List of World Heritage Sites in Europe and North America

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According to the World Heritage Lists of the UNESCO:

Albania[edit]

• Butrint
• Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra

Andorra[edit]

• Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley

Armenia[edit]

• Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots
• Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
• Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley

Austria[edit]

• City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg
• Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
• Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
• Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
• Historic Centre of Vienna
• Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
• Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
• Semmering Railway
• Wachau Cultural Landscape

Azerbaijan[edit]

• Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
• Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower

Belarus[edit]

• Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh
• Belovezhskaya Pushcha (Belarus) / Bialowieza Forest (Poland)
• Mir Castle Complex
• Struve Geodetic Arc

Belgium[edit]

• Belfries of Belgium and France
• Flemish Beguinages
• Historic Centre of Brugge
• Grand Place, Brussels
• Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
• Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)
• Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
• Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex
• Stoclet House
• The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut)

Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]

• Mehmed Paša Sokolovic Bridge in Višegrad
• Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar

Bulgaria[edit]

• Ancient City of Nessebar
• Boyana Church
• Madara Rider
• Pirin National Park
• Rila Monastery
• Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo
• Srebarna Nature Reserve
• Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
• Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari

Canada[edit]

• Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
• Dinosaur Provincial Park
• Gros Morne National Park
• Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
• Historic District of Old Québec
• Joggins Fossil Cliffs
• Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
• L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
• Miguasha National Park
• Nahanni National Park
• Old Town Lunenburg
• Rideau Canal
• SGang Gwaay
• Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
• Wood Buffalo National Park

Croatia[edit]

• Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Porec
• Historic City of Trogir
• Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
• Old City of Dubrovnik
• Plitvice Lakes National Park
• Stari Grad Plain
• The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik

Cyprus[edit]

• Choirokoitia
• Painted Churches in the Troodos Region
• Paphos

Czech Republic[edit]

• Gardens and Castle at Kromeríž
• Historic Centre of Ceský Krumlov
• Historic Centre of Prague
• Historic Centre of Telc
• Holašovice Historical Village Reservation
• Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc
• Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Trebíc
• Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec
• Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
• Litomyšl Castle
• Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora
• Tugendhat Villa in Brno

Denmark[edit]

• Ilulissat Icefjord
• Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
• Kronborg Castle
• Roskilde Cathedral

Estonia[edit]

• Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn
• Struve Geodetic Arc

Finland[edit]

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

France[edit]

• Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
• Amiens Cathedral
• Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
• Belfries of Belgium and France
• Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
• Bourges Cathedral
• Canal du Midi
• Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims
• Chartres Cathedral
• Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
• Episcopal City of Albi
• Fortifications of Vauban
• From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt
• Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
• Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
• Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
• Historic Site of Lyon
• Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
• Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems
• Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
• Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
• Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
• Palace and Park of Versailles
• Paris, Banks of the Seine river
• Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island
• Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy
• Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
• Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
• Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
• Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
• Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (lost Mountain)
• Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange
• Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
• Strasbourg – Grande île
• The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape
• The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
• Vézelay, Church and Hill

Georgia[edit]

• Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery
• Historical Monuments of Mtskheta
• Upper Svaneti

Germany[edit]

• Aachen Cathedral
• Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
• Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau
• Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
• Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
• Classical Weimar
• Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg
• Cologne Cathedral
• Fagus Factory in Alfeld
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire
• Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
• Hanseatic City of Lübeck
• Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
• Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
• Maulbronn Monastery Complex
• Messel Pit Fossil Site
• Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
• Monastic Island of Reichenau
• Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
• Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski
• Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
• Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
• Pilgrimage Church of Wies
• Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
• Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany
• Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
• Speyer Cathedral
• St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim
• The Wadden Sea
• Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
• Town of Bamberg
• Upper Middle Rhine Valley
• Völklingen Ironworks
• Wartburg Castle
• Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Squar
• Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen

Greece[edit]

• Acropolis, Athens
• Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina)
• Archaeological Site of Delphi
• Archaeological Site of Mystras
• Archaeological Site of Olympia
• Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
• Delos
• Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John
• Medieval City of Rhodes
• Meteora
• Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
• Mount Athos
• Old Town of Corfu
• Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki
• Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
• Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
• Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae

Holy See[edit]

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

Hungary[edit]

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

Iceland[edit]

• Surtsey
• Þingvellir National Park

Ireland[edit]

• Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne
• Skellig Michael

Israel[edit]

• Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee
• Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
• Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev
• Masada
• Old City of Acre
• White City of Tel-Aviv—the Modern Movement

Italy[edit]

• 18th century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex
• Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
• Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
• Archaeological Area of Agrigento
• Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
• Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
• Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
• Castel del Monte
• Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
• Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie
• Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
• City of Verona
• City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
• Costiera Amalfitana
• Crespi d'Adda
• Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
• Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
• Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
• Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli
• Historic Centre of Florence
• Historic Centre of Naples
• Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura 9
• Historic Centre of San Gimignano
• Historic Centre of Siena
• Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
• Historic Centre of Urbino
• Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
• Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
• Longobards in Italy. Places of the power (568-774 A.D.)
• Mantua and Sabbioneta
• Monte San Giorgio
• Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
• Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
• Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
• Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
• Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
• Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
• Su Nuraxi di Barumini
• Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
• The Trulli of Alberobello
• The Dolomites
• The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera
• Val d'Orcia
• Venice and its Lagoon
• Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
• Villa d'Este, Tivoli
• Villa Romana del Casale

Latvia[edit]

• Historic Centre of Riga
• Struve Geodetic Arc

Lithuania[edit]

• Curonian Spit
• Kernave Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernave)
• Struve Geodetic Arc
• Vilnius Historic Centre

Luxembourg[edit]

• City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications

Malta[edit]

• City of Valletta
• Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
• Megalithic Temples of Malta

Moldova[edit]

• Struve Geodetic Arc

Montenegro[edit]

• Durmitor National Park
• Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor

Netherlands[edit]

• Defence Line of Amsterdam
• Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)
• Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao
• Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)
• Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
• Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)
• Schokland and Surroundings
• Seventeenth century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
• The Wadden Sea

Norway[edit]

• Bryggen
• Rock Art of Alta
• Røros Mining Town and the Circumference
• Struve Geodetic Arc
• Urnes Stave Church
• Vegaøyan—The Vega Archipelago
• West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord

Poland[edit]

• Auschwitz Birkenau - former German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)
• Belovezhskaya Pushcha (Belarus) / Bialowieza Forest (Poland)
• Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork
• Centennial Hall in Wrocław
• Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica
• Kraków's Historic Centre
• Historic Centre of Warsaw
• Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park
• Medieval Town of Toruń
• Muskauer Park (Germany) / Park Muzakowski (Poland)
• Old City of Zamość
• Wieliczka Salt Mine
• Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland

Portugal[edit]

• Alto Douro Wine Region
• Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores
• Convent of Christ in Tomar
• Cultural Landscape of Sintra
• Historic Centre of Évora
• Historic Centre of Guimarães
• Historic Centre of Oporto
• Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
• Laurisilva of Madeira
• Monastery of Alcobaça
• Monastery of Batalha
• Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon
• Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde

Romania[edit]

• Churches of Moldavia
• Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
• Danube Delta
• Historic Centre of Sighisoara
• Monastery of Horezu
• Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
• Wooden Churches of Maramures

Russian Federation[edit]

• Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad
• Central Sikhote-Alin
• Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
• Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
• Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands
• Curonian Spit
• Ensemble of the Ferrapontov Monastery
• Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent
• Golden Mountains of Altai
• Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin
• Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
• Historic Monuments of Nizhny Novgorod and Surroundings
• Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl
• Kizhi Pogost
• Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
• Lake Baikal
• Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
• Putorana Plateau
• Struve Geodetic Arc
• Uvs Nuur Basin
• Virgin Komi Forests
• Volcanoes of Kamchatka
• Western Caucasus
• White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal

San Marino[edit]

• San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano

Serbia[edit]

• Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius
• Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
• Stari Ras and Sopocani
• Studenica Monastery

Slovakia[edit]

• Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve
• Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
• Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity
• Levoca, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments
• Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany
• Vlkolínec
• Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountains Area

Slovenia[edit]

• Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
• Škocjan Caves

Spain[edit]

• Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
• Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
• Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
• Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco
• Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
• Burgos Cathedral
• Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí
• Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
• Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
• Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana
• Doñana National Park
• Garajonay National Park
• Historic Centre of Cordoba
• Historic City of Toledo
• Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
• Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
• La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
• Las Médulas
• Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
• Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
• Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
• Old City of Salamanca
• Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches
• Old Town of Cáceres
• Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
• Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
• Palmeral of Elche
• Poblet Monastery
• Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
• Pyrénées - Monte Perdido (lost mountain)
• Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza
• Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
• Roman Walls of Lugo
• Route of Santiago de Compostela
• Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe
• San Cristóbal de La Laguna
• San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
• Santiago de Compostella (Old Town)
• Teide National Park
• Tower of Hercules
• University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares
• Vizcaya Bridge
• Works of Antoni Gaudí

Sweden[edit]

• Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland
• Birka and Hovgården
• Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå
• Engelsberg Ironworks
• Hanseatic Town of Visby
• High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
• Laponian Area
• Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
• Naval Port of Karlskrona
• Rock Carvings in Tanum
• Royal Domain of Drottningholm
• Skogskyrkogården
• Struve Geodetic Arc
• Varberg Radio Station

Switzerland[edit]

• Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair
• Convent of St Gall
• La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning
• Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
• Monte San Giorgio
• Old City of Bern
• Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
• Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
• Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
• Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
• Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona

Turkey[edit]

• Archaeological Site of Troy
• City of Safranbolu
• Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
• Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi
• Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
• Hierapolis-Pamukkale
• Historic Areas of Istanbul
• Nemrut Dag
• Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex
• Xanthos-Letoon

Ukraine[edit]

• Kiev: Saint Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
• L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre
• Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany
• Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans
• Struve Geodetic Arc

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland[edit]

• Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
• Blenheim Palace
• Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church
• Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
• City of Bath
• Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
• Derwent Valley Mills
• Dorset and East Devon Coast
• Durham Castle and Cathedral
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire
• Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
• Gough and Inaccessible Islands
• Heart of Neolithic Orkney
• Henderson Island
• Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda
• Ironbridge Gorge
• Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City
• Maritime Greenwich
• New Lanark
• Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
• Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Saltaire
• St Kilda
• Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
• Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey
• Tower of London
• Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church

United States of America[edit]

• Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• Chaco Culture
• Everglades National Park
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
• Independence Hall
• Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
• La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico
• Mammoth Cave National Park
• Mesa Verde National Park
• Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
• Olympic National Park
• Papahanaumokuakea
• Pueblo de Taos
• Redwood National and State Parks
• Statue of Liberty
• Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
• Yellowstone National Park
• Yosemite National Park

See also[edit]

• List of World Heritage Sites in Africa
• List of World Heritage Sites in Arab States
• List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and the Pacific
• List of World Heritage Sites in Latin America and the Caribbean