Located in a Former Capital
With inscribed features which date to the period(s) when it was a Capital
World Heritage Sites connected to 'Located in a Former Capital':
Aachen Cathedral Holy Roman Empire (800 - 814)Agra Fort Agra, the former capital of Mughal Empire (1526 - 1658)Aksum Aksumite Kingdom (400 BC- 10th century)Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad Hammadid Empire (1008-1090)Ancient Kyoto Japan (794 - 1868)Ancient Merv AbbasidsAncient Nara Japan from 710 to 784Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis Egypt during 11th and 18th Dynasties Angkor Khmer Empire Anuradhapura Anuradapura Kingdom (382BC - 1018)Archaeological Site of Aigai Capital of ancient Macedonia Archaeological Site of Mystras Capital of Principality of Achaea (1249-1261) and Despotate of Morea (1380-1460) Arles Capital of Kingdom of Arles (933-1378) Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) First capital of ancient Assyrian EmpireAsturian Monuments Asturian KingdomAvignon Avignon Republic (1135-1226) Ayutthaya 1350-1767 - Ayuttaya Kingdom (Siam)Bryggen Bergen, capital of Norway (1070-1299)Budapest Buda on several occasionsBukhara Samanid 850- 999, Khanate of Bukhara c1530- 1922Burgos Cathedral Castile 11th - 15th CenturyCanal du Midi Canal du midi is in Toulouse, ancient capital of the Visigoths (418-508) Champasak Former capital of Champasak Kingdom Chola Temples Two of the Chola Temples are located in Thanjavor and Gangaikonda Cholapuram, ancient capitals of Chola Empire (850-1279)Cidade Velha Classical Weimar Capital of (Grand) Duchy of Saxe-Weimar Convent of St. Gall Convent of St. Galle is located in St. Gallen which was a capitol city of independent principality in 13th century.Cordoba Western Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba (756-1031) Costiera Amalfitana Amalfi, capital of Republic of Amalfi and Duchy of AmalfiCracow Poland on several occasionsCuzco Inca Empire 13th Century - 1533Dubrovnik Ragusa Republic (1032-1808) Edinburgh Scotland 1452 - 1707Fasil Ghebbi Gondar, old imperial capital city of Ethiopia Fatehpur Sikri Mughal Empire (1571-1585)Ferrara Duchies of Modena and Ferrara Florence Tuscany 1569-1860, Italy 1865-71Fort and Shalamar Gardens Lahore, capital of Mughal Empire (1584-1598)Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz Dessau, capital of Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau (1396-1853)Genoa Republic of Genoa Granada Kingdom 1250-1492Guimarães Portugal 1095 - 1131Gusuku Sites Shuri, the capital of ancient Ryukyu KingdomGyeongju
Silla Kingdom Hampi Hindu Kingdom of VijayanagaraHattusha Hittite EmpireHué Vietnam (1775-1945)Humayun's Tomb Delhi, Capital of Sultanate of Delhi (1206-1526)Imperial Tombs The tomb of the first Ming emperor is located in Nanjing, the first capital of Ming Dynasty and capital city of Repubic of ChinaIndependence Hall In Philadelphia, the first capital city of USA (1790s)Island of Mozambique Of Portuguese East Africa until c 1898 Istanbul Byzantine Empire 330-1453, Ottoman Empire 1453-1920Kandy The last independent Kingdom of Sri Lanka (1592- 1815)Kazan Kremlin Khanate of Kazan (1438-1552) Keoladeo National Park Located in Baratpur, capital of Maharajah of Baratpur (1670-1947)Khami Ruins Rozwi Empire (1684-1834)Kiev Kievan Rus 882-1169Koguryo Kingdom Koguryo Kingdom (277 BC to AD 668)La Lonja de la Seda Kingdom of Valencia (1237-1707) Loire Valley Orleans (Part of Loire Valley), capital city of Merovingian kingdom of Orleans and later Duchy of OrleansLongmen Grottoes Luoyang was the Northern Wei capital from 493-534 and during the Tang dynasty (904–907)Luang Prabang Kingdom of Luang Prabang and later Laos (1707-1975)Luther Memorials Wittenberg was a capital of Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg (1260-1356)Mantua and Sabbioneta Duchy of Mantua (1273-1707)Mausoleum of the First Qin Emporer Xi'an (Chang'an) several timesMedina of Fez Capital of Kingdom of Fez (1472-1554) Medina of Marrakesh Morocco (several times)Meidan Emam, Esfahan Shah Abbas the Great 16th century - 1722Meknes Morocco (1672-1727)Melaka and George Town Melaka - Capital of Sultanate of Malacca (1402-1511)Modena Duchy 1452-1860Mtskheta Georgia 3rd Century BC - 5th Century ADMudejar Architecture of Aragon
Parts of Aragon's Mudejar are in Zaragoza, former capital of Kingdom of Aragon Museumsinsel (Museum Island) East Berlin (GDR) (1949 - 1990)My Son Sanctuary Ancient Champa KingdomNancy Duchy of LorraineNaples Kingdom of Naples (1282 - 1816)Novgorod Republic of Novgorod (12th-15th centuries)Oaxaca and Monte Alban Ancient ZapotecOhrid Region Bulgarian Empire 990-1015Old City of Acre Kingdom of Jerusalem 1187-1291Old City of Jerusalem Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1187)Orange Principality of Orange (1163-1713) Orkhon Valley Karakorum 13/14th century Genghis Khan; Khar Balgas was the capital
of the Uighur Empire, which governed the area for around 100 years in the 8th and 9th centuries.Palmyra Palmyrene Empire of Zenobia (260-273)Paphos In Greco-Roman times Paphos was the capital of CyprusParthian Fortresses of Nisa Parthian EmpirePasargadae Achaemenid Empire - DariusPattadakal Chalukya Kingdom (c. 543-757)Persepolis Achaemenid Empire - CyrusPisa Republic of PisaPolonnaruva Kingdom of Polonnaruwa (1055 -1284)Potala Palace Tibetan EmpirePyramids (Memphis) Memphis was capital of Lower Egypt during Old Kingdom until 2200 BC Qal'at al-Bahrain Capital of DilmunQutb Minar Delhi, Capital of Sultanate of Delhi (1206-1526)Ravenna Western Roman Empire (402-476)Red Fort Capital of Mughal Empire (1649-1857) Regensburg Principality of Regensburg (1803-1810) Residences of the Royal House of Savoy Turin, the first capital of unified Italy Roskilde Cathedral Roskilde, Denmark (c.1020 1443)Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France Including sites in Poitier, capital of powerful Duchy of Aquitain, Toulouse and Arles which also were capital citiesRoyal Exhibition Building Australia 1901-27Royal Palaces of Abomey Abomey - Capital of the Dahomey Kingdom 1625-1892Salvador de Bahia Brazil 1549-1763Samarkand Timurlane et al 1530 - 1630Samarra Abbasid Caliphate (836-892)San Pedro de la Roca Castle Cuba 1522-1589Santa Maria delle Grazie Milan, the former capital of Ambrosian Republic (1447 - 1450) and Cisalpine Republic (1797-1802) Santiago de Compostela Capital of Kingdom of Galicia (410-1833)Seville Almohad Empire (1170-1212)Siena Republic of Siena Sigiriya Capital of Sri Lanka during the reign of parricidal King Kassapa I (477-495)Site of Carthage Carthaginian EmpireSt. George, Bermuda (1612 - 1815)St. Petersburg Russian Empire 1712-1918 Stari Ras and Sopocani Stari Ras, capital of medieval Serbian state of RaskaStatue of Liberty New York was capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790Stone Town (Zanzibar) Sultanate of Zanzibar (1856-1964) Sukhothai 1238- 1438 Sukhothai Kingdom (Siam)Taj Mahal Agra, the former capital of Mughal Empire (1526 - 1658)Taxila Winter capital of Kushan Empire (60 - 375)Teotihuacan Teotihuacano Empire Thessalonika Kingdom of Thessalonica (1204-1224)Thracian tomb of Kazanlak Seuthopolis, Capital of ancient ThraceTiwanaku Tiwanaku EmpireToledo Spain 15th century -1561 Tomb of Askia Located in Gao, capital of Songhai Empire (1340-1591) Venice and its Lagoon Republic 9th century -1797Vienna Several, starting with Holy Roman Empire (1558 - 1806)White City of Tel-Aviv Israel May-dec 1948White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal Russia (1169 - 1327)White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal Suzdal, capital city of Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal (1168-1362) Yaroslavl Russia (1611 - 1612)Yin Xu Shang Dynasty (1766 BC - 1050 BC)Yungang Grottoes Datong was the capital during Northern Wei Dynasty (386-493)Zabid Zabid was the capital of Yemen from the 13th to the 15th century
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