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Man-Made Landmarks

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Most Visited Man-Made Landmarks

This list features the most visited man-made landmarks in human history as of the most recent data year recorded.

RANK

LANDMARK

COUNTRY

ANNUAL VISITORS

1

The Forbidden City

Beijing, China

17,000,000

2

St. Peter's Basilica-Apostolic Palace

Vatican City, Vatican

11,000,000

3

Palace of Versailles

Versailles, France

8,100,000

4

Lincoln Memorial

Washington D.C., USA

7,804,683

5

Forum Romanum-Colosseum-Palatine Hill Circuit

Rome, Italy

7,650,519

6

Acropolis of Athens-Parthenon

Athens, Greece

7,200,000

7

Eiffel Tower

Paris, France

7,000,000

8

Taj Mahal

Agra, India

6,532,366

9

Cologne Cathedral

Cologne, Germany

6,000,000

10

Peterhof Palace

Saint Petersburg, Russia

5,245,900

11

Łazienki Palace

Warsaw, Poland

4,966,858

12

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Washington D.C., USA

4,719,148

13

World War II Memorial

Washington D.C., USA

4,652,865

14

Independence National Historical Park

Philadelphia, USA

4,576,436

15

Sagrada Família

Barcelona, Spain

4,500,000

16

Statue of Liberty National Monument

New York City, USA

4,335,431

17

Teotihuacán

Teotihuacán, Mexico

4,070,000

18

Mysore Palace

Mysore, India

3,861,162

19

Tsarskoe Selo State Museum-Reserve

Saint Petersburg, Russia

3,694,000

20

Pompeii

Naples, Italy

3,646,585


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References

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