Queens and Empresses

Connected Sites: 24

WHS significantly connected with a Queen or Empresss "Regnant" (ie. a monarch reigning in her own right as opposed to a Queen "Consort" or "Dowager"- see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_queens_regnant ), and where there are physical remains directly connectable to the Queen. (Excluding sites solely connected as a "dynastic burial place" containing the tomb of the queen among others which has its own connection)

Connected Sites

  • Schönbrunn
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.50
    506
    14
    Maria Theresa (1717-80). "Originally built by Leopold I but "Austria's treasury, drained by the cost of wars, would not support the ambitious undertaking; and the original plans were never carried out. When Maria Theresa became empress, she changed the original plans; and Schönbrunn looks today much as she conceived it. Done in "Maria Theresa ochre," with delicate rococo...."
  • St. Petersburg
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.19
    267
    9
    Catherine Palace, built by Empress Elizabeth (1741 - 1762) and Empress Catherine II the Great (1762 - 1796).
  • Edinburgh
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.00
    471
    17
    Mary I of Scotland gave birth to her son James in the Royal Palace within Edinburgh Castle.
    See www.edinburghcastle.gov.uk
  • Blenheim Palace
    Blenheim Palace
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.06
    231
    12
    The palace was built by the decision of Queen Anne who want to honour Duke of Marlborough with a great palace.
  • Budapest
    Budapest
    Hungary
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.88
    545
    15
    Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa built the Buda Castle as the symbol of peace and friendship between the dynasty and the Magyar.
  • Palmyra
    Palmyra
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.98
    65
    3
    Queen Zenobia (240 - c270) of Palmyra. There is an inscription, "the illustrious consul our lord" at Palmyra, dedicated to Odaenathus by Zenobia
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Odesa
    Odesa
    Ukraine
    Inscribed: 2023
    3.17
    64
    2
    Catherine II: "The city was founded in 1794 by a strategic decision of the Empress Catherine II to build a warm-water port following the conclusion of the Russo-Turkish war of 1787-1792." (Official description)
  • Westminster
    Westminster
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.61
    631
    16
    Queen Victoria laid a foundation of the parliamentary archive tower which later named Victoria Tower after her.
  • Aksum
    Aksum
    Ethiopia
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.22
    52
    6
    Queen of Sheba's Palace
    See www.lonelyplanet.com
  • Toledo
    Toledo
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.96
    332
    13
    Isabel I of Castille: monastery of San Juan de Toledo was under the direct patronage of the Queen. It's one of the most important buildings in the isabelline style, which was named after the Queen. It was meant at the time to serve as Royal mausoleum.
  • Tikal National Park
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.46
    168
    6
    Lady of Tikal (Maya queen) described on several of its stelae
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Segovia
    Segovia
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.85
    266
    16
    Isabel I of Castille (Queen regnant of the kingdom of Castille) was proclaimed Queen in the city and spent much of her life in the city in the Alcázar.
  • Prague
    Prague
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.28
    585
    16
    Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa rebuilt the Prague Castle in Baroque, its current state
  • Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.91
    324
    6
    Isabella II (1830-1904) had a profound effect on the property. She promoted the planting of "shade" and orchard trees in the Retiro
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Longmen Grottoes
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.88
    99
    7
    Empress Wu Zetian (690 - 705) donated money to built Fengxian Temple
  • Kremlin and Red Square
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.02
    253
    8
    Catherine the Great (1729-96). "Empress Catherine the Great had been a frequent guest in Moscow at the time when the city, neglected by past monarchs, did not have enough state offices. She ordered the construction of a building to house the Moscow branches of the Governing Senate, namely the national judiciary administration and the seat of elected administration for the Moscow region... on a large triangular property in the north-east of the Moscow Kremlin, " (Wiki)
  • Kew Gardens
    Kew Gardens
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.24
    336
    18
    Queen Victoria added part of Kew Green to the Gardens to make a grand entrance for the public (Decimus Burton's Main Gate)
    See www.kew.org
  • Gyeongju
    Gyeongju
    Republic of Korea
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.30
    145
    14
    Queen Seondeok (606 - 647) built the Star-Gazing Tower or Cheomseongdae
  • Blue and John Crow Mountains
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.59
    41
    3
    Queen Nanny - "associated with Maroon oral tradition about Queen Nanny and the Maroons." (AB ev) and "Queen Nanny, Granny Nanny, or Nanny of the Maroons ONH (c. 1686 – c. 1760), was an 18th-century leader of the Jamaican Maroons." (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Baekje Historic Areas
    Baekje Historic Areas
    Republic of Korea
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.42
    73
    8
    Queen Seonhwa and the origin of Mireuksa Temple, “The discovery of a record of the offerings alongside the sarira reliquaries confirmed that the Mireuksa Temple was established in the in 639 CE during the reign of King Mu by the Queen’s wish as part of her efforts to invoke Buddha’s favor.” - Nomination File
  • Ancient Thebes
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.38
    256
    11
    Queen Hapsetshut (1508-1458BC) 5th Pharaoh of 18th dynasty. Several Buildings initiated by her - The red chapel of Hatshepsut in Karnak and the Deir el-Bahari Temple
  • Ancient Kingdom of Saba
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.73
    3
    1
    "mythical land of the legendary Queen of Sheba, known locally as Bilqis ... The tangible associations to Bilqis in the temples of Awām and Bar’ān may therefore be more of a mythical projection, referring to an idealised kingdom as a place of origin of Queen Sheba/Bilqis rather than the Kingdom of Saba in particular." (AB ev)
  • Ambohimanga
    Ambohimanga
    Madagascar
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.54
    43
    4
    Queen Ranavalona II (1829 -83) "The Two Pavilions of Queen Ranavalona II The two ornate palace buildings constructed within the compound were built of rosewood in 1871. The first and larger of the two features a room for receiving visitors and a large salon on the ground floor, and the bedroom of Queen Ranavalona II on the second floor. " (Wiki)
  • Tipasa
    Tipasa
    Algeria
    Inscribed: 1982
    2.88
    47
    3
    Royal Mausoleum of Mauritania holds the tomb of Cleopatra Selene II
    See en.wikipedia.org