Famous Love Stories



World Heritage Sites connected to 'Famous Love Stories':

  • Anuradhapura Story of Prince Saliya and his lowcast lover, Asokamala.
  • Cyrene allegedly built by Anthony for Cleopatra
  • Fort and Shalamar Gardens Lahore Fort for love of Prince Saleem and Anarkali
  • Great Wall Meng Jiangnu cried for 3 days 3 nights for her husband's body, until the Great Wall of China collapsed
  • Imperial Palace The story of Emperor Qianlong and Xiang Fei, the fragrant concubine, took place in Beijing Imperial Palace
  • Istanbul Topkapi Palace in Istanbul for Suleyman the magnificent and Roxolana
  • Monastery of Alcobaca King Pedro I and Ines de Castro
  • Mudejar Architecture of Aragon Teruel: Diego de Marcilla and Isabel Segura
  • Old City of Jerusalem Solomon and Queen of Sheba, David and Bathsheba
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine Napoleon and Josephine
  • Persepolis Ahaseurus and Esther
  • Site of Carthage Dido and Aeneas
  • Taj Mahal Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
  • Troy Helen and Paris
  • Venice and its Lagoon Casanova
  • Verona Romeo and Juliet
  • Villa Adriana (Tivoli) Emperor Hadrian and his gay lover Antinous (in 1998 the remains of the monumental tomb of Antinous, or a temple to him, were discovered at Villa Adriana)
  • West Lake Lady White Snake and Xu Xian (story based in Hangzhou and the lake, met on Broken Bridge on the lake, Lady imprisoned under Leifeng Pagoda, etc).