How good is your geography?
Scroll down and put it to the test, because here we reveal the 10 most misidentified landmarks in the world – globally renowned sites that people mistake for other similar and sometimes more famous buildings.
The ranking is courtesy of travel insurance firm AllClear, which asked 2,000 people to identify famous landmarks from around the world using multiple choice answers, with several similar but incorrect places and a ‘don’t know’ option included.
From the results, researchers were able to produce a ranking of the planet’s most misidentified famous landmarks.
The list includes London bridges, palaces in Vienna and ancient buildings in Mexico. Lots of people also got themselves in a muddle about two towers in North America.
Here’s the full rundown of commonly mismatched buildings – including one confusing pair that aren’t even on the same continent… Do you know them all?
1. LONDON’S TOWER BRIDGE – MISTAKEN FOR LONDON BRIDGE
2. SAGRADA FAMILIA, BARCELONA, SPAIN – MISTAKEN FOR SAINT MARK’S BASILICA, VENICE
3. SCHONBRUNN PALACE, VIENNA, AUSTRIA – MISTAKEN FOR THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES, FRANCE
4. CN TOWER, TORONTO, CANADA – MISTAKEN FOR THE SPACE NEEDLE, SEATTLE, USA
5. FORBIDDEN CITY, BEIJING, CHINA – MISTAKEN FOR CHANGDEOKGUNG PALACE, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
6. PARTHENON, ATHENS, GREECE – PANTHEON, ROME, ITALY
7. BRANDENBURG GATE, BERLIN, GERMANY – MISTAKEN FOR THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE, PARIS, FRANCE
8. SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – MISTAKEN FOR GIBRALTAR ROCK, GIBRALTAR
9. CHICHEN ITZA, TINUM, MEXICO – MISTAKEN FOR THE TEOTIHUACAN PYRAMIDS, SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACAN, MEXICO
10. HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING, BUDAPEST – MISTAKEN FOR THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, LONDON
