UNESCO World Heritage Sites

The following UNESCO World Heritage Sites have been covered so far:
Argentina
       Los Glaciares National Park - see Perito Moreno Glacier

       Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
Australia
       Greater Blue Mountains Area
       Sydney Opera House
Austria
       Historic Centre of Vienna - see Vienna in general
Azerbaijan
       Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape - see Gobustan in general
Bahrain
       Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
Belize 
       Barrier Reef Reserve System - Shark-Ray Alley and The Blue Hole
Bosnia
       Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
Cambodia
       Angkor
China
      Summer Palace
      Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang - see Beijing
      The Great Wall
      Temple of Heaven
Colombia
      Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena

      San Agustin Archaeological Park       
Cuba
      Trinidad and the Valle de los Ingenios
      Vinales Valley
Cyprus
       Paphos
Czech Republic
       Historic Centre of Prague - see Prague in general

Dominican Republic
       Colonial City of Santo Domingo
Egypt
       Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur - Giza Pyramids

       Old Cairo
France
       Mont St. Michel and it's Bay
Georgia
       Upper Svaneti - see Svaneti
Greece
      Delos
      Medieval City of Rhodes
Guatemala
      Antigua
      Tikal National Park
Haiti
     Citadelle, Sans-souci and Ramiers
Iceland
      Þingvellir National Park
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
      Meidan Emam, Esfahan - see Esfahan in general
      Persepolis
      Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan  - see Esfahan in general
Ireland
      Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne - see here
Italy
      City of Verona - see the Verona Arena

      Venice and its Lagoon
Jordan
      Petra
      Wadi Rum Protected Area
      **Jordan has also proposed Jerusalem, but as its ownership is disputed this has
      not been approved. However, the Dome of the Rock, is in Jerusalem
Kenya
      Lake Turkana National Parks
Korea, Republic of
      Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple - is a part of the Gyeong Ju page
      Gyeongju Historic Areas - can be seen here 
Latvia
       Historic Centre of Riga - see Riga in general
Lebanon
       Byblos

       Baalbek
Mexico
       Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza
Montenegro
       Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor
Morocco
       Medina of Fez - see Fes in general
       Medina of Marrakesh - see Marrakech in general
       Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) - see Essouira in general
       Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City (Old Medina): a Shared Heritage - also the Tour Hassan
       Roman city of Volubilis
Netherlands
       Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
New Zealand
       Te Waipounamu combines multiple National Parks on New Zealands Western Coast, 

         including the West coast glaciers and Fjordland, which includes Doubtful Sound and Milford Sound
Oman
       Land of Frankincense - the area of Salalah

Pakistan
        Taxila
Panama
        Archaeological Site of Panama Viejo and Historic District (Casco Vieja) of Panama
Peru
       Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
       Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana - Nazca Lines
       Historic center of Lima
Philippines
        Rice Terraces of the Philippines Cordilleras - see Banaue Rice Terraces
        Taal Volcano
Poland
        Cracow's Historic Centre - see Krakow in general
        Wieliczka Salt Mine
Romania

        Churches of Moldavia -- see Bucovina Painted Monasteries
Russian Federation
        Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
        Volcanoes of Kamchatka - see Kamchatka Peninsula
Saudi Arabia
        Al Hijr Archaeological Site (Meda'in Saleh)
South Africa
        Robben Island - see Cape Town in general
Spain
       Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
       Alcazar, Cathedral and Archivo de Indias in Seville
       Historic Centre of Cordoba - see the Mezquita
Sri Lanka
       Ancient City of Polonnoruwa

       Ancient City of Sigiriya
       Old town of Galle and its fortifications
       Golden Temple of Dambulla
Suriname

       Historic Inner City of Paramaribo
Syrian Arab Republic
       Site of Palmyra
       Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din
Tanzania, United Republic of
       Stone Town of Zanzibar
Thailand
         Historic City of Ayutthaya
Turkey
        Historic Areas of Istanbul - see Istanbul in general
Turkmenistan
        State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”
United Kingdom
   Bermuda
         Historic Town of Saint George's and related fortifications.
   England
         Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey and St. Martin's Church
         Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites 
         Roman Frontier - Hadrian's Wall
         Tower of London - see London in general
   Northern Ireland
         Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
   Scotland
         Neolithic heart of Orkney - Orkney Islands in general 
         Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
United States

         Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay (Glacier Bay National Park) / Tatshenshini-Alsek
Uzbekistan
          Samarkand– Crossroad of Cultures

          Historic Center of Shakhrisayabz
Viet Nam
          Ha Long Bay
Yemen
         Old City of Sana'a
Source: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list
"The World Heritage List includes 981 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value. These include 759 cultural, 193 natural and 29 mixed properties in 160 States Parties. As of September 2012, 190 States Parties have ratified the World Heritage Convention."

1 comment:

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