in the United States, bordering Anchorage. Established 1970 by Governor Keith Miller, it offers over 280 miles of trails, Crow Pass, Flattop, campgrounds, and is Alaska's most visited recreation destination.
Chughā Pahn East
Chughā Pahn East (چغاپهن شرقی, KS-102) is an archaeological mound near Choghamish, Khuzestan, Iran, a find spot of Middle Elamite inscribed bricks of Untaš-Napiriša and an omen text, distinct from Chughā Pahn West.
Chughā Pahn West
Chughā Pahn West (چغاپهن) is an archaeological mound site near Choghamish in Khuzestan, Iran, at 32.18585° N, 48.48542° E, close to KS-04, KS-108, and Chogha Bonut; identified by Elizabeth Carter and later damaged by fish-pond digging.
Chughā Sabz
Chughā Sabz, also spelled Chigha Sabz and meaning "green mound," is an archaeological tell in Lorestan province, western Iran, known for Erich Schmidt's 1935 excavation and a buried cache of Neo-Elamite seals.
Chulcul (river)
Chulcul is a river of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis, known only from a name entry on the Tabula Peutingeriana and tentatively identified with Tunisia's Oued Bou Zenna.
Chullpa
A chullpa is an above-ground funerary tower of the Andean highlands, a stone or adobe tomb built across the altiplano of Bolivia and Peru from roughly AD 1100.
Chûn Quoit
Chûn Quoit (Chun Quoit, Chywoone Quoit) is a Neolithic portal dolmen on Chun Downs near Morvah, West Penwith, Cornwall: four upright slabs carry a 3.7 m, 14-ton capstone; excavated by Borlase in 1871 with no finds.
Chunhuhub
Chunhuhub, a Maya archaeological zone in Hopelchén, Campeche, Mexico, with Puuc-style buildings (Junquillo and Mosaico phases, AD 800-950), a two-level 13-room Palace, and Structure II; distinct from the modern Quintana Roo town of the same name.
Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci
Santa Maria delle Grazie with Leonardo's Last Supper (Ultima Cena, Cenacolo Vinciano): Milan church and Dominican convent begun 1463, reworked by Bramante; UNESCO site since 1980; tempera-on-dry-plaster mural, heavily restored, strictly rationed visits.
Church and early Christian necropolis at Vaste
Church and early Christian necropolis at Vaste: Paleochristian martyrium church (late 4th century AD) and rock-cut cemetery of about 130 tombs at Fondo Giuliano, Poggiardo, Salento, Apulia, excavated by the University of Salento from 1991.
Church of All Saints, Yekaterinburg
Church of All Saints, Yekaterinburg (Church on the Blood, Храм-на-Крови): Russian Orthodox memorial church built 2000-2003 on the Ipatiev House site where Nicholas II was executed in 1918; five domes, architects Morozov and Mazaev.
Church of Our Lady (near Nuneaton)
Church of Our Lady, Merevale Lane: Grade I listed medieval church near Nuneaton, Warwickshire (list entry 1365174, first listed 1968), within Merevale's registered park beside a scheduled Cistercian abbey.
Church of Our Lady (near Tynemouth)
Church of Our Lady, Seaton Delaval, near Tynemouth: a Grade I listed Anglican parish church, formerly a Delaval manorial chapel, early 12th century with c.1330 east end, on the Heritage at Risk register; distinct from Our Lady and St Oswin, Tynemouth.
Church of Our Lady (near Waterlooville)
Church of Our Lady, Warnford, near Waterlooville, Hampshire: Grade I listed Anglican parish church with a Norman tower of c1130, nave and chancel of c1190 rebuilt by Adam de Port, a 1377 east window, and the 1621 Neale monument.
Church of Saint Sophia
Church of Saint Sophia (Hagia Sophia, Holy Wisdom): churches dedicated to divine Wisdom, not a saint. Major examples: the 6th-century basilica that named Sofia, Kyiv's 11th-century cathedral (1037-1046), Ohrid's 11th-century church, and Justinian's Constantinople prototype.