Renaissance
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Albi | "The superb houses built during the Renaissance bear witness to the vast fortunes amassed by the pastel merchants." (wiki) | |
| Alcala de Henares | University | |
| Angra do Heroismo | ||
| Banska Stiavnica | Renaissance Old and New Castles | |
| Burgos Cathedral | Golden Stairway | |
| Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik | ||
| Cesky Krumlov | Castle | |
| Cracow | Wawel Castle, Saint Sigismund's Chapel in the Cathedral, Cloth Hall | |
| Dubrovnik | Dubrovnik managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains (Unesco website) | |
| El Escurial | ||
| Evora | Renaissance fountain at Largo das Portas de Moura | |
| Ferrara | ||
| Florence | ||
| Fontainebleau | ||
| Fort Jesus | Described as Renaissance military architecture (AB ev) | |
| Genoa | Renaissance .. palaces (AB ev) | |
| Granada | Palace of Charles V | |
| Graz | Jesuit College (now priests' seminary), Eggenberg Castle (mix of late renaissance and baroque), mausoleum | |
| Heritage of Mercury | Idrija: The castle is an excellent example of massive Renaissance architecture (nom fil) | |
| Kremlin and Red Square | Archangel Cathedral, Palace of Facets | |
| Kronborg Castle | ||
| L'viv | Boim Chapel | |
| La Lonja de la Seda | Many of the decorations date from the Renaissance, including the gargoyles and one of the wooden ceilings | |
| Litomysl Castle | ||
| Loire Valley | Chambord Castle, Blois Castle, Amboise Castle | |
| Mantua and Sabbioneta | ||
| Maritime Greenwich | Queen's House | |
| Medici Villas and Gardens | ||
| Mir Castle | First Renaissance, later Baroque style | |
| Monastery of Batalha | the fine Renaissance tribune (1532) - wiki | |
| Naples | Santa Caterina a Formiello and the Monteoliveto complex (Sant'Anna dei Lombardi) | |
| Paris, Banks of the Seine | Louvre | |
| Petäjävesi Old Church | The circular design at the top of the dome derives from the classical opaion as interpreted in Renaissance architecture. (unesco website) | |
| Prague | Belveder Summer Residence | |
| Quito | Church of El Sagrario - The construction is of the Italian Renaissance style (wiki) | |
| Rome | ||
| Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy | ||
| Salamanca | University, New Cathedrale, Monterrey Palace, Archiebishop Fonseca's College, Saint Stephen's Convent | |
| San Pedro de la Roca Castle | Renaissance design | |
| Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca | Example of Renaissance urban planning | |
| Santa Maria delle Grazie | ||
| Santiago de Compostela | Hospital of the Catholic Kings | |
| Spissky Hrad and Levoca | Levoca | |
| Telc | ||
| Toledo | Holy Cross Hospital | |
| Upper Middle Rhine Valley | Hilchenhaus, Lorch | |
| Urbino | Ducal Palace | |
| Val d'Orcia | ||
| Valletta | Several examples of Renaissance art and architecture, such as the hospital and the Auberge de Provence | |
| Venice and its Lagoon | Marciana Library, Scuola Grande di San Marco | |
| Vicenza | ||
| Villa d'Este | ||
| Vilnius | Royal Palace, Radziwill Palace, Saint Michael's Church, Saint Stephen's Church | |
| Zamosc | ||
| Úbeda and Baeza |
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