Wiki Loves Monuments announced their 2020 winners this month, with some understandable delay. Congratulation to the organizers and to all participants. Having a photo contest this size in pandemic conditions is itself a major achievement. There were an extraordinary number of winners this year from Middle Eastern and North African countries. So much the better! The encyclopedia needs photos from many countries. See commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 winners for more complete results.

Two of the top three places – and an additional eight in the top 15 – featured sites in the Middle East and North Africa.

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  Saint John's Church, Sohrol, Iran by Farzin Izaddoust dar
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  Monastery of Rousanou, Meteora, Greece by Alexis Alexandris
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  Casbah of Algiers, Algeria by Abdelatif Nour

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  Vakil Bazaar, Shiraz, Iran by Soroush Javadian
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  Citadel of Qaitbay, Egypt by Summer Kamal Eldeen Mohamed Fara
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  Wilder's Folly, Nunhide, the United Kingdom by Mark Edwards
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  St George's Cathedral, Aleppo, Syria by Mohammad Abo Helal
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  Clouds over Makhtesh Ramon, Israel by Gilad Topaz
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  Dom Bosco Sanctuary, Brasiliza, Brazil by Francisco Willian Saldanha
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  Jameh Mosque, Hamadan, Iran by Hossein Rounasi
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  Gayer-Anderson Museum, Cairo, Egypt by Mohamed Wardany
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  Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra, Iraq by Omar Hussain Ali
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  Pietrapertosa in white, Potenza, Italy by Teodoro Corbo
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  The Mesopotamian Marshes, Iraq by Ahmed Abdulameer Lazim
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  Feng Tien Temple, Hsin Kang, Taiwan by Ching-Tzu Liu

Not all of our favorites placed in the top 15. In no special order these are:

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  Baron Empain Palace
  Photographer: Hossam Manadily
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  نواعير مدينة حديثة - الأنبار
  Photographer: عدنان السطاي
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  The Church of The Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
  Photographer: Amr Miqdadi
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  Chapelle de Santa Cruz.
  Photographe : R hakka
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  Lori Fortress
  Photographer : Vahag851
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  Underground Bath of Baku in Ichery Sheher.
  Photographer: Sefer azeri

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  Holy Trinity Church of Gergeti
  Photographer: Nata Mostova