Early Printing

Connected Sites: 17

WHS connected to early examples of woodblock printing (China/Egypt 3th/4th century) or use of the printing press (invented in 1439). "Early" is translated as "before the 19th century", as Western printing technology then had become common and widespread around the world.

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Connected Sites

Plantin-Moretus Museum
Inscribed: 2005
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10
Luther Memorials
Inscribed: 1996
2.61
255
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Venice and its Lagoon
Inscribed: 1987
4.51
828
18
Paris, Banks of the Seine
Inscribed: 1991
4.19
956
20
Lyon
Lyon
France
Inscribed: 1998
3.23
396
9
Strasbourg
Inscribed: 1988
3.51
503
10
This Is Where Gutenberg Lived When He Perfected The Movable Type And First Displayed The Printing Press
Aachen Cathedral
Inscribed: 1978
3.73
431
19
Gutenburg Created His First Pieces With Moveable Type As Momentos For Pilgrims Heading To Aachen, When This Was Cancelled One Year He Was Forced To Reveal His Secret Invention As A Way Of Repaying Len
Mantua and Sabbioneta
Inscribed: 2008
3.21
234
7
Sabbioneta: Hebrew Printing-Press (1567)
Lima
Lima
Peru
Inscribed: 1988
2.85
357
10
First Print Shop In 1584
Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra
Inscribed: 1990
3.57
245
6
Pechersk Lavra: Early 17th Century Printshop, Now Book And Book Binding Museum
Spissky Hrad and Levoca
Inscribed: 1993
3.18
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15
Levoca: "There Was A Printing Press As Early As 1624" (Wiki)
Qadisha Valley
Inscribed: 1998
3.31
81
4
The First Printing Press In The Middle East Was Built In 1610 At The Monastery Of Qozhaya In The Kadisha Valley. It Used Syriac Characters. Also This Printing Press Was The First To Print In Arabic Language.
Mexico City and Xochimilco
Inscribed: 1987
3.83
373
8
The House At "The Corner Of Moneda And Licenciado Primo Verdad Streets In Mexico City Was The Home Of The First Printing Press/Print Shop In The New World. (It) Is Located On The Outer Edge Of What Was The Sacred Precinct Of The Templo Mayor" (Wiki). It Was Constructed In 1524 By Geronimo De Aguilar, A Spaniard Captured By Mayans After A Shipwreck Who Was Obtained By Cortes To Help As A Translator During His Conquest (Via A Nahuatal/Mayan Speaker). The First Printing Press Arrived In 1539
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Haeinsa Temple
Haeinsa Temple
Republic of Korea
Inscribed: 1995
3.44
111
9
Houses The 81,258 Wooden Printing Blocks From The Tripitaka Koreana
Mogao Caves
Inscribed: 1987
4.08
74
5
"The Oldest Printed Book In Existence, A Ninth-Century Copy Of The Diamond Sutra" (Woodblock)
University of Coimbra
Inscribed: 2013
3.23
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Introduction Of The Printing Press In Coimbra In 1530
See Www.Uc.Pt
Sviyazhsk
Inscribed: 2017
2.40
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"Book-Printing Which Started Here Several Years Before The Publishing Of The Famous “Apostle” By Ivan Fedorov In 1564. The Printer Brought From St. German In Moscow Worked In Sviyazhsk And It Published A Number Of Books Of Liturgical And Christian Educational Character. The Printer Was Also Closely Connected With The School" (Nom File)