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parts of the cultural or natural heritage are of out-
standing interest and therefore need to be preserved as
part of the world heritage of humankind as a whole.
[with] the magnitude and gravity of the new dan-
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bent on the international community as a whole to
The 16th-century stone arches of the Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque participate in the protection of the cultural and natural
march across Mexicos hills, connecting, canals and cisterns in an heritage of outstanding universal value
engineering marvel. Combining local techniques and materials with
the European tradition of Roman hydraulics, the aqueduct brought
water to numerous villages.
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forming part of the cultural heritage and natural Humans have lived in Lop-Okanda, in Gabons River Ogoou val- 2 3 Ruins of stone colonnades and temples reveal the history of Palmyra as
heritage... which it considers as having outstanding ley, for 400,000 years. Some 1,800 well-preserved petroglyphs a crossroads of the Greek, Mesopotamian, Persian and Roman civiliza-
universal value... provide evidence of Bantu migration through the valley. Rich in tions. From a caravan oasis in the desert, the Syrian city grew into a 1
wildlife including elephants and mandrills the park also cultural centre of the ancient world and linked traders from Persia, India,
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From May to December, endangered southern right whales find plentiful food and a safe haven for Virunga, Africas first national park, spans snowy mountains, savannahs, swamps and In northern Sicily, ornate 12th-century churches and palaces Spanning thousands of years, from 12,000 B.C. to A.D. 100, the cave paintings of In Uzbekistan, the glittering dome of Bibi-Khanum Mosque is a monument to the For tens of thousands of years the Aboriginal people have managed Uluru
mating and calving in the waters around Argentinas Pennsula Valds. Cliffs 100 metres high help to lowland forests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A quarter of the worlds critically demonstrate the blending of Western, Byzantine and Islamic Tadrart Acacus cover the mountain walls in Libyas rocky desert landscape. In the art- empire of Timur, conqueror of Central Asia in the 14th and 15th centuries. His capi- and Kata Tjuta, the heart of central Australias red desert landscape. Today
protect other animals including sea lions, Magellanic penguins and elephant seals that breed endangered mountain gorillas and more than 100,000 people depend on the park for artistry under Norman rule. The tiny Church of San Cataldo, with work the men and women of antiquity dance, hunt and engage in daily rituals, reveal- tal, Samarkand, was a multicultural oasis city that welcomed Silk Road traders and they continue that work to keep culture and country strong, to honour
and make their homes on the beaches. survival in a region often torn by violence. its distinctive red domes and geometric mosaics, brings together ing clues to the evolution of plant, animal and human life in North Africa. became a centre of Islamic scholarship and culture by the 8th century A.D. the spirit of their ancestors and pass traditions on to the next generation.
design traditions from all three cultures.
 CONGO 1987 r Vzelay, Church and Hill GUINEA-BISSAU 2006 NIGER 1974 w Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania 2* University and Historic Precinct of Alcal de Henares AC Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland
AA Sangha Trinational t Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vzre q Air and Tnr Natural Reserves e Monastery of Horezu 2( Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture and Ukraine
Valley GUYANA 1977 w W National Park of Niger r Churches of Moldavia 3) San Cristbal de La Laguna
COOK ISLANDS 2009 y Palace and Park of Fontainebleau e Historic Centre of Agadez t Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains x Archaeological Ensemble of Trraco UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2001
u Amiens Cathedral HAITI 1980 y Historic Centre of Sighisoara 3@ Palmeral of Elche q Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud
COSTA RICA 1977 i Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the q National History Park Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers NIGERIA 1974 u Wooden Churches of Maramures 3# Roman Walls of Lugo and Oases Areas)
q Cocos Island National Park Triumphal Arch of Orange q Sukur Cultural Landscape 3$ Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Bo
w Area de Conservacin Guanacaste HOLY SEE 1982 w Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1988 UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
o Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments q Vatican City 3% Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
e Precolumbian Chiefdom settlements with Stone p Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay q Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related 3^ Aranjuez Cultural Landscape NORTHERN IRELAND 1984
Spheres of the Diqus C Historic Centre of Rome NIUE 2001 Groups of Monuments q Giants Causeway and Causeway Coast
a From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the 3& Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of beda and
F Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad w Kizhi Pogost w Durham Castle and Cathedral
National Park
Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of HONDURAS 1979 NORWAY 1977 Baeza
Open-Pan Salt q Maya Site of Copan q Urnes Stave Church e Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow 3* Vizcaya Bridge e Ironbridge Gorge
s Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrire and Place w Ro Pltano Biosphere Reserve r Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings 3( Teide National Park r Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains
CTE DIVOIRE 1981 w Bryggen
t Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Abbey
q Ta National Park dAlliance in Nancy e Rros Mining Town and the Circumference 4) Tower of Hercules
w Como National Park d Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe HUNGARY 1985 r Rock Art of Alta Islands 4! Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana t Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
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United Nations World CROATIA 1992 h Strasbourg Grande le e Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its u Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site
i Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye Z Heritage of Mercury. Almadn and Idrija o City of Bath
Educational, Scientic and
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Convention q Old City of Dubrovnik j Paris, Banks of the Seine Natural Environment T Struve Geodetic Arc
o Virgin Komi Forests p Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey
w Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of k Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi r Hortobgy National Park the Puszta p Lake Baikal SRI LANKA 1980 including Saint Margarets Church
Diocletian and Palace of Tau, Reims t Early Christian Necropolis of Pcs (Sopianae) OMAN 1981 a Volcanoes of Kamchatka q Sacred City of Anuradhapura a Henderson Island
he United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural e Plitvice Lakes National Park l Bourges Cathedral y Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape q Bahla Fort s Golden Mountains of Altai w Ancient City of Polonnaruwa s Tower of London
r Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the ; Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal I Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst w Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn d Western Caucasus e Ancient City of Sigiriya d Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustines Abbey and
Organization (UNESCO) works with countries around Historic Centre of Porec Ensemble and Avignon Bridge P Fert / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape e Land of Frankincense f Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan r Sinharaja Forest Reserve St Martins Church
Kremlin t Sacred City of Kandy f Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
the world to identify and protect cultural and natural t Historic City of Trogir z Canal du Midi
ICELAND 1995
Viales Valley, Cuba Patrick Escudero / Hemis / Corbis r Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman
g Ensemble of Ferapontov Monastery y Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications g Gough and Inaccessible Islands
y Cathedral of St James in Sibenik 2@ Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne MADAGASCAR 1983
places that merit recognition as part of the common Historic Site of Lyons q l)ingvellir National Park z Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and PAKISTAN 1976 h Central Sikhote-Alin u Golden Temple of Dambulla h Maritime Greenwich
u Stari Grad Plain 2# q Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
2$ Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France w Surtsey Torre Annunziata q Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro j Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent i Central Highlands of Sri Lanka j Heart of Neolithic Orkney
heritage of humankind. UNESCO adopted the Convention CUBA 1981 2% Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion 2@ Villa Romana del Casale w Royal Hill of Ambohimanga w Taxila k Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent
Old Havana and its Fortification System INDIA 1977 2# Su Nuraxi di Barumini e Rainforests of the Atsinanana e Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring l Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural q
Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
2^ Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes q Ajanta Caves 2$ Portovenere, Cinque Terre and the Islands (Palmaria, City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol ; Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl
w 2& Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs w Ellora Caves MALAWI 1982
Heritage in 1972. Since then, 191 countries have ratified the e San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba 2* Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret e Agra Fort
Tino and Tinetto) q Lake Malawi National Park r Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta z Putorana Plateau
r Desembarco del Granma National Park 2( Bordeaux, Port of the Moon 2% Costiera Amalfitana w Chongoni Rock-Art Area t Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore 2@ Lena Pillars Nature Park
treaty, and at present 1031 properties are inscribed on the t Viales Valley 3) Fortifications of Vauban
r Taj Mahal 2^ Archaeological Area of Agrigento y Rohtas Fort 2# Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex
t Sun Temple, Konrak
List 802 of which are cultural, 197 natural and 32 mixed y Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee 3! Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and 2& Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of MALAYSIA 1988 N Curonian Spit
y Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Aquileia PALAU 2002 Uvs Nuur Basin
Plantations in the South-East of Cuba Associated Ecosystems q Kinabalu Park R
(a combination of the two). They are noted here in alphabetical u Kaziranga National Park Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the 1 Rock Islands Southern Lagoon Struve Geodetic Arc
u Alejandro de Humboldt National Park 3@ Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island 2* w Gunung Mulu National Park T
Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal i Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Archaeological Sites of Paestum and Velia and the
i Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos 3# Episcopal City of Albi e Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the PALESTINE 2011
order by country and in the order they were listed. Jon Arnold / JAI / Corbis o Historic Centre of Camagey 3$ The Causses and the Cvennes, Mediterranean
o Keoladeo National Park Certosa de Padula Straits of Malacca RWANDA 2000
p Churches and Convents of Goa 1 Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the
agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape 2( Historic Centre of Urbino r Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley
CYPRUS 1975 a Khajuraho Group of Monuments 3) Villa Adriana (Tivoli) Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 1986
3% Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin Group of Monuments at Hampi 2 Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines Cultural q Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
BANGLADESH 1983 CANADA 1976 q Paphos s x City of Verona MALDIVES 1986
KEY q Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat q LAnse aux Meadows National Historic Site w Painted Churches in the Troodos Region
3^ Decorated Cave of Pont dArc, known as Grotte d Fatehpur Sikri 3@ Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir
q Cultural property Chauvet-Pont dArc, Ardche f Group of Monuments at Pattadakal MALI 1977 SAINT LUCIA 1991
w Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur w Nahanni National Park e Choirokoitia 3& The Climats, Terroirs of Burgundy 3# Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and other PANAMA 1978
q Natural property e The Sundarbans e Dinosaur Provincial Park g Elephanta Caves q Old Towns of Djenn q Pitons Management Area
3* Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars Franciscan Sites 1 Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama:
q Mixed property (cultural and natural) r SG_ang Gwaay CZECH REPUBLIC 1993 h Great Living Chola Temples Villa dEste, Tivoli 2 Timbuktu
A Transnational property BARBADOS 2002 q Historic Centre of Prague K Pyrnes Mount Perdu j Sundarbans National Park
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e Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) Portobelo-San Lorenzo SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 2003
t Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump M Belfries of Belgium and France 3% Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern w Darien National Park
(Thirty-one properties are nominated and q Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison Wood Buffalo National Park w Historic Centre of Cesky Krumlov k Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks 4 Tomb of Askia
managed by more than one State Party)
y Y Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps Sicily) e Archaeological Site of Panam Viejo and Historic SAMOA 2001
u Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks e Historic Centre of Telc l Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi 3^ Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
q Property in danger BELARUS 1988 Historic District of Old Qubec r Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelen ; Humayuns Tomb, Delhi _ 1978
MALTA District of Panam
SAN MARINO 1991
q Mir Castle Complex
i GABON 1986 3& Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia q Hal Saflieni Hypogeum r Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine
1979 Year in which each of the 191 o Gros Morne National Park Hora q Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lop- z Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi 3* Val dOrcia q San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano
w Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the t Kutn Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of 2@ Mountain Railways of India w City of Valletta Protection
States Parties adhered to the p Old Town Lunenburg Okanda 3( Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica F Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves /
Radziwill Family at Nesvizh a Miguasha National Park St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sedlec 2# Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya e Megalithic Temples of Malta SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 2006
World Heritage Convention A Biaowieza Forest 4) Genoa: The Strade Nuove and the system of the La Amistad National Park
Rideau Canal y Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape GAMBIA 1987 2$ Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
T Struve Geodetic Arc
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u Holasovice Historical Village 2% Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
Palazzi dei Rolli MARSHALL ISLANDS 2002 SAUDI ARABIA 1978
A variety of dangers due to natural causes or human d Joggins Fossil Cliffs q Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites 4! Mantua and Sabbioneta q Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1997 Old Towns of Djenn, Mali Gavin Hellier / Alamy Stock Photo
i Gardens and Castle at Kromerz U Stone Circles of Senegambia 2^ Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria q Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madin Slih)
intervention are constantly threatening World Heritage. BELGIUM 1996 f Landscape of Grand Pr 4@ The Dolomites q Kuk Early Agricultural Site w At-Turaif District in ad-Diriyah
As a result, 48 properties (in bold on the list) are currently o Litomysl Castle Terminus) Station The Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568- MAURITANIA 1981 SUDAN 1974 k Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications,
q La Grand-Place, Brussels GEORGIA 1992
4# e Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah
inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger and are 2& Red Fort Complex 774 A.D.) q Banc dArguin National Park PARAGUAY 1988 q Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region Bermuda
w Flemish Bguinages q Historical Monuments of Mtskheta r Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia
thus entitled to particular attention and emergency 2* Jantar Mantar, Jaipur Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany w Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and q Jesuit Missions of La Santsima Trinidad de Paran w Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
e The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their w Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery
4$ l
conservation action. 2( Western Ghats Mount Etna Oualata and Jess de Tavarangue SENEGAL 1976 Dorset and East Devon Coast
Environs, La Louvire and Le Roeulx (Hainault) e Upper Svaneti
4%
SURINAME 1997 ;
3) Hill Forts of Rajasthan The Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero Island of Gore Derwent Valley Mills
r Historic Centre of Brugge 4^
PERU 1982 q z
t Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta
x Rani-ki-Vav (the Queens Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat and Monferrato MAURITIUS 1995 Niokolo-Koba National Park
q Central Suriname Nature Reserve
New Lanark
AFGHANISTAN 1979 GERMANY 1976 3@ Great Himalayan National Park q Aapravasi Ghat q City of Cuzco 2 w Historic Inner City of Paramaribo
2@
(Brussels) q Aachen Cathedral 4& Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of e Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary 2# Saltaire
q Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam Cefal and Monreale w Le Morne Cultural Landscape w Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
y Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) w Speyer Cathedral INDONESIA 1989 Chavin (Archaeological Site) r Island of Saint-Louis SWAZILAND 2005 2$
w Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of Historic Centre of Rome e
Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City
u Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai e Wrzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and q Borobudur Temple Compounds C MEXICO 1984 Huascarn National Park t Saloum Delta 25
the Bamiyan Valley Monte San Giorgio r
SWEDEN 1985 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
i Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex Residence Square w Ujung Kulon National Park Q q Sian Kaan t Chan Chan Archaeological Zone y Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural 2^
ALBANIA 1989 o Stoclet House r Pilgrimage Church of Wies e Komodo National Park W Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscape w Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque Landscapes q Royal Domain of Drottningholm 2& Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps y Man National Park The Forth Bridge
q Butrint p Major Mining Sites of Wallonia t Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brhl r Prambanan Temple Compounds Y e Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco U Stone Circles of Senegambia w Birka and Hovgrden 2*
u Historic Centre of Lima Frontiers of the Roman Empire
w Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra M Belfries of Belgium and France y St Marys Cathedral and St Michaels Church at t Sangiran Early Man Site r Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan e Engelsberg Ironworks G
JAMAICA 1983 i Ro Abiseo National Park SERBIA 2001
Hildesheim y Lorentz National Park t Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of r Rock Carvings in Tanum
BELIZE 1990 q Blue and John Crow Mountains o Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana Stari Ras and Sopocani UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 1977
ALGERIA 1974 u Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church u Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra Monte Albn p Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa
q t Skogskyrkogrden
q Al Qala of Beni Hammad q Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System w Studenica Monastery y Hanseatic Town of Visby q Ngorongoro Conservation Area
of Our Lady in Trier i Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System JAPAN 1992 y Historic Centre of Puebla a Sacred City of Caral-Supe Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
w Tassili nAjjer Hanseatic City of Lbeck 3 Medieval Monuments in Kosovo u Laponian Area w
BENIN 1982 i as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy q Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area u Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines AD Qhapac an, Andean Road System r Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius e Serengeti National Park
e MZab Valley o Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin Himeji-jo i Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza i Church Town of Gammelstad, Lule
q Royal Palaces of Abomey w 4 Selous Game Reserve
r Djmila p Abbey and Altenmnster of Lorsch IRAN (Islamic Republic of) 1975 e Yakushima o Historic Centre of Morelia PHILIPPINES 1985 SEYCHELLES 1980
o Naval Port of Karlskrona
t Tipasa Tchogha Zanbil p Agricultural Landscape of Southern land t Kilimanjaro National Park
BHUTAN 2001 a Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and q r Shirakami-Sanchi p El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City q Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park q Aldabra Atoll y Stone Town of Zanzibar
y Timgad Upper Harz Water Management System w Persepolis Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and a Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino w Baroque Churches of the Philippines a Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
t w Valle de Mai Nature Reserve u Kondoa Rock-Art Sites
u Kasbah of Algiers BOLIVIA (Plurinational State of) 1976 s Town of Bamberg e Meidan Emam, Esfahan Otsu Cities) s Historic Centre of Zacatecas e Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras s Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg
q City of Potos Maulbronn Monastery Complex r Takht-e Soleyman Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park SIERRA LEONE 2005 d Decorated Farmhouses of Hlsingland
ANDORRA 1997
d y Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama d Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco r
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1973
w Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos f Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg t Pasargadae u Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) f Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of t Historic Town of Vigan O
q Mesa Verde National Park
q Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley e Historic City of Sucre Vlklingen Ironworks y Bam and its Cultural Landscape SINGAPORE 2012 T Struve Geodetic Arc
g i Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Popocatepetl y Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary w Yellowstone National Park
r Fuerte de Samaipata h Messel Pit Fossil Site u Soltaniyeh Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal q Singapore Botanic Gardens
ANGOLA 1991 Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage, Morocco Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Corbis o Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara g
POLAND 1976 SWITZERLAND 1975 e Grand Canyon National Park
t Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the j Cologne Cathedral i Bisotun p Shrines and Temples of Nikko h Historic Monuments Zone of Quertaro r Everglades National Park
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1983 Tiwanaku Culture Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau o Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran q Historic Centre of Krakw SLOVAKIA 1993 q Abbey of St Gall
g Red Bay Basque Whaling Station p Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc k a Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the j Hospicio Cabaas, Guadalajara q Vlkolnec w Benedictine Convent of St John at Mstair t Independence Hall
y Noel Kempff Mercado National Park l Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg p Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System Kingdom of Ryukyu k Archaeological Zone of Paquim, Casas Grandes w Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
B Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / a Tugendhat Villa in Brno w Historic Town of Bansk
Stiavnica and the Technical e Old City of Berne y Redwood National Park
ARGENTINA 1978 AD Qhapac an, Andean Road System
s Jewish Quarter and St Procopius Basilica in Trebc ; Classical Weimar a Sheikh Safi al-din Khanegah and Shrine Ensemble s Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii l Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan e Auschwitz Birkenau
u Mammoth Cave National Park
q Los Glaciares National Park Tatshenshini-Alsek in Ardabil German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Monuments in its Vicinity r Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the
z Wartburg Castle Mountain Range ; Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco i Olympic National Park
w Iguazu National Park BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1993 J Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
DEM. PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA 1998 2@ Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin s Tabriz Historical Bazaar Complex z Historic Fortified Town of Campeche (1940-1945) e Levoca, Spissky Hrad and the Associated Cultural Market-Town of Bellinzona
q Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar d Shiretoko Monuments t Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch o Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
e Pennsula Valds q Complex of Koguryo Tombs 2# Monastic Island of Reichenau d The Persian Garden Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of r Historic Centre of Warsaw
r Cueva de las Manos, Ro Pinturas w Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic Bridge in Visegrad CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1980 f Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape 2@
Old City of Zamosc r Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve y Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces p Great Smoky Mountains National Park
q Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park w Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong 2$ Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wrlitz f Gonbad-e Qabus g Ogasawara Islands Calakmul, Campeche t
a La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in
t Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks g Masjed-e Jam of Isfahan y Medieval Town of Torun t Wooden Churches of the Slovak Part of the u Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
BOTSWANA 1998 AA Sangha Trinational 2% Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen h Hiraizumi Temples, Gardens and Archaeological 2# Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Quertaro Puerto Rico
y Jesuit Block and Estancias of Crdoba DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 1974 1^ Golestan Palace u Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork Carpathian Mountain Area i La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town
q Tsodilo 2^ Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land 2$ Luis Barragn House and Studio s Statue of Liberty
u Quebrada de Humahuaca Virunga National Park Shahr-i Sokhta Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural I Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst Planning
w Okavango Delta CHAD 1999 q 2& Upper Middle Rhine Valley j 1& Fujisan, Sacred Place and Source of Artistic 2% Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California i
V Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Q Monte San Giorgio d Yosemite National Park
E Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis q Lakes of Ounianga w Garamba National Park 2* Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen k Susa Inspiration 2^ Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park f Chaco Culture
AD Qhapac an, Andean Road System e Kahuzi-Biega National Park l Cultural Landscape ofMaymand o Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica Ancient Beech Forests of Germany W Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscape
BRAZIL 1977 2( Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof k Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites Tequila Y Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps g Monticello and the University of Virginia in
q Historic Town of Ouro Preto CHILE 1980 r Salonga National Park 3) Berlin Modernism Housing Estates l Sites of Japans Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and 2& Central University City Campus of the Universidad p Wooden Churches of Southern Maopolska Charlottesville
ARMENIA 1993 q Rapa Nui National Park t Okapi Wildlife Reserve Fagus Factory in Alfeld IRAQ 1974
q Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin w Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda 3!
q Hatra Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining Nacional Autnoma de Mxico (UNAM) SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 1975 h Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
e Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia w Churches of Chilo 3@ Margravial Opera House Bayreuth 2* Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of 1 Ancient City of Damascus j Taos Pueblo
w Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the e Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaso DENMARK 1979 Bergpark Wilhelmshhe w Ashur (Qalat Sherqat) JERUSALEM
Archaeological Site of Zvartnots r Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Congonhas q Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
3#
e Samarra Archaeological City
(Site proposed by Jordan) Jess Nazareno de Atotonilco w Ancient City of Bosra k Carlsbad Caverns National Park
t Iguau National Park r Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works 3$ Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey q Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls 2( Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 3 Site of Palmyra 1( Papahanaumokuakea
e Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley t Sewell Mining Town w Roskilde Cathedral Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus r Erbil Citadel
y Brasilia 3% 3) Camino Real de Tierra Adentro 4 Ancient City of Aleppo ; Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point
AD Qhapac an, Andean Road System e Kronborg Castle Frontiers of the Roman Empire JORDAN 1975
AUSTRALIA 1974 u Serra da Capivara National Park G IRELAND 1991 3! Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central 5 Crac des Chevaliers and Qalat Salah El-Din z San Antonio Missions
r Ilulissat Icefjord Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski q Petra
q Kakadu National Park i Historic Centre of So Lus CHINA 1985 t Stevns Klint
S q Br na Binne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend Valley of Oaxaca 6 Ancient Villages of Northern Syria B Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay /
Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves V Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the w Quseir Amra 3@ El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere
w Great Barrier Reef o q Mount Taishan y Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement of the Boyne Tatshenshini-Alsek
Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves Ancient Beech Forests of Germany e Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefaa) Reserve TAJIKISTAN 1992
e Willandra Lakes Region p w The Great Wall u The Par Force Hunting Landscape in North Zealand w Sceilg Mhichl J Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
a Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina X Wadden Sea r Wadi Rum Protected Area 3# Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System q Proto-urban Site of Sarazm
r Tasmanian Wilderness e Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in X Wadden Sea Baptism Site Bethany Beyond the Jordan
t Lord Howe Island Group s Central Amazon Conservation Complex Y Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps ISRAEL 1999 t w Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs) URUGUAY 1989
Beijing and Shenyang (Al-Maghtas) MICRONESIA (Fed. States of) 2002 q Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento
y Gondwana Rainforests of Australia d Pantanal Conservation Area Mogao Caves DJIBOUTI 2007 q Masada
f Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and
r GHANA 1975 w Old City of Acre THAILAND 1987 w Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape
u Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park t Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor q Forts and Castles, Volta Greater Accra, Central and KAZAKHSTAN 1994 MONACO 1978 q Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic
i Wet Tropics ofQueensland Emas National Parks Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian DOMINICA 1995 e White City of Tel-Aviv the Modern Movement
g Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and
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q Morne Trois Pitons National Park Western Regions Biblical Tels Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba q Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Towns UZBEKISTAN 1993
o Shark Bay, Western Australia u Mount Huangshan w Asante Traditional Buildings
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w Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of MONGOLIA 1990 w Historic City of Ayutthaya q Itchan Kala
p Fraser Island Atol das Rocas Reserves Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area t Incense Route Desert Cities in the Negev q Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
i DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1985 y Bahi Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee Tamgaly e Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries w Historic Centre of Bukhara
o Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area q Colonial City of Santo Domingo GREECE 1981 e Saryarka Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan w Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai r Ban Chiang Archaeological Site e Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz
p Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area q Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae u Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal e Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding
Mearot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves AE Silk Roads: Initial Section of the Silk Roads, the t Dong PhayayenKhao Yai Forest Complex r Samarkand Crossroad of Cultures
a Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde ECUADOR 1975 w Archaeological Site of Delphi Routes Network of the Tian-shan Corridor sacred landscape
Acropolis, Athens i Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean R Uvs Nuur Basin TOGO 1998 VANUATU 2002
s Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong q Galpagos Islands e
Family Mansion in Qufu Mount Athos Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves KENYA 1991 q Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba q Chief Roi Matas Domain
w City of Quito r
d Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains e Sangay National Park t Meteora o Necropolis of Bet Shearim: A Landmark of Jewish q Mount Kenya National Park / Natural Forest MONTENEGRO 2006
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Renewal Lake Turkana National Parks q Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor TONGA 2004 VENEZUELA 1990
f r Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ros de Cuenca y w
Lushan National Park Thessalonika Lamu Old Town w Durmitor National Park q Coro and its Port
g AD Qhapac an, Andean Road System ITALY 1978 e
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2005
1^ Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant u Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus r Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests w Canaima National Park
EGYPT 1974
q Rock Drawings in Valcamonica MOROCCO 1975 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francs and Routes of Northern Spain, Spain Ken Scicluna / JAI / Corbis e Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas
Buddha Scenic Area i Medieval City of Rhodes w Church and Domincan Convent of Santa Maria delle t Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley q Medina of Fez TUNISIA 1975
j Ancient City of Ping Yao q Memphis and its Necropolis the Pyramid Fields o Archaeological Site of Mystras y Fort Jesus, Mombasa Centennial Hall in Wroclaw SLOVENIA 1992 Medina of Tunis
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k Classical Gardens of Suzhou from Giza to Dahshur p Archaeological Site of Olympia e Historic Centre of Florence Biaowieza Forest Archaeological Site of Carthage
KIRIBATI 2000 e Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou A
Y Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
w q Complex of Hu Monuments
l Old Town of Lijiang w Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis a Delos Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski Amphitheatre of El Jem
r Venice and its Lagoon q Phoenix Islands Protected Area r Historic City of Meknes S e w Ha Long Bay
; Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in e Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae s Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland Z Heritage of Mercury. Almadn and Idrija
t Piazza del Duomo, Pisa t Archaeological Site of Volubilis AC r Ichkeul National Park e Hoi An Ancient Town
Beijing r Historic Cairo of Chios and Ukraine Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
t Abu Mena KUWAIT 2002 y Medina of Ttouan (formerly known as Titawin) SOLOMON ISLANDS 1992 t r My Son Sanctuary
z Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing u Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) y Medina of Sousse Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
y Saint Catherine Area PORTUGAL 1980 1 East Rennell t
2@ Mount Wuyi KYRGYZSTAN 1995 i Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) u Kairouan y Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang
2# Dazu Rock Carvings u Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) q Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain q Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the SOUTH AFRICA 1997 Dougga / Thugga
o Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared i Long Hanoi
2$ Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System AE Silk Roads: Initial Section of the Silk Roads, the Heritage Azores q iSimangaliso Wetland Park
2% Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui Xidi and Hongcun EL SALVADOR 1991 w Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belm TURKEY 1983
u Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
q Joya de Cern Archaeological Site Routes Network of the Tian-shan Corridor w Robben Island i Trang An Landscape Complex
2^ Longmen Grottoes MOZAMBIQUE 1982 in Lisbon e Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa q Historic Areas of Istanbul
2& Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties EQUATORIAL GUINEA 2010 LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 1987 q Island of Mozambique e Monastery of Batalha r Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape w Greme National Park and the Rock Sites of YEMEN 1980
2* Yungang Grottoes q Town of Luang Prabang r Convent of Christ in Tomar t Cape Floral Region Protected Areas Cappadocia q Old Walled City of Shibam
2( Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas ERITREA 2001 w Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements MYANMAR 1994 t Historic Centre of Evora y Vredefort Dome e Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi w Old City of Sanaa
3) Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo within the Champasak Cultural Landscape q Pyu Ancient Cities y Monastery of Alcobaa u Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape r Hattusha: the Hittite Capital e Historic Town of Zabid
Dinosaur Provincial Park, Canada Wayne Lynch / All Canada Photos / Corbis Kingdom ESTONIA 1995 u Cultural Landscape of Sintra AB Maloti-Drakensberg Park t Nemrut Dag r Socotra Archipelago
x Historic Centre of Macao q Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn LATVIA 1995 NAMIBIA 2000 i Historic Centre of Oporto y Xanthos-Letoon
a Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / h Historic Centre of the Town of Gois T Struve Geodetic Arc q Historic Centre of Riga q Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes ZAMBIA 1984
3@ Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries Wolong, o Laurisilva of Madeira SPAIN 1982 u Hierapolis-Pamukkale
Naracoorte) j So Francisco Square in the Town of So Cristvo Mt Siguniang, and Jiajin Mountains T Struve Geodetic Arc w Namib Sand Sea Alto Douro Wine Region City of Safranbolu H Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
p q Historic Centre of Cordoba i
s Heard and McDonald Islands k Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the 3# Yin Xu ETHIOPIA 1977 a Historic Centre of Guimares w Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzn, Granada o Archaeological Site of Troy
d Macquarie Island Mountain and the Sea q Simien National Park LEBANON 1983 NEPAL 1978 ZIMBABWE 1982
3$ Kaiping Diaolou and Villages q Sagarmatha National Park s Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture e Burgos Cathedral p Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex
f Greater Blue Mountains Area E Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis w Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela q Anjar q Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore
3% South China Karst w Kathmandu Valley d Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications r Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid a Neolithic Site of atalhyk
g Purnululu National Park e Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region w Baalbek Safari Areas
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 2011 3^ Fujian Tulou e Chitwan National Park 1$ University of Coimbra Alta and Sofia t Works of Antoni Gaud s Bursa and Cumalkzk: the Birth of the Ottoman
h Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens r Lower Valley of the Awash e Byblos w Great Zimbabwe National Monument
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q Schokland and Surroundings QATAR 1984 i Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias g Diyarbakr Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural H Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
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BURUNDI 1982 COLOMBIA 1983 j Old Town of Corfu
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q Qalat al-Bahrain Ancient Harbour and Capital of CAMEROON 1982 AD Qhapac an, Andean Road System q Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay q Ruins of Len Viejo ROMANIA 1990 San Milln Yuso and Suso Monasteries
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