UNESCO World Heritage List

Across the borders of countries, through the tracts of natural beauty and in the constructions of man, the world reveals itself. As I’ve travelled I’ve seen the marks of human history, experienced the varieties of our cultures and marvelled at the landscapes that have been organically created.

UNESCO World Heritage List

Without realising it, I had visited many of the sites that UNESCO, the cultural arm of the United Nations, has declared to be World Heritage Sites. Now, as I continue my journey, I have made it a mission to visit as many as possible – perhaps even all of them one day.

UNESCO World Heritage List

There are a lot but this isn’t a race. This isn’t a goal just to be ticked off a checklist. This will be a framework to see some of the most significant places on our planet. And it has the advantage of taking me to so many places I have never heard of before – and perhaps you haven’t either.

UNESCO World Heritage List

You can follow my progress with the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites below. Or you can see my latest stories about World Heritage Sites here.

CLICK: What is a World Heritage Site?

1223

Total world heritage sites

359

sites I have visited

296

Sites I have blogged about

0%

Afghanistan

  • Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam
  • Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley

25%

Albania

0%

Algeria

  • Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad
  • Djémila
  • M’Zab Valley
  • Tassili n’Ajjer
  • Timgad
  • Tipasa
  • Kasbah of Algiers

0%

Andorra

  • Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley

0%

Angola

  • Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo

100%

Antigua and Barbuda

67%

Argentina

CLICK: Read more about Argentina's sites

0%

Armenia

  • Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
  • Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots
  • Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley

65%

Australia

CLICK: See my tips for visiting Australia's World Heritage Sites

67%

Austria

0%

Azerbaijan

  • Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah’s Palace and Maiden Tower
  • Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
  • Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace
  • Cultural Landscape of Khinalig People and “Köç Yolu” Transhumance Route

0%

Bahrain

  • Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
  • Pearling, testimony of an island economy
  • Dilmun Burial Mounds

0%

Bangladesh

  • Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
  • Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
  • The Sundarbans

0%

Barbados

  • Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison

50%

Belarus

81%

Belgium

CLICK: Read my thoughts on all the Belgian sites

100%

Belize

0%

Benin

  • Royal Palaces of Abomey

14%

Bolivia

  • Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
  • Historic City of Sucre
  • Fuerte de Samaipata
  • Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
  • Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture
  • City of Potosi
  • Qhapac Ñan, Andean Road System

25%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0%

Botswana

  • Okavango Delta
  • Tsodilo

13%

Brazil

  • Historic Town of Ouro Preto
  • Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda
  • 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)
  • Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
  • Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
  • Iguaçu National Park
  • Brasilia
  • Serra da Capivara National Park
  • Historic Centre of São Luís
  • Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves
  • Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
  • Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina
  • Central Amazon Conservation Complex
  • Pantanal Conservation Area
  • Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
  • Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
  • Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás
  • São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão
  • Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea
  • Pampulha Modern Ensemble
  • Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site
  • Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity
  • Sítio Roberto Burle Marx
  • Lençóis Maranhenses National Park

10%

Bulgaria

0%

Burkina Faso

  • Ruins of Loropéni
  • Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites of Burkina Faso
  • Royal Court of Tiébélé

0%

Cabo Verde

  • Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande

50%

Cambodia

  • Angkor
  • Temple of Preah Vihear
  • Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura
  • Koh Ker: Archaeological Site of Ancient Lingapura or Chok Gargyar
CLICK: Read my thoughts on all the Cambodian sites

0%

Cameroon

  • Dja Faunal Reserve
  • Sangha Trinational

9%

Canada

  • L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
  • Nahanni National Park
  • Dinosaur Provincial Park
  • Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
  • Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
  • SGang Gwaay
  • Wood Buffalo National Park
  • Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
  • Historic District of Old Québec
  • Gros Morne National Park
  • Old Town Lunenburg
  • Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
  • Miguasha National Park
  • Rideau Canal
  • Joggins Fossil Cliffs
  • Landscape of Grand Pré
  • Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
  • Mistaken Point
  • Pimachiowin Aki
  • Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi
  • Tr’ondëk-Klondike
  • Anticosti

0%

Central African Republic

  • Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
  • Sangha Trinational

0%

Chad

  • Lakes of Ounianga
  • Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape

57%

Chile

CLICK: See my thoughts on each of Chile's World Heritage Sites

18%

China

  • Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
  • Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
  • Mogao Caves
  • Mount Taishan
  • Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
  • The Great Wall
  • Mount Huangshan
  • Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
  • Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
  • Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
  • Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains
  • Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa
  • Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde
  • Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu
  • Lushan National Park
  • Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
  • Ancient City of Ping Yao
  • Classical Gardens of Suzhou
  • Old Town of Lijiang
  • Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
  • Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
  • Dazu Rock Carvings
  • Mount Wuyi
  • Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun
  • Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
  • Longmen Grottoes
  • Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
  • Yungang Grottoes
  • Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
  • Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
  • Historic Centre of Macao
  • Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries – Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains
  • Yin Xu
  • Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
  • South China Karst
  • Fujian Tulou
  • Mount Sanqingshan National Park
  • Mount Wutai
  • China Danxia
  • Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth”
  • West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou
  • Chengjiang Fossil Site
  • Site of Xanadu
  • Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
  • Xinjiang Tianshan
  • Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an-Tianshan Corridor
  • The Grand Canal
  • Tusi Sites
  • Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
  • Hubei Shennongjia
  • Kulangsu: a Historic International Settlement
  • Qinghai Hoh Xil
  • Fanjingshan
  • Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City
  • Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China
  • Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China
  • Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er
  • Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital
  • Badain Jaran Desert – Towers of Sand and Lakes

11%

Colombia

  • Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
  • Los Katíos National Park
  • Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox
  • National Archeological Park of Tierradentro
  • San Agustín Archaeological Park
  • Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
  • Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia
  • Qhapac Ñan, Andean Road System
  • Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar”

0%

Congo

  • Sangha Trinational
  • Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua

0%

Costa Rica

  • Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
  • Cocos Island National Park
  • Area de Conservación Guanacaste
  • Precolumbian chiefdom settlements with stone spheres of the Diquís

0%

Côte d’Ivoire

  • Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
  • Taï National Park
  • Comoé National Park
  • Historic town of Grand-Bassam
  • Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire

70%

Croatia

0%

Cuba

  • Old Havana and its Fortifications
  • Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
  • San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba
  • Desembarco del Granma National Park
  • Viñales Valley
  • Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba
  • Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
  • Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
  • Historic Centre of Camagüey

66%

Cyprus

76%

Czech Republic

CLICK: Read my tips on which Czech sites to visit

0%

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Virunga National Park
  • Kahuzi-Biega National Park
  • Garamba National Park
  • Salonga National Park
  • Okapi Wildlife Reserve

9%

Denmark

  • Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
  • Roskilde Cathedral
  • Kronborg Castle
  • Ilulissat Icefjord
  • Stevns Klint
  • The Wadden Sea
  • Moravian Church Settlements
  • The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand
  • Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap
  • Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea
  • Viking-Age Ring Fortresses

0%

Dominica

  • Morne Trois Pitons National Park

0%

Dominican Republic

  • Colonial City of Santo Domingo

20%

Ecuador

71%

Egypt

0%

El Salvador

  • Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site

0%

Eritrea

  • Asmara: a Modernist City of Africar

50%

Estonia

0%

Ethiopia

  • Simien National Park
  • Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
  • Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
  • Aksum
  • Lower Valley of the Awash
  • Lower Valley of the Omo
  • Tiya
  • Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town
  • Konso Cultural Landscape
  • The Gedeo Cultural Landscape
  • Bale Mountains National Park
  • Melka Kunture and Balchit: Archaeological and Palaeontological Sites in the Highland Area of Ethiopia

0%

Fiji

  • Levuka Historical Port Town

14%

Finland

  • Fortress of Suomenlinna
  • Old Rauma
  • Petäjävesi Old Church
  • Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
  • Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
  • High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
  • Struve Geodetic Arc

29%

France

0%

Gabon

  • Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda
  • Ivindo National Park

0%

Gambia

  • Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites
  • Stone Circles of Senegambia

0%

Georgia

  • Gelati Monastery
  • Historical Monuments of Mtskheta
  • Upper Svaneti
  • Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands

83%

Germany

0%

Ghana

  • Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
  • Asante Traditional Buildings

58%

Greece

CLICK: Read my tips on which Greek sites to visit

25%

Guatemala

  • Antigua Guatemala
  • Tikal National Park
  • Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
  • National Archaeological Park Tak’alik Ab’aj

0%

Guinea

  • Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

0%

Haiti

  • National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers

100%

Holy See

0%

Honduras

  • Maya Site of Copan
  • Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve

50%

Hungary

0%

Iceland

  • Þingvellir National Park
  • Surtsey
  • Vatnajökull National Park – dynamic nature of fire and ice

10%

India

  • Agra Fort
  • Ajanta Caves
  • Ellora Caves
  • Taj Mahal
  • Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
  • Sun Temple, Konârak
  • Kaziranga National Park
  • Keoladeo National Park
  • Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Churches and Convents of Goa
  • Fatehpur Sikri
  • Group of Monuments at Hampi
  • Khajuraho Group of Monuments
  • Elephanta Caves
  • Great Living Chola Temples
  • Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
  • Sundarbans National Park
  • Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
  • Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
  • Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi
  • Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
  • Mountain Railways of India
  • Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
  • Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
  • Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)
  • Red Fort Complex
  • The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
  • Western Ghats
  • Hill Forts of Rajasthan
  • Great Himalayan National Park
  • Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat
  • Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda University) at Nalanda, Bihar
  • The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
  • Khangchendzonga National Park
  • Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai
  • Jaipur City, Rajasthan
  • Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana
  • Dholavira: a Harappan City
  • Santiniketan
  • Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas
  • Moidams – the Mound-Burial System of the Ahom Dynasty

50%

Indonesia

0%

Iran

  • Meidan Emam, Esfahan
  • Persepolis
  • Tchogha Zanbil
  • Takht-e Soleyman
  • Bam and its Cultural Landscape
  • Pasargadae
  • Soltaniyeh
  • Bisotun
  • Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran
  • Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
  • Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil
  • Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex
  • The Persian Garden
  • Gonbad-e Qābus
  • Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan
  • Golestan Palace
  • Shahr-i Sokhta
  • Susa
  • Cultural Landscape of Maymand
  • The Persian Qanat
  • Lut Desert
  • Historic City of Yazdd
  • Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region
  • Hyrcanian Forests
  • Trans-Iranian Railway
  • Cultural Landscape of Hawraman/Uramanat
  • The Persian Caravanserai
  • Hegmataneh

0%

Iraq

  • Hatra
  • Ashur (Qal’at Sherqat)
  • Samarra Archaeological City
  • Erbil Citadel
  • The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
  • Babylon

50%

Ireland

0%

Israel

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

63%

Italy

0%

Jamaica

  • Blue and John Crow Mountains

44%

Japan

0%

Jerusalem

  • Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls

83%

Jordan

33%

Kazakhstan

0%

Kenya

  • Lake Turkana National Parks
  • Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
  • Lamu Old Town
  • Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests
  • Fort Jesus, Mombasa
  • Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
  • Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site
  • The Historic Town and Archaeological Site of Gedi

0%

Kiribati

  • Phoenix Islands Protected Area

0%

North Korea

  • Complex of Koguryo Tombs
  • Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong

88%

South Korea

CLICK: Read my tips on which South Korean sites to visit

100%

Kyrgyzstan

33%

Laos

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

33%

Latvia

0%

Lebanon

  • Anjar
  • Baalbek
  • Byblos
  • Tyre
  • Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
  • Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli

0%

Lesotho

  • Maloti-Drakensberg Park

0%

Libya

  • Archaeological Site of Cyrene
  • Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
  • Archaeological Site of Sabratha
  • Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
  • Old Town of Ghadamès

40%

Lithuania

  • Vilnius Historic Centre
  • Curonian Spit
  • Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)
  • Struve Geodetic Arc
  • Modernist Kaunas

100%

Luxembourg

50%

North Macedonia

0%

Madagascar

  • Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
  • Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
  • Rainforests of the Atsinanana

0%

Malawi

  • Lake Malawi National Park
  • Chongoni Rock-Art Area

25%

Malaysia

0%

Mali

  • Old Towns of Djenné
  • Timbuktu
  • Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
  • Tomb of Askia

66%

Malta

CLICK: Read my thoughts on all the Maltese sites

0%

Marshall Islands

  • Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site

0%

Mauritania

  • Banc d’Arguin National Park
  • Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata

0%

Mauritius

  • Aapravasi Ghat
  • Le Morne Cultural Landscape

18%

Mexico

  • Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
  • Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
  • Historic Centre of Puebla
  • Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
  • Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
  • Sian Ka’an
  • Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
  • Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza
  • Historic Centre of Morelia
  • El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City
  • Historic Centre of Zacatecas
  • Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
  • Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
  • Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl
  • Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
  • Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal
  • Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara
  • Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes
  • Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
  • Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
  • Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
  • Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche
  • Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro
  • Luis Barragán House and Studio
  • Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
  • Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
  • Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
  • Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
  • Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco
  • Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
  • Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca
  • El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
  • Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System
  • Archipiélago de Revillagigedo
  • Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica

0%

Micronesia

  • Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia

0%

Moldova

  • Struve Geodetic Arc

0%

Mongolia

  • Uvs Nuur Basin
  • Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
  • Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai
  • Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape
  • Landscapes of Dauria
  • Deer Stone Monuments and Related Bronze Age Sites

75%

Montenegro

100%

Morocco

CLICK: Read my thoughts on each Moroccan site

0%

Mozambique

  • Island of Mozambique

100%

Myanmar

50%

Namibia

75%

Nepal

69%

Netherlands

CLICK: Read my thoughts on each Dutch site

33%

New Zealand

0%

Nicaragua

  • Ruins of León Viejo
  • León Cathedral

0%

Niger

  • Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
  • W National Park of Niger
  • Historic Centre of Agadez

0%

Nigeria

  • Sukur Cultural Landscape
  • Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove

13%

Norway

  • Bryggen
  • Urnes Stave Church
  • Røros Mining Town and the Circumference
  • Rock Art of Alta
  • Vegaøyan — The Vega Archipelago
  • Struve Geodetic Arc
  • West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
  • Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site

0%

Oman

  • Bahla Fort
  • Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
  • Land of Frankincense
  • Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman
  • Ancient City of Qalhat

0%

Pakistan

  • Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro
  • Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol
  • Taxila
  • Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore
  • Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta
  • Rohtas Fort

0%

Palau

  • Rock Islands Southern Lagoon

0%

Palestine

  • Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem
  • Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir
  • Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
  • Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan
  • Saint Hilarion Monastery/ Tell Umm Amer

0%

Panama

  • Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo
  • Darien National Park
  • Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
  • Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá
  • Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection

0%

Papua New Guinea

  • Kuk Early Agricultural Site

100%

Paraguay

77%

Peru

66%

Philippines

41%

Poland

24%

Portugal

  • Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores
  • Convent of Christ in Tomar
  • Monastery of Batalha
  • Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon
  • Historic Centre of Évora
  • Monastery of Alcobaça
  • Cultural Landscape of Sintra
  • Historic Centre of Oporto
  • Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
  • Laurisilva of Madeira
  • Alto Douro Wine Region
  • Historic Centre of Guimarães
  • Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
  • Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications
  • University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia
  • Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada)
  • Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga

0%

Qatar

  • Al Zubarah Archaeological Site

11%

Romania

  • Danube Delta
  • Churches of Moldavia
  • Monastery of Horezu
  • Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
  • Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
  • Historic Centre of Sighişoara
  • Wooden Churches of Maramureş
  • Roșia Montană Mining Landscape
  • Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
  • Brâncuși Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu
  • Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia

0%

Russia

  • Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
  • Kizhi Pogost
  • Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
  • Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands
  • Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
  • White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
  • Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad
  • Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
  • Virgin Komi Forests
  • Lake Baikal
  • Volcanoes of Kamchatka
  • Golden Mountains of Altai
  • Western Caucasus
  • Curonian Spit
  • Ensemble of the Ferrapontov Monastery
  • Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin
  • Central Sikhote-Alin
  • Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
  • Uvs Nuur Basin
  • Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent
  • Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
  • Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl
  • Struve Geodetic Arc
  • Putorana Plateau
  • Lena Pillars Nature Park
  • Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex
  • Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk
  • Landscapes of Dauriac
  • Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture
  • Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea
  • Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University
  • Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake

0%

Rwanda

  • Memorial sites of the Genocide: Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero
  • Nyungwe National Park

0%

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park

0%

Saint Lucia

  • Pitons Management Area

100%

San Marino

0%

Saudi Arabia

  • Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)
  • At-Turaif District in ad-Dir’iyah
  • Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah
  • Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia
  • Al-Ahsa Oasis, an Evolving Cultural Landscape
  • Ḥimā Cultural Area
  • ‘Uruq Bani Ma’arid
  • The Cultural Landscape of Al-Faw Archaeological Area

0%

Senegal

  • Island of Gorée
  • Niokolo-Koba National Park
  • Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
  • Island of Saint-Louis
  • Stone Circles of Senegambia
  • Saloum Delta
  • Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes

60%

Serbia

0%

Seychelles

  • Aldabra Atoll
  • Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

100%

Singapore

  • Singapore Botanical Gardens

13%

Slovakia

  • Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity
  • Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments
  • Vlkolínec
  • Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
  • Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve
  • Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany
  • Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area
  • Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment)

40%

Slovenia

0%

Solomon Islands

  • East Rennell

20%

South Africa

  • Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs
  • iSimangaliso Wetland Park
  • Robben Island
  • Maloti-Drakensberg Park
  • Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
  • Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
  • Vredefort Dome
  • Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape
  • ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape
  • Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
  • Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites
  • The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa

16%

Spain

  • Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
  • Burgos Cathedral
  • Historic Centre of Cordoba
  • Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
  • Works of Antoni Gaudí
  • Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
  • Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
  • Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches
  • Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
  • Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)
  • Garajonay National Park
  • Historic City of Toledo
  • Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
  • Old Town of Cáceres
  • Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
  • Old City of Salamanca
  • Poblet Monastery
  • Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
  • Route of Santiago de Compostela
  • Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe
  • Doñana National Park
  • Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
  • La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
  • Las Médulas
  • Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
  • Pyrénées – Mont Perdu
  • San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
  • Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
  • Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
  • University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares
  • Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
  • San Cristóbal de La Laguna
  • Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco
  • Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
  • Catalan Romanesque Churches oturkf the Vall de Boí
  • Palmeral of Elche
  • Roman Walls of Lugo
  • Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
  • Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza
  • Vizcaya Bridge
  • Teide National Park
  • Tower of Hercules
  • Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana
  • Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija
  • Antequera Dolmens Site
  • Caliphate City of Medina Azahara
  • Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape
  • Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences
  • Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
  • Prehistoric Sites of Talayotic Menorca

88%

Sri Lanka

0%

Sudan

  • Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
  • Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe
  • Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park

0%

Suriname

  • Central Suriname Nature Reserve
  • Historic Inner City of Paramaribo
  • Jodensavanne Archaeological Site

27%

Sweden

23%

Switzerland

0%

Syrian Arab Republic

  • Ancient City of Damascus
  • Ancient City of Bosra
  • Site of Palmyra
  • Ancient City of Aleppo
  • Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din
  • Ancient Villages of Northern Syria

50%

Tajikistan

0%

Tanzania

  • Ngorongoro Conservation Area
  • Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
  • Serengeti National Park
  • Selous Game Reserve
  • Kilimanjaro National Park
  • Stone Town of Zanzibar
  • Kondoa Rock-Art Sites
  • Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara

29%

Thailand

0%

Togo

  • Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba

0%

Tunisia

  • Amphitheatre of El Jem
  • Archaeological Site of Carthage
  • Medina of Tunis
  • Ichkeul National Park
  • Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
  • Kairouan
  • Medina of Sousse
  • Dougga / Thugga
  • Djerba

24%

Turkey

  • Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
  • Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
  • Historic Areas of Istanbul
  • Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
  • Nemrut Dağ
  • Hierapolis-Pamukkale
  • Xanthos-Letoon
  • City of Safranbolu
  • Archaeological Site of Troy
  • Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex
  • Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük
  • Bursa and the Cumalikizik: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire
  • Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape
  • Ephesus
  • Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
  • Archaeological Site of Ani
  • Aphrodisias
  • Göbekli Tepe
  • Arslantepe Mound
  • Gordion
  • Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia

20%

Turkmenistan

0%

Uganda

  • Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  • Rwenzori Mountains National Park
  • Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi

12%

Ukraine

  • Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
  • L’viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre
  • Struve Geodetic Arc
  • Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans
  • Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora
  • Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
  • Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
  • Historic Centre of Odesa

0%

United Arab Emirates

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

41%

United Kingdom

20%

United States of America

  • Mesa Verde National Park
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • Everglades National Park
  • Grand Canyon National Park
  • Independence Hall
  • Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
  • Redwood National and State Parks
  • Mammoth Cave National Park
  • Olympic National Park
  • Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  • La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico
  • Statue of Liberty
  • Yosemite National Park
  • Chaco Culture
  • Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
  • Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
  • Pueblo de Taos
  • Carlsbad Caverns National Park
  • Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
  • Papahānaumokuākea
  • Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point
  • San Antonio Missions
  • The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
  • Moravian Church Settlements

33%

Uruguay

43%

Uzbekistan

0%

Vanuatu

  • Chief Roi Mata’s Domain

0%

Venezuela

  • Coro and its Port
  • Canaima National Park
  • Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas

100%

Vietnam

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0%

Yemen

  • Old Walled City of Shibam
  • Old City of Sana’a
  • Historic Town of Zabid
  • Socotra Archipelago
  • Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib

0%

Zambia

  • Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls

0%

Zimbabwe

  • Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
  • Great Zimbabwe National Monument
  • Khami Ruins National Monument
  • Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
  • Matobo Hills