Congresses and Conferences

Connected Sites: 9

Sites of Congresses, Conferences or Conventions. The meeting must have been historically significant. The buildings/location must be known and within the WHS. Legislative Parliaments are excluded (see separate Connection). Where a Congress/Conference led to the signing of a Treaty at the same location it is "connected" with the more "famous" title.

Connected Sites

  • Vienna
    Vienna
    Austria
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.02
    592
    20
    Congress of Vienna (1814-1815): The main "offical" meetings/discussions took place in the Austrian State Chancellery on Ballhausplatz 2. "Today, this building serves as the Federal Chancellery of Austria, and one of its most famous halls is still named the Congress Hall (Kongresssaal) in commemoration of the historic event"
    See www.burghauptmannschaft.at
  • Québec
    Québec
    Canada
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.70
    219
    10
    "First Quebec Conference" (codenamed "QUADRANT") was a highly secret military conference held during WWII between the British, Canadian and US " held between Aug 17-24 1943at the Citadelle and at the Chateau Frontenac. The chief representatives were Churchill, Roosevelt and Mackenzie King. "Second Quebec Conference" - (codenamed "OCTAGON") was a high level military conference held at the Citadelle between Sept 12-16 1944. Participants as per the first conference
  • Potsdam
    Potsdam
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.52
    372
    10
    Schloss Cecilienhof -"Potsdam Conference" (1945) - Stalin, Churchill/Atlee and Truman to discuss the post WWII order. Led to the Potsdam Agreement and Potsdam Declaration.
  • Plečnik's Ljubljana
    Plečnik's Ljubljana
    Slovenia
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.98
    282
    7
    Congress Square "was used for ceremonial purposes during the post-Napoleonic Congress of Ljubljana, after which it was named."
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Paris, Banks of the Seine
    France
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    681
    20
    The Paris Peace Conference (1919) to end WWI (The various treaties - Versailles, Saint-Germain, Trianon etc were signed elsewhere as per their titles) was held in the Salon de l'Horloge at the French Foreign Ministry in the Quai d'Orsay.
    See www.diplomatie.gouv.fr
  • The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá
    The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá
    Panama
    Inscribed: 2025
    2.93
    156
    9
    Salon Bolivar - "Panama Congress" (1826) - organised by Bolivar in an attempt to promote pan-American unity
  • Kremlin and Red Square
    Kremlin and Red Square
    Russia
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.02
    254
    8
    4 conferences were held in Moscow during WWII :- Sep 41 (Stalin, Harriman, Beaverbook), Aug 42 (Stalin, Churchill, Harriman), Oct 43 (Molotov, Eden, Hull ) and Oct 44 (Stalin, Churchill, Eden, Molotov)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Independence Hall
    Independence Hall
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1979
    2.97
    333
    17
    "2nd Continental Congress" (1775-83). To manage the war effort (War of Independence)
  • Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.28
    442
    16
    "Baden bei Wien hosted side discussions from the Congress of Vienna from 1814-15." (Nomination File, p. 87) After the First World War, there were several conferences in Spa, e.g. in July 1918 at the Hôtel Britannique. The Château de la Fraineuse "was the site of the diplomatic Spa Conference in July 1920, which settled the question of the repairs owed by Germany." (Nomination File, p. 103)
    See en.wikipedia.org