Famous tapestries

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Famous tapestries':

  • Burgos Cathedral A number of Flemish tapestries
  • Cracow Tapestries in the cathedral and in the castle
  • Golden Mountains of Altai The 5th century BC Pazyryk carpet, a product of an Achaemenid carpet production centre, was discovered in 1949 in the Altai Mountains.
  • Istanbul Numerous Seljuk carpets
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine 105 carpets prepared by Le Brun for the Louvre
  • Vatican City Tapestries by Rafael in the Sistine Chapel