National heritage In 4 editions of 36.

total World Heritage Sites:

1184 (924 cultural, 221 natural, 39 mixed) (2023)

note: a summary of every country's UNESCO World Heritage Sites (i.e., country-specific "Wonders") may be found in individual country "National heritage" entries; a Wonders of the World field (seven ancient, seven new, and seven natural Wonders) may be found under World > Geography > "Wonders of the World"

total World Heritage Sites:

7 (6 cultural, 1 mixed)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Beni Hammad Fort (c);
• Djémila (c);
• Casbah of Algiers (c);
• M'zab Valley (c);
• Tassili n'Ajjer (m);
• Timgad (c);
• Tipasa (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Mbanza-Kongo

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (1 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Royal Palaces of Abomey (c); W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (1 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Tsodilo Hills (c); Okavango Delta (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

3 (2 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Ruins of Loropéni (c);
• Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites (c);
• W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Cidade Velha; Historic Center of Ribeira Grande

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (both natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Dja Faunal Reserve; Sangha Trinational Forest

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park; Sangha Trinational Forest

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (1 natural, 1 mixed)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Lakes of Ounianga (n); Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape (m)

total World Heritage Sites:

5 (all natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

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

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Sangha Trinational Forest; Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua

total World Heritage Sites:

5 (2 cultural, 3 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Comoé National Park (n);
• Historic Grand-Bassam (c);
• Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (n);
• Sudanese-style Mosques (c);
• Taï National Park (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

7 (6 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Memphis and its Necropolis (c);
• Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (c);
• Nubian Monuments (c);
• Saint Catherine Area (c);
• Abu Mena (c);
• Historic Cairo (c);
• Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Asmara: A Modernist African City

total World Heritage Sites:

11 (9 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (c);
• Simien National Park (n);
• Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region (c);
• Axum (c);
• Lower Valley of the Awash (c);
• Lower Valley of the Omo (c);
• Tiya (c);
• Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town (c);
• Konso Cultural Landscape (c);
• Gedeo Cultural Landscape (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (1 natural, 1 mixed)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (m); Ivindo National Park (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (both cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites; Stone Circles of Senegambia

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (both cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

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

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

total World Heritage Sites:

7 (4 cultural, 3 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Lake Turkana National Parks (n);
• Mount Kenya National Park (n);
• Lamu Old Town (c);
• Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests (c);
• Fort Jesus, Mombasa (c);
• Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (n);
• Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (mixed)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Maloti-Drakensberg Park

total World Heritage Sites:

5 (all cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

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

total World Heritage Sites:

3 (1 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve (n);
• Ambohimanga Royal Hill (c);
• Atsinanana Rainforests (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (1 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Lake Malawi National Park (n); Chongoni Rock-Art Area (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

4 (3 cultural, 1 mixed)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

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

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (1 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Ancient Ksour (Fortified Villages) of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt, and Oualata (c); Banc d'Arguin National Park (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (both cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Aapravasi Ghat; Le Morne Cultural Landscape

total World Heritage Sites:

9 (all cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Medina of Fez;
• Medina of Marrakesh;
• Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou;
• Historic City of Meknes;
• Archaeological Site of Volubilis;
• Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin);
• Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador);
• Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida);
• Historic and Modern Rabat

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Island of Mozambique

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (1 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes (c); Namib Sand Sea (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

3 (1 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (n);
• W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (n);
• Historic Agadez (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (both cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Sukur Cultural Landscape; Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove

total World Heritage Sites:

7 (5 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

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

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (both natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Aldabra Atoll; Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

total World Heritage Sites:

10 (5 cultural, 4 natural, 1 mixed)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa (c);
• iSimangaliso Wetland Park (n);
• Robben Island (c);
• Maloti-Drakensberg Park (m);
• Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (c);
• Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (n);
• Vredefort Dome (n);
• Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (c);
• Khomani Cultural Landscape (c);
• Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

3 (2 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

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

total World Heritage Sites:

7 (3 cultural, 3 natural, 1 mixed)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

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

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Koutammakou; the Land of the Batammariba

total World Heritage Sites:

9 (8 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Amphitheatre of El Jem (c);
• Archaeological Site of Carthage (c);
• Medina of Tunis (c);
• Ichkeul National Park (n);
• Punic Town of Kerkuane (c);
• Kairouan (c);
• Medina of Sousse (c);
• Dougga / Thugga (c);
• Djerba: Testimony to a settlement pattern in an island territory (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

3 (1 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (n);
• Rwenzori Mountains National Park (n);
• Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls

total World Heritage Sites:

5 (3 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

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

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (natural); note - excerpted from the Australia entry

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

total World Heritage Sites:

3 (2 cultural, 1 natural); note - excerpted from the Denmark entry

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Ilulissat Icefjord (n);
• Kujataa, Norse and Inuit Farming (c);
• Aasivissuit–Nipisat, Inuit Hunting Ground (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

3 (1 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Thingvellir National Park (c);
• Surtsey (n);
• Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (both cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Minaret of Jam; Buddhas of Bamyan

note: the monumental 6th- and 7th-century statues were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

total World Heritage Sites:

3 (3 cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin;
• Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley;
• Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin

total World Heritage Sites:

4 (all cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Walled City of Baku ;
• Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape;
• Historic Center of Sheki;
• Cultural Landscape of Khinalig People and "Koc Yolu" Transhumance Route

total World Heritage Sites:

3 (2 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Bagerhat Historic Mosque (c);
• Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur (c);
• Sundarbans (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

57 (14 natural, 39 cultural, 4 mixed)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (c);
• Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (c);
• The Great Wall (c);
• Summer Palace (c);
• Jiuzhaigou Valley (n);
• Potala Palace (c);
• Ancient Pingyao (c);
• Historic Macau (c);
• Dengfeng (c);
• Grand Canal (c);
• Mount Huangshan (m)

total World Heritage Sites:

4 (3 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Gelati Monastery (c);
• Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (c);
• Upper Svaneti (c);
• Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

41 (33 cultural, 7 natural, 1 mixed)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Taj Mahal (c);
• Red Fort Complex (c);
• Ellora Caves (c);
• Hill Forts of Rajasthan (c);
• Sundarbans National Park (n);
• Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (c);
• Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park (c);
• Dholavira: A Harappan City (c);
• Jaipur (c);
• Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya (c);
• Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (n);
• Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks (n);
• Khangchendzonga National Park (m)

total World Heritage Sites:

25 (20 cultural, 5 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (c);
• Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (c);
• Himeji-jo (c);
• Shiretoko (n);
• Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan (c);
• Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (c);
• Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan (c);
• Yakushima (n);
• Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (c);
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

5 (3 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (c);
• Petroglyphs at Tanbaly (c);
• Saryarka - Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan (n);
• Silk Roads: the Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (c);
• Western Tien-Shan (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (both cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Koguryo Tombs Complex; Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong

total World Heritage Sites:

16 (14 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes (n);
• Changdeokgung Palace Complex (c);
• Jongmyo Shrine (c);
• Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple (c);
• Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites (c);
• Gyeongju Historic Areas (c);
• Namhansanseong (c);
• Baekje Historic Areas (c);
• Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea (c);
• Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

3 (2 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain (c);
• Silk Roads: the Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (c);
• Western Tien Shan (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

6 (4 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

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

total World Heritage Sites:

4 (2 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Kathmandu Valley (c);
• Sagarmatha National Park (n);
• Chitwan National Park (n);
• Lumbini, Buddha Birthplace (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

6 (all cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

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

total World Heritage Sites:

31 (20 cultural, 11 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (c);
• Historic Saint Petersburg (c);
• Novodevichy Convent (c);
• Historic Monuments of Novgorod (c);
• Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad (c);
• Volcanoes of Kamchatka (n);
• Lake Baikal (n);
• Central Sikhote-Alin (n);
• Historic Derbent (c);
• Kazan Kremlin (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

8 (6 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Ancient City of Polonnaruwa (c);
• Ancient City of Sigiriya (c);
• Sacred City of Anuradhapura (c);
• Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (c);
• Sacred City of Kandy (c);
• Sinharaja Forest Reserve (n);
• Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple (c);
• Central Highlands of Sri Lanka (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

3 (2 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Proto-urban Site of Sarazm (c);
• Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs) (n);
• Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

4 (all cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Ancient Merv;
• Kunya-Urgench;
• Parthian Fortresses of Nisa;
• Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor

total World Heritage Sites:

6 (5 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Itchan Kala (c);
• Historic Bukhara (c);
• Historic Shakhrisyabz (c);
• Samarkand - Crossroad of Cultures (c);
• Western Tien Shan (n);
• Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Antigua Naval Dockyard

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

total World Heritage Sites:

4 (1 cultural, 3 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Guanacaste Conservation Area (n);
• Cocos Island National Park (n);
• Precolumbian Stone Spheres (c);
• La Amistad International Park (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

9 (7 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Old Havana (c);
• Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios (c);
• San Pedro de la Roca Castle (c);
• Desembarco del Granma National Park (n);
• Viñales Valley (c);
• Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations (c);
• Alejandro de Humboldt National Park (n);
• Historic Cienfuegos (c);
• Historic Camagüey (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural); note - excerpted from the Netherlands entry

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Historic Willemstad

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Pitons Management Area

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Colonial City of Santo Domingo

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site

total World Heritage Sites:

4 (3 cultural, 1 mixed)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Antigua Guatemala (c);
• Tikal National Park (m);
• Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua (c);
• National Archaeological Park Tak'alik Ab'aj (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• National History Park – Citadel,
• Sans Souci,
• Ramiers

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (1 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Maya Site of Copan (c); Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (mixed)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Blue and John Crow Mountains

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (both cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Ruins of León Viejo; León Cathedral

total World Heritage Sites:

5 (2 cultural, 3 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Caribbean Fortifications (c);
• Darien National Park (n);
• Talamanca Range-La Amistad National Park (n);
• Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá (c);
• Coiba National Park (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural); note - excerpted from the US entry

selected World Heritage Site locales:

La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Pitons Management Area

total World Heritage Sites:

4 (2 cultural, 1 natural, 1 mixed)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Butrint (c);
• Historic Berat and Gjirokastër (c);
• Primeval Beech Forests (n);
• Lake Ohrid Region (m)

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley

total World Heritage Sites:

12 (11 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Historic Salzburg (c);
• Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (c);
• Halstadt–Dachstein/Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape (c);
• Semmering railway (c);
• Historic Graz and Schloss Eggenberg (c);
• Wachau Cultural Landscape (c);
• Historic Vienna (c);
• Fertő/Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (c);
• Baden bei Wien (c);
• Primeval Beech Forests - Dürrenstein, Kalkalpen (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

4 (3 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Białowieża Forest (n);
• Mir Castle Complex (c);
• Architectural, Residential, and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

15 (14 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Belfries of Belgium (c);
• Historic Brugge (c);
• The Grand Place, Brussels (c);
• Major Town Houses of Victor Horta (c);
• Notre-Dame Cathedral, Tournai (c);
• Spa, Liege (c);
• Primeval Beech Forests - Sonian Wood (n);
• Stoclet Palace (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

4 (3 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Old Bridge Area of Mostar (c);
• Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge (c);
• Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (c);
• Primeval Beech Forests - Janj Forest (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

10 (7 cultural, 3 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Boyana Church (c);
• Madara Rider (c);
• Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak (c);
• Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo (c);
• Rila Monastery (c);
• Ancient City of Nessebar (c);
• Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari (c);
• Srebarna Nature Reserve (n);
• Pirin National Park (n);
• Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

10 (8 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Plitvice Lakes National Park (n);
• Historic Split (c);
• Old City of Dubrovnik (c);
• Euphrasian Basilica;
• Historic Trogir (c);
• Šibenik Cathedral (c);
• Stari Grad Plain (c);
• Zadar and Fort St. Nikola Venetian Defense Works (c);
• Primeval Beech Forests (n);
• Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

17 (all cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Historic Prague;
• Historic Telč;
• Historic Český Krumlov;
• Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape;
• Historic Kutná Hora;
• Holy Trinity Column, Olomouc;
• Karlovy Vary Spa;
• Zatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops

total World Heritage Sites:

11 (8 cultural, 3 natural); note - includes three sites in Greenland

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Denmark: Mounds, Runic Stones, and Church at Jelling (c);
• Roskilde Cathedral (c);
• Kronborg Castle (c);
• Wadden Sea (n);
• Stevns Klint (n);
• Christiansfeld, Moravian Church Settlement (c);
• Par force hunting landscape, North Zealand (c);
• Greenland: Ilulissat Icefjord (n);
• Kujataa, Norse and Inuit Farming (c);
• Aasivissuit–Nipisat, Inuit Hunting Ground (c);
• Viking-Age Ring Fortresses (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (both cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Historic Center (Old Town) of Tallinn ; Struve Geodetic Arc

total World Heritage Sites:

7 (6 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

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

total World Heritage Sites:

51 (44 cultural, 6 natural, 1 mixed); note - includes one site in New Caledonia and one site in French Polynesia

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Chartres Cathedral (c);
• Palace and Park of Versailles (c);
• Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley (c);
• Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (m);
• Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (c);
• Paris, Banks of the Seine (c);
• The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes (c);
• Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) (c);
• Amiens Cathedral (c);
• Palace and Park of Fontainebleau (c);
• Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne (c);
• Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

52 (49 cultural, 3 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (c);
• Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (c);
• Speyer Cathedral (c);
• Upper Middle Rhine Valley (c);
• Aachen Cathedral (c);
• Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau, and Bernau (c);
• Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura (c);
• Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar, and Upper Harz Water Management System (c);
• Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter, and Church of Our Lady in Trier (c);
• Hanseatic City of Lübeck (c);
• Old Town of Regensburg (c);
• Messel Pit Fossil Site (n)

total World Heritage Sites:

18 (16 cultural, 2 mixed)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Acropolis, Athens (c);
• Archaeological site of Delphi (c);
• Meteora (m);
• Medieval City of Rhodes (c);
• Archaeological site of Olympia (c);
• Archaeological site of Mycenae and Tiryns (c);
• Old Town of Corfu (c);
• Mount Athos (m);
• Delos (c);
• Archaeological Site of Philippi (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (both cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Historic Center of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura; Vatican City

total World Heritage Sites:

8 (7 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, and Andrássy Avenue (c);
• Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings (c);
• Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (n);
• Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment (c);
• Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta (c);
• Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) (c);
• Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (c);
• Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (both cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne; Sceilg Mhichíl

total World Heritage Sites:

58 (53 cultural, 5 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Historic Center of Rome (c);
• Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata (c);
• Venice and its Lagoon (c);
• Historic Center of Florence (c);
• Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (c);
• Historic Centre of Naples (c);
• Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (c);
• Villa d'Este, Tivoli (c);
• Mount Etna (n);
• Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (c);
• Historic Siena (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Medieval Monuments in Kosovo

total World Heritage Sites:

3 (both cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Historic Center of Riga ;
• Struve Geodetic Arc;
• Old town of Kuldiga

total World Heritage Sites:

5 (all cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Vilnius Historic Center;
• Curonian Spit;
• Kernavė Archaeological Site;
• Struve Geodetic Arc;
• Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Luxembourg City Old Quarters and Fortifications

total World Heritage Sites:

3 (all cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• City of Valletta ;
• Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum;
• Megalithic Temples of Malta

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Struve Geodetic Arc

total World Heritage Sites:

4 (3 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (c);
• Durmitor National Park (n);
• Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (c);
• Fortified City of Kotor Venetian Defense Works (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

12 (11 cultural, 1 natural); note - includes one site in Curacao

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Schokland and Surroundings (c);
• Dutch Water Defense Lines (c);
• Van Nellefabriek (c);
• Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout (c);
• Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) (c);
• Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) (c);
• Wadden Sea (n);
• Seventeenth Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (c);
• Colonies of Benevolence (c);
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Lower German Limes (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

2 (both natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region; Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians

total World Heritage Sites:

8 (7 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

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

total World Heritage Sites:

17 (15 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Historic Krakow (c);
• Historic Warsaw (c);
• Medieval Torun (c);
• Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region (c);
• Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork (c);
• Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines (c);
• Auschwitz Birkenau Concentration Camp (c);
• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (n);
• Białowieza Forest (n);
• Old City of Zamość (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

17 (16 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Historic Évora (c);
• Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores (c);
• Cultural Landscape of Sintra (c);
• Laurisilva of Madeira (n);
• Historic Guimarães (c);
• Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon (c);
• Convent of Christ in Tomar (c);
• Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde (c);
• University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia (c);
• Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

9 (7 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Danube Delta (n);
• Churches of Moldavia (c);
• Monastery of Horezu (c);
• Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania (c);
• Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains (c);
• Historic Center of Sighişoara (c);
• Wooden Churches of Maramureş (c);
• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (n);
• Roșia Montană Mining Landscape (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

1 (cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

San Marino Historic Center and Mount Titano

total World Heritage Sites:

4 (all cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Stari Ras and Sopoćani;
• Studenica Monastery;
• Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius;
• Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards

total World Heritage Sites:

8 (6 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica (c);
• Levoča, Spišský Hrad, and the Associated Cultural Monuments (c);
• Vlkolínec (c);
• Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (n);
• Bardejov Town (c);
• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (n);
• Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians (c);
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube Limes (Western Segment) (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

5 (3 cultural, 2 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Škocjan Caves (n);
• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (n);
• Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps (c);
• Heritage of Mercury: Almadén and Idrija (c);
• The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

50 (44 cultural, 4 natural, 2 mixed)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (c);
• Works of Antoni Gaudí (c);
• Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) (c);
• Historic City of Toledo (c);
• Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida (c);
• Tower of Hercules (c);
• Doñana National Park (n);
• Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (m);
• Alhambra, Generalife, and Albayzín in Granada (c);
• Old City of Salamanca (c);
• Teide National Park (n);
• Historic Walled Town of Cuenca (c);
• Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct (c);
• Historic Cordoba (c);
• El Escorial (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

15 (13 cultural, 1 natural, 1 mixed)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Royal Domain of Drottningholm (c);
• Laponian Area (m);
• High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago (n);
• Birka and Hovgården (c);
• Hanseatic Town of Visby (c);
• Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå (c);
• Naval Port of Karlskrona (c);
• Rock Carvings in Tanum (c);
• Engelsberg Ironworks (c);
• Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

13 (9 cultural, 4 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Old City of Berne (c);
• Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (n);
• Monte San Giorgio (n);
• Abbey of St Gall (c);
• Three Castles, Defensive Wall, and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona (c);
• Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina Landscapes (c);
• La Chaux-de-Fonds/Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning (c);
• Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps (c);
• Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair (c);
• Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

7 (6 cultural, 1 natural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Kyiv: Saint Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (c);
• Lviv Historic Center (c);
• Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans, Chernivtsi (c);
• Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese, Sevastopol (c);
• Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region (c);
• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (n);
• Struve Geodetic Arc (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

33 (28 cultural, 4 natural, 1 mixed); note - includes one site in Bermuda

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (n);
• Ironbridge Gorge (c);
• Stonehenge, Avebury, and Associated Sites (c);
• Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (c);
• Blenheim Palace (c);
• City of Bath (c);
• Tower of London (c);
• St Kilda (m);
• Maritime Greenwich (c);
• Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (c);
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (c);
• The English Lake District (c)

total World Heritage Sites:

3 (all cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Dilmun Burial Mounds;
• Qal'at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbor and Capital of Dilmun ;
• Bahrain Pearling Path

total World Heritage Sites:

3 (all cultural)

selected World Heritage Site locales:

• Paphos ;
• Painted Churches in the Troodos Region;
• Choirokoitia