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+ Afghanistan
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam
+ Albania
Butrint
Museum-City of Gjirokastra
+ Algeria
Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
Djemila
Kasbah of Algiers
M'Zab Valley
Tassili n'Ajjer
Timgad
Tipasa
+ Andorra
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
+ Argentina
Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas
Iguazu National Park
Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks
Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil)
Los Glaciares
Península Valdés
Quebrada de Humahuaca
+ Armenia
Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots
Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley
+ Australia
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)
Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)
Fraser Island
Great Barrier Reef
Greater Blue Mountains Area
Heard and McDonald Islands
Kakadu National Park (1981, 1987, 1992)
Lord Howe Island Group
Macquarie Island
Purnululu National Park
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
Shark Bay, Western Australia
Tasmanian Wilderness
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Wet Tropics of Queensland
Willandra Lakes Region
+ Austria
City of Graz - Historic Centre
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
Semmering Railway
Wachau Cultural Landscape
+ Azerbaijan
Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower
+ Bahrain
Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
+ Bangladesh
Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
The Sundarbans
+ Belarus
Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh
Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest
Mir Castle Complex
Struve Geodetic Arc
+ Belgium
Belfries of Belgium and France
Flemish Béguinages
Historic Centre of Brugge
La 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
The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault)
+ Belize
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
+ Benin
Royal Palaces of Abomey
+ Bolivia
City of Potosí
Fuerte de Samaipata
Historic City of Sucre
Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture
+ Bosnia and Herzegovina
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
+ Botswana
Tsodilo
+ Brazil
Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves
Brasilia
Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
Central Amazon Conservation Complex
Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
Historic Centre of São Luís
Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina
Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás
Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda
Historic Town of Ouro Preto
Iguaçu National Park
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil)
Pantanal Conservation Area
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
Serra da Capivara National Park
+ Bulgaria
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
+ Cambodia
Angkor
+ Cameroon
Dja Faunal Reserve
+ Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Dinosaur Provincial Park
Gros Morne National Park
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Historic District of Old Québec
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (1979, 1992, 1994)
L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
Miguasha National Park
Nahanni National Park
Old Town Lunenburg
SGang Gwaay
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Wood Buffalo National Park
+ Central African Republic
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
+ Chile
Churches of Chiloé
Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
Rapa Nui National Park
Sewell Mining Town
+ China
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains
Ancient City of Ping Yao
Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun
Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
Classical Gardens of Suzhou
Dazu Rock Carvings
Historic Centre of Macao
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (1994, 2000, 2001)
Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (2000, 2003, 2004)
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Longmen Grottoes
Lushan National Park
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
Mogao Caves
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
Mount Huangshan
Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
Mount Taishan
Mount Wuyi
Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde
Old Town of Lijiang
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
The Great Wall
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Yin Xu
Yungang Grottoes
+ Colombia
Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox
Los Katíos National Park
Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
National Archeological Park of Tierradentro
Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
San Agustín Archeological Park
+ Congo (DR)
Garamba National Park
Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Salonga National Park
Virunga National Park
+ Costa Rica
Area de Conservación Guanacaste
Cocos Island National Park
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
+ Côte d'Ivoire
Comoé National Park
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Taï National Park
+ Croatia
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
The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik
+ Cuba
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba
Desembarco del Granma National Park
Old Havana and its Fortifications
San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba
Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
Viñales Valley
+ Cyprus
Choirokoitia
Painted Churches in the Troodos Region
Paphos
+ Czech Republic
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
Ilulissat Icefjord
Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
Kronborg Castle
Roskilde Cathedral
+ Dominica
Morne Trois Pitons National Park
+ Dominican Republic
Colonial City of Santo Domingo
+ Ecuador
City of Quito
Galápagos Islands
Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca
Sangay National Park
+ Egypt
Abu Mena
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Islamic Cairo
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
Saint Catherine Area
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
+ El Salvador
Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site
+ Estonia
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn
Struve Geodetic Arc
+ Ethiopia
Aksum
Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town
Lower Valley of the Awash
Lower Valley of the Omo
Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
Simien National Park
Tiya
+ Finland
Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Kvarken Archipelago / High Coast
Old Rauma
Petäjävesi Old Church
Struve Geodetic Arc
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
+ Formerly Serbia and Montenegro
Durmitor National Park
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor
+ France
Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
Amiens Cathedral
Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
Belfries of Belgium and France
Bourges Cathedral
Canal du Midi
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims
Chartres Cathedral
Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
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 Lyons
Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
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
Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy
Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the 'Triumphal Arch' of Orange
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
Strasbourg – Grande île
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
Vézelay, Church and Hill
+ Gambia
James Island and Related Sites
Stone Circles of Senegambia
+ Georgia
Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta
Upper Svaneti
+ Germany
Aachen Cathedral
Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
Classical Weimar
Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg
Cologne Cathedral
Dresden Elbe Valley
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 and Historic Town of Goslar
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 (1990, 1992, 1999)
Pilgrimage Church of Wies
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
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 Square
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
+ Ghana
Asante Traditional Buildings
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
+ Greece
Acropolis, Athens
Archaeological Site of Delphi
Archaeological Site of Epidaurus
Archaeological Site of Olympia
Archaeological Site of Vergina
Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
Delos
Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John 'the Theologian' and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
Medieval City of Rhodes
Meteora
Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas and Nea Moni of Chios
Mount Athos
Mystras
Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
+ Guatemala
Antigua Guatemala
Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
Tikal National Park
+ Guinea
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
+ Haiti
National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers
+ Holy See
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
Vatican City
+ Honduras
Maya Site of Copan
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
+ Hungary
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 Hollókö and its Surroundings
Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape
+ Iceland
Þingvellir National Park
+ India
Agra Fort
Ajanta Caves
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)
Churches and Convents of Goa
Elephanta Caves
Ellora Caves
Fatehpur Sikri
Great Living Chola Temples
Group of Monuments at Hampi
Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
Kaziranga National Park
Keoladeo National Park
Khajuraho Group of Monuments
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Mountain Railways of India
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
Sun Temple, Konârak
Sundarbans National Park
Taj Mahal
+ Indonesia
Borobudur Temple Compounds
Komodo National Park
Lorentz National Park
Prambanan Temple Compounds
Sangiran Early Man Site
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
Ujung Kulon National Park
+ Iran
Bam and its Cultural Landscape
Bisotun
Meidan Emam, Esfahan
Pasargadae
Persepolis
Soltaniyeh
Takht-e Soleyman
Tchogha Zanbil
+ Iraq
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
Hatra
+ Ireland
Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne
Skellig Michael
+ Israel
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
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 with 'The Last Supper' by Leonardo da Vinci
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
Historic Centre of San Gimignano
Historic Centre of Siena
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
Historic Centre of Urbino
I Sassi di Matera
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
Su Nuraxi di Barumini
Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
The Trulli of Alberobello
Val d'Orcia
Venice and its Lagoon
Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
Villa d'Este, Tivoli
Villa Romana del Casale
+ Japan
Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
Himeji-jo
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
Shirakami-Sanchi
Shiretoko
Shrines and Temples of Nikko
Yakushima
+ Jerusalem
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
+ Jordan
Petra
Quseir Amra
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)
+ Kazakhstan
Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly
+ Kenya
Lake Turkana National Parks
Lamu Old Town
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
+ Korea (DPR)
Complex of Koguryo Tombs
+ Korea (Rep)
Changdeokgung Palace Complex
Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites
Gyeongju Historic Areas
Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks
Hwaseong Fortress
Jongmyo Shrine
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
+ Lao (PDR)
Town of Luang Prabang
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape
+ Latvia
Historic Centre of Riga
Struve Geodetic Arc
+ Lebanon
Anjar
Baalbek
Byblos
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
Tyre
+ Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Archaeological Site of Cyrene
Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
Archaeological Site of Sabratha
Old Town of Ghadamès
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
+ Lithuania
Curonian Spit
Kernave Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernave)
Struve Geodetic Arc
Vilnius Historic Centre
+ Luxembourg
City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications
+ Macedonia
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region
+ Madagascar
Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
+ Malawi
Chongoni Rock Art Area
Lake Malawi National Park
+ Malaysia
Gunung Mulu National Park
Kinabalu Park
+ Mali
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
Old Towns of Djenné
Timbuktu
Tomb of Askia
+ Malta
City of Valletta
Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
Megalithic Temples of Malta
+ Mauritania
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
Banc d'Arguin National Park
+ Mauritius
Aapravasi Ghat
+ Mexico
Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche
Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
Archeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes
Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl
El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City
Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro
Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
Historic Centre of Morelia
Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
Historic Centre of Puebla
Historic Centre of Zacatecas
Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
Luis Barragán House and Studio
Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal
Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
Sian Ka'an
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
+ Moldova
Struve Geodetic Arc
+ Mongolia
Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
Uvs Nuur Basin
+ Morocco
Archaeological Site of Volubilis
Historic City of Meknes
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
Medina of Fez
Medina of Marrakesh
Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)
Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)
+ Mozambique
Island of Mozambique
+ Nepal
Kathmandu Valley
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
Royal Chitwan National Park
Sagarmatha National Park
+ Netherlands
Defence Line of Amsterdam
Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)
Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles
Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)
Schokland and Surroundings
+ New Zealand
New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
Te Wahipounamu – South West New