The book tells about the most outstanding architectural, historical and cultural monuments of the world and Russia, so unique and unlike each other. The first list of wonders of the world was compiled by the Greeks in the II century BC. There were exactly seven of them. A thousand years later, they tried to add new ones to the main wonders of the world: the famous Stonehenge, which in ancient times is not inferior to the pyramids in Giza, called the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Temple of Sophia in Constantinople, and the Temple of St. Basil the Blessed... But isn't Notre Dame Cathedral a miracle? And Cologne Cathedral? Reading this encyclopedia, you will visit all parts of the world and find out how peculiar the architecture and culture of different peoples are. Ancient caves with huge Buddha statues and Etruscan vases of strikingly delicate work; fortress temples in the mountains of Armenia and Mayan gold jewelry - you will find this and much more on the pages of our book.