Coronation Locations

This includes all "installation" ceremonies for monarchs.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Coronation Locations':

  • Aachen Cathedral (Cathedral) Carolingian monarchs 936-1531
  • Budapest Matthias Church
  • Changdeokgung Palace Complex For most of the Korean Joseon Dynasty
  • Cracow (Wawel Cathedral) most Polish Monarchs 1370-1734
  • Edinburgh Holyrood Abbey (ruined in 1768) was used for the Scottish coronation of Charles I in 1633. Scottish kings were traditionally crowned at Scone whilst sitting on the "Stone of Destiny". However this was captured by Edward I in 1296 and taken to Westminster where it was put into the English Throne. After a chequered history (see wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_of_Scone )it was returned to Scotland in 1996 and can be seen in Edinburgh Castle (though should be returned to Westminster for any future British coronations!)
  • Guimarães
  • Gusuku Sites Gusuku's Shuri castle courtyard was a coronation place of Ryukyu Kingdom
  • Imperial Palace Beijing Imperial palace for Ming and Qing Emperors
  • Kremlin and Red Square (Uspensky Cathedral) Russian Tsars. Ivan the Terrible 1547 onwards
  • Luang Prabang The last king of Laos decorated and refurbished Luang Prabang royal palace for his coronation, before the end of his monarchy.
  • Mexico City (Metropolitan Cathedral) - Maximilian I planned for 1864 but it never happened
  • Mtskheta (Svetitskhoveli Cathedral) Georgian Monarchs
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine Notre Dame de Paris for Napoleon I
  • Red Fort (Delhi) Aurangzeb 1659
  • Reims Most French monarchs
  • Vatican City (St Peter's Basilica)- Popes until 1963
  • Westminster Westminster Abbey - Nearly all English/British Monarchs since 1066