- List of World Heritage Sites in Europe
This is a list of the UNESCO
World Heritage Sites inEurope .Asia Minor ,Cyprus , all of theAegean Islands , the Canaries andMadeira are included although the first two and some of the third are geographically located inAsia whereas the latter two are inAfrica .Turkey , Georgia,Azerbaijan ,Armenia and theCaucasian andSiberian parts ofRussia are included both in this list and in the list of sites inAsia . Overseas sites of theNetherlands ,UK andDenmark are included here, but are also repeated in the geographically relevant lists.Kazakhstan , despite having a small portion lying in Europe is to be found under Asia, where both its world heritage sites are listed.Sites marked with an asterisk (*) are also included on the
List of World Heritage Sites in danger .Transboundary sites
*
Belfries of Belgium and France — shared between Belgium (mostly for the former "Belfries ofFlanders andWallonia ") and France. Besides civic belfries, or buildings such as city halls that rather obviously may serve a similar purpose, the list includes: [Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp|Cathedral of Our Lady [Notre-Dame] , Antwerp; St. Rumbolds Tower, Mechelen; St. Leonard Church, Zoutleeuw — all three in Flanders, Belgium.
*Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park /Białowieża Forest (1979, 1992) — shared between Belarus and Poland
* Caves of Aggtelek and Slovak Karst (Slovenský Kras) (1995, 2000) — shared between Hungary and Slovakia
* Cultural Landscape of Fertõ/Neusiedlersee (2001) — shared between Austria and Hungary
*Curonian Spit — shared between Lithuania and the Russian Federation
* Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Upper German & Rhætian Limes andHadrian's Wall — shared between Germany and the United Kingdom (ref. [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/430/multiple=1&unique_number=499 whc.unesco.org ID 430bis] )
* High Coast andKvarken Archipelago — shared between Sweden and Finland
* Historic Centre ofRome , the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights (Vatican City ) andBasilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls — shared between the Holy See andItaly
*Muskauer Park /Park Muzakowski on both sides of the Nysa/Neisse River — shared between Germany and Poland
* Pyrénées/Pirineos :Monte Perdido /Mont Perdu (1997, 1999) — shared between France and Spain
*Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) — shared between Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine
*Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes - shared betweenItaly andSwitzerland Country-wise sites
Albania (2)*
Butrint — 1992
*Historic Centres ofBerat andGjirokastra — 2005, 2008Andorra (1)*
Madriu-Claror-Perafita Valley — 2004Armenia (3)"also listed under Asia"
*Monastery of Haghpat andSanahin — 1996
*Cathedral and Churches ofEchmiadzin and the Archaeological Site ofZvartnots — 2000
*Monastery ofGeghard and the UpperAzat Valley — 2000Austria (8)*Historic Centre of
Salzburg — 1996
*Schönbrunn Palace — 1996
*Hallstatt –DachsteinSalzkammergut Cultural Landscape — 1997
*Semmering Railway — 1998
*Historic Centre ofGraz — 1999
*Wachau Cultural Landscape — 2000
*Historic Centre ofVienna — 2001
*Lake Neusiedl — 2001Azerbaijan (2)"also listed under Asia"
*Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshahs' Palace and Maiden Tower — 2000
*Gobustan State Reserve — 2007Belarus (4)*
Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park — 1979
*Mir Castle Complex — 2000
*Niasvizh Castle — 2005
*Struve Geodetic Arc — 2005Belgium (9)*Flemish Beguinages — 1998La
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 — transboundary property, shared with France. Extension of the former "Belfries ofFlanders andWallonia — 1999, 2005
*Historic Centre ofBruges — 2000
*Major Town Houses of the ArchitectVictor Horta (Brussels ):Hôtel Tassel ,Hôtel Solvay ,Hôtel van Eetvelde , and Maison & Atelier Horta — 2000
*Neolithic Flint Mines atSpiennes *Mons ) — 2000
*Notre-Dame Cathedral inTournai — 2000
*Plantin-Moretus House–Workshops–Museum Complex — 2000Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)*Old Bridge and the surrounding area of the Old City of
Mostar — 2005
*Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge inVišegrad — 2007Bulgaria (9)*
Boyana Church — 1979
*Madara Rider — 1979
*Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo — 1979
*Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak — 1979
*Ancient City ofNesebar — 1983
*Pirin National Park — 1983
*Rila Monastery — 1983
*Srebarna Nature Reserve — 1983
*Thracian tomb ofSveshtari — 1985Croatia (7)*Historic Complex of
Split with the Palace of Diocletian — 1979
*Old City ofDubrovnik ||1979, 1998
*Plitvice Lakes National Park — 1979
*Episcopal Complex of theEuphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre ofPoreč — 1997
*Historic City ofTrogir — 1997
*Cathedral of St. James inŠibenik — 2000
*Stari Grad Plain on the Adriatic island ofHvar — 2008Cyprus (3)"also listed under Asia"
*Paphos — 1980
*Painted Churches in the Troodos Region — 1985, 2001
*Choirokoitia — 1998Czech Republic (12)*Historic Centre of
Český Krumlov — 1992
*Historic Centre ofPrague — 1992
*Historic Centre ofTelč — 1992
*Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk atZelená Hora — 1994
*Kutná Hora : Historical Town Centre — 1995
*Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape — 1996
*Gardens and Castle atKroměříž — 1998
*Holašovice Historical Village Reservation — 1998
*Litomyšl Castle — 2000
*Holy Trinity Column inOlomouc — 2000
*Villa Tugendhat inBrno — 2001
*Jew ish Quarter andSt Procopius' Basilica inTřebíč — 2003Denmark (4)*Jelling Runic Stones — 1994
*Roskilde Cathedral — 1995
*Helsingor Kronborg — 2000
*Ilulissat Icefjord,Greenland — 2004, "located in Greenland"Estonia (2)*Historic Centre (Old Town) of
Tallinn — 1997
*Struve Geodetic Arc — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine — 2005Finland (7)*Fortress of
Suomenlinna , nearHelsinki — 1991
*Old Rauma , the wooden city centre of Rauma — 1991
*Petäjävesi Old Church — 1994
*Verla Groundwood and Board Mill inJaala — 1996
*Bronze Age Burial Site ofSammallahdenmäki , in Lappi — 1999
*High Coast andKvarken Archipelago — transboundary property, shared with Sweden — 2000, 2006
*Struve Geodetic Arc — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine — 2005France (33)*Vézelay, Church and Hill — 1979
*Palace and Park of Versailles — 1979
*Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley — 1979
*Chartres Cathedral — 1979
*Mont Saint Michel and its Bay — 1979
*Palace and Park of Fontainebleau — 1981
*Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay — 1981
*Amiens Cathedral — 1981
*Arles , Roman and Romanesque Monuments — 1981
*Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch " of Orange — 1981
*Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans — 1982
*Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve,Corsica — 1983
*Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe — 1983
*Place Stanislas , Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance inNancy — 1983
*Pont du Gard , RomanAqueduct — 1985
*Strasbourg – Grande Île — 1988
*Cathedral of Notre-Dame, FormerAbbey of Saint-Remi andPalace of Tau ,Reims — 1991
*Paris ,Banks of the Seine — 1991
*Bourges Cathedral — 1992
*Canal du Midi — 1996
*Historic Centre ofAvignon : Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge — 1995
*Historic Fortified City ofCarcassonne — 1997
*Pyrénées:Mont Perdu — transboundary property, shared with Spain — 1997, 1999
*Historic Site ofLyon — 1998
*Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France — 1998
*Jurisdiction ofSaint-Émilion — 1999
*Belfries of Belgium and France — transboundary property, shared with Belgium. Extension of the former "Belfries ofFlanders andWallonia — 1999, 2005
*TheLoire Valley betweenSully-sur-Loire andChalonnes-sur-Loire — 2000
*Provins , Town of Medieval Fairs — 2001
*Le Havre , the City rebuilt byAuguste Perret — 2005
*Bordeaux , Port of the Moon — 2007
*Fortifications of Vauban — 2008
*Lagoons of New Caledonia — 2008, "located in New Caledonia"
= Georgia ="also listed under Asia"
*Bagrati Cathedral in Kutaisi andGelati Monastery — 1994
*Historical Monuments ofMtskheta — 1994
*UpperSvaneti — 1996Germany (33)*
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 in Brühl (Rhineland ) — 1984
*St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church atHildesheim — 1985
*Trier , oldest city in Germany, 9 Monuments — 1986
*Hanseatic City ofLübeck — 1987
*Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (including SchloßSanssouci ) — 1990, 1992, 1999
*Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch — 1991
*Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town ofGoslar — 1992
*Town ofBamberg — 1993
*Maulbronn Monastery Complex — 1993
*Collegiate Church, Castle and old Town ofQuedlinburg — 1994
*Völklingen Ironworks — 1994
*Messel Pit Fossil site — 1995
*Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar andDessau : see Bauhaus Weimar and Bauhaus Dessau — 1996
*Cologne Cathedral — 1996
*Luther Memorials inEisleben andWittenberg — 1996
*Classical Weimar — 1998
*Museum Island "(Museumsinsel),"Berlin — 1999
*Wartburg Castle — 1999
*Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz — 2000
*Monastic Island of Reichenau — 2000
*Zeche Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen — 2001
*Historic Centres ofStralsund andWismar — 2002
*Upper MiddleRhine Valley, theRhine Gorge — 2002
*Town Hall andRoland on the Marketplace of Bremen — 2004
*Dresden Elbe Valley — 2004
*Muskauer Park on both sides of the Neisse River — transboundary property, shared with Poland where it is known asPark Muzakowski — 2004
*Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Upper German & Rhaetian Limes — transboundary property, shared with the United Kingdom:Hadrian's Wall — 2005
*Old Town ofRegensburg withStadtamhof — 2006
*Modernist Housing Estates inBerlin — 2008Greece (17)*
Temple of Apollo at Bassae — 1986
*Acropolis, Athens — 1987
*Archaeological Site ofDelphi — 1987
*Archaeological Site ofEpidaurus — 1988
*Medieval City of Rhodes — 1988
*Meteora — 1988
*Mount Athos — 1988
*Palaeochristian and Byzantine Monuments ofThessaloniki — 1988
*Archaeological Site of Olympia — 1989
*Mystras — 1989
*Island ofDelos — 1990
*Monasteries of Daphni, Monastery ofHosios Loukas and Nea Moni ofChios — 1990
*Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos — 1992
*Archaeological Site ofVergina — 1996
*Archaeological Sites ofMycenae andTiryns — 1999
*Historic Centre (Chorá) with theMonastery of Saint John the Theologian and theCave of the Apocalypse on the Island ofPátmos — 1999Old Town of Corfu — 2007Holy See (2)*Historic Centre of
Rome , the Properties of the Holy See in Rome Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights andBasilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls - transboundary property, shared withItaly — 1980, 1990
*Vatican City — 1984Hungary (8)*
Budapest , including the Banks of theDanube , theBuda Castle Quarter, the Andrássy Avenue and the Millennium Underground — 1987, 2002
*Hollókő — 1987
*Caves of theAggtelek - transboundary property, shared withSlovakia — 1995
*Millenary Benedictine Monastery ofPannonhalma and its Natural Environment — 1996
*Hortobágy National Park — the "Puszta" — 1999
*Early ChristianNecropolis ofPécs (Sopianæ) — 2000
*Cultural Landscape of Lake Fertõ — transboundary property, shared withAustria — 2001
*Tokaj Wine Region Cultural Landscape — 2002Iceland (2)*
Þingvellir National Park — 2004
*Surtsey — 2008
= Ireland (2) =*Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (
Brú na Bóinne ) — 1993
*Skellig Michael — 1996Italy (43)*
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica — 1979
*Church and DominicanConvent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" byLeonardo da Vinci — 1980
*Historic Centre ofRome , the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights, andBasilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ; transboundary property, shared with theHoly See — 1980,1990
*Historic Centre ofFlorence — 1982
*Piazza del Duomo, Pisa — 1987, 2007
*Venice and itslagoon — 1987
*Historic Centre ofSan Gimignano — 1990
*TheSassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches ofMatera — 1993
*City ofVicenza and thePalladian Villas of the Veneto — 1994, 1996
*Crespi d'Adda — 1995
*Ferrara , City of theRenaissance , and its Po Delta — 1995, 1999
*Historic Centre ofNaples — 1993
*Historic Centre ofSiena — 1995
*Castel del Monte, Andria (Bari ) — 1994
*Early Christian Monuments ofRavenna — 1996
*Historic Centre of the City ofPienza — 1996
*The Trulli ofAlberobello — 1996
*18th Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, theAqueduct of Vanvitelli and the San Leucio Complex — 1997
*Archaeological Area ofAgrigento ,Sicily — 1997
*Archaeological Areas ofPompei ,Herculaneum andTorre Annunziata — 1997
*Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico di Padova),Padua — 1997
*Cathedral,Torre Civica andPiazza Grande ,Modena — 1997
*Amalfi Coast — 1997
*Portovenere ,Cinque Terre , and their Islands (Palmaria, Tino andTinetto ) — 1997
*Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (Turin and its province) — 1997
*Su Nuraxi di Barumini ,Sardinia — 1997
*Villa Romana del Casale ,Sicily — 1997
*Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica ofAquileia ,Friuli-Venezia Giulia — 1998
*Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archæological sites of Pæstum and Velia, and theCertosa di Padula — 1998
*Historic Centre ofUrbino — 1998
*Villa Adriana (Tivoli) — 1999
*Assisi , theBasilica of San Francesco d'Assisi and otherFranciscan Sites — 2000
*City ofVerona — 2000
*Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands ),Sicily — 2000
*Villa d'Este , Tivoli — 2001
*LateBaroque Towns of theVal di Noto (Eight towns in South-EasternSicily :Caltagirone ,Militello in Val di Catania ,Catania ,Modica ,Noto ,Palazzolo ,Ragusa andScicli ) — 2002
*Sacri Monti ofPiedmont andLombardy — 2003
*Etruscan Necropolises ofCerveteri andTarquinia — 2004
*Val d'Orcia — 2004
*Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica,Sicily — 2005
*Genoa :Le Strade Nuove and the system of thePalazzi dei Rolli — 2006
*Raetian Railway (shared with Switzerland) — 2008
*Mantua andSabbioneta — 2008Latvia (2)*Historic Centre of
Riga — 1997
*Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine — 1997Lithuania (4)*
Vilnius Historic Centre (Old Town) — 1994
*Curonian Spit — 2000
*Kernavė Archeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė) — 2004
*Struve Geodetic Arc — 2005Luxembourg (1)*City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications — 1994
Malta (3)*City of Valletta — 1980
*Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni — 1980
*Megalithic Temples of Malta :Ġgantija ,Ħaġar Qim ,Mnajdra , and Tarxien Temples — 1980, 1992Moldova (1)*
Struve Geodetic Arc - transboundary property, shared withBelarus ,Estonia ,Finland ,Latvia ,Lithuania ,Moldova ,Sweden ,the Russian Federation andUkraine — 2005Montenegro (2)*Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of
Kotor — 1979
*Durmitor National Park — 1980, 2005Netherlands (7)*
Schokland and Surroundings — 1995
*Defence Line of Amsterdam — 1996
*Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour — 1997, "located in the Netherlands Antilles"
*Mill Network atKinderdijk –Elshout — 1997
*Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) — 1998
*Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) — 1999
*Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House ) — 2000Norway (7)*
Bryggen — 1979
*Urnes Stave Church — 1980
*Røros — 1980
*Rock Drawings at Alta — 1985
*Vegaøyan — theVega Archipelago — 2004
*Struve Geodetic Arc - transboundary property, shared withBelarus ,Estonia ,Finland ,Latvia ,Lithuania ,Moldova ,Sweden ,the Russian Federation andUkraine — 2005
*West Norwegian Fjords -Geirangerfjord andNærøyfjord — 2005Poland (13)*
Kraków 's Historical Centre — 1978
*Wieliczka Salt Mine — 1978
*FormerNazi GermanConcentration Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau , nearOświęcim — 1979
*Białowieża Forest — transboundary property, shared with Belarus where it is known asBelovezhskaya Pushcha National Park — 1979, 1992
*Historical Centre ofWarsaw — 1980
*Old City ofZamość — 1992
*Castle of theTeutonic Order inMalbork — 1997
*Medieval Town ofToruń — 1997
*Kalwaria Zebrzydowska : theMannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park — 1999
*Churches of Peace inJawor andŚwidnica — 2001
*Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland — 2003
*Park Mużakowski on both sides of the Nysa River — transboundary property, shared with Germany where it is known asMuskauer Park — 2004
*Centennial Hall inWrocław — 2006Portugal (13)*Central Zone of the Town of
Angra do Heroísmo onTerceira Island ,Azores — 1983
*Convent of Christ inTomar — 1983
*Monastery of Batalha — 1983
*Monastery of the Hieronymites andBelém Tower inLisbon — 1983
*Historic Centre ofÉvora — 1986
*Monastery of Alcobaça — 1989
*Cultural Landscape ofSintra — 1995
*Historic Centre ofPorto — 1996
*Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in theCôa Valley — 1998
*Laurisilva forests ofMadeira — 1999
*Alto Douro Wine Region — 2001
*Historic Centre ofGuimarães — 2001
*Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture — 2004Romania (7)*
Danube Delta — 1991
*Churches of Moldavia (7) — 1993
*Monastery of Horezu — 1993
*Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania (7) — 1993, 1999
*Dacian Fortresses of the Orăştie Mountains (6) — 1999
*Historic Centre of Sighişoara — 1999
*Wooden Churches of Maramureş (8) — 1999Russia (23)*Architectural Ensemble of the
Trinity Sergius Lavra — 1993
*Church of theAscension inKolomenskoye — 1994
*Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings ofDerbent ,Dagestan — 2003, "located in Asia"
*Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands — 1992
*Curonian Spit — transboundary property, shared withLithuania — 2000
*Ensemble of theFerapontov Monastery — 2000
*Ensemble of theNovodevichy Convent — 2004
*Historic and Architectural Complex of theKazan Kremlin (including Qol-Sharif mosque and Orthodox cathedral),Tatarstan — 2000
*Historic Centre of St. Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments — includesTsarskoe Selo ,Peterhof ,Pavlovsk Palace ,Strelna ,Gatchina ,Oranienbaum ,Ropsha ,Pulkovo ,Shlisselburg ,Kronstadt — 1990
*Historic Centre of the City ofYaroslavl — 2005
*Historic Monuments ofNovgorod and Surroundings — 1992
*Kizhi Pogost ,Karelia — 1990
*Kremlin andRed Square ,Moscow — 1990
*Struve Geodetic Arc — transboundary property, shared withBelarus ,Estonia ,Finland ,Latvia ,Lithuania ,Moldova ,Norway ,Sweden andUkraine — 2005
*Virgin Komi Forests ,Komi — 1995
*Western Caucasus — 1999, "located in Asia"
*White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal — 1992
*CentralSikhote-Alin — 2001, "located in Asia"
*Golden Mountains of Altai ,Altai — 1998, "located in Asia"
*Lake Baikal ,Buryatia — 1998, "located in Asia"
*Natural System ofWrangel Island Reserve,Chukotka — 2004, "located in Asia"
*Uvs Nuur Basin,Tuva , shared withMongolia — 2003, "located in Asia"
*Volcano es of Kamchatka — 1996, "located in Asia"'San Marino (1)*
San Marino Historic Centre andMonte Titano — 2008Serbia (4)*Culturo-Historical Region of
Stari Ras andSopoćani Monastery — 1979
*Studenica monastery — 1986
*Medieval Monuments in Kosovo :Dečani Monastery ,Patriarchate of Peć ,Gračanica Monastery , andOur Lady of Ljeviš — 2004, 2006
*Gamzigrad-Romuliana — 2007Slovakia (7)*
Banská Štiavnica — 1993
*Spiš Castle and its Associated Cultural Monuments — 1993
*Vlkolínec — 1993
*Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst — transboundary property shared with Hungary — 1995, 2000
*Bardejov — 2000
*Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians — transboundary property shared with Ukraine — 2007
*Carpathian Wooden Churches — 2008Slovenia (1)*
Škocjan Caves — 1986Spain (40)*
Alhambra ,Generalife andAlbayzín ,Granada — 1984, 1994
*Burgos Cathedral — 1984
*Historic Centre of Córdoba — 1984, 1994
*Escorial Monastery and Site of theEl Escorial ,Madrid — 1984
*Works ofAntoni Gaudí — 1984, 2005
*Cantabrian Caves (Altamira,Santimamiñe ) — 1985, 2008
*Monuments ofOviedo and theKingdom of Asturias — 1985, 1998
*Old Town ofÁvila , with its Extra-Muros churches — 1985
*Old Town ofSegovia and itsAqueduct — 1985
*Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) — 1985
*Garajonay National Park (Canaries) — 1986
*Historic City of Toledo — 1986
*Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon — 1986, 2001
*Old Town of Cáceres — 1986
*Cathedral, Alcázar andArchivo de Indias inSeville — 1987
*Old City ofSalamanca — 1988
*Poblet Monastery — 1991
*Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida — 1993
*Route of Santiago de Compostela — 1993
*Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe — 1993
*Doñana National Park — 1994
*Historic Walled Town of Cuenca — 1996
*La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia — 1996
*Las Médulas — 1997
*Palau de la Música Catalana and theHospital de Sant Pau ,Barcelona — 1997
*Pyrénées :Mont Perdu — transboundary property, shared withFrance — 1997, 1999
*San MillánYuso and Suso Monasteries — 1997
*Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin on theIberian Peninsula — 1998
*University and Historic Precinct ofAlcalá de Henares — 1998
*Ibiza , Biodiversity and Culture — 1999
*San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Canaries) — 1999
*Archaeological Ensemble ofTarraco inTarragona — 2000
*Archaeological Site ofAtapuerca — 2000
*Catalan Romanesque Churches of theVall de Boí — 2000
*Palm tree forest ofElche — 2000
*Roman Walls ofLugo — 2000
*Aranjuez Cultural Landscape — 2001
*Renaissance Monumental Ensembles ofÚbeda andBaeza — 2003
*Vizcaya Bridge — 2006
*Teide National Park (Canaries) — 2007Sweden (14)*
Drottningholm Palace , Theatre — 1991
*Birka andHovgården (on the islandsBjörkö andAdelsö inMälaren nearStockholm ) — 1993
*Engelsberg Ironworks — 1993
*Rock carvings inTanumshede — 1994
*Skogskyrkogården (inStockholm ) — 1994
*Hanseatic town ofVisby — 1995
*Church Village ofGammelstad ,Luleå — 1996
*Laponian area ,Swedish Lapland — 1996
*Naval Port ofKarlskrona — 1998
*Agricultural Landscape of southernÖland — 2000
*High Coast andKvarken Archipelago — transboundary property, shared withFinland — 2000, 2006
*Mining Area of theGreat Copper Mountain inFalun — 2001
*Varberg Radio Station at Grimeton — 2004
*Struve Geodetic Arc — transboundary property, shared withBelarus ,Estonia ,Finland ,Latvia ,Lithuania ,Moldova ,Norway ,Sweden andUkraine — 2005Switzerland (9)*
Benedictine Convent of Saint John ("Claustra Son Jon") atMüstair — 1983
*Abbey of St. Gall — 1983
*Old City of Berne — 1983
*Tre Castelli with defensive wall and ramparts inBellinzona — 2000
*Mountain area ofJungfrau –Aletsch –Bietschhorn — 2001
*Monte San Giorgio — 2003
*Wine-growing area ofLavaux — 2007
*Sardona Tectonic Area — 2008
*Raetian Railway (shared with Italy) — 2008The
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1)*Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region — 1979, 1980
Turkey (9)"also listed under Asia"
*Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites ofCappadocia — 1985
*Great Mosque and Hospital ofDivriği — 1985
*Historic Areas ofIstanbul — 1985
*Hattusa — 1986
*Nemrut Dağı — 1987
*Hierapolis –Pamukkale — 1988
*Xanthos –Letoon — 1988
*City ofSafranbolu — 1994
*Archaeological Site ofTroy — 1998Ukraine (5)*Saint Sophia Cathedral — 1990
*Kiev Pechersk Lavra — 1990
*Old Town (Lviv) — 1998
*Struve Geodetic Arc — 1998
*Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians — 2007United Kingdom (33)Note: this list includes sites in the
British overseas territories
*Blaenavon SouthWales Industrial Landscape — 2000
*Blenheim Palace — 1987
*Canterbury Cathedral ,St Augustine's Abbey and St Martin's Church — 1988
*Castles and Town Walls of King Edward I in Gwynedd: Harlech, Beaumaris, Caernarfon and Conwy,Wales — 1986
*City of Bath — 1987
*Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape — 2006
*Derwent Valley Mills — 2001
*Durham Castle andDurham Cathedral — 1986
*Frontiers of the Roman Empire:Hadrian's Wall — 1987
*Heart of Neolithic Orkney ,Scotland — 1999
*Historic Town ofSt. George's, Bermuda — 2000
*Ironbridge Gorge — 1986
*Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City — 2004
*Maritime Greenwich — 1997
*New Lanark ,Scotland — 2001
*Old Town and New Town ofEdinburgh ,Scotland — 1995
*Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — 2003
*Saltaire — 2001
*Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites — 1986
*Studley Royal Park including the Ruins ofFountains Abbey — 1986
*Tower of London — 1988
*Westminster Abbey ,Palace of Westminster ,Westminster School and St. Margaret's Church — 1987
*St Kilda,Scotland — 1986
*Giant's Causeway ,Northern Ireland — 1986
*Gough and Inaccessible Island (Saint Helena ) — 1995
*Henderson Island (Pitcairn Islands ) — 1988
*Jurassic Coast — 2001External links
* [http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31 UNESCO World Heritage Centre] - Official site
* [http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&l=en&&&mode=table&order=region List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites] - Official site
* [http://www.vrheritage.org VRheritage.org] - documentation of World Heritage Sites
* [http://worldheritage-forum.net Worldheritage-Forum] - Information and Weblog on World Heritage Issues
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