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:
Joggins Fossil Cliffs - Dubbed as another WHS
Niokolo-Koba National Park - Big Five
Manovo-Gounda St. Floris - Big Five
Serengeti - Big Five
Taj Mahal - New Seven Wonders of the World
Petra - New Seven Wonders of the World
Machu Picchu - New Seven Wonders of the World
Great Wall - New Seven Wonders of the World
Rome - New Seven Wonders of the World
Chichen-Itza - New Seven Wonders of the World
Pyramids (Memphis) - New Seven Wonders of the World
Potosí - Cuzco School of Painting
Quebrada de Humahuaca - Cuzco School of Painting
Arequipa - Cuzco School of Painting
Lima - Cuzco School of Painting
Cuzco - Cuzco School of Painting
West Norwegian Fjords - Hit by Tsunami
West Norwegian Fjords - Glaciers
Val d’Orcia - Loggia
Gebel Barkal - Hypogea


Individual People
Alexander the Great (10)
Alfonso de Albuquerque (3)
Bahaiulla (3)
Captain James Cook (8)
Caravaggio (5)
Charles Darwin (12)
Charles Montagu Doughty (3)
Christopher Columbus (7)
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)
Gustave Eiffel (4)
Heinrich Schliemann (4)
Helen of Constantinople (5)
Henry Morton Stanley (4)
Hernán Cortés (5)
Hitler was here (5)
Ibn Battuta (14)
Johannes Kepler (4)
King Chulalongkorn of Siam (Rama V) (36)
King Solomon (7)
Leakey Family (5)
Leonardo da Vinci (10)
Liechtenstein Family (4)
Life of Mozart (10)
Lord Byron (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)
Prince Charles (6)
Prince Henry the Navigator (4)
Prince Pückler (3)
Queen Victoria (7)
Radziwill Family (4)
Restored by Viollet-le-Duc (6)
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)
Visited by Alexander von Humboldt on his travels (19)
Winston Churchill (5)


Geography
Alps (9)
Amazon Basin (7)
Andes (18)
Antipodes points (18)
Arctic (5)
Arctic Ocean (3)
Atlantic Ocean (27)
Baltic Sea (16)
Canyons (12)
Caribbean Sea (13)
Carpathians (8)
Caspian Sea (3)
Caucasus (10)
Danube (6)
Dependent territories (10)
Dinaric Alps (8)
Equator (3)
Fjords (7)
Glaciers (26)
Gulf of Mexico (4)
Himalaya (5)
Indian Ocean (22)
Lakes located in Rift Valleys (4)
Macaronesia (7)
Marine sites (8)
Mediterranean shore (47)
Mekong (3)
Melanesia (5)
Nile (5)
Notable lakes (9)
On National Border (40)
Pacific Ocean (35)
Polynesia (5)
Pyrenees (6)
Recently Active Volcanoes (11)
Rhine (4)
Rhone (5)
River deltas (9)
Sahara (9)
Siberia (3)
Silk Road (15)
South China Sea (6)
Southernmost (5)
Spice Route (8)
Tagus (3)
Territorial Highest points (18)
Uninhabited islands (12)
Vistula (4)
Volcanic plugs (5)


Trivia
Books by Nobel Prize winning authors (12)
Buddhist sites in non-Buddhist countries (10)
Built or owned by Americans (3)
Built or owned by British (32)
Built or owned by Dutch (17)
Built or owned by French (15)
Built or owned by Germans (30)
Built or owned by Hungarians (3)
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 (31)
Depicted on National Coat of Arms (11)
Depicted on National Flag (4)
Discriminatory Entry Policies (9)
Disputed territories (5)
Double entries (24)
Dubbed "White City" (5)
Dubbed as another WHS (26)
Exact locations inscribed twice (or more) (20)
Famous Love Stories (16)
Fatal Accidents or "disasters" (7)
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)
Isolated WHS (13)
Leprosy (3)
Located in a Capital City (73)
Located in a Former Capital (136)
Located in a microstate (12)
Location for a classic movie (38)
Longest WHS names (4)
Lowest (below sea level) (6)
Minority communities (33)
Modelled after (31)
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 (3)
Oldest cultural WHS (3)
On Banknotes (85)
On Euro coins (10)
On Passports (7)
Once the tallest freestanding structure in the World (6)
One million visitors or more (38)
Opera (22)
Preservation assisted by Getty Trust (10)
Pritzker Architecture Prize (4)
Protection of a single named species (5)
Protective Shelters (13)
Recently discovered (7)
Replica cultural sites (3)
Replica in Epcot (12)
Replica in Legoland (6)
Role of Women (7)
Roman monuments converted into churches (4)
Serial sites with the greatest number of locations (4)
Shortest WHS names (8)
Slow Food Movement (5)
Smallest natural WHS (10)
Sound and Light Show (17)
Tourist Treks (12)
Twin Towns (6)
Unusual Entry Requirements/Restrictions (3)
Used in film as another WHS (7)
Versions of Da Vinci's last supper (3)
WHS Hotspot (284)
WHS within walking distance (18)


History
Amarna Letters (6)
Ancient Greek colonies (7)
Ancient Roman colonies (19)
Assassinations (14)
Assyrian Empire (11)
Aztec Empire (3)
Babylonian Empire (8)
Bronze Age (20)
Built in the 20th century (27)
Buried treasures (9)
Byzantine Empire and Civilization (40)
Carolingian Empire (5)
Celtic history (12)
Congresses and Conferences (5)
Coronation Locations (15)
Declarations of Independence (6)
Early Hominid Remains (9)
Etruscans (5)
Famous suicides (9)
Habsburgs (Austrian) (6)
Hanseatic League (14)
Historical events (13)
Historical Food Remains (7)
Human Migration (5)
International Exhibitions (5)
Khmer Empire (5)
Knights Hospitaller (5)
Knights Templar (6)
Mayan culture (8)
Mughal Empire (8)
Nabatean culture (4)
Neolithic age (17)
Ottoman Empire (14)
Parthian Empire (6)
Phoenician world (12)
Pisan colonies (6)
Places of Execution (7)
Popes (4)
Pueblo People (3)
Qhapaq Nan (Inca) (10)
Recorded discoveries (22)
Republic of Venice (13)
Revolutionary Events (6)
Sassanid Empire (3)
Sieges (41)
Slavery (25)
Specified on Herodotus' Oikumene (4)
Teutonic Knights (7)
The Crusades (11)
The Inquisition (5)
The Tetrarchy (5)
Thirty Years’ War (4)
Treaties (5)
Umayyad Caliphate (5)
Women Explorers (3)


Ecology
"Recently" Extinct Mammals (5)
Animal Migrations (15)
Beech Forests (5)
Big Five (3)
Big Waterfalls (11)
Bison (7)
Chimpanzee habitat (7)
Columnar Jointing (3)
Coral (12)
Dinosaur Remains (3)
Dripstone (8)
Endemic Bird Species (15)
Gorilla habitat (5)
Hoodoo (11)
Lava tubes (3)
Mangroves (10)
Natural Arches and Bridges (8)
Non-Carbonate Karst Landscapes (3)
Notable examples of island gigantism (4)
Notable examples of multiple speciation in one site (4)
Penguins (11)
Rainforests (27)
Rhino habitat (9)
Steppe (4)
Tiger habitat (10)
Tombolos (4)
Travertine pools (5)
Turtles and tortoises (26)
Underground river (5)
Volcanic Hotspots (6)
Whales (6)


Architecture
Armenian Architecture (7)
Art Deco (4)
Art Nouveau (15)
Baroque (31)
Beehive tombs (5)
Brick architecture (26)
Cave dwellings (7)
Cave Temples/Churches (10)
Chinoiserie (8)
Coral Masonry (6)
Designed by famous architects (53)
Dry Stone Construction (14)
Folk villages (12)
Georgian Architecture (3)
Glazed tiles (23)
Gold Surfaces (41)
Gothic (40)
Gothic Revival (10)
Grotesques (7)
Ideal City (14)
International style (9)
Isabelline style (4)
Italian Architects outside Italy (15)
Loggia (10)
Mannerism (9)
Manueline style (8)
Monumental Monoliths (11)
Moorish revival (6)
Mud / Earth Architecture (16)
Mudejar style (16)
Neo-Baroque (3)
Neoclassical architecture (21)
Norman architecture (5)
Palladio / Palladian (12)
Pre-Romanesque (8)
Renaissance (38)
Restored by anastylosis (18)
Rock Cut Architecture (15)
Rococo (16)
Romanesque (36)
Sgraffito (5)
Steel-Framed construction (5)
Unfinished buildings (13)
Wooden architecture (47)


Damaged
Blown up (5)
Covered by volcanic ash (4)
Cultural sites damaged by fire since inscription (21)
Damaged in World War II (31)
Destroyed by Hurricanes (3)
Destroyed during invasion (38)
Destroyed or damaged by Earthquake (32)
Hit by Tsunami (9)
Landmines (4)
Piracy (15)
Terrorist Attacks (9)


World Heritage Process
"Extended" Sites (49)
"Threatened" by bridges (3)
"Threatened" by Dams (5)
"Threatened" by Skyscrapers (6)
"Threatened" by Tunnels (4)
Controversial at inscription (11)
Developed since inscription (7)
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 (10)
Rejected, and then inscribed (12)
WHC locations (32)


Religion and Belief
"Referenced" in the Koran (3)
12 Apostles (6)
Augustinian Order (5)
Benedictines (10)
Calvary (4)
Catholic missions (6)
Christian Churches in non Christian countries (3)
Christian Pilgrimage Sites (28)
Cistercian (6)
Early Christianity (5)
Franciscans (7)
Goddesses (22)
Greek Orthodox churches outside Greece (3)
Hercules (6)
Hiberno-Scottish Mission (4)
Holiest place (8)
Holy Islamic site (6)
Holy Tunic (5)
Introduction of Christianity (6)
Jainism (3)
Jesuits (13)
Jewish religion and culture (47)
Legends and Folk Myths (33)
Mentioned in the Bible (16)
Mithraism (4)
Oriental Orthodox (9)
Prophecies (7)
Protestantism (9)
Relics from John the Baptist (6)
Religious Relics (15)
Russian Orthodox churches outside Russia (6)
Sacred Forests or Groves (9)
Sacred Mountains (15)
Secret Societies (4)
Sufism (6)
The Magi/Three Kings (4)
Zoroastrianism (6)


Human Activity
Amber (3)
Art Colonies (6)
Artificial Islands (6)
Astrology and astronomy (21)
Ateliers (5)
Botanical Gardens (9)
Coffee (3)
Communism (5)
Copper production (6)
Cuzco School of Painting (5)
Early Mechanical Printing (12)
Erotic art (10)
Festivals (19)
Frescoes / murals by famous painters (24)
Gold production (15)
Grand Tour (25)
Hand Paintings/Prints (4)
Historical Financial Institutions (6)
Historical Graffiti (12)
Human Sacrifice (7)
Incense Route (6)
Invention of sweets (8)
Iron production (8)
Irrigation and drainage (24)
Man-made Terraces (18)
Mints (6)
Mosaic art (44)
Multilingual inscriptions (5)
Mummies (15)
Musical Notation (4)
Petrosomatoglyphs (7)
Ports (43)
Protective engineering works against flooding (9)
Rock Cut Art (6)
Salt (8)
Scientific Developments (10)
Scripts (27)
Secret Locations (5)
Silver production (9)
Steam technology (5)
Tea (4)
Textiles (8)
Thanatourist destination (5)
Time Balls and Guns (4)
Tobacco (3)
Via Francigena (6)
Zero Meridians (3)


Objects and Buildings
19th century shopping arcades (5)
Aqueduct (23)
Astronomical clocks (7)
Baths (40)
Boats (7)
Bridges (30)
Brothels (4)
Cable cars (20)
Canals (23)
Caravanserai (18)
Catacombs (9)
Cathedrals (127)
Cemeteries (24)
Chariots (7)
Cisterns (13)
Coronelli globes (9)
Cultural sites connected to Cliffs (11)
Cycoliths (Stone circles) (3)
Domes (19)
Dovecotes (6)
Dynastic Burial Places (33)
Elevators (13)
English garden (15)
Famous Bells (5)
Famous tapestries (6)
French (formal) garden (13)
Frontier walls (6)
Funiculars (11)
Gates depicting Lions (9)
Giant Reclining Buddhas (5)
Historic Pharmacies (6)
Historical cafés (5)
Historical Organs (3)
Historical zoos (5)
Horse Stables (13)
Hospitals (25)
Hotels in Historic Buildings (10)
Hypogea (6)
In the British museum (4)
Japanese garden (5)
Large squares (24)
Latrines (8)
Libraries (37)
Lighthouses (18)
Locations for playing sport (39)
Magic Squares (4)
Major Museums (19)
Market Halls (11)
Mausolea (24)
Mazes (4)
Monumental Fountains (19)
Mosque (44)
Mosques converted from churches / cathedrals / synagogues (6)
Music Academies (16)
Necropolises (24)
Notable Hotels (5)
Obelisk (18)
Octagons (31)
Ossuary (6)
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 (33)
Pyramids (24)
Railways (20)
Roland statue (5)
Sites of Parliament (15)
Sphinxes (15)
Statues (50)
Stelae (13)
Tell (8)
Theatres (63)
Tombs (22)
Tower-houses (7)
Triumphal Arches (17)
Tumuli (10)
Tunnels (23)
Universities (40)
Vineyards (16)
Walled cities (57)
Windmills (7)
Zero Mile/Kilometer Markers (6)


WHS on Other Lists
Already inscribed, still on T List (6)
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)
Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible heritage (13)
Memory of the World (17)
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)