Ottoman Empire

Connected Sites: 30

The Ottoman Empire was a Turkish-ruled state spanning much of Southeastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (1299-1922). Connected sites must have visible remains from that era.

Connected Sites

  • Old City of Acre
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.24
    157
    6
    Ottoman walled town.
  • Safranbolu
    Safranbolu
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.04
    86
    3
    "it set a standard in public and domestic architecture that exercised a great influence on urban development over a large area of the Ottoman Empire" (OUV)
  • Medina of Tunis
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.05
    181
    3
    Several historic mosques date to this period, such as the Sidi Youssef Dey Mosque (1631), and houses of rich merchants.
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Rhodes
    Rhodes
    Greece
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.61
    180
    7
    After 1522 the island was a possession of the Ottoman Empire for nearly four centuries
  • As-Salt
    As-Salt
    Jordan
    Inscribed: 2021
    1.95
    61
    5
    As-Salt was a prominent frontier Ottoman trading centre between the mid-19th and early 20th centuries (AB ev)
  • Kairouan
    Kairouan
    Tunisia
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.03
    146
    4
    "The Ottomans safeguarded Kairouan as the place in which Islam gained its first foothold in the Maghreb."
    See funci.org
  • Budapest
    Budapest
    Hungary
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.88
    544
    15
    Kiraly, Racs, Rudas Baths
  • Hegra
    Hegra
    Saudi Arabia
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.89
    53
    9
    Ottoman Fort (built from 1744 to 1757 to protect the pilgrimage route to Mecca)
  • Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
    Inscribed: 2017
    3.13
    66
    5
    "During the long period of Ottoman rule (1517-1917), art and architecture were strongly influenced by Istanbul, capital of the Empire. The town expanded and extensions and additional floors were added to existing buildings" (AB ev)
  • Berat and Gjirokastra
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.54
    185
    7
    Well-preserved Ottoman town.
  • Aleppo
    Aleppo
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.53
    67
    5
    Ruled by Ottomans, remains of that era include Ahmadiyya Madrasa, Ahmad Pasha Khan, Adiliyya Mosque and other mosques and residences
  • Sardis and the Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe
    Inscribed: 2025
    2.90
    22
    3
    Sardis was part of the Ottoman Empire between the handover by the Byzantine Empire and its destruction by the Mongols
  • Zabid
    Zabid
    Yemen
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.34
    10
    2
  • Selimiye Mosque
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.47
    114
    4
    Example of Ottoman architecture in Edirne
  • Pergamon
    Pergamon
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.56
    141
    6
    The city fell to the Ottomans in 1345, then briefly to the Mongols under Timur before being taken again by the Ottomans under Murat II (1421-1451)(AB ev)
  • Paphos
    Paphos
    Cyprus
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.27
    219
    9
    The Lusignan manor house that now serves as the Palaipahos Museum, served as the centre of administration for the local Ottoman chiflik and aspects of the building date from this era.
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    274
    12
    "In 1516, Jerusalem was taken over by the Ottoman Empire along with all of Greater Syria and enjoyed a period of renewal and peace under Suleiman the Magnificent, including the construction of the walls, which define until today what is now known as the Old City of Jerusalem." (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Mostar
    Mostar
    Bosnia Herzegovina
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.51
    284
    14
    Chief administrative city for the Ottoman Empire in the Herzegovina region.
  • Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.36
    108
    8
    Example of Ottoman architecture and engineering
  • Kasbah of Algiers
    Inscribed: 1992
    2.52
    55
    4
    Ottoman influences
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.37
    484
    12
    Capital of the Ottoman Empire.
  • Historic Jeddah
    Historic Jeddah
    Saudi Arabia
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.54
    73
    4
    from 1517 to 1916
  • Historic Cairo
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.66
    298
    11
    Part of empire from 16th century until 1867. Visible remains for example in ornamentation at the Harem Palaces at the Citadel, Ibrahim Agha Mustahfizan House-Waqf e.a.
    See archnet.org
  • Erbil Citadel
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.51
    37
    4
    "The Citadel features a peculiar fan-like pattern, dating back to Erbil's late Ottoman phase" (AB ev)
  • Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.75
    72
    4
    In 1515, after taking Amid, the Ottoman Empire further developed trade, built new public (commercial, religious and cultural) structures and contributed to the renewal of the city. The Ottoman period extended until 1922. (AB ev)
  • Damascus
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.89
    76
    5
    Part of empire from 1517-1864. Visible remains for example in Fethiyye Madrasa, Ahmed Semsi Pasha Complex.
    See archnet.org
  • Bursa and Cumalikizik
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.20
    122
    8
    birthplace of the Ottoman Empire in the early 14th century, contains tomb of Orhan Ghazi, the founder of the Ottoman dynasty
  • Al-Ahsa Oasis
    Al-Ahsa Oasis
    Saudi Arabia
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.20
    42
    3
    Qasr Ibrahim in the city center of Al-Hofuf is the main architectural built heritage from the Ottoman period of Al-Hofuf (AB ev)
  • Zagori Cultural Landscape
    Inscribed: 2023
    3.24
    52
    5
    "The central squares also usually feature a church, a fountain or a cistern, and an amelikó built during Ottoman rule (mid-15th to early 19th centuries) to host visitors such as merchants and craftspeople" (AB ev)
  • Ohrid Region
    Ohrid Region
    Albania, North Macedonia
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.41
    204
    7
    "In the late 14th century Ohrid fell to the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans converted a number of churches and monasteries into mosques but tolerated the Ohrid Archiepiscopate"