Gothic
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Aachen Cathedral | "The Gothic choir and a series of chapels that were added throughout the Middle Ages created the composite array of features that characterised the cathedral." (Official description) | |
| Albi | The Cathedral | |
| Alcala de Henares | Cathedral | |
| Amiens Cathedral | ||
| Assisi | Basilica of San Francesco: "(...) the upper building is conceived as a vast Gothic hall, to represent the life of the saint." "The lower basilica of San Francesco is entered through an exquisite Gothic portal" (AB Ev) Other Gothic buildings include the Basilica di Santa Chiara and the Sacro Convento. | |
| Avignon | Palais des Papes | |
| Avila | Cathedral | |
| Belem | ||
| Belfries | Arras, Antwerp, Bruges, Dunkerque (Saint-Éloi), Leuven, Mechelen, Nieuwpoort, Oudenaarde, Tongeren, Ypres, Zoutleeuw | |
| Blenheim Palace | High Lodge, Park Farm | |
| Bourges Cathedral | ||
| Brugge | Cloth Hall and City Hall | |
| Budapest | Matthias Church | |
| Burgos Cathedral | ||
| Caceres | Co-Cathedral among numerous other monuments | |
| Chartres Cathedral | ||
| Cidade Velha | Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário | |
| City of Luxembourg | The Notre-Dame Cathedral "is a noteworthy example of late gothic architecture". | |
| Cologne Cathedral | ||
| Crac des Chevaliers | "The buildings in the inner ward were rebuilt by the Hospitallers in a Gothic style." (wiki) | |
| Dubrovnik | Dubrovnik managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains (Unesco website) | |
| Edinburgh | Saint Giles' Cathedral | |
| Evora | Cathedral | |
| Ferrara | "Different from the entirely Romanesque façades of Modena and Parma Cathedrals, the upper parts of that in Ferrara show Gothic forms, already beginning in with the peaked arches comprising the triple round arches of first gallery." | |
| Florence | Palazzo Vecchio, Cathedral and Holy Cross Basilica | |
| Grand Place, Brussels | Town Hall | |
| Graz | Schloss Eggenberg Court Chapel | |
| Great Spa Towns of Europe | Baden-Baden: The abbey church of the Lichtenthal Abbey is in the Gothic style. | |
| Kraków | Saint Mary's Basilica | |
| Kutna Hora | Saint Barbara's Church and Our Lady's Cathedral | |
| La Lonja de la Seda | ||
| Longobards in Italy | Cividale: The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta "was definitively destroyed by another seismic disaster, in 1448. In 1451 it was decided that a new church should be built (...) in the gothic style". (Nomination file, p. 234) | |
| Lübeck | Saint Mary's Church | |
| Malbork Castle | ||
| Maulbronn Monastery | The construction of the church was "of fundamental importance for the dissemination of Gothic architecture over much of northern and central Europe." | |
| Mir Castle | successive cultural influences (Gothic, Baroque, and Renaissance) (AB ev) | |
| Monastery of Alcobaça | ||
| Monastery of Batalha | ||
| Mont-Saint-Michel | Abbey | |
| Naples | San Lorenzo Maggiore, San Domenico Maggiore | |
| Naumburg Cathedral | The west choir with the famous donor portrait statues of the twelve cathedral founders (Stifterfiguren) and the Lettner, works of the Naumburg Master, is one of the most significant early Gothic monuments. (wiki) | |
| Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles | "the Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua (...) is characterised by a fusion of different styles: Romanesque, in features of its gabled façade; Gothic, in the floor plan of the ambulatory with its nine chapels; Byzantine, in the eight lead-sheeted cupolas and in the two slim bell-towers." (Nomination file, p. 112) – "in the decoration of the Oratory of St. George this model [of frescoes] is explored in a way that reflects the new style of International Gothic." (Nomination file, p. 136) | |
| Paphos | “The Gothic hall in the east wing [of the Lusignan manor house] is considered to be one of the finest surviving monuments of Frankish profane architecture on the island.” | |
| Paris, Banks of the Seine | Notre Dame Cathedral and Saint Chapelle | |
| Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro | The Church of San Jerónimo el Real was built in the late Gothic style with Renaissance elements | |
| Petäjävesi Old Church | Inspired by it: older forms derived from Gothic groined ceilings (AB ev) | |
| Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) | The loggia, the top storey and the dome of the Baptistry are in the Gothic style as is the Camposanto's cloister. | |
| Pienza | "(...) the interior of the Pienza Cathedral, typical of the late Gothic style of southern German churches while the exterior is pure Renaissance. The bell tower blends Gothic and Renaissance forms." (OUV) | |
| Poblet Monastery | The outer enclosure "contains the Gothic chapel of Sant Jordi, built in 1452." – "Mature Gothic forms dominate the great cloister." (OUV) - The south nave of the church and the dome are Gothic. The palace of King Martin the Human in the third enclosure is considered one of the jewels of civil Gothic art in Catalonia. | |
| Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands | Vernazza: the church of St Margaret of Antioch is a typical example of Ligurian Gothic (AB ev); San Pietro in Portovenere | |
| Prague | Saint Vitus' Cathedral, Old Town Hall, Charles Bridge and T?n Church | |
| Quedlinburg | Town Hall | |
| Rammelsberg and Goslar | Goslar: Walkenried monastery, Huldigungssaal at the town hall | |
| Regensburg | Cathedral | |
| Reims | "a masterpiece of Gothic art" (OUV) | |
| Rhodes | Rhodes is one of the most beautiful urban ensembles of the Gothic period. ... Contact with the traditions of the Dodecanese changed the forms of Gothic architecture (OUV) | |
| Rome | Santa Maria sopra Minerva Church | |
| Roskilde Cathedral | Scandinavia's first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick (AB ev) | |
| Saint-Savin sur Gartempe | Entry tower | |
| Salamanca | Cathedral | |
| Salzburg | Salzburg is rich in buildings from the Gothic period onwards (AB ev), for example the Burgher houses | |
| Santiago de Compostela | Convent and Church of San Domingos de Bonaval | |
| Schwerin Residence Ensemble | Schwerin Cathedral - "one of the earliest large examples of Brick Gothic architecture" (wiki) | |
| Seville | Cathedral | |
| Siena | Cathedral and Public Palace | |
| Sighisoara | two gothic churches | |
| Spissky Hrad and Levoca | Levoca's St James Church | |
| Split | Papalic Palace, Town Hall | |
| Strasbourg | Cathedral | |
| Syracuse | "At the end of the 14th century, (...) the favourite architectural style" became "the Chiaramontana style, an original interpretation of the Gothic. The Palazzi Nava, Abela, Chiaramonte and Montalto, and the churches and monasteries of S.Benedetto, S.Francesco and S.Domenico are this period's contributions to the cityscape." (Nomination file, p. 59) | |
| São Luis | Remédios Church (1719) | |
| Tallinn | Saint Olav's Church | |
| The Porticoes of Bologna | Basilica di San Petronio | |
| Toledo | Cathedral and Saint John's of the Kings Church | |
| Torun | Town Hall | |
| Trier | Saint Mary's Church | |
| Upper Middle Rhine Valley | several churches, most famous of which are in Lorch and Oberwesel | |
| Urbino | The former convent of Saint Augustine | |
| Val d'Orcia | Several buildings have Gothic elements, e.g. in Montalcino, the Gothic arcades of the loggia of the Palazzo dei Priori, the Gothic portal of the church of S. Agostino and Gothic elements in the church of Sant'Egidio. In Monticchiello, the Gothic portal of the church of S. Leonardo and Cristoforo. (Nomination file, p. 79, 84, 104) | |
| Val di Noto | anta Maria delle Scale in Ragusa: "While badly damaged in the 1693 earthquake, half of this church was rebuilt in Baroque style, while half retained the original Gothic style (including the three Catalan-style portals in the right aisle)." (Wikipedia) | |
| Venice and its Lagoon | Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari Church, Golden House and Doge's Palace | |
| Vicenza and the Palladian Villas | 13th century Church of San Lorenzo as an example of Lombard Gothic/Early Italian Gothic | |
| Vienna | Saint Stephen's Cathedral and Maria am Gestade Church | |
| Vilnius | Saint Anne's Church | |
| Wachau Cultural Landscape | Piarist Church in Krems (one of the Wachau's main tourist attractions) | |
| Westminster | Abbey | |
| Wooden Churches of Maramures | "interpretation of Gothic spirit in wood" (AB evaluation) |
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