Virginity

Connected Sites: 3

Definition
WHS connected with "Virginity" (Excluding Christian Marian Shrines, which have their own "connection")

Map

Connected Sites

  • Acropolis
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.27
    490
    14
    Parthenon = "Virgin's Place" or "Temple of the Virgin Goddess" i.e Athena who never had a lover or consort - although Hephaestus tried to rape her
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.57
    662
    13
    House of the Vestals, located just behind the circular Temple of Vesta at the eastern edge of the Roman Forum between the Regia and the Palatine Hill.
    See www.unrv.com
  • Kathmandu Valley
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.81
    162
    10
    The living goddess Kumari lives in the Kumari Ghar, a palace in the center of Kathmandu. The word "Kumari" is derived from Sanskrit Kaumarya meaning "virgin"