Famous Echoes
- Gol Gumbaz of Bijapur, India: Any whisper, clap or sound gets echoed repeatedly.
- The Golkonda Fort of Hyderabad, India
- The Echo Wall at the Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China
- The Whispering Gallery of St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
- Echo Point, the Three Sisters, Katoomba, Australia
- The Temple of Kukulcan ("El Castillo"), Chichen Itza, Mexico
- The Baptistry of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- The echo near Milan visited by Mark Twain in The Innocents Abroad
- The echo in Chinon which is used in a traditional local rhyme.
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