Connections

Many WHS are connected with others in surprising ways. This section of the "World Heritage Site" aims to identify some of those "Connections"! for instance; A number of WHS may all have played a significant part in the life of the same individual in history, or may have the same type of building within them or have been connected to the same historical event. Indeed the main limitation on identifying "Connections" is likely to be our imagination and our detailed knowledge of the sites themselves! if you can identify some more let me know via the form to the left. The only restrictions are that the Connection should
a. not be "self evident"
b. link at least 3 different sites
c. not duplicate or merely subdivide the "Category" assignment already identified on this site.
d. add some knowledge or insight (whether significant or trivial!) about WHS for the users of this site!

Latest additions:
Copan - Cemeteries
Vienna - Built in the 20th century
Royal Joseon Tombs - Built in the 20th century
Safranbolu - Sundial
Sun Temple, Konarak - Sundial
Monticello - Sundial
Cracow - Sundial
Kairouan - Sundial
Blenheim Palace - Sundial
Forts and Castles Gold Coast - Sundial
Imperial Palace - Sundial
Blenheim Palace - Statues
Blenheim Palace - Libraries
Blenheim Palace - Octagons
Blenheim Palace - Unfinished buildings
Blenheim Palace - Palladio / Palladian
Blenheim Palace - Gothic
Blenheim Palace - Historical Organs
Blenheim Palace - Famous tapestries
Fortifications of Vauban - Alps


Individual People
Alexander the Great (10)
Alfonso de Albuquerque (3)
Attila the Hun (4)
Bahaiulla (3)
Captain James Cook (8)
Caravaggio (5)
Charles Darwin (14)
Charles Montagu Doughty (3)
Christopher Columbus (9)
Da Cunha Family (3)
David Chipperfield (3)
David Livingstone (4)
Earls of Elgin (3)
Ekai Kawaguchi (3)
Emperor Ashoka (4)
Emperor Hadrian (5)
Emperor Justininian (3)
Emperor Nero (3)
Erich von Däniken (8)
Francisco Pizarro (6)
Frederick II (6)
Galla Placidia (3)
Garibaldi (3)
General Gordon (4)
Genghis Khan (4)
Gertrude Bell (38)
Goethe (10)
Gustave Eiffel (4)
Heinrich Schliemann (4)
Helen of Constantinople (6)
Henry Morton Stanley (5)
Hernán Cortés (5)
Hitler was here (5)
Ibn Battuta (15)
Ibn Khaldun (6)
Johannes Kepler (4)
King Chulalongkorn of Siam (Rama V) (36)
King Solomon (7)
Leakey Family (5)
Lenin (3)
Leo Africanus (6)
Leonardo da Vinci (11)
Liechtenstein Family (4)
Life of Mozart (10)
Lord Byron (3)
Louis XIV outside France (3)
Magellan (6)
Marco Polo (5)
Marianne North (9)
Matteo Ricci (5)
Michelangelo (5)
Mies Van Der Rohe (3)
Named after Adolf Hitler (8)
Napoleon was here (12)
Nicolaus Copernicus (3)
Once named after Stalin (3)
Oscar Niemeyer (3)
Painted by JMW Turner (11)
Peter the Great (5)
Pompey the Great (3)
Prince Charles (6)
Prince Henry the Navigator (4)
Prince Pückler (3)
Queen Victoria (7)
Radziwill Family (4)
Restored by Viollet-le-Duc (7)
Richard Lionheart (6)
Saladin (6)
Sir Francis Drake (6)
Sir Richard Francis Burton (7)
Sir Stamford Raffles (5)
Thomas Telford (3)
Timur (7)
Travels of Xuanzang (5)
Vasco da Gama (6)
Vauban (4)
Visited by Alexander von Humboldt on his travels (19)
Winston Churchill (5)
Zheng He (3)


Geography
Alps (13)
Amazon Basin (7)
Andes (18)
Antipodes points (18)
Arctic (5)
Arctic Ocean (3)
Atlantic Ocean (27)
Baltic Sea (16)
Basque Country (3)
Canyons (12)
Caribbean Sea (13)
Carpathians (8)
Caspian Sea (3)
Caucasus (10)
Contiguous National Sites (8)
Crater Lakes (3)
Danube (6)
Dependent territories (10)
Dinaric Alps (8)
Equator (3)
Fjords (7)
Formerly inhabited islands (5)
Glaciers (26)
Guadalquivir River (4)
Gulf of Mexico (4)
Himalaya (5)
Hot Springs (6)
In former GDR (10)
Indian Ocean (22)
Isostatic Rebound (6)
Lakes located in Rift Valleys (4)
Lapland (3)
Macaronesia (7)
Manchuria (3)
Marine sites (8)
Mediterranean shore (47)
Mekong (3)
Melanesia (5)
Nile (5)
Notable lakes (9)
On National Border (41)
Pacific Ocean (35)
Pacific Ring of Fire (3)
Patagonia (3)
Polynesia (5)
Pyrenees (6)
Recently Active Volcanoes (11)
Rhine (4)
Rhone (6)
River deltas (9)
Sahara (9)
Sahel (8)
Siberia (3)
Silk Road (16)
Situated on a "Continental Divide" (7)
South China Sea (6)
Southernmost (5)
Spice Route (8)
Tagus (3)
Territorial Highest points (19)
Uninhabited islands (11)
Vistula (4)
Volcanic plugs (5)


Trivia
Around the World in Eighty Days (5)
Books by Nobel Prize winning authors (13)
Built elsewhere as a full size replica (3)
Built or owned by Americans (5)
Built or owned by British (32)
Built or Owned by Chinese (3)
Built or owned by Dutch (17)
Built or owned by French (16)
Built or owned by Germans (31)
Built or owned by Hungarians (3)
Built or owned by Japanese (6)
Built or owned by Poles (4)
Built or owned by Swedes (4)
Country named after them (5)
Cryptozoology (4)
Cultural sites taking up an entire island (34)
Depicted on National Coat of Arms (11)
Depicted on National Flag (4)
Discriminatory Entry Policies (9)
Disputed territories (7)
Double entries (24)
Dubbed "White City" (5)
Dubbed as another WHS (32)
Exact locations inscribed twice (or more) (20)
Famous Love Stories (16)
Fatal Accidents or "disasters" (10)
Former Largest Cities (11)
Furthest distance apart (6)
Greatest Altitude Variations (7)
Gypsies (5)
High entrance fees (5)
Highest (over 5000m) (7)
In private ownership (3)
Indiana Jones movie (12)
Isolated WHS (13)
Leprosy (3)
Located in a Capital City (73)
Located in a Former Capital (138)
Located in a microstate (12)
Location for a classic movie (40)
Longest WHS names (4)
Lowest (below sea level) (6)
Major City Centres (11)
Minority communities (40)
Modelled after (35)
More than 500 steps/stairs to climb (7)
Moved from location of original construction (6)
Named after a local Christian saint (6)
Named after individual people (63)
Not open to tourists (5)
Oldest cultural WHS (3)
On Banknotes (85)
On Euro coins (21)
On Passports (7)
Once the tallest freestanding structure in the World (6)
One million visitors or more (39)
Opera (22)
Preservation assisted by Getty Trust (10)
Pritzker Architecture Prize (4)
Protection of a single named species (5)
Protective Shelters (13)
Recently discovered (9)
Red Fort (3)
Replica cultural sites (3)
Replica in Epcot (12)
Replica in Legoland (6)
Replica in Mini-Europe (13)
Replicas in Las Vegas (4)
Role of Women (14)
Roman monuments converted into churches (4)
Serial sites with the greatest number of locations (4)
Shakespearean plays (10)
Shortest WHS names (8)
Slow Food Movement (5)
Smallest natural WHS (10)
Sound and Light Show (18)
Tintin (7)
Tourist Treks (12)
Twin Towns (9)
Unusual Entry Requirements/Restrictions (4)
Used in film as another WHS (7)
Versions of Da Vinci's last supper (3)
WHS Hotspot (284)
WHS within walking distance (18)


History
Abbasid Caliphate (5)
Amarna Letters (6)
Ancient Greek colonies (8)
Ancient Roman colonies (19)
Anglo-Chinese Relations (4)
Assassinations (14)
Assyrian Empire (11)
Aztec Empire (3)
Babylonian Empire (8)
Baltic Way (3)
Bronze Age (21)
Built in the 20th century (30)
Built over the ruins of an Incan city (3)
Buried treasures (10)
Byzantine Empire and Civilization (40)
Carolingian Empire (7)
Castaways/shipwrecked mariners (4)
Celtic history (12)
Chola Dynasty (3)
Congresses and Conferences (7)
Coronation Locations (17)
Declarations of Independence (6)
Early Hominid Remains (9)
Etruscans (5)
Famous suicides (10)
Forbidden City (5)
Formative stage (4)
Golden Horde (6)
Habsburgs (Austrian) (6)
Hanseatic League (14)
Historical events (13)
Historical Food Remains (7)
Homeric Locations (6)
Human Migration (5)
International Exhibitions (5)
Khmer Empire (5)
Knights Hospitaller (5)
Knights Templar (6)
Mamluk Sultanate (4)
Mayan culture (9)
Mughal Empire (8)
Nabatean culture (4)
Neolithic age (20)
Ottoman Empire (14)
Palaeolithic and Mesolithic (9)
Parthian Empire (6)
Phoenician world (12)
Pisan colonies (6)
Places of Execution (10)
Popes (4)
Pre-Inca cultures (9)
Pueblo People (3)
Punic Empire (4)
Qhapaq Nan (Inca) (10)
Recorded discoveries (23)
Republic of Venice (13)
Revolutionary Events (6)
Sassanid Empire (3)
Shell Mounds (Middens) (3)
Sieges (43)
Slavery (26)
Songhai Empire (4)
Specified on Herodotus' Oikumene (4)
Strikes (3)
Teutonic Knights (9)
The Crusades (12)
The Inquisition (5)
The Tetrarchy (5)
Thirty Years’ War (4)
Treaties (5)
Umayyad Caliphate (7)
Women Explorers (3)


Ecology
"Recently" Extinct Mammals (5)
Animal Migrations (17)
Bears (25)
Beech Forests (5)
Big Five (6)
Big Waterfalls (13)
Bison (7)
Boreal Forest (12)
Chimpanzee habitat (7)
Columnar Jointing (3)
Coral (12)
Crocodiles (15)
Dinosaur Remains (3)
Dripstone (8)
Endemic Bird Species (15)
Gorilla habitat (5)
Gray Wolf (10)
Hoodoo (11)
Lagoons (19)
Lava tubes (3)
Mangroves (10)
Natural Arches and Bridges (9)
Non-Carbonate Karst Landscapes (3)
Notable examples of island gigantism (4)
Notable examples of multiple speciation in one site (4)
Otters (15)
Penguins (11)
Rainforests (36)
Rhino habitat (9)
Salt Flats (3)
Snow leopard (5)
Steppe (4)
Tiger habitat (10)
Tombolos (4)
Travertine pools (5)
Turtles and tortoises (27)
Underground river (5)
Volcanic Hotspots (6)
Whales (7)


Architecture
Armenian Architecture (7)
Art Deco (5)
Art Nouveau (15)
Baroque (42)
Beehive tombs (5)
Brick architecture (27)
Cave dwellings (7)
Cave Temples/Churches (10)
Chinoiserie (8)
Company town (3)
Coral Masonry (7)
Cryptoporticus (4)
Designed by famous architects (53)
Domes (21)
Dry Stone Construction (14)
Folk villages (13)
Georgian Architecture (4)
Glazed tiles (24)
Gold Surfaces (43)
Gothic (42)
Gothic Revival (11)
Grotesques (7)
Harem (9)
Ideal City (14)
International style (9)
Iron Structures (4)
Isabelline style (4)
Italian Architects outside Italy (17)
Leaning Tower (9)
Loggia (11)
Mannerism (10)
Manueline style (8)
Monumental Monoliths (11)
Moorish revival (6)
Mosaic art (44)
Mud / Earth Architecture (18)
Mudejar style (16)
Neo-Baroque (3)
Neoclassical architecture (21)
Norman architecture (5)
Octagons (33)
Palladio / Palladian (13)
Pre-Romanesque (8)
Pyramids (25)
Reinforced Concrete (10)
Renaissance (39)
Restored by anastylosis (19)
Rock Cut Architecture (14)
Rococo (16)
Romanesque (38)
Sgraffito (5)
Steel-Framed construction (4)
Triumphal Arches (19)
Unfinished buildings (14)
Walled cities (60)
Wooden architecture (50)


Damaged
Blown up (6)
Covered by volcanic ash (4)
Cultural sites damaged by fire since inscription (22)
Damaged in World War II (32)
Destroyed by Hurricanes (3)
Destroyed during invasion (39)
Destroyed or damaged by Earthquake (37)
Hit by Tsunami (9)
Landmines (5)
Piracy (17)
Terrorist Attacks (9)


World Heritage Process
"Extended" Sites (49)
"Threatened" by bridges (3)
"Threatened" by Dams (6)
"Threatened" by Drought/Desertification (6)
"Threatened" by Infestation of Rats (6)
"Threatened" by Skyscrapers (6)
"Threatened" by Tunnels (4)
Controversial at inscription (11)
Cultural sites rejected for Natural criteria (14)
Developed since inscription (8)
Former In Danger List sites (24)
Inscribed on all 4 Natural criteria (20)
Inscribed on all 6 Cultural Criteria (3)
Mixed sites inscribed on 5 or more criteria (10)
Name changes (12)
Natural sites rejected for cultural criteria (4)
Part of Cultural nomination rejected (3)
Reconstruction regarded as unsatisfactory by UNESCO/ICOMOS (4)
Rejected, and then inscribed (12)
Sites once situated in a non acceding country (6)
WHC locations (32)


Religion and Belief
"Referenced" in the Koran (3)
12 Apostles (6)
Augustinian Order (5)
Benedictines (11)
Buddhist sites in non-Buddhist countries (10)
Calvary (4)
Catholic missions (6)
Christian Churches in non Christian countries (3)
Christian Pilgrimage Sites (29)
Cistercian (6)
Early Christianity (5)
Franciscans (11)
Goddesses (22)
Greek Orthodox churches outside Greece (3)
Hercules (7)
Hiberno-Scottish Mission (4)
Hindu Sites in non Hindu countries (4)
Holiest place (10)
Holy Islamic site (6)
Holy Tunic (5)
Introduction of Christianity (6)
Jainism (3)
Jesuits (16)
Jewish religion and culture (50)
Legends and Folk Myths (35)
Marian Shrines (9)
Mentioned in the Bible (16)
Mithraism (5)
Oriental Orthodox (9)
Pilgrimage route (7)
Prophecies (7)
Protestantism (10)
Relics from John the Baptist (7)
Religious Relics (16)
Russian Orthodox churches outside Russia (5)
Sacred Forests or Groves (8)
Sacred Mountains (16)
Secret Societies (4)
Sikhism (3)
Sufism (7)
The Magi/Three Kings (4)
Zoroastrianism (6)


Human Activity
Amber (3)
Art Colonies (7)
Artificial Islands (7)
Astrology and astronomy (21)
Ateliers (6)
Board Games (3)
Botanical Gardens (11)
Breweries (9)
Canopy Walkways (3)
Coffee (3)
Communism (6)
Copper production (6)
Cuzco School of Painting (5)
Early Mechanical Printing (12)
Erotic art (10)
Festivals (22)
Frescoes / murals by famous painters (25)
Gold production (16)
Grand Tour (25)
Hand Paintings/Prints (4)
Historical Financial Institutions (7)
Historical Graffiti (12)
Human Sacrifice (8)
Hunting Lodge or Castle (6)
Incense Route (6)
Invention of sweets (8)
Iron production (8)
Irrigation and drainage (25)
Man-made Terraces (19)
Mints (6)
Multilingual inscriptions (6)
Mummies (15)
Musical Notation (4)
Petrosomatoglyphs (7)
Ports (44)
Protective engineering works against flooding (9)
Rock Cut Art (6)
Salt (8)
Scientific Developments (11)
Scripts (28)
Secret Locations (5)
Silver production (9)
Steam technology (5)
Sugar (4)
Tea (4)
Textiles (12)
Thanatourist destination (5)
Time Balls and Guns (4)
Tobacco (3)
Traditional Hunting (3)
Via Francigena (6)
Viking settlements (4)
Zero Meridians (3)


Objects and Buildings
19th century shopping arcades (4)
Aqueduct (24)
Astronomical clocks (7)
Baths (45)
Boats (9)
Bridges (39)
Brothels (4)
Cable cars (20)
Canals (23)
Caravanserai (18)
Catacombs (8)
Cathedrals (131)
Cemeteries (27)
Chariots (7)
Chinese Porcelain in Africa (3)
Cisterns (13)
Coronelli globes (9)
Cultural sites connected to Cliffs (16)
Cycoliths (Stone circles) (4)
Dovecotes (7)
Dynastic Burial Places (34)
Elevators (13)
English garden (15)
Famous Bells (6)
Famous tapestries (8)
French (formal) garden (14)
Frontier walls (6)
Funiculars (14)
Gates depicting Lions (10)
Giant Reclining Buddhas (5)
Historic Pharmacies (7)
Historical cafés (5)
Historical Organs (5)
Historical zoos (6)
Horse Stables (14)
Hospitals (27)
Hotels in Historic Buildings (11)
Hypogea (6)
In the British museum (5)
Japanese garden (5)
Large squares (24)
Latrines (10)
Libraries (39)
Lighthouses (18)
Locations for playing sport (46)
Magic Squares (4)
Major Museums (20)
Market Halls (10)
Mausolea (28)
Mazes (4)
Monumental Fountains (21)
Mosque (52)
Mosques converted from churches / cathedrals / synagogues (8)
Music Academies (16)
Necropolises (25)
Notable Hotels (5)
Obelisk (18)
Ossuary (8)
Paintings by Venetian Vedutisti (12)
Passage of the Sun (12)
Persian Garden (4)
Petroglyphs (25)
Pictographs (22)
Pillars (5)
Plague Column (12)
Portuguese forts (14)
Prayer Labyrinth (6)
Prison (41)
Railways (24)
Roland statue (5)
Sites of Parliament (16)
Spanish Royal Residences (4)
Sphinxes (15)
Statues (56)
Stelae (14)
Sundial (8)
Tell (9)
Theatres (63)
Tombs (27)
Tower-houses (7)
Tumuli (11)
Tunnels (24)
Universities (40)
Via Ferrata (3)
Vineyards (17)
Windmills (7)
Zero Mile/Kilometer Markers (6)


WHS on Other Lists
Already inscribed, still on T List (6)
Biodiversity hotspot (4)
European Destinations of excellence (3)
European Heritage Label (6)
European Route of Brick Gothic (4)
European Route of Industrial Heritage (10)
Extensions on Tentative List (33)
Global Heritage Fund (20)
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) (5)
Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible heritage (13)
Memory of the World (21)
New Seven Wonders of the World (7)
Ramsar Wetlands (37)
Seven Wonders of the World (4)
World Biosphere Reserves (84)
World Heritage Forest Programme (98)
World Monuments Watch (16)
World Monuments Watch (past) (119)