Gypsies

Sites connected to groups known as "Gypsies", that consist of Roma, Sinti or Dom people

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Gypsies':

  • Auschwitz Birkenau Over 20,000 were murdered here
  • Granada The Albayzin district incorporates their quarter
  • Istanbul The Sulukule district (within the inscribed area was the traditional area for Roma/Romani etc. Istanbul has just been criticized for not protecting it.; link
  • Old City of Jerusalem A group of 5000 Dom "gypsies" has lived in East Jerusalem for the past 800 years. They are considered to have departed from the Indian subcontinent earlier than the Romani people
  • Transylvanian villages After the departure of most Saxons to Germany, the villages have become virtual "Roma villages" (60% of the population)