Birthplaces

Connected Sites: 6

WHS which derive a significant part of their OUV from being a "birthplace" (real or "believed").

Connected Sites

  • Luther Memorials
    Luther Memorials
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.61
    208
    12
    Location 783-001, Luther's birthplace Eisleben, Lutherstrasse 16, Germany
  • Bethlehem
    Bethlehem
    Palestine
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.15
    194
    9
    Jesus Christ
  • Lumbini
    Lumbini
    Nepal
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.47
    61
    9
    Buddha
  • Gyeongju
    Gyeongju
    Republic of Korea
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.30
    146
    14
    "Crit vi. Mount Namsan is a sacred site containing the birthplace of Hyokkose, the founder of the Shilla Kingdom"
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain
    Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain
    Mongolia
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.48
    11
    1
    Genghis Khan was probably born in 1162 in Delüün Boldog, near Burkhan Khaldun mountain. The mountain is closely associated with him.
  • Assisi
    Assisi
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.76
    250
    8
    "Assisi, developed in ancient Roman times achieving importance, in part, as a religious and spiritual centre. It continues that role into the present with its association with the birth and life of Saint Francis (1182-1226) and development of the Franciscan Order since the 13th century". (Official description)