Administrative Seats of living Religions or Sects

Connected Sites: 7

Definition

WHS which contain an identifiable building or complex which serves as the permanent headquarters for a religious body maintaining an independent administrative hierarchy and a centralized seat of authority, distinct from other branches of a parent faith.

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Proposed by Solivagant

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Connected Sites

  • Vatican City
    Vatican City
    Holy See
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.30
    623
    9

    The Apostolic Palace (Roman Catholicism)
  • Canterbury
    Canterbury
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.41
    322
    13

    The Old Palace (Anglican Communion)
  • Echmiatsin and Zvartnots
    Echmiatsin and Zvartnots
    Armenia
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.04
    151
    6

    The Veharan - Pontifical Residence (Armenian Apostolic)
  • Ancient Kyoto
    Ancient Kyoto
    Japan
    Inscribed: 1994
    4.45
    361
    20

    The Nishi Hongwanji Honzan Offices (Jodo Shinshu Buddhism)
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.37
    501
    12

    The Patriarchal Residence - The Oikos (Eastern Orthodoxy)
  • Damascus
    Damascus
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.89
    80
    6

    Cathedral of Saint George (seat of the Syriac Orthodox Church) (Wikipedia)
  • Bahá’i Holy Places
    Bahá’i Holy Places
    Israel
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.69
    163
    9

    The Universal House of Justice (The Bahá’í Faith)