Famous Love Stories

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Famous Love Stories':

  • Anuradhapura Story of Prince Saliya and his lowcast lover, Asokamala.
  • Great Wall Meng Jiangnu cried for 3 days 3 nights for her husband's body, until the Great Wall of China collapsed
  • Imperial Palace The story of Emperor Qianlong and Xiang Fei, the fragrant concubine, took place in Beijing Imperial Palace
  • Istanbul Topkapi Palace in Istanbul for Suleyman the magnificent and Roxolana
  • Monastery of Alcobaça King Pedro I and Ines de Castro
  • Mudejar Architecture of Aragon Teruel: Diego de Marcilla and Isabel Segura
  • Old City of Jerusalem Solomon and Queen of Sheba, David and Bathsheba
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine Napoleon and Josephine
  • Persepolis Ahaseurus and Esther
  • Site of Carthage Dido and Aeneas
  • Taj Mahal Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
  • Troy Helen and Paris
  • Venice and its Lagoon Casanova
  • Verona Romeo and Juliet