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Famous Mazes & Labyrinths

Name: Famous Mazes & Labyrinths
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Hampton Court, the Minotaur's Labyrinth, corn mazes — which maze would you dare to enter?

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Updated:3/7/2026

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Maze / Labyrinth↕	Location↕	Type↕	Year Created↕	Known For↕
Hampton Court Maze	England	Hedge maze	1690	Most famous hedge maze in the world, commissioned by William III, trapezoid shape, visitors get genuinely lost
Labyrinth of Crete (Knossos)	Greece (mythological)	Mythological labyrinth	~1500 BC (myth)	Built by Daedalus for King Minos, Minotaur imprisoned inside, Theseus used Ariadne's thread to escape
Chartres Cathedral Labyrinth	France	Floor labyrinth	1205	Medieval walking meditation, single unicursal path, 861-foot walk to center, pilgrimage substitute for Jerusalem
The Maze at Longleat	England	Hedge maze	1975	Largest hedge maze in Britain, 1.69 miles of paths, six bridges for aerial views, 16,000 English yews
Reignac-sur-Indre Sunflower Maze	France	Crop maze	1996 (annual)	Largest plant maze in the world by area, changes design yearly, sunflowers instead of corn
Villa Pisani Labyrinth	Italy	Hedge maze	1720	Napoleon himself reportedly got lost in it, tower in center as the goal, one of Italy's finest garden mazes
Ashcombe Maze	Australia	Hedge maze	1970s	Oldest hedge maze in Australia, includes a lavender maze and rose maze, Mornington Peninsula attraction
Peace Maze	Northern Ireland	Hedge maze	2001	Largest permanent hedge maze in Europe, symbolizes the Northern Ireland peace process, 3,147 yew trees
Richardson Corn Maze	USA (Illinois)	Corn maze	Annual since 2001	Regularly breaks world records for largest corn maze, new design every year, 28 acres at peak
Masone Labyrinth	Italy	Bamboo maze	2015	Largest maze in the world (7 hectares), made of 200,000 bamboo plants, art collection inside, Franco Maria Ricci's dream
The Shining Maze	Fictional (Overlook Hotel)	Hedge maze (film set)	1980	Stanley Kubrick's iconic film, Jack chasing Danny through the snow, not in Stephen King's novel, pop culture legend
Dole Pineapple Garden Maze	USA (Hawaii)	Garden maze	1998	Guinness World Record for largest botanical maze (1998-2001), pineapple-themed, Hawaiian hibiscus plants
Schönbrunn Palace Maze	Austria	Hedge maze	1720 (restored 1999)	Habsburg imperial gardens, original maze destroyed in 1892, faithfully rebuilt, Vienna tourist attraction
Barvaux Labyrinth	Belgium	Hedge maze	1980s	Located in Belgian Ardennes, seasonal, combines maze with forest walk, family adventure destination
Pineapple Garden Maze (Wahiawa)	USA (Hawaii)	Living plant maze	2008	Redesigned successor with over 14,000 Hawaiian plants, 3.11 miles of paths through tropical flora