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Akashi Kaikyō Bridge
The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge (明石海峡大橋), also known as the Pearl Bridge, is a suspension bridge crossing the Akashi Strait between Kobe and Awaji Island in Japan, opened in 1998.
Akhurian Reservoir
The Akhurian Reservoir, also known as the Arpaçay Dam, is an irrigation reservoir on the Akhurian River along the Armenia–Turkey border. It is Armenia's largest reservoir, and its water is shared equally between Armenia and Turkey.
Akosombo Dam
The Akosombo Dam, or Volta Dam, is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Volta River in Ghana, constructed 1961–1965, generating hydroelectric power and creating Lake Volta.
Al-Aqsa
Al-Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Noble Sanctuary (Al-Haram al-Sharif), is the third holiest site in Islam, a walled compound in Jerusalem's Old City containing the Dome of the Rock.
Al-Aqsa Mosque (المسجد الأقصى)
Al-Aqsa Mosque (المسجد الأقصى), also called Jami' al-Aqsa, is Islam's third-holiest site, a walled compound in Jerusalem's Old City that includes the Dome of the Rock.
Al-Azhar Mosque
Al-Azhar Mosque (الجامع الأزهر) is a mosque in Islamic Cairo, Egypt, built by the Fatimids between 970 and 972 CE and today the leading center of Sunni Islamic scholarship.
Al-Hakim Mosque
The Al-Hakim Mosque (الجامع الحاكم) is a Fatimid-era congregational mosque in historic Cairo, begun in 990 by Caliph al-Aziz and completed in 1013 by al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.
Ala Moana Center
Ala Moana Center, also known as Ala Moana Shopping Center, is an open-air shopping mall in Honolulu, Hawaii, opened in 1959 and the state's largest shopping center.
Alaeddin Mosque, Konya
The Alaeddin Mosque (Alâeddin Camii) is the principal congregational mosque of Konya, Turkey, on Alâeddin Tepesi, rebuilt in 1220 and holding the tombs of eight Seljuk sultans.
Alaköprü Dam
Alaköprü Dam (Alaköprü Barajı) is a rock-fill dam on the Dragon Creek in Anamur, Mersin Province, southern Turkey, supplying water to Northern Cyprus via an undersea pipeline since 2015.
Alamodome
The Alamodome is a city-owned domed stadium in downtown San Antonio, Texas, opened in 1993, hosting the Alamo Bowl, UTSA football, and five NCAA Final Fours.
Alamut Castle
Alamut Castle (الموت), also called Hassan Sabbah Castle, is a ruined mountain fortress in Iran's Alborz Mountains that served as the center of the Nizari Ismaʿili state from 1090 to 1256.
Alan Wanzenberg
Alan Wanzenberg is an American architect and interior designer based in New York, known for rigorously detailed residential work and his influential 1980s design partnership with Jed Johnson.
Alaskan Way Viaduct
The Alaskan Way Viaduct was a 2.2-mile double-decked elevated highway carrying State Route 99 along Seattle's central waterfront, built in the 1950s, damaged by the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, and demolished in 2019.
Albarregas Roman bridge
The Albarregas Roman bridge is a Roman bridge in Mérida, Spain, built in the late 1st century BC to carry the Vía de la Plata road.
Albert A. Dorman
Albert A. Dorman (1926–2023) was an American civil engineer who founded, chaired, and served as first CEO of AECOM, and was the civil engineer of record for Disneyland.
Albert Bridge
Albert Bridge is a Grade II listed road bridge over the Thames in London linking Chelsea and Battersea, opened in 1873 and combining suspension and cable-stayed design.
Albert Canal
The Albert Canal is a 129 km canal in Belgium connecting the Port of Antwerp with Liège, opened in 1939 and named after King Albert I.
Albert R. Marschall
Albert R. Marschall (1921–2008) was a US Navy rear admiral and civil engineer who commanded the Naval Facilities Engineering Command and served as chief of civil engineers from 1973 to 1977.
Albert Speer
Albert Speer was a German architect and Nazi politician who served as Adolf Hitler's chief architect and, from 1942, as Armaments Minister using millions of forced laborers.
Alcántara Bridge
The Puente de Alcántara is a Roman stone arch bridge over the Tajo at Alcántara, Extremadura, Spain, completed about 104 AD and still remarkably intact.
Alcázar of Segovia
The Alcázar of Segovia, or Alcázar de Segovia, is a medieval castle and former royal residence of the kings of Castile in Segovia, Spain, now a museum.
Alcázar of Seville
The Alcázar of Seville (Real Alcázar de Sevilla) is a royal palace complex in Seville, Spain, founded in the 10th century and still used by the Spanish royal family.
Alcázar of Toledo
The Alcázar of Toledo is a large square fortress-palace with a tower at each corner, on the highest ground in Toledo, Spain, now housing the Spanish Army Museum.
Alcobaça Monastery
Alcobaça Monastery, the Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaça, is a Cistercian abbey in central Portugal founded in 1153 by King Afonso Henriques and inscribed by UNESCO in 1989.
Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Alexander Nevsky Lavra is a working Russian Orthodox monastery in Saint Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great in 1713 and raised to lavra rank in 1797.
Alexander Palace (Александровский дворец)
The Alexander Palace (Александровский дворец) is a neoclassical imperial residence at Tsarskoe Selo, south of Saint Petersburg, built 1792–1796 by Giacomo Quarenghi as a wedding gift for the future Alexander I.
Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace, known as Ally Pally, is a Grade II listed entertainment venue and park in north London, built in the 1870s as the "People's Palace".
Alfred A. Yee
Alfred A. Yee (1925–2017) was an American structural engineer from Honolulu who pioneered precast, prestressed concrete construction and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1976.
Aljafería
The Aljafería, originally called Qasr al-Surur, is an eleventh-century fortified Islamic palace in Zaragoza, Spain, built under al-Muqtadir and now home to the Cortes de Aragón.