Domes

Connected Sites: 76

Significant domed buildings

Connected Sites

  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.57
    935
    13
    Pantheon - 43.4m Unreinforced Concrete - Largest Dome In World Between 128-1881
  • Centennial Hall
    Inscribed: 2006
    2.42
    236
    7
    65m Reinforced Concrete. Largest Dome In World Between 1913-30
  • Vatican City
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.30
    833
    9
    St Peter's Basilica - 42.3m 1593
  • Mycenae and Tiryns
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.51
    296
    10
    Mycenae, Treasury Of Atreus - 14.6m 1300 Bc
  • Soltaniyeh
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.74
    42
    3
    Mausoleum Of Il-Khan Öljeitü Or Dome Of Soltaniyeh
  • El Escurial
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.36
    330
    13
  • Sanchi
    Sanchi
    India
    Inscribed: 1989
    3.53
    65
    5
    Great Stupa
  • Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.14
    32
    4
    Several Of The Tombs
  • Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.32
    170
    10
    Seokguram Grotto - "The Basic Layout Consists Of A Rectangular Antechamber, A Main Rotunda, And A Corridor Connecting The Two. This Is An Unprecedented Construction Technique By Which A Domed Ceiling For The Main Rotunda And An Entrance Corridor Were Created With More Than 360 Stone Slabs." - Ab Document
  • Hospicio Cabañas
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.50
    103
    7
    Dome Of The Chapel
  • St. Petersburg
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.22
    358
    9
    St. Isaac's Cathedral, Built 1842, With A Cast Iron Dome Nearly 26 Meters Wide.
  • Aachen Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.73
    434
    18
    Domed Octagon Design
  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.51
    834
    18
    Five Domes Of The St. Mark's Basilica
  • Tombs of Buganda Kings
    Inscribed: 2001
    1.94
    44
    6
    Muzibu Azaala Mpanga
  • Masjed-e Jâme'
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.22
    116
    3
    Two Extraordinary Domes (Ab Ev)
  • Bagerhat
    Bagerhat
    Bangladesh
    Inscribed: 1985
    2.20
    37
    3
    Has Nearly Sixty Big Domes
  • Petäjävesi Old Church
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.90
    99
    4
    Octagonal Dome
  • Würzburg Residence
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.41
    331
    15
    Stair-House
  • Studley Royal Park
    Studley Royal Park
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.10
    178
    8
    St. Mary's Church Has An Inner Dome
  • Karlskrona
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.14
    138
    6
    Trinity Church Includes A Domed Rotunda (Wiki)
  • Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.12
    159
    11
    Gracanica Is A Five-Dome Building
  • Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.95
    104
    5
    New Cathedral Has 3 Blue Domes
  • Wachau Cultural Landscape
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.37
    278
    12
    Melk Abbey: Great Dome
  • Medina of Sousse
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.84
    193
    5
    • One Notable Structural Feature Is The Small Freestone Dome Located Above The Entrance Porch. The Circular Dome Rises From An Octagonal Base Supported By Squinches. This Dome Is The Oldest Of Its Kind In Existence, And A Precursor To The Dome Of The Nearby Great Mosque Of Kairouan (Archnet)
    See Www.Archnet.Org
  • Medina of Tunis
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.05
    229
    3
    Tourbet El Bey: "The Building Is Topped With Domes, The Main Ones Covered With Green Tortoiseshell-Shaped Tiles, And The Facades Are Of Ochre Sandstone, Decorated At Regular Intervals By Pilasters And Italian-Style Entablatures In Light-Coloured Stone."
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Santiago de Compostela
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.55
    301
    7
    The "Dome Above The Crossing Contains The Pulley Mechanism To Swing The "Botafumeiro", Which Is A Famous Thurible Found In" The Santiago De Compostela Cathedral.
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.80
    672
    14
    Domes Of The Cathedral And The Baptistry
  • Siena
    Siena
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.07
    510
    10
    Siena Cathedral: "The Dome Rises From A Hexagonal Base With Supporting Columns. The Dome Was Completed In 1264." (Wiki)
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Ravenna
    Ravenna
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1996
    4.15
    349
    8
    The Domes Of The Mausoleum Of Galla Placidia, The Neonian Baptistry, The Arian Baptistry, The Basilica Of San Vitale (Ab Ev)
  • Val di Noto
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.37
    250
    11
    Catania Cathedral, And Badia Di Sant'agata (Catania), Ragusa Cathedral, Cathedral Of San Giorgio And Santa Maria Dell'itria (Ragusa)
  • Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.69
    33
    4
    "Characteristics Of These Buildings, Produced By The Pskov School Of Architecture, Include Cubic Volumes, Domes, Porches And Belfries" (Unesco Description)
  • Champaner-Pavagadh
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.84
    49
    3
    "Tomb Structures Are Almost All Square In Plan, With A Dome Resting On Columns. They Are Highly Decorated And Often Linked To A Mosque." (Ab Ev)
  • Champagne
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.15
    271
    9
    The Bell Tower Of The Abbey Church Of Hautvillers Is Crowned By A Square Slate Dome Surmounted By Two Campaniles. (Nomination File, P. 75)
  • Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.77
    177
    9
    Central Dome Of The Church
    See Upload.Wikimedia.Org
  • Vienna
    Vienna
    Austria
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.03
    818
    20
    Karlskirche, Secession
  • Valletta
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.76
    496
    10
    Our Lady's Of The Carmel Church
  • The trulli of Alberobello
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.40
    274
    7
    Domed Houses
  • Thessalonika
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.98
    315
    9
    Rotunda
  • Taj Mahal
    Inscribed: 1983
    4.24
    351
    7
    White Marble Dome
  • Selimiye Mosque
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.50
    143
    4
    Single Great Dome
  • Sceilg Mhichíl
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.79
    100
    8
    Domed Houses
  • Sassanid Archaeological Landscape
    Inscribed: 2018
    3.12
    27
    2
    Sarvestan Palace Among Others
  • Salzburg
    Salzburg
    Austria
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.75
    608
    17
    Central Dome Of The Cathedral
  • Royal Exhibition Building
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.31
    180
    13
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.83
    380
    14
    Saint-Etienne De Cahors (Nomination File, P. 6) - Périgueux Cathedral, Domed Apse Of The Church Of Saint-Sever Abbey, Cathédrale Notre-Dame Du Puy-En-Velay, Prieuré Notre-Dame De La Charité-Sur-Loire, Abbey Church Of Sainte-Foy (Nomination File)
    See Fr.Wikipedia.Org
  • Poblet Monastery
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.04
    182
    8
    The Gothic Dome Of The Abbey Church.
    See Es.Wikipedia.Org
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    963
    20
    Les Invalides, Église Notre-Dame-De-L'Assomption De Paris
  • Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.94
    277
    12
    Cathedral Of Padua And The Basilica Of Saint Anthony Of Padua
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.37
    371
    12
    Dome Of The Rock- 20.37m Ad 691
  • Nubian Monuments
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.22
    274
    12
    The Concrete Dome Of The Reconstructed Temples
  • Nice
    Nice
    France
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.80
    406
    5
    The Orthodox Church Of Saint Nicholas And Saint Alexandra Is Topped By A Dome With Eight Oculi. The Orthodox Cathedral Of Saint-Nicholas Is Also Topped By Onion Domes. Other Buildings Also Feature Domes, E.G. Palais Lamartine, Grand Hôtel De Noailles, Hôtel Atlantic, Palais Martin, Hôtel Negresco. (Nomination File, P. 70, 94, 95, 109, 127, 128, 175)
  • Monticello
    Monticello
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.22
    214
    12
  • Mexico City and Xochimilco
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.83
    375
    8
    The Following Is A List Of The Most Important Domes In The Historic Centre. Examples: • Palacio De Bellas Artes: By Architect Ádamo Boari, At Juárez Av. S/N. • Church And Fmr. Convent Of San Francisco: At Francisco I. Madero #7. • Catedral Metropolitana De La Asunción De La Virgen Maria: Neoclassical Dome. At Plaza De La Constitución S/N. • La Profesa, Oratory Of San Felipe Neri: At Isabel La Católica 21. Concluded In Neoclassical Style By Manuel Tolsá. • Temple And Fmr. Convent Of The Carmen: At República De Nicaragua S/N. • Church Of Santo Domingo: Belisario Rodríguez S/N. • Church Of Santa Teresa La Antigua: Above Capilla Del Cristo. At Licenciado Verdad 8. • Church And Convent Of Jesús María: At Jesús María 39. • Church Of San Lorenzo Diácono Y Mártir: At Belisario Domínguez 28. • Church Of The Inmaculada Concepción: At Belisario Domínguez 3. • Temple And Fmr. Convent Of Santa Inés: At Moneda 26. • Church Of Nuestra Señora De Loreto: At San Ildefonso 80. • Church Of San Bernardo: At 20 De Noviembre 33. • Fmr. Temple Of San Agustín: At República De El Salvador 76. • Palacio De La Autonomía De La Unam: At Primo De Verdad 2.
    See Mxcity.Mx
  • Longobards in Italy
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.81
    265
    14
    The Dome Of The Church Of Santa Sophia In Benevento (Nomination File, P. 201)
    See Commons.Wikimedia.Org
  • Kremlin and Red Square
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.03
    348
    8
    St. Basil Cathedral's Colurful Domes And Golden Domes Inside Kremlin
  • Kraków
    Kraków
    Poland
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.04
    582
    19
    "The Spread Of The Renaissance Style Dome Outside Of Italy Began With Central Europe. Although There Was Often A Stylistic Delay Of A Century Or Two, Poland Has A Number Of Important Examples, Such As The Polish Sigismund's Chapel In Kraków (1517–1533)." (Wiki)
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Kizhi Pogost
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.58
    51
    5
    The 22-Domed Transfiguration Church
  • Kasbah of Algiers
    Inscribed: 1992
    2.52
    64
    4
    Several Of The Mosques In The Kasbah, Like The Djamaa El Djedid And The Ketchaoua Mosque, Have Domes.
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.37
    669
    12
    31.5m. Worlds 1st "Pendentive Dome" Ad 543
  • Humayun's Tomb
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.35
    270
    8
  • Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.28
    511
    16
    The Dome Of 1st Class Establishment In Vichy
  • Genbaku Dome
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.16
    249
    20
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    806
    15
    Santa Maria Del Fiore 42/5m - Europe's 1st Double Dome 1436
  • Ferapontov Monastery
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.03
    33
    3
    The Cathedral Of The Nativity Of The Virgin "Is A Three-Aisled Structure Surmounted By A Dome". (Ab Ev)
  • Fasil Ghebbi
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.13
    68
    3
    Castle Has Egg-Shaped Domed Roof
  • Church of Atlántida
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.54
    39
    3
    The Baptistery Is An Underground Construction Covered By A Spherical Dome Of Reinforced Brick. On The Top Of The Dome A Cylindrical Skylight Lets The Natural Light Fall On The Baptismal Font. (Ab Ev)
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.99
    167
    10
    Octagonal Central Dome
  • Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu
    Inscribed: 2024
    2.14
    48
    5
    The Domes Of The Church Of The Holy Apostles Peter And Paul (Nomination File, P. 15-16)
  • Boyana Church
    Inscribed: 1979
    2.90
    242
    8
    "The Oldest Boyana Church, The So-Called East Or First Church, Was Designed And Used As A Chapel. It Had A Typical Greek Cross Plan With A Dome, And A Concealed Internal Cross Without Free-Standing Support And Without A Narthex."
  • Belfries
    Belfries
    Belgium, France
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.95
    559
    17
    The Belfries Of Amiens, Cambrai And Gravelines Are Topped By A Dome.
  • Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.75
    96
    10
    Beehive Tombs
  • Bahá’i Holy Places
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.68
    209
    9
    Golden Dome In Haifa
  • Assisi
    Assisi
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.75
    329
    8
    The Dome Of The Basilica Of Santa Maria Degli Angeli (Nomination File, P. 6, 44)
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.56
    177
    6
  • Divrigi
    Divrigi
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1985
    2.88
    52
    6
  • Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.39
    76
    4