Best-selling guide to all UNESCO World Heritage sites. The list is managed by the World Heritage Committee with strict criteria, and only the world's most spectacular and extraordinary sites make it onto the list.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• World Heritage sites – descriptions, locations and photographs
• Galápagos Islands
• Mesa Verde National Park
• Island of Gorée
• Historic Centre of Kraków
• Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
• City of Quito
• Aachen Cathedral
• Yellowstone National Park
• Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines Poland
• Simien National Park
• L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
• Nahanni National Park Canada
• Meidan Emam, Esfahan
• Ancient City of Damascus
• Auschwitz Birkenau, German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)
• Ngorongoro Conservation Area
• Bryggen
• Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
• Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
• Virunga National Park
• Site of Carthage
• Dinosaur Provincial Park
• Abu Mena
• Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
• Kathmandu Valley
• Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias /Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
• Everglades National Park
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
• Plitvice Lakes National Park
• Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
• Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
• Boyana Church
• Białowieza Forest
• Palace and Park of Versailles
• Independence Hall
• Chartres Cathedral
• Vézelay, Church and Hill
• Persepolis
• Madara Rider
• Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo
• Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
• Medina of Tunis
• Antigua Guatemala
• Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
• Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
• Stari Ras and Sopocani
• Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region
• Historic Cairo
• Amphitheatre of El Jem
• Urnes Stave Church
• Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
• Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor
• Sagarmatha National Park
• Old City of Dubrovnik
• Tchogha Zanbil
• Tikal National Park
• Historic Centre of Warsaw
• Maya Site of Cópan
• Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
• City of Valletta
• Asante Traditional Buildings
• Garamba National Park
• Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with ‘The Last Supper’ by Leonardo da Vinci
• Megalithic Temples of Malta
• Kahuzi-Biega National Park
• Ichkeul National Park
• Hal Safieni Hypogeum
• Aksum
• Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo - San Lorenzo
• Site of Palmyra
• Paphos
• Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro
• Lower Valley of the Awash
• Redwood National Park
• Røros Mining Town and the Circumference
• Ancient City of Bosra
• Tiya
• Lower Valley of the Omo
• Durmitor National Park
• Historic Town of Ouro Preto
• Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad
• Taxila
• Buddhist Ruins at Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol
• Parque Nacional Los Glaciares
• Serengeti National Park
• Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
• Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
• Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
• Niokolo-Koba National Park
• Amiens Cathedral
• Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
• Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta
• Medina of Fez
• Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the ‘Triumphal Arch’ of Orange
• Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
• Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
• Great Barrier Reef
• Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore
• Willandra Lakes Region
• Mammoth Cave National Park
• Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
• Kakadu National Park
• Olympic National Park
• Speyer Cathedral
• Darien National Park
• Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
• Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
• Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
• SGang Gwaay
• Aldabra Atoll
• Historic Centre of Florence
• Lord Howe Island Group
• Archaeological Site of Cyrene
• Selous Game Reserve
• Sacred City of Anuradhapura
• National History Park -Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers
• Taï National Park
• Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
• Tipasa
• Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
• Tasmanian Wilderness
• Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
• Tassili n’Ajjer
• M’Zab Valley
• Old Havana and its Fortification System
• Djémila
• Timgad
• Archaeological Site of Sabratha
• Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda
• Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
• Ancient City of Sigiriya
• Old Walled City of Shibam
• From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the production of open-pan salt
• Comoé National Park
• Taj Mahal
• Ajanta Caves
• Old City of Berne
• City of Cuzco
• Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Miní, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa María Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Saõ Miguel das Missões (Brazil)
• Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair
• Ellora Caves
• Agra Fort
• Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
• Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores
• Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Ancient City of Nessebar
• La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico
• Srebarna Nature Reserve
• Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
• Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d’Alliance in Nancy
• Wood Buffalo National Park
• Sangay National Park
• Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve
• Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
• Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
• Convent of Christ in Tomar
• Abbey of St Gall
• Pilgrimage Church of Wies
• Monastery of Batalha
• Rila Monastery
• Pirin National Park
• Vatican City
• Works of Antoni Gaudí
• Sun Temple, Konârak
• Yosemite National Park
• Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
• Salonga National Park
• Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
• Statue of Liberty
• Iguazu National Park
• Lake Malawi National Park
• Baalbek
• Byblos
• Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
• Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
• Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
• Chitwan National Park
• Tyre
• Historic Centre of Córdoba
• Burgos Cathedral
• Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
• Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
• Anjar
• Historic District of Old Québec
• Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
• Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
• Chavín (Archaeological site)
• Painted Churches in the Troodos Region
• Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)
• Petra
• Huascarán National Park
• Hatra
• Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
• Keoladeo National Park
• Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
• Medina of Marrakesh
• Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
• Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
• Quseir Amra
• Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
• Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
• Kaziranga National Park
• Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi
• St Mary’s Cathedral and St Michael’s Church at Hildesheim
• Historic Areas of Istanbul
• Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
• Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
• Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
• Royal Palaces of Abomey
• Rock Art of Alta
• Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches
• Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari
• Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
• Iguaçu National Park
• Ancient City of Aleppo
• Churches and Convents of Goa
• Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
• Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
• Ironbridge Gorge
• Great Zimbabwe National Monument
• Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
• St Kilda
• Historic City of Toledo
• Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast
• Old City of Sana’a
• Durham Castle and Cathedral
• Fatehpur Sikri
• Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey
• Khajuraho Group of Monuments
• Garajonay National Park
• Studenica Monastery
• Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
• Group of Monuments at Hampi
• Old Town of Cáceres
• Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
• Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon
• Khami Ruins National Monument
• Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
• Historic Centre of Évora
• Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
• Škocjan Caves
• Old Town of Ghadamès
• Archaeological Site of Delphi
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
• Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
• Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
• Sian Ka’an
• Venice and its Lagoon
• Blenheim Palace
• Sundarbans National Park
• Elephanta Caves
• Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire
• Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
• Great Living Chola Temples
• Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
• Kilimanjaro National Park
• Brasilia
• Hanseatic City of Lübeck
• Acropolis, Athens
• Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
• Historic Centre of Puebla
• Chaco Culture
• Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
• Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
• City of Potosí
• City of Bath
• Nemrut Dag
• Old Village of Hollóko and its Surroundings
• The Great Wall
• Manú National Park
• Mount Taishan
• Mogao Caves
• Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
• Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
• Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
• Gros Morne National Park
• Bahla Fort
• Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
• Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
• Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park
• Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
• Dja Faunal Reserve
• Mount Athos
• Old Towns of Djenné
• Wet Tropics of Queensland
• Tower of London
• Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
• Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika
• Sacred City of Kandy
• Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
• Sinharaja Forest Reserve
• Medina of Sousse
• Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
• Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications
• Timbuktu
• Henderson Island
• Archaeological sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
• Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
• Medieval City of Rhodes
• Historic Centre of Lima
• Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey and St Martin’s Church
• Old City of Salamanca
• Hierapolis-Pamukkale
• Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza
• Meteora
• Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
• Xanthos-Letoon
• Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt
• Kairouan
• Archaeological Site of Olympia
• Monastery of Alcobaça
• Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
• Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
• Banc d’Arguin National Park
• Archaeological Site of Mystras
• Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
• Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
• Colonial City of Santo Domingo
• Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
• Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
• Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
• Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
• Itchan Kala
• Tongariro National Park
• Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
• Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
• Delos
• Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand
• Kizhi Pogost
• Río Abiseo National Park
• Mount Huangshan
• Historic Centre of San Gimignano
• Historic City of Ayutthaya
• Paris, Banks of the Seine
• Danube Delta
• Golden Temple of Dambulla
• Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries
• Island of Mozambique
• Poblet Monastery
• Historic City of Sucre
• Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves
• Shark Bay, Western Australia
• Old Rauma
• Historic Centre of Morelia
• Komodo National Park
• Royal Domain of Drottningholm
• Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims
• Prambanan Temple Compounds
• Serra da Capivara National Park
• Ujung Kulon National Park
• Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns
• Borobudur Temple Compounds
• Fortress of Suomenlinna
• Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
• Kasbah of Algiers
• Taos Pueblo
• Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
• Bourges Cathedral
• Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
• Old City of Zamosc
• Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
• Historic Centre of Prague
• Historic Centre of Ceský Krumlov
• Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
• Ban Chiang Archaeological Site
• Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
• Butrint
• Angkor
• Historic Centre of Telč
• Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands
• Fraser Island
• El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City
• Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
• White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
• Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain
• Historic Town of Zabid
• Coro and its Port
• The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera
• Yakushima
• Brú na Bóinne -Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne
• Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
• Baroque Churches of the Philippines
• Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi
• Birka and Hovgården
• Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
• Historic Centre of Bukhara
• Town of Bamberg
• Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue
• Maulbronn Monastery Complex
• Engelsberg Ironworks
• Monastery of Horezu
• Himeji-jo
• Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
• Complex of Hué Monuments
• Churches of Moldavia
• Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
• Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
• Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity
• Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area
• Shirakami-Sanchi
• Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe
• Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site
• Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments
• Vlkolínec
• Historic Centre of Zacatecas
• Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
• Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad
• Vilnius Historic Centre
• Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications
• Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa
• Los Katíos National Park
• Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
• Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
• City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
• Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains
• Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)
• Doñana National Park
• Rwenzori Mountains National Park
• Canaima National Park
• Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl
• Rock Carvings in Tanum
• Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu
• Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana
• Skogskyrkogården
• Gelati Monastery
• Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde
• Petäjävesi Old Church
• Historical Monuments of Mtskheta
• Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
• Ha Long Bay
• Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg
• Völklingen Ironworks
• City of Safranbolu
• Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora
• Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• Cultural Landscape of Sintra
• Historic Centre of Naples
• Schokland and Surroundings
• Virgin Komi Forests
• Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
• Roskilde Cathedral
• Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
• Rapa Nui National Park
• Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
• Messel Pit Fossil Site
• Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
• San Agustín Archeological Park
• Hanseatic Town of Visby
• Historic Centre of Siena
• Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
• Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks
• Old Town Lunenburg
• Town of Luang Prabang
• Crespi d’Adda
• Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
• Jongmyo Shrine
• Gough and Inaccessible Islands
• Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec
• Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
• Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento
• Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox
• National Archeological Park of Tierradentro
• Cologne Cathedral
• Lake Baikal
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
• Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
• Okapi Wildlife Reserve
• Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment
• Canal du Midi
• Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
• Upper Svaneti
• Historic Centre of Oporto
• Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
• Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau
• Lushan National Park
• La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
• W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
• Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
• Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
• Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
• Defence Line of Amsterdam
• Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal
• Volcanoes of Kamchatka
• Skellig Michael Monastery
• Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
• Historic City of Meknes
• Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
• Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
• Laponian Area
• Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
• Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
• The Trulli of Alberobello
• Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
• Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
• Sangiran Early Man Site
• Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina)
• Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå
• Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
• Castel del Monte
• Macquarie Island
• Maritime Greenwich
• Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
• Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
• Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn
• Old Town of Lijiang
• Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
• The Sundarbans
• Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
• Morne Trois Pitons National Park
• Cocos Island National Park
• Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Poreč
• Lake Turkana National Parks
• Classical Gardens of Suzhou
• Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
• Changdeokgung Palace Complex
• Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)
• Heard and McDonald Islands
• Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
• Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
• Medieval Town of Torun´
• Eighteenth-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex
• Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
• Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao
• Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá
• Dougga / Thugga
• Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
• Rohtas Fort
• Historic City of Trogir
• Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara
• Las Médulas
• San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
• Hwaseong Fortress
• Historic Centre of São Luís
• Costiera Amalfi tana
• Ancient City of Ping Yao
• Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
• Archaeological Area of Agrigento
• Archaeological Site of Volubilis
• Historic Centre of Riga
• Villa Romana del Casale
• Su Nuraxi di Barumini
• Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork
• San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba
• Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
• Classical Weimar
• Archaeological Site of Troy
• Semmering Railway
• Holašovice Historical Village
• Summer Palace and Imperial Garden in Beijing
• Naval Port of Karlskrona
• The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut)
• Choirokoitia
• La Grand-Place, Brussels
• New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
• Fuerte de Samaipata
• Golden Mountains of Altai
• Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
• Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
• East Rennell
• Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
• Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
• Historic Site of Lyons
• Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
• Flemish Béguinages
• Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes
• Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
• L’viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Centre
• Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
• Gardens and Castle at Kroměřŕž
• Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)
• University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares
• Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
• Robben Island
• Heart of Neolithic Orkney
• Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
• State Historical and Cultural Park ‘Ancient Merv’
• Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
• Belfries of Belgium and France
• iSimangaliso Wetland Park
• Mountain Railways of India
• Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca
• Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
• Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
• My Son Sanctuary
• Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
• Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)
• Wooden Churches of Maramures
• Historic Town of Vigan
• Desembarco del Granma National Park
• Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta
• Dazu Rock Carvings
• City of Graz - Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg
• Hoi An Ancient Town
• Sukur Cultural Landscape
• San Cristóbal de La Laguna
• Litomyšl Castle
• Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina
• Wartburg Castle
• Península Valdés
• Historic Centre of Sighisoara
• Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa
• Viñales Valley
• Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park
• Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
• Area de Conservación Guanacaste
• Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
• Mount Wuyi
• Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
• Miguasha National Park
• Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
• Western Caucasus
• Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
• Laurisilva of Madeira
• Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John ‘the Theologian’ and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
• Lorentz National Park
• Shrines and Temples of Nikko
• Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
• Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves
• Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas
• Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah’s Palace and Maiden Tower
• Kronborg Castle
• Greater Blue Mountains Area
• Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
• Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzone
• Maloti-Drakensberg Park
• Stone Town of Zanzibar
• Land of Frankincense
• Curonian Spit
• Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
• Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa
• City of Verona
• Ruins of León Viejo
• Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae)
• Churches of Chiloé
• Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
• Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda
• Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco
• The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
• Central Amazon Conservation Complex
• Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
• Island of Saint-Louis
• Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites
• The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik
• Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks
• Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz
• High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
• Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley
• Kinabalu Park
• Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
• Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture
• Mir Castle Complex
• Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)
• Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
• Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc
• Gunung Mulu National Park
• Palmeral of Elche
• Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland
• Monastic Island of Reichenau
• Wachau Cultural Landscape
• Gyeongju Historic Areas
• Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
• Ensemble of the Ferrapontov Monastery
• Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas
• Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí
• Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve
• Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
• Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
• Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
• Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
• Roman Walls of Lugo
• Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba
• Historic Centre of Brugge
• Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)
• Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun
• Longmen Grottoes
• Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
• Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots
• Pantanal Conservation Area
• Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
• New Lanark
• Alto Douro Wine Region
• Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi
• The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
• Central Sikhote-Alin
• After its extension in 2018, the property now includes the Bikin River Valley, located about 100 km to the north of the original site.
• Saltaire
• Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
• Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
• Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
• Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
• Tsodilo
• Samarkand - Crossroad of Cultures
• Dorset and East Devon Coast
• Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
• Yungang Grottoes
• Villa d’Este, Tivoli
• Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás
• Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica
• Derwent Valley Mills
• Masada
• Historic Centre of Vienna
• Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape
• Old City of Acre
• Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
• Tugendhat Villa in Brno
• Historic Centre of Guimarães
• Lamu Old Town
• Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam
• Upper Middle Rhine Valley
• Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape
• Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche
• Historic Inner City of Paramaribo
• St Catherine Area
• Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
• Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
• Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
• Takht-e Soleyman
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
• Uvs Nuur Basin
• The White City of Tel-Aviv -The Modern Movement
• Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
• Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
• Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
• Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso
• Matobo Hills
• Ashur (Qal’at Sherqat)
• Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza
• Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
• There are two parallel walls (north and south) 300–400 m from each other. The city was built between these walls. The wall then continues over the mountains 40 km to the west, as well as extending 500 m into the sea, to protect the harbour. The site was strategically important until the nineteenth century.
• Purnululu National Park
• Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
• Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska
• Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro
• Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
• Monte San Giorgio
• Jewish Quarter and St Procopius’ Basilica in T řebíč
• Quebrada de Humahuaca
• Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
• Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
• Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City
• Ilulissat Icefjord
• Þingvellir National Park
• Bam and its Cultural Landscape
• Pitons Management Area
• Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
• Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa’a)
• Pasargadae
• Complex of Koguryo Tombs
• Kernavè Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavè)
• Vegaøyan - the Vega Archipelago
• Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
• Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)
• Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
• Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
• Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
• Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski
• Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
• Luis Barragán House and Studio
• Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)
• Varberg Radio Station
• Tomb of Askia
• Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba
• Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
• Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
• Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent
• Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
• Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
• Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
• Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
• Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra
• Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
• Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
• Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
• Historic Centre of Macao
• Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret
• Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
• Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
• Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev
• Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
• Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
• West Norwegian Fjords - Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
• Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl
• Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection
• Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex
• Soltaniyeh
• Qal’at al-Bahrain - Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
• Struve Geodetic Arc
• Vredefort Dome
• Shiretoko
• Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh
• Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
• Kunya-Urgench
• Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
• Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains
• Centennial Hall in Wroclaw
• Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town
• Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
• Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
• Stone Circles of Senegambia
• Kondoa Rock-Art Sites
• Chongoni Rock-Art Area
• Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
• Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
• Vizcaya Bridge
• Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli
• Yin Xu
• Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman
• Aapravasi Ghat
• Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din
• Sewell Mining Town
• Bisotun
• Sydney Opera House
• Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape
• Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape
• Red Fort Complex
• Teide National Park
• Samarra Archaeological City
• Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
• South China Karst
• Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
• Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes
• Old Town of Corfu
• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
• Rideau Canal
• Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
• Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
• Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius
• Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
• Parthian Fortresses of Nisa
• Rainforests of the Atsinanana
• Mehmed Paša Sokolovic Bridge in Višegrad
• Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes
• Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda
• Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco
• San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano
• Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests
• Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
• Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
• The estates also provide exceptional examples of Modernism, the new architectural style, featuring fresh design solutions, as well as technical and aesthetic innovations. Bruno Taut, Martin Wagner and Walter Gropius were among the leading architects of these projects which exercised considerable influence on the development of housing around the world.
• Historic Centre of Camagüey
• Kuk Early Agricultural Site
• Saryarka - Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan
• Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
• Fujian Tulou
• Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems
• Temple of Preah Vihear
• Surtsey
• Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca
• Stari Grad Plain
• Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
• Le Morne Cultural Landscape
• Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran
• Bahá’í Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee
• Fortifications of Vauban
• Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area
• Chief Roi Mata’s Domain
• Joggins Fossil Cliffs
• Mount Sanqingshan National Park
• Mantua and Sabbioneta
• Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)
• Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande
• Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
• La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning
• Sacred City of Caral-Supe
• Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
• Mount Wutai
• Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
• Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain
• Wadden Sea
• Stoclet House
• The Ruins of Loropéni
• Tower of Hercules
• The Dolomites
• Australian Convict Sites
• São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão
• Bikini Atoll, Nuclear Test Site
• Historic Monuments of Dengfeng, in the ‘Centre of Heaven and Earth’
• Sheikh Safial-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil
• China Danxia
• Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island
• Episcopal City of Albi
• Jantar Mantar
• Papahānaumokuākea
• Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex
• Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi
• Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
• Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca
• Proto-urban Site of Sarazm
• Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
• Putorana Plateau
• At-Turaif District in ad-Dir’iyah
• Phoenix Islands Protected Area
• Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong
• Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
• Longobards in Italy. Places of the power (ad 568-774)
• Fagus Factory in Alfeld
• The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape
• Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatia Metropolitans
• Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex
• Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison
• León Cathedral
• Ningaloo Coast
• West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou
• Fort Jesus, Mombasa
• Saloum Delta
• Konso Cultural Landscape
• Wadi Rum Protected Area
• Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas)
• The Persian Garden
• Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe
• Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
• Ancient Villages of Northern Syria
• Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
• Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
• Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana
• Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land
• Ogasawara Islands
• Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia
• Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai
• Lena Pillars Nature Park
• Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves
• Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea
• Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes
• Chengjiang Fossil Site
• Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan
• Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland
• Western Ghats
• Sangha Trinational
• Landscape of Grand Pré
• Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy
• Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
• Gonbad-e Qābus
• Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications
• Site of Xanadu
• Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley
• Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem
• Lakes of Ounianga
• Historic Town of Grand-Bassam
• Major Mining Sites of Wallonia
• Margravial Opera House Bayreuth
• Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük
• Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage
• Heritage of Mercury, Almadén and Idrija
• Rock Islands Southern Lagoon
• Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy
• Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany
• Hill Forts of Rajasthan
• Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
• Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs)
• Historic Centre of Agadez
• Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaeŏsng
• University of Coimbra -Alta and Sofia
• Levuka Historical Port Town
• Al Zubarah Archaeological Site
• El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
• Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora
• Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
• Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
• Xinjiang Tianshan
• Fujisan, Sacred Place and Source of Artistic Inspiration
• Golestan Palace
• Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
• Mount Etna
• Namib Sand Sea
• Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex
• Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire
• Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey
• Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves
• Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
• Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
• Okavango Delta
• Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point
• Namhansanseong
• Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines - Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir
• Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape
• Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís
• Pyu Ancient Cities
• Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System
• Stevns Klint
• Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an-Tianshan Corridor
• The Grand Canal
• Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat
• Shahr-i Sokhta
• Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites
• Van Nellefabriek
• Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area
• Erbil Citadel
• Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah
• Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato
• Trang An Landscape Complex
• Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System
• Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
• Baekje Historic Areas
• Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas)
• Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars
• Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement
• Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
• Cultural Landscape of Maymand
• Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
• Ephesus
• Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape
• Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape
• Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal
• Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site
• Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia
• San Antonio Missions
• Singapore Botanic Gardens
• Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining
• Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus
• Susa
• The Forth Bridge
• The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand
• Tusi Sites
• Blue and John Crow Mountains
• Antequera Dolmens Site
• Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites
• Archaeological Site of Ani
• Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar
• Archaeological Site of Philippi
• Archipiélago de Revillagigedo
• Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape
• Gorham’s Cave Complex
• Hubei Shennongjia
• Khangchendzonga National Park
• Lut Desert
• Mistaken Point
• Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern
• Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay -Mukkawar Island Marine National Park
• Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards
• Pampulha Modern Ensemble
• The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
• The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
• The Persian Qanat
• Western Tien-Shan
• Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
• Aphrodisias
• Asmara: a Modernist African City
• Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk
• Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura
• Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
• Historic City of Ahmadabad
• Historic City of Yazd
• Kujataa, Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap
• Kulangsu: a Historic International Settlement
• Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo
• Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region
• Taputapuātea
• Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System
• Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura
• The English Lake District
• Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site
• Venetian Works of Defence between 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra -Western Stato da Mar
• ‡Khomani Cultural Landscape
• Landscapes of Dauria
• Los Alerces National Park
• Qinghai Hoh Xil
• Aasivissuit - Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea
• Al-Ahsa Oasis, an Evolving Cultural Landscape
• Ancient City of Qalhat
• Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke
• Caliphate City of Medina Azahara
• Göbekli Tepe
• Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
• Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century
• Naumburg Cathedral
• Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site
• Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea
• Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai
• Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region
• Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
• Fanjingshan
• Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena
• Chiribiquete National Park - “The Maloca of the Jaguar”
• Pimachiowin Aki
• Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica
• World Heritage and UNESCO’s World Heritage Mission
• THE CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
• UNESCO Worldwide
• Africa
• Asia and the Pacific
• Europe and North America
• Arab States
• Latin America and the Caribbean
• Acknowledgements
• With thanks to: