Alexander the Great

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Alexander the Great':

  • Archaeological Site of Aigai Tomb of his Father
  • Archaeological Site of Delphi
  • Crac des Chevaliers Wiki describes the legend of how, around 334BC (and supposedly assisted by Hercules!), Alexander the Great captured the castle then existing on the site of the structure now known as Qal’at Salah ad-Din ; link
  • Derbent Has been linked to the location of the Gates of Alexander, the legendary barrier supposedly built by Alexander the Great in the Caucasus to keep the non-Greeks of the north from invading the land to the south.
  • Persepolis
  • Pyramids (Memphis)
  • Samarkand He conquered it in 329 BC.
  • Taxila
  • Troy He landed there to anoint the Grave of his ancestor Achilles
  • Tyre