Dubbed as another WHS

Sites which are nicknamed after another WHS.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Dubbed as another WHS':

  • Altamira Cave Altamira "The Sistine Chapel of Quaternary Art"
  • Bahá’i Holy Places Ridwan Garden is dubbed New Jerusalem
  • Bamberg The once fisherman's settlement dating from the Middle Age and lining the shore of the Regnitz River is known as the "Little Venice"
  • Brugge Venice of the North
  • Cuenca Tumebamba, Cuenca's Incan predecessor, was known as The Second Cuzco.
  • Edinburgh Athens of the North
  • Ferrara Comacchio is dubbed Little Venice
  • Fertö/Neusiedlersee Esterhazy Palace in Fertod is dubbed Hungarian Versailles
  • Florence Athens of the Middle Ages (thanks to its leading role in the promotion of knowledge and art thus connecting it with the Akropolis, which used to be the centre of knowledge, religion and art in Classical Greece)
  • Joggins Fossil Cliffs "Coal age Galapagos" because of the assistance they gace to Darwin, Lyall et al in developing their understanding of earth and life science.
  • Joya de Ceren Pompeii of the Americas
  • Lalibela African Jerusalem
  • Nessebar Bulgaria's Dubrovnik
  • Ohrid Region Ohrid is apparently known as the Macedonian (or "Slavic") Jerusalem - because of its one time 365 churches
  • Palmyra Venice of the Desert
  • Prague Kampa Island is dubbed Little Venice
  • Riga Riga between the wars was called 'The Little Paris of the North', when it was where Western spies and diplomats went to have fun.
  • Saint-Savin sur Gartempe Dubbed the "Romanesque Sistine Chapel"
  • San Miguel The Sanctuary of Jesús de Nazareno de Atotonilco has been called "The Sistine Chapel of the Americas"
  • Săo Luis "Brazilian Athens" (apparently due to its due to its many poets and writers, which would link it to the Acropolis)
  • St. Petersburg Peterhof dubbed Russian Versailles; St Petersburg is also "Venice of the north" because of its canals
  • Tasmanian Wilderness Includes Walls of Jerusalem National Park
  • Tsodilo "The Louvre of the Desert"
  • Vilnius Rome of the North, or the Jerusalem of Lithuania
  • Willandra Lakes Region Shores of the Willandra Lake system are known as “The Walls of China”
  • Zollverein The 55mtr winding tower has been called "The Eiffel Tower of the Ruhr"