Axis Mundi
Locations that have been regarded as the Center of the World / Axis Mundi / Omphalos (Navel of the World)
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Aksum | Stelae of the Aksumite Empire | |
| Archaeological Site of Delphi | ||
| Cuzco | ||
| Fujisan | Japan's highest mountain, Mount Fuji, has long symbolized the world axis in Japanese culture (wiki) | |
| Gebel Barkal | ||
| Istanbul | Hagia Sophia | |
| Kilimanjaro National Park | ||
| Mahabodhi Temple Complex | ||
| Mount Kenya | ||
| Old City of Jerusalem | ||
| Osun-Osogbo | ||
| Pyramids (Memphis) | ||
| Rome | Umbilicus urbis Romae, a structure in the Roman Forum from where all the Roman roads parted. | |
| Tak'alik Ab'aj | "The design and placement of the largest monumental building on the site – Structure 5.... – is based on a “cosmogram,” a geometric figure depicting the universe wherein the arrangement of the buildings follows a main east-west alignment, the intersection of which with a north-south axis is the “Ombligo-Mux” (“navel,” “mux” in the indigenous Mam language) as a central point or axis mundi for the city" (AB ev) | |
| Teotihuacan | "Sun Pyramid was the axis mundi for Teotihuacan culture, a space from which celestial and underworld levels were accessed symbolically." | |
| Uluru | ||
| Vatican City | St. Peter's Basilica |
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