Renaissance
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Albi | "The superb houses built during the Renaissance bear witness to the vast fortunes amassed by the pastel merchants." (wiki) | |
| Alcala de Henares | University | |
| Angra do Heroismo | ||
| Assisi | "the Renaissance fort of Rocca Maggiore", "the Renaissance monastery and basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli" (AB Ev) | |
| Banska Stiavnica | Renaissance Old and New Castles | |
| Belfries | Belfries - Antwerp City Hall is a "Renaissance building [that] incorporates both Flemish and Italian influences". (Wikipedia) | |
| Bordeaux | Bordeaux Cathedral: "(...) the north walls of [the north side of the nave] of the cathedral have had a history of stability problems, and have required the construction of additional flying buttresses over the years. The largest of these, called the Gramont buttress (...), was begun in 1531 and is a monument in itself. It has the flying arches of a Gothic buttress, but is covered with (...) lavish Renaissance decoration, including a host of small putti, or angels, and carved inscriptions describing the Biblical Day of Judgement." | |
| Burgos Cathedral | Golden Stairway | |
| Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik | ||
| Cesky Krumlov | Castle | |
| City of Luxembourg | Renaissance architecture is prominent in the Notre Dame cathedral, The rood screen decorated with alabaster statues dating from the late Renaissance .. (wiki.fr). | |
| Cordouan Lighthouse | "The work carried out on the ground floor and the first floor of the building (...) directly evoked the Italian Renaissance. (...) However, the architectural language of the French Renaissance was not absent from the composition of Louis de Foix, especially in the upper parts." (Nomination file, p. 133-135) | |
| Dubrovnik | Dubrovnik managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains (Unesco website) | |
| El Escurial | ||
| Evora | Renaissance fountain at Largo das Portas de Moura | |
| Ferrara | ||
| Florence | ||
| Fontainebleau | ||
| Fort Jesus | Described as Renaissance military architecture (AB ev) | |
| Genoa | Renaissance .. palaces (AB ev) | |
| Granada | Palace of Charles V | |
| Graz | Jesuit College (now priests' seminary), Eggenberg Castle (mix of late renaissance and baroque), mausoleum | |
| Heritage of Mercury | Idrija: The castle is an excellent example of massive Renaissance architecture (nom fil) | |
| Kraków | Wawel Castle, Saint Sigismund's Chapel in the Cathedral, Cloth Hall | |
| Kremlin and Red Square | Archangel Cathedral, Palace of Facets | |
| Kronborg Castle | ||
| L'viv | Boim Chapel | |
| La Lonja de la Seda | Many of the decorations date from the Renaissance, including the gargoyles and one of the wooden ceilings | |
| Litomysl Castle | ||
| Loire Valley | Chambord Castle, Blois Castle, Amboise Castle | |
| Longobards in Italy | Brescia: "The church of Santa Giulia was built during the Renaissance period and constitutes the Western boundary to the sequence of religious buildings within the monastery." (Nomination file, p. 134) | |
| Mantua and Sabbioneta | "Mantua originated as an Etruscan settlement" (AB ev), | |
| Maritime Greenwich | Queen's House | |
| Mazagan | "The design of the Fortress of Mazagan is a response to the development of modern artillery in the Renaissance." (AB ev) | |
| Medici Villas and Gardens | ||
| Mir Castle | First Renaissance, later Baroque style | |
| Monastery of Batalha | the fine Renaissance tribune (1532) - wiki | |
| Naples | Santa Caterina a Formiello and the Monteoliveto complex (Sant'Anna dei Lombardi) | |
| Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles | Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua: "the high altar itself is one of the most important features of the Basilica, not to say one of the greatest expressions of the Italian Renaissance." (Nomination file, p. 114) | |
| Paris, Banks of the Seine | Louvre | |
| Petäjävesi Old Church | The circular design at the top of the dome derives from the classical opaion as interpreted in Renaissance architecture. (unesco website) | |
| Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) | Pisa Baptistry: "The scenes on the pulpit, and especially the classical form of the nude Hercules, show Nicola Pisano's qualities as the most important precursor of Italian Renaissance sculpture by reinstating antique representations: surveys of the Italian Renaissance often begin with the year 1260, the year that Nicola Pisano dated this pulpit." | |
| Pienza | "Renaissance town-planning concepts were first put into practice when Pope Pius II enlisted the architect Bernardo Rossellino to transform his birthplace." - "(...) the interior of the Pienza Cathedral, typical of the late Gothic style of southern German churches while the exterior is pure Renaissance. The bell tower blends Gothic and Renaissance forms." (OUV) | |
| Poblet Monastery | "the Renaissance alabaster retable of the high altar" by Damián Forment (OUV) | |
| Prague | Belveder Summer Residence | |
| Quedlinburg | City Castle | |
| Quito | Church of El Sagrario - The construction is of the Italian Renaissance style (wiki) | |
| Rammelsberg and Goslar | "The town was not significantly damaged in World War II and so the historic centre has survived intact, with its original medieval layout and many Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque buildings of high quality." (AB Ev) | |
| Rome | "the Renaissance and Baroque fountains" (OUV) | |
| Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France | The façade of the Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Auch was inspired by the Renaissance. (Nomination file) | |
| Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy | ||
| Salamanca | University, New Cathedrale, Monterrey Palace, Archiebishop Fonseca's College, Saint Stephen's Convent | |
| Salvador de Bahia | "an eminent example of Renaissance urban structuring adapted to a colonial site" (OUV) | |
| San Pedro de la Roca Castle | Renaissance design | |
| Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca | Example of Renaissance urban planning | |
| Santa Maria delle Grazie | ||
| Santiago de Compostela | Hospital of the Catholic Kings | |
| Siena | "Criterion (iv): The structure of the town and its evolution, uninterrupted over the centuries, along with a unity of design that has been preserved, has made Siena one of the most precious examples of the medieval and Renaissance Italian town." (Official description) Siena has several Renaissance style buildings, e.g. Palazzo Bandini-Piccolomini, Palazzo Chigi alla Postierla, Loggia del Papa, Palazzo Piccolomini | |
| Spissky Hrad and Levoca | Levoca | |
| Telc | ||
| Toledo | Holy Cross Hospital | |
| Upper Middle Rhine Valley | Hilchenhaus, Lorch | |
| Urbino | Ducal Palace | |
| Val d'Orcia | "Val d'Orcia, in the Province of Sienna, Tuscany (central Italy), is a rural agricultural landscape that retains much of its Renaissance layout, character and aesthetic." – "The Val d'Orcia is an exceptional reflection of the way the landscape was re-written in Renaissance times to reflect the ideals of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing picture." (OUV) | |
| Valletta | Several examples of Renaissance art and architecture, such as the hospital and the Auberge de Provence | |
| Venice and its Lagoon | Marciana Library, Scuola Grande di San Marco | |
| Vicenza and the Palladian Villas | ||
| Villa d'Este | ||
| Vilnius | Royal Palace, Radziwill Palace, Saint Michael's Church, Saint Stephen's Church | |
| Zamość | ||
| Úbeda and Baeza | ||
| Žatec – Landscape of Hops | "The mostly two-storey Baroque and Renaissance fabric..." (AB ev) |
Suggestions?
Do you know of another WHS we could connect to Renaissance?
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