World Heritage sites - Site List

The sites below are inscribed on the World Heritage List or Tentative List of Unesco. The year behind the site is the year it was inscribed on the list.  Austria Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg (1996) Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (1996) Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape (1997) Semmering Railway (1998) City of Graz - Historic Centre (1999) Historic Centre of Vienna (2001) Heiligenkreuz Abbey (on tentative list) Schloss Eggenberg (on tentative list) Abbey of Kremsmünster (on tentative list) Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr (on tentative list)  Belgium Flemish Béguinages (1998) Grand-Place, Brussels (1998) The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault) (1998) Belfries of Belgium and France (1999) Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai (2000) Historic Centre of Brugge (2000) Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) (2000) Stoclet House (2009) Historic Centre of Gent (on tentative list) University of Leuven (on tentative list) Maison Guiette (on tentative list) The castle, gardens and rocks of Freyr (on tentative list) Westhoek, place of memory and monuments of the Great War (on tentative list) Historic Centre of Antwerp (on tentative list) Palace of Justice, Brussels (on tentative list) Royal Galleries of Saint-Hubert, Brussels (on tentative list) Palace of the Prince-Bishops, Liège (on tentative list)  Bulgaria Ancient City of Nessebar (1983)  China Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (1987, 2004) The Great Wall (1987) Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing (1998) Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing (1998) Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (2000, 2003, 2004) Beihai Park in Beijing (on tentative list)  Cuba Old Havana and its Fortifications (1982) Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios (1988) San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba (1997) Viñales Valley (1999)  Czech Republic Historic Centre of Prague (1992)  Denmark Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church (1994) Roskilde Cathedral (1995) Kronborg Castle (2000) Christiansfeld town (on tentative list)  Estonia Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn (1997)  Finland Fortress of Suomenlinna (1991)  France Palace and Park of Versailles (1979) Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (1979) Vézelay, Church and Hill (1979) Chartres Cathedral (1979) Amiens Cathedral (1981) Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments (1981) Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (1981) Palace and Park of Fontainebleau (1981) Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange (1981) From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the production of open-pan salt (1982, 2009) Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (1983) Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy (1983) Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) (1985) Strasbourg - Grande île (1988) Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims (1991) Paris, Banks of the Seine (1991) Bourges Cathedral (1992) Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge (1995) Canal du Midi (1996) Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne (1997) Historic Site of Lyons (1998) Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (1998) The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes (2000) Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs (2001) Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret (2005) Belfries of Belgium and France (2005) Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (2007) Fortifications of Vauban (2008) City of Rouen: Cathedral and churches of Saint-Ouen and Saint Maclou (on tentative list) Saint-Denis Cathedral (on tentative list) Architectural works of Le Corbusier (on tentative list) Hangar Y (on tentative list) Former chocolate factory Menier at Noisiel (on tentative list) Mont Blanc (on tentative list) Megalithic sites of Carnac (on tentative list) Arsenal of Rochefort (on tentative list) Phare de Cordouan (on tentative list)  Germany Aachen Cathedral (1978) Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square (1981) Speyer Cathedral (1981) Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl (1984) St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church at Hildesheim (1985) Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (1986) Hanseatic City of Lübeck (1987) Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (1990, 1992, 1999) Abbey and Altenmunster of Lorsch (1991) Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar (1992) Town of Bamberg (1993) Maulbronn Monastery Complex (1993) Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg (1994) Völklingen Ironworks (1994) Messel Pit Fossil Site (1995) Cologne Cathedral (1996) Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg (1996) Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau (1996) Classical Weimar (1998) Wartburg Castle (1999) Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (1999) Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (2000) Monastic Island of Reichenau (2000) Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (2001) Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar (2002) Upper Middle Rhine Valley (2002) Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen (2004) Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof (2006) Heidelberg Castle and Old Town (on tentative list) Schwetzingen, castle and castle gardens (on tentative list) Hamburg Speicherstadt and Chilehaus with Kontorhaus District (on tentative list) Fagus Works (on tentative list) Gardens of the Landgraves in and around Kassel (on tentative list) Corvey Abbey and Castle (on tentative list)  Greece Archaeological Site of Delphi (1987) Acropolis, Athens (1987)  Holy See Vatican City (1984)  Hungary Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (1987, 2002)  Iceland Thingvellir National Park (2004)  India Churches and Convents of Goa (1986)  Italy Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci (1980) Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (1980, 1990) Historic Centre of Florence (1982) Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (1987) Venice and its Lagoon (1987) Historic Centre of San Gimignano (1990) City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (1994, 1996) Crespi d'Adda (1995) Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua (1997) Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena (1997) Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (1998) City of Verona (2000) Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (2003) Duomo di Milano (on tentative list) Historic Centre of Parma (on tentative list) The Porticoes of Bologna (on tentative list) Medici Villas (on tentative list)  Japan Himeji-jo (1993) Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (1994) Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (1996) Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (1996) Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (1998) Hikone-jo (on tentative list) Historic Monuments of Ancient Kamakura (on tentative list)  Korea, Republic of (South Korea) Changdeokgung Palace Complex (1997) Gyeongju Historic Areas (2000) Hwaseong Fortress (1997) Jongmyo Shrine (1995) Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple (1995) Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (2009) Yangdong Village of Wolseong (on tentative list)  Luxembourg City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications (1994) City and Abbey of Echternach (on tentative list) City and Castle of Vianden (on tentative list)  Malta Megalithic Temples of Malta (1980, 1992) City of Valletta (1980) Mdina (on tentative list)  Morocco Medina of Fez (1981) Medina of Marrakesh (1985) Historic City of Meknes (1996) Archaeological Site of Volubilis (1997) Tour Hassan (on tentative list)  Netherlands Schokland and Surroundings (1995) Defence Line of Amsterdam (1996) Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout (1997) Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) (1998) Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) (1999) Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröderhuis House) (2000) Van Nelle Factory (on tentative list) Zonnestraal Sanatorium (on tentative list) Historic centre of Amsterdam (on tentative list) Swifterbant (on tentative list)  Philippines Taal Volcano Protected landscape, Batangas (on tentative list)  Poland Historic Centre of Warsaw (1980) Medieval Town of Torun (1997)  Portugal Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belem in Lisbon (1983) Historic Centre of Evora (1986) Cultural Landscape of Sintra (1995)  Slovenia Skocjan Caves (1986)  Spain Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid (1984) Burgos Cathedral (1984) Works of Antoni Gaudi (1984, 2005) Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzin, Granada (1984, 1994) Old Town of Avila with its Extra-Muros Churches (1985) Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct (1985) Historic City of Toledo (1986) Old City of Salamanca (1988) Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida (1993) Historic Walled Town of Cuenca (1996) Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (1997) University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares (1998) Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco (2000) Aranjuez Cultural Landscape (2001) Vizcaya Bridge (2006) Dinosaur Ichnite Sites of the Iberian Peninsula (on tentative list)  Sweden Royal Domain of Drottningholm (1991) Birka and Hovgården (1993) Skogskyrkogården (1994)  Switzerland Convent of St Gall (1983) Old City of Berne (1983) Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-town of Bellinzone (2000) Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn (2001) Monte San Giorgio (2003) Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces (2007) La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, watchmaking town planning (2009) Architectural works of Le Corbusier (on tentative list)  Tunisia Amphitheatre of El Jem (1979) Medina of Tunis (1979) Kairouan (1988) Medina of Sousse (1988)  Turkey Historic Areas of Istanbul (1985)  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church (1987) Tower of London (1988) Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (1988) Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (1995) Maritime Greenwich (1997) New Lanark (2001) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2003)  United States of America Grand Canyon National Park (1979) Independence Hall (1979) Statue of Liberty (1984) Yosemite National Park (1984) Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (1987) Brooklyn Bridge (on tentative list) Washington Memorial (on tentative list) Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings (on tentative list)

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