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The Astronomical Heritage Finder is available either as a map or as a list. To narrow down the search results, please use the filters below, including at least one of the four lists (UNESCO, IAU, Portal and PC2S). Learn more about filtering on the HowTo filter page.

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  1. tangible immovable
  2. tangible movable
  3. intangible
  4. dark skies
  5. cultural-natural mixed
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  1. Property connected with astronomy
  2. Astronomical artefact
  3. Astronomical observatory
  4. Astronomical instrument
  5. Astronomical archive
  6. Starlight Reserve
  7. Starlight Oasis
  8. Indigenous beliefs
  9. Calendars
  10. Astronomical theories
  11. Astronomical calculations
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  1. Earlier prehistory
  2. Later prehistoric Europe
  3. Pre-Columbian America
  4. Indigenous uses of Astronomy
  5. Ancient and medieval Far East
  6. India
  7. Mesopotamia and the Middle East
  8. Ancient Egypt
  9. The Classical World
  10. Islamic astronomy
  11. Medieval astronomy in Europe
  12. Astronomy from the Renaissance to the mid-twentieth century
  13. The development of radio astronomy
  14. Applied astronomy in modern times
  15. Space Heritage
  16. Windows to the universe: Starlight, dark-sky areas and observatory sites
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Astronomical Heritage Finder - the List

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The Astronomical Rock Panels in the Lascaux Cave, France - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 5 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Stonehenge World Heritage Property, United Kingdom - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 6 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The Stone Circles at Odry, Poland - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 8 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Boca de Potrerillos, Mexico - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 9 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Caguana, Puerto Rico - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 10 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Chankillo, Peru - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 11 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Viña del Cerro, Chile - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 12 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Navajo star ceilings, USA - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 13 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Atituiti Ruga, French Polynesia - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 14 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Taosi observatory, China - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 16 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Dengfeng observatory, China - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 17 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Beijing ancient observatory, China - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 18 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Cheomseongdae observatory, Republic of Korea - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 19 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The Jantar Mantar at Jaipur, India - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 20 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The Tomb of Senenmut at Western Thebes, Egypt - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 21 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The Temple of Amun at Karnak, Egypt - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 22 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The Temple of Hathor at Dandara, Egypt - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 23 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The pyramids of Giza and related buildings, Egypt - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 24 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Napata, Sudan (including Djebel Barkal and Nuri) - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 25 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The Pnyx, Athens, Greece - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 26 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Acropolis of Alatri, Italy - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 27 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The Pantheon, Rome, Italy - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 28 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Maragheh observatory, Iran - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 29 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Ulugh Beg‘s observatory, Uzbekistan - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 30 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, United Kingdom (multiple locations) - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 31 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Baptistery of Parma, Italy - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 32 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Strasbourg Cathedral, France, and astronomical time - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 33 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Royal Observatory, Greenwich, United Kingdom - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 34 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, Republic of South Africa - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 35 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Meudon observatory, France - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 36 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Mount Wilson observatory, USA - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 37 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 38 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Stockert radio telescope, Germany - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 39 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The Struve geodetic arc (multiple locations in ten countries) - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 40 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   dark skies
Lake Tekapo - Aoraki - Mount Cook Starlight Reserve, New Zealand - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 41 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   dark skies
Eastern Alpine and Großmugl starlight areas (multiple locations) - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 42 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   cultural-natural mixed
AURA Observatory, Chile (multiple locations) - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 43 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   cultural-natural mixed
Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 44 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   cultural-natural mixed
Canarian observatories, Spain (multiple locations) - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 45 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Astronomical timing of irrigation in Oman - Full Description (IAU Extended Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 46 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Stonehenge World Heritage Property, United Kingdom - Full Description (IAU Extended Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 49 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Seven-stone Antas, Portugal/Spain (multiple locations) - Full Description (IAU Extended Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 50 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Chankillo, Peru - Full Description (IAU Extended Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 51 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, Republic of South Africa - Full Description (IAU Extended Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 52 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   dark skies
Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve, New Zealand - Full Description (IAU Extended Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 53 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Stonehenge World Heritage Property, United Kingdom - UNESCO World Heritage List
Casestudy ID: 58 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   cultural-natural mixed
Windows to the Universe (multiple locations) - Full Description (IAU Extended Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 59 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The Astronomical Rock Panels in the Lascaux Cave, France - UNESCO World Heritage List
Casestudy ID: 60 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Dengfeng observatory, China - UNESCO World Heritage List
Casestudy ID: 61 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The Jantar Mantar at Jaipur, India - UNESCO World Heritage List
Casestudy ID: 62 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The Temple of Amun at Karnak, Egypt - UNESCO World Heritage List
Casestudy ID: 63 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The pyramids of Giza and related buildings, Egypt - UNESCO World Heritage List
Casestudy ID: 64 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Napata, Sudan (including Djebel Barkal and Nuri) - UNESCO World Heritage List
Casestudy ID: 65 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The Pantheon, Rome, Italy - UNESCO World Heritage List
Casestudy ID: 66 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Ulugh Beg's observatory, Uzbekistan - UNESCO World Heritage List
Casestudy ID: 67 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Strasbourg Cathedral, France, and astronomical time - UNESCO World Heritage List
Casestudy ID: 68 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Royal Observatory, Greenwich, United Kingdom - UNESCO World Heritage List
Casestudy ID: 69 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
The Struve geodetic arc (multiple locations in ten countries) - UNESCO World Heritage List
Casestudy ID: 70 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Observatoire de Paris, France - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 71 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Observatoire de Paris, France - Full Description (IAU Extended Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 72 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 73 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Pic du Midi de Bigorre Observatory, France - Full Description (IAU Extended Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 76 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Risco Caído and the sacred mountains of Gran Canaria, Spain - Full Description (IAU Extended Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 77 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Jodrell Bank Observatory, United Kingdom - UNESCO World Heritage List
Casestudy ID: 78 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
University of Illinois Observatory, USA - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 79 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 82 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible movable
The Thaïs Bone, France - Movable object Description (AWHI webportal format)
Casestudy ID: 83 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible movable
The Decorated Plate of the Geißenklösterle, Germany - Movable object Description (AWHI webportal format)
Casestudy ID: 84 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible movable
The Ishango Bone, Democratic Republic of the Congo - Movable object Description (AWHI webportal format)
Casestudy ID: 85 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   dark skies
Eastern Alpine and Großmugl starlight areas (multiple locations) - Full Description (IAU Extended Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 87 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Tower of the Winds, Greece - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 90 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Risco Caído and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria, Spain - UNESCO World Heritage List
Casestudy ID: 91 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Hamburger Sternwarte, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 92 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo, Russian Federation - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 93 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   cultural-natural mixed
Hortobágy Puszta and astronomy in shepherding practices - Short Description (ICOMOS-IAU Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 95 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible movable
Nebra Sky Disc — Bronze Age representation of the sky, Germany - Movable object Description (AWHI webportal format)
Casestudy ID: 96 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Seeberg Observatory, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 97 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Kremsmünster Observatory, Austria - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 98 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Nuremberg castle observatory, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 99 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Uraniborg and Stellaeburgum, Sweden - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 100 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Hevelius observatory, Danzig, Poland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 101 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Königsberg Observatory, Russia - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 102 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Lilienthal Observatory, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 104 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Uppsala Astronomical Observatory, Sweden - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 106 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Palermo Astronomical Observatory, Italy - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 107 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Vilnius observatory, Lithuania - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 108 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Tartu Observatory, Estonia - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 109 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Hurbanovo Observatory, Slovakia - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 110 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Konkoly Observatory, Hungary - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 111 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Astronomical Tower in Clementinum Prague, Czech Republic - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 112 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Quito Observatory, Ecuador - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 113 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Bonn Observatory, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 114 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Kazan Observatory, Russia - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 115 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Vassar College Observatory, Poughkeepsie, USA - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 117 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
La Plata Astronomical Observatory, Argentina - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 122 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Madras Observatory, India - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 124 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Bosscha Observatory, Indonesia - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 125 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Sydney Observatory, Australia - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 126 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Helwan Khedivial Observatory, Egypt - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 127 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, India - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 129 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Akademie Sternwarte Berlin, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 131 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Hamburg Observatory Millerntor, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 136 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Altona Observatory, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 137 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Rundetårn, Copenhagen, Denmark - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 138 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Ole Rømer Observatory, Denmark - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 139 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Historical Observatory, Göttingen, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 140 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Landessternwarte Heidelberg, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 141 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
University Observatory, Munich, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 142 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Remeis Observatory, Bamberg, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 143 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Kiel Observatory, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 145 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Bothkamp Observatory, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 146 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Jesuit Observatory Vienna, Austria - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 147 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
University Observatory Vienna-Währing, Austria - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 148 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
ETH Observatory, Zuerich, Switzerland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 149 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Eise Eisinga Planetarium, Netherlands - UNESCO National tentative list
Casestudy ID: 155 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Cape Observatory, SAAO, South Africa - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 157 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Engelhardt Astronomical Observatory, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 158 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Belgrade, Serbia - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 159 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
National Observatory of Athens, Greece - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 160 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Armagh Observatory, Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 161 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO), Armenia - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 162 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, China - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 163 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Fabra Observatory, Barcelona, Spain - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 164 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada de San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 165 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Real Observatorio Astronómico de Madrid, Spain - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 166 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Perth Observatory, Australia - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 167 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Melbourne Observatory, Australia - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 168 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Lviv Observatory, Lviv (Lemberg), Ukraine - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 169 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Kiev (Kyiv) Observatory, Ukraine - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 170 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Kharkov Observatory, Ukraine - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 171 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Mykolaiv (Nikolaev) Observatory, Ukraine - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 172 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Odessa Observatory, Ukraine - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 173 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Simeiz Observatory, Ukraine - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 174 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Breslau Observatory, Wrocław, Poland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 175 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Mathematical Tower, University of Breslau / Wrocław, Poland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 176 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Santa Fé de Bogotá, National Observatory of Colombia - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 177 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 178 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Abastumani Observatory, Georgia - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 179 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Cracow Observatory, Poland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 180 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Warsaw Observatory, Poland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 181 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Poznan Observatory, Poland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 182 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Torun-Piwnice Observatory, Poland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 183 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Taqi ad-Din Observatory, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 184 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Imperial Observatory - Kandilli Observatory, Istanbul, Turkey - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 185 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Istanbul University Observatory, Turkey - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 186 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Manila Observatory, Quezon City, Philippines - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 187 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Convento de Belén Observatory, Havana, Cuba - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 188 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Observatoire de Algiers-Bouzareah, Algeria - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 191 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Observatorio Astronómico de Montevideo, Uruguay - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 192 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Wise Observatory of Tel Aviv University, Mitzpeh Ramon, Israel - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 193 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Dunsink Observatory, Dublin, Ireland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 194 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
King's Observatory, Kew, Richmond, UK - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 195 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   dark skies
Western Alpine and Grana Valley Sky Sanctuary, Italy - Full Description (IAU Extended Case Study format)
Casestudy ID: 196 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Mannheim Observatory, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 197 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Lord Rosse's Leviathan of Parsonstown, Birr Castle, Irland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 198 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Edinburgh City Observatory, UK - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 199 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Royal Observatory Edinburgh, UK - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 200 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Christiania Observatory, Oslo, Norway - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 201 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Vartiovuori Observatory, Åbo/Turku, Finland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 202 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex, Peru - UNESCO World Heritage List
Casestudy ID: 204 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Ondřejov Observatory, Czech Republic - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 205 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Neubaukirche Observatory, Würzburg, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 206 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (Sheshan Station), China - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 207 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Astronomical Observatory Castillo de Chapultepec, Mexico - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 208 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Stockholm Observatory (until 1931), Sweden - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 209 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Barnard Observatory, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 210 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Observatoire cantonal de Neuchâtel, Switzerland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 211 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Observatoire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 212 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
La Specola, Bologna Observatory, Italy - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 213 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
La Specola, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 214 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Milano, Italy - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 215 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Bucharest Observatory, Bucuresti, Romania - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 216 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Langat Singh College Observatory in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 217 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Marinoni Observatory, Mölkerbastei, Vienna, Austria - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 220 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Crawford Observatory, University College Cork, Ireland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 222 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Coimbra Observatory, Portugal - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 223 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Lohrmann-Observatory, Dresden, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 230 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Old University Observatory Vienna (before 1879), now Academy of Sciences), Austria - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 232 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Kuffner Observatory, Vienna-Ottakring, Austria - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 233 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Boyden Observatory, Bloemfontein, South Africa - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 234 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Specula Batthyaniana, Alba Iulia, Transylvania, Romania - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 235 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Llano del Hato National Astronomical Observatory (CIDA), Mérida, Venezuela - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 236 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Leipzig Observatory, Leipzig-Johannisthal, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 237 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Observatory Halle an der Saale, Germany - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 238 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Solar Eclipse Observatory 1688, Palace in Lop Buri, Siam (Thailand) - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 239 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Østervold Observatory, Copenhagen University, Denmark - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 240 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Brorfelde Observatory, Copenhagen University, Denmark - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 241 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Ole Rømer Observatory, Aarhus University, Denmark - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 242 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Lunds gamla observatorium, Lund, Sweden - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 243 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Saltsjöbaden Observatory, Södermanland, Sweden - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 244 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Sofia University Observatory, Sofia, Bulgaria - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 245 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Meteorological Observatory, Hongkong, China - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 246 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Holmdel Horn Antenna at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey, USA - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 247 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Asakusa Astronomical Observatory, Taito City, Tokyo, Japan - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 248 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Mitaka Observatory, Tokyo National Astronomical Observatory of Japan - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 249 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Cheomseongdae Observatory, Seorabeol (today Gyeongju), South Korea - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 250 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Kwasan and Hido Observatories, Kyoto University, Japan - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 251 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Observatório Astronômico da UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 252 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Collegium Maius at the time of Copernicus, Jagiellonian University, Kraków/Cracow, Poland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 253 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Heliograph (Astronomical Table), Olsztyn/Allenstein Castle, Poland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 254 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Copernicus observing site in Frauenburg / Frombork, Poland - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 255 , serial ID: 1

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
La Specola, Florence's first Observatory, Firenze, Italy - IAU - Outstanding Astronomical Heritage
Casestudy ID: 256 , serial ID: 1
Places connected to the Sky

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Eschenberg Observatory, Switzerland - Place connected to the Sky
Place ID: 2 , serial ID: 2

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Otford Solar System - Place connected to the Sky
Place ID: 5 , serial ID: 5

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Point Venus, French Polynesia - Place connected to the Sky
Place ID: 7 , serial ID: 7

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Stonehenge Aotearoa, New Zealand - Place connected to the Sky
Place ID: 10 , serial ID: 10

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Aiello del Friuli, village of sundials, Italy - Place connected to the Sky
Place ID: 12 , serial ID: 12

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Coats Observatory, Scotland - Place connected to the Sky
Place ID: 13 , serial ID: 13

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Hubelmatt Observatory, Switzerland - Place connected to the Sky
Place ID: 14 , serial ID: 14

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Hoa Lac, Vietnam - Place connected to the Sky
Place ID: 15 , serial ID: 15

Category of Astronomical Heritage :   tangible immovable
Star’s Terrace of Mount Bondone astronomical observatory - Place connected to the Sky
Place ID: 34 , serial ID: 34

Astronomical Heritage Finder - Legend

    Colours represent categories of astronomical heritage
  • Cultural - Tangible - Fixed
  • Cultural - Tangible - Movable
  • Cultural - Intangible
  • Cultural - Natural - Mixed
  • Natural - Dark Skies
  • Places connected to the Sky
    Shapes in relation to serial case studies
  • General description (main node)
  • Other nodes within the series

    Sizes represent different lists of Astronomical Heritage
  • AWHI, UNESCO, IAU lists
  • Places connected to the Sky
    RED represents Astronomical Heritage in danger
  • and   and   
The term `Heritage in danger´ is meant to inform the community that conditions prevail which threaten the very characteristics of that heritage (be it astronomical or otherwise), and to encourage corrective action. Armed conflict and war, earthquakes and other natural disasters, pollution, poaching, uncontrolled urbanization and unchecked tourist development pose major problems for heritage, including astronomical heritage. Dangers can be ‘ascertained’, referring to specific and proven imminent threats, or ‘potential’, when there are threats that could have negative effects on the (astronomical) heritage values. Details of the actual dangers for a specific property can be found in the respective entity's description.