Built in the 15th century

Connected Sites: 55

Definition
WHS whose OUV derives entirely or significantly from 15th century constructions. Where construction straddles the centuries the date of conception/commencement is used i.e which century does the site really "belong" to in spirit.

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Connected Sites

  • Angra do Heroismo
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.06
    68
    6
    Founded in 1450, Linked to the maritime explorations that in the 15th and 16th centuries, Port of call for Vasco da Gama in 1499
  • Bagerhat
    Bagerhat
    Bangladesh
    Inscribed: 1985
    2.20
    33
    3
    Constructed first half of 15th century (AB)
  • Cuzco
    Cuzco
    Peru
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.85
    265
    9
    Flourished as Inca capital in 15th century (Coricancha (Temple of the Sun) constructed 1432)
  • Machu Picchu
    Inscribed: 1983
    4.63
    262
    8
    appears to date from the period of the two great Incas, Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui (1438-71) and Tupac Inca Yupanqui (1472-93) (AB ev)
  • Pico Island
    Pico Island
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.34
    58
    4
    agriculture practice of viniculture started in the 15th century (AB)
  • Temple of Heaven
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.76
    297
    12
    1406-1420
  • La Lonja de la Seda
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.71
    200
    7
    founded in 1469
  • Town Hall and Roland, Bremen
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.84
    283
    7
    Roland dates from 1404, Town Hall 1409
  • Urbino
    Urbino
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.27
    185
    8
    Some of the leading humanists of the time, ...., came together at the court of the Montefeltro Duke Federico III, who ruled Urbino from 1444 to 1482, to create and implement outstanding cultural and urban projects. (AB ev)
  • Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.20
    158
    9
    The oldest well preserved Roman Catholic wooden churches date back to the 15th century (AB ev)
  • Mantua and Sabbioneta
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.18
    194
    7
    The second part of the 15th century, the period of Ludovico II (1444-1478), gave Mantua a premier role in the development of the Renaissance; In Mantua the programme for planning urban spaces as a way of organizing the city was initiated in the early 1430s (AB ev)
  • Banska Stiavnica
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.92
    153
    10
    "The 15th C saw the beginning of a period of immense prosperity for the area: defences were built round the town, the parish church was rebuilt and fortified, and many new residences were built....... in the 16th century they were either converted into Renaissance "palaces" or comnbined to forrn rows or terraces. Trinity Square, at the heart of the town, was a planned development of this period. However, a slow decline began at the end of the 15th century"" (AB)
  • Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.76
    237
    10
    It was built in three phases, by three architects, between 1431 and 1535 & Criterion ii The Cathedral of St James is the fruitful outcome of considerable interchanges of influences between the three culturally different regions of Northern Italy, Dalmatia, and Tuscany in the 15th and 16th centuries (AB ev)
  • Pienza
    Pienza
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.07
    192
    9
    Major buildings, including cathedral and town hall (1462)
  • Medina of Tétouan
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.98
    110
    9
    It was rebuilt at the end of the 15th century by a group of refugees from Andalusia
  • Santo Domingo
    Santo Domingo
    Dominican Republic
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.00
    88
    5
    Founded in 1498
  • Trinity Sergius Lavra
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.08
    100
    5
    Criterion IV: "The Lavra is an outstanding and remarkably complete example of an active Orthodox monastery complex with a military function that is characteristic of the period of its growth and expansion in the 15th to 18th centuries." (AB ev)
  • Strasbourg
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.52
    396
    10
    The Grande ile is "a unique ensemble of domestic architecture in the Rhine Valley of the 15th and 16th centuries". Construction of the Cathedral lasted from 1176 to 1439 when the spire was completed. (AB)
  • Burgundy
    Burgundy
    France
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.11
    200
    7
    It was specifically in the 15th century that the process of diversification of separate cuvées commenced (AB ev)
  • Champaner-Pavagadh
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.84
    40
    3
    The monuments of Champaner were built within 23 years of the town's capture by Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat in 1484. By 1535 the city had been captured by Humayun and was abandoned
  • Cidade Velha
    Cidade Velha
    Cabo Verde
    Inscribed: 2009
    1.92
    53
    3
    "The island of Santiago was discovered around 1460 and claimed for the Crown of Portugal. There was no human presence on the island..... As early as 1466 it was granted a royal charter entitling its inhabitants to practise the slave trade.... Ribeira Grande was the first European town to be built in the tropics, from the end of the 15th century onwards... Construction of the first defensive structures, the town hall, and the first church began at the end of the 15th century" (AB)
  • Imperial Palace
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.19
    334
    11
    In 1406 the Ming dynasty Emperor Zhu Di ordered the construction of an imperial palace: its construction began in 1407 and was completed in 1420 (Beijing; Shenyang dates from 1625-1636)
  • Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.69
    29
    4
    the Pskov School of Architecture reached its peak in the 15th and 16th centuries (AB ev)
  • Churches of Moldavia
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.89
    102
    8
    built between ca. 1487 and 1532
  • Berat and Gjirokastra
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.54
    186
    7
    Gjirokastra: "Gjirokastra bears very certain and exceptionally well preserved testimony to the Balkan fortress-town of the 15th and 16th centuries." (AB ev)
  • Xidi and Hongcun
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.42
    77
    6
    There are 29 Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and 3,611 Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) residential buildings and family temples in the county. Decorated with the typical local style of brick, wood and stone, carvings, they display the ornateness and elegancy of the traditional 15th-16th century edifices, boasting historical and research value, as well as being tourist attractions. The most typical of these are the residential houses of Xidi Village and the paleo-ox-shaped Hongcun Village. They have been referred to as museum of Ming and Qing residential houses in China." - china.org.cn
  • Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.93
    172
    8
    represent one of the best examples of European wooden religious architecture from the late Middle Ages to the end of 18th century; Hervartov, Saint Francis Church (1460-1480), Tvrdosin built as late as the second half of the 15th century (AB ev)
  • Tomb of Askia
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.22
    6
    1
    1495
  • Solovetsky Islands
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.43
    22
    2
    "The Solovetskii Monastery was founded by three monks from the Kirillo-Belozersk and Valaam Monasteries in the 1430s." (AB ev)
  • Santa Maria delle Grazie
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.40
    291
    10
    Church 1466 - 1490, Last Supper 1495 - 1498
  • Salamanca
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.55
    201
    10
    "The oldest university building in Salamanca, now the Rectorate, is the old Hospital del Estudio, built in 1413. Its facade faces the Court of Schools. The buildings housing the University proper, Las Escuelas Mayores, are grouped around a central patio and were built between 1415 and 1433." (AB ev)
  • Royal Joseon Tombs
    Royal Joseon Tombs
    Republic of Korea
    Inscribed: 2009
    2.66
    140
    9
    Tradition (and specific design) started in the 15th century at Donggureung
  • Richtersveld
    Richtersveld
    South Africa
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.78
    14
    3
    Written records on the Nama people in this area exist from the 15th century. Possibly arrived earlier, but no evidence found when.
  • Qhapaq Ñan
    Qhapaq Ñan
    Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.79
    180
    9
    The central thrust of the Incas' policy, initiated in the sixth century and recorded in millennia of pre-Hispanic Andean history, was expressed to the fullest in terms of territorial spread and maximum linkages among cultures in the fifteenth century (nom file)
  • Qal'at al-Bahrain
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.51
    100
    6
    Main Fortress dates from the 15th and 16th centuries (nom file)
  • Medici Villas and Gardens
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.07
    233
    8
    "The villas built by the Medici, from the 15th to the 17th centuries.... (E.g) The Villa di Cafaggiolo.... is an ancient Medici family property acquired in the 14th century..... In 1451, Cosimo the Elder asked the architect Michelozzo to restructure it and make it grander while also transforming it into a summer residence with a garden.... Construction of the Villa Medici in Fiesole was started in 1458 by Michelozzo. ,,, Villa di Poggio a Caiano .... Guiliano da Sangallo was commissioned to carry out the work that started in 1479" (AB)
  • Maymand
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.47
    18
    4
    The permanent settlements developed sometime before the 16th century (AB ev)
  • Matera
    Matera
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.85
    224
    7
    Tradition of living in caves in this area is long, but current settlements date from the late 15th century
    See www.sassidimatera.it
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.37
    485
    12
    Capital of the Ottoman Empire from 1453: Topkapi Saray (1465). Developed further in 16th and 17th centuries: Blue Mosque (1609-1616), the Sehzade and Süleymaniye mosques, constructed under Süleyman the Magnificent (1520-66)
  • Imperial Tombs
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.24
    218
    10
    "After the construction of the Imperial Palace (the Forbidden City) in 1420, the Yongle Emperor selected his burial site and created his own mausoleum. From the Yongle Emperor onwards, 13 Ming Dynasty Emperors were buried in this area." - wiki
  • Haeinsa Temple
    Haeinsa Temple
    Republic of Korea
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.44
    89
    9
    The Temple dates from the 15th century, the woodblocks it preserves are from the 13th
  • Graz
    Graz
    Austria
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.97
    256
    10
    For its Gothic buildings: ". Of the original castle where Emperor Frederick III resided, all that remains is a Gothic hall, a late Gothic chapel, and a double spiral staircase going back to 1499. .... Frederick III built the present cathedral in late Gothic style (1438-64)"
  • Fujian Tulou
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.68
    61
    6
    "Fujian Tulou is a property of 46 buildings constructed between the 15th and 20th centuries over 120 km in south-west of Fujian province, inland from the Taiwan Strait." - Nomination File
  • Forts and Castles Gold Coast
    Inscribed: 1979
    2.87
    57
    8
    Earliest dates from 1482 (Elmina Castle)
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    588
    15
    Renaissance principles by Brunelleschi (completed the cathedral's dome in 1436) e.a.
  • Ferrara
    Ferrara
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.19
    234
    10
    city plan (1492)
  • Ferapontov Monastery
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.01
    25
    3
    Wall paintings in the church of the Nativity of the Virgin, painted by Dionisy in the late 15th century (AB)
  • Evora
    Evora
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.07
    242
    12
    "Evora has been shaped by nearly 20 centuries of history ... But it was in the 15th century, when the Portuguese kings began living there on an increasingly regular basis that Evora's golden age began" (AB)The Cathedral was begun in 1184 and 2the 16th century was a period of major urban planning" (AB)
  • Corfu
    Corfu
    Greece
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.97
    203
    9
    " The fortifications of Corfu were designed by renowned Venetian engineers, and they were used for four centuries to defend the maritime trading interests of the Republic of Venice against the Ottoman Empire.. Venice took .... control of Corfu in ..1386... In the early 15th century activity concentrated on the medieval town, with the development of harbour facilities (docks, quays and arsenals) and continued with the renovation of the defense works" (AB)
  • Cliff of Bandiagara
    Inscribed: 1989
    3.46
    31
    2
    Archaeological evidence suggests human occupancy of the cliffs for at leaat the last 1,000 years, although the Dogons themselves did not arrive until the 15th and 16th centuries." (AB) "Among the Dogon several oral traditions have been recorded as to their origin. One relates to their coming from Mande, located to the southwest of the Bandiagara escarpment near Bamako... It is likely that the Dogon of today combine several groups of diverse origin who migrated to escape Islamization. (wiki) Paul (as this is a "Cultural Landscape" what the Dogon did elsewhere is irrelevant. Although there are "Tellem" remains caves etc today's landscape is primarily "Dogon" and the OUV emphasises connection to that culture
  • Changdeokgung Palace Complex
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.15
    231
    7
    In the early 15th century, the Emperor T'aejong ordered the construction of a new palace at an auspicious site.
  • Chan Chan
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.33
    82
    7
    Actually built earlier, but apogee in its planned form in 15th century
  • Agadez
    Agadez
    Niger
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.96
    10
    2
    The earliest built heritage in Agadez dates from the 15th and 16th centuries. (AB ev)
  • Djenné
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.66
    33
    2
    "In the 14th C Jenne-jaro was abandoned in favour of Djenne... (which) enjoyed its golden age during the 15th and 16th centuries. At that time it was a major centre for the spread of Islam. Taken first by the Moroccans in 1591, and subsequently by the Peulhs in 1810, the Toucouleurs in 1862, and finally by the French colonial troops in 1893, Djenné did not undergo any other period of major development until Mali won its independence" (AB)
  • Ahmadabad
    Inscribed: 2017
    2.60
    69
    6
    founded by Sultan Ahmad Shah in 1411 AD