Pyramids

Connected Sites: 44

Definition
Pyramidal-shaped WHS (excluding Ziggurats, which have their own connection)

Map

Connected Sites

  • Palenque
    Palenque
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.11
    146
    7
  • Uxmal
    Uxmal
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.94
    173
    7
  • Gebel Barkal
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.13
    30
    4
  • Tiwanaku
    Tiwanaku
    Bolivia
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.09
    93
    7
    The Akapana Pyramid
    See wikimapia.org
  • Meroe
    Meroe
    Sudan
    Inscribed: 2011
    4.04
    34
    4
    several pyramidal funerary monuments
  • Borobudur
    Borobudur
    Indonesia
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.27
    203
    9
    a general design similar to the shape of pyramid (wiki)
  • Angkor
    Angkor
    Cambodia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.72
    363
    30
    Baksei Chamkrong, Ak Yum and other temples are pyramidal
  • Crespi d'Adda
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.40
    154
    7
    Crespi chapel - a decorated tower-pyramid (official website)
  • Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.03
    215
    8
  • Quirigua
    Quirigua
    Guatemala
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.22
    63
    7
    a highly elaborate system of pyramids, terraces, and staircases (AB ev)
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.57
    662
    13
    Pyramid of Cestius
  • Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.62
    10
    2
    a distinctive and pyramidal Vimana (horizontally stepped tower) (AB ev)
  • Polonnaruva
    Polonnaruva
    Sri Lanka
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.39
    152
    6
    Sathmahal Prasada, a pyramid shaped, seven storied building, thought to be an unusually shaped stupa.
  • Funerary and memory sites of the First World War
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.93
    227
    11
    Ossuaire français de Navarin: monument aux morts des armées de Champagne, "The ossuary - monument to the Armies of Champagne has the shape of a pyramid topped with three statues of menacing soldiers"
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Chola Temples
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.98
    54
    9
  • Chichen-Itza
    Inscribed: 1988
    4.19
    272
    12
  • Caral-Supe
    Inscribed: 2009
    3.41
    62
    8
  • Cahokia Mounds
    Cahokia Mounds
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1982
    2.63
    98
    9
    "Monks Mound is the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas and the largest pyramid north of Mesoamerica" (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
    Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.73
    375
    29
    Chandigarh, Palace of Assembly "The assembly’s rooftop opens up to two light sources: a tilted pyramid and a hyperbolic dome."
    See yourstory.com
  • Ancient villages of Northern Syria
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.09
    28
    2
    "Al-Bara.... is renowned for its 6th century pyramidal tombs" (AB ev)
  • Xochicalco
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.31
    90
    8
  • Vienna
    Vienna
    Austria
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.02
    592
    20
    memorial to Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria sculpted by Antonio Canova, in the Augustinian Church
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Val d'Orcia
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.23
    199
    11
    The Bosco Isabella is a self-described "romantic and esoteric garden" that combines a partly natural and cultivated arboretum along with a monumental triangular stone step pyramid.
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Tomb of Askia
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.22
    6
    1
    The tomb is pyramidal
  • Tikal National Park
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.46
    169
    6
    Several larger and smaller ones, including Twin Pyramid Complexes (wiki)
  • Tequila
    Tequila
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 2006
    2.67
    89
    5
    Teuchitlan site of Guachimontones, '..In the centre is an extant multi-layered circular pyramid with four staircases'
  • Teotihuacan
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.29
    263
    8
    Pyramid of the Sun (third largest in the World after the Great Pyramid of Cholula and the Great Pyramid of Giza) and Pyramid of the Moon
  • Quebrada de Humahuaca
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.14
    63
    5
    At the Pucara in Tilcara: ... stands a monument resembling a pyramid with a truncated top. It is a tribute to archeologists Juan D. Ambrosetti, Salvador Debenedetti and Eric Boman, and it was built by architect Mart?n Noel in 1935.
    See welcomeargentina.com
  • Pyramids (Memphis)
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.51
    315
    12
  • Potsdam
    Potsdam
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.52
    372
    10
    In Neuer Garten
    See commons.wikimedia.org
  • Plečnik's Ljubljana
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.98
    282
    7
    Roman Walls in Mirje: "The central dominant and the most important wall element is the Murnikova Street passage with the step pyramid inspired by the pyramid of Cestius in Rome and the Roman catacombs along Via Appia. The barrel-vaulted pyramid is made of massive ashlars, older architectural elements and concrete blocks that were concrete samples left behind in the nearby research institute. On top of the pyramid stands a small, round stone pillar. (Nomination file, p. 50)
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    681
    20
    Louvre
  • Oaxaca and Monte Alban
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.72
    136
    7
    Monte Alban
  • Mexico City and Xochimilco
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.84
    275
    8
    Templo Mayor
  • Kremlin and Red Square
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.02
    254
    8
    Red Square - Lenin's Mausoleum
  • Koh Ker
    Koh Ker
    Cambodia
    Inscribed: 2023
    3.16
    69
    7
    "Prasat Prang is a thirty-eight-metre-high stepped pyramid" (AB ev)
  • Koguryo Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.94
    27
    3
    Tomb of the General
  • El Tajin
    El Tajin
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.59
    60
    5
    Its three plazas are surrounded on all sides by monumental structures in the form of pyramids (AB ev)
  • Copán
    Copán
    Honduras
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.87
    106
    7
  • Chan Chan
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.33
    82
    7
    Huaca Obispo
  • Calakmul
    Calakmul
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.94
    79
    6
  • Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.98
    184
    8
    40 m high pyramid (AB ev)
  • Agadez
    Agadez
    Niger
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.96
    10
    2
    Its 27 metre tall minaret is in the form of a truncated pyramid. (AB ev)
  • M'Zab Valley
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.46
    35
    5
    The minarets of the mosques have a pyramidal form, e.g. those in Ghardaïa and El Atteuf.
    See fr.wikipedia.org