Renaissance



World Heritage Sites connected to 'Renaissance':

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mir Castle First Renaissance, later Baroque style
  • Monastery of Batalha the fine Renaissance tribune (1532) – wiki
  • 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
  • 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 & Levoca Levoca
  • Telc
  • Toledo Holy Cross Hospital
  • Ubeda and Baeza
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley Hilchenhaus, Lorch; link
  • 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