Near the front of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp is a wrought-iron well, known as the " Matsys Well ," which according to tradition was made by the painter-to-be.

Near Ostend, Knokke and Antwerp heavy damage was done to the sea defence with local breaches.

Formerly the Department of the Ancient Near East, with a collection numbering some 330, 000 works, the British Museum possesses by far the world's largest and most important collection of Mesopotamian antiquities outside Iraq.

Near the center of all this was Seattle artist Paul Horiuchi's massive mosaic mural, the region's largest work of art at the time, which now forms the backdrop of Seattle Center's Mural Amphitheater.

Near the entrance to nearby Ten Sleep Canyon is the former site of the Girl Scout National Center West, a portion of which was one of the largest encampments in the world at.

Near the city of Larvik is the largest naturally occurring beech forest in Norway.

Near Neuwied, one of the largest Roman castra on the Rhine has been excavated by archeologists.

Attu () is the westernmost and largest island in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, and the westernmost

Near its center is the fovea, a small pit that contains the largest concentration of cone cells in the eye and is responsible for central, high resolution vision.

Near the western edge of the township, just outside of Cambridge, Ontario is Puslinch Lake, the largest kettle lake in North America.

Near Turnu Severin are the remains of the celebrated Trajan's Bridge, the largest in the Empire.

When opened in 1930, the Merchandise Mart ( or the Merch Mart, or the Mart ), located in the Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois, United States, was the largest building in the world with of floor space.

Near the city emperor Diocletian, born in Salona, built the Diocletian's Palace ( around year 300 AD ), which is the largest and most important monument of late antique architecture in the World.

Near the town of Sarov there is the largest and the most famous convent in Russia, established by Saint Seraphim of Sarov-Diveevo convent.

Near the town of Medicine Bow the Medicine Bow River is joined by its two largest tributaries, Rock Creek and the Little Medicine Bow River.

Based in the American Dental Association Building in the Near North Side of Chicago, the ADA is the world's largest and oldest national dental association and promotes good oral health to the public while representing the dental profession.

Near Avenue L what was believed to be the largest all-kosher supermarket in the United States opened in August 2008.

Near the border to Mitte the former S-Bahn station Lehrter Stadtbahnhof was demolished to make space for the new central station Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Europe's largest two level railway station, where the east-west and the north-south railway axis meet.

The Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies ( often simply referred to as the BYU Jerusalem Center, or BYU – Jerusalem ), situated on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem, Israel, is a satellite campus of Brigham Young University ( BYU ), the largest religious university in the United States.

Near the Motagua river, the largest in Guatemala that crosses all over El Progreso to Zacapa, in direction to Izabal, it can be found big extensions of green lands, and cities and villages near it.

Near the city of Sambalpur, it is dammed by the largest earthen dam in the world, the Hirakud Dam.

Near each end of the boom Château-Renault had moored two of his largest men-of-war: the Bourbon, and the Esperance.

Near Fenzhongsi Bridge is what is claimed to be the largest restaurant in Asia.

Near Lucerne, this motorway passes through the Sonnenberg Tunnel, which until recently was the world's largest nuclear blast shelter.

The largest of the Near Islands are Attu and Agattu.

Near Andong, a series of massive hydroelectric dams have been constructed, creating a small chain of artificial lakes of which Andong Lake is the largest.

The highest mountains of the West Indies are in this range: Pico Duarte, 3, 098 m, and others above 3, 000 m. Near the center of the island, this range turns southward and is called Sierra de Ocoa, finishing near the city of Azua de Compostela, on the Caribbean coast.

Near Downtown, the urban core of the city has a variety of neighborhoods, including historic Westport, Ivanhoe, Hyde Park, Squire Park, the Crossroads Arts District, 18th and Vine Historic District, Pendleton Heights, Quality Hill, the West Bottoms, and the River Market.

In the ancient Near East, each city had a local patron deity, such as Shamash at Larsa or Sin at Ur.

Near the end of World War II, the city of about 340, 000 became capital of the Province of Magdeburg.

* 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain – Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.

Near the south end of the eastern city wall.

Near the old Forbes Field where he began his pro career the city of Pittsburgh has renamed a street in his honor.

Near the city of Zaragoza Charlemagne received the homage of Sulayman al-Arabi.

Near the southern entrance to the city lies a ' rubbish mountain ' called the Makab, a 600, 000 cubic meter heap that reaches the height of a four-storey building.

The city, along with the rest of southern Mesopotamia and much of the Near East, Asia Minor, North Africa and southern Caucasus, fell to the north Mesopotamian Assyrian Empire from the 10th to late 7th centuries BC.

Near the city of Nitra is Sony's Japanese factory.

* November 24 – American Civil War – Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.

He came under criticism for focusing city resources on the development of businesses downtown, the North, Near South, and Near West Sides, while neglecting neighborhoods in the other areas of the city ; in particular the needs of low-income residents.

Near the modern city of Veria, Perdiccas I ( or, more likely, his son, Argaeus I ) built his capital, Aigai ( modern Vergina ).

Near Mahabaleshwar, at the extreme point of Wai Tulka in the city of Satara in Maharashra

Near the Monastery of St. Ursus, a Franciscan monastery was built, and after 1280 it formed the northern city wall on the eastern part of the city.

The custom of purifying or consecrating a destroyed city with salt and cursing anyone who dared to rebuild it was widespread in the ancient Near East, but historical accounts are unclear as to what the sowing of salt meant in that process.

Near the end of Resident Evil, the protagonist Alice walks outside of her quarantine into a ravaged city street jammed with traffic.

Near the city center, its elevation is above sea level.

Near at hand, they forced the city of Mantinea in Arcadia, to disband into its constituent villages.