Notable minarets

Connected Sites: 16

WHS that include a minaret that is remarkable for its age, size (>50m) or otherwise. Reason must be given.

Connected Sites

  • Kairouan
    Kairouan
    Tunisia
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.03
    146
    4
    The massive minaret of the Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia is the oldest standing minaret. Its construction began during the first third of the 8th century and was completed in 836 CE (wiki)
  • Qutb Minar
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.45
    209
    6
    72.5m high, and also the tallest brick minaret in the world (wiki)
  • Medina of Marrakesh
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.73
    335
    11
    Koutoubia minaret, 77m high
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Aleppo
    Aleppo
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.53
    68
    5
    Great Mosque of Aleppo: it has a Seljuk minaret which was completed in 1090
  • Yazd
    Yazd
    Iran
    Inscribed: 2017
    3.59
    92
    3
    The Jame mosque is crowned by a pair of minarets, the highest in Iran
  • Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
    Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
    Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.44
    85
    6
    Vobkent Minaret
  • Selimiye Mosque
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.47
    115
    4
    with its four soaring minarets it dominates the city skyline (OUV)
  • Kunya-Urgench
    Kunya-Urgench
    Turkmenistan
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.56
    48
    4
    Kutlug-Timur Minaret, 60m high
  • Kasbah of Algiers
    Inscribed: 1992
    2.52
    56
    4
    The minaret of the Djamaa el Djedid mosque is 25 metres high and has a a clock integrated in it. The clock was integrated into the minaret by the French architect Bournichon and was originally part of the Jenina Palace. (Wiki)
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.37
    485
    12
    Süleymaniye Mosque - 72m
  • Damascus
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.89
    77
    5
    Umayyad Mosque: the Minaret of Jesus (Madhanat Isa), located on the eastern corner of the mosque complex, is around 77 meters in height (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Bolgar
    Bolgar
    Russia
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.26
    34
    5
    The minaret of this former mosque collapsed in 1841 but was reconstructed in the year 2000 on the basis of historical drawings made on site in 1827. The new minaret was reerected on its original foundations and integrates historic stones, which belonged to the original minaret. (AB ev)
  • Agadez
    Agadez
    Niger
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.96
    10
    2
    a lofty minaret made entirely of mudbrick (AB ev)
  • Samarra
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.02
    27
    5
    its minaret, the Malwiya Tower, is a vast spiralling cone 52 meters high and 33 meters wide with a spiral ramp (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
    Inscribed: 1980
    2.17
    22
    3
    The minaret of the Al'Qal'Qh, 25 meters high, is the prototype of the three-tiered minaret composition which may be seen, notably at the Giralda of Sevilla. It is the oldest in Algeria after that of Sidi Boumerouane. (AB ev)
  • Minaret of Jam
    Minaret of Jam
    Afghanistan
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.91
    7
    1
    65m high