UNESCO World Heritage List

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A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that has been nominated for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's international World Heritage program. The program aims to catalogue and preserve sites of outstanding importance, either cultural or natural, to the common heritage of humankind.

Africa

Algeria

  • Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
  • Tassili n'Ajjer
  • M'Zab Valley
  • Djémila
  • Tipasa
  • Timgad
  • Kasbah of Algiers

Benin

Botswana

  • Tsodilo

Cameroon

  • Dja Faunal Reserve

Central African Republic

Cote d'Ivoire

  • Tai National Park
  • Comoe National Park

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Virunga National Park
  • Kahuzi-Biega National Park
  • Garamba National Park
  • Salonga National Park
  • Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Egypt

Ethiopia

Nigeria

  • Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove

South Africa

Tunisia

Americas

Argentina

See also: Argentina & Brazil

Argentina & Brazil

  • Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) | San Ignacio Mini (Argentina) | Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana (Argentina) | Nuestra Señora de Loreto (Argentina) | Santa Maria la Mayor (Argentina)

Belize

  • Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

Bolivia

  • City of Potosí
  • Jesuit missions of the Chiquitos
  • Historic city of Sucre
  • Fuerte de Samaipata
  • Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
  • Tiwanaku: spiritual and political centre of the Tiwanaku culture

Brazil

  • Historic town of Ouro Preto
  • Historic centre of the town of Olinda
  • Historic centre of Salvador da Bahia
  • Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Congonhas
  • Iguaçu National Park - see Iguaçu Falls
  • Brasilia
  • Serra da Capivara National Park
  • Historic centre of Sao Luis
  • Historic centre of the town of Diamantina
  • Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves: Una Biological Reserve | Pau Brasil CEPLAC Experimental Station | Sooretama Biological Reserve | Monte Pascoal National Park | Pau Brasil National Park | Descobrimento National Park | Veracruz Station Private Natural Heritage Reserve | Linhares Forest Reserve
  • Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves: Guareque-Çaba Ecological Station | Xituê Ecological Station | Chauás Ecological Station | Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station | Ilha do Mel Ecological Station | Guaraguaçu Ecological Station | Carlos Botelho State Park | Intervales State Park | Ilha do Cardoso State Park | Jacupiranga State Park | Pariquera-Abaxio State Park | Alto Ribeira State Tourist Park | Superagüi National Park | Lauraceas State Park | Pico do Marumbi State Park | Roberto E. Lange State Park | Serra do Graciosa State Park | Pau Oco State Park | Serras do Cordeiro, Paratiu, Itapuã e Itinga Wildlife Zone | Serras de Arrepiado e Tombador Wildlife Zone | Mangues Wildlife Zone | Serra do Itapitangui (e Mandira) Wildlife Zone | Ilhas oceânicas Wildlife Zone | Ilha Comprida Wildlife Zone | Salto Morato Private Reserve of Natural Protection | Cananéia-Iguape-Peruibe Environmental Protection Area | Guaraque-Çaba Environmental Protection Area | Ilha Comprida Environmental Protection Area | Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area | Marumbi Environmental Protection Area
  • Pantanal Conservation Area
  • Central Amazon Conservation Complex: Jau National Park
  • Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
  • Brazilian Atlantic islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atoll das Rocas Reserves
  • Historic centre of the town of Goias

See also: Argentina & Brazil

Canada

See also: Canada & the United States of America

Canada & the United States of America

Chile

  • Rapa Nui National Park - see Easter Island
  • Churches of Chiloé: Achao, Quinchao and Caguach churches, Quinchao | Castro, Rilán, Nercón and Chelín churches, Castro | Aldachildo, Ichuac and Detif churches, Puqueldón | Vilupuili and Chonchi churches, Chonchi | Tenaún and Colo churches, Quemchi | San Juan and Dalcahue churches, Dalcahue
  • Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works, Atacama Desert
  • Historic quarter of the seaport city of Valparaiso

Colombia

  • Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
  • Los Katios National Park
  • Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox
  • National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro
  • San Agustin Archaeological Park

Costa Rica

See also: Costa Rica & Panama

Costa Rica & Panama

  • Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves/La Amistad National Park

Cuba

  • Cienfuegos
  • Old Havana and its fortifications
  • Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
  • San Pedro de la Roca castle, Santiago de Cuba
  • Desembarco del Granma National Park
  • Vinales Valley
  • Archaeological landscape of the first coffee plantations in the Southeast of Cuba (Sierra Maestra)
  • Alejandro de Humboldt National Park

Dominica

  • Morne Trois Pitons National Park

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

  • Joya de Ceren archaeological site

Guatemala

Honduras

  • Copan
  • Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve

Mexico

  • Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche
  • Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
  • Archeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
  • Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl
  • El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City
  • Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
  • Historic Centre of Morelia
  • Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
  • Historic Centre of Puebla
  • Historic Centre of Zacatecas
  • Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
  • Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
  • Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
  • Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
  • Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara
  • Islands of the Gulf of California
  • Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
  • Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen Itza
  • Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
  • Prehispanic City of Uxmal
  • Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
  • Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve, Quintana Roo
  • Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
  • Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro

Panama

See also: Costa Rica & Panama

  • Coiba National Park

Paraguay

  • Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Parana and Jesus de Tavarangue near Encarnacion

Peru

United States of America

See also: Canada & the United States of America

Asia

Afghanistan

  • Minaret and archaeological remains of Jam
  • Cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley: Bamiyan Cliff including niches of the 38 meter Buddha, seated Buddhas, 55 meter Buddha and surrounding caves | Kakrak Valley caves including the niche of the standing Buddha | Qoul-I Akram Caves in the Fuladi Valley | Kalai Ghamai Caves in the Fuladi Valley | Shahr-i-Zuhak | Qallay Kaphari A | Qallay Kaphari B | Shahr-i-Ghulghulah

Armenia

  • The monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
  • The monastery of Geghard and the upper Azat Valley
  • The cathedral and churches of Echmiatsin and the archaeological site of Zvartnots

Azerbaijan

  • The Walled city of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower

Bahrain

  • Qal'at al-Bahrain

Bangladesh

  • Historic mosque city of Bagerhat
  • Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
  • The Sundarbans

Cambodia

China

  • The Great Wall
  • Mount Taishan
  • Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (Forbidden City), Beijing
  • Mogao Caves, Dunhuang
  • Mausoleum of the First Qin Emporer (Xian)
  • Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian
  • Mount Huangshan
  • Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
  • Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
  • Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
  • Mountain Resort and its outlying Temples, Chengde
  • Temple and cemetery of Confucius, and the Kong family mansion in Qufu
  • Ancient building complex in the Wudang Mountains
  • Historic ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa: Potala Palace | Jokhang Temple Monastery | Norbulingka
  • Lushan National Park
  • Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
  • Old town of Lijiang
  • Historic Monuments of Macao
  • Ancient city of Ping Yao
  • Classical gardens of Suzhou
  • Summer Palace, an Imperial garden in Beijing
  • Temple of Heaven: an Imperial sacrificial altar in Beijing
  • Mount Wuyi
  • Dazu rock carvings
  • Mount Qincheng and the Dujiangyan irrigation system
  • Ancient villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun
  • Longmen Grottoes (Luoyang)
  • Imperial tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties: Xianling tomb, Zhongxiang | Eastern Qing tombs, Zunhua | Western Qing tombs, Yixian and Baoding | Ming tombs, Changping | Xiaoling, Chang Yushun, Qiu Cheng, Wu Liang, Wu Zhen, Xu Da and Li Wenzhong tombs, Nanjing
  • Yungang Grottoes (Datong)
  • Three parallel rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas: Gaoligong and Yunling Mountains, Nujiang | Baimang-Meili and Haba Snow Mountains, Red and Qianghu Mountain, Diqing | Laowoshan, Nujiang and Diqing | Laojunshan, Lijiang
  • Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom Huanren County (Liaoning Province) and (Ji’an, Jilin Province)

Georgia

  • Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery
  • City-Museum Reserve of Mtskheta
  • Upper Svaneti

India

  • Agra Fort, Agra
  • Ajanta Caves
  • Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
  • Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (railway station formerly called Victoria Terminus) Mumbai
  • Churches and Convents of Goa
  • Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
  • Elephanta Caves
  • Ellora Caves
  • Fatehpur Sikri, outside Agra
  • Great Living Chola Temples, including the Brihadisvara Temple of Thanjavur; Brihadisvara Temple of Gangaikondacholisvaram; and the Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram
  • Group of Monuments at Hampi
  • Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
  • Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
  • Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
  • Kaziranga National Park
  • Keoladeo National Park
  • Khajuraho Group of Monuments
  • Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
  • Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Nanda Devi National Park
  • Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
  • Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
  • Sun Temple, Konarak
  • Sundarbans National Park
  • Taj Mahal, Agra

Indonesia

  • Borobudur Temple Compounds
  • Komodo National Park
  • Lorentz National Park
  • Prambanan Temple Compounds
  • Sangiran Early Man Site
  • Ujung Kulon National Park
  • Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra, including Gunung Leuser National Park, Kerinci Seblat National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park

Iran

  • Bam Cultural Landscape
  • Meidan Emam, Esfahan
  • Pasargadae
  • Persepolis
  • Soltaniyeh
  • Tchogha Zanbil
  • Takht-e Soleyman

Iraq

  • Hatra
  • Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)

Israel

  • Masada
  • Old City of Akko (Acre)
  • White City of Tel Aviv - the Modern Movement
  • Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
  • Biblical Tels – Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheva
  • Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev - Haluza, Mamshit, Avdat and Shivta

Japan

Jordan

  • Petra
  • Quseir Amra
  • Um er-Rasas (Kastron Mefa'a)

Kazakhstan

  • The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
  • Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

  • Complex of Goguryeo Tombs

Korea, Republic of

  • Changdeokgung Palace Complex, Seoul
  • Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites
  • Gyeongju Historic Areas
  • Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks
  • Hwaseong Fortress
  • Jongmyo Shrine
  • Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple

Lao People's Democratic Republic

  • Town of Luang Prabang
  • Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape

Lebanon

  • Anjar
  • Baalbek
  • Byblos
  • Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
  • Tyre

Malaysia

Mongolia

  • Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape

Mongolia / Russian Federation

  • Uvs Nuur Basin

Nepal

Oman

  • Arabian Oryx Sanctuary
  • Archaeological sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
  • Bahla Fort
  • The Frankincense Trail

Pakistan

  • Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro
  • Buddhist Ruins at Takht-i-Bahi and Neighboring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol
  • Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore
  • Historic Monuments of Thatta
  • Rohtas Fort
  • Taxila

Philippines

  • Baroque Churches of the Philippines
  • Historic Town of Vigan
  • Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
  • Banaue Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
  • Tubbataha Reef Marine Park

Sri Lanka

  • Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
  • Ancient City of Sigiriya Sigiriya
  • Golden Temple of Dambulla
  • Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications
  • Sacred City of Anuradhapura
  • Sacred City of Kandy
  • Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Syria

Thailand

  • Ban Chiang Archaeological Site near Udon Thani
  • Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai Forest Complex
  • Historic City of Ayutthaya and Associated Historic Towns
  • Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns - this includes the Kampang Phet historical park and the Si Satchanalai historical park
  • Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries

Turkey

  • Archaeological Site of Troy
  • City of Safranbolu
  • Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
  • Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi
  • Hattusha
  • Hierapolis-Pamukkale
  • Historic Areas of Istanbul
  • Nemrud Dagi
  • Xanthos-Letoon

Turkmenistan

  • Kunya-Urgench
  • State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv"

Uzbekistan

  • Historic Centre of Bukhara
  • Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz
  • Itchan Kala
  • Samarkand - Crossroads of Cultures

Vietnam

Yemen

  • Historic Town of Zabid
  • Old City of Sana'a
  • Old Walled City of Shibam

Australasia and Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Pitcairn Islands

Solomon Islands

  • East Rennell

Europe

Albania

  • Butrint
  • Gjirokastra

Austria

  • Historic centre of the city of Salzburg
  • Palace and gardens of Schönbrunn (Vienna)
  • Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut cultural landscape
  • Semmering railway
  • City of Graz - historic centre
  • The Wachau cultural landscape
  • Historic centre of Vienna

See also: Austria & Hungary

Austria & Hungary

  • Fertö/Neusiedlersee cultural landscape

Belarus

See also: Belarus & Poland

Belarus & Poland

Belgium

  • Flemish Beguinages: Beguinage of Hoogstraten | Beguinage of Lier | Grand beguinage of Mechelen | Beguinage of Turnhout | Beguinage of Sint-Truiden | Beguinage of Tongeren | Beguinage of Dendermonde | Small beguinage of Ghent | Beguinage of Sint-Amandsberg | Beguinage of Diest | Grand beguinage of Leuven | Beguinage of Bruges | Beguinage of Kortrijk
  • The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx
  • Grand-Place, Brussels
  • Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia: Belfry and aldermen's house, Aalst | Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp | City hall, Antwerp | Belfry and halls, Bruges | City hall with belfry, Dendermonde | City hall with belfry, Diksmuide | City hall with belfry, Eeklo | Belfry, clothmakers' hall and Mammelokker (old prison), Ghent | Former city hall / clothmakers' hall, Herentals | Belfry with clothmakers' hall, Ypres | Belfry or hall tower, Kortrijk | St. Peter's church / Belfry, Leuven | City hall and belfry tower, Lier | Former city hall with belfry, Lo-Reninge | Old hall with belfry, Mechelen | St. Rumbold's tower, Mechelen | Belfry and City hall, Menen | Hall with belfry, Nieuwpoort | City hall with belfry, Oudenaarde | City hall, hall and belfry, Roeselare | City hall with tower, Sint-Truiden | Hall tower or belfry, hall and aldermen's room, Tielt | St. Germain's church with city tower, Tienen | Basilica of Our Lady with city tower, Tongeren | Country house with belfry, Veurne | St. Leonard's church, Zoutleeuw | City hall belfry, Binche | City hall belfry, Charleroi | Belfry, Mons | Belfry, Namur | Belfry, Thuin | Belfry, Tournai
  • Historic Centre of Bruges
  • Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta, Brussels: Hotel Tassel | Hotel Solvay | Hotel van Eetvelde | Horta house and studio
  • Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
  • Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
  • Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

  • Boyana Church (Sofia)
  • Madara Rider
  • Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
  • Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
  • Ancient City of Nessebar
  • Srebarna Nature Reserve
  • Pirin National Park
  • Rila Monastery
  • Thracian tomb of Sveshtari

Croatia

  • Old city of Dubrovnik
  • Historic complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
  • Plitvice Lakes National Park
  • Episcopal complex of the Euphrasian basilica in the historic centre of Porec
  • Historic city of Trogir
  • Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik

Cyprus

  • Paphos
  • Painted churches in the Troodos region: Church of Ayios Nikolaos (St. Nicholas) tis Steyis, Kakopetria | Ayios Ionannis (St. John) Lambadhistis Monastery, Kalopanayiotis | Church of Panayia (the Virgin) Phorviotissa (Asinou), Nikitart | Church of Panayia (the Virgin) tou Arakou, Lagoudhera | Church of Panayia (the Virgin), Moutoullas | Church of Archangelos Michael (Archangel Michael), Pedhoulas | Church of Timios Stavros (Holy Cross), Pelendria | Church of Panayia (the Virgin) Podhithou, Galata | Church of Stavros (Holy Cross) Ayiasmati, Platanistasa | Church of Ayia Sotira (of the transfiguration of the Savior) tou Soteros, Palaichori
  • Choirokoitia

Czech Republic

  • Historic centre of Prague
  • Historic centre of Cesky Krumlov
  • Historic centre of Telc
  • Pilgrimage church of St. John of Nepomuk at Zelena Hora
  • Kutna Hora: historical town centre with the church of Saint Barbara and the cathedral of our Lady at Sedlec
  • Lednice-Valtice cultural landscape
  • Holasovice historical village reservation
  • Gardens and castle at Kromeriz
  • Litomysl castle
  • Holy Trinity column in Olomouc
  • Tugendhat Villa in Brno
  • The Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' basilica in Trebic

Denmark

  • Jelling mounds, runic stones and church (Vejle)
  • Roskilde cathedral
  • Kronborg Castle (Elsinore)

Estonia

  • Historic centre (old town) of Tallinn

Finland

  • Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki, Finnish Lapland
  • Fortress of Suomenlinna, Helsinki
  • Old Rauma - wooden city center of Rauma
  • Petäjävesi Old Church
  • Verla Groundwood and Board Mill - in Jaala

France

  • Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
  • Chartres Cathedral
  • Palace and Park of Versailles
  • Vézelay, Church and Hill
  • Decorated Grottoes of the Vézère Valley
  • Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
  • Amiens Cathedral
  • Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange
  • Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles
  • Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
  • Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
  • Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy
  • Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
  • Cape Girolata, Cape Porto, Scandola Nature Reserve and the Piana Calanches in Corsica
  • Le Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
  • Strasbourg - Grande île
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
  • Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims
  • Bourges Cathedral
  • Le Havre
  • Historic Centre of Avignon
  • Canal du Midi, which runs from Toulouse to Sète
  • Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
  • Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
  • Historic Site of Lyons
  • Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
  • The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
  • Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs

Germany

  • Aachen Cathedral
  • Speyer Cathedral
  • Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
  • Pilgrimage Church of Wies
  • Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
  • St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church at Hildesheim
  • Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
  • Hanseatic City of Lübeck
  • Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
  • Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
  • Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar
  • Maulbronn Monastery Complex
  • Town of Bamberg
  • Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg
  • Völklingen Ironworks
  • Messel Pit Fossil Site
  • Cologne Cathedral
  • Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau
  • Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
  • Classical Weimar
  • Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
  • Wartburg Castle near Eisenach
  • Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
  • Monastic Island of Reichenau
  • Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley
  • Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
  • Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
  • Dresden Elbe Valley

See also: Germany & Poland

Germany & Poland

  • Bad Muskau (Germany), Łęknica (Poland): Muskauer Park (pl: Park Mużakowski)

Greece

  • Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
  • Archaeological Site of Delphi
  • Acropolis, Athens
  • Mount Athos
  • Meteora
  • Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki
  • Archaeological Site of Epidaurus
  • Medieval City of Rhodes
  • Mystras
  • Archaeological Site of Olympia
  • Delos
  • Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas and Nea Moni of Chios
  • Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
  • Archaeological Site of Vergina
  • Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
  • Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos

Hungary

  • Budapest, the Banks of the Danube and the Buda Castle Quarter
  • Hollókő
  • Hortobágy National Park
  • Millenary Benedictine Monastery of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment
  • Pécs (Sopianae) Early Christian Cemetery
  • Tokaji Wine Region Cultural Landscape

See also: Austria & Hungary

Hungary and Slovakia

Iceland

  • Þingvellir National Park

Ireland

Italy

  • 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and the San Leucio Complex
  • Amalfi Coast
  • Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
  • Archaeological Area of Agrigento
  • Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata
  • Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
  • Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padova
  • Castel del Monte, Andria (Bari)
  • Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
  • Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by "Leonardo da Vinci" in Milan
  • Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
  • City of Verona
  • City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
  • Crespi d'Adda
  • Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
  • Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
  • Ferrara, City of the Renaissance and its Po Delta
  • Historic Centre of Florence
  • Historic Centre of Naples
  • Historic Centre of San Gimignano
  • Historic Centre of Siena
  • Historic Centre of Urbino
  • Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
  • I Sassi di Matera
  • Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
  • The Landscape of Val d’Orcia
  • Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto : Noto, Caltagirone, Militello Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Palazzolo, Ragusa and Scicli (South-eastern Sicily)
  • Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
  • Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
  • Residences of the Royal House of Savoy in and around Turin
  • Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
  • Su Nuraxi di Barumini
  • Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
  • The trulli of Alberobello, (Bari)
  • Val d'Orcia
  • Venice and its Lagoon
  • Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
  • Villa Romana del Casale - see Piazza Armerina
  • Villa d'Este, Tivoli
  • Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy

Italy/Holy See

  • Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights, and San Paolo Fuori le Mura

Latvia

  • Historic Centre of Riga

Lithuania

  • Kernave Archeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernave)
  • Vilnius Historic Centre

Lithuania / Russian Federation

  • Curonian Spit

Luxembourg

  • City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications

Republic of Macedonia

  • Ohrid Region with its Cultural and Historic Aspect and its Natural Environment

Malta

  • City of Valletta
  • Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
  • Megalithic Temples of Malta

The Netherlands

  • Stelling van Amsterdam, a ring of forts and inundation zones around Amsterdam
  • Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder, 17th century lake reclamation), between Alkmaar and Purmerend
  • Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station), Lemmer (municipality of Lemsterland)
  • Multiple-windmill drainage system at Kinderdijk-Elshout (municipality of Nieuw-Lekkerland), east of Rotterdam
  • Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House), Utrecht
  • Schokland and surroundings (municipality Noordoostpolder), west of Zwolle

Norway

  • Røros
  • Vega Islands
  • Bryggen i Bergen
  • Urnes stavkirke
  • Helleristningene i Alta
  • West Norwegian Fjords - Geirangerfjord and Næerøyfjord

Poland

See also: Belarus & Poland, Germany & Poland

Portugal

  • Alto Douro Wine Region
  • Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo on Terceira Island, Azores
  • Convent of Christ in Tomar
  • Cultural Landscape of Sintra
  • Historic Centre of Évora
  • Historic Centre of Guimarães
  • Historic Centre of Porto
  • Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
  • Laurisilva forests of Madeira
  • Monastery of Alcobaça
  • Monastery of Batalha
  • Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belem in Lisbon
  • Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley

Romania

  • Churches of Moldavia
  • Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains (see also Sarmizegetusa)
  • Danube Delta
  • Historic Centre of Sighisoara
  • Monastery of Horezu
  • Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania
  • Wooden Churches of Maramures

Russian Federation

  • Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiyev Posad
  • Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
  • Central Sikhote-Alin
  • Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
  • Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands, see Solovki
  • Curonian Spit (shared with Lithuania)
  • Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery
  • Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent
  • Golden Mountains of Altai
  • Historic Center of St. Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
  • Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
  • Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin
  • Kizhi Pogost
  • Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
  • Lake Baikal
  • Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
  • Virgin Komi Forests, northern Ural Mountains.
  • Volcanoes of Kamchatka
  • Western Caucasus
  • White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
  • Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl
  • Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent

Serbia and Montenegro

  • Decani Monastery (2004)
  • Durmitor National Park (1980)
  • Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (1979)
  • Stari Ras and Sopocani (1979)
  • Studenica Monastery (1986)

Slovakia

  • Banska Stiavnica
  • Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve
  • Spišský Hrad and its Associated Cultural Monuments
  • Vlkolinec

Slovenia

  • Skocjan Caves

Spain

  • Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzin, Granada
  • Altamira Cave near Santander
  • Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
  • Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
  • Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco in Tarragona, Catalonia
  • Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
  • Burgos Cathedral, Burgos
  • Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí, Catalonia
  • Cathedral, Alcazar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
  • Doñana National Park
  • Garajonay National Park
  • Historic Centre of Cordoba
  • Historic City of Toledo
  • Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
  • Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
  • La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
  • Las Médulas
  • Monastery and Site of the El Escorial, Madrid
  • Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
  • Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
  • Old City of Salamanca
  • Old Town of Ávila, with its Extra-Muros churches
  • Old Town of Cáceres
  • Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
  • Palm tree forest of Elche
  • Parc Güell, Palau Güell and Casa Milà in Barcelona, Catalonia
  • Poblet Monastery, Catalonia
  • Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
  • Roman Walls of Lugo
  • Route of Santiago de Compostela
  • Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe, La Puebla
  • San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Canary Islands
  • San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
  • Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)
  • The Palau de la Música Catalana and the Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia
  • University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares
  • Ubeda-Baeza: Urban duality, cultural unity

Sweden

  • The Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland
  • Birka and Hovgården on the islands Björkö and Adelsö in Mälaren
  • The Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå
  • Drottningholm Palace, Theatre, and Royal Domain
  • Engelsberg Ironworks
  • The Hanseatic town of Visby
  • The "High Coast" of Angermannia
  • Laponian area
  • The Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
  • The Naval Port of Karlskrona
  • Rock Carvings in Tanum
  • Skogskyrkogården in Stockholm
  • Varberg Radio Station

Switzerland

  • The Convent of St. Gall
  • The Benedictine Convent of St. John at Müstair
  • The Old Town of Bern
  • The Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-town of Bellinzone
  • Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn above Interlaken
  • Monte San Giorgio near Lugano in Ticino
  • The vineyards of Lavaux

Ukraine

  • Kiev: Saint Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
  • Lviv - the Ensemble of the Historic Center

United Kingdom

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