Renaissance

Connected Sites: 73

WHS that include buildings built in the Renaissance style, or structures with Renaissance elements.

Connected Sites

  • Urbino
    Urbino
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.27
    185
    8
    Ducal Palace
  • Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.34
    239
    11
  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.52
    611
    19
    Marciana Library, Scuola Grande di San Marco
  • Litomysl Castle
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.75
    142
    10
  • Cesky Krumlov
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.96
    272
    17
    Castle
  • Santiago de Compostela
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.56
    228
    7
    Hospital of the Catholic Kings
  • Fontainebleau
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.65
    255
    9
  • Vilnius
    Vilnius
    Lithuania
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.45
    318
    10
    Royal Palace, Radziwill Palace, Saint Michael's Church, Saint Stephen's Church
  • Zamość
    Zamość
    Poland
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.04
    113
    6
  • L'viv
    L'viv
    Ukraine
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.61
    133
    7
    Boim Chapel
  • Telc
    Telc
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.11
    182
    13
  • Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.76
    237
    10
  • Angra do Heroismo
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.06
    68
    6
  • Mantua and Sabbioneta
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.18
    194
    7
    "Mantua originated as an Etruscan settlement" (AB ev),
    See www.mantovaducale.beniculturali.it
  • Villa d'Este
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.27
    245
    9
  • Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.93
    81
    5
    Example of Renaissance urban planning
  • Burgos Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.43
    194
    8
    Golden Stairway
  • Mir Castle
    Mir Castle
    Belarus
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.27
    99
    8
    First Renaissance, later Baroque style
  • Albi
    Albi
    France
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.36
    172
    10
    "The superb houses built during the Renaissance bear witness to the vast fortunes amassed by the pastel merchants." (wiki)
  • Fort Jesus
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.51
    53
    2
    Described as Renaissance military architecture (AB ev)
  • La Lonja de la Seda
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.71
    200
    7
    Many of the decorations date from the Renaissance, including the gargoyles and one of the wooden ceilings
  • Monastery of Batalha
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.44
    233
    11
    the fine Renaissance tribune (1532) - wiki
  • Genoa
    Genoa
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2006
    2.92
    256
    7
    Renaissance .. palaces (AB ev)
  • Banska Stiavnica
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.92
    153
    10
    Renaissance Old and New Castles
  • Petäjävesi Old Church
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.89
    90
    4
    The circular design at the top of the dome derives from the classical opaion as interpreted in Renaissance architecture. (unesco website)
  • Naples
    Naples
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.48
    436
    9
    Santa Caterina a Formiello and the Monteoliveto complex (Sant'Anna dei Lombardi)
  • Quito
    Quito
    Ecuador
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.34
    173
    8
    Church of El Sagrario - The construction is of the Italian Renaissance style (wiki)
  • Salvador de Bahia
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.35
    74
    4
    "an eminent example of Renaissance urban structuring adapted to a colonial site" (OUV)
  • Mazagan
    Mazagan
    Morocco
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.56
    98
    7
    "The design of the Fortress of Mazagan is a response to the development of modern artillery in the Renaissance." (AB ev)
  • Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.80
    499
    14
    Pisa Baptistry: "The scenes on the pulpit, and especially the classical form of the nude Hercules, show Nicola Pisano's qualities as the most important precursor of Italian Renaissance sculpture by reinstating antique representations: surveys of the Italian Renaissance often begin with the year 1260, the year that Nicola Pisano dated this pulpit."
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Siena
    Siena
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.05
    378
    10
    "Criterion (iv): The structure of the town and its evolution, uninterrupted over the centuries, along with a unity of design that has been preserved, has made Siena one of the most precious examples of the medieval and Renaissance Italian town." (Official description) Siena has several Renaissance style buildings, e.g. Palazzo Bandini-Piccolomini, Palazzo Chigi alla Postierla, Loggia del Papa, Palazzo Piccolomini
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Pienza
    Pienza
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.07
    192
    9
    "Renaissance town-planning concepts were first put into practice when Pope Pius II enlisted the architect Bernardo Rossellino to transform his birthplace." - "(...) 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)
  • Flemish Béguinages
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.78
    356
    13
    A large number of Béguinage houses in Sint-Truiden date from the 17th and 18th centuries and were built in the Maasland Renaissance style.
    See nl.wikipedia.org
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.57
    662
    13
    "the Renaissance and Baroque fountains" (OUV)
  • Úbeda and Baeza
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.78
    145
    8
  • Alcala de Henares
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.58
    185
    10
    University
  • El Escurial
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.35
    255
    13
  • Quedlinburg
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.25
    211
    9
    City Castle
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Granada
    Granada
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.39
    420
    12
    Palace of Charles V
  • Dubrovnik
    Dubrovnik
    Croatia
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.08
    387
    15
    Dubrovnik managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains (Unesco website)
  • Bordeaux
    Bordeaux
    France
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.27
    260
    7
    Bordeaux Cathedral: "(...) the north walls of [the north side of the nave] of the cathedral have had a history of stability problems, and have required the construction of additional flying buttresses over the years. The largest of these, called the Gramont buttress (...), was begun in 1531 and is a monument in itself. It has the flying arches of a Gothic buttress, but is covered with (...) lavish Renaissance decoration, including a host of small putti, or angels, and carved inscriptions describing the Biblical Day of Judgement."
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Cordouan Lighthouse
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.00
    44
    5
    "The work carried out on the ground floor and the first floor of the building (...) directly evoked the Italian Renaissance. (...) However, the architectural language of the French Renaissance was not absent from the composition of Louis de Foix, especially in the upper parts." (Nomination file, p. 133-135)
  • Žatec – Landscape of Hops
    Inscribed: 2023
    1.97
    73
    8
    "The mostly two-storey Baroque and Renaissance fabric..." (AB ev)
  • Valletta
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.76
    384
    10
    Several examples of Renaissance art and architecture, such as the hospital and the Auberge de Provence
  • Val d'Orcia
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.23
    199
    11
    "Val d'Orcia, in the Province of Sienna, Tuscany (central Italy), is a rural agricultural landscape that retains much of its Renaissance layout, character and aesthetic." – "The Val d'Orcia is an exceptional reflection of the way the landscape was re-written in Renaissance times to reflect the ideals of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing picture." (OUV)
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.67
    318
    12
    Hilchenhaus, Lorch
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Toledo
    Toledo
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.96
    333
    13
    Holy Cross Hospital
  • Spissky Hrad and Levoca
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.16
    162
    15
    Levoca
  • Santa Maria delle Grazie
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.40
    291
    10
  • San Pedro de la Roca Castle
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.95
    57
    3
    Renaissance design
  • Salamanca
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.55
    201
    10
    University, New Cathedrale, Monterrey Palace, Archiebishop Fonseca's College, Saint Stephen's Convent
  • Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.98
    187
    10
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.82
    302
    14
    The façade of the Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Auch was inspired by the Renaissance. (Nomination file)
  • Rammelsberg and Goslar
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.20
    205
    11
    "The town was not significantly damaged in World War II and so the historic centre has survived intact, with its original medieval layout and many Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque buildings of high quality." (AB Ev)
  • Prague
    Prague
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.28
    586
    16
    Belveder Summer Residence
  • Poblet Monastery
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.05
    157
    8
    "the Renaissance alabaster retable of the high altar" by Damián Forment (OUV)
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    681
    20
    Louvre
  • Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.93
    253
    12
    Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua: "the high altar itself is one of the most important features of the Basilica, not to say one of the greatest expressions of the Italian Renaissance." (Nomination file, p. 114)
  • Medici Villas and Gardens
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.07
    233
    8
  • Maritime Greenwich
    Maritime Greenwich
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.14
    411
    10
    Queen's House
  • Longobards in Italy
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.81
    227
    14
    Brescia: "The church of Santa Giulia was built during the Renaissance period and constitutes the Western boundary to the sequence of religious buildings within the monastery." (Nomination file, p. 134)
  • Loire Valley
    Inscribed: 2000
    4.09
    293
    10
    Chambord Castle, Blois Castle, Amboise Castle
  • Kronborg Castle
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.10
    288
    11
  • Kremlin and Red Square
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.02
    254
    8
    Archangel Cathedral, Palace of Facets
  • Kraków
    Kraków
    Poland
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.02
    438
    19
    Wawel Castle, Saint Sigismund's Chapel in the Cathedral, Cloth Hall
  • Heritage of Mercury
    Heritage of Mercury
    Slovenia, Spain
    Inscribed: 2012
    2.65
    152
    8
    Idrija: The castle is an excellent example of massive Renaissance architecture (nom fil)
  • Graz
    Graz
    Austria
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.97
    256
    10
    Jesuit College (now priests' seminary), Eggenberg Castle (mix of late renaissance and baroque), mausoleum
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    588
    15
  • Ferrara
    Ferrara
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.19
    234
    10
  • Evora
    Evora
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.07
    242
    12
    Renaissance fountain at Largo das Portas de Moura
  • City of Luxembourg
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.17
    441
    12
    Renaissance architecture is prominent in the Notre Dame cathedral, The rood screen decorated with alabaster statues dating from the late Renaissance .. (wiki.fr).
  • Belfries
    Belfries
    Belgium, France
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.95
    443
    17
    Belfries - Antwerp City Hall is a "Renaissance building [that] incorporates both Flemish and Italian influences". (Wikipedia)
  • Assisi
    Assisi
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.76
    250
    8
    "the Renaissance fort of Rocca Maggiore", "the Renaissance monastery and basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli" (AB Ev)