Cultural sites closely connected to volcanoes

Connected Sites: 33

These cultural sites are characterized by the significant presence of a volcano in the central area or on the horizon. This volcanic presence contributes to the universal value of the property. Mixed sites are excluded.

Connected Sites

  • Arequipa
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.34
    170
    10
    at the foot of three snow-covered volcanoes, ... With its buildings built mostly in white or pink volcanic rock (sillar) (OUV statement)
  • Naples
    Naples
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.48
    435
    9
    "the outline of Mount Vesuvius in the background" (AB ev)
  • Pico Island
    Pico Island
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.34
    58
    4
    spectacular coastal setting of the viniculture landscape sits at the foothills of Pico Mountain, a volcano that dominates the topography of the island (AB ev)
  • Popocatepetl monasteries
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.76
    107
    10
    Popocatepetl volcano
  • Quito
    Quito
    Ecuador
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.34
    172
    8
    the city of Quito is spread along the slopes of the Pichincha Volcano (OUV statement)
  • Edinburgh
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.00
    471
    17
    Edinburgh Castle: The castle stands upon the plug of an extinct volcano, which is estimated to have risen about 350 million years ago during the lower Carboniferous period. The Castle Rock is the remains of a volcanic pipe, which cut through the surrounding sedimentary rock before cooling to form very hard dolerite, a type of basalt. (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • St. George, Bermuda
    St. George, Bermuda
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.68
    34
    4
    The city is built on a volcanic island.
    See www.nationalgeographic.com
  • Angra do Heroismo
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.06
    67
    6
    The historic centre of Angra, is located along the southern coast, encompassing the medieval city and fortified citadel that forms the volcanic cone of Monte Brasil. (wiki)
  • Joya de Ceren
    Joya de Ceren
    El Salvador
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.77
    57
    6
    The eruption of the Loma Caldera volcano caused 10 meters of pyroclastic debris to settle over the site (wiki)
  • Puebla
    Puebla
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.38
    156
    9
    At the foot of the Popocatepetl volcano
  • Thingvellir
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.50
    305
    8
    Þingvellir National Park is located in an active volcanic area
  • Ellora Caves
    Inscribed: 1983
    4.05
    90
    11
    Ellora occupies a relatively flat rocky region of the Western Ghats, where ancient volcanic activity had created multilayered basalt formations, known as the Deccan Traps. The volcanic activity that formed the west-facing cliff that houses the Ellora caves occurred during the Cretaceous period. (wiki)
  • Val di Noto
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.35
    207
    11
    "Catania could be affected by volcanic eruption from Mount Etna" (AB ev)
  • Yogyakarta
    Yogyakarta
    Indonesia
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.94
    171
    5
    "Yogyakarta is located in close proximity to the active volcano of Mount Merapi, which had its last major eruption in 2010, which created ash rain and flooding in the city" (ab ev)
  • Chief Roi Mata's Domain
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.16
    20
    5
    The traditions associated with Roi Mata are particularly rich in their portrait of the man and stories of the flight to Efate after the eruption of Kuwae volcano. (AB ev)
  • Marquesas Islands
    Inscribed: 2024
    3
    0
    "Except for Ua Pou, the islands are collapsed volcanos offering a landscape of imposing mountains rising from the sea" (AB ev)
  • Levuka
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.53
    28
    8
    Levuka Historical Port Town is set amongst coconut and mango trees along the beach front of Ovalau Island against the forested slopes of the island’s extinct volcano. (OUV statement)
  • Tierradentro
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.05
    41
    7
    hypogea—which were carved in the volcanic tuff below hilltops and mountain ridges (OUV statement)
  • Tequila
    Tequila
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 2006
    2.67
    88
    5
    foothills of the Tequila Volcano
  • Taputapuātea
    Inscribed: 2017
    3.00
    13
    2
    On a volcanic island
  • Takht-e Soleyman
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.20
    27
    4
    it contains a volcano and an artesian lake as essential elements of the site (Unesco website)
  • Ruins of León Viejo
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.21
    45
    5
    Overlooked and partially destroyed by Momotombo (1578)
  • Risco Caido
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.49
    58
    4
    Gran Canaria is of volcanic origin, "A second cycle of volcanic eruptions, known as the "Roque Nublo cycle", took place between 4.5 and 3.4 million years ago. ... Most of the inland peaks were formed by erosion from these materials. This period also started with fissural basalts, but ended with violent eruptions of pyroclastic flows." (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Rapa Nui
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.49
    110
    13
    Poike, Rano Kau and Terevaka volcanoes
  • Pompei
    Pompei
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1997
    4.38
    451
    8
    Eruption of Vesuvius on 24 August AD 79
  • Nan Madol
    Nan Madol
    Micronesia
    Inscribed: 2016
    3.53
    14
    7
    Carbon dating indicates that megalithic construction at Nan Madol began around 1180 AD when large basalt stones were taken from a volcanic plug on the opposite side of Pohnpei. (wiki)
  • Le Morne
    Le Morne
    Mauritius
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.57
    88
    6
    The mountain has a naturally dramatic form, its crumpled extinct volcano clashing brutally with the tranquillity of the low foothills and lagoons at its base (AB ev)
  • Göreme NP and Cappadocia
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.28
    229
    6
    Located on the central Anatolia plateau within a volcanic landscape sculpted by erosion (OUV statement)
  • Fujisan
    Fujisan
    Japan
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.60
    203
    8
    Fujisan is a solitary strato-volcano (OUV statement)
  • Frontiers of the Roman Empire
    Frontiers of the Roman Empire
    Germany, United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    2.81
    346
    20
    Whin Sill
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.20
    28
    3
    The property also includes Budj Bim, a Gunditjmara Ancestral Being and volcano that is the source of the lava flow on which the aquaculture system is constructed. (AB ev)
  • Bali Subak system
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.16
    210
    6
    Batur
  • Antigua Guatemala
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.71
    160
    10
    Three large volcanoes dominate the horizon around Antigua. The most commanding, to the south of the city, is the Volcán de Agua or "Volcano of Water", some 3,766 metres (12,356 ft) high. (wiki)