Pilgrimage route

Connected Sites: 17

WHS that cover a pilgrimage ROUTE / ROAD / TRAIL

Connected Sites

  • Santiago de Compostela
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.56
    228
    7
    Part of old town area is covered the Camino de Compostela
  • Champaner-Pavagadh
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.84
    40
    3
    "Considered as the most important element of the place and the ‘soul of Champaner’ is the Patha, or pilgrims route. The city’s life and development were always closely linked with the pilgrim’s road. It climbs from the plateau to the top of Pavangadh hill, consisting of thousands of steps and all kinds of decorative and functional structures along it." (AB ev)
  • Central Highlands
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.09
    134
    7
    Adam's Peak
  • Bethlehem
    Bethlehem
    Palestine
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.15
    194
    9
  • Wixarika Route
    Inscribed: 2025
    6
    2
    "The route at the centre of this nomination is a sacred journey that Wixárika make annually from the Western Sierra Madre to Wirikuta, a key site in their cosmogony, where, according to their tradition, the sun was born and the world originated." (AB ev)
  • Yen Tu
    Yen Tu
    Viet Nam
    Inscribed: 2025
    1.87
    11
    2

    Yen Tu Mountain Pilgrimage Route, part of Hoa Yen Pagoda relic cluster
  • Val d'Orcia
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.23
    199
    11
    Via Francigena (Nomination file, p. 57-58)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • The Porticoes of Bologna
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.99
    297
    6
    Portico devotional di San Luca
    See comune.bologna.it
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.82
    302
    14
    Way of St. James
  • Route of Santiago de Compostela
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.41
    231
    8
    Way of St. James
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    275
    12
    Via Dolorosa
  • Mount Taishan
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.61
    71
    7
    Pilgrimage route to the peak
  • Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.66
    98
    6
    Pilgrimage route to the peak
  • Kii Mountain Range
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.57
    121
    7
    Three main pilgrimage routes: Omine Okugakemichi, Kumano Sankeimichi, Koyasan Choishmichi
  • Historic Jeddah
    Historic Jeddah
    Saudi Arabia
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.54
    74
    4
    "Historic Jeddah had a symbolic role as a gate to Makkah for Muslim pilgrims reaching Arabia by boat since the 7th century AH when the 3rd Caliph Othman ibn Affan made it the official port of Makkah." (Official description)
  • Fujisan
    Fujisan
    Japan
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.60
    204
    8
    Yoshida Ascending Route (see red line at link)
    See whc.unesco.org
  • Via Appia
    Inscribed: 2024
    3.19
    165
    4
    During the Middle Ages it was used by pilgrims who came to Rome to visit the grave of Saint Peter.