World Heritage Sites

 

World Heritage Site is a site such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city. A World Heritage Site is a place of either cultural or physical significance. The programmed catalogues, names, and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humanity.

Aachen Cathedral        Aapravasi Ghat        Abbey and Altenmunster of Lorsch        Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe        Abu Mena        Abu Simbel temple        Adam Peak        Adelso        Aegina        Aflaj Irrigation Systems        Agrigento        Ahrensburg        Aigeira        Aigosthena West Attica Prefecture        Air and Tenere Natural Reserves        Aksum        Al Fashn        Al-Hijr Archaeological Site        Alby        Aldabra Atoll        Alejandro de Humboldt National Park        Amiens Cathedral        Ancient City of Nessebar        Ancient Ksour of Ouadane        Ancient Tenements        Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis        Angkor        Anjar        Antigua Guatemala        Apadana        Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne        Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua        Archaeological Site of Volubilis        Archaeological Sites of Bat        Area de Conservacion Guanacaste        Arles Roman and Romanesque Monuments        Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran        Asante Traditional Buildings        Ashkelon        Ashur        Asti        Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves        Ayutthaya        Aztec Archaeological Sites        Baalbek        Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery        Bahai Holy Places        Bahla Fort        Balma de        Bam and its Cultural Landscape        Bamiyan Valley        Ban Chiang        Banamalipur        Banc d Arguin National Park        Banks of the Seine        BANNA        Baroque Churches        Bassae Arcadia Prefecture        Bauhaus        Belfries of Belgium        Belfries of Belgium and France        Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System        Belovezhskaya Pushcha        Beni Hammad        Berat and Gjirokastra        Bercy        Berlin Modernism Housing Estates        Berry-au-Bac        Beth Shean        Bethsaida        Bhaitbari        Biblical Tels        BIBRA        Big Sur Coast Highway        Bilzingsleben        Birka        Bisotun        Bliesbruck-Reinheim        Blue Mountains Explorer Monuments        Bogota        Bonampak (Chiapas)        Bordeaux        Borghat Historical and Archeological Remains        Borobudur Temple Compounds        Bourges Cathedral        Boyana Church        Brasilia        BRAVONIACUM        Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park        Broadbury Castle        BROCAVUM        Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmaki        Brugge Belgium        Bryggen        Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi        Buena Vista Peru        Bukhara        Butrint        Bwindi Impenetrable National Park        Byblos        Cacaxtla (Tlaxcala)        Caesarea Palaestina        Calabria        Calakmul        Campania        Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks        Canaima National Park        Canal du Midi        Cape Floral Region Protected Areas        Capernaum        Capuli Archaeological Site        Caral        Carlton Gardens        Casas Grandes (Chihuahua)        Casselden Place        Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl        CASTRA EXPLOPATORUM        Cathedral of Notre-Dame        Caulonia        Caves of Aggtelek Karst        Central Amazon Conservation Complex        Cerro de las Mesas        Cerro de las Navajas (Mexico)        Cerro Toluquilla (Puebla)        Chaeronea Boeotia Prefecture        Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital        Chalcatzingo        Chan Chan        Chan Chan Archaeological Zone        Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks        Chartres Cathedral        Chassey le Camp        Chauvet Cave        Chavin (Archaeological Site)        Chavin de Huantar        chettinadu        Chiconautla        Chief Roi Mata's Domain        Chilhac        Choirokoitia        Chongoni Rock-Art Area        Choqa Zanbil        Choquequirao        Churches of Chiloé        Churches of Moldavia        Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay        City of Cuzco        City of Graz        City of Luxembourg        City of Potosi        City of Quito        City of Valletta        Ciudad Perdida        Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas        Classical Weimar        Cliff of Bandiagara        Cocos Island National Park        Coiba National Park        Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg        Cologne Cathedral        Colonia del Sacramento        Colonial City of Santo Domingo        Combe-Capelle Bas        Comoe National Park        CONCAVATA        Concordia.        Corinth        Coro and its Port        Cosquer Cave        Crotone        Cueva de las Manos        CulturalPark        Cumbe Mayo        Curonian Spit        Cuzco        D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station        Dahshur        Danube Delta        Darien National Park        Death Valley Byway        Decorated Caves of the Vezere Valley        Defence Line of Amsterdam        Delium West Attica Prefecture        Delphi        Denisova Cave        Desembarco del Granma National Park        Devils Lair        DIG        Dimini Magnesia Prefecture        Dinosaur Provincial Park        Diocletian        Diring Yuriakh        Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves        Diuktai Cave        Dja Faunal Reserve        Djemila        Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary        Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai        Dresden Elbe Valley        Droogmakerij de Beemster        Dubrovnik        Durmitor National Park        East Rennell        East Tilbury        Ebbetts Pass National Byway        Ecbatana        Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape        Eleusina West Attica Prefecture        Epidaurus theater        Erice        Et-Tell        Etiolles        Evropos Kilkis Prefecture        Fasil Ghebbi        Federsee        Flemish Beguinages        Fort and Shalamar Gardens        Fortifications of Vauban        Fortress of Suomenlinna        Fortresses and Group of Monument        Forum Romanum        Fossil Mammal Sites        Fraser Island        Frontiers of the Roman Empire        Fuerte de Samaipata        GABROSENTUM        Galapagos Islands        GALAVA        Gamla Uppsala        Ganj Par        Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz        Gezer        Giardini Naxos        GLANNOVENTA        Globe Theatre        Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape        Gondwana_Rainforests        Gorgan        Goseck circle        Gournia        Great Barrier Reef        Great Zimbabwe National Monument        Greater Accra        Greater Blue Mountains Area        Grianan of Aileach        Gros Morne National Park        Gulf of Porto        Gunung Mulu National Park        Haghpat Monastery        Hal Saflieni Hypogeum        Hallstatt-Dachstein        Hanseatic City of Lübeck        Harar Jugol        Hatra        Havana        Heard and McDonald Islands        Herculaneum        Hill of Tara        Hippos        Historic Area of Willemstad        Historic Arroyo Seco Parkway        Historic Cairo        Historic Centre of Avignon        Historic Centre of Brugge        Historic Centre of Bukhara        Historic Centre of Camagüey        Historic Centre of Lima        Historic Centre of Riga        Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia        Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca        Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox        Historic Centre of Sao Luis        Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz        Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás        Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda        Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar        Historic City of Meknes        Historic City of Sucre        Historic City of Trogir        Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne        Historic Mosque City        Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valpa        Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu        Historic Site of Lyons        Historic Town of Ouro Preto        Historic Town of Vigan        Historic Town of Zabid        Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa        Historical Monuments of Mtskheta        Hortobagy National Park        Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area        Huari        Huascarán National Park        Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works        Iguaçu National Park        Iguazu National Park        Ilulissat Icefjord        Incense Route        Innisfallen Abbey        Iron Bridge        Ischigualasto        iSimangaliso Wetland Park        Island of Gorée        Island of Mozambique        Island of Saint-Louis        Itchan Kala        Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church        Jericho        Jerusalem        Jesuit Block and Estancias of Cordoba        Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos        Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interes        Joggins Fossil Cliffs        Jondi Shapur        Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site        Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion        Ka'ba-i Zartosht        Kakadu National Park        Kapova Cave        Kasbah of Algiers        Kashafrud        Katharagama        Kathmandu Valley        Kechries        Kemmelberg        Kernav Archaeological Site        Khami Ruins National Monument        Khuzhir-Nuge XIV (Russia)        Kilcrea Abbey        Kilimanjaro National Park        Kilwa Kisiwani        Kilwa Tanzania        Kinabalu Park        Kleonae Corinthia Prefecture        Kluisberg        Knossos        Komodo National Park        Komodo National Park        Koneswaram Temple        Konigsaue        Kosciuszko        Koutammakou        Kronborg Castle        Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou        Kuelap        Kuk Early Agricultural Site        Kunya-Urgench        Kushinagar        Kvarken Archipelago        La Amistad National Park        La Amistad National Park        La Ferrassie Cave        Lachish        Lagoons of New Caledonia        Lake Malawi National Park        Lake Mungo        Lake Turkana National Parks        Lamu Old Town        Land of Frankincense        Langweiler        Lascaux Cave        Lazio        La_Grand_Place        Le Havre        Le Morne Cultural Landscape        Lindos        Locri        Lord Howe Island Group        Lorentz National Park        Los Glaciares        Los Katios National Park        Lower Valley of the Awash        Lower Valley of the Omo        Lumbini        Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg        M'Zab Valley        Machu Picchu        Macquarie Island        Madara Rider        Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley        Major Town Houses of Architect Victor Horta        Malagana Treasure        Malaren        Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary        Mana Pools National Park        Manovo Gounda St Floris National Park        Manú National Park        Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape        Maritime Museum        Masada        Matobo Hills        Maulbronn Monastery Complex        Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi        Maya Site of Copan        Medina of Essaouira        Medina of Fez        Medina of Marrakesh        Medina of Tétouan        Meenakshi Amman temple        Megalithic Temples of Malta        Megiddo        Meidan Emam, Esfahan        Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca        Memphis and its Necropolis        Messel Pit Fossil Site        Miguasha National Park        Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout        Minaret of Jam        Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar        Mir Castle Complex        Mir Juml's Tomb        Moche        Moenjodaro        Monasterboice        Monastery of Horezu        Monastic Island of Reichenau        Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay        Montella        Morgantina        Morne Trois Pitons National Park        Mount Huangshan        Mount Kenya National Park        Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve        Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve        Mount Sanqingshan National Park        Mount Sanqingshan National Park        Mount Taishan        Mount Titano        Mount Wuyi        Muisca Solar Observatory        Museo del Oro (Gold Museum)        Muskauer Park        Mycenae        Nahanni National Park        Naqsh-e Rustam        Nartiang Ancient and Remains        National Archaeological Museum        National Archeological Park of Tierradentro        National Archeological Park of Tierradentro        National History Park – Citadel        Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor        Nauwalabila        Nazca        Neolithic Flint Mineat Spiennes        Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape        New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands        Newgrange        Ngorongoro Conservation Area        Niokolo-Koba National Park        Noel Kempff Mercado National Park        Nonsuch Park        Notre-Dame Cathedral        Nubia        Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae        Old City of Acre        Old City of Sana        Old Rauma        Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof        Old Towns of Djenné        Old Village of Holloko        Old Walled City of Shibam        Ollantaytambo        Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape        Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove        Ouadi Qadisha        Pachacamac        Painted Churches in the Troodos Region        Palace and Park of Fontainebleau        Palace and Park of Versailles        Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin        Panama Viejo        Pantanal Conservation Area        Paphos        Parthian Fortresses of Nisa        Pasargadae        Pasargadae        Pekshevo (Russia)        Peninsula Valdes        Persepolis        Persepolis        Petajavesi Old Church        Petra        Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly        Philae        Pilgrimage Church of Wies        Pingvellir National Park        Pirin National Park        Pisac        Pitons Management Area        Place Stanislas        Plantin Moretus House        Plitvice Lakes National Park        Pompeii        Pont du Gard        Portobelo-San Lorenzo        Portuguese City of Mazagan        Prambanan Temple Compounds        Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians        Provins        Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park        Purnululu National Park        Pyrenees - Mont Perdu        Qalat al-Bahrain        Quebrada de Humahuaca        Queensland Museum        Quseir Amra        Rainforests of the Atsinanana        Ramat Rahel        Rapa Nui National Park        Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras        Rietveld Schröderhuis        Rila Monastery        Rio Abiseo National Park        Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve        Robben Island        Rock Art of Alta        Rock Hewn Churches of Ivanovo        Rock-Hewn Churches        Rohtas Fort        Roros Mining Town        Roskilde Cathedral        Rottnest Island        Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France        Royal Chitwan National Park        Royal Hill of Ambohimanga        Royal Palaces of Abomey        Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans        Ruins of León Viejo        Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur        Rwenzori Mountains National Park        Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests        Sagarmatha National Park        Saint Catherine Area        Salzburg        Samarkand Crossroads of Cultures        Samarra Archaeological City        San Agustín archeological park        San Agustin Archeological Park        San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway        San Pedro de la Roca Castle        Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas        Sangay National Park        Sangiran Early Man Site        Santa Maria la Mayor        Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan        Schokland and Surroundings        Schönbrunn        Selous Game Reserve        Semmering Railway        Senkadagalapura        Serengeti National Park        Serra da Capivara National Park        Sewell Mining Town        Shark Bay        Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower        Sigiriya        Signal de Botrange        Sigtuna        Simien National Park        Skellig Michael        Skocjan Caves        Socotra Archipelago        Soltaniyeh        Soltaniyeh        Sopianae        South China Karst        South China Karst        Speyer Cathedral        Srebarna Nature Reserve        Sri Dalada Maligawa        Sri Pada's glorious shadow        St George's Bridge        St Michael's Church at Hildesheim        Stari Grad Plain        Strasbourg        Struve Geodetic Arc        Struve Geodetic Arc        Struve Geodetic Arc        Sukhothai        Sukur Cultural Landscape        Sungir        Surtsey        Susa        Swartkrans        Sydney Opera House        Tai National Park        Takht-e Soleyman        Takht-i-Suleiman        Tallinn        Tasmanian Wilderness        Tassili n'Ajjer        Tatshenshini-Alsek        Taxila        Tchogha Zanbil        Te Wahipounamu        Tel Arad        Tel Dan        Temple Mount        Temple of Amon at Karnak        Temple of Edfu        Temple of Hathor at Denderah        Temple of Luxor        Temple of Preah Vihear        Temple of Ramses II        The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik        The Great Assuan Dam        The Khazar Fortress of Sarkel        The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes        The Monoliths Site        The Rose theatre        The Ruin Royal Palace        The Sundarbans        The Waterworks Museum        Thebes temple of Sethos I        Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak        Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari        Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Are        Tikal National Park        Timbuktu        Timgad        Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road        Tipasa        Tiya        Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape        Tomb of Askia        Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi        Tongariro National Park        Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen        Town of Bamberg        Townsend        Trim Castle        Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra        Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve        Tsodilo        Tubbataha Reef Marine Park        Twyfelfontein        Tyre        Ujung Kulon National Park        uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park        Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park        Um er-Rasas        Unteruhldingen        Uppakra        Upper Azat Valley        Upper Middle Rhine Valley        Upper Svaneti        Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos        Urnes Stave Church        Ust-Mil 2        Uvs Nuur Basin        Vaalserberg        Vallee de Mai Nature Reserve        Valley de los Ingenios        Valsgarde        Vegaoyan The Vega Archipelago        Veldwezelt-Hezerwater        Vendel        Verla Groundwood and Board Mill        Vezelay        Victoria Falls        Victoria Falls        Vienna        Viking Ship in Russian Waters        Villages with Fortified Churches        Vilnius Historic Centre        Vinales Valley        Volcanic Legacy Byway        Vredefort Dome        Völklingen Ironworks        W National Park of Niger        Wachau Cultural Landscape        Wadi Al-Hitan        Walled city of El Kab        Warrior of Hirschlanden        Wartburg Castle        Wasserburg        Waterton Glacier International Peace Park        Wet Tropics of Queensland        White City of Tel-Aviv        Willandra Lakes Region        Wood Buffalo National Park        Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area        Würzburg Residence        Xanthos        Yudinovo (Russia)        Zvartnots Cathedral