UNESCO World Heritage List
From Imakoopedia
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Africa
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Algeria
- Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
- Tassili n'Ajjer
- M'Zab Valley
- Djémila
- Tipasa
- Timgad
- Kasbah of Algiers
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Benin
- Royal palaces of Abomey
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Botswana
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Cameroon
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Central African Republic
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Cote d'Ivoire
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Virunga National Park
- Kahuzi-Biega National Park
- Garamba National Park
- Salonga National Park
- Okapi Wildlife Reserve
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Egypt
- Memphis and its necropolis - the pyramid fields from Giza to Dahshur
- Ancient Thebes with its necropolis
- Nubian monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
- Islamic Cairo
- Abu Mena
- Saint Catherine area
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Ethiopia
- Rock-hewn churches, Lalibela
- Simien National Park
- Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar region
- Aksum
- Lower valley of the Awash
- Lower valley of the Omo
- Tiya
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Americas
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Argentina
- Los Glaciares
- Iguazu National Park
- Cueva de las Manos, Rio Pinturas
- Valdes Peninsula
- The Jesuit Block and Estancias of Cordoba
- Ischigualasto/Talampaya Natural Parks
- Quebrada de Humahuaca
See also: Argentina & Brazil
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Argentina & Brazil
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) | San Ignacio Mini (Argentina) | Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana (Argentina) | Nuestra Señora de Loreto (Argentina) | Santa Maria la Mayor (Argentina)
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Belize
- Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
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Bolivia
- City of Potosi
- 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
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Brazil
- Historic town of Ouro Preto
- Historic centre of the town of Olinda
- Historic centre of Salvador da Bahia
- Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
- Iguaçu National Park
- Brasilia
- Serra da Capivara National Park
- Historic centre of São Luis
- Historic centre of the town of Diamantina
- Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves: Una Biological Reserve | Pau Brasil CEPLAC Experimental Station | Sooretama Biological Reserve | Monte Pascoal National Park | Pau Brasil National Park | Descobrimento National Park | Veracruz Station Private Natural Heritage Reserve | Linhares Forest Reserve
- Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves: Guareque-Çaba Ecological Station | Xituê Ecological Station | Chauás Ecological Station | Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station | Ilha do Mel Ecological Station | Guaraguaçu Ecological Station | Carlos Botelho State Park | Intervales State Park | Ilha do Cardoso State Park | Jacupiranga State Park | Pariquera-Abaxio State Park | Alto Ribeira State Tourist Park | Superagüi National Park | Lauraceas State Park | Pico do Marumbi State Park | Roberto E. Lange State Park | Serra do Graciosa State Park | Pau Oco State Park | Serras do Cordeiro, Paratiu, Itapuã e Itinga Wildlife Zone | Serras de Arrepiado e Tombador Wildlife Zone | Mangues Wildlife Zone | Serra do Itapitangui (e Mandira) Wildlife Zone | Ilhas oceânicas Wildlife Zone | Ilha Comprida Wildlife Zone | Salto Morato Private Reserve of Natural Protection | Cananéia-Iguape-Peruibe Environmental Protection Area | Guaraque-Çaba Environmental Protection Area | Ilha Comprida Environmental Protection Area | Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area | Marumbi Environmental Protection Area
- Pantanal Conservation Area
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex: Jau National Park
- Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
- Brazilian Atlantic islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
- Historic centre of the town of Goias
See also: Argentina & Brazil
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Canada
- L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
- Nahanni National Park
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- SGaang Gwaii (Anthony Island)
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
- Wood Buffalo National Park
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks: Banff National Park | Hamber Provincial Park | Jasper National Park | Kootenay National Park | Mount Robson Provincial Park | Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park | Yoho National Park
- Historic district of Quebec
- Gros Morne National Park
- Old town Lunenburg
- Miguasha Park
See also: Canada & the United States of America
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Canada & the United States of America
- Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park: Waterton Lakes National Park | Glacier National Park
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Chile
- Rapa Nui National Park
- Churches of Chiloé: Achao, Quinchao and Caguach churches, Quinchao | Castro, Rilán, Nercón and Chel?n churches, Castro | Aldachildo, Ichuac and Detif churches, Puqueldón | Vilupuili and Chonchi churches, Chonchi | Tenaún and Colo churches, Quemchi | San Juan and Dalcahue churches, Dalcahue
- Historic quarter of the seaport city of Valparaiso
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Colombia
- Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
- Los Katios National Park
- Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox
- National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro
- San Agustin Archaeological Park
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Costa Rica
- Cocos Island National Park
- Area de Conservación Guanacaste
See also: Costa Rica & Panama
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Costa Rica & Panama
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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
- Vinales Valley
- Archaeological landscape of the first coffee plantations in the Southeast of Cuba (Sierra Maestra)
- Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
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Dominica
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Dominican Republic
- Colonial city of Santo Domingo
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Ecuador
- Galapagos Islands
- City of Quito
- Sangay National Park
- Historic centre of Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca
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El Salvador
- Joya de Ceren archaeological site
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Guatemala
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Honduras
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Mexico
- Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche
- Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
- Archeological Zone of Paquim?, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
- Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocat?petl
- El Taj?n, Pre-Hispanic City
- Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
- Historic Centre of Morelia
- Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Alb?n
- Historic Centre of Puebla
- Historic Centre of Zacatecas
- Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
- Historic Monuments Zone of Quer?taro
- Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
- Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
- Hospicio Caba?as, Guadalajara
- Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
- Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen Itza
- Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
- Prehispanic City of Uxmal
- Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
- Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve, Quintana Roo
- Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Quer?taro
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Panama
See also: Costa Rica & Panama
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Peru
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United States of America
See also: Canada & the United States of America
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Asia
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Afghanistan
- Minaret and archaeological remains of Jam
- Cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley: Bamiyan Cliff including niches of the 38 meter Buddha, seated Buddhas, 55 meter Buddha and surrounding caves | Kakrak Valley caves including the niche of the standing Buddha | Qoul-I Akram Caves in the Fuladi Valley | Kalai Ghamai Caves in the Fuladi Valley | Shahr-i-Zuhak | Qallay Kaphari A | Qallay Kaphari B | Shahr-i-Ghulghulah
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Armenia
- The monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
- The monastery of Geghard and the upper Azat Valley
- The cathedral and churches of Echmiatsin and the archaeological site of Zvartnots
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Azerbaijan
- The Walled city of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower
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Bangladesh
- Historic mosque city of Bagerhat
- Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
- The Sundarbans
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Cambodia
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China
- The Great Wall
- Mount Taishan
- Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (Forbidden City)
- Mogao Caves (Dunhuang)
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emporer (Xian)
- Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian
- Mount Huangshan
- Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
- Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
- Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
- Mountain Resort and its outlying Temples, Chengde
- Temple and cemetery of Confucius, and the Kong family mansion in Qufu
- Ancient building complex in the Wudang Mountains
- Historic ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa: Potala Palace | Jokhang Temple Monastery | Norbulingka
- Lushan National Park
- Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
- Old town of Lijiang
- Ancient city of Ping Yao
- Classical gardens of Suzhou
- Summer Palace, an Imperial garden in Beijing
- Temple of Heaven: an Imperial sacrificial altar in Beijing
- Mount Wuyi
- Dazu rock carvings
- Mount Qincheng and the Dujiangyan irrigation system
- Ancient villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun
- Longmen Grottoes (Luoyang)
- Imperial tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties: Xianling tomb, Zhongxiang | Eastern Qing tombs, Zunhua | Western Qing tombs, Yixian and Baoding | Ming tombs, Changping | Xiaoling, Chang Yushun, Qiu Cheng, Wu Liang, Wu Zhen, Xu Da and Li Wenzhong tombs, Nanjing
- Yungang Grottoes (Datong)
- Three parallel rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas: Gaoligong and Yunling Mountains, Nujiang | Baimang-Meili and Haba Snow Mountains, Red and Qianghu Mountain, Diqing | Laowoshan, Nujiang and Diqing | Laojunshan, Lijiang
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Iraq
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Israel
- Masada
- Old City of Acre
- White City of Tel Aviv - the Modern Movement
- Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
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Japan
- Buddhist Monuments in the Horyuji Area
- Himeji Castle
- Yakushima
- Shirakami-Sanchi
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
- Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
- Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
- Shrines and Temples of Nikko
- Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (Okinawa)
- Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (2004 )
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Jordan
- Petra
- Quseir Amra
- Umm er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)
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Lebanon
- Anjar
- Baalbek
- Byblos
- Tyre
- Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
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Syria
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Turkey
- Historic Areas of Istanbul
- Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
- Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi
- Hattusha
- Nemrut Dagi
- Xanthos-Letoon
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale
- City of Safranbolu
- Archaeological Site of Troy
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Australia
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Australia
- Great Barrier Reef
- Kakadu National Park
- Willandra Lakes region
- Tasmanian Wilderness: Central Plateau Conservation and Protected Areas | Walls of Jerusalem National Park | Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park | Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park | Adamsfield Conservation Area | Southwest National Park | Hartz Mountains National Park
- Lord Howe Island Group
- Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves: Border Ranges National Park Limpinwood Nature Reserve | Numinbah Nature Reserve | Mount Nothofagus Flora Reserve | Mount Warning National Park | Nightcap National Park | Washpool National Park | Gibraltar Ranger National Park | Iluka Nature Reserve | New England National Park | Dorrigo National Park | Mt Hyland Nature Reserve | Werrikimbe National Park | Mt Seaview Nature Reserve | Banda Banda Flora Reserve | Barrington Tops National Park | Springbrook National Park (part) | Lamington National Park | Mount Chinghee National Park | Mount Barney National Park (part) | Main Range National Park | Mount Mistake National Park (part) | Turtle Rock Environmental Park | Telemon Environmental Park | Goomburra State Forest | Spicers Gap State Forest | Gilbert State Forest | Emu Vale State Forest | Gambubal State Forest | Teviot State Forest | Killarney State Forest | Burnett Creek State Forest | Cronan Creek State Forest | 'Palen Creel' State Forest | Rabbitt Board Paddock Reserves | Prison Purposes Land | Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve | Mount Clunie Flora Reserve | Amaroo Flora Reserve | Fenwicks Scrub Flora Reserve | Kerripit Beech Flora Reserve
- Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
- Wet Tropics of Queensland: (to be expanded)
- Shark Bay, Western Australia
- Fraser Island
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh/Naracoorte)
- Heard and McDonald Islands
- Macquarie Island
- The greater Blue Mountains area
- Purnululu National Park
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New Zealand
- Tongariro National Park
- Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand
- New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
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Europe
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Albania
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Austria
- Historic centre of the city of Salzburg
- Palace and gardens of Schönbrunn (Vienna)
- Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut cultural landscape
- Semmering railway
- City of Graz - historic centre
- The Wachau cultural landscape
- Historic centre of Vienna
See also: Austria & Hungary
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Austria & Hungary
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee cultural landscape
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Belarus
- Mir Castle complex
See also: Belarus & Poland
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Belarus & Poland
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Belgium
- Flemish Beguinages: Beguinage of Hoogstraten | Beguinage of Lier | Grand beguinage of Mechelen | Beguinage of Turnhout | Beguinage of Sint-Truiden | Beguinage of Tongeren | Beguinage of Dendermonde | Small beguinage of Ghent | Beguinage of Sint-Amandsberg | Beguinage of Diest | Grand beguinage of Leuven | Beguinage of Bruges | Beguinage of Kortrijk
- The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx
- Grand-Place, Brussels
- Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia: Belfry and aldermen's house, Aalst | Catherdral of Our Lady, Antwerp | City hall, Antwerp | Belfry and halls, Bruges | City hall with belfry, Dendermonde | City hall with belfry, Diksmuide | City hall with belfry, Eeklo | Belfry, clothmakers' hall and Mammelokker (old prison), Ghent | Former city hall / clothmakers' hall, Herentals | Belfry with clothmakers' hall, Ypres | Belfry or hall tower, Kortrijk | St. Peter's church / Belfry, Leuven | City hall and belfry tower, Lier | Former city hall with belfry, Lo-Reninge | Old hall with belfry, Mechelen | St. Rumbold's tower, Mechelen | Belfry and City hall, Menen | Hall with belfry, Nieuwpoort | City hall with belfry, Oudenaarde | City hall, hall and belfry, Roeselare | City hall with tower, Sint-Truiden | Hall tower or belfry, hall and aldermen's room, Tielt | St. Germain's church with city tower, Tienen | Basilica of Our Lady with city tower, Tongeren | Country house with belfry, Veurne | St. Leonard's church, Zoutleeuw | City hall belfry, Binche | City hall belfry, Charleroi | Belfry, Mons | Belfry, Namur | Belfry, Thuin | Belfry, Tournai
- Historic Centre of Bruges
- Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta, Brussels: Hotel Tassel | Hotel Solvay | Hotel van Eetvelde | Horta house and studio
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
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Bulgaria
- Boyana Church (Sofia)
- Madara Rider
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
- Ancient City of Nessebar
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- Pirin National Park
- Rila Monastery
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
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Croatia
- Old city of Dubrovnik
- Historic complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
- Plitvice Lakes National Park
- Episcopal complex of the Euphrasian basilica in the historic centre of Porec
- Historic city of Trogir
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
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Cyprus
- Paphos
- Painted churches in the Troodos region: Church of Ayios Nikolaos (St. Nicholas) tis Steyis, Kakopetria | Ayios Ionannis (St. John) Lambadhistis Monastery, Kalopanayiotis | Church of Panayia (the Virgin) Phorviotissa (Asinou), Nikitart | Church of Panayia (the Virgin) tou Arakou, Lagoudhera | Church of Panayia (the Virgin), Moutoullas | Church of Archangelos Michael (Archangel Michael), Pedhoulas | Church of Timios Stavros (Holy Cross), Pelendria | Church of Panayia (the Virgin) Podhithou, Galata | Church of Stavros (Holy Cross) Ayiasmati, Platanistasa | Church of Ayia Sotira (of the transfiguration of the Savior) tou Soteros, Palaichori
- Choirokoitia
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Czech Republic
- Historic centre of Prague
- Historic centre of Cesky Krumlov
- Historic centre of Telc
- Pilgrimage church of St. John of Nepomuk at Zelena Hora
- Kutna Hora: historical town centre with the church of Saint Barbara and the cathedral of our Lady at Sedlec
- Lednice-Valtice cultural landscape
- Holasovice historical village reservation
- Gardens and castle at Kromeriz
- Litomysl castle
- Holy Trinity column in Olomouc
- Tugendhat villa in Brno
- The Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' basilica in Trebic
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Denmark
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Estonia
- Historic centre (old town) of Tallinn
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France
- Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
- Chartres Cathedral
- Palace and Park of Versailles
- Vézelay, Church and Hill
- Decorated Grottoes of the Vézère Valley
- Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
- Amiens Cathedral
- Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange
- Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
- Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy
- Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
- Cape Girolata, Cape Porto, Scandola Nature Reserve and the Piana Calanches in Corsica
- Le Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
- Strasbourg - Grande île
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims
- Bourges Cathedral
- Historic Centre of Avignon
- Canal du Midi, which runs from Toulouse to Sète
- Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- Historic Site of Lyons
- Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
- The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
- Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
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Hungary
See also: Austria & Hungary
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Norway
- Røros
- Vega Islands
- Bryggen i Bergen
- Urnes stavkirke
- Helleristningene i Alta
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Poland
See also: Belarus & Poland
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Switzerland
- The Convent of St. Gall
- The Benedictine Convent of St. John at Müstair
- The Old Town of Bern
- The Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-town of Bellinzone
- Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn above Interlaken
- Monte San Giorgio near Lugano in Tichino
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United Kingdom
- The Giant's Causeway
- Durham Castle
- Durham Cathedral
- Ironbridge Gorge
- Studley Royal Park
- Stonehenge
- Gwynedd Castles
- St Kilda
- Blenheim Palace
- Bath
- Hadrian's Wall
- The Palace of Westminster
- Henderson Island
- The Tower of London
- Canterbury Cathedral
- Edinburgh, Old and New towns
- Gough Island Wildlife Reserve
- Maritime Greenwich
- Neolithic Orkney
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
- Dorset and East Devon Coast
- Derwent Valley Mills
- New Lanark
- Saltaire
- Kew Gardens
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External links
- UNESCO World Heritage list (http://whc.unesco.org/heritage.htm)
