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Saint John Church of Sohrol, a 5th or 6th century Armenian Catholic church in Sohrol, Shabestar, Iran
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Farzin Izaddoust dar
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Presenting the winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2025
Wiki Loves Monuments has the pleasure to present the winning photos of the international finale of the contest 2025! The jury completed its work in March 2026, and the winners were announced on April 17 and 18, the International Museum Day. In 2025 almost 228,000 images have been contributed by about 4,000 photographers in 56 […]
manfred
on Apr 18, 2026
Wiki Loves Monuments 2025 is in Full Swing!
The world’s largest cultural heritage photography competition is already in full swing for 2025. Each year, thousands of photographers, heritage enthusiasts, and Wikimedia contributors unite to document and celebrate worldwide monuments, making the knowledge on our cultural heritage available for free on Wikimedia Commons. Your photos have the potential to make history and win some […]
Lucy Iwuala
on Oct 01, 2025
Winners of the special awards of Wiki Loves Monuments 2024
Today, April 18, the International Day of Momuments and Sites, is the perfect date to present the winners of the special prizes of Wiki Loves Momuments 2024.
manfred
on Apr 18, 2025
Presenting the 2024 winners from the world’s largest photo contest
Wiki Loves Monuments has the pleasure to present the winning photos of the international finale of the contest 2024! The jury completed its deliberations in March 2025, and we officially announced the winners through our social media channels in the beginning of April. In 2024 nearly 240,000 images have been contributed by more than 4,500 […]
manfred
on Apr 08, 2025
Wiki Loves Monuments 2024 to commence in 53 countries
Wiki Loves Monuments 2024 will be the 15th edition of the photograph competition, with many returning and 2 new countries (Cyprus and Libya) joining the annual competition. The international competition runs between 1 September until 31 October 2024, and is organized in the countries listed on this page. The competition only has few rules for […]
Ciell
on Aug 31, 2024
Celebrating World Heritage Monuments and WLM collaboration
This is a guest blog by Yamen Bousrih from the Wiki World Heritage UG During the latest edition of Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM), the Wiki World Heritage User Group (WWH) had the pleasure of collaborating with the WLM international organizing team to offer a special prize for the best photo featuring a UNESCO World Heritage-listed […]
admin
on Jun 04, 2024
Winners of the special awards of Wiki Loves Monuments 2023
After previously announcing the winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 we have the pleasure to also present the winning pictures of the special awards of 2023! In 2023 almost 220.000 images have been contributed by more than 4.700 photographers in 46 national contests. From this vast collection of pictures documenting monuments and world heritage around […]
manfred
on May 30, 2024
Presenting the 2023 winners from the world’s largest photo contest
Wiki Loves Monuments has the pleasure to present the winning pictures of the international finale of the photo contest 2023! The jury – thank you to all who took part in it! – completed its deliberations in February 2024, and we officially announced the winners through out social media channels today. In 2023 almost 220.000 […]
manfred
on Mar 26, 2024
Countdown to Excellence: anticipation builds for the WLM 2023 winners
There is a building up of excitement as we approach the highly anticipated announcement of the winners of the Wiki Loves Monuments 2023! Right from its inception in 2010, the Wiki Loves Monuments competition has recorded an incredible array of submissions from photographers around the world, and towards the winners’ announcement ceremony, the anticipation is […]
Lucy Iwuala
on Feb 26, 2024
How does the international WLM finale work?
As the national juries have determined their winners, it is time to select the international winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2023. As every year, this decision is made by the members of the International Jury. The 2023 edition of the Wiki Loves Monuments International Jury is made up of a 10-person team and has Ruben Ojeda […]
Ciell
on Jan 09, 2024
Presenting the 2022 winners from the world’s largest photo contest
These are the winning pictures of the international finale of Wiki Loves Monuments! After another exciting edition, the jury completed its deliberations in February 2023, and we officially announced the winners through out social media channels today. In 2022, from over 150.000 entries, 337 pictures were selected by the juries of the 36 national competitions […]
Ciell
on Apr 18, 2023
Inclusive storytelling through photographs: Role of Wiki Loves Monuments
This week the last upload campaigns for Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 have come to a close. While we wait for the teams and their juries to decide on their national winners, lets us take a moment to share with you the final report of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion research that was conducted by researcher […]
Guest
on Nov 03, 2022
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