Goddesses

Sites with close links to a "Goddess"

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Goddesses':

  • Acropolis Parthenon built to worship Athena
  • Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis Temple Precinct of Mut at Karnak ; link
  • Archaeological Site of Delphi Sanctuary of Athena Acropolis - also Temple of Athena Nike
  • Baalbek Temple of Venus; link
  • Butrint Goddess of Butrint
  • Champaner-Pavagadh "The traditional Hindu explanation for the (Pavagardh) hill is that it was formed from the toe of the goddess Sati, a previous incarnation of Kali. Sati, the faithful consort of Shiva, was angry when her father slighted her husband, and in protest, killed herself. To prevent the mourning Shiva from going mad with grief, Vishnu cut up Sati’s body, the parts of which fell to earth."
  • Cilento and Vallo di Diano Paestum: Temple of Hera and Temple of Athena
  • Gamzigrad-Romuliana Includes a temple to the cult goddess Kibela or Cybele; link
  • Ibiza The shrine at Es Cuieram (Es Culleram) is one of the most important sites on Ibiza dedicated to the Phoenician Goddess Tanit.
  • Itsukushima Shrine For Shinto goddesses of the sea
  • Kandy Devale (shrine) of Goddess Pattini
  • Kathmandu Valley Kumari the "Living Goddess"
  • Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape Temple of Diana
  • Macao Ama Temple for Goddess of the Sea
  • Melaka and George Town Kuan Yin Teng, or Temple of the Goddess of Mercy, is one of the most important temples in Georgetown, Penang
  • Mount Taishan Azure Cloud Temple is dedicated to the daughter of the God of Mount Tai, the goddess Laomu.
  • Mount Wutai Mount Wutai's Jinge Temple housing 32 armed goddess of mercy
  • Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers Nanda Devi National Park is named after Nanda Goddess, a manifestation of Goddess Parvati
  • Nubian Monuments Philae sanctuary for Isis
  • Olympia Heraion for Hera is the place where the torch of Olympic flame is lit
  • Osun-Osogbo Goddess of fertility Osun
  • Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau sculptures of the Muses
  • Paphos Aphrodite: Aphrodite's Sanctuary & Aphrodite's Sacred City are part of the WHS
  • Ping Yao Goddress of Mercy Hall at Shuaglin Temple, Pingyao
  • Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands Portovenere - Venus' Port
  • Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos The Heraion was a sanctuary for Hera
  • Statue of Liberty Libertas, Goddess of Freedom
  • Teotihuacan Great Goddess of Teotihuaca
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley Niederwalddenkmal at Ruedesheim
  • Wachau Cultural Landscape Venus of Willendorf
  • Xanthos-Letoon Sanctuary to Leto