Wednesday, February 24, 2010

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "S"


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Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
Saint Lucia
  • Pitons Management Area

San Marino

  • San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano

Saudi Arabia

  • Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)

Senegal

  • Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
  • Island of Gorée
  • Island of Saint-Louis
  • Niokolo-Koba National Park
  • Stone Circles of Senegambia

Serbia

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

Seychelles

  • Aldabra Atoll
  • Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

Slovakia

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

Slovenia

  • Škocjan Caves

Solomon Islands

  • East Rennell

South Africa

  • Cape Floral Region Protected Areas

  • Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs

  • iSimangaliso Wetland Park

  • Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape

  • Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape

  • Robben Island

  • uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park

  • Vredefort Dome

Spain

  • 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

  • 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

  • Pyrénées- Mont Perdu

  • 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 Compostela (Old Town)

  • Teide National Park

  • Tower of Hercules

  • University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares

  • Vizcaya Bridge

  • Works of Antoni Gaudí

Sri Lanka

  • Ancient City of Polonnaruwa

  • Ancient City of Sigiriya

  • Golden Temple of Dambulla

  • Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications

  • Sacred City of Anuradhapura

  • Sacred City of Kandy

  • Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Sudan

  • Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region

Suriname

  • Central Suriname Nature Reserve

  • Historic Inner City of Paramaribo

Sweden

  • 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

  • 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 Berne

  • 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

Syrian Arab Republic

  • Ancient City of Aleppo
  • Ancient City of Bosra
  • Ancient City of Damascus
  • Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din
  • Site of Palmyra

Monday, February 22, 2010

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "R"


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Romania
  • Churches of Moldavia
  • Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
  • Danube Delta
  • Historic Centre of Sighişoara
  • Monastery of Horezu
  • Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
  • Wooden Churches of Maramureş
Russian Federation

  • 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 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
  • Struve Geodetic Arc
  • Uvs Nuur Basin
  • Virgin Komi Forests
  • Volcanoes of Kamchatka
  • Western Caucasus
  • White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal

Saturday, February 6, 2010

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "P"


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Pakistan
  • Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro
  • Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol
  • Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore
  • Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta
  • Rohtas Fort
  • Taxila

Panama

  • Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá
  • Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection
  • Darien National Park
  • Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo
  • Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves/ La Amistad National Park

Papua New Guinea

  • Kuk Early Agricultural Site

Paraguay

  • Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue

Peru

  • Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
  • Chavin (Archaeological Site)
  • City of Cuzco
  • Historic Centre of Lima
  • Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
  • Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa
  • Huascarán National Park
  • Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana
  • Manú National Park
  • Río Abiseo National Park
  • Sacred City of Caral-Supe

Philippines

  • Baroque Churches of the Philippines
  • Historic Town of Vigan
  • Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
  • Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
  • Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Poland

  • Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)
  • Belovezhskaya Pushcha/ Białowieża Forest
  • Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork
  • Centennial Hall in Wrocław
  • Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica
  • Cracow'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/ Park Mużakowski
  • Old City of Zamość
  • Wieliczka Salt Mine
  • Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland

Portugal

  • 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

Thursday, February 4, 2010

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "O"


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Oman
  • Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman
  • Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
  • Bahla Fort
  • Land of Frankincense

Sunday, January 31, 2010

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "N"


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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
  • The Wadden Sea

New Zealand

  • New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
  • Te Wahipounamu– South West New Zealand
  • Tongariro National Park

Nicaragua

  • Ruins of León Viejo

Niger

  • Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
  • W National Park of Niger

Nigeria

  • Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
  • Sukur Cultural Landscape

Norway

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

Thursday, January 21, 2010

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "M"


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Madagascar
  • Rainforests of the Atsinanana
  • 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
  • Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca

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

  • Ghat
  • Le Morne Cultural Landscape

Mexico

  • Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
  • Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche
  • Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
  • Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes
  • Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
  • 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
  • Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
  • Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
  • Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza
  • Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
  • Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal
  • Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco
  • 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

Montenegro

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

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

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "L"


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Lao People's Democratic Republic

  • 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
  • Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)
  • Struve Geodetic Arc
  • Vilnius Historic Centre

Luxembourg

  • City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "K"


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Kazakhstan
  • Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
  • Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly
  • Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan

Kenya

  • Lake Turkana National Parks
  • Lamu Old Town
  • Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
  • Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

  • Complex of Koguryo Tombs

Korea, Republic of

  • 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
  • Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes
  • Jongmyo Shrine
  • Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
  • Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple

Kyrgyzstan

  • Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain

Monday, January 4, 2010

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "J"


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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
  • Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape
  • 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)

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "I"


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Iceland
  • Surtsey
  • 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
  • Red Fort Complex
  • 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

  • Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran
  • Bam and its Cultural Landscape
  • Bisotun
  • Meidan Emam, Esfahan
  • Pasargadae
  • Persepolis
  • Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
  • Soltaniyeh
  • Takht-e Soleyman
  • Tchogha Zanbil

Iraq

  • Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
  • Hatra
  • Samarra Archaeological City

Ireland

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

Israel

  • 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

  • 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and the San Leucio Complex
  • 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
  • Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
  • Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
  • Mantua and Sabbioneta
  • Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
  • Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
  • Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
  • Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
  • Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
  • Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
  • Su Nuraxi di Barumini
  • Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
  • The Dolomites
  • The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera
  • The Trulli of Alberobello
  • Val d'Orcia
  • Venice and its Lagoon
  • Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
  • Villa d'Este, Tivoli
  • Villa Romana del Casale

Monday, December 21, 2009

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "H"


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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 Hollókő and its Surroundings
  • Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape

Sunday, December 20, 2009

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "G"


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Gabon
  • Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda

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
  • Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
  • Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
  • Classical Weimar
  • Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg
  • Cologne Cathedral
  • 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 Mużakowski
  • Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
  • Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
  • 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
  • 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 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 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 "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
  • 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 Thessalonika
  • Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
  • Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
  • Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae

Guatemala

  • Antigua Guatemala
  • Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
  • Tikal National Park

Guinea

  • Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

Saturday, December 19, 2009

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "F"


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Finland
  • 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

  • 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-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims
  • Chartres Cathedral
  • Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
  • 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 Lyons
  • 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
  • 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
  • Strasbourg– Grande île
  • The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
  • Vézelay, Church and Hill

Friday, December 18, 2009

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "E"


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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
  • Historic 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 Cerén 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

Thursday, December 17, 2009

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "D"


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Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Garamba National Park
  • Kahuzi-Biega National Park
  • Okapi Wildlife Reserve
  • Salonga National Park
  • Virunga National Park

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

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "C"



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Cambodia
  • Angkor
  • Temple of Preah Vihear

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
  • 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

Cape Verde

  • Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande

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
  • Fujian Tulou
  • Historic Centre of Macao
  • Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa
  • 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
  • Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
  • Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
  • 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 Sanqingshan National Park
  • Mount Taishan
  • Mount Wutai
  • Mount Wuyi
  • Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde
  • Old Town of Lijiang
  • Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
  • Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries- Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains
  • South China Karst
  • 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 Archaeological 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 Poreč
  • 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

Cuba

  • Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
  • Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba
  • Desembarco del Granma National Park
  • Historic Centre of Camagüey
  • 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 Kroměříž
  • Historic Centre of Český Krumlov
  • Historic Centre of Prague
  • Historic Centre of Telč
  • Holašovice Historical Village Reservation
  • Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc
  • Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč
  • 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

Monday, December 14, 2009

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "B"


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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 / Białowieża 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
  • Stoclet House
  • 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

  • Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad
  • 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

Burkina Faso

  • Ruins of Loropéni

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "A"

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Afghanistan
  • Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
  • Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam

Albania

  • Butrint
  • Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastr

Algeria

  • Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
  • Djémila
  • 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)
  • Fraser Island
  • Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
  • Great Barrier Reef
  • Greater Blue Mountains Area
  • Heard and McDonald Islands
  • Kakadu National Park
  • Lord Howe Island Group
  • Macquarie Island
  • Purnululu National Park
  • Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
  • Shark Bay, Western Australia
  • Sydney Opera House
  • 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

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