Cave Temples or Churches
Built into natural caves with possible outside features and carving.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Budapest | Gellert Cave Chapel | |
| Cilento and Vallo di Diano | Grotta dell'Angelo | |
| Cliff of Bandiagara | Dwellings include altars, sanctuaries | |
| Göreme NP and Cappadocia | ||
| Island of Patmos | Cave of the Apocalypse | |
| Longmen Grottoes | ||
| Longobards in Italy | Saint Michael's grotto at Monte Sant'Angelo: "The cave comprised two cavities separated by a rock partition: a smaller one (...), where the Archangel purportedly left his footprints and where, at a later date, an altar was erected, known as the altar of the "Footprints". The larger of the two caves (...) was home to the altar upon which Michael is said to have lain his cloak, and a pitcher holding miraculous water (...)." "At a later date, the rock partition dividing the two caverns was demolished, thus creating a single large space". (Nomination file, p. 212, 215) | |
| Mogao Caves | ||
| Monastery of Geghard | ||
| Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha | Emeishan's Jiulao Cave of Xianfeng Temple | |
| Mount Wutai | Shancai and Shangshancai cave temples | |
| Ohrid Region | Struga | |
| Paphos | Agia Solomoni | |
| Petra | ||
| Qadisha Valley | ||
| Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple | ||
| Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo | ||
| Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple | Seokguram Grotto | |
| Si Thep | Khao Thamorrat Cave is adorned with ancient buddhas. | |
| Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor | Bin, Maijishan, Kizil and more | |
| Skocjan Caves | A valuable archaeological find in Fly Cave (Slovene: Mušja jama) indicates the influence of Greek civilization, where a cave temple was located after the end of the Bronze Age and in the Iron Age (wiki) | |
| Sulaiman-Too |
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