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    A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a geographic site that has been selected for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's International World Heritage Programme. The programme aims to catalogue and preserve sites of outstanding importance, either cultural or natural, to the common heritage of humankind. While the World Heritage Committee maintains a list of World Heritage Sites, they make no independent review; in practice, they are listed by each national government. After the 2024 session of the World Heritage Committee, there is a total of 1,223 sites, many of which are made up of several individual components. With around 400 sites on the second smallest continent, Europe has by far the highest density of world heritage sites. Only a little over 200 sites are in the Americas and Oceania combined.

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    M'Zab Valley, Algeria
    Djémila, 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
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo Northern Angola Cultural 2017
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Royal Palaces of Abomey Abomey Cultural 1985
    W-Arly-Pendjari Complex Natural 1996 Extending the original 1996 property in 2017 to Burkina Faso an Benin
    Tsodilo, Botswana
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Tsodilo Okavango Delta Cultural 2001
    Okavango Delta Okavango Delta Natural 2014
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    The Ruins of Loropéni Gaoua Cultural 2009
    Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites of Burkina Faso Black Volta Region, North Burkina Faso Cultural 2019 5 components
    W-Arly-Pendjari Complex Natural 1996 Extending the original 1996 property in 2017 to Burkina Faso and Benin
    Royal Court of Tiébélé Volta Delta Cultural 2024
    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
    Cidade Velha
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande Cidade Velha Cultural 2009
    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
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Ennedi Plateau Saharan Chad Mixed 2016
    Lakes of Ounianga Saharan Chad Natural 2012
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Sangha Trinational Sangha and Likouala Natural 2012 Shared with Central African Republic and Cameroon
    Odzala-Kokoua National Park Natural 2023
    Historic town of Grand-Bassam, 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
    Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire Northern Savanna Cultural 2021 8 components
    Virunga National Park, DR 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
    Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae, 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 Abu Simbel, Philae Cultural 1979
    Saint Catherine Area Saint Catherine Cultural 2002
    Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) Whale Valley Natural 2005
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Asmara: a Modernist City of Africa Asmara Cultural 2017
    Aksum, 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 Southern Ethiopia Cultural 1980
    Tiya Tiya Cultural 1980
    Harar Jugol Fortified Historic Town Harar Cultural 2006
    Konso Cultural Landscape Konso Cultural 2011
    Bale Mountains National Park Southern Ethiopia Natural 2023
    Gedeo Cultural Landscape Southern Ethiopia Cultural 2023
    Melka Kunture and Balchit: Archaeological and Palaeontological Sites in the Highland Area of Ethiopia Central Ethiopia Cultural 2024
    Lopé National Park
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda Lopé National Park Mixed 2007
    Ivindo National Park Jungle Interior Cultural 2021
    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
    Elmina Castle, 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
    Chimpanzee in Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
    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


    Lamu Old Town
    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
    Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site Western Kenya Cultural 2018
    The Historic Town and Archaeological Site of Gedi Malindi Cultural 2024
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Maloti Drakensberg Tranboundary World Heritage Site Sehlabathebe National Park Mixed 2000 extended in 2013, shared with South Africa
    Theater at Leptis Magna
    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
    Tsingy de Bemaraha
    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
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Chongoni Rock Art Area Central Malawi Cultural 2006
    Lake Malawi National Park Southern Malawi Natural 1984
    Old Towns of Djenné, 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
    Banc d'Arguin National Park
    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
    Aapravasi Ghat in Port Louis
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Aapravasi Ghat in Port Louis Port Louis Cultural 2006
    Le Morne Cultural Landscape Le Morne Cultural 2008
    Tanneries in the Medina of Fez
    Medina of Tetouan
    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
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Island of Mozambique Ilha de Mozambique Cultural 1991
    The Namib desert, aka the Namib Sand Sea
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes Kunene Cultural 2007
    Namib Sand Sea Hardap Natural 2013
    Antelope in W National Park
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves Northern Niger Natural 1991 Listed as in danger since 1992
    W-Arly-Pendjari Complex Southwestern Niger Natural 1996 Extending the original 1996 property in 2017 to Burkina Faso an Benin
    Historic Centre of Agadez Northern Niger Cultural 2013
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Sukur Cultural Landscape Sukur Cultural 1999
    Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove Osogbo Cultural 2005
    Plaine des Sables in Reunion National Park
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Reunion Island Reunion Natural 2010 Categorized as part of France
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Nyungwe National Park Natural 2023
    Memorial sites of the Genocide: Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero Nyamata, Huye, Kigali, Kibuye Cultural 2023
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Gough and Inaccessible Islands Tristan da Cunha Natural 1995 Categorized as part of the United Kingdom
    Saloum Delta, 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
    The Aldabra Atoll
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Aldabra Atoll Outer Seychelles Natural 1982
    Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve Praslin Natural 1983
    Cradle of Humankind
    Robben Island
    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 Transboundary 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
    ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park Cultural 2017
    Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains Mpumalanga Natural 2018
    Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites Gauteng, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Cultural 2024 14 sites
    The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa West Coast (South Africa), Mossel Bay, Ballito Cultural 2024 3 sites
    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
    Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park Northern Sudan Natural 2016
    Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
    Uhuru Peak of Mount Kilimanjaro
    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
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba Kara Cultural 2004


    Kairouan, Tunisia
    The Medina of Sousse
    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
    Djerba: Testimony to a settlement pattern in an island territory Central Coastal Tunisia Cultural 2023
    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
    Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls, Zambia
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls Livingstone Natural 1989 Shared with 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
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    French Austral Lands and Seas French Southern and Antarctic Lands Natural 2019 Categorized as part of France

    See § Australia for Heard and McDonald Islands and § Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha for the Gough and Inaccessible Islands.

    Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of Bamiyan Valley, 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 Pearling Trail, Muharraq
    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
    Dilmun Burial Mounds Cultural 2019 21 components
    Bagerhat
    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
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Angkor Siem Reap Cultural 1992
    Temple of Preah Vihear Preah Vihear Cultural 2008
    Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura Mekong Lowlands and Central Plains Cultural 2017
    Koh Ker: Archaeological Site of Ancient Lingapura or Chok Gargyar North-western Cambodia Cultural 2023
    Temple of Heaven, Beijing
    The Great Wall
    The Potala Palace, Lhasa
    Ancient City of Pingyao, Shanxi
    Yungang Grottoes, Shanxi
    Sacred mountain Kawagarbo, in the Three parallel rivers region, Yunnan
    Kaiping Diaolou
    Zhangjiajie, Wulingyuan
    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 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
    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 Fujian 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 Chengjiang 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
    Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape Central Guangxi Cultural 2016
    Hubei Shennongjia Hubei Natural 2016
    Kulangsu: a Historic International Settlement Fujian Cultural 2017
    Qinghai Hoh Xil Qinghai Natural 2017
    Fanjingshan Tongren (Guizhou) Natural 2018
    Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City Hangzhou Cultural 2019
    Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I) Yancheng Natural 2019
    Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China South Fujian Cultural 2021
    Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er Pu'er Cultural 2023
    Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital Beijing/Gulou, Beijing/Xicheng Cultural 2024
    Badain Jaran Desert - Towers of Sand and Lakes Western Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia Natural 2024
    Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase II) Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu Natural 2024
    See also: UNESCO World Heritage List (India)
    Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, India
    Fatehpur Sikri
    Pattadakal
    Humayun's Tomb, Delhi, India
    The Red Fort, Delhi
    Stone Chariot, Hampi
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Agra Fort Agra Cultural 1983
    Ajanta Caves Aurangabad Cultural 1983
    Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Darjeeling Cultural 1999
    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 National Park Assam Natural 1985
    Churches and Convents of Goa Old Goa Cultural 1985
    Fatehpur Sikri Uttar Pradesh 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 Western and 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
    Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda University) at Nalanda, Bihar Nalanda Cultural 2016
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement Chandigarh Cultural 2016 17 sites, shared with Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, Japan and Switzerland
    Khangchendzonga National Park West Sikkim Mixed 2016
    Historic City of Ahmadabad Central Gujarat Cultural 2017
    Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai Mumbai Cultural 2018
    Jaipur City, Rajasthan Rajasthan Cultural 2019
    Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana Warangal Cultural 2021
    Dholavira: a Harappan City Kutch Cultural 2021
    Santiniketan Birbhum Cultural 2023
    Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas Belur, T. Narsipur Cultural 2023
    Moidams – the Mound-Burial System of the Ahom Dynasty Sibsagar Cultural 2024
    Dancer's mask, Bali
    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 Banten 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
    Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto West Sumatra Cultural 2019
    The Cosmological Axis of Yogyakarta and its Historic Landmarks Central Java Cultural 2023
    Persepolis, Iran
    Shushtar, ancient irrigation
    Golestan Palace
    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 Pasargad, Isfahan, Kashan, Shiraz, Mahan, Yazd, 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
    The Persian Qanat Cultural 2016 11 sites around Iran
    Lut Desert Kerman (province), Sistan and Baluchestan Natural 2016
    Historic City of Yazd Yazd (province) Cultural 2017
    Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region Fars Cultural 2018 8 individual sites
    Hyrcanian Forests Caspian Iran Natural 2019
    Trans-Iranian Railway Western Iran, Central Iran, Caspian Iran Cultural 2021
    Cultural Landscape of Hawraman/Uramanat Kermanshah (province), Kurdistan (province) Cultural 2021
    The Persian Caravanserai Cultural 2023 54 sites
    Hegmataneh Central Western Iran Cultural 2024
    Hatra (now destroyed)
    Panoramic View of Arbil Citadel
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Hatra Hatra Cultural 1985 Severely damaged or destroyed by Da'esh (ISIS) 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
    The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities Lower Mesopotamia Mixed 2016 Composed of 7 sites
    Babylon Southern Iraq Cultural 2019
    Acre
    Mount Carmel
    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 Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba Cultural 2005
    Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev Negev Cultural 2005
    Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee Western Galilee 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 Western Galilee Cultural 2015
    Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, Japan
    Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
    Shrines and temples of Nikko
    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) Kyoto, Uji and 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 Kansai (Mount Koya, Mount Yoshino, Mount Omine, Hongu, Nachikatsuura, Shingu, Kumano, Owase) 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 Tomioka Cultural 2014
    Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining  Kyushu, Hagi, Kamaishi, Izunokuni Cultural 2015
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement  National Museum of Western Art buildings, Tokyo/Ueno Cultural 2016 17 sites, shared with Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India and Switzerland
    Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region Okinoshima island Cultural 2017
    Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region Nagasaki, Hirado, Sasebo, Minamishimabara, Goto Islands, Amakusa Cultural 2018 12 individual sites
    Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan Osaka (prefecture) Cultural 2019 45 components
    Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island  Natural 2021
    Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan Tohoku, Hokkaido Cultural 2021 17 components
    Sado Island Gold Mines Niigata prefecture Cultural 2024
    Old City of Jerusalem, Israel (de facto; not recognized as part of Israel by UNESCO)
    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
    Petra, Jordan
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Petra Southern Desert (Jordan) Cultural 1985
    Quseir Amra Eastern Desert (Jordan) Cultural 1985
    Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) King's Highway Cultural 2005
    Wadi Rum Protected Area Southern Desert (Jordan) Mixed 2011
    Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) Northern Jordan Cultural 2015
    As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality Northern Jordan Cultural 2021
    Umm Al-Jimāl Eastern Desert (Jordan) Cultural 2024
    Saryarka
    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
    Cold Winter Deserts of Turan Almaty Province, Kazakh Desert Natural 2023 Shared with Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
    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
    Western Tien-Shan Natural 2016 Shared with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
    Luang Prabang
    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
    Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars Central Laos Cultural 2019
    Baalbek
    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
    Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli Tripoli Cultural 2023
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Historic Centre of Macao Macau/Peninsula Cultural 2005
    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 Malacca and George Town Cultural 2008
    Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley Perak Cultural 2012
    The Archaeological Heritage of Niah National Park’s Caves Complex Sarawak Cultural 2024
    Uvs
    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
    Landscapes of Dauria Eastern Mongolia Natural 2017 shared with Russia
    Deer Stone Monuments and Related Bronze Age Sites Tsetserleg, Mörön Cultural 2023
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Pyu Ancient Cities Northern Myanmar Cultural 2014
    Bagan Central Myanmar Cultural 2019
    Kathmandu Valley, 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
    Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Complex of Koguryo Tombs Pyongyang and Nampho Cultural 2004 Shared with China
    Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong Hwanghae Cultural 2013
    Bahla Fort
    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
    Ancient City of Qalhat Central Coastal Oman Cultural 2018
    Ruins of the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro.
    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
    Church of the Nativity
    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
    Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town West Bank Cultural 2017
    Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan West Bank Cultural 2023
    Saint Hilarion Monastery/ Tell Umm Amer Gaza Strip Cultural 2024
    Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
    Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Baroque Churches of the Philippines Iglesia de San Agustín, Intramuros, Manila | Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Santa Maria (Ilocos Sur)|Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur | Iglesia de San Agustín, Paoay, Ilocos Norte | Iglesia de Santo Tomás de Villanueva, 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
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Al Zubarah Archaeological Site Qatar Cultural 2013
    Volcanoes of Kamchatka
    Lena pillars

    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
    Bikin River Valley Russian Far East, Primorsky Krai Natural 2001 extended and renamed in 2018
    Uvs Nuur Basin Siberia, 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
    Landscapes of Dauria Zabaykalsky Krai Natural 2017 shared with Mongolia
    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
    Al-Ahsa Oasis, an evolving Cultural Landscape Eastern Province (Saudi Arabia) Cultural 2018
    Ḥimā Cultural Area Asir Cultural 2021
    ‘Uruq Bani Ma’arid Asir Natural 2023
    The Cultural Landscape of Al-Faw Archaeological Area Wadi al-Dawasir Cultural 2024
    Symphony Lake, Singapore Botanic Gardens
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Singapore Botanic Gardens Singapore Cultural 2015
    Hwaseong Fortress
    Mt. Halla, Jeju Volcanic Island
    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 Gochang, 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 Gongju, Buyeo, North Jeolla Cultural 2015
    Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea Yangsan, Yeongju, Andong, Songnisan National Park, Gongju, Suncheon, Haenam Cultural 2018 7 components
    Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies Yeongju, Namwon, Pohang, Andong, Gwangju, Daegu, Jeongeup, Buyeo Cultural 2019 9 components
    Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats North Jeolla, South Jeolla Natural 2021 4 components
    Gaya Tumuli South Gyeongsang, North Gyeongsang, North Jeolla Cultural 2023 7 components
    Old town of Galle
    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
    Krak des Chevaliers

    NOTE: Syria is a war zone. By 2015, news reports were indicating all six of the country's listed sites had been gravely damaged. The sites remain on the UNESCO heritage list and the list of UNESCO heritage in danger. Much of Palmyra was destroyed after the city fell to Da'esh extremists in 2015; the Assad régime regained control in 2016 but the damage has been done.

    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
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Proto-urban site of Sarazm Zeravshan Cultural 2010
    Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs) Pamirs Natural 2013
    Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor Cultural 2023 shared with Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
    Tugay forests of the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve Khatlon Natural 2023
    Historic City of Ayutthaya, Thailand
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Historic City of Ayutthaya Ayutthaya Cultural 1991
    Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns Sukhothai, 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
    Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex Central Thailand Natural 2021
    The Ancient Town of Si Thep and its Associated Dvaravati Monuments Lower Northern Thailand Cultural 2023
    Phu Phrabat, a testimony to the Sīma stone tradition of the Dvaravati period Udon Thani Cultural 2024
    Historic areas of Istanbul
    Nemrut Dagi
    City of Safranbolu
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia Cappadocia Mixed 1985
    Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği Central Anatolia Cultural 1985
    Historic Areas of Istanbul Istanbul 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
    Archaeological Site of Ani Eastern Anatolia Cultural 2016
    Aphrodisias Southern Aegean Cultural 2017
    Göbekli Tepe Urfa Cultural 2018
    Arslantepe Mound Malatya Cultural 2021
    Gordion Central Anatolia Cultural 2023
    Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia Afyonkarahisar, Ankara, Sivrihisar, Kastamonu, Beyşehir Cultural 2023
    Konye Urgench
    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
    Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor Cultural 2023 shared with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
    Cold Winter Deserts of Turan Ahal Province, Dashoguz Province, Lebap Province Natural 2023 Shared with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) Al Ain Cultural 2011
    Samarkand - Crossroads of Cultures, 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
    Western Tien-Shan Natural 2016 Shared with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
    Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor Cultural 2023 shared with Tajikistan and Turkmenistan
    Cold Winter Deserts of Turan Northern Uzbekistan Natural 2023 Shared with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
    Hoi An ancient town
    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
    Historic town of Zabid
    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
    Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib Yemeni Mountains Cultural 2023
    Gjirokastër
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Butrint Coastal Albania Cultural 1992
    Historic Centres of Gjirokastër and Berat Southeastern Albania Cultural 2005
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe Natural 2007 enlarged in 2011, 2017 and 2021, shared with 17 other European countries
    Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region Pogradec Mixed 1979 extended in 2019, shared with North Macedonia
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley south and east of Andorra La Vella Cultural 2004
    Echmiadzin Cathedral
    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
    Hallstatt-Dachstein
    Historic Centre of Vienna
    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 The first ever railway to be so honored
    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
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe Upper Austria, in the Kalkalpen National Park Natural 2007 enlarged in 2011, 2017 and 2021, shared with 17 other European countries
    Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps Cultural 2011 shared with France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland
    Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment) Cultural 2021 shared with Germany and Slovakia
    The Great Spa Towns of Europe Baden bei Wien Cultural 2021 11 sites, shared with Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom
    Gobustan
    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
    Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace Sheki Region Cultural 2019
    Cultural Landscape of Khinalig People and “Köç Yolu” Transhumance Route Khinalug Cultural 2023
    Mir Castle
    Bison in Belovezhskaya Puscha National Park
    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 Grodno Oblast, Brest Oblast Cultural 2005 shared with Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine
    Grand Place, Brussels
    Neolithic flint mines, Spiennes
    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
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe Natural 2007 enlarged in 2011, 2017 and 2021, shared with 17 other European countries
    Stoclet House Brussels Cultural 2009
    Major Mining Sites of Wallonia Wallonia Cultural 2012
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement Antwerp Cultural 2016 17 sites, shared with Argentina, France, Germany, India, Japan and Switzerland
    Colonies of Benevolence Turnhout Cultural 2021 3 sites, shared with the Netherlands
    The Great Spa Towns of Europe Spa Cultural 2021 11 sites, shared with Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom
    Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) Flanders, Wallonia Cultural 2023 43 sites in Belgium, shared with France
    Mostar Old Town
    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
    Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards Cultural 2016 28 sites, shared with Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia
    Vjetrenica Cave, Ravno Herzegovina Natural 2024
    Courtyard of the Rila Monastery
    Glacial lake in Pirin
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Boyana Church 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
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe Natural 2007 enlarged in 2011, 2017 and 2021, shared with 17 other European countries
    Old City of Dubrovnik, Croatia
    Palace of Diocletian, Split
    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
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe Natural 2007 enlarged in 2011, 2017 and 2021, shared with 17 other European countries
    Stari Grad Plain, Island Hvar Dalmatia Cultural 2008
    Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards Cultural 2016 28 sites, shared with Bosnia and Herzegovnia, Montenegro and Serbia
    Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra – western Stato da Mar Sibenik, Zadar Cultural 2017 6 sites, shared with Italy and Montenegro
    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
    Historic centre of Prague, Czech Republic
    Stained glass in St. Barbara, Kutna Hora
    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
    Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem East Bohemia Cultural 2019
    Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region North Bohemia, West Bohemia Cultural 2019 5 sites in the Czech Republic, shared with Germany
    The Great Spa Towns of Europe Františkovy Lázně, Karlovy Vary, Mariánské Lázně (collectively known as the West Bohemian Spa Triangle) Cultural 2021 11 sites, shared with Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom
    Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops North Bohemia Cultural 2023

    For sites in Greenland (officially listed under Denmark), see the #Greenland table below

    Kronborg Castle, Elsinore
    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
    Moravian Church Settlements Christiansfeld Cultural 2015 4 sites, shared with Germany, United Kingdom and United States
    The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand North Zealand Cultural 2015
    Viking-Age Ring Fortresses Fjerritslev, Hobro, Odense, Slagelse, Køge Cultural 2023
    Tallinn, Estonia
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn North Estonia Cultural 1997
    Struve Geodetic Arc North Estonia, South Estonia Cultural 2005 shared with Belarus, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine
    Suomenlinna, Finland
    Old Rauma
    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 shared with Sweden
    Struve Geodetic Arc Finnish Lapland, Central Finland, Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso Cultural 2005 shared with Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine
    Mont-Saint Michel and its Bay, France
    Throne room, Fontainebleau Castle
    Saltworks of Franche-Comté
    Banks of the Seine, France
    Fortified city of Carcassone
    Azay le Rideau, Loire Valley
    Bordeaux
    Albi
    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 Occitanie, Languedoc-Roussillon: from Toulouse to Sète 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 Occitanie 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 Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire Cultural 2000
    Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs Île-de-France Cultural 2001
    Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret Upper Normandy Cultural 2005
    Bordeaux, Port of the Moon Aquitaine Cultural 2007
    Fortifications of Vauban Cultural 2008 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along the borders and coasts of France.
    Episcopal City of Albi Occitanie, Tarn Cultural 2010
    Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps Haute-Savoie 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
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement Paris, Pessac, Marseille, Île-de-France, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Franche-Comté, Menton, Firminy Cultural 2016 17 sites, shared with Argentina, Belgium, Germany, India, Japan and Switzerland
    Chaine des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena Auvergne Natural 2018
    Cordouan Lighthouse Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde Cultural 2021
    The Great Spa Towns of Europe Vichy Cultural 2021 11 sites, shared with Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom
    Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera Alpes-Maritimes Cultural 2021
    The Maison Carrée of Nîmes Gard Cultural 2023
    Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) Grand Est, Hauts-de-France, Île-de-France Cultural 2023 96 sites in France, shared with Belgium
    Historical Monuments of Mtskheta, 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
    Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands Northwestern Georgia, Southwestern Georgia Natural 2021 7 components
    Aachen Cathedral
    Church of Saint Michael, Hildesheim, Germany
    Lübeck: Holstentor, Germany
    Cologne Cathedral, Germany
    Old Stralsund
    Middle Rhine Valley: View from castle Schönburg to Oberwesel
    Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe: View towards Kassel
    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, Lower Franconia Cultural 1981
    Pilgrimage Church of Wies Bavaria, Bavarian Swabia, 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, Hanover Region 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 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
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Thuringia and Hesse Natural 2007 enlarged in 2011, 2017 and 2021, shared with 17 other European countries
    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 Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria Cultural 2011 shared with Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy, Slovenia
    Margravial Opera House Bayreuth Bavaria, Franconia Cultural 2012
    Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe North Hesse Cultural 2013
    Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey Teutoburg Forest Cultural 2014
    Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus Hamburg Cultural 2015
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement Stuttgart Cultural 2016 17 sites, shared with Argentina, Belgium, France, India, Japan and Switzerland
    Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura Swabian Mountains Cultural 2017
    Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke Schleswig Cultural 2018
    Naumburg Cathedral Saxony Anhalt Cultural 2018
    Water Management System of Augsburg Bavarian Swabia Cultural 2019
    Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region Saxony Cultural 2019 17 sites in Germany, shared with the Czech Republic
    Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment) Cultural 2021 shared with Austria and Slovakia
    The Great Spa Towns of Europe Bad Ems, Bad Kissingen, Baden-Baden Cultural 2021 11 sites, shared with Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom
    Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt Hesse Cultural 2021
    Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes Cultural 2021 shared with the Netherlands
    ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz Rhineland-Palatinate Cultural 2021
    Jewish-Medieval Heritage of Erfurt Thuringia Cultural 2023
    Schwerin Residence Ensemble Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Cultural 2024
    Moravian Church Settlements Herrnhut Cultural 2024 4 sites, shared with Denmark, United Kingdom and the United States
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Gorham's Cave Complex Gibraltar Cultural 2016
    Acropolis, Athens
    Mt Athos
    Pythagoeion, Samos
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae Peloponnese Cultural 1986
    Archaeological Site of Delphi Central Greece Cultural 1987
    Acropolis, Athens Attica Cultural 1986
    Medieval City of Rhodes Greek Islands Cultural 1988
    Meteora Thessaly, Greece Mixed 1988
    Mount Athos Northern Greece Mixed 1988
    Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki 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
    Archaeological Site of Philippi East Macedonia Cultural 2016
    Zagori Cultural Landscape Epirus Cultural 2023
    Budapest
    Hortobágy National Park
    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 Western Transdanubia Cultural 1996
    Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta Northern Great Plain Cultural 1999
    Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) Southern Transdanubia Cultural 2000
    Fertő / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape Western Transdanubia Cultural 2001 shared with Austria
    Tokaj Wine Region Cultural Landscape Northern Hungary Cultural 2002
    Þingvellir National Park
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Þingvellir National Park South Iceland Cultural 2004
    Surtsey South Iceland Natural 2008
    Vatnajökull National Park - dynamic nature of fire and ice East Iceland Natural 2019
    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
    Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Italy
    Venice and its Lagoon, Italy
    Trulli of Alberobello, Italy
    Pompeii
    Cinque Terre
    The Basilica of Aquileia
    Villa d'Este, Tivoli
    Syracuse
    The Dolomites
    Mt Etna
    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 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 Apulia 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) Sicily, Messina Natural 2000
    Villa d'Este, Tivoli Lazio Cultural 2001
    Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-eastern Sicily) Sicily: Noto, Caltagirone, Militello Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Palazzolo, Ragusa and Scicli 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
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe Natural 2007 enlarged in 2011, 2017 and 2021, shared with 17 other European countries
    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 Power (568–774 A.D.) Brescia, Cividale del Friuli (province of Udine), Castelseprio (province of Varese), Spoleto and Campello sul Clitunno (province of Perugia), Benevento (in Campania) and Monte Sant'Angelo (province of Foggia) Cultural 2011 Monasteries, churches and fortresses associated with the Longobards who settled in Italy in that period of time.
    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
    Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra – western Stato da Mar Bergamo, Peschiera del Garda, Palmanova Cultural 2017 6 sites, shared with Croatia and Montenegro
    Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century Piedmont Cultural 2018
    Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene Treviso (province) Cultural 2019
    Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles Padova (province) Cultural 2021
    The Great Spa Towns of Europe Montecatini Terme Cultural 2021 11 sites, shared with Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom
    The Porticoes of Bologna Emilia-Romagna Cultural 2021
    Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines Emilia-Romagna Natural 2023 9 sites
    Via Appia. Regina Viarum Cultural 2024
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Medieval Monuments in Kosovo Gračanica (Kosovo), Peja, Prizren, Deçan Cultural 2004 in danger
    Town square, Riga
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Historic Centre of Riga Riga region Cultural 1997
    Struve Geodetic Arc Vidzeme, Zemgale Cultural 2005 shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine
    Old town of Kuldīga Kurzeme Cultural 2023
    Curonian Spit
    Struve Geodetic Arc
    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
    Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939 Sūduva Cultural 2023
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications Luxembourg Cultural 1994
    Valletta
    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
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Struve Geodetic Arc Cultural 2005 shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine
    Durmitor National Park
    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
    Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards Cultural 2016 28 sites, shared with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia
    Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra – western Stato da Mar Kotor Cultural 2017 6 sites, shared with Croatia and Italy
    Kinderdijk
    The canals of Amsterdam
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Schokland and Surroundings Noordoostpolder Cultural 1995
    Defence Line of Amsterdam Gelderland, North Brabant, North Holland and Utrecht Cultural 1996 Expanded in 2021 with the addition of the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie.
    Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao Curaçao Cultural 1997 Officially listed under the Netherlands
    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, Hogeland coast and Frisian coast 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
    Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes Gelderland, South Holland and Utrecht Cultural 2021 shared with Germany
    Colonies of Benevolence (Koloniën van Weldadigheid) Veenhuizen and Drenthse Veenkoloniën, Drenthe Cultural 2021 Along with the colony of the same kind in Merksplas and Wortel-Kolonie, Belgium.
    Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker Friesland Cultural 2023
    Ohrid Region, North Macedonia
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region Western North Macedonia Mixed 1979 extended in 2019, shared with Albania
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (Dlaboka Reka Beech Forest within Mavrovo National Park) Western North Macedonia Natural 2021 shared with multiple other European countries
    Bryggen
    West Norwegian Fjords
    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 Finnmark 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
    Krakow's Historic Centre
    Historic Centre of Warsaw, Poland
    Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
    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, Subcarpathia Cultural 2013 shared with Ukraine
    Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System Silesian Voivodeship Cultural 2017
    Krzemionki prehistoric striped flint mining region Swietokrzyskie Cultural 2019
    Belém Tower
    Alto Douro Wine Region, Portugal
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores 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
    Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada) Lisbon Region Cultural 2019
    Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga Northern Portugal Cultural 2019
    Danube Delta
    Villages with fortified churches in Transsylvania
    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
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe Natural 2007 enlarged in 2011, 2017 and 2021, shared with 17 other European countries
    Roșia Montană Mining Landscape Alba County Cultural 2021
    Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia Zalău Cultural 2024
    Brâncuși Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu Oltenia Cultural 2024
    Kremlin and Red Square, Russia
    Virgin Komi forests
    Kazan Kremlin
    Jaroslavl's Historic Centre

    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 (Leningrad Oblast) Cultural 2005 shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine
    Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex Tatarstan Cultural 2014
    Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk Tatarstan Cultural 2017
    Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture Northwestern Russia Cultural 2019
    Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea Karelia Cultural 2021
    Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University Tatarstan Cultural 2023
    Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake Arkhangelsk Oblast Cultural 2024
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    San Marino Historic Centre and Monte Titano Cultural 2008
    Studenica Monastery
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Stari Ras and Sopocani Novi Pazar Cultural 1979
    Studenica Monastery Šumadija Cultural 1986
    Medieval Monuments in Kosovo Gračanica (Kosovo), Peja, Prizren, Deçan Cultural 2004 in danger
    Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius Podunavlje Cultural 2007
    Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards Cultural 2016 28 sites, shared with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro
    Banska Stiavnica
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity Central Slovakia Cultural 1993
    Levoča, 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
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe Natural 2007 enlarged in 2011, 2017 and 2021, shared with 17 other European countries
    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.
    Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment) Cultural 2021 shared with Austria and Germany
    Skojcan Caves
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Skocjan Caves Coast and Karst near Divača Natural 1986
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe Natural 2007 enlarged in 2011, 2017 and 2021, shared with 17 other European countries
    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
    The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design Central Slovenia Cultural 2021
    Alhambra
    Old town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
    Historic City of Toledo, Spain
    Poblet Monastery
    Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
    Archeological Ensemble of Tárraco
    Vizcaya Bridge
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzin, Granada Andalusia Cultural 1984
    Burgos Cathedral Castile and 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 and Leon Cultural 1985
    Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct Castile-Leon Cultural 1985
    Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) Galicia Cultural 1985
    La Palma Canary Islands Natural 2002
    Garajonay National Park La Gomera (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 and 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 Tenerife (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 Tenerife (Canary Islands) Natural 2007
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe Natural 2007 enlarged in 2011, 2017 and 2021, shared with 17 other European countries
    Tower of Hercules Galicia Cultural 2009
    Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana Mallorca (Balearic Islands) Cultural 2011
    Heritage of Mercury Almadén and Idrija Castile-La Mancha Cultural 2012 shared with Slovenia
    Antequera Dolmens Site Andalusia Cultural 2016
    Caliphate City of Medina Azahara Córdoba (province, Spain) Cultural 2018
    Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape Canary Islands Cultural 2019
    Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences Madrid Cultural 2021
    Prehistoric Sites of Talayotic Menorca Menorca Cultural 2023
    Drottningholm Castle
    Hanseatic town of Visby
    Decorated farmhouses of Hälsingland
    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 Norrbotten County Cultural 2005 shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Ukraine
    Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland Hälsingland Cultural 2012
    Old city of Berne
    Vineyard Terraces of Lavaux
    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 Berne Region Cultural 1983
    Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-town of Bellinzona Ticino Cultural 2000
    Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch Bernese Highlands, Valais 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
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement Geneva, Corseaux Cultural 2016 17 sites, shared with Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India and Japan
    Saint Sofia Cathedral, Kyiv
    Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Kyiv: 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, Southern Ukraine Cultural 2005 shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe Western Ukraine, around Rakhiv Natural 2007 enlarged in 2011, 2017 and 2021, shared with 17 other European countries
    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
    The Historic Centre of Odesa Southern Ukraine Cultural 2023
    Harlech Castle
    Durham Castle and Cathedral
    The Palace of Westminster
    Durdle Door on the Jurassic Coast, Dorset
    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 County Antrim Natural 1986
    Ironbridge Gorge Telford Cultural 1986
    St Kilda Outer Hebrides Mixed 1986 Natural in 1986, Mixed in 2005
    Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites Wiltshire Cultural 1986
    Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey North Yorkshire near Ripon and Harrogate Cultural 1986
    Blenheim Palace Oxfordshire Cultural 1987
    City of Bath Somerset Cultural 1987
    Frontiers of the Roman Empire Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear Cultural 1987 Otherwise known as Hadrian's Wall. 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/Greenwich Cultural 1997
    Heart of Neolithic Orkney Orkney Islands Cultural 1999
    Blaenavon Industrial Landscape South Wales Cultural 2000
    Derwent Valley Mills, Belper and Cromford Derbyshire Cultural 2001
    Jurassic Coast Devon and Dorset Natural 2001
    New Lanark Clydesdale, near Glasgow Cultural 2001
    Saltaire Bradford Cultural 2001
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew London/Richmond-Kew Cultural 2003
    Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape West Country Cultural 2006
    Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal Chirk Cultural 2009
    The Forth Bridge South Queensferry Cultural 2015
    The English Lake District Cumbria Cultural 2017
    Jodrell Bank Observatory Holmes Chapel Cultural 2019
    Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales Gwynedd Cultural 2021 Six locations with quarries, mines, and associated structures (railways, workers' housing, and amenities)
    The Great Spa Towns of Europe Bath Cultural 2021 11 sites, shared with Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, and Italy
    The Flow Country Caithness and Sutherland Natural 2024
    Moravian Church Settlements Gracehill Cultural 2024 4 sites, shared with Denmark, Germany and the United States
    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 The only entire country to be UNESCO-listed
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites English Harbour Cultural 2016
    Historic Bridgetown
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison Bridgetown Cultural 2011
    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
    Historic town of St George
    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
    Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (Banff National Park), Canada
    Old town, Quebec City
    Rideau Canal, downtown Ottawa
    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 Southern Alberta, 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 Northeastern Alberta, Northwest Territories 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 and Fortifications Eastern Ontario Cultural 2007
    Joggins Fossil Cliffs Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Natural 2008
    Landscape of Grand Pré Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia Cultural 2012
    Red Bay Basque Whaling Station Red Bay, Labrador Cultural 2013
    Mistaken Point Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland Natural 2016
    Pimachiowin Aki Northern Ontario, Eastern Manitoba Mixed 2018
    Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi Southern Alberta Cultural 2019
    Anticosti Quebec Natural 2023
    Tr’ondëk-Klondike Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon Cultural 2023
    La Amistad International Park
    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
    Old Havana
    Viñales Valley
    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
    Willemstad
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao Willemstad Cultural 1997 Officially listed under the Netherlands
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Morne Trois Pitons National Park Dominica Natural 1997
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Colonial City of Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Cultural 1990
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site La Libertad Cultural 1993
    Ilulissat Icefjord
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Ilulissat Icefjord Ilulissat Natural 2004 Officially listed under Denmark
    Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap Southern Greenland Cultural 2004 Officially listed under Denmark. Made up of 5 components.
    Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea Western Greenland Cultural 2018 Officially listed under Denmark
    Tikal National Park, 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
    National Archaeological Park Tak’alik Ab’aj Retalhuleu Cultural 2023
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers Milot Cultural 1982
    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
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Blue and John Crow Mountains Blue Mountains Mixed 2015
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique Cultural 2023
    Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque, Mexico
    El Tajin, Mexico
    Archeological zone of Paquimé
    Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro
    Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
    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 Oaxaca and 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 Biosphere Reserve 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, Morelos, and Tlaxcala 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 Paquime Cultural 1998
    Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan Tlacotalpan Cultural 1998
    Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco Xochicalco, Morelos State Cultural 1999
    Historic Fortified Town of Campeche Campeche Cultural 1999
    Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche Reserva de la Biósfera Calakmul, 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 National Biosphere Reserve Sonora Natural 2013
    Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System Hidalgo and Mexico State Cultural 2015
    Archipiélago de Revillagigedo Colima Natural 2016
    Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica Oaxaca (state), Puebla (state) Mixed 2018
    León Cathedral
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Ruins of León Viejo near León Cultural 2000
    León Cathedral León Cultural 2011
    Collared Aracari, Darien National Park
    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
    San Juan National Historic Site
    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
    Brimstone Hill
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park Saint Kitts Cultural 1999
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Pitons Management Area near Soufriere Natural 2004
    Yellowstone National Park, United States
    Independence Hall, United States
    Statue of Liberty
    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 / Wrangell-St. Elias / 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
    The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright Chicago, Los Angeles, Madison (WI), Manhattan, Mill Run (PA), Oak Park (IL), Scottsdale (AZ), Spring Green (WI) Cultural 2019
    Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks Newark (Ohio), Chillicothe (Ohio), Morrow Cultural 2023 8 sites
    Moravian Church Settlements Bethlehem (Pennsylvania) Cultural 2024 4 sites, shared with Denmark, Germany and United Kingdom
    Australian Convict Sites
    Greater Blue Mountains Area
    Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) Riversleigh, Queensland and Naracoorte, South Australia Natural 1992
    Australian Convict Sites New South Wales, Norfolk Island, Tasmania and Western Australia Cultural 2010
    Budj Bim Cultural Landscape (Budj Bim National Park) South West Coast (Victoria) Cultural 2019
    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 This includes Blue Mountains National Park, Wollemi National Park, Jenolan Caves and a few other parks.
    Heard and McDonald Islands Heard and McDonald Islands Natural 1997
    Kakadu National Park Top End Mixed 1981
    K'gari Queensland Natural 1992
    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
    Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park Northern Territory Mixed 1987
    Wet Tropics of Queensland Queensland Natural 1988
    Willandra Lakes Region New South Wales Mixed 1981 This includes Mungo National Park.
    Rapa Nui National Park
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Rapa Nui National Park Easter Island Cultural 1995
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Levuka Historical Port Town Ovalau Cultural 2013
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Taputapuātea Raiatea Cultural 2017 Categorized as part of France
    Te Henua Enata – The Marquesas Islands Mixed 2024 Categorized as part of France
    Hawaiian squirrelfish, Papahānaumokuākea
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Big Island Natural 1987
    Papahanaumokuakea Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (past Niihau) Mixed 2010
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Phoenix Islands Protected Area Phoenix Islands Natural 2010
    Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site Ralik Cultural 2010
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia Pohnpei Cultural 2016
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Lagoons of New Caledonia New Caledonia Natural 2008
    Ruapehu in Tongariro National Park
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Tongariro National Park Central North Island Mixed 1990
    Te Wahipounamu South Island Natural 1990 Includes: Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, Fiordland National Park, Mount Aspiring National Park and Westland Tai Poutini National Park
    New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands Outlying islands Natural 1998
    Diving at the Rock Islands, Palau
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Rock Islands Southern Lagoon Mixed 2012
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Kuk Early Agricultural Site Western Highlands Cultural 2008
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Henderson Island Pitcairn Islands Natural 1988
    East Rennell
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    East Rennell Rennell and Bellona Natural 1998 in danger since 2012
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Chief Roi Mata's Domain Shefa Cultural 2008
    Los Glaciares National Park
    Ischigualasto Provincial Park, 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
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement La Plata Cultural 2016 17 sites, shared with Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan and Switzerland
    Los Alerces National Park Chubut Natural 2017
    ESMA Museum and Site of Memory – Former Clandestine Center of Detention, Torture and Extermination Buenos Aires Cultural 2023
    Tiwanaku, 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
    Historic Town of Ouro Preto, Brazil
    Iguaçu National Park
    Rio de Janeiro
    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 Bahia, 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
    Pampulha Modern Ensemble Belo Horizonte Cultural 2016
    Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site Rio de Janeiro/Centro Cultural 2017
    Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity Rio de Janeiro Mixed 2019
    Sítio Roberto Burle Marx Rio de Janeiro/Zona Oeste Cultural 2021
    Lençóis Maranhenses National Park Maranhão Natural 2024
    Valparaiso's Historic Quarter
    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
    Settlement and Artificial Mummification of the Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region Northern Chile Cultural 2021
    Fort of Cartagena
    Coffee Cultural landscape of Colombia
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena Costa Norte Cultural 1984
    Los Katios National Park Darien Gap 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
    Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar” Amazonia (Colombia) Mixed 2018
    Giant Turtle, Galapagos Islands
    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, Colombia and Peru
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesus de Tavarangue Trinidad (Paraguay), Encarnación Cultural 1993
    Machu Picchu
    Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca
    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, Colombia and Ecuador
    Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex Casma Cultural 2021
    Official name Location Criteria Year Notes
    Central Suriname Nature Reserve Surinamese Rainforest Natural 2000
    Historic Inner City of Paramaribo Surinamese East Coast Cultural 2002
    Jodensavanne Archaeological Site: Jodensavanne Settlement and Cassipora Creek Cemetery Surinamese Rainforest Cultural 2023
    Historic Quarter of Colonia del Sacramento
    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
    The work of engineer Eladio Dieste: Church of Atlántida Rio de la Plata Cultural 2021
    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

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    Waldschlösschen Bridge

    The process of delisting a site is a lengthy political endeavor. Mere continued existence of a UNESCO listing should not be taken as evidence the underlying site (or its landmark heritage) still exists. UNESCO's World Heritage Committee updates a list of endangered sites annually (see List of World Heritage in Danger on Wikipedia) as a political tool to pressure individual countries to take specific conservation measures or to refrain from certain actions that are seen as endangering the world heritage site. Sites such as Hatra in Iraq and Palmyra in Syria remain listed as UNESCO World Heritage (and as World Heritage in Danger) in 2017, even though warring belligerents have largely obliterated anything of historic value. Conversely, Taiwan is denied UN recognition on entirely political grounds and has no UNESCO world heritage listings, despite the existence of eleven sites which would otherwise be suitable candidates.

    In some cases, a UNESCO listing has irrevocably harmed a site. The term UNESCO-cide, coined by Italian writer Marco d'Eramo, describes a pattern where listing a tiny fishing village or historic community to protect the buildings from developers creates an unsustainable influx of travellers. As gentrification and hyper-commercialisation price the original people and their subsistence fishery out of the community, existing structures are repurposed as travel lodging or tacky souvenir shops. UNESCO pays lip service to sustainable travel, but tends to underestimate its own impact on tiny, vulnerable communities. Conversely, some listings of UNESCO sites as "in danger" are arguably political responses to actions or non-actions of local authorities which are hardly capable of destroying or seriously endangering the site. The United States and Israel left UNESCO in protest after their recognition of Palestine, and are thus not eligible to propose new sites for the list; however, the United States rejoined in 2023.

    A majority vote of the World Heritage Committee at a UNESCO meeting may be used to revoke a landmark's status as a World Heritage Site. This has happened three times:

    The following are sites that were once registered World Heritage Sites but have since been taken off the list:

    Official name Location Criteria Year Reason for delisting
    Arabian Oryx Sanctuary Oman Natural 1994 - 2007 The sanctuary was reduced in size by 90%.
    Dresden Elbe Valley Germany Cultural 2004 - 2009 The Waldschlösschen road bridge was constructed through it.
    Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City United Kingdom Cultural 2004-2021 Large new buildings were constructed on the waterfront.
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