UNESCO World Heritage List
(Results by Country)
What better way than to tour the world by going to the most fascinating places on the planet. UNESCO has preserved for all humanity some of the most amazing places to see. Here is the list of all the sites presently listed on the UNESCO site http://whc.unesco.org/ and the places we have visited on our trip.
abc – sites covered on the Beast trip
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Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chile
China
- Mount Taishan (1987 )
- The Great Wall (1987 )
- Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (1987 , 2004 )
- Mogao Caves (1987 )
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (1987 )
- Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (1987 )
- Mount Huangshan (1990 )
- Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area (1992 )
- Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area (1992 )
- Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area (1992 )
- Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde (1994 )
- Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu (1994 )
- Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains (1994 )
- Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (1994 , 2000, 2001 )
- Lushan National Park (1996 )
- Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area (1996 )
- Old Town of Lijiang (1997 )
- Ancient City of Ping Yao (1997 )
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou (1997 , 2000 )
- Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing (1998 )
- Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing (1998 )
- Mount Wuyi (1999 )
- Dazu Rock Carvings (1999 )
- Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System (2000 )
- Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun (2000 )
- Longmen Grottoes (2000 )
- Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (2000,2003,2004)
- Yungang Grottoes (2001 )
- Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (2003 )
- Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom (2004 )
Colombia
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (1979 )
- Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (1980,1990)
- Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci (1980 )
- Historic Centre of Florence (1982 )
- Venice and its Lagoon (1987 )
- Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (1987 )
- Historic Centre of San Gimignano (1990 )
- I Sassi di Matera (1993 )
- City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (1994 , 1996)
- Historic Centre of Siena (1995 )
- Historic Centre of Naples (1995 )
- Crespi d'Adda (1995 )
- Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta (1995 , 1999 )
- Castel del Monte (1996 )
- The Trulli of Alberobello (1996 )
- Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (1996 )
- Historic Centre of the City of Pienza (1996 )
- 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta, with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex (1997 )
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (1997 )
- Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua (1997 )
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (1997 )
- Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena (1997 )
- Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (1997 )
- Costiera Amalfitana (1997 )
- Archaeological Area of Agrigento (1997 )
- Villa Romana del Casale (1997 )
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini (1997 )
- Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (1998 )
- Historic Centre of Urbino (1998 )
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula (1998 )
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) (1999 )
- City of Verona (2000 )
- Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (2000 )
- Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites (2000 )
- Villa d'Este, Tivoli (2001 )
- Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-eastern Sicily)(2002)
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (2003 )
- Val d'Orcia (2004 )
- Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia (2004 )
Japan
Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Jordan
Kazakhstan
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