Navel of the World (disambiguation)

Navel of the World lists places that should embody, according to mythological ideas or colloquially the center of the world, " navel of the world ".

  • Umbilicus urbis in Rome
  • Easter Island in the South-
  • Omphalos in Delphi
  • Bi ʾ r al - Arwah in the Al - Maghara cave in the Rock in Jerusalem
  • Nave of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
  • City of Cusco in Peru
  • Center of the empire ( imperii umbilicus ) on Cathedral Hill in Bamberg

The phrase " in the center of the world hold " was held as an example of egocentrism input into the German vernacular.

Umbilicus urbis Romae
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