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The World Heritage List includes 911 properties fashioning part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having emphatic prevalent value.

These include 704 cultural , 180 natural and 27 mingled properties in 151 States Parties. As of June 2010, 187 States Parties have ratified the World Heritage Convention.
Afghanistan Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley Albania Butrint Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra Algeria Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad Djémila M'Zab Valley Tassili n'Ajjer # Timgad Tipasa Kasbah of Algiers Andorra Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley Argentina Los Glaciares # 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) * Iguazu National Park Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas Península Valdés Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba Quebrada de Humahuaca Armenia Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley Australia Great Barrier Reef Kakadu National Park Willandra Lakes Region Lord Howe Island Group Tasmanian Wilderness Gondwana Rainforests of Australia 1 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 2 Wet Tropics of Queensland Shark Bay, Western Australia Fraser Island Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) Heard and McDonald Islands Macquarie Island Greater Blue Mountains Area Purnululu National Park Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens Sydney Opera House Australian Convict Sites Austria Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape Semmering Railway City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg Wachau Cultural Landscape Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape * Historic Centre of Vienna Azerbaijan Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape Bahrain Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun Bangladesh Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara by Paharpur The Sundarbans Belarus Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest * Mir Castle Complex Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh Struve Geodetic Arc * Belgium Flemish Béguinages La Grand-Place, Brussels The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault) Belfries of Belgium and France * 3 Historic Centre of Brugge 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 Belize Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System Benin Royal Palaces of Abomey Bolivia (Plurinational State of) City of Potosí Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos Historic City of Sucre Fuerte de Samaipata 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 Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad Botswana Tsodilo Brazil Historic Town of Ouro Preto Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda 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) * Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas Iguaçu National Park Brasilia Serra da Capivara National Park Historic Centre of São Luís Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina Central Amazon Conservation Complex 4 Pantanal Conservation Area Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão Bulgaria Boyana Church Madara Rider Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak Ancient City of Nessebar Pirin National Park Rila Monastery Srebarna Nature Reserve Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari Burkina Faso Ruins of Loropéni Cambodia Angkor Temple of Preah Vihear Cameroon Dja Faunal Reserve Canada L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site Nahanni National Park # Dinosaur Provincial Park Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek # * 5 Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump SGang Gwaay Wood Buffalo National Park Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks # 6 Historic District of Old Québec Gros Morne National Park Old Town Lunenburg Waterton Glacier International Peace Park * Miguasha National Park Rideau Canal Joggins Fossil Cliffs Cape Verde Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande Central black Republic Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park Chile Rapa Nui National Park Churches of Chiloé Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Sewell Mining Town China Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor Mogao Caves Mount Taishan Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian The Great Wall Mount Huangshan Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa 7 Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu Lushan National Park Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area Ancient City of Ping Yao Classical Gardens of Suzhou Old Town of Lijiang Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing Dazu Rock Carvings Mount Wuyi Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties Longmen Grottoes Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System Yungang Grottoes Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom Historic Centre of Macao Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains Yin Xu Kaiping Diaolou and Villages South China Karst Fujian Tulou Mount Sanqingshan National Park Mount Wutai China Danxia Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth” Colombia Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena Los Katíos National Park Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox National Archeological Park of Tierradentro San Agustín Archaeological Park Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary Costa Rica Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park * Cocos Island National Park Area de Conservación Guanacaste Côte d'Ivoire Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * Taï National Park Comoé National Park Croatia Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian Old City of Dubrovnik Plitvice Lakes National Park # Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Poreč Historic City of Trogir The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik Stari Grad Plain Cuba Old Havana and its Fortifications Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba Desembarco del Granma National Park Viñales Valley Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba Alejandro de Humboldt National Park Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos Historic Centre of Camagüey Cyprus Paphos Painted Churches in the Troodos Region Choirokoitia Czech Republic Historic Centre of Český Krumlov Historic Centre of Prague Historic Centre of Telč Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž Holašovice Historical Village Reservation Litomyšl Castle Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc Tugendhat Villa in Brno Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč Democratic Republic of the Congo Virunga National Park # Kahuzi-Biega National Park Garamba National Park Salonga National Park Okapi Wildlife Reserve Denmark Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church Roskilde Cathedral Kronborg Castle Ilulissat Icefjord Dominica Morne Trois Pitons National Park Dominican Republic Colonial City of Santo Domingo Ecuador City of Quito Galápagos Islands Sangay National Park # Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca 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 Simien National Park Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region Aksum Lower Valley of the Awash Lower Valley of the Omo Tiya Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town Finland Fortress of Suomenlinna Old Rauma Petäjävesi Old Church Verla Groundwood and Board Mill Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago * Struve Geodetic Arc * France Chartres Cathedral Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay Palace and Park of Versailles Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley Vézelay, Church and Hill Amiens Cathedral Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay Palace and Park of Fontainebleau Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve # Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) Strasbourg – Grande île Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims Paris, Banks of the Seine Bourges Cathedral Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge Canal du Midi Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne Pyrénées - Mont Perdu * Historic Site of Lyons Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France Belfries of Belgium and France * 8 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes 9 Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret Bordeaux, Port of the Moon Fortifications of Vauban Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems Episcopal City of Albi Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island 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 Speyer Cathedral Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Squar Pilgrimage Church of Wies Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier Frontiers of the Roman Empire * 10 Hanseatic City of Lübeck Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System # Maulbronn Monastery Complex Town of Bamberg Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg Völklingen Ironworks Messel Pit Fossil Site Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau Cologne Cathedral Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg Classical Weimar Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin Wartburg Castle Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz Monastic Island of Reichenau Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar Upper Middle Rhine Valley Dresden Elbe Valley Delisted 2009 Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski * Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof Berlin Modernism Housing Estates The Wadden Sea * Ghana Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions Asante Traditional Buildings Greece Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae Acropolis, Athens Archaeological Site of Delphi Medieval City of Rhodes Meteora Mount Athos Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus Archaeological Site of Mystras Archaeological Site of Olympia Delos Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina) Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John Old Town of Corfu Guatemala Antigua Guatemala Tikal National Park Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua 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 namely City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura * 11 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 Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst * Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape * Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape Iceland Þingvellir National Park Surtsey India Agra Fort Ajanta Caves Ellora Caves Taj Mahal Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Sun Temple, Konârak Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Kaziranga National Park Keoladeo National Park Churches and Convents of Goa Fatehpur Sikri Group of Monuments at Hampi Khajuraho Group of Monuments Elephanta Caves Great Living Chola Temples 12 Group of Monuments at Pattadakal Sundarbans National Park Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Humayun's Tomb, Delhi Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi Mountain Railways of India Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) Red Fort Complex The Jantar Mantar,coach purses, Jaipur Indonesia Borobudur Temple Compounds Komodo National Park Prambanan Temple Compounds Ujung Kulon National Park Sangiran Early Man Site Lorentz National Park Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra Iran (Islamic Republic of) Meidan Emam, Esfahan Persepolis Tchogha Zanbil Takht-e Soleyman Bam and its Cultural Landscape Pasargadae Soltaniyeh Bisotun Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex Iraq Hatra Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) Samarra Archaeological City Ireland Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne Skellig Michael Israel Masada Old City of Acre White City of Tel-Aviv -- the Modern Movement Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee Italy Rock Drawings in Valcamonica Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in namely City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura * 13 Historic Centre of Florence Piazza del Duomo, Pisa Venice and its Lagoon Historic Centre of San Gimignano The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto Crespi d'Adda Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta 14 Historic Centre of Naples Historic Centre of Siena Castel del Monte Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna Historic Centre of the City of Pienza The Trulli of Alberobello 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex Archaeological Area of Agrigento Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena Costiera Amalfitana Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) Residences of the Royal House of Savoy Su Nuraxi di Barumini Villa Romana del Casale Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula Historic Centre of Urbino Villa Adriana (Tivoli) Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites City of Verona Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) Villa d'Este, Tivoli Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily) Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy Monte San Giorgio * Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia Val d'Orcia Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli Mantua and Sabbioneta Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes * The Dolomites Japan Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area Himeji-jo Shirakami-Sanchi Yakushima Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara Shrines and Temples of Nikko Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range Shiretoko Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan) 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 Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan Kenya Lake Turkana National Parks Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest Lamu Old Town Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests Kiribati Phoenix Islands Protected Area Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Complex of Koguryo Tombs Korea, Republic of Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks Jongmyo Shrine Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple Changdeokgung Palace Complex Hwaseong Fortress Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites Gyeongju Historic Areas Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong Kyrgyzstan Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain 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 Tyre Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) Libyan Arabsalabo Jamahiriya Archaeological Site of Cyrene Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna Archaeological Site of Sabratha Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus Old Town of Ghadamès Lithuania Vilnius Historic Centre Curonian Spit * Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė) Struve Geodetic Arc * Luxembourg City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications Madagascar Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve Royal Hill of Ambohimanga Rainforests of the Atsinanana Malawi Lake Malawi National Park Chongoni Rock-Art Area Malaysia Gunung Mulu National Park Kinabalu Park Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca Mali Old Towns of Djenné Timbuktu Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) Tomb of Askia Malta City of Valletta Hal Saflieni Hypogeum Megalithic Temples of Malta 15 Marshall Islands Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site Mauritania Banc d'Arguin National Park Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata Mauritius Aapravasi Ghat Le Morne Cultural Landscape Mexico Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán Historic Centre of Puebla Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan Sian Ka'an Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza Historic Centre of Morelia El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City Historic Centre of Zacatecas Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco Historic Fortified Town of Campeche Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro Luis Barragán House and Studio Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca Moldova, Republic of Struve Geodetic Arc * Mongolia Uvs Nuur Basin * Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape Montenegro Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor Durmitor National Park Morocco Medina of Fez Medina of Marrakesh Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou Historic City of Meknes Archaeological Site of Volubilis Medina of Tétouan (formerly understood as Titawin) Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) Mozambique Island of Mozambique Namibia Twyfelfontein alternatively /Ui-//aes Nepal Kathmandu Valley Sagarmatha National Park Royal Chitwan National Park Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha Netherlands Schokland and Surroundings Defence Line of Amsterdam Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) The Wadden Sea * Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht New Zealand Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand 16 Tongariro National Park # New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands Nicaragua Ruins of León Viejo Niger Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves W National Park of Niger Nigeria Sukur Cultural Landscape Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove Norway Bryggen Urnes Stave Church Røros Mining Town and the Circumference Rock Art of Alta Vegaøyan -- The Vega Archipelago Struve Geodetic Arc * West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord Oman Bahla Fort Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn Arabian Oryx Sanctuary Delisted 2007 Land of Frankincense Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman Pakistan Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol Taxila Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta Rohtas Fort Panama Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo Darien National Park Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park * Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection Papua New Guinea Kuk Early Agricultural Site Paraguay Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue Peru City of Cuzco Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu Chavin (Archaeological Site) Huascarán National Park # Chan Chan Archaeological Zone Manú National Park Historic Centre of Lima 17 Río Abiseo National Park Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa Sacred City of Caral-Supe Philippines Baroque Churches of the Philippines Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras Historic Town of Vigan Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park Poland Cracow's Historic Centre Wieliczka Salt Mine Auschwitz Birkenau
German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest * Historic Centre of Warsaw Old City of Zamość Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork Medieval Town of Toruń Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski * Centennial Hall in Wrocław Portugal Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores Convent of Jesus in Tomar Monastery of Batalha Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon Historic Centre of Évora Monastery of Alcobaça Cultural Landscape of Sintra Historic Centre of Oporto Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde * 18 Laurisilva of Madeira Alto Douro Wine Region Historic Centre of Guimarães Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture Romania Danube Delta Churches of Moldavia Monastery of Horezu Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania 19 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains Historic Centre of Sighişoara Wooden Churches of Maramureş Russian Federation Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments Kizhi Pogost Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye Virgin Komi Forests Lake Baikal Volcanoes of Kamchatka 20 Golden Mountains of Altai Western Caucasus Curonian Spit * Ensemble of the Ferrapontov Monastery Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin Central Sikhote-Alin Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent Uvs Nuur Basin * Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl Struve Geodetic Arc * Putorana Plateau 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) At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah Senegal Island of Gorée Niokolo-Koba National Park Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary Island of Saint-Louis Stone Circles of Senegambia * Serbia Stari Ras and Sopoćani Studenica Monastery Medieval Monuments in Kosovo Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius Seychelles Aldabra Atoll Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve Slovakia Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments Vlkolínec Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst * Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians * Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area Slovenia Škocjan Caves # Solomon Islands East Rennell South Africa Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs iSimangaliso Wetland Park Robben Island uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape Cape Floral Region Protected Areas Vredefort Dome Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape Spain Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada 21 Burgos Cathedral Historic Centre of Cordoba 22 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid Works of Antoni Gaudí 23 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias 24 Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) Garajonay National Park Historic City of Toledo Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 25 Old Town of Cáceres Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville Old City of Salamanca Poblet Monastery Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida Route of Santiago de Compostela Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe Doñana National Park Historic Walled Town of Cuenca La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia Las Médulas Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona Pyrénées - Mont Perdu * San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde * 26 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture San Cristóbal de La Laguna Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco Archaeological Site of Atapuerca Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí Palmeral of Elche Roman Walls of Lugo Aranjuez Cultural Landscape Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza Vizcaya Bridge Teide National Park Tower of Hercules Sri Lanka Ancient City of Polonnaruwa Ancient City of Sigiriya Sacred City of Anuradhapura Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications Sacred City of Kandy Sinharaja Forest Reserve 27 Golden Temple of Dambulla Central Highlands of Sri Lanka Sudan Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region Suriname Central Suriname Nature Reserve Historic Inner City of Paramaribo Sweden Royal Domain of Drottningholm Birka and Hovgården Engelsberg Ironworks Rock Carvings in Tanum Skogskyrkogården Hanseatic Town of Visby Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå Laponian Area Naval Port of Karlskrona Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago * Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun Varberg Radio Station Struve Geodetic Arc * Switzerland Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair Convent of St Gall Old City of Berne Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch Monte San Giorgio * Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes * Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning Syrian Arab Republic Ancient City of Damascus Ancient City of Bosra Site of Palmyra Ancient City of Aleppo Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din Tajikistan Proto-urban site of Sarazm Tanzania, United Republic of Ngorongoro Conservation Area 28 Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara Serengeti National Park Selous Game Reserve Kilimanjaro National Park Stone Town of Zanzibar Kondoa Rock-Art Sites Thailand Historic City of Ayutthaya Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries Ban Chiang Archaeological Site Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region 29 Togo Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba Tunisia Amphitheatre of El Jem Archaeological Site of Carthage Medina of Tunis Ichkeul National Park Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis Kairouan Medina of Sousse Dougga / Thugga Turkey Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği Historic Areas of Istanbul Hattusha: the Hittite Capital Nemrut Dağ Hierapolis-Pamukkale Xanthos-Letoon City of Safranbolu Archaeological Site of Troy Turkmenistan State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv” Kunya-Urgench Parthian Fortresses of Nisa Uganda Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Rwenzori Mountains National Park Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi Ukraine Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre Struve Geodetic Arc * Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians * United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd Durham Castle and Cathedral Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast Ironbridge Gorge St Kilda Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey Blenheim Palace City of Bath Frontiers of the Roman Empire * 30 Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church Henderson Island Tower of London Gough and Inaccessible Islands 31 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh Maritime Greenwich Heart of Neolithic Orkney Blaenavon Industrial Landscape Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda Derwent Valley Mills Dorset and East Devon Coast New Lanark Saltaire Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal United States of America Mesa Verde National Park Yellowstone National Park Everglades National Park Grand Canyon National Park Independence Hall Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek # * 32 Redwood National and State Parks Mammoth Cave National Park Olympic National Park Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico Great Smoky Mountains National Park Statue of Liberty Yosemite National Park # Chaco Culture Hawaii Volcanoes National Park # Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville Pueblo de Taos Carlsbad Caverns National Park Waterton Glacier International Peace Park * Papahānaumokuākea Uruguay Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento Uzbekistan Itchan Kala Historic Centre of Bukhara Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz Samarkand – Crossroads of Cultures Vanuatu Chief Roi Mata’s Domain Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Coro and its Port Canaima National Park Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas Viet Nam Complex of Hué Monuments Ha Long Bay Hoi An Ancient Town My Son Sanctuary Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi Yemen Old Walled City of Shibam Old City of Sana'a Historic Town of Zabid Socotra Archipelago Zambia Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls # * Zimbabwe Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas Great Zimbabwe National Monument Khami Ruins National Monument Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls # * Matobo Hills Notes
Extension of the "Australian East Coast Temperate and Subtropical Rainforest Park".

label changed 2007 from 'Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)'
Renomination of "Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park" beneath cultural criteria.
The “Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia” which were previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, are part of the transnational property “The Belfries of Belgium and France”.
Extension of "Jaú National Park".
Extension of the "Glacier Bay/Wrangell/St Elias/Kluane" property.
The "Burgess Shale" property, which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the "Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks".
Extension of "The Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple Monastery, Lhasa" to include the Norbulingka space.
The “Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia” which were previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, are part of the transnational property “The Belfries of Belgium and France”.
The "Chateau and Estate of Chambord", which was formerly inscribed aboard the World Heritage List, is part of the "Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes".
The “Hadrian’s Wall” which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the transnational property “Frontiers of the Roman Empire”.
At the time the property was extended, cultural criterion (iv) was also found applicable.
The "Brihadisvara Temple, Tanjavur", which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the "Great Living Chola Temples".
At the time the property was extended, cultural standard (iv) was also found applicable.
At the time the attribute was extended, criteria (iii) and (v) were likewise base seemly.
The Committee decided to extend the existing cultural property, the "Temple of Ggantija", to include the 5 dated temples situated on the isles of Malta and Gozo and to rename the property as "The Megalithic Temples of Malta".
The Westland and Mount Cook National Park and the Fiordland National Park, which were previously inscribed on the World Heritage List,MBT Shoes Sale, are part of the "Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand".
The "Convent Ensemble of San Francisco de Lima", which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the "Historic Centre of Lima".
(extension de « Sites d'art rupestre préhistorique de la vallée de Côa », Portugal)
Extension of "Biertan and its Fortified Church".
At the time the property was extended, natural criterion (iv) was also found applicable.
Extension of the "Alhambra and the Generalife, Granada", to include the Albayzin quarter.
Extension of the "Mosque of Cordoba".
The property “Parque Güell, Palacio Güell and Casa Mila in Barcelona”, previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the “Works of Antoni Gaudí”.
Extension of the "Churches of the Kingdom of the Asturias", to include monuments in the metropolis of Oviedo.
Extension of the "Mudejar Architecture of Teruel".
(enhancement de Sites d'art rupestre préhistorique de la vallée de Ca , Portugal)
The WH area is administered directly along the Divisional Forest Officer from the Forest Dept. A national steering Committee co-ordinates traditions as Sinharaja for a National Wilderness Area, Biosphere Reserve (1988), and WH site. There are two management maneuvers, arranged in 1985/86 and 1992/94, which emphasise protection, scientific research,ghd Hair Straighteners, buffer district management,Classic Tall Uggs, benefit-sharing, and community participation.
(renomination under cultural criteria)
In 1979, the Committee decided to inscribe the Ohrid Lake on the World Heritage List under natural criteria (iii). In 1980, this property was extended to include the cultural and historical area, and cultural criteria (i)(iii)(iv) were added.
The “Hadrian’s Wall” which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the transnational property “Frontiers of the Roman Empire”.
Extension of "Gough Island Wildlife Reserve".
Extension of the "Glacier Bay/Wrangell/St Elias/Kluane" property.

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#: As for 19 Natural and Mixed Properties inscribed for geological merits before 1994, criteria numbering of this property has changed. See Decision 30.COM 8D.1
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