Gypsies

Connected Sites: 7

Definition
Sites connected to groups known as "Gypsies", that consist of Roma, Sinti or Dom people

Map

Connected Sites

  • Auschwitz Birkenau
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.08
    342
    14
    Over 20,000 were murdered here
  • Villages with Fortified Churches
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.44
    179
    12
    After the departure of most Saxons to Germany, the villages have become virtual "Roma villages" (60% of the population)
  • Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
    Inscribed: 1982
    2.79
    127
    7
    From May 1941 to September 1943, the French authorities established an internment camp to hold the area's gypsies and others with no fixed address (Centre de Rassemblement des tziganes et nomades). (wiki)
  • Tokaji Wine Region
    Inscribed: 2002
    2.53
    123
    8
    a major minority group mainly in Szerencs
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    275
    12
    A group of 5000 Dom "gypsies" has lived in East Jerusalem for the past 800 years. They are considered to have departed from the Indian subcontinent earlier than the Romani people
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.37
    485
    12
    The Sulukule district (within the inscribed area was the traditional area for Roma/Romani etc. Istanbul has just been criticized for not protecting it.
  • Heritage of Mercury
    Heritage of Mercury
    Slovenia, Spain
    Inscribed: 2012
    2.65
    152
    8
    Almaden: Gypsies were amongst the forced labourers to work in the mines.
    See funci.org