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Namhansanseong
Namhansanseong Fortress was the emergency capital of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), located in a mountainous area 25 km southeast of Seoul. Built and guarded by Buddhist monks, the fortress could accommodate 4,000 people and served important administrative and military functions. Its earliest remains date back to the 7th century, but it was rebuilt several times, especially in the early 17th century to guard against attacks by the Qing Dynasty. The city embodies a synthesis of defensive military engineering concepts of the time, based on Chinese and Japanese influences, and changes in the art of defense after the introduction of weapons using gunpowder from the West. Inhabited since ancient times and long a provincial capital, the city contains a variety of military, civil and religious buildings that became a symbol of Korean sovereignty.
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Located approximately 13 km northeast of St. Louis, Missouri, Cahokia Mounds is the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. It was primarily inhabited during the Mississippian period (800-1400), when it covered nearly 1,600 hectares and included about 120 mounds. It is a classic example of a complex chiefdom society, with many satellite mound centers and numerous outlying hamlets and villages. This agricultural society may have numbered 10-20,000 people at its peak between 1050 and 1150. Major features of the site include the Monks Mound, the largest prehistoric earthwork in the Americas, covering more than 5 hectares and standing 30 meters high.
Meteora
In the almost inaccessible sandstone peaks, monks settled on these “pillars” from the 11th century onwards. Despite the difficulties, 24 such monasteries were founded during the great revival of monastic ideals in the 15th century. The 16th-century frescoes in these monasteries mark a key stage in the development of post-Byzantine painting.