Gothic

Connected Sites: 92

Definition
WHS that include buildings in the Gothic architectural style.

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Connected Sites

  • Bourges Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.43
    151
    9
  • Reims
    Reims
    France
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.42
    296
    9
    "a masterpiece of Gothic art" (OUV)
  • Strasbourg
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.52
    398
    10
    Cathedral
  • Lübeck
    Lübeck
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.28
    278
    9
    Saint Mary's Church
  • Trier
    Trier
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.48
    324
    9
    Saint Mary's Church
  • Burgos Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.43
    194
    8
  • La Lonja de la Seda
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.71
    201
    7
  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.51
    615
    19
    Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari Church, Golden House and Doge's Palace
  • Siena
    Siena
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.05
    379
    10
    Cathedral and Public Palace
  • Brugge
    Brugge
    Belgium
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.97
    506
    21
    Cloth Hall and City Hall
  • Vilnius
    Vilnius
    Lithuania
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.46
    320
    10
    Saint Anne's Church
  • Torun
    Torun
    Poland
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.25
    193
    8
    Town Hall
  • Monastery of Alcobaça
    Inscribed: 1989
    3.20
    220
    11
  • Monastery of Batalha
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.44
    234
    11
  • Edinburgh
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.00
    475
    17
    Saint Giles' Cathedral
  • Split
    Split
    Croatia
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.53
    360
    11
    Papalic Palace, Town Hall
  • Albi
    Albi
    France
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.36
    172
    10
    The Cathedral
  • Sighisoara
    Sighisoara
    Romania
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.22
    213
    7
    two gothic churches
  • Wachau Cultural Landscape
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.37
    237
    12
    Piarist Church in Krems (one of the Wachau's main tourist attractions)
  • Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.98
    313
    12
    Vernazza: the church of St Margaret of Antioch is a typical example of Ligurian Gothic (AB ev); San Pietro in Portovenere
  • Mir Castle
    Mir Castle
    Belarus
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.27
    99
    8
    successive cultural influences (Gothic, Baroque, and Renaissance) (AB ev)
  • Petäjävesi Old Church
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.89
    92
    4
    Inspired by it: older forms derived from Gothic groined ceilings (AB ev)
  • Mont-Saint-Michel
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.17
    334
    17
    Abbey
  • Naples
    Naples
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.48
    437
    9
    San Lorenzo Maggiore, San Domenico Maggiore
  • Santiago de Compostela
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.56
    228
    7
    Convent and Church of San Domingos de Bonaval
    See www.santiagoturismo.com
  • Rhodes
    Rhodes
    Greece
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.61
    182
    7
    Rhodes is one of the most beautiful urban ensembles of the Gothic period. ... Contact with the traditions of the Dodecanese changed the forms of Gothic architecture (OUV)
  • Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.80
    500
    14
    The loggia, the top storey and the dome of the Baptistry are in the Gothic style as is the Camposanto's cloister.
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Urbino
    Urbino
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.27
    185
    8
    The former convent of Saint Augustine
    See it.wikipedia.org
  • Val di Noto
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.35
    208
    11
    anta Maria delle Scale in Ragusa: "While badly damaged in the 1693 earthquake, half of this church was rebuilt in Baroque style, while half retained the original Gothic style (including the three Catalan-style portals in the right aisle)." (Wikipedia)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Pienza
    Pienza
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.07
    193
    9
    "(...) 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)
  • Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.34
    239
    11
    13th century Church of San Lorenzo as an example of Lombard Gothic/Early Italian Gothic
  • Canterbury
    Canterbury
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.41
    315
    13
    The cathedral was largely rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174 (wiki)
    See libarchstor2.uah.edu
  • Champagne
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.16
    223
    9
    The old abbey church of the Abbey of Hautvillers is built in three different architectural styles: Romanesque, Gothic and flamboyant. (Nomination file, p. 75) + Church of Saint-Brice d'Ay
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.77
    148
    9
    The ensemble is an outstanding example of architecture of transition between the Gothic and the Baroque styles. (...) The chapels and the church portals are spanned by ribbed vaults with stucco decorations, inspired by late Gothic style. The influence of this period is also demonstrated by the presence of buttresses on the exterior walls and the pointed form of the windows and portals. (OUV)
  • Flemish Béguinages
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.76
    358
    13
    Saint Catherine Church in Tongeren; Church of Saint John the Baptist in Leuven; Saint Catherine Church in Diest. The church of the béguinage in Turnhout has both gothic and baroque elements. The oldest houses in the béguinage of Bruges. (Nomination file, p. 12-13, 18)
    See nl.wikipedia.org
  • Tallinn
    Tallinn
    Estonia
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.72
    372
    18
    Saint Olav's Church
  • Naumburg Cathedral
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.80
    159
    7
    The west choir with the famous donor portrait statues of the twelve cathedral founders (Stifterfiguren) and the Lettner, works of the Naumburg Master, is one of the most significant early Gothic monuments. (wiki)
  • Regensburg
    Regensburg
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2006
    3.07
    285
    9
    Cathedral
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.58
    666
    13
    Santa Maria sopra Minerva Church
  • Blenheim Palace
    Blenheim Palace
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.06
    233
    12
    High Lodge, Park Farm
  • Avignon
    Avignon
    France
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.63
    360
    9
    Palais des Papes
  • Alcala de Henares
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.58
    186
    10
    Cathedral
  • Cidade Velha
    Cidade Velha
    Cabo Verde
    Inscribed: 2009
    1.92
    53
    3
    Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Avila
    Avila
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.25
    207
    10
    Cathedral
  • Caceres
    Caceres
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.14
    150
    6
    Co-Cathedral among numerous other monuments
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Chartres Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.50
    269
    9
  • Aachen Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.74
    341
    18
    "The Gothic choir and a series of chapels that were added throughout the Middle Ages created the composite array of features that characterised the cathedral." (Official description)
  • Budapest
    Budapest
    Hungary
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.88
    548
    15
    Matthias Church
  • Westminster
    Westminster
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.61
    635
    16
    Abbey
  • Seville
    Seville
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.99
    421
    12
    Cathedral
  • Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.97
    97
    10
    Entry tower
  • Quedlinburg
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.25
    212
    9
    Town Hall
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Kutna Hora
    Kutna Hora
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.34
    257
    14
    Saint Barbara's Church and Our Lady's Cathedral
  • Dubrovnik
    Dubrovnik
    Croatia
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.08
    388
    15
    Dubrovnik managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains (Unesco website)
  • Crac des Chevaliers
    Inscribed: 2006
    3.75
    66
    4
    "The buildings in the inner ward were rebuilt by the Hospitallers in a Gothic style." (wiki)
  • Cologne Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.53
    485
    24
  • Belem
    Belem
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.43
    448
    14
  • Amiens Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.41
    227
    12
  • Wooden Churches of Maramures
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.50
    94
    6
    "interpretation of Gothic spirit in wood" (AB evaluation)
  • Vienna
    Vienna
    Austria
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.02
    593
    20
    Saint Stephen's Cathedral and Maria am Gestade Church
  • Val d'Orcia
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.23
    200
    11
    Several buildings have Gothic elements, e.g. in Montalcino, the Gothic arcades of the loggia of the Palazzo dei Priori, the Gothic portal of the church of S. Agostino and Gothic elements in the church of Sant'Egidio. In Monticchiello, the Gothic portal of the church of S. Leonardo and Cristoforo. (Nomination file, p. 79, 84, 104)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.67
    323
    12
    several churches, most famous of which are in Lorch and Oberwesel
  • Toledo
    Toledo
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.96
    334
    13
    Cathedral and Saint John's of the Kings Church
  • The Porticoes of Bologna
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.98
    298
    6
    Basilica di San Petronio
  • Syracuse
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.59
    247
    8
    "At the end of the 14th century, (...) the favourite architectural style" became "the Chiaramontana style, an original interpretation of the Gothic. The Palazzi Nava, Abela, Chiaramonte and Montalto, and the churches and monasteries of S.Benedetto, S.Francesco and S.Domenico are this period's contributions to the cityscape." (Nomination file, p. 59)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Spissky Hrad and Levoca
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.16
    162
    15
    Levoca's St James Church
  • São Luis
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.72
    37
    5
    Remédios Church (1719)
  • Salzburg
    Salzburg
    Austria
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.74
    452
    17
    Salzburg is rich in buildings from the Gothic period onwards (AB ev), for example the Burgher houses
  • Salamanca
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.55
    202
    10
    Cathedral
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.82
    304
    14
    Bazas Cathedral, Basilica of St. Michael in Bordeaux, Bordeaux Cathedral, Église Sainte-Quitterie d'Aire, Bayonne Cathedral, Oloron Cathedral, Basilique Notre-Dame de L'Épine, Notre-Dame-en-Vaux, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges Cathedral, Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Auch, choir and cloister of the Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Cahors, church Notre-Dame-du-Bourg in Rabastens, Church Saint-Jacques de Compiègne (Nomination file)
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Roskilde Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.80
    271
    8
    Scandinavia's first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick (AB ev)
  • Rammelsberg and Goslar
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.20
    207
    11
    Goslar: Walkenried monastery, Huldigungssaal at the town hall
  • Prague
    Prague
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.28
    588
    16
    Saint Vitus' Cathedral, Old Town Hall, Charles Bridge and T?n Church
  • Poblet Monastery
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.05
    157
    8
    The outer enclosure "contains the Gothic chapel of Sant Jordi, built in 1452." – "Mature Gothic forms dominate the great cloister." (OUV) - The south nave of the church and the dome are Gothic. The palace of King Martin the Human in the third enclosure is considered one of the jewels of civil Gothic art in Catalonia.
    See es.wikipedia.org
  • Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.91
    325
    6
    The Church of San Jerónimo el Real was built in the late Gothic style with Renaissance elements
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    683
    20
    Notre Dame Cathedral and Saint Chapelle
  • Paphos
    Paphos
    Cyprus
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.27
    221
    9
    “The Gothic hall in the east wing [of the Lusignan manor house] is considered to be one of the finest surviving monuments of Frankish profane architecture on the island.”
    See www.mcw.gov.cy
  • Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.93
    254
    12
    "the Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua (...) is characterised by a fusion of different styles: Romanesque, in features of its gabled façade; Gothic, in the floor plan of the ambulatory with its nine chapels; Byzantine, in the eight lead-sheeted cupolas and in the two slim bell-towers." (Nomination file, p. 112) – "in the decoration of the Oratory of St. George this model [of frescoes] is explored in a way that reflects the new style of International Gothic." (Nomination file, p. 136)
  • Maulbronn Monastery
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.13
    205
    11
    The construction of the church was "of fundamental importance for the dissemination of Gothic architecture over much of northern and central Europe."
  • Malbork Castle
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.61
    198
    8
  • Longobards in Italy
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.81
    228
    14
    Cividale: The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta "was definitively destroyed by another seismic disaster, in 1448. In 1451 it was decided that a new church should be built (...) in the gothic style". (Nomination file, p. 234)
  • Kraków
    Kraków
    Poland
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.02
    443
    19
    Saint Mary's Basilica
  • Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.28
    448
    16
    Baden-Baden: The abbey church of the Lichtenthal Abbey is in the Gothic style.
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Graz
    Graz
    Austria
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.97
    257
    10
    Schloss Eggenberg Court Chapel
  • Grand Place, Brussels
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.49
    557
    20
    Town Hall
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    590
    15
    Palazzo Vecchio, Cathedral and Holy Cross Basilica
  • Ferrara
    Ferrara
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.19
    233
    10
    "Different from the entirely Romanesque façades of Modena and Parma Cathedrals, the upper parts of that in Ferrara show Gothic forms, already beginning in with the peaked arches comprising the triple round arches of first gallery."
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Evora
    Evora
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.07
    243
    12
    Cathedral
  • City of Luxembourg
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.17
    444
    12
    The Notre-Dame Cathedral "is a noteworthy example of late gothic architecture".
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Belfries
    Belfries
    Belgium, France
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.93
    450
    17
    Arras, Antwerp, Bruges, Dunkerque (Saint-Éloi), Leuven, Mechelen, Nieuwpoort, Oudenaarde, Tongeren, Ypres, Zoutleeuw
  • Assisi
    Assisi
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.76
    250
    8
    Basilica of San Francesco: "(...) the upper building is conceived as a vast Gothic hall, to represent the life of the saint." "The lower basilica of San Francesco is entered through an exquisite Gothic portal" (AB Ev) Other Gothic buildings include the Basilica di Santa Chiara and the Sacro Convento.
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Schwerin Residence Ensemble
    Inscribed: 2024
    2.85
    119
    5
    Schwerin Cathedral - "one of the earliest large examples of Brick Gothic architecture" (wiki)