Boats

Connected Sites: 18

WHS that contain historic boats, or specific types of boats. Regular ferries etc. are excluded.

Connected Sites

  • St. Petersburg
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.19
    267
    9
    Aurora (mentioned in the inscription docs)
  • Summer Palace
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.90
    294
    9
    Marble boat
  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.52
    610
    19
    Gondolas
  • Villa d'Este
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.27
    244
    9
    At the Rometta Fountain: in a small pool floats a boat with a mast in the shape of an obelisk, illustrating the Tiber island (AB ev)
    See www.tibursuperbum.it
  • Aranjuez
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.62
    176
    11
    All royal pleasure boats are kept in Museo de Faluas, part of Royal Palace
  • Banc d'Arguin
    Banc d'Arguin
    Mauritania
    Inscribed: 1989
    2.32
    15
    2
    French frigate Méduse (1810) struck the Bank of Arguin and became a total loss
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Fortress of Suomenlinna
    Inscribed: 1991
    2.91
    293
    7
    Vesikko Submarine
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Desembarco del Granma National Park
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.89
    20
    4
    Named after a Boat. The "Granma" was the name of the boat which Castro et al travelled in
  • Rjukan / Notodden
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.43
    78
    6
    Railway steam ferries, now at Railway museum at Vemork
    See english.nia.eyego.no
  • Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.58
    43
    6
    San Juan is among many other sunken ships that have been recovered
  • Pyramids (Memphis)
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.51
    314
    12
    The Royal Barge (now moved to a museum next to the Pyramids)
  • Potsdam
    Potsdam
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.52
    371
    10
    Royal Louise of 1832
  • Oporto
    Oporto
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.87
    381
    11
    Rabelo boat: "a traditional Portuguese wooden cargo boat that was used for centuries to transport people and goods along the Douro River."
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Mexico City and Xochimilco
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.84
    274
    8
    Xochimilco - "These canals, along with artificial islands called chinampas attract tourists and other city residents to ride on colorful gondola like boats called 'trajineras' around the 170 km (110 mi) of canals" (wiki)
  • Maritime Greenwich
    Maritime Greenwich
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.14
    410
    10
    Cutty Sark (mentioned in the inscription)
  • Luang Prabang
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.65
    191
    5
    All major temples in the old town have their own long boats for annual boat racing festival
  • Hallstatt-Dachstein
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.61
    244
    16
    Plätte
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Alto Douro
    Alto Douro
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.25
    211
    11
    Rabelo boat: "a traditional Portuguese wooden cargo boat that was used for centuries to transport people and goods along the Douro River."
    See en.wikipedia.org