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
In a survey, 2,000 people were asked to identify famous landmarks, as part of a study by travel insurance firm AllClear. The results revealed the 10 landmarks most often confused with other places around the world. Tower Bridge (left), London, was the most commonly misidentified place, with 66 per cent of people confusing it with its not-quite-as-grand neighbour, London Bridge (right), a 15-minute walk away. It’s an easy mistake to make, not helped by Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie infamously rapping about London Bridge, while standing in front of Tower Bridge, in her 2006 music video
2. SAGRADA FAMILIA, BARCELONA, SPAIN – MISTAKEN FOR SAINT MARK’S BASILICA, VENICE
Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia (left) was mixed up with Saint Mark’s Basilica, in Venice, Italy (right) by 62 per cent of people surveyed. The two European buildings are both extremely grand, though the Spanish church is still not complete, 140 years after construction on it began
3. SCHONBRUNN PALACE, VIENNA, AUSTRIA – MISTAKEN FOR THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES, FRANCE
Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna (left) has often been referred to as ‘Austria’s Versailles’ because it resembles the Palace of Versailles in France (right). It’s perhaps no surprise that 60 per cent of the study group muddled the former up with the latter
4. CN TOWER, TORONTO, CANADA – MISTAKEN FOR THE SPACE NEEDLE, SEATTLE, USA
The CN Tower in Toronto, Canada (left), is the fourth most misidentified landmark worldwide, with 55 per cent of people guessing it was the Space Needle in Seattle (right). Both towers are visually similar, with a slim needle-like design, though the CN Tower is much taller at 553m/1,184ft, compared to the Space Needle, which stands at 184m/603ft
5. FORBIDDEN CITY, BEIJING, CHINA – MISTAKEN FOR CHANGDEOKGUNG PALACE, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
In Asia, the most misidentified landmark is the Forbidden City in Beijing, China (left), which was mistakenly thought to be Changdeokgung Palace, in Seoul, South Korea (right), by 55 per cent of those who were surveyed
6. PARTHENON, ATHENS, GREECE – PANTHEON, ROME, ITALY
These ancient structures have very similar names – as well as lots of columns – so it’s not surprising that 51 per cent of those surveyed mixed up the Parthenon (left), in Athens, Greece, with the Pantheon (right), located in Rome, Italy
7. BRANDENBURG GATE, BERLIN, GERMANY – MISTAKEN FOR THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE, PARIS, FRANCE
Likely due to their similar, arch-like appearances, 37 per cent of those surveyed mixed up Brandenburg Gate (left), situated in Berlin, Germany, with the Arc de Triomphe (right), located in Paris, France
8. SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – MISTAKEN FOR GIBRALTAR ROCK, GIBRALTAR
The only natural landmark in the top 10 most misidentified ranking is Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (left), an impressive peak that rises dramatically above Guanabara Bay. Thirty-seven per cent of people mistook it for the Rock of Gibraltar (right), Gibraltar, another distinctive geological landmark, all the way on the other side of the Atlantic
9. CHICHEN ITZA, TINUM, MEXICO – MISTAKEN FOR THE TEOTIHUACAN PYRAMIDS, SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACAN, MEXICO
Chichen Itza (left) and the Teotihuacan Pyramids (right) are both situated in Mexico, as well as being Unesco World Heritage sites, and pyramid-shaped. The upshot? Thirty-three per cent of the people surveyed mixed them up
10. HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING, BUDAPEST – MISTAKEN FOR THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, LONDON
The Hungarian Parliament Building in Budapest (left) and the Palace of Westminster, London (right), are both ornate and located by water – perhaps that’s why 31 per cent of the study group mixed the former up with the latter
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