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Exploring UNESCO World Heritage Sites

A Journey Through Time and Culture

As the sun sets behind ancient temples and historical landmarks, the UNESCO World Heritage Sites stand as a testament to the rich tapestry of human history and cultural significance. In this blog post, we'll delve into the mesmerizing world of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, uncovering their importance, exploring some of the top sites around the globe, and understanding the criteria that define these remarkable places.

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Definition and importance of UNESCO World Heritage Sites

UNESCO World Heritage Sites hold a unique place in our world, serving as custodians of our collective history and natural wonders. These sites have transcended geographical and cultural boundaries, uniting humanity in the shared goal of preserving our past while nurturing our future.

UNESCO World Heritage Sites are exceptional locations across the globe that are designated for their outstanding cultural, natural, or mixed value. These sites are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List to recognize their universal importance and the need to protect and conserve them for future generations. The inscription comes with a responsibility to ensure the sites' preservation, enhancing their significance for both the present and the future.

Embarking on a journey to UNESCO World Heritage Sites is like stepping into a time capsule that transports you to some of the most significant and remarkable places on Earth. These sites hold immense cultural, historical, and natural value, and they've been designated as such by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In this article we will explore the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites by country and learn about the essence of these sites, their importance, and the rich experiences they offer.


World Heritage List

1157 - Properties

43 - Transboundary

167 - States Parties with properties out of 195


Legend

Category of property

Cultural Cultural  Natural Natural  Mixed Mixed

Property inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

Cultural_Danger Cultural_Danger      Natural_Danger Natural_Danger      Mixed_Danger Mixed_Danger


Afghanistan

  1. Cultural_Danger Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam
  2. Cultural_Danger Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley

Albania

  1. Mixed Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region 
  2. Cultural Butrint
  3. Cultural Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra
  4. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

Algeria

  1. Cultural Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
  2. Cultural Djémila
  3. Cultural M'Zab Valley
  4. Mixed Tassili n'Ajjer
  5. Cultural Timgad
  6. Cultural Tipasa
  7. Cultural Kasbah of Algiers

Andorra

  1. Cultural Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley

Angola

  1. Cultural Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo

Antigua and Barbuda

  1. Cultural Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites

Argentina

  1. Natural Los Glaciares National Park
  2. Cultural 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)
  3. Natural Iguazu National Park
  4. Cultural Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas
  5. Natural Península Valdés
  6. Natural Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks
  7. Cultural Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
  8. Cultural Quebrada de Humahuaca
  9. Cultural Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System 
  10. Cultural The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement 
  11. Natural Los Alerces National Park

Armenia

  1. Cultural Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
  2. Cultural Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots
  3. Cultural Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley

Australia

  1. Natural Great Barrier Reef
  2. Mixed Kakadu National Park
  3. Mixed Willandra Lakes Region
  4. Natural Lord Howe Island Group
  5. Mixed Tasmanian Wilderness
  6. Natural Gondwana Rainforests of Australia 
  7. Mixed Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 
  8. Natural Wet Tropics of Queensland
  9. Natural Shark Bay, Western Australia
  10. Natural K’gari (Fraser Island)
  11. Natural Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)
  12. Natural Heard and McDonald Islands
  13. Natural Macquarie Island
  14. Natural Greater Blue Mountains Area
  15. Natural Purnululu National Park
  16. Cultural Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
  17. Cultural Sydney Opera House
  18. Cultural Australian Convict Sites
  19. Natural Ningaloo Coast
  20. Cultural Budj Bim Cultural Landscape

Austria

  1. Cultural Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
  2. Cultural Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
  3. Cultural Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
  4. Cultural Semmering Railway
  5. Cultural City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg
  6. Cultural Wachau Cultural Landscape
  7. Cultural_Danger Historic Centre of Vienna
  8. Cultural Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape 
  9. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe 
  10. Cultural Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps 
  11. Cultural Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment) 
  12. Cultural The Great Spa Towns of Europe 

Azerbaijan

  1. Cultural Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower
  2. Cultural Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
  3. Cultural Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace

Bahrain

  1. Cultural Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
  2. Cultural Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy
  3. Cultural Dilmun Burial Mounds

Bangladesh

  1. Cultural Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
  2. Cultural Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
  3. Natural The Sundarbans

Barbados

  1. Cultural Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison

Belarus

  1. Natural Białowieża Forest
  2. Cultural Mir Castle Complex
  3. Cultural Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh
  4. Cultural Struve Geodetic Arc

Belgium

  1. Cultural Flemish Béguinages
  2. Cultural La Grand-Place, Brussels
  3. Cultural The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut)
  4. Cultural Belfries of Belgium and France
  5. Cultural Historic Centre of Brugge
  6. Cultural Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
  7. Cultural Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)
  8. Cultural Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
  9. Cultural Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex
  10. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
  11. Cultural Stoclet House
  12. Cultural Major Mining Sites of Wallonia
  13. Cultural The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
  14. Cultural Colonies of Benevolence
  15. Cultural The Great Spa Towns of Europe

Belize

  1. Natural Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

Benin

  1. Cultural Royal Palaces of Abomey
  2. Natural W-Arly-Pendjari Complex

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

  1. Cultural_Danger City of Potosí
  2. Cultural Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
  3. Cultural Historic City of Sucre
  4. Cultural Fuerte de Samaipata
  5. Natural Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
  6. Cultural Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture
  7. Cultural Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  1. Cultural Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
  2. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
  3. Cultural Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad
  4. Cultural Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards

Botswana

  1. Cultural Tsodilo
  2. Natural Okavango Delta

Brazil

  1. Cultural Historic Town of Ouro Preto
  2. Cultural Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda
  3. Cultural 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)
  4. Cultural Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
  5. Cultural Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
  6. Natural Iguaçu National Park
  7. Cultural Brasilia
  8. Cultural Serra da Capivara National Park
  9. Cultural Historic Centre of São Luís
  10. Natural Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves
  11. Natural Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
  12. Cultural Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina
  13. Natural Central Amazon Conservation Complex
  14. Natural Pantanal Conservation Area
  15. Natural Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
  16. Natural Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
  17. Cultural Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás
  18. Cultural São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão
  19. Cultural Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea
  20. Cultural Pampulha Modern Ensemble
  21. Cultural Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site
  22. Mixed Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity
  23. Cultural Sítio Roberto Burle Marx

Bulgaria

  1. Cultural Boyana Church
  2. Cultural Madara Rider
  3. Cultural Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo
  4. Cultural Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
  5. Cultural Ancient City of Nessebar
  6. Natural Pirin National Park
  7. Cultural Rila Monastery
  8. Natural Srebarna Nature Reserve
  9. Cultural Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari
  10. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

Burkina Faso

  1. Natural W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
  2. Cultural Ruins of Loropéni
  3. Cultural Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso

Cabo Verde

  1. Cultural Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande

Cambodia

  1. Cultural Angkor
  2. Cultural Temple of Preah Vihear
  3. Cultural Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura

Cameroon

  1. Natural Dja Faunal Reserve
  2. Natural Sangha Trinational

Canada

  1. Cultural L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
  2. Natural Nahanni National Park
  3. Natural Dinosaur Provincial Park
  4. Natural Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
  5. Cultural Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
  6. Cultural SGang Gwaay
  7. Natural Wood Buffalo National Park
  8. Natural Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
  9. Cultural Historic District of Old Québec
  10. Natural Gros Morne National Park
  11. Cultural Old Town Lunenburg
  12. Natural Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
  13. Natural Miguasha National Park
  14. Cultural Rideau Canal
  15. Natural Joggins Fossil Cliffs
  16. Cultural Landscape of Grand Pré
  17. Cultural Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
  18. Natural Mistaken Point
  19. Mixed Pimachiowin Aki
  20. Cultural Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi

Central African Republic

  1. Natural_Danger Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
  2. Natural Sangha Trinational

Chad

  1. Natural Lakes of Ounianga
  2. Mixed Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape

Chile

  1. Cultural Rapa Nui National Park
  2. Cultural Churches of Chiloé
  3. Cultural Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso
  4. Cultural Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
  5. Cultural Sewell Mining Town
  6. Cultural Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System
  7. Cultural Settlement and Artificial Mummification of the Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region

China

  1. Cultural Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
  2. Cultural Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
  3. Cultural Mogao Caves
  4. Mixed Mount Taishan
  5. Cultural Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
  6. Cultural The Great Wall
  7. Mixed Mount Huangshan
  8. Natural Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
  9. Natural Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
  10. Natural Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
  11. Cultural Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains
  12. Cultural Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa
  13. Cultural Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde
  14. Cultural Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu
  15. Cultural Lushan National Park
  16. Mixed Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
  17. Cultural Ancient City of Ping Yao
  18. Cultural Classical Gardens of Suzhou
  19. Cultural Old Town of Lijiang
  20. Cultural Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
  21. Cultural Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
  22. Cultural Dazu Rock Carvings
  23. Mixed Mount Wuyi
  24. Cultural Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun
  25. Cultural Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
  26. Cultural Longmen Grottoes
  27. Cultural Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
  28. Cultural Yungang Grottoes
  29. Natural Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
  30. Cultural Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
  31. Cultural Historic Centre of Macao
  32. Natural Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains
  33. Cultural Yin Xu
  34. Cultural Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
  35. Natural South China Karst
  36. Cultural Fujian Tulou
  37. Natural Mount Sanqingshan National Park
  38. Cultural Mount Wutai
  39. Natural China Danxia
  40. Cultural Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth”
  41. Cultural West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou
  42. Natural Chengjiang Fossil Site
  43. Cultural Site of Xanadu
  44. Cultural Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
  45. Natural Xinjiang Tianshan
  46. Cultural Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
  47. Cultural The Grand Canal
  48. Cultural Tusi Sites
  49. Natural Hubei Shennongjia
  50. Cultural Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
  51. Cultural Kulangsu, a Historic International Settlement
  52. Natural Qinghai Hoh Xil
  53. Natural Fanjingshan
  54. Cultural Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City
  55. Natural Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I)
  56. Cultural Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China

Colombia

  1. Cultural Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
  2. Natural Los Katíos National Park
  3. Cultural Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox
  4. Cultural National Archeological Park of Tierradentro
  5. Cultural San Agustín Archaeological Park
  6. Natural Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
  7. Cultural Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia
  8. Cultural Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System
  9. Mixed Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar”

Congo

  1. Natural Sangha Trinational

Costa Rica

  1. Natural Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
  2. Natural Cocos Island National Park
  3. Natural Area de Conservación Guanacaste
  4. Cultural Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís

Côte d'Ivoire

  1. Natural_Danger Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
  2. Natural Taï National Park
  3. Natural Comoé National Park
  4. Cultural Historic Town of Grand-Bassam
  5. Cultural Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire

Croatia

  1. Cultural Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
  2. Cultural Old City of Dubrovnik
  3. Natural Plitvice Lakes National Park
  4. Cultural Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Poreč
  5. Cultural Historic City of Trogir
  6. Cultural The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik
  7. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
  8. Cultural Stari Grad Plain
  9. Cultural Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards
  10. Cultural Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar

Cuba

  1. Cultural Old Havana and its Fortification System
  2. Cultural Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
  3. Cultural San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba
  4. Natural Desembarco del Granma National Park
  5. Cultural Viñales Valley
  6. Cultural Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba
  7. Natural Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
  8. Cultural Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
  9. Cultural Historic Centre of Camagüey

Cyprus

  1. Cultural Paphos
  2. Cultural Painted Churches in the Troodos Region
  3. Cultural Choirokoitia

Czechia

  1. Cultural Historic Centre of Český Krumlov
  2. Cultural Historic Centre of Prague
  3. Cultural Historic Centre of Telč
  4. Cultural Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora
  5. Cultural Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec
  6. Cultural Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
  7. Cultural Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž
  8. Cultural Holašovice Historic Village
  9. Cultural Litomyšl Castle
  10. Cultural Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc
  11. Cultural Tugendhat Villa in Brno
  12. Cultural Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč
  13. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
  14. Cultural Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region
  15. Cultural Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem
  16. Cultural The Great Spa Towns of Europe

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

  1. Cultural Complex of Koguryo Tombs
  2. Cultural Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  1. Natural_Danger Virunga National Park
  2. Natural_Danger Kahuzi-Biega National Park
  3. Natural_Danger Garamba National Park
  4. Natural Salonga National Park
  5. Natural_Danger Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Denmark

  1. Cultural Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
  2. Cultural Roskilde Cathedral
  3. Cultural Kronborg Castle
  4. Natural Ilulissat Icefjord
  5. Natural Wadden Sea
  6. Natural Stevns Klint
  7. Cultural Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement
  8. Cultural The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand
  9. Cultural Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap
  10. Cultural Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea

Dominica

  1. Natural Morne Trois Pitons National Park

Dominican Republic

  1. Cultural Colonial City of Santo Domingo

Ecuador

  1. Cultural City of Quito
  2. Natural Galápagos Islands
  3. Natural Sangay National Park
  4. Cultural Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca
  5. Cultural Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System

Egypt

  1. Cultural_Danger Abu Mena
  2. Cultural Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
  3. Cultural Historic Cairo
  4. Cultural Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
  5. Cultural Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
  6. Cultural Saint Catherine Area
  7. Natural Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)

El Salvador

  1. Cultural Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site

Eritrea

  1. Cultural Asmara: A Modernist African City

Estonia

  1. Cultural Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn
  2. Cultural Struve Geodetic Arc

Ethiopia

  1. Cultural Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
  2. Natural Simien National Park
  3. Cultural Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
  4. Cultural Aksum
  5. Cultural Lower Valley of the Awash
  6. Cultural Lower Valley of the Omo
  7. Cultural Tiya
  8. Cultural Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town
  9. Cultural Konso Cultural Landscape

Fiji

  1. Cultural Levuka Historical Port Town

Finland

  1. Cultural Fortress of Suomenlinna
  2. Cultural Old Rauma
  3. Cultural Petäjävesi Old Church
  4. Cultural Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
  5. Cultural Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
  6. Natural High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
  7. Cultural Struve Geodetic Arc

France

  1. Cultural Chartres Cathedral
  2. Cultural Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
  3. Cultural Palace and Park of Versailles
  4. Cultural Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
  5. Cultural Vézelay, Church and Hill
  6. Cultural Amiens Cathedral
  7. Cultural Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
  8. Cultural Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
  9. Cultural Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
  10. Cultural Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange
  11. Cultural From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt
  12. Cultural Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
  13. Natural Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
  14. Cultural Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy
  15. Cultural Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
  16. Cultural Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt
  17. Cultural Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims
  18. Cultural Paris, Banks of the Seine
  19. Cultural Bourges Cathedral
  20. Cultural Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
  21. Cultural Canal du Midi
  22. Cultural Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
  23. Mixed Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
  24. Cultural Historic Site of Lyon
  25. Cultural Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
  26. Cultural Belfries of Belgium and France
  27. Cultural Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
  28. Cultural The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
  29. Cultural Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
  30. Cultural Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
  31. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe 
  32. Cultural Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
  33. Cultural Fortifications of Vauban
  34. Natural Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems
  35. Cultural Episcopal City of Albi
  36. Natural Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island
  37. Cultural Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
  38. Cultural The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape
  39. Cultural Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
  40. Cultural Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
  41. Cultural Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars
  42. Cultural The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
  43. Cultural The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
  44. Cultural Taputapuātea
  45. Natural Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena
  46. Natural French Austral Lands and Seas
  47. Cultural Cordouan Lighthouse
  48. Cultural Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera
  49. Cultural The Great Spa Towns of Europe

Gabon

  1. Mixed Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda
  2. Natural Ivindo National Park

Gambia

  1. Cultural Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites
  2. Cultural Stone Circles of Senegambia

Georgia

  1. Cultural Gelati Monastery
  2. Cultural Historical Monuments of Mtskheta
  3. Cultural Upper Svaneti
  4. Natural Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands

Germany

  1. Cultural Aachen Cathedral
  2. Cultural Speyer Cathedral
  3. Cultural Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
  4. Cultural Pilgrimage Church of Wies
  5. Cultural Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
  6. Cultural St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim
  7. Cultural Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
  8. Cultural Frontiers of the Roman Empire
  9. Cultural Hanseatic City of Lübeck
  10. Cultural Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
  11. Cultural Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
  12. Cultural Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System 
  13. Cultural Maulbronn Monastery Complex
  14. Cultural Town of Bamberg
  15. Cultural Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg
  16. Cultural Völklingen Ironworks
  17. Natural Messel Pit Fossil Site
  18. Cultural Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau
  19. Cultural Cologne Cathedral
  20. Cultural Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
  21. Cultural Classical Weimar
  22. Cultural Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
  23. Cultural Wartburg Castle
  24. Cultural Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
  25. Cultural Monastic Island of Reichenau
  26. Cultural Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
  27. Cultural Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
  28. Cultural Upper Middle Rhine Valley
  29. Cultural Dresden Elbe Valley Delisted 2009
  30. Cultural Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski
  31. Cultural Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
  32. Cultural Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
  33. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe 
  34. Cultural Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
  35. Natural Wadden Sea
  36. Cultural Fagus Factory in Alfeld
  37. Cultural Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
  38. Cultural Margravial Opera House Bayreuth
  39. Cultural Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
  40. Cultural Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey
  41. Cultural Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus
  42. Cultural The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
  43. Cultural Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura
  44. Cultural Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke
  45. Cultural Naumburg Cathedral
  46. Cultural Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region
  47. Cultural Water Management System of Augsburg
  48. Cultural Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment)
  49. Cultural Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes
  50. Cultural Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
  51. Cultural ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz
  52. Cultural The Great Spa Towns of Europe

Ghana

  1. Cultural Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
  2. Cultural Asante Traditional Buildings

Greece

  1. Cultural Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
  2. Cultural Acropolis, Athens
  3. Cultural Archaeological Site of Delphi
  4. Cultural Medieval City of Rhodes
  5. Mixed Meteora
  6. Mixed Mount Athos
  7. Cultural Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika
  8. Cultural Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
  9. Cultural Archaeological Site of Mystras
  10. Cultural Archaeological Site of Olympia
  11. Cultural Delos
  12. Cultural Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
  13. Cultural Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
  14. Cultural Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina)
  15. Cultural Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
  16. Cultural The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
  17. Cultural Old Town of Corfu
  18. Cultural Archaeological Site of Philippi

Guatemala

  1. Cultural Antigua Guatemala
  2. Mixed Tikal National Park
  3. Cultural Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua

Guinea

  1. Natural_Danger Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

Haiti

  1. Cultural National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers

Holy See

  1. Cultural Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
  2. Cultural Vatican City

Honduras

  1. Cultural Maya Site of Copan
  2. Natural_Danger Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve

Hungary

  1. Cultural Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
  2. Cultural Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings
  3. Natural Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
  4. Cultural Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment
  5. Cultural Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta
  6. Cultural Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae)
  7. Cultural Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
  8. Cultural Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape

Iceland

  1. Cultural Þingvellir National Park
  2. Natural Surtsey
  3. Natural Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice

India

  1. Cultural Agra Fort
  2. Cultural Ajanta Caves
  3. Cultural Ellora Caves
  4. Cultural Taj Mahal
  5. Cultural Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
  6. Cultural Sun Temple, Konârak
  7. Natural Kaziranga National Park
  8. Natural Keoladeo National Park
  9. Natural Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
  10. Cultural Churches and Convents of Goa
  11. Cultural Fatehpur Sikri
  12. Cultural Group of Monuments at Hampi
  13. Cultural Khajuraho Group of Monuments
  14. Cultural Elephanta Caves
  15. Cultural Great Living Chola Temples
  16. Cultural Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
  17. Natural Sundarbans National Park
  18. Natural Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
  19. Cultural Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
  20. Cultural Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
  21. Cultural Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
  22. Cultural Mountain Railways of India
  23. Cultural Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
  24. Cultural Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
  25. Cultural Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
  26. Cultural Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)
  27. Cultural Red Fort Complex
  28. Cultural The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
  29. Natural Western Ghats
  30. Cultural Hill Forts of Rajasthan
  31. Natural Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area
  32. Cultural Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat
  33. Cultural Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar
  34. Mixed Khangchendzonga National Park
  35. Cultural The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movementis 
  36. Cultural Historic City of Ahmadabad
  37. Cultural Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai
  38. Cultural Jaipur City, Rajasthan
  39. Cultural Dholavira: a Harappan City
  40. Cultural Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana

Indonesia

  1. Cultural Borobudur Temple Compounds
  2. Natural Komodo National Park
  3. Cultural Prambanan Temple Compounds
  4. Natural Ujung Kulon National Park
  5. Cultural Sangiran Early Man Site
  6. Natural Lorentz National Park
  7. Natural_Danger Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
  8. Cultural Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy
  9. Cultural Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

  1. Cultural Meidan Emam, Esfahan
  2. Cultural Persepolis
  3. Cultural Tchogha Zanbil
  4. Cultural Takht-e Soleyman
  5. Cultural Bam and its Cultural Landscape
  6. Cultural Pasargadae
  7. Cultural Soltaniyeh
  8. Cultural Bisotun
  9. Cultural Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran
  10. Cultural Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
  11. Cultural Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil
  12. Cultural Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex
  13. Cultural The Persian Garden
  14. Cultural Gonbad-e Qābus
  15. Cultural Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan
  16. Cultural Golestan Palace
  17. Cultural Shahr-i Sokhta
  18. Cultural Cultural Landscape of Maymand
  19. Cultural Susa
  20. Natural Lut Desert
  21. Cultural The Persian Qanat
  22. Cultural Historic City of Yazd
  23. Cultural Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region
  24. Natural Hyrcanian Forests
  25. Cultural Cultural Landscape of Hawraman/Uramanat
  26. Cultural Trans-Iranian Railway

Iraq

  1. Cultural_Danger Hatra
  2. Cultural_Danger Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
  3. Cultural_Danger Samarra Archaeological City
  4. Cultural Erbil Citadel
  5. Mixed The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
  6. Cultural Babylon

Ireland

  1. Cultural Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne
  2. Cultural Sceilg Mhichíl

Israel

  1. Cultural Masada
  2. Cultural Old City of Acre
  3. Cultural White City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement
  4. Cultural Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
  5. Cultural Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev
  6. Cultural Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee
  7. Cultural Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves
  8. Cultural Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves
  9. Cultural Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal

Italy

  1. Cultural Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
  2. Cultural Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Cultural Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
  4. Cultural Historic Centre of Florence
  5. Cultural Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
  6. Cultural Venice and its Lagoon
  7. Cultural Historic Centre of San Gimignano
  8. Cultural The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera
  9. Cultural City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
  10. Cultural Crespi d'Adda
  11. Cultural Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
  12. Cultural Historic Centre of Naples
  13. Cultural Historic Centre of Siena
  14. Cultural Castel del Monte
  15. Cultural Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
  16. Cultural Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
  17. Cultural The Trulli of Alberobello
  18. Cultural 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex
  19. Cultural Archaeological Area of Agrigento
  20. Cultural Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
  21. Cultural Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
  22. Cultural Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
  23. Cultural Costiera Amalfitana
  24. Cultural Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
  25. Cultural Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
  26. Cultural Su Nuraxi di Barumini
  27. Cultural Villa Romana del Casale
  28. Cultural Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
  29. Cultural Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
  30. Cultural Historic Centre of Urbino
  31. Cultural Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
  32. Cultural Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
  33. Cultural City of Verona
  34. Natural Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
  35. Cultural Villa d'Este, Tivoli
  36. Cultural Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
  37. Cultural Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
  38. Natural Monte San Giorgio
  39. Cultural Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
  40. Cultural Val d'Orcia
  41. Cultural Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
  42. Cultural Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli
  43. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
  44. Cultural Mantua and Sabbioneta
  45. Cultural Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
  46. Natural The Dolomites
  47. Cultural Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.)
  48. Cultural Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
  49. Cultural Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany
  50. Natural Mount Etna
  51. Cultural Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato
  52. Cultural Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
  53. Cultural Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar
  54. Cultural Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century
  55. Cultural Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene
  56. Cultural Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
  57. Cultural The Great Spa Towns of Europe
  58. Cultural The Porticoes of Bologna

Jamaica

  1. Mixed Blue and John Crow Mountains

Japan

  1. Cultural Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area
  2. Cultural Himeji-jo
  3. Natural Shirakami-Sanchi
  4. Natural Yakushima
  5. Cultural Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
  6. Cultural Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
  7. Cultural Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
  8. Cultural Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
  9. Cultural Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
  10. Cultural Shrines and Temples of Nikko
  11. Cultural Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
  12. Cultural Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
  13. Natural Shiretoko
  14. Cultural Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape
  15. Cultural Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land
  16. Natural Ogasawara Islands
  17. Cultural Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration
  18. Cultural Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites
  19. Cultural Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining
  20. Cultural The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
  21. Cultural Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region
  22. Cultural Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
  23. Cultural Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan
  24. Natural Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island
  25. Cultural Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan

Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)

  1. Cultural_Danger Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls

Jordan

  1. Cultural Petra
  2. Cultural Quseir Amra
  3. Cultural Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)
  4. Mixed Wadi Rum Protected Area
  5. Cultural Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas)
  6. Cultural As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality

Kazakhstan

  1. Cultural Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
  2. Cultural Petroglyphs of the Archaeological Landscape of Tanbaly
  3. Natural Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan
  4. Cultural Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
  5. Natural Western Tien-Shan

Kenya

  1. Natural_Danger Lake Turkana National Parks
  2. Natural Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
  3. Cultural Lamu Old Town
  4. Cultural Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests
  5. Cultural Fort Jesus, Mombasa
  6. Natural Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
  7. Cultural Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site

Kiribati

  1. Natural Phoenix Islands Protected Area

Kyrgyzstan

  1. Cultural Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain
  2. Cultural Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
  3. Natural Western Tien-Shan

Lao People's Democratic Republic

  1. Cultural Town of Luang Prabang
  2. Cultural Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape
  3. Cultural Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars

Latvia

  1. Cultural Historic Centre of Riga
  2. Cultural Struve Geodetic Arc

Lebanon

  1. Cultural Anjar
  2. Cultural Baalbek
  3. Cultural Byblos
  4. Cultural Tyre
  5. Cultural Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
  6. Cultural_Danger Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli

Lesotho

  1. Mixed Maloti-Drakensberg Park

Libya

  1. Cultural_Danger Archaeological Site of Cyrene
  2. Cultural_Danger Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
  3. Cultural_Danger Archaeological Site of Sabratha
  4. Cultural_Danger Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
  5. Cultural_Danger Old Town of Ghadamès

Lithuania

  1. Cultural Vilnius Historic Centre
  2. Cultural Curonian Spit
  3. Cultural Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)
  4. Cultural Struve Geodetic Arc

Luxembourg

  1. Cultural City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications

Madagascar

  1. Natural Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
  2. Cultural Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
  3. Natural_Danger Rainforests of the Atsinanana

Malawi

  1. Natural Lake Malawi National Park
  2. Cultural Chongoni Rock-Art Area

Malaysia

  1. Natural Gunung Mulu National Park
  2. Natural Kinabalu Park
  3. Cultural Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca
  4. Cultural Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley

Mali

  1. Cultural_Danger Old Towns of Djenné
  2. Cultural_Danger Timbuktu
  3. Mixed Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
  4. Cultural_Danger Tomb of Askia

Malta

  1. Cultural City of Valletta
  2. Cultural Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
  3. Cultural Megalithic Temples of Malta

Marshall Islands

  1. Cultural Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site

Mauritania

  1. Natural Banc d'Arguin National Park
  2. Cultural Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata

Mauritius

  1. Cultural Aapravasi Ghat
  2. Cultural Le Morne Cultural Landscape

Mexico

  1. Cultural Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
  2. Cultural Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
  3. Cultural Historic Centre of Puebla
  4. Cultural Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
  5. Cultural Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
  6. Natural Sian Ka'an
  7. Cultural Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
  8. Cultural Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza
  9. Cultural Historic Centre of Morelia
  10. Cultural El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City
  11. Cultural Historic Centre of Zacatecas
  12. Cultural Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
  13. Natural Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
  14. Cultural Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl
  15. Cultural Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
  16. Cultural Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal
  17. Cultural Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara
  18. Cultural Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes
  19. Cultural Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
  20. Cultural Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
  21. Cultural Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
  22. Mixed Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche
  23. Cultural Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro
  24. Cultural Luis Barragán House and Studio
  25. Natural_Danger Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
  26. Cultural Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
  27. Cultural Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
  28. Natural Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
  29. Cultural Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco
  30. Cultural Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
  31. Cultural Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca
  32. Natural El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
  33. Cultural Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System
  34. Natural Archipiélago de Revillagigedo
  35. Mixed Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica

Micronesia (Federated States of)

  1. Cultural_Danger Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia

Mongolia

  1. Natural Uvs Nuur Basin
  2. Cultural Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
  3. Cultural Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai
  4. Cultural Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape
  5. Natural Landscapes of Dauria

Montenegro

  1. Cultural Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor
  2. Natural Durmitor National Park
  3. Cultural Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards
  4. Cultural Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar

Morocco

  1. Cultural Medina of Fez
  2. Cultural Medina of Marrakesh
  3. Cultural Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
  4. Cultural Historic City of Meknes
  5. Cultural Archaeological Site of Volubilis
  6. Cultural Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)
  7. Cultural Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
  8. Cultural Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)
  9. Cultural Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage

Mozambique

  1. Cultural Island of Mozambique

Myanmar

  1. Cultural Pyu Ancient Cities
  2. Cultural Bagan

Namibia

  1. Cultural Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes
  2. Natural Namib Sand Sea

Nepal

  1. Cultural Kathmandu Valley
  2. Natural Sagarmatha National Park
  3. Natural Chitwan National Park
  4. Cultural Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha

Netherlands

  1. Cultural Schokland and Surroundings
  2. Cultural Dutch Water Defence Lines
  3. Cultural Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao
  4. Cultural Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
  5. Cultural Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)
  6. Cultural Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)
  7. Cultural Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)
  8. Natural Wadden Sea
  9. Cultural Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
  10. Cultural Van Nellefabriek
  11. Cultural Colonies of Benevolence
  12. Cultural Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes

New Zealand

  1. Natural Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
  2. Mixed Tongariro National Park
  3. Natural New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands

Nicaragua

  1. Cultural Ruins of León Viejo
  2. Cultural León Cathedral

Niger

  1. Natural_Danger Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
  2. Natural W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
  3. Cultural Historic Centre of Agadez

Nigeria

  1. Cultural Sukur Cultural Landscape
  2. Cultural Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove

North Macedonia

  1. Mixed Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region
  2. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

Norway

  1. Cultural Bryggen
  2. Cultural Urnes Stave Church
  3. Cultural Røros Mining Town and the Circumference
  4. Cultural Rock Art of Alta
  5. Cultural Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago
  6. Cultural Struve Geodetic Arc
  7. Natural West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
  8. Cultural Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site

Oman

  1. Cultural Bahla Fort
  2. Cultural Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
  3. Natural Arabian Oryx Sanctuary - Delisted 2007
  4. Cultural Land of Frankincense
  5. Cultural Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman
  6. Cultural Ancient City of Qalhat

Pakistan

  1. Cultural Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro
  2. Cultural Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol
  3. Cultural Taxila
  4. Cultural Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore
  5. Cultural Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta
  6. Cultural Rohtas Fort

Palau

  1. Mixed Rock Islands Southern Lagoon

Palestine

  1. Cultural Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem
  2. Cultural_Danger Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir
  3. Cultural_Danger Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town

Panama

  1. Cultural_Danger Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo
  2. Natural Darien National Park
  3. Natural Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park 
  4. Cultural Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá
  5. Natural Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection

Papua New Guinea

  1. Cultural Kuk Early Agricultural Site

Paraguay

  1. Cultural Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue

Peru

  1. Cultural City of Cuzco
  2. Mixed Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
  3. Cultural Chavin (Archaeological Site)
  4. Natural Huascarán National Park
  5. Cultural_Danger Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
  6. Natural Manú National Park
  7. Cultural Historic Centre of Lima
  8. Mixed Río Abiseo National Park
  9. Cultural Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa
  10. Cultural Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa
  11. Cultural Sacred City of Caral-Supe
  12. Cultural Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System 
  13. Cultural Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex

Philippines

  1. Cultural Baroque Churches of the Philippines
  2. Natural Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
  3. Cultural Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
  4. Cultural Historic City of Vigan
  5. Natural Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
  6. Natural Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary

Poland

  1. Cultural Historic Centre of Kraków
  2. Cultural Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
  3. Cultural Auschwitz Birkenau
    German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)
  4. Natural Białowieża Forest
  5. Cultural Historic Centre of Warsaw
  6. Cultural Old City of Zamość
  7. Cultural Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork
  8. Cultural Medieval Town of Toruń
  9. Cultural Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park
  10. Cultural Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica
  11. Cultural Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska
  12. Cultural Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski
  13. Cultural Centennial Hall in Wrocław
  14. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
  15. Cultural Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
  16. Cultural Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System
  17. Cultural Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region

Portugal

  1. Cultural Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores
  2. Cultural Convent of Christ in Tomar
  3. Cultural Monastery of Batalha
  4. Cultural Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon
  5. Cultural Historic Centre of Évora
  6. Cultural Monastery of Alcobaça
  7. Cultural Cultural Landscape of Sintra
  8. Cultural Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar
  9. Cultural Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
  10. Natural Laurisilva of Madeira
  11. Cultural Alto Douro Wine Region
  12. Cultural Historic Centre of Guimarães
  13. Cultural Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
  14. Cultural Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications
  15. Cultural University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia
  16. Cultural Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada)
  17. Cultural Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga

Qatar

  1. Cultural Al Zubarah Archaeological Site

Republic of Korea

  1. Cultural Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks
  2. Cultural Jongmyo Shrine
  3. Cultural Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
  4. Cultural Changdeokgung Palace Complex
  5. Cultural Hwaseong Fortress
  6. Cultural Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites
  7. Cultural Gyeongju Historic Areas
  8. Natural Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes
  9. Cultural Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
  10. Cultural Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong
  11. Cultural Namhansanseong
  12. Cultural Baekje Historic Areas
  13. Cultural Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea
  14. Cultural Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies
  15. Natural Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats

Republic of Moldova

  1. Cultural Struve Geodetic Arc

Romania

  1. Natural Danube Delta
  2. Cultural Churches of Moldavia
  3. Cultural Monastery of Horezu
  4. Cultural Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
  5. Cultural Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
  6. Cultural Historic Centre of Sighişoara
  7. Cultural Wooden Churches of Maramureş
  8. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
  9. Cultural_Danger Roșia Montană Mining Landscape

Russian Federation

  1. Cultural Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
  2. Cultural Kizhi Pogost
  3. Cultural Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
  4. Cultural Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands
  5. Cultural Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
  6. Cultural White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
  7. Cultural Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad
  8. Cultural Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
  9. Natural Virgin Komi Forests
  10. Natural Lake Baikal
  11. Natural Volcanoes of Kamchatka
  12. Natural Golden Mountains of Altai
  13. Natural Western Caucasus
  14. Cultural Curonian Spit
  15. Cultural Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery
  16. Cultural Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin
  17. Natural Central Sikhote-Alin
  18. Cultural Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
  19. Natural Uvs Nuur Basin
  20. Cultural Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent
  21. Natural Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
  22. Cultural Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl
  23. Cultural Struve Geodetic Arc
  24. Natural Putorana Plateau
  25. Natural Lena Pillars Nature Park
  26. Cultural Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex
  27. Cultural Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk
  28. Natural Landscapes of Dauria
  29. Cultural Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture
  30. Cultural Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  1. Cultural Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park

Saint Lucia

  1. Natural Pitons Management Area

San Marino

  1. Cultural San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano

Saudi Arabia

  1. Cultural Hegra Archaeological Site (al-Hijr / Madā ͐ in Ṣāliḥ)
  2. Cultural At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah
  3. Cultural Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah
  4. Cultural Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia
  5. Cultural Al-Ahsa Oasis, an Evolving Cultural Landscape
  6. Cultural Ḥimā Cultural Area

Senegal

  1. Cultural Island of Gorée
  2. Natural_Danger Niokolo-Koba National Park
  3. Natural Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
  4. Cultural Island of Saint-Louis
  5. Cultural Stone Circles of Senegambia
  6. Cultural Saloum Delta
  7. Cultural Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes

Serbia

  1. Cultural Stari Ras and Sopoćani
  2. Cultural Studenica Monastery
  3. Cultural_Danger Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
  4. Cultural Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius
  5. Cultural Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards

Seychelles

  1. Natural Aldabra Atoll
  2. Natural Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

Singapore

  1. Cultural Singapore Botanic Gardens

Slovakia

  1. Cultural Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity
  2. Cultural Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments
  3. Cultural Vlkolínec
  4. Natural Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
  5. Cultural Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve
  6. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
  7. Cultural Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area
  8. Cultural Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment)

Slovenia

  1. Natural Škocjan Caves
  2. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
  3. Cultural Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
  4. Cultural Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija
  5. Cultural The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design

Solomon Islands

  1. Natural_Danger East Rennell

South Africa

  1. Cultural Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa
  2. Natural iSimangaliso Wetland Park
  3. Cultural Robben Island
  4. Mixed Maloti-Drakensberg Park
  5. Cultural Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
  6. Natural Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
  7. Natural Vredefort Dome
  8. Cultural Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape
  9. Cultural ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape
  10. Natural Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains

Spain

  1. Cultural Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
  2. Cultural Burgos Cathedral
  3. Cultural Historic Centre of Cordoba
  4. Cultural Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
  5. Cultural Works of Antoni Gaudí
  6. Cultural Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
  7. Cultural Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
  8. Cultural Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches
  9. Cultural Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
  10. Cultural Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)
  11. Natural Garajonay National Park
  12. Cultural Historic City of Toledo
  13. Cultural Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
  14. Cultural Old Town of Cáceres
  15. Cultural Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
  16. Cultural Old City of Salamanca
  17. Cultural Poblet Monastery
  18. Cultural Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
  19. Cultural Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain
  20. Cultural Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe
  21. Natural Doñana National Park
  22. Cultural Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
  23. Cultural La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
  24. Cultural Las Médulas
  25. Cultural Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
  26. Mixed Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
  27. Cultural San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
  28. Cultural Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
  29. Cultural Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
  30. Cultural University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares
  31. Mixed Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
  32. Cultural San Cristóbal de La Laguna
  33. Cultural Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco
  34. Cultural Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
  35. Cultural Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí
  36. Cultural Palmeral of Elche
  37. Cultural Roman Walls of Lugo
  38. Cultural Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
  39. Cultural Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza
  40. Cultural Vizcaya Bridge
  41. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
  42. Natural Teide National Park
  43. Cultural Tower of Hercules
  44. Cultural Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana
  45. Cultural Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija
  46. Cultural Antequera Dolmens Site
  47. Cultural Caliphate City of Medina Azahara
  48. Cultural Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape
  49. Cultural Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences

Sri Lanka

  1. Cultural Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
  2. Cultural Ancient City of Sigiriya
  3. Cultural Sacred City of Anuradhapura
  4. Cultural Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications
  5. Cultural Sacred City of Kandy
  6. Natural Sinharaja Forest Reserve
  7. Cultural Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
  8. Natural Central Highlands of Sri Lanka

Sudan

  1. Cultural Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
  2. Cultural Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe
  3. Natural Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park

Suriname

  1. Natural Central Suriname Nature Reserve
  2. Cultural Historic Inner City of Paramaribo

Sweden

  1. Cultural Royal Domain of Drottningholm
  2. Cultural Birka and Hovgården
  3. Cultural Engelsberg Ironworks
  4. Cultural Rock Carvings in Tanum
  5. Cultural Skogskyrkogården
  6. Cultural Hanseatic Town of Visby
  7. Cultural Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå
  8. Mixed Laponian Area
  9. Cultural Naval Port of Karlskrona
  10. Cultural Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland
  11. Natural High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
  12. Cultural Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
  13. Cultural Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg
  14. Cultural Struve Geodetic Arc
  15. Cultural Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland

Switzerland

  1. Cultural Abbey of St Gall
  2. Cultural Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair
  3. Cultural Old City of Berne
  4. Cultural Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona
  5. Natural Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
  6. Natural Monte San Giorgio
  7. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
  8. Cultural Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
  9. Cultural Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
  10. Natural Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
  11. Cultural La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning
  12. Cultural Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
  13. Cultural The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement

Syrian Arab Republic

  1. Cultural_Danger Ancient City of Damascus
  2. Cultural_Danger Ancient City of Bosra
  3. Cultural_Danger Site of Palmyra
  4. Cultural_Danger Ancient City of Aleppo
  5. Cultural_Danger Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din
  6. Cultural_Danger Ancient Villages of Northern Syria

Tajikistan

  1. Cultural Proto-urban Site of Sarazm
  2. Natural Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs)

Thailand

  1. Cultural Historic City of Ayutthaya
  2. Cultural Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns
  3. Natural Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries
  4. Cultural Ban Chiang Archaeological Site
  5. Natural Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
  6. Natural Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex

Togo

  1. Cultural Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba

Tunisia

  1. Cultural Amphitheatre of El Jem
  2. Cultural Archaeological Site of Carthage
  3. Cultural Medina of Tunis
  4. Natural Ichkeul National Park
  5. Cultural Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
  6. Cultural Kairouan
  7. Cultural Medina of Sousse
  8. Cultural Dougga / Thugga

Türkiye

  1. Mixed Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
  2. Cultural Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
  3. Cultural Historic Areas of Istanbul
  4. Cultural Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
  5. Cultural Nemrut Dağ
  6. Mixed Hierapolis-Pamukkale
  7. Cultural Xanthos-Letoon
  8. Cultural City of Safranbolu
  9. Cultural Archaeological Site of Troy
  10. Cultural Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex
  11. Cultural Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük
  12. Cultural Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire
  13. Cultural Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape
  14. Cultural Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
  15. Cultural Ephesus
  16. Cultural Archaeological Site of Ani
  17. Cultural Aphrodisias
  18. Cultural Göbekli Tepe
  19. Cultural Arslantepe Mound

Turkmenistan

  1. Cultural State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”
  2. Cultural Kunya-Urgench
  3. Cultural Parthian Fortresses of Nisa

Uganda

  1. Natural Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  2. Natural Rwenzori Mountains National Park
  3. Cultural_Danger Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi

Ukraine

  1. Cultural Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
  2. Cultural L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre
  3. Cultural Struve Geodetic Arc
  4. Natural Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
  5. Cultural Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans
  6. Cultural Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora
  7. Cultural Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
  8. Cultural_Danger The Historic Centre of Odesa

United Arab Emirates

  1. Cultural Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  1. Cultural Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
  2. Cultural Durham Castle and Cathedral
  3. Natural Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
  4. Cultural Ironbridge Gorge
  5. Mixed St Kilda
  6. Cultural Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
  7. Cultural Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey
  8. Cultural Blenheim Palace
  9. Cultural City of Bath
  10. Cultural Frontiers of the Roman Empire
  11. Cultural Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
  12. Cultural Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church
  13. Natural Henderson Island
  14. Cultural Tower of London
  15. Natural Gough and Inaccessible Islands
  16. Cultural Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
  17. Cultural Maritime Greenwich
  18. Cultural Heart of Neolithic Orkney
  19. Cultural Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
  20. Cultural Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda
  21. Cultural Derwent Valley Mills
  22. Natural Dorset and East Devon Coast
  23. Cultural New Lanark
  24. Cultural Saltaire
  25. Cultural Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  26. Cultural Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City Delisted 2021
  27. Cultural Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
  28. Cultural Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
  29. Cultural The Forth Bridge
  30. Cultural Gorham's Cave Complex
  31. Cultural The English Lake District
  32. Cultural Jodrell Bank Observatory
  33. Cultural The Great Spa Towns of Europe
  34. Cultural The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales

United Republic of Tanzania

  1. Mixed Ngorongoro Conservation Area
  2. Cultural Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
  3. Natural Serengeti National Park
  4. Natural_Danger Selous Game Reserve
  5. Natural Kilimanjaro National Park
  6. Cultural Stone Town of Zanzibar
  7. Cultural Kondoa Rock-Art Sites

United States of America

  1. Cultural Mesa Verde National Park
  2. Natural Yellowstone National Park
  3. Natural_Danger Everglades National Park
  4. Natural Grand Canyon National Park
  5. Cultural Independence Hall
  6. Natural Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
  7. Natural Redwood National and State Parks
  8. Natural Mammoth Cave National Park
  9. Natural Olympic National Park
  10. Cultural Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
  11. Natural Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  12. Cultural La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico
  13. Cultural Statue of Liberty
  14. Natural Yosemite National Park
  15. Cultural Chaco Culture
  16. Natural Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
  17. Cultural Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
  18. Cultural Taos Pueblo
  19. Natural Carlsbad Caverns National Park
  20. Natural Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
  21. Mixed Papahānaumokuākea
  22. Cultural Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point
  23. Cultural San Antonio Missions
  24. Cultural The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright

Uruguay

  1. Cultural Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento
  2. Cultural Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape
  3. Cultural The work of engineer Eladio Dieste: Church of Atlántida

Uzbekistan

  1. Cultural Itchan Kala
  2. Cultural Historic Centre of Bukhara
  3. Cultural_Danger Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz
  4. Cultural Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures
  5. Natural Western Tien-Shan

Vanuatu

  1. Cultural Chief Roi Mata’s Domain

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

  1. Cultural_Danger Coro and its Port
  2. Natural Canaima National Park
  3. Cultural Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas

Viet Nam

  1. Cultural Complex of Hué Monuments
  2. Natural Ha Long Bay
  3. Cultural Hoi An Ancient Town
  4. Cultural My Son Sanctuary
  5. Natural Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
  6. Cultural Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi
  7. Cultural Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
  8. Mixed Trang An Landscape Complex

Yemen

  1. Cultural_Danger Old Walled City of Shibam
  2. Cultural_Danger Old City of Sana'a
  3. Cultural_Danger Historic Town of Zabid
  4. Natural Socotra Archipelago
  5. Cultural_Danger Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib

Zambia

  1. Natural Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls

Zimbabwe

  1. Natural Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
  2. Cultural Great Zimbabwe National Monument
  3. Cultural Khami Ruins National Monument
  4. Natural Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
  5. Cultural Matobo Hills


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What is Cultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites?

Cultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites are locations of significant historical, architectural, artistic, or cultural importance that have been recognized and designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). These sites are chosen based on their outstanding universal value, meaning they hold significance not only for the country they are located in, but for all of humanity.

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Cultural Danger UNESCO World Heritage Sites refer to those designated heritage sites that are facing imminent threats, risks, or challenges that could potentially lead to the deterioration or loss of their cultural significance. These threats can arise from various factors, including natural disasters, urban development, environmental degradation, insufficient preservation efforts, armed conflicts, and inadequate management practices.

When a Cultural Danger UNESCO World Heritage Site is identified, it signifies that urgent action is required to mitigate the risks and ensure the preservation of the site's cultural heritage. UNESCO and other relevant organizations often collaborate with local communities, governments, and experts to devise strategies and plans for safeguarding these sites from further deterioration.

Efforts to protect Cultural Danger UNESCO World Heritage Sites may involve emergency interventions, such as stabilizing structures, relocating artifacts, and implementing conservation measures. Additionally, these sites may receive increased international attention and support to raise awareness about their endangered status and secure funding for restoration and preservation initiatives.

The aim of highlighting Cultural Danger UNESCO World Heritage Sites is to prevent the irreversible loss of valuable cultural heritage and to raise awareness about the importance of responsible stewardship. By addressing the challenges faced by these sites, we can contribute to the safeguarding of our shared human history and ensure that these treasures continue to inspire and educate generations to come.


What is Natural Danger UNESCO World Heritage Sites?

Natural Danger UNESCO World Heritage Sites are designated heritage sites that are currently facing imminent threats or risks to their natural values and ecological integrity. These sites are recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for their outstanding universal value, but they are also at risk due to factors such as climate change, habitat destruction, pollution, invasive species, and other environmental challenges.

The designation of a Natural Danger UNESCO World Heritage Site serves as a call to action, highlighting the urgent need for intervention and conservation efforts to protect the site's unique natural attributes. These sites may include diverse ecosystems, iconic species, rare geological formations, and landscapes of exceptional beauty.

Efforts to safeguard Natural Danger UNESCO World Heritage Sites often involve collaborative measures between conservation organizations, local communities, governments, and experts. Emergency actions may include habitat restoration, pollution control, anti-poaching efforts, and the implementation of sustainable management practices.

The identification of Natural Danger UNESCO World Heritage Sites aims to raise global awareness about the vulnerable state of these natural wonders and the importance of prioritizing their protection. By addressing the immediate threats they face and implementing long-term conservation strategies, we can contribute to the preservation of these ecological treasures for future generations to appreciate and learn from.


What is Mixed Danger UNESCO World Heritage Sites?

Mixed Danger UNESCO World Heritage Sites are designated heritage sites that encompass both cultural and natural values and are currently facing imminent threats or challenges that jeopardize their significance and integrity. These sites, recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), are at risk due to a combination of factors that impact both their cultural heritage and their natural attributes.

The designation of a Mixed Danger UNESCO World Heritage Site signifies the urgent need for comprehensive conservation efforts that address the complex interplay between cultural and natural vulnerabilities. These challenges can range from urban development encroaching on historic areas to environmental degradation affecting ecosystems and landscapes.

Conserving Mixed Danger UNESCO World Heritage Sites requires collaboration between experts, local communities, governments, and relevant organizations. Strategies may involve developing sustainable management plans, implementing preservation measures for cultural structures, restoring degraded natural habitats, and mitigating threats posed by factors such as pollution, climate change, and uncontrolled tourism.

By identifying and addressing the risks faced by Mixed Danger UNESCO World Heritage Sites, we strive to ensure that both their cultural and natural values are preserved for future generations. These sites serve as reminders of the intricate connections between human civilizations and the environment and emphasize the importance of integrated efforts to protect our shared heritage and the planet's biodiversity.


FAQ's about UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Q: What is the purpose of designating a site as a UNESCO World Heritage Site? A: The purpose is to recognize and protect sites of cultural, historical, or natural significance for present and future generations.

Q: How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites are there globally? A: As of latest data, there are over 1,100 designated sites around the world.

Q: Can I visit all UNESCO World Heritage Sites? A: While some sites are open to the public, others may have restrictions due to preservation concerns. Check individual site information before planning a visit.

Q: What is the significance of natural World Heritage Sites? A: Natural sites are recognized for their unique ecosystems, biodiversity, and geological features, offering insights into the Earth's history and processes.

Q: How does UNESCO support the preservation of these sites? A: UNESCO provides technical assistance, funding, and guidance to countries to help them safeguard and manage their World Heritage Sites.

Q: How can I contribute to the preservation of these sites? A: You can support these sites by practicing responsible tourism, respecting rules and guidelines, and contributing to local conservation efforts.

Conclusion

Exploring UNESCO World Heritage Sites is a transformative experience that allows us to appreciate the beauty of our world's history, culture, and nature. These sites stand as testaments to the achievements and wonders of humanity, and they serve as a reminder of the need to protect and cherish our shared heritage. So, embark on a journey to these remarkable sites and immerse yourself in the stories they tell.

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