This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites. A

World Heritage Site A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for ...

is a place that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having special cultural or physical significance.

General lists

* Former UNESCO World Heritage Sites * List of World Heritage in Danger *

List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee. The first World Heritage Site in the list is the Galápagos Islands. The 24th session i ...

* World Heritage Sites by country *

Lists by continent

Africa

* List of World Heritage Sites in Africa ** List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab States ** List of World Heritage Sites in Egypt **

List of World Heritage Sites in Ethiopia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1975 Ethiopia ratifi ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Kenya **

List of World Heritage Sites in Madagascar The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention. The sites of natural and cul ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Mauritania ** List of World Heritage Sites in Morocco ** List of World Heritage Sites in South Africa ** List of World Heritage Sites in Tanzania **

List of World Heritage Sites in Tunisia This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Tunisia with properties of cultural and natural heritage in Tunisia as inscribed in UNESCO's World Heritage List A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an internat ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Zambia ** List of World Heritage Sites in Uganda

Americas

List of World Heritage Sites in the Caribbean This is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Caribbean. Legend :Site; as per officially inscribed name :Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates :Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee :Area; in ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Cuba The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. The Caribbe ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Central America This is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Central America. Legend :Site; as per officially inscribed name :Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates :Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee :Area; i ...

* List of World Heritage Sites in North America ** List of World Heritage Sites in Canada **

List of World Heritage Sites in the United States The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural he ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Mexico * List of World Heritage Sites in South America **

List of World Heritage Sites in Argentina The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are the places of important cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Argentina ac ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Brazil The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. The Federat ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Chile The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Chile acce ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Colombia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Colombia a ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Peru

Asia

List of World Heritage Sites in Eastern Asia The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 99 World Heritage Sites in 5 countries (also called " state parties") of East Asia: China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea and Japan. In this ...

List of World Heritage Sites in China This is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China. China has 56, ranking second in the world just below Italy (58). China ratified The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on 12 December 1985. ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Japan ** List of World Heritage Sites in Mongolia ** List of World Heritage Sites in North Korea ** List of World Heritage Sites in South Korea *

List of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 19 World Heritage Sites in six countries (also called " state parties") of Central and North Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Kazakhstan The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Kyrgyzstan ** List of World Heritage Sites in Tajikistan ** List of World Heritage Sites in Turkmenistan ** List of World Heritage Sites in Uzbekistan * List of World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia **

List of World Heritage Sites in Cambodia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by signatories to the 1972 UNESCO World H ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Indonesia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural heri ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Laos ** List of World Heritage Sites in Malaysia ** List of World Heritage Sites in Myanmar **

List of World Heritage Sites in the Philippines The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated six World Heritage Sites in the Philippines. The UNESCO World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as describe ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Singapore ** List of World Heritage Sites in Thailand ** List of World Heritage Sites in Vietnam * List of World Heritage Sites in Southern Asia ** List of World Heritage Sites in Afghanistan **

List of World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural ...

List of World Heritage Sites in India The UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural heritage, cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Nepal The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the U ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Pakistan ** List of World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka * List of World Heritage Sites in Western Asia ** List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab states **

List of World Heritage Sites in Armenia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the U ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Azerbaijan ** List of World Heritage Sites in Cyprus ** List of World Heritage Sites in Georgia **

List of World Heritage Sites in Iran The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Iran accepted ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Israel **

List of World Heritage Sites in Palestine The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Palestine ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Jordan The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Jordan accepte ...

List of World Heritage Sites in Turkey The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Turkey acce ...

Europe

List of World Heritage Sites in Eastern Europe The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 94 World Heritage Sites in nine countries (also called " state parties") of Eastern Europe; defined here to mean the former Eastern Bloc countries not ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Belarus **

List of World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the U ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in the Czech Republic **

List of World Heritage Sites in Hungary The UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural heritage, cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, establis ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Moldova ** List of World Heritage Sites in Poland ** List of World Heritage Sites in Romania **

List of World Heritage Sites in Russia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural he ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Slovakia ** List of World Heritage Sites in Ukraine *

List of World Heritage Sites in Northern Europe The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 37 World Heritage Sites in eight countries (also called " state parties") commonly referred to as Northern Europe: Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denm ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Denmark ** List of World Heritage Sites in Estonia ** List of World Heritage Sites in Finland **

List of World Heritage Sites in Iceland The UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural heritage, cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, establish ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Latvia ** List of World Heritage Sites in Lithuania ** List of World Heritage Sites in Norway **

List of World Heritage Sites in Sweden The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural he ...

* List of World Heritage Sites in Southern Europe ** List of World Heritage Sites in Albania **

List of World Heritage Sites in Andorra The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 175 World Heritage Sites in all of the 15 sovereign countries (also called " state parties") of Southern Europe: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovi ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina ** List of World Heritage Sites in Croatia **

List of World Heritage Sites in Greece The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the UNES ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Italy ** List of World Heritage Sites in Malta **

List of World Heritage Sites in Montenegro The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Montenegro, w ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in North Macedonia ** List of World Heritage Sites in Portugal **

List of World Heritage Sites in San Marino The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 175 World Heritage Site, World Heritage Sites in all of the 15 sovereign countries (also called "Sovereign state, state parties") of Southern Europe: Alba ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Serbia **

List of World Heritage Sites in Slovenia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the UNE ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in Spain **

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is itself a World Heritage Site * List of World Heritage Sites in Western Europe ** List of World Heritage Sites in Austria ** List of World Heritage Sites in Belgium ** List of World Heritage Sites in France ** List of World Heritage Sites in Germany ** List of World Heritage Sites in Luxembourg **

List of World Heritage Sites in the Netherlands The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural he ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in the Republic of Ireland **

List of World Heritage Sites in Switzerland The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Switzerlan ...

** List of World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom

Oceania

* List of World Heritage Sites in Oceania (Australia, Kiribati, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and other Pacific Islands) {{DEFAULTSORT:World Heritage Sites *