Unfinished buildings

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Unfinished buildings':

  • Ancient Kyoto Ginkakuji silver pavilion is still not covered with silver as its original plan
  • Angkor Large portion of Angkor Wat and many small temples remain unfinished
  • Edinburgh National Monument on Carlton Hill
  • Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
  • Monastery of Batalha Capelas Imperfeitas is half finished
  • Qutb Minar Second minerat is unfinished
  • Royal Palace at Caserta San Leucio Royal Colony: The king had planned to expand it into a true new city, called Ferdinandopoli, but the project was halted by the French invasion.
  • Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans The Saltworks was constructed but the "ideal city" which would have described an entire circle rather than the current semi-circle was never completed
  • Siena Duomo: After the completion of the transept and the building of the east wall, the money ran out and the rest of the planned cathedral was abandoned.
  • Strasbourg-Grande îsle Cathedral (second tower never erected)
  • Sun Temple, Konarak
  • Tchogha Zanbil The whole city remained unfinished after it was invaded by Ashurbanipal in 640 BC, as shown by the thousands of unused bricks left at the site. It was unlikely that many people ever lived there.
  • Works of Antoni Gaudí Sagrada Familia