Mediterranean shore
Sites currently or historically located on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Excluding sites located in the following "marginal seas" of the Mediterranean which have their own Connection - Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Tyrhennian Sea.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Agrigento | ||
| Bahá’i Holy Places | ||
| Carthage | ||
| Cilento and Vallo di Diano | ||
| Corfu | ||
| Delos | It had a Mediterranean port | |
| Genoa | ||
| Gorham's Cave Complex | ||
| Gulf of Porto | ||
| Ibiza | ||
| Kasbah of Algiers | ||
| Kerkuane | The archeological site borders the Mediterranean. | |
| Leptis Magna | ||
| Medina of Sousse | ||
| Medina of Tunis | ||
| Medina of Tétouan | ||
| Megalithic Temples of Malta | ||
| Mount Athos | "excellent preservation of the Mediterranean forests" (OUV) | |
| Nice | ||
| Old City of Acre | ||
| Palmeral of Elche | ||
| Paphos | ||
| Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands | ||
| Primeval Beech Forests | Paklenica | |
| Rhodes | "exerted an influence throughout the eastern Mediterranean basin at the end of the Middle Ages" (OUV) | |
| Sabratha | ||
| Serra de Tramuntana | ||
| Syracuse | ||
| Tarraco | ||
| The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier | Cabanon de Le Corbusier Roquebrune-Cap-Martin Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | |
| Thessalonika | ||
| Tipasa | ||
| Troy | "overlooks the plain along the Turkish Aegean coast 4.8km from the southern entrance to the Dardanelles. In antiquity much of this plain was submerged and so there was access by boat to the settlement" (AB ev) | |
| Tyre | ||
| Valletta | ||
| White City of Tel-Aviv |
Suggestions?
Do you know of another WHS we could connect to Mediterranean shore?
A connection should:
- Not be "self evident"
- Link at least 3 different sites
- Not duplicate or merely subdivide the "Category" assignment already identified on this site.
- Add some knowledge or insight (whether significant or trivial!) about WHS for the users of this site
- Be explained, with reference to a source