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UNESCO World Heritage List

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A UNESCO World Heritage Site [1] is a site that has been nominated for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's international World Heritage program. The program aims to catalogue and preserve sites of outstanding importance, either cultural or natural, to the common heritage of humankind. See also UNESCO Creative Cities, describing a recently instituted program recognizing entire cities with some similar characteristics.

[edit] Africa

[edit] Algeria

[edit] Benin

[edit] Botswana

[edit] Cameroon

[edit] Central African Republic

[edit] Côte d'Ivoire

[edit] Democratic Republic of the Congo

[edit] Egypt

[edit] Ethiopia

[edit] Gambia

[edit] Ghana

[edit] Guinea

  • Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

[edit] Kenya

[edit] Libya

[edit] Madagascar

[edit] Malawi

[edit] Mali

  • Timbuktu
  • Old Towns of Djenné
  • Tomb of Askia in Gao
  • Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)

[edit] Mauritania

[edit] Mauritius

[edit] Morocco

[edit] Mozambique

[edit] Niger

  • Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
  • W National Park

[edit] Nigeria

  • Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
  • Sukur Cultural Landscape

[edit] Senegal

[edit] Seychelles

  • Aldabra Atoll
  • Vallee de Mai Nature Reserve

[edit] South Africa

[edit] Sudan

  • Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region

[edit] Tanzania

[edit] Togo

[edit] Tunisia

[edit] Uganda

[edit] Zambia

[edit] Zimbabwe

[edit] Americas

[edit] Argentina

[edit] Belize

[edit] Bolivia

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Canada

[edit] Chile

[edit] Colombia

[edit] Costa Rica

[edit] Cuba

[edit] Dominica

[edit] Dominican Republic

[edit] Ecuador

[edit] El Salvador

[edit] Guatemala

[edit] Haiti

  • National History Park - Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers

[edit] Honduras

[edit] Mexico

[edit] Nicaragua

[edit] Panama

[edit] Paraguay

  • Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Parana and Jesus de Tavarangue near Encarnacion

[edit] Peru

[edit] Saint Kitts and Nevis

[edit] Saint Lucia

  • Pitons Management Area

[edit] Suriname

  • Central Suriname Nature Reserve
  • Historic Inner City of Paramaribo

[edit] United States of America

[edit] Uruguay

[edit] Venezuela

[edit] Asia

[edit] Afghanistan

  • Minaret and archaeological remains of Jam
  • Cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley: Bamiyan Cliff including niches of the 38 meter Buddha, seated Buddhas, 55 meter Buddha and surrounding caves | Kakrak Valley caves including the niche of the standing Buddha | Qoul-I Akram Caves in the Fuladi Valley | Kalai Ghamai Caves in the Fuladi Valley | Shahr-i-Zuhak | Qallay Kaphari A | Qallay Kaphari B | Shahr-i-Ghulghulah

[edit] Armenia

[edit] Azerbaijan

  • The Walled city of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower

[edit] Bahrain

  • Qal'at al-Bahrain - Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun

[edit] Bangladesh

[edit] Cambodia

[edit] China

[edit] Georgia

[edit] India

[edit] Indonesia

[edit] Iran

[edit] Iraq

[edit] Israel

[edit] Japan

[edit] Jordan

[edit] Kazakhstan

  • The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
  • Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly

[edit] Korea, North

[edit] Korea, South

[edit] Laos

[edit] Lebanon

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] Mongolia

[edit] Nepal

[edit] Oman

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] Philippines

[edit] Sri Lanka

[edit] Syria

[edit] Thailand

[edit] Turkey

[edit] Turkmenistan

  • Kunya-Urgench
  • State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv"

[edit] Uzbekistan

[edit] Vietnam

[edit] Yemen

[edit] Australasia and Oceania

[edit] Australia

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Pitcairn Islands

[edit] Solomon Islands

[edit] Europe

[edit] Albania

[edit] Andorra

  • Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley

[edit] Austria

[edit] Belarus

[edit] Belgium

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar

[edit] Bulgaria

[edit] Croatia

[edit] Cyprus

  • Paphos
  • Painted churches in the Troodos region: Church of Ayios Nikolaos (St. Nicholas) tis Steyis, Kakopetria | Ayios Ionannis (St. John) Lambadhistis Monastery, Kalopanayiotis | Church of Panayia (the Virgin) Phorviotissa (Asinou), Nikitart | Church of Panayia (the Virgin) tou Arakou, Lagoudhera | Church of Panayia (the Virgin), Moutoullas | Church of Archangelos Michael (Archangel Michael), Pedhoulas | Church of Timios Stavros (Holy Cross), Pelendria | Church of Panayia (the Virgin) Podhithou, Galata | Church of Stavros (Holy Cross) Ayiasmati, Platanistasa | Church of Ayia Sotira (of the transfiguration of the Savior) tou Soteros, Palaichori
  • Choirokoitia

[edit] Czech Republic

[edit] Denmark

[edit] Estonia

  • Historic centre (old town) of Tallinn
  • Struve Geodetic Arc

[edit] Finland

[edit] France

[edit] Germany

[edit] Greece

  • Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
  • Archaeological Site of Delphi
  • Acropolis, Athens
  • Mount Athos
  • Meteora
  • Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki
  • Archaeological Site of Epidaurus
  • Medieval City of Rhodes
  • Mystras, Sparta
  • Archaeological Site of Olympia
  • Delos, Cyclades
  • Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas and Nea Moni of Chios
  • Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
  • Archaeological Site of Vergina
  • Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns, Corinth
  • Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos

[edit] Hungary

[edit] Iceland

[edit] Ireland

[edit] Italy

[edit] Latvia

  • Historic Centre of Riga
  • Struve Geodetic Arc

[edit] Lithuania

[edit] Luxembourg

  • City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications

[edit] Malta

[edit] Moldova

  • Struve Geodetic Arc

[edit] Montenegro

[edit] The Netherlands

[edit] Norway

[edit] Poland

  • Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork

[edit] Portugal

[edit] Republic of Macedonia

  • Ohrid Region with its Cultural and Historic Aspect and its Natural Environment

[edit] Romania

[edit] Russia

[edit] Serbia

[edit] Slovakia

[edit] Slovenia

[edit] Spain

[edit] Sweden

[edit] Switzerland

[edit] Ukraine

  • Kiev: Saint Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
  • Lviv - the Ensemble of the Historic Center
  • Struve Geodetic Arc

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] Vatican City

  • The Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights
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