Erotic art

Overtly sexual depictions or symbols

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Erotic art':

  • Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
  • Etruscan Necropolises Tarquinia: one of the tombs has a painting of two men whipping a woman.
  • Hampi
  • Kathmandu Valley Patan
  • Khajuraho Group of Monuments
  • Mogao Caves A large number of the caves are off-limits, because they are not of significant interest or they contain Tantric murals considered too sexually explicit for visitors
  • Pattadakal
  • Pompei Ancient brothel
  • Sun Temple, Konarak
  • Tárraco Phallus