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World Heritage sites are the greatest cultural and natural treasures on earth. The complete list of locations is:

Afghanistan
• Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam (2002 )
• Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley (2003 )
Albania
• Butrint (1992 , 1999 )
Algeria
• Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad (1980 )
• Tassili n'Ajjer (1982 )
• M'Zab Valley (1982 )
• Djémila (1982 )
• Tipasa (1982 )
• Timgad (1982 )
• Kasbah of Algiers (1992 )
Andorra
• Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley (2004 )
Argentina
• Los Glaciares (1981 )
• 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) (1983 , 1984 ) *
• Iguazu National Park (1984 )
• Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas (1999 )
• Península Valdés (1999 )
• Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks (2000 )
• Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba (2000 )
• Quebrada de Humahuaca (2003 )
Armenia
• Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin (1996 , 2000 )
• Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots (2000 )
• Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley (2000 )
Australia
• Kakadu National Park (1981 , 1987, 1992 )
• Great Barrier Reef (1981 )
• Willandra Lakes Region (1981 )
• Tasmanian Wilderness (1982 , 1989 )
• Lord Howe Island Group (1982 )
• Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia) (1986 , 1994 )
• Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (1987 , 1994 )
• Wet Tropics of Queensland (1988 )
• Shark Bay, Western Australia (1991 )
• Fraser Island (1992 )
• Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh/ Naracote) (1994 )
• Heard and McDonald Islands (1997 )
• Macquarie Island (1997 )
• Greater Blue Mountains Area (2000 )
• Purnululu National Park (2003 )
• Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (2004 )
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 )
• Wachau Cultural Landscape (2000 )
• Historic Centre of Vienna (2001 )
• Fertö/Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (2001 ) *
Azerbaijan
• Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower (2000 )
Bangladesh
• Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat (1985 )
• Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur (1985 )
• The Sundarbans (1997 )
Belarus
• Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest (1979 , 1992 ) *
• Mir Castle Complex (2000 )
Belgium
• Flemish Béguinages (1998 )
• The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault) (1998 )
• Grand-Place, Brussels (1998 )
• Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia (1999 )
• Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) (2000 )
• Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) (2000 )
• Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai (2000 )
• Historic Centre of Brugge (2000 )
Belize
• Belize Barrier-Reef Reserve System (1996 )
Benin
• Royal Palaces of Abomey (1985 )
Bolivia
• City of Potosi (1987 )
• Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos (1990 )
• Historic City of Sucre (1991 )
• Fuerte de Samaipata (1998 )
• Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture (2000 )
• Noel Kempff Mercado National Park (2000 )
Botswana
• Tsodilo (2001 )
Brazil
• Historic Town of Ouro Preto (1980 )
• Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda (1982 )
• 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) (1983 , 1984 ) *
• Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia (1985 )
• Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas (1985 )
• Iguaçu National Park (1986 )
• Brasilia (1987 )
• Serra da Capivara National Park (1991 )
• Historic Centre of São Luis (1997 )
• Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina (1999 )
• Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves (1999 )
• Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves (1999 )
• Central Amazon Conservation Complex (2000 , 2003 )
• Pantanal Conservation Area (2000 )
• Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves (2001 )
• Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks (2001 )
• Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás (2001 )
Bulgaria
• Boyana Church (1979 )
• Madara Rider (1979 )
• Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak (1979 )
• Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo (1979 )
• Rila Monastery (1983 )
• Ancient City of Nessebar (1983 )
• Srebarna Nature Reserve (1983 )
• Pirin National Park (1983 )
• Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari (1985 )
Cambodia
• Angkor (1992 )
Cameroon
• Dja Faunal Reserve (1987 )
Canada
• Nahanni National Park (1978 )
• L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site (1978 )
• Dinosaur Provincial Park (1979 )
• Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek (1979 , 1992, 1994 ) *
• SGaang Gwaii (Anthony Island) (1981 )
• Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (1981 )
• Wood Buffalo National Park (1983 )
• Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (1984 , 1990 )
• Historic District of Québec (1985 )
• Gros Morne National Park (1987 )
• Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (1995 ) *
• Old Town Lunenburg (1995 )
• Miguasha National Park (1999 )
Central African Republic
• Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (1988 )
Chile
• Rapa Nui National Park (1995 )
• Churches of Chiloé (2000 )
• Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso (2003 )
China
• Mount Taishan (1987 )
• The Great Wall (1987 )
• Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (1987 , 2004 )
• Mogao Caves (1987 )
• Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (1987 )
• Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (1987 )
• Mount Huangshan (1990 )
• Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area (1992 )
• Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area (1992 )
• Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area (1992 )
• Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde (1994 )
• Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu (1994 )
• Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains (1994 )
• Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (1994 , 2000, 2001 )
• Lushan National Park (1996 )
• Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area (1996 )
• Old Town of Lijiang (1997 )
• Ancient City of Ping Yao (1997 )
• Classical Gardens of Suzhou (1997 , 2000 )
• Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing (1998 )
• Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing (1998 )
• Mount Wuyi (1999 )
• Dazu Rock Carvings (1999 )
• Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System (2000 )
• Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun (2000 )
• Longmen Grottoes (2000 )
• Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (2000 , 2003,2004 )
• Yungang Grottoes (2001 )
• Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (2003 )
• Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom (2004 )
Colombia
• Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena (1984 )
• Los Katios National Park (1994 )
• Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox (1995 )
• National Archeological Park of Tierradentro (1995 )
• San Agustín Archeological Park (1995 )
Costa Rica
• Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (1983 , 1990 ) *
• Cocos Island National Park (1997 , 2002 )
• Area de Conservación Guanacaste (1999 , 2004 )
Côte d'Ivoire
• Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (1981 , 1982 ) *
• Taï National Park (1982 )
• Comoé National Park (1983 )
Croatia
• Old City of Dubrovnik (1979 , 1994 )
• Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian (1979 )
• Plitvice Lakes National Park (1979 , 2000 )
• Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Porec (1997 )
• Historic City of Trogir (1997 )
• The Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik (2000 )
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 )
• Desembarco del Granma National Park (1999 )
• Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the Southeast of Cuba (2000 )
• Alejandro de Humboldt National Park (2001 )
Cyprus
• Paphos (1980 )
• Painted Churches in the Troodos Region (1985 , 2001 )
• Choirokoitia (1998 )
Czech Republic
• Historic Centre of Prague (1992 )
• Historic Centre of Cesky Krumlov (1992 )
• Historic Centre of Telc (1992 )
• Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelena Hora (1994 )
• Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec (1995 )
• Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape (1996 )
• Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz (1998 )
• Holašovice Historical Village Reservation (1998 )
• Litomyšl Castle (1999 )
• Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc (2000 )
• Tugendhat Villa in Brno (2001 )
• Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Trebíc (2003 )
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• Complex of Koguryo Tombs (2004 )
Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Virunga National Park (1979 )
• Garamba National Park (1980 )
• Kahuzi-Biega National Park (1980 )
• Salonga National Park (1984 )
• Okapi Wildlife Reserve (1996 )
Denmark
• Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church (1994 )
• Roskilde Cathedral (1995 )
• Kronborg Castle (2000 )
• Ilulissat Icefjord (2004 )
Dominica
• Morne Trois Pitons National Park (1997 )
Dominican Republic
• Colonial City of Santo Domingo (1990 )
Ecuador
• Galapagos Islands (1978 , 2001 )
• City of Quito (1978 )
• Sangay National Park (1983 )
• Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca (1999 )
Egypt
• Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1979 )
• Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (1979 )
• Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (1979 )
• Islamic Cairo (1979 )
• Abu Mena (1979 )
• Saint Catherine Area (2002 )
El Salvador
• Joya de Ceren Archaeoloical Site (1993 )
Estonia
• Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn (1997 )
Ethiopia
• Rock-hewn Churches, Lalibela (1978 )
• Simien National Park (1978 )
• Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region (1979 )
• Lower Valley of the Awash (1980 )
• Tiya (1980 )
• Aksum (1980 )
• Lower Valley of the Omo (1980 )
Finland
• Old Rauma (1991 )
• Fortress of Suomenlinna (1991 )
• Petäjävesi Old Church (1994 )
• Verla Groundwood and Board Mill (1996 )
• Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki (1999 )
France
• Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (1979 )
• Chartres Cathedral (1979 )
• Palace and Park of Versailles (1979 )
• Vézelay, Church and Hill (1979 )
• Decorated Grottoes of the Vézère Valley (1979 )
• Palace and Park of Fontainebleau (1981 )
• Amiens Cathedral (1981 )
• Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange (1981 )
• Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles (1981 )
• Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (1981 )
• Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (1982 )
• Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy (1983 )
• Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (1983 )
• Cape Girolata, Cape Porto, Scandola Nature Reserve and the Piana Calanches in Corsica (1983 )
• Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) (1985 )
• Strasbourg - Grande île (1988 )
• Paris, Banks of the Seine (1991 )
• Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims (1991 )
• Bourges Cathedral (1992 )
• Historic Centre of Avignon (1995 )
• Canal du Midi (1996 )
• Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne (1997 )
• Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (1997 , 1999 ) *
• Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (1998 )
• Historic Site of Lyons (1998 )
• Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion (1999 )
• The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes (2000 )
• Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs (2001 )
Gambia
• James Island and Related Sites (2003 )
Georgia
• City-Museum Reserve of Mtskheta (1994 )
• Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (1994 )
• Upper Svaneti (1996 )
Germany
• Aachen Cathedral (1978 )
• Speyer Cathedral (1981 )
• Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square (1981 )
• Pilgrimage Church of Wies (1983 )
• 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 Altenmünster of Lorsch (1991 )
• Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar (1992 )
• Maulbronn Monastery Complex (1993 )
• Town of Bamberg (1993 )
• Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg (1994 )
• Völklingen Ironworks (1994 )
• Messel Pit Fossil Site (1995 )
• Cologne Cathedral (1996 )
• Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau (1996 )
• Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg (1996 )
• Classical Weimar (1998 )
• Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (1999 )
• Wartburg Castle (1999 )
• Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (2000 )
• Monastic Island of Reichenau (2000 )
• Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (2001 )
• Upper Middle Rhine Valley (2002 )
• Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar (2002 )
• Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen (2004 )
• Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski (2004 ) *
• Dresden Elbe Valley (2004 )
Ghana
• Forts and Castles, Volta Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions (1979 )
• Asante Traditional Buildings (1980 )
Greece
• Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae (1986 )
• Archaeological Site of Delphi (1987 )
• Acropolis, Athens (1987 )
• Mount Athos (1988 )
• Meteora (1988 )
• Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika (1988 )
• Archaeological Site of Epidaurus (1988 )
• Medieval City of Rhodes (1988 )
• Mystras (1989 )
• Archaeological Site of Olympia (1989 )
• Delos (1990 )
• Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas and Nea Moni of Chios (1990 )
• Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos (1992 )
• Archaeological Site of Vergina (1996 )
• Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns (1999 )
• Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos (1999 )
Guatemala
• Tikal National Park (1979 )
• Antigua Guatemala (1979 )
• Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua (1981 )
Guinea
• Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (1981 , 1982 ) *
Haiti
• National History Park - Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers (1982 )
Holy See
• Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (1980 , 1990 ) *
• Vatican City (1984 )
Honduras
• Maya Site of Copan (1980 )
• Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (1982 )
Hungary
• Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (1987 , 2002 )
• Old Village of Hollókö and its Surroundings (1987 )
• Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (1995 , 2000 ) *
• Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment (1996 )
• Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta (1999 )
• Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) (2000 )
• Fertö/Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (2001 ) *
• Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape (2002 )
Iceland
• Þingvellir National Park (2004 )
India
• Ajanta Caves (1983 )
• Ellora Caves (1983 )
• Agra Fort (1983 )
• Taj Mahal (1983 )
• Sun Temple, Konarak (1984 )
• Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram (1984 )
• Kaziranga National Park (1985 )
• Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (1985 )
• Keoladeo National Park (1985 )
• Churches and Convents of Goa (1986 )
• Khajuraho Group of Monuments (1986 )
• Group of Monuments at Hampi (1986 )
• Fatehpur Sikri (1986 )
• Group of Monuments at Pattadakal (1987 )
• Elephanta Caves (1987 )
• Great Living Chola Temples (1987 , 2004 )
• Sundarbans National Park (1987 )
• Nanda Devi National Park (1988 )
• Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi (1989 )
• Humayun's Tomb, Delhi (1993 )
• Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi (1993 )
• Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) (1999 )
• Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya (2002 )
• Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (2003 )
• Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park (2004 )
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) (2004 )
Indonesia
• Borobudur Temple Compounds (1991 )
• Ujung Kulon National Park (1991 )
• Komodo National Park (1991 )
• Prambanan Temple Compounds (1991 )
• Sangiran Early Man Site (1996 )
• Lorentz National Park (1999 )
• Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (2004 )
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Tchogha Zanbil (1979 )
• Persepolis (1979 )
• Meidan Emam, Esfahan (1979 )
• Takht-e Soleyman (2003 )
• Pasargadae (2004 )
• Bam and its Cultural Landscape (2004 )
Iraq
• Hatra (1985 )
• Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (2003 )
Ireland
• Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (1993 )
• Skellig Michael (1996 )
Israel
• Masada (2001 )
• Old City of Acre (2001 )
• White City of Tel-Aviv -- the Modern Movement (2003 )
Italy
• Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (1979 )
• Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (1980 , 1990 ) *
• Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci (1980 )
• Historic Centre of Florence (1982 )
• Venice and its Lagoon (1987 )
• Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (1987 )
• Historic Centre of San Gimignano (1990 )
• I Sassi di Matera (1993 )
• City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (1994 , 1996 )
• Historic Centre of Siena (1995 )
• Historic Centre of Naples (1995 )
• Crespi d'Adda (1995 )
• Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta (1995 , 1999 )
• Castel del Monte (1996 )
• The Trulli of Alberobello (1996 )
• Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (1996 )
• Historic Centre of the City of Pienza (1996 )
• 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta, with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex (1997 )
• Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (1997 )
• Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua (1997 )
• Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (1997 )
• Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena (1997 )
• Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (1997 )
• Costiera Amalfitana (1997 )
• Archaeological Area of Agrigento (1997 )
• Villa Romana del Casale (1997 )
• Su Nuraxi di Barumini (1997 )
• Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (1998 )
• Historic Centre of Urbino (1998 )
• Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula (1998 )
• Villa Adriana (Tivoli) (1999 )
• City of Verona (2000 )
• Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (2000 )
• Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites (2000 )
• Villa d'Este, Tivoli (2001 )
• Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-eastern Sicily) (2002 )
• Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (2003 )
• Val d'Orcia (2004 )
• Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia (2004 )
Japan
• Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (1993 )
• Himeji-jo (1993 )
• Yakushima (1993 )
• Shirakami-Sanchi (1993 )
• Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (1994 )
• Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama (1995 )
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (1996 )
• Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (1996 )
• Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (1998 )
• Shrines and Temples of Nikko (1999 )
• Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (2000 )
• Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (2004 )
Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
• Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (1981 )
Jordan
• Petra (1985 )
• Quseir Amra (1985 )
• Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (2004 )
Kazakhstan
• Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (2003 )
• Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly (2004 )
Kenya
• Mount Kenya National Park / Natural Forest (1997 )
• Lake Turkana National Parks (1997 , 2001 )
• Lamu Old Town (2001 )
Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Town of Luang Prabang (1995 )
• Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape (2001 )
Latvia
• Historic Centre of Riga (1997 )
Lebanon
• Anjar (1984 )
• Baalbek (1984 )
• Byblos (1984 )
• Tyre (1984 )
• Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) (1998 )
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna (1982 )
• Archaeological Site of Sabratha (1982 )
• Archaeological Site of Cyrene (1982 )
• Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (1985 )
• Old Town of Ghadames (1986 )
Lithuania
• Vilnius Historic Centre (1994 )
• Curonian Spit (2000 ) *
• Kernave Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernave) (2004 )
Luxembourg
• City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications (1994 )
Madagascar
• Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve (1990 )
• Royal Hill of Ambohimanga (2001 )
Malawi
• Lake Malawi National Park (1984 )
Malaysia
• Kinabalu Park (2000 )
• Gunung Mulu National Park (2000 )
Mali
• Old Towns of Djenné (1988 )
• Timbuktu (1988 )
• Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (1989 )
• Tomb of Askia (2004 )
Malta
• Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (1980 )
• City of Valletta (1980 )
• Megalithic Temples of Malta (1980 , 1992 )
Mauritania
• Banc d'Arguin National Park (1989 )
• Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata (1996 )
Mexico
• Sian Ka'an (1987 )
• Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque (1987 )
• Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco (1987 )
• Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan (1987 )
• Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán (1987 )
• Historic Centre of Puebla (1987 )
• Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines (1988 )
• Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza (1988 )
• Historic Centre of Morelia (1991 )
• El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City (1992 )
• Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (1993 )
• Historic Centre of Zacatecas (1993 )
• Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco (1993 )
• Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl (1994 )
• Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal (1996 )
• Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro (1996 )
• Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara (1997 )
• Archeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes (1998 )
• Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan (1998 )
• Historic Fortified Town of Campeche (1999 )
• Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco (1999 )
• Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche (2002 )
• Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro (2003 )
• Luis Barragán House and Studio (2004 )
Mongolia
• Uvs Nuur Basin (2003 ) *
• Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape (2004 )
Morocco
• Medina of Fez (1981 )
• Medina of Marrakesh (1985 )
• Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou (1987 )
• Historic City of Meknes (1996 )
• Archaeological Site of Volubilis (1997 )
• Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) (1997 )
• Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) (2001 )
• Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) (2004 )
Mozambique
• Island of Mozambique (1991 )
Nepal
• Sagarmatha National Park (1979 )
• Kathmandu Valley (1979 )
• Royal Chitwan National Park (1984 )
• Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (1997 )
Netherlands
• Schokland and Surroundings (1995 )
• Defence Line of Amsterdam (1996 )
• Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout (1997 )
• Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles (1997 )
• Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) (1998 )
• Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) (1999 )
• Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) (2000 )
New Zealand
• Tongariro National Park (1990 , 1993 )
• Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand (1990 )
• New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands (1998 )
Nicaragua
• Ruins of León Viejo (2000 )
Niger
• Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (1991 )
• W National Park of Niger (1996 )
Nigeria
• Sukur Cultural Landscape (1999 )
Norway
• Urnes Stave Church (1979 )
• Bryggen (1979 )
• Røros (1980 )
• Rock Drawings of Alta (1985 )
• Vegaøyan -- The Vega Archipelago (2004 )
Oman
• Bahla Fort (1987 )
• Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn (1988 )
• Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (1994 )
• The Frankincense Trail (2000 )
Pakistan
• Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro (1980 )
• Taxila (1980 )
• Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol (1980 )
• Historical Monuments of Thatta (1981 )
• Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (1981 )
• Rohtas Fort (1997 )
Panama
• Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo (1980 )
• Darien National Park (1981 )
• Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (1983 , 1990 ) *
• Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá (1997 , 2003 )
Paraguay
• Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Parana and Jesus de Tavarangue (1993 )
Peru
• City of Cuzco (1983 )
• Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (1983 )
• Chavin (Archaeological Site) (1985 )
• Huascaran National Park (1985 )
• Chan Chan Archaelogical Zone (1986 )
• Manu National Park (1987 )
• Historic Centre of Lima (1988 , 1991 )
• Rio Abiseo National Park (1990 , 1992 )
• Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana (1994 )
• Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa (2000 )
Philippines
• Tubbataha Reef Marine Park (1993 )
• Baroque Churches of the Philippines (1993 )
• Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (1995 )
• Historic Town of Vigan (1999 )
• Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park (1999 )
Poland
• Cracow's Historic Centre (1978 )
• Wieliczka Salt Mine (1978 )
• Auschwitz Concentration Camp (1979 )
• Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest (1979 , 1992 ) *
• Historic Centre of Warsaw (1980 )
• Old City of Zamosc (1992 )
• Medieval Town of Torun (1997 )
• Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork (1997 )
• Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park (1999 )
• Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica (2001 )
• Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland (2003 )
• Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski (2004 ) *
Portugal
• Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores (1983 )
• Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belem in Lisbon (1983 )
• Monastery of Batalha (1983 )
• Convent of Christ in Tomar (1983 )
• Historic Centre of Evora (1986 )
• Monastery of Alcobaça (1989 )
• Cultural Landscape of Sintra (1995 )
• Historic Centre of Oporto (1996 )
• Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley (1998 )
• Laurisilva of Madeira (1999 )
• Historic Centre of Guimarães (2001 )
• Alto Douro Wine Region (2001 )
• Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture (2004 )
Republic of Korea
• Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple (1995 )
• Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks (1995 )
• Jongmyo Shrine (1995 )
• Changdeokgung Palace Complex (1997 )
• Hwaseong Fortress (1997 )
• Gyeongju Historic Areas (2000 )
• Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites (2000 )
Romania
• Danube Delta (1991 )
• Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania (1993 , 1999 )
• Monastery of Horezu (1993 )
• Churches of Moldavia (1993 )
• Historic Centre of Sighisoara (1999 )
• Wooden Churches of Maramures (1999 )
• Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains (1999 )
Russian Federation
• Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments (1990 )
• Kizhi Pogost (1990 )
• Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (1990 )
• Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings (1992 )
• Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands (1992 )
• White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal (1992 )
• Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad (1993 )
• Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye (1994 )
• Virgin Komi Forests (1995 )
• Lake Baikal (1996 )
• Volcanoes of Kamchatka (1996 , 2001 )
• Golden Mountains of Altai (1998 )
• Western Caucasus (1999 )
• Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin (2000 )
• The Ensemble of Ferrapontov Monastery (2000 )
• Curonian Spit (2000 ) *
• Central Sikhote-Alin (2001 )
• Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent (2003 )
• Uvs Nuur Basin (2003 ) *
• Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (2004 )
• Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent (2004 )
Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park (1999 )
Saint Lucia
• Pitons Management Area (2004 )
Senegal
• Island of Gorée (1978 )
• Niokolo-Koba National Park (1981 )
• Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (1981 )
• Island of Saint-Louis (2000 )
Serbia and Montenegro
• Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (1979 )
• Stari Ras and Sopocani (1979 )
• Durmitor National Park (1980 )
• Studenica Monastery (1986 )
• Decani Monastery (2004 )
Seychelles
• Aldabra Atoll (1982 )
• Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve (1983 )
Slovakia
• Banska Stiavnica (1993 )
• Spissky Hrad and its Associated Cultural Monuments (1993 )
• Vlkolinec (1993 )
• Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (1995 , 2000 ) *
• Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve (2000 )
Slovenia
• Skocjan Caves (1986 )
Solomon Islands
• East Rennell (1998 )
South Africa
• Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park (1999 )
• Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs (1999 )
• Robben Island (1999 )
• UKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park (2000 )
• Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2003 )
• Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2004 )
Spain
• Historic Centre of Cordoba (1984 , 1994 )
• Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzin, Granada (1984 , 1994 )
• Burgos Cathedral (1984 )
• Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid (1984 )
• Parque Güell, Palacio Güell and Casa Mila in Barcelona (1984 )
• Altamira Cave (1985 )
• Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct (1985 )
• Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias (1985 , 1998 )
• Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) (1985 )
• Old Town of Avila with its Extra-Muros Churches (1985 )
• Mudejar Architecture of Aragon (1986 , 2001 )
• Historic City of Toledo (1986 )
• Garajonay National Park (1986 )
• Old Town of Cáceres (1986 )
• Cathedral, Alcazar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (1987 )
• Old City of Salamanca (1988 )
• Poblet Monastery (1991 )
• Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida (1993 )
• Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe (1993 )
• Route of Santiago de Compostela (1993 )
• Doñana National Park (1994 )
• Historic Walled Town of Cuenca (1996 )
• La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia (1996 )
• Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (1997 , 1999 ) *
• Las Médulas (1997 )
• The Palau de la Música Catalana and the Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (1997 )
• San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries (1997 )
• Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula (1998 )
• University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares (1998 )
• Ibiza, biodiversity and culture (1999 )
• San Cristóbal de La Laguna (1999 )
• Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco (2000 )
• Palmeral of Elche (2000 )
• Roman Walls of Lugo (2000 )
• Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí (2000 )
• Archaeological Site of Atapuerca (2000 )
• Aranjuez Cultural Landscape (2001 )
• Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza (2003 )
Sri Lanka
• Sacred City of Anuradhapura (1982 )
• Ancient City of Polonnaruwa (1982 )
• Ancient City of Sigiriya (1982 )
• Sinharaja Forest Reserve (1988 )
• Sacred City of Kandy (1988 )
• Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (1988 )
• Golden Temple of Dambulla (1991 )
Sudan
• Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (2003 )
Suriname
• Central Suriname Nature Reserve (2000 )
• Historic Inner City of Paramaribo (2002 )
Sweden
• Royal Domain of Drottningholm (1991 )
• Birka and Hovgården (1993 )
• Engelsberg Ironworks (1993 )
• Rock Carvings in Tanum (1994 )
• Skogskyrkogården (1994 )
• Hanseatic Town of Visby (1995 )
• Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå (1996 )
• Laponian Area (1996 )
• Naval Port of Karlskrona (1998 )
• High Coast (2000 )
• Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland (2000 )
• Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun (2001 )
• Varberg Radio Station (2004 )
Switzerland
• Old City of Berne (1983 )
• Convent of St Gall (1983 )
• Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair (1983 )
• Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-town of Bellinzone (2000 )
• Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn (2001 )
• Monte San Giorgio (2003 )
Syrian Arab Republic
• Ancient City of Damascus (1979 )
• Ancient City of Bosra (1980 )
• Site of Palmyra (1980 )
• Ancient City of Aleppo (1986 )
Thailand
• Historic Town of Sukhotai and Associated Historic Towns (1991 )
• Historic City of Ayutthaya and Associated Historic Towns (1991 )
• Thungyai - Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries (1991 )
• Ban Chiang Archaeological Site (1992 )
the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• Ohrid Region with its Cultural and Historical Aspect and its Natural Environment (1979 , 1980 )
Togo
• Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba (2004 )
Tunisia
• Medina of Tunis (1979 )
• Site of Carthage (1979 )
• Amphitheatre of El Jem (1979 )
• Ichkeul National Park (1980 )
• Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis (1985 , 1986 )
• Medina of Sousse (1988 )
• Kairouan (1988 )
• Dougga / Thugga (1997 )
Turkey
• Historic Areas of Istanbul (1985 )
• Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (1985 )
• Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi (1985 )
• Hattusha (1986 )
• Nemrut Dag (1987 )
• Xanthos-Letoon (1988 )
• Hierapolis-Pamukkale (1988 )
• City of Safranbolu (1994 )
• Archaeological Site of Troy (1998 )
Turkmenistan
• State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv" (1999 )
Uganda
• Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (1994 )
• Rwenzori Mountains National Park (1994 )
• Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (2001 )
Ukraine
• Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (1990 )
• L'viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Centre (1998 )
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (1986 )
• Durham Castle and Cathedral (1986 )
• Ironbridge Gorge (1986 )
• Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey (1986 )
• Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (1986 )
• Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (1986 )
• St. Kilda (1986 , 2004 )
• Blenheim Palace (1987 )
• Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church (1987 )
• City of Bath (1987 )
• Hadrian's Wall (1987 )
• Henderson Island (1988 )
• Tower of London (1988 )
• Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (1988 )
• Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (1995 )
• Gough and Inaccessible Islands (1995 , 2004 )
• Maritime Greenwich (1997 )
• Heart of Neolithic Orkney (1999 )
• Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda (2000 )
• Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (2000 )
• Saltaire (2001 )
• Dorset and East Devon Coast (2001 )
• Derwent Valley Mills (2001 )
• New Lanark (2001 )
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2003 )
• Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City (2004 )
United Republic of Tanzania
• Ngorongoro Conservation Area (1979 )
• Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (1981 )
• Serengeti National Park (1981 )
• Selous Game Reserve (1982 )
• Kilimanjaro National Park (1987 )
• Stone Town of Zanzibar (2000 )
United States of America
• Mesa Verde (1978 )
• Yellowstone (1978 )
• Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek (1979 , 1992, 1994 ) *
• Grand Canyon National Park (1979 )
• Everglades National Park (1979 )
• Independence Hall (1979 )
• Redwood National Park (1980 )
• Mammoth Cave National Park (1981 )
• Olympic National Park (1981 )
• Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site (1982 )
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park (1983 )
• La Fortaleza and San Juan Historic Site in Puerto Rico (1983 )
• Statue of Liberty (1984 )
• Yosemite National Park (1984 )
• Chaco Culture National Historical Park (1987 )
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (1987 )
• Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (1987 )
• Pueblo de Taos (1992 )
• Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (1995 ) *
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park (1995 )
Uruguay
• Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento (1995 )
Uzbekistan
• Itchan Kala (1990 )
• Historic Centre of Bukhara (1993 )
• Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (2000 )
• Samarkand - Crossroads of Cultures (2001 )
Venezuela
• Coro and its Port (1993 )
• Canaima National Park (1994 )
• Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas (2000 )
Viet Nam
• Complex of Hué Monuments (1993 )
• Ha Long Bay (1994 , 2000 )
• Hoi An Ancient Town (1999 )
• My Son Sanctuary (1999 )
• Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (2003 )
Yemen
• Old Walled City of Shibam (1982 )
• Old City of Sana'a (1986 )
• Historic Town of Zabid (1993 )
Zambia
• Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (1989 )
Zimbabwe
• Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas (1984 )
• Great Zimbabwe National Monument (1986 )
• Khami Ruins National Monument (1986 )
• Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (1989 )
• Matobo Hills (2003 )