Built in the 7th century

Connected Sites: 18

Definition
WHS whose OUV derives entirely or significantly from 7th century constructions.

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Connected Sites

  • Ellora Caves
    Inscribed: 1983
    4.05
    91
    11
    Earliest monuments date from ca. 600 (caves excavated earlier, from 5th century) (AB ev)
  • Mahabalipuram
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.77
    75
    4
    mostly built during the reign of Narasimhavarman I (630 - 668)
  • Potala Palace
    Inscribed: 1994
    4.14
    79
    11
    "The Potala Palace, winter palace of the Dalai Lama since the 7th century, symbolizes Tibetan Buddhism and its central role in the traditional administration of Tibet. Also founded in the 7th century, the Jokhang Temple Monastery is an exceptional Buddhist religious complex." - Nomination File
  • Medina of Sousse
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.84
    154
    5
    "Although Sousse had Phoenecian, Roman, Vandal and Byzantine manifestations nothing of these remained after its capture and complete destruction by the Arabs. It was rebuilt (albeit with reclaimed Byzantine materials) as a completely new city with its current name in the late 7C. It became ..an important commercial and military port during the Aghlabid period (800-909) and is a typical example of a town dating from the first centuries of Islam" (AB). Only the 'Ribat' (a dual purpose Fort-Monastery) remains from that initial rebuilding period. Other extant structures within the Medina were constructed in the following century e.g The Bu Ftata and Great Mosques.
  • Grand Canal
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.95
    163
    10
    the canal was completed for the first time in the 7th century AD (AB ev)
  • Sana'a
    Sana'a
    Yemen
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.82
    23
    1
    the great mosque was built in Mohammad's lifetime
  • Horyu-ji Area
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.30
    154
    10
    Founded in the 7th century, destroyed by fire in 670 and rebuilt almost immediately
  • Xochicalco
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.31
    90
    8
    founded in the second half of the 7th century
  • Tongariro National Park
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.66
    119
    6
    Arrival of the Maori
  • Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.99
    74
    4
    Seven temples established in the 7th to 9th centuries have been selected (AB ev)
  • Phu Phrabat
    Phu Phrabat
    Thailand
    Inscribed: 2024
    2.71
    34
    5
    "During the Dvaravati period (7th–11th centuries CE), when Buddhism spread from central and east Thailand to 133 Northeast Thailand, stones were used by the local people for demarcating sacred areas." (AB ev)
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    275
    12
    Dome of the Rock (built 689-691)
  • Hill Forts of Rajasthan
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.71
    196
    5
    Chittorgarh, where Chitrangad, also of the Maurya dynasty, erected a stronghold in the 7th century (AB ev), rest dates from between 8th and 16th centuries
  • Gyeongju
    Gyeongju
    Republic of Korea
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.30
    146
    14
    The Gyeongju Historic Areas contain a remarkable concentration of outstanding examples of Korean Buddhist art, in the form of sculptures, reliefs, pagodas, and the remains of temples and palaces from the flowering, in particular between the 7th and 10th centuries, of this form of unique artistic expression. (There are sites in Gyeongju that are signifigantly older than the 7th century, however the vast majority of inscibed properties are during or after the 7th century, corresponding to the introduction of Buddhism)
  • Dazu Rock Carvings
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.72
    55
    10
    "The Dazu Rock Carvings are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings, dating back as far as the 7th century AD, depicting and influenced by Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist beliefs." - wiki
  • Bam Cultural Landscape
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.82
    27
    2
    Its heyday was from the 7th to 11th centuries (AB ev)
  • Armenian Monastic Ensembles
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.28
    34
    4
    Records on St. Thaddeus and St. Stepanos (649)
  • Al-Ahsa Oasis
    Al-Ahsa Oasis
    Saudi Arabia
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.20
    42
    3
    Jawatha Mosque ( c. 629 AD) + "Al-Ahsa reached its maximum integration and size during the Islamic period (from 661 to the 10th century CE)." (AB ev)