Modelled after

Sites that were modelled after or imitated other WHS.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Modelled after':

  • Aachen Cathedral Palatine Chapel, after the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna
  • Ayutthaya Many Ayutthaya's pagodas are modelled after Anuradhapura's pagoda of Sri Lanka
  • Blenheim Palace The 1723 Triumphal arch was modelled by Hawkesmoor after the "Arch of Titus" in Rome
  • Centennial Hall After Pantheon in Rome & Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
  • Convent of Christ in Tomar "The church, like some other Templar churches throughout Europe, was modelled after the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem which was believed by the crusaders to be a remnant of the Temple of Solomon The Church of the Holy Sepulchre may also have served as model" (Wiki)
  • Drottningholm After Versailles
  • Edinburgh The Acropolis on the Carlton Hill was modelled after the Parthenon in Athens
  • Fertö/Neusiedlersee Fertöd Esterházy Palace was built after the model of Versailles
  • Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz Kromeriz garden, after Versailles gardens
  • Hué Emperor Gia Long of Vietnam built a palace and fortress that was intended to be a smaller copy of the Chinese Forbidden City in the 1800s.
  • Kew Gardens Chokushi-Mon (Gateway of the Imperial Messenger) is a four-fifths actual size replica of the Karamon of Nishi Hongan-ji in Kyoto.
  • Kremlin and Red Square Kremlin Assumption Cathedral was modelled after Vladimir's Assumption Cathedral
  • Liverpool St George's Hall - after: Baths of Caracalla
  • Medina of Tétouan Granada (the aristocratic residences)
  • Monticello The Rotunda was modelled after the Pantheon in Rome.
  • Mountain Resort, Chengde Contains a full size copy of the Potala Palace
  • Mtskheta A small copy of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was built in the grounds of Svetiskhoveli Cathedral between the end of the 13th and the beginning the 14th centuries to mark it as the second most sacred place in the world (after the church of Jerusalem), thanks to Christ’s robe.
  • National History Park After Versailles
  • Potsdam Sanssouci ('Baroque ornamental garden, modelled on the parterre at Versailles')
  • Qutb Minar Minaret of Jam
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France Church of Neuvy-Saint-Sepulcre is "modelled upon" the Church of the Holy Sepulcre in Jerusalem
  • Royal Palace at Caserta After Versailles
  • Saltaire New Mill: modelled on the campanile of the church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Friari in Venice
  • Schönbrunn After Versailles
  • Segovia Iglesia de la Vera Cruz based on the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
  • Split Republic Square was modelled after Venice's San Marco Square.
  • St. Petersburg Peterhof "Russian Versailles"
  • Taj Mahal Taj Mahal is modelled after Humayun's Tomb
  • Tower of Hercules The sculpture park has a monument to the victims of the Civil War, modelled after Stonehenge
  • Vilnius All Souls Orthodox Cathedral was modelled after the Corpus Christi Church at Nesvizh
  • Würzburg Residence After Versailles