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UNESCO World Heritage List
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A UNESCO World Heritage Site [1] 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.
See also UNESCO Creative Cities, describing a recently instituted program recognizing entire cities with some similar characteristics, and the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network, for parks of great geological interest.
If you would like to help expanding Wikitravel's coverage of world heritage sites, like starting new guides etc., please check the Wikitravel:World Heritage Expedition
[edit] Africa
- Timbuktu
- Old Towns of Djenné
- Tomb of Askia in Gao
- Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
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[edit] Americas
[edit] Bermuda (UK)
- Historic Town of St. George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda
- Rapa Nui National Park - see Easter Island
- Churches of Chiloe Island: 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
- Sewell Mining Town
See Denmark.
- National History Park - Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers
- Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles
See USA.
- Central Suriname Nature Reserve
- Historic Inner City of Paramaribo
- 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
- The monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin in Armenia's Lori Province (1996, 2000)
- The monastery of Geghard and the upper Azat Valley in Armenia's Kotayk Province (2000)
- The cathedral and churches of Echmiadzin and the archaeological site of Zvartnots (2000)
- The Walled city of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower (2000)
- Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (2007)
- Qal'at al-Bahrain - Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
- Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (1987, 2004)
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, with the terracotta warriors Xian (1987)
- Mogao Caves, Dunhuang (1987)
- Mount Taishan (1987)
- Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (1987)
- The Great Wall of China (1987)
- Mount Huangshan (1990)
- Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area (1992)
- Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve Scenic and Historic Interest Area (1992)
- Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area (1992)
- Ancient building complex in the Wudang Mountains, center of taoist monasteries and "internal" kung fu, in Hubei (1994)
- Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa: Potala Palace | Jokhang Temple Monastery | Norbulingka (1994, 2000, 2001)
- Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde (1994)
- Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu (1994)
- Lushan National Park (1996)
- Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area (1996)
- Ancient City of Ping Yao (1997)
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou (1997, 2000)
- Old Town of Lijiang (1997)
- Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing (1998)
- Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing (1998)
- Dazu - Buddhist rock carvings from 9th-13th century located in Chongqing municipality. (1999)
- Mount Wuyi, a scenic and historic area in Fujian (1999)
- Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun (2000)
- 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 (2000, 2003, 2004)
- Longmen Grottoes, near Luoyang (2000)
- Mount Qincheng and the Dujiangyan irrigation system, near Chengdu (2000)
- Yungang Grottoes (Datong) (2001)
- 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 (2003)
- Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom (Huanren County, Liaoning Province and Ji’an, Jilin Province) (2004). Koguryo tombs in North Korea are also listed.
- Historic Centre of Macao (2005)
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains (2006)
- Yin Xu (Anyang) (2006)
- Kaiping Diaolou ("castles") and Villages (2007)
- South China Karst, in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi Provinces (2007)
- Fujian Tulou, the earth houses of the Hakka people in Yongding County in the West of the province (2008)
- Mount Sanqingshan National Park, a Taoist mountain in Jiangxi (2008)
- The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
- Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly
- Complex of Koguryo Tombs (Koguryo relics in China are also listed.)
- Kunya-Urgench
- State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv"
- The Parthian Fortresses of Nisa
[edit] Oceania
[edit] Territories
[edit] Europe
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley (which lies to the south and east of Andorra La Vella) (2004, 2006)
The Clock Tower at Graz, Austria
- 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 Begium and France: 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 | Belfry, Gembloux (for French entries see France below)
- 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 House-Workshop-Museum, Antwerp
- Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad
- 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
- Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
- Chartres Cathedral
- Palace and Park of Versailles
- Vézelay, Church and Hill
- Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley, in Dordogne Region
- 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 Lyon
- Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
- The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
- Belfries of Belgium and France: Belfry of the Town Hall, Armentières | Belfry of the Town Hall, Bailleul | Belfry of Bergues | Belfry of the Church of St-Martin, Cambrai | Belfry of the Town Hal,l Comines | Belfry of the Town Hall, Douai | Belfry of the Church of St-Eloi, Dunkerque| Belfry of the Town Hall, Dunkerque | Belfry of Gravelines | Belfry of the Town Hall, Lille | Belfry of the Town Hall Loos | Belfry of the Town Hall, Aire-sur-la-Lys | Belfry of the Town Hall, Arras | Belfry of Béthune | Belfry of the Town Hall Boulogne-sur-Mer | Belfry of the Town Hall Calais | Belfry of the Town Hall, Hesdin | Belfry Abbeville| Belfry Amiens| Belfry of the Old Community Hall, Doullens| Belfry of Lucheux| Belfry of Rue| Belfry of Saint-Riquier (For Belgian Belfries see Belgium above)
- Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
- The Historic Centre of Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
- 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, Sparta
- Archaeological Site of Olympia
- Delos, Cyclades
- 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, Corinth
- Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
- The Old Town of Corfu
Jvari Monastery above Mtskheta
- 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 Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights, and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
- 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 Noto Valley: 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)
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Villa Adriana, Tivoli
- Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina
- Villa d'Este, Tivoli
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- The Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli, in the historic centre of Genoa
- City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications
- Ohrid Region with its Cultural and Historic Aspect and its Natural Environment
- Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad, Moscow Oblast
- Central Sikhote-Alin mountains, Primorsky Krai
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
- Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands, a.k.a. Solovki, Arkhangelsk Oblast
- Curonian Spit, Kaliningrad Oblast
- Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery, Vologda Oblast
- Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent, Moscow
- Golden Mountains of Altai
- Historic Center of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
- Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
- Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin
- Kizhi Island
- Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
- Lake Baikal
- Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve, Chukotka
- Virgin Komi Forests, Komi Republic.
- Volcanoes of Kamchatka
- Western Caucasus
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
- Historical Center of the City of Yaroslavl
- Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
- Uvs Nuur Basin, in Tuva, Eastern Siberia
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- 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
- Güell Park, Güell Palace and Casa Milà in Barcelona, Catalonia
- Poblet Monastery, Catalonia
- Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
- Roman Walls of Lugo
- Route to 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 and Baeza: Urban duality, cultural unity
- Vizcaya Bridge in Bilbao
- Teide National Park, Tenerife
- The Convent of St. Gall
- The Benedictine Convent of St. John at Müstair
- The Old Town of Berne
- The Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-town of Bellinzona
- Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn above Interlaken
- Monte San Giorgio near Lugano in Ticino
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces overlooking the Lake and the Alps
- Kiev: Saint Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
- Lviv - the Ensemble of the Historic Center
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Hadrian's Wall (1987, 2005, 2008)
- Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church (1987, 2008)
- The Tower of London (1988)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (1988)
- Henderson Island, Pitcairn Islands (1988)
- Edinburgh, Old and New Towns (1995)
- Gough Island and Inaccessible Island, South Atlantic Islands in the Tristan da Cunha archipelago (1995, 2004)
- Maritime Greenwich (1997)
Durdle Door on the Jurassic Coast
Vatican City from the top of St Peter's Basilica
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