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Africa
Algeria
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad | Saharan Atlas | Cultural | 1980 | |
Djémila | Sétif | Cultural | 1982 | |
Kasbah of Algiers | Algiers | Cultural | 1992 | |
M'zab Valley | M'zab | Cultural | 1982 | |
Tassili n'Ajjer | Saharan Algeria | Mixed | 1982 | |
Timgad | Batna | Cultural | 1982 | |
Tipasa | Tipaza | Cultural | 1982 |
Benin
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Royal Palaces of Abomey | Abomey | Cultural | 1985 |
Botswana
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tsodilo | Okavango Delta | Cultural | 2001 | |
Okavango Delta | Okavango Delta | Natural | 2014 |
Burkina Faso
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Ruins of Loropéni | Gaoua | Cultural | 2009 |
Cameroon
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dja Faunal Reserve | South Cameroon Plateau | Natural | 1987 | |
Sangha Trinational |
South Cameroon Plateau | Natural | 2012 | Shared with Central African Republic and Rep. Congo |
Cape Verde
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande | Cidade Velha | Cultural | 2009 |
Central African Republic
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park | Northeast Central African Republic | Natural | 1988 | Listed as in danger since 1997 |
Sangha Trinational | Southwest Central African Republic | Natural | 2012 | Shared with Cameroon and Rep. Congo |
Congo, Republic of the
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sangha Trinational | Sangha and Likouala | Natural | 2012 | Shared with Central African Republic and Cameroon |
Côte d'Ivoire
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Comoe National Park |
Northern Savanna | Natural | 1983 | Listed as in danger since 2003 |
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve | Southwestern Forests | Natural | 1981 | Listed as in danger since 1992; shared with Guinea |
Taï National Park | Southwestern Forests | Natural | 1982 | |
Historic town of Grand-Bassam | Grand-Bassam | Cultural | 2012 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Virunga National Park | Kivu | Natural | 1979 | Listed as in danger since 1994 |
Kahuzi-Biega National Park |
Kivu | Natural | 1980 | Listed as in danger since 1997 |
Garamba National Park | Congo Basin | Natural | 1980 | Listed as in danger in 1980, removed 1991. Relisted as in danger in 1996 |
Salonga National Park | Congo Basin | Natural | 1984 | Listed as in danger since 1999 |
Okapi Wildlife Reserve | Congo Basin | Natural | 1996 | Listed as in danger since 1997 |
Egypt
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abu Mena | Alexandria | Cultural | 1979 | Listed as in danger since 2001 |
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis | Luxor | Cultural | 1979 | |
Historic Cairo | Cairo | Cultural | 1979 | |
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur | Memphis, Cairo/Giza, Dahshur |
Cultural | 1979 | |
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae | Philae |
Cultural | 1979 | |
Saint Catherine Area | Saint Catherine | Cultural | 2002 | |
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) | Whale Valley |
Natural | 2005 |
Ethiopia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela | Lalibela | Cultural | 1979 | |
Simien National Park |
Amhara | Natural | 1978 | Listed as in danger since 1996 |
Fasil Ghebbi | Gondar | Cultural | 1979 | |
Aksum | Axum | Cultural | 1980 | |
Lower Valley of the Awash | Awash National Park | Cultural | 1980 | |
Lower Valley of the Omo | Omo National Park | Cultural | 1980 | |
Tiya | Tiya | Cultural | 1980 | |
Harar Jugol Fortified Historic Town | Harar | Cultural | 2006 | |
Konso Cultural Landscape | Konso | Cultural | 2011 |
Gabon
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda | Lopé National Park | Mixed | 2007 |
Gambia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Stone Circles of Senegambia | Janjanbureh | Cultural | 2006 | Shared with Senegal |
Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites | Western Gambia | Cultural | 2003 |
Ghana
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions | Ghanaian Coastal Plain | Cultural | 1979 | |
Asante Traditional Buildings | Kumasi | Cultural | 1980 | |
Nzulezo | Nzulezo | Cultural | 2000 | Listed as in danger |
Guinea
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve | Guinee Forestiere |
Natural | 1981 | Listed as in danger since 1992; shared with Côte d'Ivoire |
Kenya
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lake Turkana National Parks | Sibiloi National Park | Natural | 1997 | |
Mount Kenya-Lewa Wildlife conservancy | Mount Kenya | Natural | 1997 | extended in 2013 |
Lamu Old Town | Lamu | Cultural | 2001 | |
Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests | Coastal Kenya | Cultural | 2008 | |
Fort Jesus | Mombasa | Cultural | 2011 | |
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley | Northern Rift Valley and Southern Rift Valley | Natural | 2011 |
Lesotho
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Maloti Drakensberg Tranboundary World Heritage Site | Sehlabathebe National Park | Mixed | 2000 | extended in 2013, shared with South Africa |
Libya
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna | Leptis Magna | Cultural | 1982 | |
Archaeological Site of Cyrene | Cyrene | Cultural | 1982 | |
Archaeological Site of Sabratha | Sabratha | Cultural | 1982 | |
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus | Fezzan | Cultural | 1985 | |
Old Town of Ghadamès | Ghadamis |
Cultural | 1986 |
Madagascar
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Royal Hill of Ambohimanga | Antananarivo Province | Cultural | 2001 | |
Tsingy de Bemaraha Reserve | Mahajanga Province | Natural | 1990 | |
Rainforests of the Atsinanana | six national parks on the east coast of Madagascar | Natural | 2007 | Listed as in danger since 2010 |
Malawi
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chongoni Rock Art Area | Central Malawi | Cultural | 2006 | |
Lake Malawi National Park | Southern Malawi | Natural | 1984 |
Mali
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Timbuktu | Timbuktu | Cultural | 1988 | Severely damaged by Islamic extremists during conflict in 2012. |
Old Towns of Djenné | Djenné | Cultural | 1988 | |
Tomb of Askia | Gao | Cultural | 2004 | Severely damaged by Islamic extremists during conflict in 2012. |
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) | Bandiagara | Mixed | 1989 |
Mauritania
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Banc d'Arguin National Park | Nouadhibou | Natural | 1989 | |
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichit and Oualata | Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichit, Oualata | Cultural | 1996 |
Mauritius
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aapravasi Ghat in Port Louis | Port Louis | Cultural | 2006 | |
Le Morne Cultural Landscape | Le Morne |
Cultural | 2008 |
Morocco
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Medina of Fez | Fez | Cultural | 1981 | |
Medina of Marrakech | Marrakech |
Cultural | 1985 | |
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou | Aït-Benhaddou | Cultural | 1987 | |
Historic City of Meknes | Meknes | Cultural | 1996 | |
Archaeological Site of Volubilis | Meknes | Cultural | 1997 | |
Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) | Tetouan |
Cultural | 1997 | |
Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) | Essaouira | Cultural | 2001 | |
Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) | El Jadida | Cultural | 2004 | |
Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage | Rabat | Cultural | 2012 |
Mozambique
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Island of Mozambique | Ilha de Mozambique | Cultural | 1991 |
Namibia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes | Northern Namibia | Cultural | 2007 | |
Namib Sand Sea | Southern Namibia | Natural | 2013 |
Niger
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves | Northern Niger | Natural | 1991 | Listed as in danger since 1992 |
W National Park of Niger | Southwestern Niger | Natural | 1996 | |
Historic Centre of Agadez | Northern Niger | Cultural | 2013 |
Nigeria
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sukur Cultural Landscape | Sukur | Cultural | 1999 | |
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove | Osogbo | Cultural | 2005 |
Réunion
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Reunion Island | Reunion | Natural | 2010 | Categorised as part of France |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gough and Inaccessible Islands | Tristan da Cunha | Natural | 1995 | Categorised as part of the United Kingdom |
Senegal
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Island of Gorée | Dakar | Cultural | 1978 | |
Niokolo-Koba National Park |
Tambacounda Region | Natural | 1981 | Listed as in danger since 2007 |
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary | Northern Senegal | Natural | 1981 | |
Island of Saint-Louis | Saint-Louis | Cultural | 2000 | |
Stone Circles of Senegambia | Kaolack | Cultural | 2006 | Shared with Gambia |
Saloum Delta | Palmarin | Cultural | 2011 | |
Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes | Tambacounda Region | Cultural | 2012 |
Seychelles
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aldabra Atoll | Outer Seychelles | Natural | 1982 | |
Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve | Praslin | Natural | 1983 |
South Africa
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs | Cradle of Humankind | Cultural | 1999 | |
iSimangaliso Wetland Park | Elephant Coast | Natural | 1999 | |
Robben Island | Robben Island | Cultural | 1999 | |
Maloti Drakensberg Tranboundary World Heritage Site | Ukhahlamba Drakensberg | Mixed | 2000 | extended in 2013, shared with Lesotho |
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape | Limpopo | Cultural | 2003 | |
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas | Overberg | Natural | 2004 | |
Vredefort Dome | Vredefort | Natural | 2005 | |
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape | Ai-Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Park | Cultural | 2007 |
Sudan
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region | Merowe | Cultural | 2003 | |
Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe | Meroë | Cultural | 2011 |
Tanzania
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ngorongoro Conservation Area | Northwest Tanzania | Mixed | 1979 | |
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara | Kilwa |
Cultural | 1981 | Listed as in danger since 2004 |
Serengeti National Park | Northeast Tanzania | Natural | 1981 | |
Selous Game Reserve | Tanzania | Natural | 1982 | |
Kilimanjaro National Park | Mount Kilimanjaro | Natural | 1987 | |
Stone Town of Zanzibar | Stone Town | Cultural | 2000 | |
Kondoa Rock-Art Sites | Kondoa | Cultural | 2006 |
Togo
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba | Kara | Cultural | 2004 |
Tunisia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amphitheatre of El Jem | El Jem |
Cultural | 1979 | |
Archaeological Site of Carthage | Carthage | Cultural | 1979 | |
Medina of Tunis | Tunis | Cultural | 1979 | |
Ichkeul National Park | Bizerte | Natural | 1980 | |
Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis | Kerkouane | Cultural | 1985 | |
Kairouan | Kairouan | Cultural | 1988 | |
Medina of Sousse | Sousse | Cultural | 1988 | |
Dougga / Thugga | Dougga | Cultural | 1997 |
Uganda
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | Western Uganda |
Natural | 1994 | |
Rwenzori Mountains National Park | Western Uganda |
Natural | 1994 | |
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi | Kampala | Cultural | 2001 | Listed as in danger since 2010 |
Zambia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls | Livingstone | Natural | 1989 | Shared with Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas | Lake Kariba-Lower Zambezi | Natural | 1984 | |
Great Zimbabwe National Monument | Great Zimbabwe | Cultural | 1989 | |
Khami Ruins National Monument | Bulawayo | Cultural | 1986 | |
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls | Victoria Falls | Natural | 1989 | Shared with Zambia |
Matobo Hills | Matobo National Park | Cultural | 2003 |
Asia
Afghanistan
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam | Jam |
Cultural | 2002 | Listed as in danger since inscription |
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley | Bamiyan |
Cultural | 2003 | Listed as in danger since inscription |
Bahrain
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun | Manama | Cultural | 2005 | |
Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy | Muharraq | Cultural | 2012 |
Bangladesh
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat | Bagerhat | Cultural | 1985 | |
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur | Naogaon District | Cultural | 1985 | |
The Sundarbans | Khulna Division | Natural | 1997 | Similar site in India |
Cambodia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Angkor |
Siem Reap | Cultural | 1992 | |
Temple of Preah Vihear | Preah Vihear | Cultural | 2008 |
China
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang | Forbidden City, Beijing and Shenyang | Cultural | 1987 | Extended in 2004 |
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor | Xi'an | Cultural | 1987 | |
Mogao Caves | Dunhuang | Cultural | 1987 | |
Mount Taishan | Shandong | Mixed | 1987 | |
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian | Western and Southern Suburbs, Beijing | Cultural | 1987 | |
The Great Wall | Mostly North China | Cultural | 1987 | |
Mount Huangshan | Huangshan | Mixed | 1990 | |
Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area | Huanglongsi National Park | Natural | 1992 | |
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area | Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve | Natural | 1992 | |
Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area | Wulingyuan | Natural | 1992 | |
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains | Hubei | Cultural | 1994 | |
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa | Tibet | Cultural | 1994 | Extended in 2000 and 2001 |
Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde | Hebei | Cultural | 1994 | |
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu | Shandong | Cultural | 1994 | |
Lushan National Park | Lushan |
Cultural | 1996 | |
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area | Emeishan National Park |
Mixed | 1996 | |
Ancient City of Ping Yao | Pingyao | Cultural | 1997 | |
Classical Gardens of Suzhou | Suzhou | Cultural | 1997 | Extended in 2000 |
Old Town of Lijiang | Lijiang | Cultural | 1997 | |
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing | Haidian District, Beijing | Cultural | 1998 | |
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing | Chongwen District, Beijing | Cultural | 1998 | |
Dazu Rock Carvings | Dazu |
Cultural | 1999 | |
Mount Wuyi |
Fujian | Mixed | 1999 | |
Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun | Anhui | Cultural | 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 | Cultural | 2000 | Extended in 2003 and 2004 |
Longmen Grottoes | Luoyang | Cultural | 2000 | |
Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System | Qingchengshan-Dujiangyan National Park | Cultural | 2000 | |
Yungang Grottoes | Datong | Cultural | 2001 | |
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas | Three Parallel Rivers National Park | Natural | 2003 | |
Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom | Huanren County, Liaoning Province and Ji’an, Jilin Province | Cultural | 2004 | Shared with North Korea |
Historic Centre of Macao | Macau/Peninsula | Cultural | 2005 | |
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains | Sichuan | Natural | 2006 | |
Yin Xu | Anyang | Cultural | 2006 | |
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages | Kaiping | Cultural | 2007 | |
South China Karst | Shilin | Mixed | 2007 | Natural heritage since 2007, extension in 2014 |
Fujian Tulou | Yongding County |
Cultural | 2008 | |
Mount Sanqingshan National Park |
Jiangxi | Natural | 2008 | |
Mount Wutai | Wutaishan National Park |
Cultural | 2009 | |
China Danxia | Hunan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Guizhou provinces | Natural | 2010 | |
Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth” | Dengfeng | Cultural | 2010 | |
West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou | Hangzhou | Cultural | 2011 | |
Chengjiang Fossil Site | Southeastern Yunnan | Natural | 2012 | |
Site of Xanadu | Inner Mongolia | Cultural | 2012 | |
Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces | Southern Yunnan | Cultural | 2013 | |
Xinjiang Tianshan |
Xinjiang | Natural | 2013 | |
Silk Roads : the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor |
Cultural | 2014 | Shared with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan | |
The Grand Canal | North China, East China | Cultural | 2014 | |
Tusi Sites | Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou | Cultural | 2015 |
India
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Agra Fort | Agra | Cultural | 1983 | |
Ajanta Caves | Aurangabad | Cultural | 1983 | |
Ellora Caves |
Aurangabad | Cultural | 1983 | |
Taj Mahal | Agra | Cultural | 1983 | |
Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram | Mamallapuram | Cultural | 1984 | |
Sun Temple, Konârak | Konark | Cultural | 1984 | |
Kaziranga National Park | Assam | Natural | 1985 | |
Keoladeo National Park | Rajasthan | Natural | 1985 | |
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary | Manas National Park | Natural | 1985 | |
Churches and Convents of Goa | Old Goa | Cultural | 1985 | |
Fatehpur Sikri | Agra | Cultural | 1986 | |
Group of Monuments at Hampi | Hampi | Cultural | 1986 | |
Khajuraho Group of Monuments | Khajuraho | Cultural | 1986 | |
Elephanta Caves | Elephanta Island | Cultural | 1987 | |
Great Living Chola Temples | Brihadisvara Temple of Thanjavur; Brihadisvara Temple of Gangaikondacholisvaram; and the Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram | Cultural | 1987 | |
Group of Monuments at Pattadakal | Pattadakal | Cultural | 1987 | |
Sundarbans National Park | Southeast Bengal |
Natural | 1987 | Similar site in Bangladesh |
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks | Uttarakhand | Natural | 1988 | |
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi | Sanchi | Cultural | 1989 | |
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi | Delhi | Cultural | 1993 | |
Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi | Delhi | Cultural | 1993 | |
Mountain Railways of India | India | Cultural | 1999 | |
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya | Bodh Gaya | Cultural | 2002 | |
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka | Bhimbetka |
Cultural | 2003 | |
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park | Gujarat | Cultural | 2004 | |
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) | Mumbai | Cultural | 2004 | |
Red Fort Complex | Delhi | Cultural | 2007 | |
The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur | Jaipur | Cultural | 2010 | |
Western Ghats | Southern India |
Natural | 2012 | |
Hill Forts of Rajasthan | Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh, Sawai Madhopur, Jhalawar, Jaipur and Jaisalmer | Cultural | 2013 | |
Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan | North Gujarat | Cultural | 2014 | |
Great Himalayan National Park | Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan North | Natural | 2014 |
Indonesia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Borobudur Temple Compounds | Borobudur | Cultural | 1991 | |
Komodo National Park | Flores | Natural | 1991 | |
Prambanan Temple Compounds | Prambanan | Cultural | 1991 | |
Ujung Kulon National Park | West Java | Natural | 1991 | |
Sangiran Early Man Site | Solo | Cultural | 1996 | |
Lorentz National Park | Asmat | Natural | 1999 | |
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra | Gunung Leuser National Park, Kerinci Seblat National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park | Natural | 2004 | Listed as in danger since 2011 |
Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy | Bali | Cultural | 2012 |
Iran
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Meidan Emam, Esfahan | Isfahan | Cultural | 1979 | |
Persepolis | Shiraz | Cultural | 1979 | |
Tchogha Zanbil | Tchogha Zanbil |
Cultural | 1979 | |
Takht-e Soleyman | Takab | Cultural | 2003 | |
Bam and its Cultural Landscape | Bam | Cultural | 2004 | Listed as in danger since 2004 |
Pasargadae | Pasargad |
Cultural | 2004 | |
Soltaniyeh | Zanjan | Cultural | 2005 | |
Bisotun | Kermanshah | Cultural | 2006 | |
Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran | West Azerbaijan |
Cultural | 2008 | |
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System | Shushtar | Cultural | 2009 | |
Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil | Ardabil | Cultural | 2010 | |
Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex | Tabriz | Cultural | 2010 | |
The Persian Garden | Caspian Iran, Khorasan |
Cultural | 2011 | |
Gonbad-e Qābus | Caspian Iran |
Cultural | 2012 | |
Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan | Isfahan | Cultural | 2012 | |
Golestan Palace | Tehran Province | Cultural | 2013 | |
Shahr-I Sokhta | Baluchistan |
Cultural | 2014 | |
Cultural Landscape of Maymand | Kerman (province) | Cultural | 2015 | |
Susa | Khuzestan |
Cultural | 2015 |
Iraq
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hatra | Hatra | Cultural | 1985 | Severely damaged or destroyed by Da'esh extremists in 2015 |
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) | Al Jazira | Cultural | 2003 | Listed as in danger since inscription |
Samarra Archaeological City | Samarra | Cultural | 2007 | Listed as in danger since inscription |
Erbil Citadel |
Iraqi Kurdistan | Cultural | 2014 |
Israel
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Masada | Masada | Cultural | 2001 | |
Old City of Acre | Akko |
Cultural | 2001 | |
White City of Tel-Aviv—the Modern Movement | Tel Aviv | Cultural | 2003 | |
Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba | Beer Sheba |
Cultural | 2005 | |
Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev | Negev | Cultural | 2005 | |
Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee | Israeli North Coast | Cultural | 2008 | |
Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves | Carmel Range | Cultural | 2012 | |
Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves | Shfela |
Cultural | 2014 | |
Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal | Israeli North Coast | Cultural | 2015 |
Japan
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area | Horyuji |
Cultural | 1993 | |
Himeji-jo | Himeji | Cultural | 1993 | |
Shirakami-Sanchi | Shirakami-Sanchi | Cultural | 1993 | |
Yakushima | Yakushima | Natural | 1993 | |
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) | Otsu |
Cultural | 1994 | |
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama | Shirakawa-go and Gokayama |
Cultural | 1995 | |
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) | Hiroshima | Cultural | 1996 | |
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine | Miyajima | Cultural | 1996 | |
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara | Nara | Cultural | 1998 | |
Shrines and Temples of Nikko | Nikko | Cultural | 1999 | |
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu | Okinawa Island | Cultural | 2000 | |
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range | ) | Cultural | 2004 | |
Shiretoko | Shiretoko National Park | Natural | 2005 | |
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape | Oda | Cultural | 2007 | |
Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land | Hiraizumi | Cultural | 2011 | |
Ogasawara Islands | Ogasawara Islands |
Natural | 2011 | |
Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration | Shizuoka, Yamanashi | Cultural | 2013 | |
Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites | Gunma prefecture |
Cultural | 2014 | |
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining | Kamaishi (Hashino Iron Mining and Smelting Site), Izunokuni (Nirayama Reverberatory Furnaces) |
Cultural | 2015 |
Jerusalem
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls | Old City, Jerusalem | Cultural | 1981 | Under de facto Israeli control as part of its capital; disputed by the Palestinians, who claim Jerusalem as their capital; proposed in the 1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine to be part of a separate Jerusalem territory under international control; listed as in danger since 1982 |
Jordan
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Petra | Petra | Cultural | 1985 | |
Quseir Amra | Quseir Amra |
Cultural | 1985 | |
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) | Um er-Rasas |
Cultural | 2005 | |
Wadi Rum Protected Area | Wadi Rum | Mixed | 2011 | |
Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) | Northern Jordan | Cultural | 2015 |
Kazakhstan
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi | Turkestan | Cultural | 2003 | |
Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly | Almaty Province |
Cultural | 2004 | |
Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan | Naurzum State Nature Reserve, Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve |
Natural | 2008 | |
Silk Roads : the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor |
Cultural | 2014 | Shared with China and Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyzstan
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain | Osh | Cultural | 2009 | |
Silk Roads : the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor |
Cultural | 2014 | Shared with China and Kazakhstan |
Laos
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Town of Luang Prabang | Luang Prabang | Cultural | 1995 | |
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape | Champasak | Cultural | 2001 |
Lebanon
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Anjar | Bekaa |
Cultural | 1984 | |
Baalbek | Baalbek | Cultural | 1984 | |
Byblos | Byblos | Cultural | 1984 | |
Tyre | Tyre | Cultural | 1984 | |
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) | Kadisha Valley | Cultural | 1998 |
Malaysia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gunung Mulu National Park | Sarawak | Natural | 2000 | |
Kinabalu Park | Mount Kinabalu | Natural | 2000 | |
Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca | Georgetown |
Cultural | 2008 | |
Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley | Perak | Cultural | 2012 |
Mongolia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Uvs Nuur Basin | Uvs | Natural | 2003 | Shared with Russia |
Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape | Central Mongolia | Cultural | 2004 | |
Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai | Western Mongolia |
Cultural | 2011 | In Altai Tavan Bogd National Park |
Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape | Central Mongolia | Cultural | 2015 |
Myanmar
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pyu Ancient Cities | Northern Myanmar | Cultural | 2014 |
Nepal
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kathmandu Valley | Kathmandu Valley | Cultural | 1979 | Severely damaged by 2015 earthquake. |
Sagarmatha National Park | Khumbu | Natural | 1979 | |
Chitwan National Park |
Western Terai | Natural | 1984 | |
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha | Lumbini | Cultural | 1997 |
North Korea
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Complex of Koguryo Tombs | Nampho |
Cultural | 2004 | Shared with China |
Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong | Hwanghae |
Cultural | 2013 |
Oman
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bahla Fort | Bahla | Cultural | 1987 | |
Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn | Northern Oman | Cultural | 1988 | |
Land of Frankincense | Frankincense Trail in Al Baleed Museum, Salalah | Cultural | 2000 | |
Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman | Northern Oman | Cultural | 2006 |
Pakistan
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro | Moenjodaro | Cultural | 1980 | |
Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol | Northwest Pakistan |
Cultural | 1980 | |
Taxila | Taxila | Cultural | 1980 | |
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore | Lahore | Cultural | 1981 | |
Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta | Thatta | Cultural | 1981 | |
Rohtas Fort | Jhelum | Cultural | 1997 |
Palestinian Territories
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem | Bethlehem | Cultural | 2012 | |
Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir | West Bank | Cultural | 2014 |
Philippines
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Baroque Churches of the Philippines | Iglesia de San Agustín, Miag-ao, Iloilo |
Cultural | 1993 | |
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park |
Palawan | Natural | 1993 | |
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras | Ifugao | Cultural | 1995 | |
Historic Town of Vigan | Vigan | Cultural | 1999 | |
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park | Puerto Princesa | Natural | 1999 | |
Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary |
Davao Oriental | Natural | 2014 |
Qatar
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Al Zubarah Archaeological Site | Qatar | Cultural | 2013 |
Russia
See also the list of Russian sites in Europe.
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lake Baikal | Siberia | Natural | 1996 | |
Volcanoes of Kamchatka |
Russian Far East | Natural | 1996 | |
Golden Mountains of Altai | Siberia | Natural | 1998 | |
Central Sikhote-Alin | Russian Far East, Primorsky Krai | Natural | 2001 | |
Uvs Nuur Basin | Eastern Siberia |
Natural | 2003 | shared with Mongolia |
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve | Chukotka | Natural | 2004 | |
Putorana Plateau | Taymyria |
Natural | 2010 | |
Lena Pillars Nature Park | Sakha Republic | Natural | 2012 |
Saudi Arabia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) | Hejaz | Cultural | 2008 | |
Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah | Hejaz | Cultural | 2014 | |
Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia | Nejd |
Cultural | 2015 |
Singapore
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Singapore Botanic Gardens | Singapore | Cultural | 2015 |
South Korea
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks | Gayasan Mountain National Park | Cultural | 1995 | |
Jongmyo Shrine | Jongno District, Seoul | Cultural | 1995 | |
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple | Gyeongju | Cultural | 1995 | |
Changdeokgung Palace Complex | Jongno District, Seoul | Cultural | 1997 | |
Hwaseong Fortress | Suwon | Cultural | 1997 | |
Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites | Hwasun and Ganghwa Island |
Cultural | 2000 | |
Gyeongju Historic Areas | Gyeongju | Cultural | 2000 | |
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes | Jeju | Natural | 2007 | |
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty | Gyeonggi and Gangwon |
Cultural | 2009 | |
Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong | Andong | Cultural | 2010 | |
Namhansanseong | Gyeonggi |
Cultural | 2014 | |
Baekje Historic Areas | North Jeolla |
Cultural | 2015 |
Sri Lanka
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa | Polonnaruwa | Cultural | 1982 | |
Ancient City of Sigiriya | Sigiriya | Cultural | 1982 | |
Sacred City of Anuradhapura | Anuradhapura | Cultural | 1982 | |
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications | Galle | Cultural | 1988 | |
Sacred City of Kandy | Kandy | Cultural | 1988 | |
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Sabaragamuwa |
Natural | 1988 | |
Golden Temple of Dambulla | Dambulla | Cultural | 1991 | |
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka | Central Province |
Natural | 2010 |
Syria
NOTE: Syria is a war zone in 2015; according to news reports "Syria has six world heritage sites. All six, as far as we understand it, have been severely damaged."[1] Palmyra is at immediate risk of destruction as the city has fallen to Da'esh extremists. (May 2015) [2]
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ancient City of Damascus | Damascus | Cultural | 1979 | |
Ancient City of Bosra | Bosra | Cultural | 1980 | |
Site of Palmyra | Palmyra | Cultural | 1980 | Mined or destroyed in 2015. |
Ancient City of Aleppo | Aleppo | Cultural | 1986 | |
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din | Krak des Chevaliers and Latakia | Cultural | 2006 | |
Ancient Villages of Northern Syria | Dead Cities | Cultural | 2011 |
Tajikistan
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Proto-urban site of Sarazm | Zeravshan |
Cultural | 2010 | |
Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs ) |
Pamirs |
Natural | 2013 |
Thailand
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Historic City of Ayutthaya | Ayutthaya | Cultural | 1991 | |
Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns | Si Satchanalai and Kamphaeng Phet |
Cultural | 1991 | |
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries |
Lower Northern Thailand | Natural | 1991 | |
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site | Udon Thani | Cultural | 1992 | |
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex | Khao Yai National Park | Natural | 2005 |
Turkey
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia | Cappadocia | Mixed | 1985 | |
Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi |
Central Anatolia |
Cultural | 1985 | |
Historic Areas of Istanbul | Istanbul Province |
Cultural | 1985 | |
Hattusha: the Hittite Capital |
Central Karadeniz | Cultural | 1986 | |
Nemrut Dagi |
Southeastern Anatolia |
Cultural | 1987 | |
Hierapolis-Pamukkale | Southern Aegean |
Mixed | 1988 | |
Xanthos-Letoon | Lycia | Cultural | 1988 | |
City of Safranbolu | Western Karadeniz | Cultural | 1994 | |
Archaeological Site of Troy | Southern Marmara | Cultural | 1998 | |
Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex | Eastern Thrace |
Cultural | 2011 | |
Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük | Central Anatolia |
Cultural | 2012 | |
Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire | Southern Marmara | Cultural | 2014 | |
Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape | Northern Aegean |
Cultural | 2014 | |
Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape |
Southeastern Anatolia |
Cultural | 2015 | |
Ephesus | Central Aegean | Cultural | 2015 |
Turkmenistan
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv” | Merv | Cultural | 1999 | |
Kunya-Urgench | Konye Urgench | Cultural | 2005 | |
Parthian Fortresses of Nisa | Nissa | Cultural | 2007 |
United Arab Emirates
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) | Al Ain | Cultural | 2011 |
Uzbekistan
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Itchan Kala | Khiva | Cultural | 1990 | |
Historic Centre of Bukhara | Bukhara | Cultural | 1993 | |
Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz | Shakhrizabz | Cultural | 2000 | |
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures | Samarkand | Cultural | 2001 |
Vietnam
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Complex of Hué Monuments | Hue | Cultural | 1993 | |
Ha Long Bay | Ha Long Bay |
Natural | 1994 | Extended in 2000 |
Hoi An Ancient Town | Hoi An |
Cultural | 1999 | |
My Son Sanctuary | My Son |
Cultural | 1999 | |
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park | Phong Nha-Ke Bang |
Natural | 2003 | |
Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi | Hanoi | Cultural | 2010 | |
Citadel of the Ho Dynasty | Central Coast (Vietnam) | Cultural | 2011 | |
Trang An Landscape Complex | Ninh Binh, Northern Vietnam |
Mixed | 2014 |
Yemen
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Old Walled City of Shibam | Shibam | Cultural | 1982 | |
Old City of Sana'a | Sana'a |
Cultural | 1986 | |
Historic Town of Zabid | Zabid | Cultural | 1993 | Listed as in danger since 2000 |
Socotra Archipelago | Socotra | Natural | 2008 |
Europe
Albania
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Butrint | Coastal Albania | Cultural | 1992 | |
Historic Centres of Gjirokastër and Berat | Southeastern Albania | Cultural | 2005 |
Andorra
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley | south and east of Andorra La Vella |
Cultural | 2004 |
Armenia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin | Northern Armenia | Cultural | 1996 | |
Cathedral and Churches of Echmiadzin and the archaeological site of Zvartnots |
Central Armenia | Cultural | 2000 | |
Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley | Central Armenia | Cultural | 2000 |
Austria
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg | Salzburg (state) |
Cultural | 1996 | |
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn | Vienna | Cultural | 1996 | |
Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape | Salzburg (state) |
Cultural | 1997 | |
Semmering Railway | Lower Austria | Cultural | 1998 | |
City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg | Styria | Cultural | 1999 | |
Wachau Cultural Landscape | Lower Austria, between Melk and Krems | Cultural | 2000 | |
Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape | Burgenland | Cultural | 2001 | shared with Hungary |
Historic Centre of Vienna | Vienna | Cultural | 2001 | |
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps | Cultural | 2011 | shared with France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland |
Azerbaijan
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Walled city of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower | Baku Region | Cultural | 2000 | |
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape | Baku Region | Cultural | 2007 |
Belarus
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mir Castle complex | Grodno Oblast |
Cultural | 2000 | |
Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh |
Minsk Oblast |
Cultural | 2005 | |
Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest | Grodno Oblast |
Natural | 1979 | shared with Poland, extended in 2014 |
Struve Geodetic Arc | Brest Oblast |
Cultural | 2005 | shared with Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine |
Belgium
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Flemish Béguinages | Flanders | Cultural | 1998 | 13 Béguinages |
La Grand-Place, Brussels | Brussels | Cultural | 1998 | |
The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault) | Wallonia | Cultural | 1998 | |
Belfries of Belgium and France | Cultural | 1999 | 33 belfries in Belgium | |
Historic Centre of Bruges | Flanders | Cultural | 2000 | |
Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta | Brussels | Cultural | 2000 | |
Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) | Wallonia | Cultural | 2000 | |
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai | Wallonia | Cultural | 2000 | |
Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex, Antwerp | Flanders | Cultural | 2005 | |
Stoclet House | Brussels | Cultural | 2009 | |
Major Mining Sites of Wallonia | Wallonia | Cultural | 2012 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar | Herzegovina | Cultural | 2005 | |
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad | Sarajevo Region | Cultural | 2007 |
Bulgaria
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Boyana Church (Sofia) | Bulgarian Shopluk | Cultural | 1979 | |
Madara Rider | Dobruja | Cultural | 1979 | |
Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo |
North Bulgaria |
Cultural | 1979 | |
Thracian tomb of Kazanlak | Northern Thrace | Cultural | 1979 | |
Ancient City of Nessebar |
Bulgarian Black Sea Coast | Cultural | 1983 | |
Srebarna Nature Reserve | Dobruja | Natural | 1983 | |
Pirin National Park | Pirin Macedonia | Natural | 1983 | |
Rila Monastery | Bulgarian Shopluk | Cultural | 1983 | |
Thracian tomb of Sveshtari | Dobruja | Cultural | 1985 |
Croatia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Old City of Dubrovnik | Dalmatia | Cultural | 1979 | |
Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian | Dalmatia | Cultural | 1979 | |
Plitvice Lakes National Park |
Dalmatia | Natural | 1979 | |
Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Poreč | Istria | Cultural | 1997 | |
Historic City of Trogir | Dalmatia | Cultural | 1997 | |
Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik |
Dalmatia | Cultural | 2000 | |
Stari Grad Plain, Island Hvar | Dalmatia | Cultural | 2008 |
Cyprus
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paphos | Paphos district |
Cultural | 1980 | |
Painted Churches in the Troodos Region | Cultural | 1985 | 10 churches | |
Choirokoitia | Larnaca district | Cultural | 1998 |
Czech Republic
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Historic Centre of Český Krumlov | South Bohemia |
Cultural | 1992 | |
Historic Centre of Prague | Central Bohemia |
Cultural | 1992 | |
Historic Centre of Telč | Bohemian-Moravian Highlands | Cultural | 1992 | |
Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora | South Moravia |
Cultural | 1994 | |
Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec | Central Bohemia |
Cultural | 1995 | |
Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape | South Moravia |
Cultural | 1996 | |
Holasovice Historical Village Reservation |
South Bohemia |
Cultural | 1998 | |
Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž | South Moravia |
Cultural | 1998 | |
Litomyšl Castle | East Bohemia | Cultural | 1999 | |
Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc | North Moravia | Cultural | 2000 | |
Tugendhat Villa in Brno | South Moravia |
Cultural | 2001 | |
The Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč | Bohemian-Moravian Highlands | Cultural | 2003 |
Denmark
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church | East Jutland | Cultural | 1994 | |
Roskilde Cathedral | West Zealand |
Cultural | 1995 | |
Kronborg Castle in Elsinore |
North Zealand | Cultural | 2000 | |
Stevns Klint | South Zealand | Natural | 2014 | |
Wadden Sea |
South Jutland | Natural | 2014 | Extended to Denmark in 2014, shared with Germany and Netherlands |
Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement | Kolding | Cultural | 2015 | |
The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand | North Zealand | Cultural | 2015 |
Estonia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn | North Estonia | Cultural | 1997 | |
Struve Geodetic Arc | Cultural | 2005 | shared with Belarus, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine |
Finland
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fortress of Suomenlinna, Helsinki | Southern Finland |
Cultural | 1991 | |
Old Rauma | Western Finland |
Cultural | 1991 | |
Petäjävesi Old Church | Western Finland |
Cultural | 1994 | |
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill, Jaala | Southern Finland |
Cultural | 1996 | |
Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki, near Rauma | Western Finland |
Cultural | 1999 | |
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago |
Ostrobothnia | Natural | 2000 | |
Struve Geodetic Arc | Cultural | 2005 | shared with Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine |
France
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chartres Cathedral | Centre-Val de Loire | Cultural | 1979 | |
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay | Lower Normandy | Cultural | 1979 | |
Palace and Park of Versailles |
Île-de-France | Cultural | 1979 | |
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley | Dordogne | Cultural | 1979 | |
Vézelay, Church and Hill | Burgundy | Cultural | 1979 | |
Amiens Cathedral | Picardy | Cultural | 1981 | |
Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments | Bouches-du-Rhône | Cultural | 1981 | |
Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay | Burgundy | Cultural | 1981 | |
Palace and Park of Fontainebleau | Île-de-France | Cultural | 1981 | |
Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange | Vaucluse | Cultural | 1981 | |
From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt | Franche-Comté | Cultural | 1982 | |
Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe | Vienne | Cultural | 1983 | |
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve | Corsica | Natural | 1983 | |
Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy | Lorraine | Cultural | 1983 | |
Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) | Languedoc-Roussillon | Cultural | 1985 | |
Strasbourg - Grande île | Alsace | Cultural | 1988 | |
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims | Champagne-Ardenne | Cultural | 1991 | |
Paris, Banks of the Seine | Île-de-France | Cultural | 1991 | |
Bourges Cathedral | Centre-Val de Loire | Cultural | 1992 | |
Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge | Vaucluse | Cultural | 1995 | |
Canal du Midi | Cultural | 1996 | part of a network of navigable waterways linking the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. | |
Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne | Aude | Cultural | 1997 | |
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu | Midi-Pyrenees |
Mixed | 1997 | shared with Spain |
Historic Site of Lyons | Rhône | Cultural | 1998 | |
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France | Cultural | 1998 | ||
Belfries of Belgium and France | Cultural | 1999 | 23 belfries in France | |
Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion | Aquitaine | Cultural | 1999 | |
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes | Cultural | 2000 | ||
Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs | Île-de-France | Cultural | 2001 | |
Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret | Haute-Normandie |
Cultural | 2005 | |
Bordeaux, Port of the Moon | Aquitaine | Cultural | 2007 | |
Fortifications of Vauban | Cultural | 2008 | 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along the western, northern and eastern borders of France. | |
Episcopal City of Albi | Midi-Pyrenees, Tarn |
Cultural | 2010 | |
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps | Haute-Normandie |
Cultural | 2011 | shared with Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia |
The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean Agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape |
Cultural | 2011 | ||
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin |
Nord-Pas de Calais |
Cultural | 2012 | site consists of 109 separate components over 120,000 ha |
Decorated cave of Pont d’Arc , known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche |
Ardèche | Cultural | 2014 | |
Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars | Épernay, Reims | Cultural | 2015 | |
Climats, terroirs of Burgundy | Dijon, Beaune | Cultural | 2015 |
Georgia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery | Rioni Region | Cultural | 1994 | in danger |
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta | Kartli | Cultural | 1994 | in danger |
Upper Svaneti | Northwestern Georgia | Cultural | 1996 |
Germany
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aachen Cathedral | North Rhine-Westphalia, Eifel | Cultural | 1978 | |
Speyer Cathedral | Rhineland-Palatinate | Cultural | 1981 | |
Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square | Bavaria, Franconia | Cultural | 1981 | |
Pilgrimage Church of Wies | Swabia (region), Steingaden |
Cultural | 1983 | |
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl | North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne Lowland | Cultural | 1984 | |
St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church at Hildesheim | Lower Saxony | Cultural | 1985 | |
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier | Rhineland-Palatinate | Cultural | 1986 | |
Frontiers of the Roman Empire | Hesse, Bad Homburg | Cultural | 1987 (2005) | Shared with UK, The two sections of the Limes in Germany cover a length of 550 km from the north-west of the country to the Danube in the south-east. |
Hanseatic City of Lübeck | Schleswig-Holstein | Cultural | 1987 | |
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin | Berlin | Cultural | 1990 | |
Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch | Hesse | Cultural | 1991 | |
Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System | Lower Saxony | Cultural | 1992 | |
Maulbronn Monastery Complex | Baden-Württemberg, Pforzheim | Cultural | 1993 | |
Old Town of Bamberg | Bavaria, Franconia | Cultural | 1993 | |
Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg | Saxony-Anhalt | Cultural | 1994 | |
Völklingen Ironworks | Saarland | Cultural | 1994 | |
Messel Pit Fossil Site | Hesse | Natural | 1995 | |
Cologne Cathedral | North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne Lowland | Cultural | 1996 | |
Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau | Thuringia; Saxony-Anhalt | Cultural | 1996 | |
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg | Saxony-Anhalt | Cultural | 1996 | |
Classical Weimar | Thuringia | Cultural | 1998 | |
Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin | Berlin | Cultural | 1999 | |
Wartburg Castle | Thuringia, Eisenach | Cultural | 1999 | |
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz | Saxony-Anhalt | Cultural | 2000 | |
Monastic Island of Reichenau | Baden-Württemberg | Cultural | 2000 | |
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen | North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr | Cultural | 2001 | |
Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
Cultural | 2002 | |
Upper Middle Rhine Valley |
Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse, between Koblenz and Bingen / Rüdesheim | Cultural | 2002 | |
Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski | Saxony, Upper Lusatia, Bad Muskau | Cultural | 2004 | shared with Poland |
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen | Bremen | Cultural | 2004 | |
Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof | Bavaria, Upper Palatinate | Cultural | 2006 | |
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates | Berlin | Cultural | 2008 | |
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany | Natural | 2007 | shared with Ukraine and Slovakia | |
The Wadden Sea | along the coast of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, including the East and North Frisian Islands | Natural | 2009 | shared with Netherlands, in 2014 extended to Denmark |
Fagus Factory in Alfeld |
Lower Saxony | Cultural | 2011 | |
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps | Cultural | 2011 | shared with Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy, Slovenia | |
Margravial Opera House Bayreuth | Bavaria, Franconia | Cultural | 2012 | |
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe | North Hesse, Kassel | Cultural | 2013 | |
Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey | Weser Uplands | Cultural | 2014 | |
Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus | Hamburg | Cultural | 2015 |
Greece
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae | Peloponnese | Cultural | 1986 | |
Archaeological Site of Delphi | Central and Northern Greece | Cultural | 1987 | |
Acropolis, Athens | Attica | Cultural | 1986 | |
Medieval City of Rhodes | Greek Islands |
Cultural | 1988 | |
Meteora | Central and Northern Greece | Mixed | 1988 | |
Mount Athos | Central and Northern Greece | Mixed | 1988 | |
Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki | Central and Northern Greece | Cultural | 1988 | |
Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus | Nafplio | Cultural | 1988 | |
Archaeological Site of Mystras | Peloponnese | Cultural | 1989 | |
Archaeological Site of Olympia | Peloponnese | Cultural | 1989 | |
Delos, Cyclades | Greek Islands |
Cultural | 1990 | |
Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas and Nea Moni of Chios | Cultural | 1990 | ||
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos | Greek Islands |
Cultural | 1992 | |
Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina) | Macedonia (Greece) | Cultural | 1996 | |
Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns | Peloponnese | Cultural | 1999 | |
Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John, Pátmos |
Greek Islands |
Cultural | 1999 | |
Old Town of Corfu | Greek Islands |
Cultural | 2007 |
Hungary
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue | Central Hungary | Cultural | 1987 | |
Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings | Northern Hungary | Cultural | 1987 | |
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst | Northern Hungary | Natural | 1995 | shared with Slovakia |
Millenary Benedictine Monastery of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment | Transdanubia | Cultural | 1996 | |
Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta | Great Hungarian Plain | Cultural | 1999 | |
Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) | Transdanubia | Cultural | 2000 | |
Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape | Transdanubia | Cultural | 2001 | shared with Austria |
Tokaj Wine Region Cultural Landscape |
Northern Hungary | Cultural | 2002 |
Iceland
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Þingvellir National Park |
South Iceland |
Cultural | 2004 | |
Surtsey | South Iceland |
Natural | 2008 |
Ireland
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne | East Coast and Midlands | Cultural | 1993 | |
Sceilg Mhichíl | Southwest Ireland |
Cultural | 1996 |
Italy
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica |
Lombardy | Cultural | 1979 | |
Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by "Leonardo da Vinci" in Milan | Lombardy | Cultural | 1979 | |
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights, and San Paolo Fuori le Mura | Lazio, Rome | Cultural | 1980 | shared with Vatican |
Historic Centre of Florence | Tuscany | Cultural | 1982 | |
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa | Tuscany | Cultural | 1987 | |
Venice and its Lagoon | Veneto | Cultural | 1987 | |
Historic Centre of San Gimignano | Tuscany | Cultural | 1990 | |
The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera | Basilicata | Cultural | 1993 | |
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto | Veneto | Cultural | 1994 | |
Crespi d'Adda | Lombardy | Cultural | 1995 | |
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance and its Po Delta | Emilia-Romagna | Cultural | 1995 | |
Historic Centre of Naples | Campania | Cultural | 1995 | |
Historic Centre of Siena | Tuscany | Cultural | 1995 | |
Castel del Monte | Andria | Cultural | 1996 | |
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna | Emilia-Romagna | Cultural | 1996 | |
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza | Tuscany | Cultural | 1996 | |
The Trulli of Alberobello | Bari | Cultural | 1996 | |
18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and the San Leucio Complex | Campania | Cultural | 1997 | |
Archaeological Area of Agrigento | Sicily | Cultural | 1997 | |
Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata | Campania | Cultural | 1997 | |
Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua | Veneto | Cultural | 1997 | |
Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena | Emilia-Romagna | Cultural | 1997 | |
Costiera Amalfitana | Campania | Cultural | 1997 | |
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) | Liguria | Cultural | 1997 | |
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy | Piedmont, in and around Turin | Cultural | 1997 | |
Su Nuraxi di Barumini | Sardinia | Cultural | 1997 | a special type of defensive structure known as nuraghi |
Villa Romana del Casale | Sicily, Piazza Armerina | Cultural | 1997 | |
Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Cultural | 1998 | |
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula |
Campania | Cultural | 1998 | |
Historic Centre of Urbino | Marche | Cultural | 1998 | |
Villa Adriana, Tivoli | Lazio | Cultural | 1999 | |
Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites | Umbria | Cultural | 2000 | |
City of Verona | Veneto | Cultural | 2000 | |
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) | Natural | 2000 | ||
Villa d'Este, Tivoli | Lazio | Cultural | 2001 | |
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-eastern Sicily) | Cultural | 2002 | ||
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy | Piedmont and Lombardy | Cultural | 2003 | |
Monte San Giorgio | Lombardy | Natural | 2003 | shared with Switzerland |
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia | Lazio | Cultural | 2004 | |
Val d'Orcia | Tuscany | Cultural | 2004 | |
Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica |
Sicily | Cultural | 2005 | |
Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli | Liguria | Cultural | 2006 | |
Mantua and Sabbioneta | Lombardy | Cultural | 2008 | |
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula /Bernina Landscapes | Lombardy | Cultural | 2008 | shared with Switzerland |
The Dolomites | Trentino-Alto Adige |
Natural | 2009 | |
Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power | Cultural | 2011 | Seven groups of important buildings (including fortresses, churches, and monasteries) throughout the Italian Peninsula: Brescia, Cividale del Friuli (Udine), Castelseprio (Varese), Spoleto and Campello on Clitunno (Perugia), Benevento and Monte Sant'Angelo (Foggia). | |
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps | Cultural | 2011 | shared with Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, Slovenia | |
Medici Villas and Gardens | Tuscany | Cultural | 2013 | |
Mount Etna | Sicily | Natural | 2013 | |
The Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato | Northwest Italy | Cultural | 2014 | |
Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale | Sicily | Cultural | 2015 |
Latvia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Historic Centre of Riga | Riga region | Cultural | 1997 | |
Struve Geodetic Arc | Cultural | 2005 | shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine |
Lithuania
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vilnius Historic Centre | Dzūkija | Cultural | 1994 | |
Curonian Spit | Lithuania Minor | Cultural | 2000 | shared with Russia |
Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė) | Dzūkija | Cultural | 2004 | |
Struve Geodetic Arc | Aukštaitija, Dzūkija | Cultural | 2005 | shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine |
Luxembourg
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
City of Luxembourg : its Old Quarters and Fortifications |
Luxembourg | Cultural | 1994 |
Macedonia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region | Western Macedonia | Mixed | 1979 |
Malta
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
City of Valletta | Malta Island |
Cultural | 1980 | |
Hal Saflieni Hypogeum | Malta Island |
Cultural | 1980 | |
Megalithic Temples of Malta | Malta Island, Gozo |
Cultural | 1980 |
Moldova
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Struve Geodetic Arc | Cultural | 2005 | shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine |
Montenegro
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Durmitor National Park |
North Montenegrin Mountains | Natural | 1980 | |
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor | Bay of Kotor | Cultural | 1979 |
Netherlands
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Schokland and Surroundings | Noordoostpolder | Cultural | 1995 | |
Defence Line of Amsterdam | North Holland and Utrecht | Cultural | 1996 | |
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout | Kinderdijk | Cultural | 1997 | |
Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) | Lemmer | Cultural | 1998 | |
Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) | Beemster | Cultural | 1999 | |
Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) | Utrecht | Cultural | 2000 | |
The Wadden Sea | West Frisian Islands | Natural | 2009 | shared with Germany and since 2014 with Denmark |
Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht | Amsterdam | Cultural | 2010 | |
Van Nellefabriek | Rotterdam | Cultural | 2014 |
Norway
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bryggen | Bergen | Cultural | 1979 | |
Urnes Stave Church | Luster | Cultural | 1979 | |
Rock Art of Alta | Northern Norway | Cultural | 1985 | |
Vegaøyan - The Vega Archipelago | Northern Norway | Cultural | 2004 | |
Røros Mining Town and the Circumference | Middle Norway |
Cultural | 1980 | |
Struve Geodetic Arc | Cultural | 2005 | shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine | |
West Norwegian Fjords - Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord | Natural | 2005 | ||
Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site | Telemark | Cultural | 2015 |
Poland
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest | Podlachia | Natural | 1979 | shared with Belarus, extended in 2014 |
Krakow 's Historic Centre |
Lesser Poland | Cultural | 1978 | |
Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines | Lesser Poland | Cultural | 1978, extension 2013 | |
Auschwitz Birkenau: German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) |
Lesser Poland | Cultural | 1979 | |
Historic Centre of Warsaw | Masovia |
Cultural | 1980 | |
Old City of Zamość | Lesser Poland | Cultural | 1992 | |
Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork | Pomerania | Cultural | 1997 | |
Medieval Town of Toruń | Pomerania | Cultural | 1997 | |
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park | Lesser Poland | Cultural | 1999 | |
Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica | Silesia | Cultural | 2001 | |
Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland | Lesser Poland | Cultural | 2003 | |
Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski | Greater Poland | Cultural | 2004 | shared with Germany |
Centennial Hall in Wrocław | Silesia | Cultural | 2006 | |
Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine | Lesser Poland | Cultural | 2013 | shared with Ukraine |
Portugal
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores | Terceira |
Cultural | 1983 | |
Convent of Christ in Tomar | Alentejo | Cultural | 1983 | |
Monastery of Batalha | Central Portugal |
Cultural | 1983 | |
Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belem in Lisbon | Lisbon Region | Cultural | 1983 | |
Historic Centre of Évora | Central Portugal |
Cultural | 1986 | |
Monastery of Alcobaça | Alentejo | Cultural | 1989 | |
Cultural Landscape of Sintra | Lisbon Region | Cultural | 1995 | |
Historic Centre of Oporto |
Northern Portugal |
Cultural | 1996 | |
Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde |
Alentejo | Cultural | 1998 | shared with Spain |
Laurisilva of Madeira | Madeira | Natural | 1999 | |
Alto Douro Wine Region | Northern Portugal |
Cultural | 2001 | |
Historic Centre of Guimarães | Northern Portugal |
Cultural | 2001 | |
Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture | Azores | Cultural | 2004 | |
Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications | Central Portugal |
Cultural | 2012 | |
University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia | Central Portugal |
Cultural | 2013 |
Romania
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Danube Delta | Dobruja | Natural | 1991 | |
Churches of Moldavia | Moldavia | Cultural | 1993 | including some of the Painted Monasteries |
Monastery of Horezu | Oltenia | Cultural | 1993 | |
Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania | Transylvania | Cultural | 1993 | |
Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains | Transylvania | Cultural | 1999 | see also Sarmizegetusa |
Historic Centre of Sighişoara |
Transylvania | Cultural | 1999 | |
Wooden Churches of Maramureş |
Maramureş |
Cultural | 1999 |
Russia
See also the list of Russian sites in Asia.
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments | Northwestern Russia |
Cultural | 1990 | |
Kizhi Pogost |
Northwestern Russia |
Cultural | 1990 | |
Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow | Central Russia | Cultural | 1990 | |
Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands | Northwestern Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast |
Cultural | 1992 | |
Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings |
Northwestern Russia |
Cultural | 1992 | |
White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal | Central Russia | Cultural | 1992 | |
Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad |
Central Russia | Cultural | 1993 | |
Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye | Central Russia, Moscow Oblast | Cultural | 1994 | |
Virgin Komi Forests | Northwestern Russia, Komi Republic |
Natural | 1995 | |
Western Caucasus |
Southern Russia | Natural | 1999 | |
Curonian Spit | Kaliningrad Oblast | Cultural | 2000 | shared with Lithuania |
Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery | Northwestern Russia, Vologda Oblast, Ferapontovo |
Cultural | 2000 | |
Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin | Volga Region, Tatarstan |
Cultural | 2000 | |
Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent | Southern Russia, Dagestan | Cultural | 2003 | |
Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent | Central Russia | Cultural | 2004 | |
Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl | Central Russia, | Cultural | 2005 | |
Struve Geodetic Arc | Gogland Island | Cultural | 2005 | shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine |
Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex | Tatarstan | Cultural | 2014 |
San Marino
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
San Marino Historic Centre and Monte Titano | Cultural | 2008 |
Serbia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Stari Ras and Sopocani | Novi Pazar | Cultural | 1979 | |
Studenica Monastery | Šumadija | Cultural | 1986 | |
Medieval Monuments in Kosovo | Cultural | 2004 | in danger | |
Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius | Podunavlje | Cultural | 2007 |
Slovakia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity | Central Slovakia |
Cultural | 1993 | |
Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments |
Eastern Slovakia |
Cultural | 1993 | |
Vlkolínec | Central Slovakia |
Cultural | 1993 | |
Caves of the Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst | Eastern Slovakia |
Natural | 1995 | shared with Hungary |
Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve | Eastern Slovakia |
Cultural | 2000 | |
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany | Natural | 2007 | shared with Germany and Ukraine | |
Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area | Cultural | 2008 | List consist of two Roman Catholic, three Protestant and three Greek Orthodox churches built between the 16th and 18th centuries. |
Slovenia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Skocjan Caves | Coast and Karst near Divača | Natural | 1986 | |
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps | Cultural | 2011 | shared with Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, Italy | |
Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija | Julian Alps | Cultural | 2012 | shared with Spain |
Spain
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Granada |
Andalusia | Cultural | 1984 | |
Burgos Cathedral | Castile-Leon |
Cultural | 1984 | |
Historic Centre of Cordoba |
Andalusia | Cultural | 1984 | |
Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid | Community of Madrid | Cultural | 1984 | |
Works of Antoni Gaudí | Catalonia | Cultural | 1984 | |
Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain | Cantabria | Cultural | 1985 | |
Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias | Asturias | Cultural | 1985 | |
Old Town of Ávila, with its Extra-Muros churches | Castile-Leon |
Cultural | 1985 | |
Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct | Castile-Leon |
Cultural | 1985 | |
Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) | Galicia | Cultural | 1985 | |
Garajonay National Park | Canary Islands | Natural | 1986 | |
Historic City of Toledo |
Castile-La Mancha |
Cultural | 1986 | |
Mudejar Architecture of Aragon | Aragon | Cultural | 1986 | |
Old Town of Cáceres | Extremadura | Cultural | 1986 | |
Cathedral, Alcazar and Archivo de Indias in Seville | Andalusia | Cultural | 1987 | |
Old City of Salamanca | Castile-Leon |
Cultural | 1988 | |
Poblet Monastery | Catalonia | Cultural | 1991 | |
Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida |
Extremadura | Cultural | 1993 | |
Route to Santiago de Compostela |
Cultural | 1993 | ||
Historic Walled Town of Cuenca |
Castile-La Mancha |
Cultural | 1996 | |
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia | Valencia | Cultural | 1996 | |
Las Médulas | Castile-Leon |
Cultural | 1997 | |
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona | Catalonia | Cultural | 1997 | |
Pyrénées: Mont Perdu | Aragon | Mixed | 1997 | shared with France |
San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries | La Rioja |
Cultural | 1997 | |
Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde | Extremadura | Cultural | 1998 | shared with Portugal |
Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula | Andalusia, Aragón, Castille-La Mancha, Catalonia, Murcia and Valencia | Cultural | 1998 | |
University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares | Community of Madrid | Cultural | 1998 | |
Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture | Balearic Islands | Mixed | 1999 | |
San Cristóbal de La Laguna |
Canary Islands | Cultural | 1999 | |
Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco | Catalonia | Cultural | 2000 | |
Archaeological Site of Atapuerca | Castile-Leon |
Cultural | 2000 | |
Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí |
Catalonia | Cultural | 2000 | |
Palmeral of Elche | Valencia | Cultural | 2000 | |
Roman Walls of Lugo | Galicia | Cultural | 2000 | |
Aranjuez Cultural Landscape | Community of Madrid | Cultural | 2001 | |
Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza | Jaén, Andalusia | Cultural | 2003 | |
Vizcaya Bridge | Basque Country, Bilbao | Cultural | 2006 | |
Teide National Park | Canary Islands | Natural | 2007 | |
Tower of Hercules | Galicia | Cultural | 2009 | |
Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana | Balearic Islands | Cultural | 2011 | |
Heritage of Mercury Almadén and Idrija | Castile-La Mancha |
Cultural | 2012 | shared with Slovenia |
Sweden
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Royal Domain of Drottningholm | Ekerö (Stockholm) | Cultural | 1991 | |
Birka and Hovgården | Stockholm, Ekerö in lake Mälaren | Cultural | 1993 | |
Engelsberg Ironworks | Västmanland, Fagersta | Cultural | 1993 | |
Rock Carvings in Tanum | Bohuslän | Cultural | 1994 | |
Skogskyrkogården | Stockholm/Söderort | Cultural | 1994 | (The Woodland Cemetery) |
Hanseatic town of Visby | Gotland | Cultural | 1995 | |
Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå | Norrbotten | Cultural | 1996 | |
Laponian Area | Lapland | Mixed | 1996 | |
Naval Port of Karlskrona | Blekinge | Cultural | 1998 | |
Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland | Öland | Cultural | 2000 | |
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago | Ångermanland | Natural | 2000 | shared with Finland |
Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun | Svealand | Cultural | 2001 | |
Varberg Radio Station | Halland | Cultural | 2004 | |
Struve Geodetic Arc | Cultural | 2005 | shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Ukraine | |
Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland | Hälsingland | Cultural | 2012 |
Switzerland
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Benedictine Convent of St. John at Müstair | Graubünden |
Cultural | 1983 | |
Convent of St. Gall |
Northeastern Switzerland |
Cultural | 1983 | |
Old City of Berne |
Bernese Lowlands | Cultural | 1983 | |
Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-town of Bellinzona | Ticino | Cultural | 2000 | |
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch | Interlaken | Natural | 2001 | |
Monte San Giorgio | Ticino, near Lugano | Natural | 2003 | shared with Italy |
Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces | Lake Geneva | Cultural | 2007 | |
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes | Graubünden |
Cultural | 2008 | shared with Italy |
Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona | Northeastern Switzerland |
Natural | 2008 | |
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning | Jura Mountains and Fribourg | Cultural | 2009 | |
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps | Swiss Alps | Cultural | 2011 | shared with Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia |
Ukraine
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kiev : Saint Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra |
Central Ukraine | Cultural | 1990 | |
Lviv - the Ensemble of the Historic Center | Western Ukraine | Cultural | 1998 | |
Struve Geodetic Arc | Western Ukraine | Cultural | 2005 | shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden |
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany | Western Ukraine, around Rakhiv | Natural | 2007 | shared with Germany and Slovakia |
Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans | Western Ukraine, Chernivtsi | Cultural | 2005 | |
Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora | Crimea, Sevastopol | Cultural | 2013 | |
Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine | Western Ukraine | Cultural | 2013 | shared with Poland |
United Kingdom
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd | North Wales | Cultural | 1986 | Caernarfon Castle, Conwy Castle, Beaumaris Castle & Harlech Castle |
Durham Castle and Cathedral | Durham | Cultural | 1986 | |
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast | Northern Ireland | Natural | 1986 | |
Ironbridge Gorge | Telford | Cultural | 1986 | |
St Kilda | Outer Hebrides | Mixed | 1986 | |
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites | Cultural | 1986 | ||
Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey | North Yorkshire near Ripon and Harrogate | Cultural | 1986 | |
Blenheim Palace | near Oxford | Cultural | 1987 | |
City of Bath |
Cultural | 1987 | ||
Frontiers of the Roman Empire | Cultural | 1987 | shared with Germany | |
Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church | London/Westminster | Cultural | 1987 | |
Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church | Canterbury | Cultural | 1987 | |
Tower of London | London | Cultural | 1988 | |
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh | Edinburgh | Cultural | 1995 | |
Maritime Greenwich | London | Cultural | 1997 | |
Heart of Neolithic Orkney |
Orkney Islands |
Cultural | 1999 | |
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape | Wales | Cultural | 2000 | |
Derwent Valley Mills, Belper and Cromford | Derbyshire | Cultural | 2001 | |
Dorset and East Devon Coast | West England | Natural | 2001 | |
New Lanark | Glasgow | Cultural | 2001 | |
Saltaire | Bradford | Cultural | 2001 | |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | London | Cultural | 2003 | |
Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City | Liverpool | Cultural | 2004 | in danger |
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape | West Country | Cultural | 2006 | |
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal | Chirk | Cultural | 2009 | |
The Forth Bridge | South Queensferry | Cultural | 2015 |
Vatican City
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura | Rome | Cultural | 1980 | shared with Italy |
Vatican City | Rome | Cultural | 1984 |
North America
Barbados
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison | Bridgetown | Cultural | 2011 |
Belize
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System | Toledo, Stann Creek and Belize District, Belize | Natural | 1996 | Listed as in danger since 2009 |
Bermuda
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda | Saint George | Cultural | 2000 | Officially listed under the United Kingdom |
Canada
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site | St. Anthony, Newfoundland | Cultural | 1978 | |
Nahanni National Park | Northwest Territories | Natural | 1978 | |
Dinosaur Provincial Park | Alberta badlands, near Brooks | Natural | 1979 | |
Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek | Kluane National Park and Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park |
Natural | 1979 | Extended in 1992 and 1994; shared with the United States of America
|
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump | near Fort Macleod | Cultural | 1981 | |
SGang Gwaay | Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve | Cultural | 1981 | |
Wood Buffalo National Park | Peace River Valley | Natural | 1983 | |
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks | Banff National Park | Hamber Provincial Park | Jasper National Park | Kootenay National Park | Mount Robson Provincial Park | Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park | Yoho National Park | Natural | 1984 | |
Historic District of Old Québec | Quebec City | Cultural | 1985 | |
Gros Morne National Park | Western Newfoundland | Natural | 1987 | |
Old Town Lunenburg | Lunenburg | Cultural | 1995 | |
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park | Waterton Lakes National Park | Natural | 1995 | Shared with the United States of America
|
Miguasha National Park | Gaspé Peninsula | Natural | 1999 | |
Rideau Canal | Eastern Ontario | Cultural | 2007 | |
Joggins Fossil Cliffs | Cumberland County | Natural | 2008 | |
Landscape of Grand Pré | Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia | Cultural | 2012 | |
Red Bay Basque Whaling Station | Red Bay, Labrador | Cultural | 2013 |
Costa Rica
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park | La Amistad International Park | Natural | 1983 | Extended in 1990; shared with Panama |
Cocos Island National Park | Cocos Island |
Natural | 1997 | Extended in 2002 |
Area de Conservación Guanacaste | Guanacaste | Natural | 1999 | Extended in 2004 |
Precolumbian chiefdom settlements with stone spheres of the Diquís | South Pacific Costa Rica | Cultural | 2014 |
Cuba
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Old Havana and its Fortifications | Havana | Cultural | 1982 | |
Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios | Trinidad and Sancti Spíritus |
Cultural | 1988 | |
San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba | Santiago de Cuba Province | Cultural | 1997 | |
Desembarco del Granma National Park | Granma | Natural | 1999 | |
Viñales Valley | Viñales | Cultural | 1999 | |
Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba | Sierra Maestra | Cultural | 2000 | |
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park | Holguin and Guantánamo Provinces | Natural | 2001 | |
Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos | Cienfuegos | Cultural | 2005 | |
Historic Centre of Camagüey | Camagüey | Cultural | 2008 |
Curaçao
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao | Willemstad | Cultural | 1997 | Officially listed under the Netherlands |
Dominica
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Morne Trois Pitons National Park | Dominica | Natural | 1997 |
Dominican Republic
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Colonial City of Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo | Cultural | 1990 |
El Salvador
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site | La Libertad | Cultural | 1993 |
Greenland
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ilulissat Icefjord | Ilulissat | Natural | 2004 | Officially listed under Denmark |
Guatemala
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Antigua Guatemala | Antigua Guatemala | Cultural | 1979 | |
Tikal National Park | Tikal | Mixed | 1979 | |
Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua | Quirigua |
Cultural | 1981 |
Haiti
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers | Milot | Cultural | 1982 |
Honduras
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Maya Site of Copan | Copán Ruinas | Cultural | 1980 | |
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve | Caribbean Honduras | Natural | 1982 | Listed as in danger since 2011 |
Jamaica
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Blue and John Crow Mountains | Blue Mountains | Mixed | 2015 |
Mexico
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco | Centro Historico, Mexico City and Xochimilco | Cultural | 1987 | |
Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán | Monte Alban |
Cultural | 1987 | |
Historic Centre of Puebla | Puebla | Cultural | 1987 | |
Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque | Palenque | Cultural | 1987 | |
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan | Teotihuacan | Cultural | 1987 | |
Sian Ka'an | Quintana Roo | Natural | 1987 | |
Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines | Guanajuato | Cultural | 1988 | |
Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza | Chichen Itza | Cultural | 1988 | |
Historic Centre of Morelia | Morelia | Cultural | 1991 | |
El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City | El Tajin |
Cultural | 1992 | |
Historic Centre of Zacatecas | Zacatecas | Cultural | 1993 | |
Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco | Baja California Sur | Cultural | 1993 | |
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino | Baja California Sur | Natural | 1993 | |
Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl | Puebla and Morelos States |
Cultural | 1994 | |
Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro | Querétaro | Cultural | 1996 | |
Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal | Uxmal | Cultural | 1996 | |
Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara | Guadalajara | Cultural | 1997 | |
Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes | Chihuahua State | Cultural | 1998 | |
Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan | Veracruz |
Cultural | 1998 | |
Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco | Morelos State | Cultural | 1999 | |
Historic Fortified Town of Campeche | Campeche | Cultural | 1999 | |
Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche | Campeche State |
Mixed | 2002 | Cultural heritage since 2002, extended to mixed in 2014 |
Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro | Querétaro State |
Cultural | 2003 | |
Luis Barragán House and Studio | Mexico City/Chapultepec | Cultural | 2004 | |
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California | Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa and Nayarit States | Natural | 2005 | |
Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila | Tequila | Cultural | 2006 | |
Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | Mexico City/Coyoacán | Cultural | 2007 | |
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve | Angangueo | Natural | 2008 | |
Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco | San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato | Cultural | 2008 | |
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro | Mexico | Cultural | 2010 | |
Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca | Oaxaca State |
Cultural | 2010 | |
El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve | Sonora | Natural | 2013 | |
Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System | Mexico State |
Cultural | 2015 |
Nicaragua
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ruins of León Viejo | near León |
Cultural | 2000 | |
León Cathedral | León |
Cultural | 2011 |
Panama
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo | Portobelo and San Lorenzo |
Cultural | 1980 | Listed as in danger since 2012 |
Darien National Park |
Eastern Panama | Natural | 1981 | |
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park | La Amistad International Park | Natural | 1983 | Extended in 1990; shared with Costa Rica |
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá | Panama City | Cultural | 1997 | Extended in 2003 |
Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection | Coiba National Marine Park | Natural | 2005 |
Puerto Rico
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico | San Juan | Cultural | 1983 | Officially listed under the United States of America
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park | Saint Kitts | Cultural | 1999 |
Saint Lucia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pitons Management Area | near Soufriere | Natural | 2004 |
United States of America
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mesa Verde National Park | Colorado | Cultural | 1978 | |
Yellowstone National Park | Wyoming | Natural | 1978 | |
Everglades National Park | Florida | Natural | 1979 | in danger since 2010 |
Grand Canyon National Park | Arizona | Natural | 1979 | |
Independence Hall | Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Old City | Cultural | 1979 | |
Kluane / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek |
Alaska | Natural | 1979 | Extended in 1992 and 1994; shared with Canada |
Redwood National and State Parks |
California | Natural | 1980 | |
Mammoth Cave National Park | Kentucky | Natural | 1981 | |
Olympic National Park | Washington | Natural | 1981 | |
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site |
Illinois | Cultural | 1982 | |
Great Smoky Mountains National Park | Tennessee and North Carolina | Natural | 1983 | |
Statue of Liberty | New York City, Financial District | Cultural | 1984 | |
Yosemite National Park | California | Natural | 1984 | |
Chaco Culture | New Mexico | Cultural | 1987 | |
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park |
Hawaii, Big Island | Natural | 1987 | |
Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville |
Virginia | Cultural | 1987 | |
Taos Pueblo | New Mexico, Taos | Cultural | 1992 | |
Carlsbad Caverns National Park | New Mexico | Natural | 1995 | |
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park | Montana, Glacier National Park | Natural | 1995 | shared with Canada |
Papahānaumokuākea |
Hawaii | Mixed | 2010 | |
Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point | North Louisiana | Cultural | 2014 | |
San Antonio Missions | Texas | Cultural | 2015 |
Oceania
Australia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) | Riversleigh and Naracoorte | Natural | 1992 | |
Australian Convict Sites | New South Wales, Norfolk Island, Tasmania and Western Australia | Cultural | 2010 | |
Fraser Island | Queensland | Natural | 1992 | |
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia |
Queensland and New South Wales | Natural | 1986 | |
Great Barrier Reef | Queensland | Natural | 1981 | |
Greater Blue Mountains Area | Blue Mountains | Natural | 2000 | |
Heard and McDonald Islands | Heard and McDonald Islands |
Natural | 1997 | |
Kakadu National Park | Top End | Mixed | 1981 | |
Lord Howe Island Group | Lord Howe Island | Natural | 1982 | |
Macquarie Island | Tasmania | Natural | 1997 | |
Ningaloo Reef | Exmouth and Coral Bay | Natural | 2011 | |
Purnululu National Park | Kimberley | Natural | 2003 | |
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens | Melbourne/Inner north | Cultural | 2004 | |
Shark Bay | Gascoyne | Natural | 1991 | |
Sydney Opera House | Sydney | Cultural | 2007 | |
Tasmanian Wilderness | Tasmania | Mixed | 1982 | |
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park |
Northern Territory | Mixed | 1987 | |
Wet Tropics of Queensland | Queensland | Natural | 1988 | |
Willandra Lakes Region | New South Wales | Mixed | 1981 |
Easter Island
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rapa Nui National Park | Easter Island | Cultural | 1995 |
Fiji
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Levuka Historical Port Town | Ovalau | Cultural | 2013 |
Hawaii
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park |
Big Island | Natural | 1987 | |
Papahanaumokuakea | Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (past Niihau) | Mixed | 2010 |
Kiribati
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Phoenix Islands Protected Area | Phoenix Islands | Natural | 2010 |
Marshall Islands
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site | Ralik | Cultural | 2010 |
New Caledonia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lagoons of New Caledonia | New Caledonia | Natural | 2008 |
New Zealand
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tongariro National Park | Central North Island | Mixed | 1990 | |
Te Wahipounamu | South Island | Natural | 1990 | Includes: Westland/Tai Poutini National Park
|
New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands | Outlying islands | Natural | 1998 |
Palau
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rock Islands Southern Lagoon | Koror | Mixed | 2012 |
Papua New Guinea
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kuk Early Agricultural Site | Western Highlands | Cultural | 2008 |
Pitcairn Islands
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Henderson Island | Pitcairn Islands | Natural | 1988 |
Solomon Islands
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
East Rennell | Rennell and Bellona |
Natural | 1998 |
Vanuatu
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chief Roi Mata's Domain | Shefa | Cultural | 2008 |
South America
Argentina
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Los Glaciares National Park | Patagonia, Santa Cruz | Natural | 1981 | |
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) | Misiones |
Cultural | 1983 | shared with Brazil |
Iguazu National Park |
Misiones |
Natural | 1984 | |
Cueva de las Manos, Rio Pinturas | Santa Cruz | Cultural | 1999 | |
Peninsula Valdes |
Patagonia, Chubut | Natural | 1999 | |
Ischigualasto/Talampaya Natural Parks | San Juan and La Rioja | Natural | 2000 | |
Jesuit Block and Estancias of Cordoba |
Pampas, Córdoba | Cultural | 2000 | |
Quebrada de Humahuaca | Jujuy |
Cultural | 2003 | |
Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System | Cultural | 2014 | Shared with Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru |
Bolivia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
City of Potosí | Potosí |
Cultural | 1987 | |
Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos |
Santa Cruz | Cultural | 1990 | |
Historic city of Sucre | Chuquisaca |
Cultural | 1991 | |
Fuerte de Samaipata | Santa Cruz | Cultural | 1998 | |
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park | Santa Cruz | Natural | 2000 | |
Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture | La Paz | Cultural | 2000 | |
Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System | Cultural | 2014 | Shared with Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru |
Brazil
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Historic Town of Ouro Preto | Minas Gerais | Cultural | 1980 | |
Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda | Pernambuco | Cultural | 1982 | |
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of São Miguel das Missões (Brazil) | Rio Grande do Sul | Cultural | 1983 | shared with Argentina |
Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia | Bahia | Cultural | 1985 | |
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Congonhas | Minas Gerais | Cultural | 1985 | |
Iguaçu National Park |
Paraná | Natural | 1986 | |
Brasilia |
Distrito Federal (Federal District) |
Cultural | 1987 | |
Serra da Capivara National Park | Piauí | Cultural | 1991 | |
Historic Centre of Sao Luis | Maranhão | Cultural | 1997 | |
Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves | Paraná, São Paulo | Natural | 1999 | |
Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves | Espirito Santo |
Natural | 1999 | |
Historic Centre of the town of Diamantina | Minas Gerais | Cultural | 1999 | |
Central Amazon Conservation Complex | Amazonas, Jaú National Park |
Natural | 2000 | |
Pantanal Conservation Area | Mato Grosso | Natural | 2000 | |
Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves | Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte | Natural | 2001 | |
Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks | Goiás | Natural | 2001 | |
Historic Centre of the Town of Goias | Goiás | Cultural | 2001 | |
São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão | Sergipe | Cultural | 2010 | |
Rio de Janeiro, Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea | Rio de Janeiro | Cultural | 2012 |
Chile
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rapa Nui National Park | Easter Island | Cultural | 1995 | |
Churches of Chiloe | Chiloé Island | Cultural | 2000 | |
Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso | Central Chile | Cultural | 2003 | |
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works | Northern Chile, Atacama Desert | Cultural | 2005 | in danger since 2005 |
Sewell Mining Town | Central Chile | Cultural | 2006 | |
Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System | Cultural | 2014 | Shared with Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru |
Colombia
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena |
Costa Norte | Cultural | 1984 | |
Los Katios National Park |
Natural | 1994 | in danger | |
Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox | Costa Norte | Cultural | 1995 | |
National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro | Pacifica | Cultural | 1995 | |
San Agustin Archaeological Park | Andino | Cultural | 1995 | |
Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary | Malpelo Island | Natural | 2006 | |
Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia | (Pacifica and Andino | Cultural | 2011 | |
Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System | Cultural | 2014 | Shared with Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru |
Ecuador
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
City of Quito | Andean Highlands | Cultural | 1978 | |
Galápagos Islands | Galápagos Islands | Natural | 1978 | |
Sangay National Park | Andean Highlands | Natural | 1983 | |
Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca |
Andean Highlands | Cultural | 1999 | |
Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System | Cultural | 2014 | Shared with Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Columbia and Peru |
Paraguay
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesus de Tavarangue | Trinidad (Paraguay), Encarnación | Cultural | 1993 |
Peru
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
City of Cuzco |
Southern Sierra | Cultural | 1983 | |
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu | Southern Sierra | Mixed | 1983 | |
Chavin (Archaeological Site) | Northern Sierra | Cultural | 1985 | |
Huascarán National Park | Northern Sierra | Natural | 1985 | |
Chan Chan Archaeological Zone |
Trujillo |
Cultural | 1986 | in danger |
Manú National Park |
Madre de Dios | Natural | 1987 | |
Historic Centre of Lima | Central Coast | Cultural | 1988 | |
Río Abiseo National Park |
San Martín | Mixed | 1990 | |
Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca and Pampas de Jumana | Southern Coast | Cultural | 1994 | |
Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa | Southern Coast | Cultural | 2000 | |
Sacred City of Caral-Supe | Central Coast | Cultural | 2009 | |
Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System | Inca trail |
Cultural | 2014 | Shared with Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Columbia and Ecuador |
Suriname
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Central Suriname Nature Reserve | Surinamese Rainforest | Natural | 2000 | |
Historic Inner City of Paramaribo | Surinamese East Coast | Cultural | 2002 |
Uruguay
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento | Rio de la Plata |
Cultural | 1995 | |
Fray Bentos Cultural Industrial Landscape | Rio de la Plata |
Cultural | 2015 |
Venezuela
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Coro and its Port | Northwest | Cultural | 1993 | in danger |
Canaima National Park | Guayana | Natural | 1994 | |
Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas | Central | Cultural | 2000 |
Delisted sites
The following are sites that were once registered World Heritage Sites but have since been taken off the list:
Official name | Location | Criteria | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arabian Oryx Sanctuary | Oman | Natural | 1994 - 2007 | Site was first to be delisted in 2007 because of a reduction in the habitat of the Oryx. |
Dresden Elbe Valley | Germany | Cultural | 2004 - 2009 | Site was delisted in 2009 because a road was constructed through it. |