Built in the 5th century

Connected Sites: 12

Definition
WHS whose Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) derives entirely or significantly from 5th-century constructions.

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Connected Sites

  • Echmiatsin and Zvartnots
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.05
    144
    6
    Echmiatsin originally built 301-3, in current form dates to 480
  • Ravenna
    Ravenna
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1996
    4.15
    272
    8
    Earliest monuments date from the 5th century, including the "Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, built in the second quarter of the 5th century"
  • Mahabodhi Temple Complex
    Inscribed: 2002
    2.91
    51
    7
    Criterion i: "The grand 50m high Mahabodhi Temple of the 5th-6th centuries "
  • Umm Al-Jimāl
    Inscribed: 2024
    2.85
    30
    4
    Focus on Hauranian culture. Late Antique to Early Islamic periods (5th-8thcenturies CE) (AB ev)
  • Derbent
    Derbent
    Russia
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.97
    18
    2
    "The site of the ancient city of Derbent has been crucial for the control of the north-south passage on the west side of the Caspian Sea since the 1st millennium BCE. The defence structures that were built by the Sasanians in the 5th century CE were in continuous use by the succeeding Persian, Arabic, Mongol, and Timurid governments for some 15 centuries." (AB - Crit iii)
  • Yungang Grottoes
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.93
    96
    3
    "They are an outstanding example of the Chinese stone carvings from the 5th and 6th centuries. All together the site is composed of 252 grottoes with more than 51,000 Buddha statues and statuettes." - wiki
  • Longmen Grottoes
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.88
    100
    7
    "Work began on the Longmen Grottoes in 493, when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved his capital to Luoyang. Over the next four centuries this work continued; it can be divided into four distinct phases." - Nomination File
  • Koguryo Tombs
    Koguryo Tombs
    Korea (DPR)
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.73
    23
    2
    "The site includes 63 tombs from five areas in North Korea, believed to have been constructed between the 5th and 6th centuries." Nomination File
  • Copán
    Copán
    Honduras
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.87
    106
    7
    founded under K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' (426-c. 437)
  • Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan"
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.24
    141
    8
    The main buildings on Elijah’s Hill date to the 5th and 6th century CE. (AB ev)
  • Baekje Historic Areas
    Baekje Historic Areas
    Republic of Korea
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.42
    73
    8
    “The Baekje Historic Areas serial property comprises eight archaeological sites dating from 475-660 CE” - AB Evaluation
  • Sigiriya
    Sigiriya
    Sri Lanka
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.72
    181
    8
    ruins of 5th century capital, fortress etc.