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rom the vast plains of the Serengeti to historic cities such T 7 ICELAND as Vienna, Lima and ; from the prehistoric rock art 1 5 on the Iberian Peninsula to the Statue of Liberty; from the 2 8 Kasbah of Algiers to the Imperial in Beijing — all 5

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O 7 H E M R 4 I E 3 T IN AG O 18 E • IM 8 PATR Key 6 United Nations World 1 Cultural property The designations employed and the presentation 1 T Educational, Scientific and Heritage of material on this map do not imply the expres- 12 Cultural Organization Convention 1 Natural property 28 T sion of any opinion whatsoever on the part of 14 10 1 1 22 9 Mixed property (cultural and natural) 7 3 N UNESCO and National Geographic Society con- G 1 A UNITED 2 2 Transnational property cerning the legal status of any country, territory, 2 6 5 1 30 X 1 city or area or of its authorities, or concerning 1 Property currently inscribed on the KINGDOM 4 1 the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. IRELAND 23 26 7 T 2 List of World Heritage in Danger 6 25 8 2 27 21 NETHERLANDS 35 See country index on the back side of map for site The dotted line represents approximately the 3 X 6 A listings. 5 28 Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed 6 1 22 4 19 8 28 V 9 30 Number indicates site order by year of inscription upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of 1012 9 7 6 1 9 3 31 2419 within each country. Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed 5 2416 8 34 11 14 S 13 25 5 20 4 AF 2 33 18 9 11 Letters are assigned to transnational properties in upon by the parties. 26 7 1 17 21 9 5 V 1 5 20 12 T the order of their inscription on the List. 35103 G CZECHIA 1 2 M 6 38 2 10 The final boundary between the Republic of 7 27 16 1 9 AC Only States Parties to the World Heritage Convention 28 12 32 10 4 LUXEMBOURG 1 7 10 3 5 T are labeled on this map. Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not 18 15 12 11 8 1 3 V 3 17 1 17 2 35 REPUBLIC OF yet been determined. 3 38 13 29 7 4 6 I V United Nations (UN) country boundaries are shown 2 27 12 AF 2 2 6 4 6 16 6 7 7 as of December 2017. 36 2 2 13 Y Y 4 3 23 1 V P 3 1 1 whc..org 26 4 10 4 3 4 SWITZ. 1 6 2 19 37 8 5 HUNGARY 4 GEORGIA 1 www.nationalgeographic.com 13 11 3 2 30 Y 7 2 1 ARMENIA 6AF 5 4 W 42 5 © 2018 UNESCO Printed February 2018 43 Z 5 16 2 3 AF 36 1 AI Y 3 23 Y Q 27 1 11 Y 8 V 2925 5 2 31 194 4 7 40 18 41 3 BOSNIA 9 12 & SERBIA V 4 9 20 8 46 20 HERZEGOVINA 4 2 33 6 34 368 40 15 AG 24 33 15 SAN AI 2 5 38 21 20 24 1 2 24 V 9 443 MARINO 6 2AG 3 8 5 29 5 1 2 1 1 3 35 K 22 MONACO 69 7 AG AG 11 3 26 ANDORRA 16 33 3 10 4 Longitude West Longitude East 8 34 38 1 1 AI 6 1 15 150° 120° 90° 60° 30° 0° 30° 60° 90° 120° 150° 10 1 8 PORTUGAL (France) 14 V F.Y.R.O.M. 5 14 L 16 371 34 18 12 10 7 17 5 30 V 1 2 OCEAN 3 4 31 25 C 6 6 4 28 17 13 14 4 9 36 11 10 14 7 14 19 12 22 2125 7 2 2 13 13 11 SYRIAN 5 18 27 28 1 5 4 ARAB Z 23 41 17 7 6 (Italy) 23 14 17 REPUBLIC 212 1 29 (Spain) 13 3 37 32 3 5 15 15 11 16 21 32 10 7 6 42 2 47 1 8 5 45 9 2 3 3 2 (Italy) 39 1 1 1 29 (UK) 26 22 LEBANON 19 35 4 (Russian 2 Federation) 2 9 (Denmark) 3 2 674 4 21 1 ISRAEL 2 Meridian of Greenwich 3 1 5 PALESTINE 1 8 3 ARCTIC CIRCLE ARCTIC CIRCLE 2 3 1JORDAN 9 5 1 4 Qal’at Bu Mahir, a 19th-century four-cornered fortress built of coral stone blocks, plaster, B 2 8 (Denmark) and wood protects the memory of the sailors, divers, and merchants who harvested RUSSIAN FEDERATION 22 and traded pearls here for centuries. Oyster beds still grow in the shallow waters off 60° 60° the southern tip of Muharraq Island. The fortress and remnants of more than a 6 dozen other structures—including a mosque, shops, and merchants’ homes— Albers Conic Equal-Area Projection preserve the history of pearling in the Persian Gulf, which dominated the 0 mi 400 11 world’s pearl economy until the early 20th century, enriching traders and The World Heritage Cities Programme seeks 0 km 400 putting Bahrain at the heart of powerful global networks. to protect living historic city centres Title photo: © Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities and their cultural and architectural her- 10 4 15 7 1 itage from threats such as uncontrolled 3 3 development or inappropriate construction. 12 R 5 NORTH 9 AJ J 2 3 11 KAZAKHSTAN 8 1 8 16 The World Heritage emblem symbolizes AMERICA 13 AE 12 14 16 the interdependence of the world’s natural 2 10 AH 2 13 1 and cultural diversity. The central square UZBEKISTAN AE 45 42 2 1 AH 3 represents the achievements of human skill 6 AH KYRGYZSTAN 27 UNITED STATES 11 30 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S 12 1 1 2 4 and inspiration, and the circle celebrates 5 2 4 4 28 21 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 2 6 20 the gifts of nature. The emblem is round, 9 TURKMENISTAN 1 2 38 16 9 12 1 3 1 OF AMERICA 15 11 3 TAJIKISTAN 2 4 like the world, a symbol of global protec- 13 (Portugal) 12 1 3 REPUBLIC 1 7 4 14 17 11 9 7 12 5 5 OF KOREA 10 tion for the heritage of all humankind. 17 5 4 8 4 4 7 1 1210 6 3 14 1 6 16 33 2 6 18 AF 10 6 6 7 1 2 51 12 1 17 3 2 46 7 14 5 19 2 19 9 5 3 8 20 1 3 AE5 4026 20 87 The Small Islands Programme focuses on 41 TUNISIA (ISLAMIC 2 12 8 8 8 (Portugal) 9 2 3 15 AFGHANISTAN 6 preserving heritage on the islands of the 20 18 (UK) MOROCCO 3 1 IRAQ 18 3 9 13 32 18 110 22 32 7 2 5 REPUBLIC OF) 5 49 18 Sea and the Atlantic, Pacific 3 5 AF 3224 18 5 21 17 18 7 41 3 and Indian Oceans. 5 4 13 2 19 30°N 1 KUWAIT 14 16 23 15 25 30°N 21 30 7 6 20 10 (Spain) 6 PAKISTAN 27 47 37 1339 4 21 NEPAL 29 39 11 1325 2 1 BHUTAN 22 The World Heritage Marine Programme ALGERIA 1 9 4 3 4 3 34 15 1 BAHRAIN 1 28 13 8 7 19 The Earthen Architecture Conservation LIBYA EGYPT 2 11 helps countries nominate marine sites and 2 1 QATAR 22 19 (USA) 4 2 33 35 Programme works toward conserving and 4 4 30 11 2 36 BAHAMAS manage them effectively to ensure that they 2 UNITED 1 23 43 50 TROPIC OF CANCER revitalizing earthen architecture, which is SAUDI ARAB 31 19 BANGLADESH TROPIC OF CANCER 1 will thrive for future generations. There EMIRATES 2 4 35 44 34 12 5 1 24 1 threatened by natural disasters and indus- 30 3 ARABIA 25 1 48 31 82 CUBA are currently 49 marine sites on the World 173 9 3 INDIA trialization. Currently, some one hundred 26 728 23 2 6 2 17 16 10 8 7 Heritage List. 1 LAO P.D.R. 16 (USA) 334 15 36 DOMINICAN 1 2 7 8 properties on the World Heritage List are 9 24 21 4 1 REPUBLIC 3 5 1 29 273 1 MAURITANIA 1 15 34 14 6 HAITI (USA) OMAN 26 partially or totally built with . 20 19 22 1 11 1 PACIFIC JAMAICA 1 MALI 1 3 2 BELIZE ANTIGUA CABO VERDE 4 5 5 1 AND BARBUDA 2 531 1 1 1 2 NIGER 2 2 1 3 ST KITTS AND NEVIS 3 4 ERITREA 1 4 1 14 3 3 2 1 DOMINICA SUDAN 1 10 4 HONDURAS SENEGAL CHAD 2 YEMEN 12 3 OCEAN 2 1 1 1 2 VIET 2 5 3 6 3 2 5 2 GUATEMALA 1 1 SAINT LUCIA U 1 NAM ST VINCENT AND GAMBIA 1 SALVADOR 2 THE GRENADINES 1 BARBADOS 1 2 1 (Yemen) 3 1 NICARAGUA 6 AK 3 4 6 4 (Netherlands) GRENADA GUINEA- BURKINA FASO 2 DJIBOUTI 22 1 1 BISSAU 4 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO GUINEA BENIN 1 16 MARSHALL 2 1 3 1 1 4 (Philippines) F 1 NIGERIA ISLANDS COSTA 3 3 3 ATLANTIC 2 1 ETHIOPIA 8 1 World Heritage sites are inscribed on the SIERRA TOGO 5 29 1 RICA PANAMA 2 LEONE COTEˆ SOUTH 3 2 D GHANA 2 7 2 List on the basis of their merits as forming 4 VENEZUELA 1 CENTRAL 5 8 SRI 1 D'IVOIRE SUDAN LANKA 6 1 LIBERIA 4 1 a significant contribution to the cultural GUYANA 2 AFRICAN REPUBLIC 6 PACIFIC 1 (Costa Rica) OCEAN 1 3 2 9 7 2 1 CAMEROON 4 DARUSSALAM and natural heritage of the world. Their 7 (FEDERATED STATES OF) 6 1 (Colombia) COLOMBIA 2 MALDIVES 3 2 outstanding universal value is considered SURINAME EQUATORIAL 1 2 OCEAN 4 GUINEA AA KIRIBATI to go beyond national boundaries and to 5 5 SAO TOME UGANDA 1 AD AND PRINCIPE 1 EQUATOR be of importance for future generations. AD 3 KENYA EQUATOR 2 2 5 1 0° 1 CONGO DEMOCRATIC 0° ECUADOR 1 (Ecuador) 1 GABON 3 4 RWANDA 12 3 3 3 INDIAN 4 8 REPUBLIC 7 BURUNDI 1 5 6 1 () 15 S KIRIBATI 4 E 2 L L 7 E 6 OF THE CONGO H OCEAN SOUTH C 1 1 UNITED REP. 6 Y E 2 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 8 Cultural heritage refers to monuments, OF TANZANIA S 145 SOLOMON 5 2 8 7 buildings and sites with historical, aesthetic, 3 TIMOR- ISLANDS 4 4 2 1 Conserving the diversity of life on Earth is 3 AMERICA archaeological, scientific, ethnological or LESTE 11 PERU 17 COMOROS critical to global human welfare. With the BRAZIL anthropological value. Natural heritage 1 7 6 ANGOLA support of the World Heritage Convention, refers to outstanding physical, biological or The World Heritage Sustainable Tourism 1 2 1 3 MALAWI SAMOA AD 14 1 the most important sites 6 geological features and includes habitats of ZAMBIA 2 3 Programme helps visitors discover World 9 E 1 receive international recognition as well as threatened species, as well as areas with U Heritage sites while encouraging respect of 8 BOLIVIA 2 16 6 VANUATU 10 AD 9 1 Q COOK ISLANDS 39 (France) technical and financial assistance to deal 5 (PLURINATIONAL scientific, environmental or aesthetic I the environment and local cultures and FIJI STATE OF) 13 B 15 1 1 with threats such as agricultural encroach- AD 4 11 value. Mixed sites have both cultural H enhancing community livelihoods. 2 NIUE 1 ZIMBABWE M 1 2 3 2 A 11 ment, alien species and poaching. 1 19 and natural values. 3 Z MADAGASCAR 1 4 41 1 4 2 MAURITIUS 2 31 TONGA O (France) 32 (France) NAMIBIA BOTSWANA M 19 PARAGUAY 1820 4 TROPIC OF CAPRICORN 7AD TROPIC OF CAPRICORN 11 (UK) 10 3 5 2 8 9 7 10 2 Robinson Projection SWAZILAND 1 () 1 6 SCALE 120000 AUSTRALIA 1 0 mi 1000 E 7 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by the SOUTH AB 0 km 1000 30°S United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, at its General Conference, Paris, 16 November 1972. 5 AFRICA LESOTHO 30°S CHILE The reduced scale of the maps and the cartographic 6 projections have resulted in approximate locations 5 (Australia) of some properties. 6 3 2 18 EXTRACTS URUGUAY 2 Land cover data: Tom Patterson, 14 17 5 1 5 3 … parts of the cultural or natural heritage are of out- An Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection AF United States National Park Service standing interest and therefore need to be preserved as of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Outstanding Text: Shelley Sperry 11 Design and production: National Geographic Maps part of the world heritage of humankind as a whole. Universal Value, called “the World Heritage ARGENTINA Committee”, is… established within UNESCO. 16 … [with] the magnitude and gravity of the new dan- NEW 2 (UK) gers threatening… [the world’s heritage], it is incum- ... the Committee shall establish… under the title 15 ZEALAND bent on the international community as a whole to of “World Heritage List”, a list of the properties 4 The 5,286m Sangay volcano—one of the world's most active—pierces participate in the protection of the cultural and natural forming part of the cultural heritage and natural In the Seven Sisters waterfall rushes from rugged 2 8 3 In 1918, Italians erected this grand in their military outpost of clouds above Ecuador’s lush Andean landscape. In its delicate heritage of outstanding universal value… heritage... which it considers as having outstanding mountain cliffs into the breathtaking . Carved Asmara, Eritrea, which had been under colonial rule since 1889. Before World War II, Europeans conceived a modernist city replete with hotels, wetlands, dense rain and high grasslands, the park shelters universal value... by glaciers over millennia, Nærøyfjord and Geirangerfjord range 1 endangered mountain tapirs and spectacled bears as well as 3,000 from 10 to 500 deep, and are among the nation's most mosques, churches and residential buildings, celebrating modern design flowering plants and over 300 bird species. cherished and protected landmarks. while serving the goals of imperial power. 4

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ANTARCTIC CIRCLE KalypsoWorldPhotography / Alamy Stock Photo Douglas Pearson / Getty Images BE&W agencja fotograficzna Sp. z o.o. / Alamy Stock Photo John W Banagan / Getty Images Roger de la Harpe / Getty Images © Asmara Heritage Project Ozbalci / Getty Images Piyaphon Phemtaweepon / Getty Images Jeremy Woodhouse / Getty Images Brightly colored homes reached by steep stone staircases and funicular elevators cover the 42 hills Five linked , including Africa's largest estuarine system, cover almost 2,400 Sudan’s Sanganeb atoll reefs slope 240 metres down to the The Haghpat and Sanahin monasteries represent outstanding examples of Armenian Spanning the snow-covered and surrounding plateau, Tajikistan’s In Trang An, Viet Nam, a labyrinth of rice paddies, towers, caves, encircling Valparaiso's harbor. At the turn of the 20th century, Chile's largest Pacific port was a centre square km at iSimangaliso Wetland Park in South Africa. Hippos swim in the park's brackish Sea’s floor. Its 86 types of coral protect 300 fish species. In the religious architecture between the 10th and 13th centuries. Numerous monuments of Tajik National Park includes one of the world’s longest glaciers, some of its deepest forests and waterways stretches across the Red River delta. Home to the of global trade. The city welcomed immigrants from every who created its unique urban lakes while whales and dolphins migrate off shore. Loggerhead and leatherback turtles nest waters and seagrass beds surrounding nearby Mukkawar Island, memorial and monumental art are preserved in the monasteries, amongst which more gorges and over 400 lakes. Few people live in this rugged land of extreme winters 10th-century capital Hoa Lu, the history of humans and their relationship architecture and culture. along its pristine . Colonies of pelicans, storks and herons breed nearby. dugong, turtles and manta rays find a welcoming habitat. than 50 khachkars (cross-stones) are considered among the best examples of medi- and frequent earthquakes, but agile snow leopards and Siberian ibex roam freely. with nature here spans 30,000 years. eval Armenian . AE Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an-Tianshan O / Archipelago j of o Van Nellefabriek REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 2002 2% Palau de la Música Catalana and , r Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora Corridor T k Archaeological Site of X T Struve Geodetic Arc T Struve Geodetic Arc 2^ V COLOMBIA 1983 FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA GRENADA 1998 San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians NEW ZEALAND 1984 ROMANIA 1990 2& q Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena (F.Y.R.O.M.) 1997 q q Danube Delta Rock Art of the on the Iberian and Other of Europe GUATEMALA 1979 Te Wahipounamu — South West New Zealand AC w Los Katíos National Park q Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid w Tongariro National Park w Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania Peninsula Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland q National Park 2* University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares and Ukraine e Historic Centre of e e Monastery of Horezu FRANCE 1975 w New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands 2( r National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro r Churches of , Biodiversity and Culture UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2001 q Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay e Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua NICARAGUA 1979 3) t San Agustín Archaeological Park t Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains San Cristóbal de La q Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and w Chartres Cathedral q Ruins of León Viejo x y Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary GUINEA 1979 y Historic Centre of Sighi¸soara Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco Oases Areas) e Palace and Park of Versailles w León Cathedral 3@ u Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia D Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve u Wooden Churches of Maramure¸s r Vézelay, Church and Hill 3# UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND AD Qhapac Ñan, Andean Road System t GUINEA-BISSAU 2006 NIGER 1974 V Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère q 3$ Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí NORTHERN IRELAND 1984 Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves and Other Regions of Europe q COMOROS 2000 Valley GUYANA 1977 w Historic Centre of Agadez 3% Archaeological Site of Atapuerca Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast y Palace and Park of Fontainebleau RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1988 3^ Cultural Landscape w Durham Castle and Cathedral CONGO 1987 HAITI 1980 AK W-Arly-Pendjari Complex AA Sangha Trinational u Amiens Cathedral q Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups 3& Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and e Ironbridge Gorge i Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the q National History Park — Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers NIGERIA 1974 of Monuments r Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains NIO M Baeza O UN M D RI T IA

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Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana u St Kilda Educational, Scientific and Heritage HONDURAS 1979 NORWAY 1977 Cultural Organization Convention e Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of y White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 4@ Antequera Site i Blenheim Palace Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres q Site of Copan q of the Diquís Open-Pan Salt u Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in K Pyrénées — Mount Perdu o City of Bath w Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve w F Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad s Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place Sergiev Posad L Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega p Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey d’Alliance in Nancy HUNGARY 1985 e Røros Mining Town and the Circumference i Church of the Ascension, including Saint Margaret’s Church he United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural National Park Historic City of Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran silverjohn / Getty Images Verde d Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe q Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda r Rock Art of Alta o V Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians a Henderson Island CÔTE D’IVOIRE 1981 t Vegaøyan — The Vega Archipelago Organization (UNESCO) works with countries around f Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue i w Archaeological Site of Sabratha p and Other Regions of Europe s Tower of London q Taï National Park City of and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto y West Norwegian Fjords — Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord Scandola Reserve w Old Village of Hollók˝o and its Surroundings o Historic Centre of e Archaeological Site of Cyrene a Z Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija d Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey and the world to identify and protect cultural and natural w Comoé National Park u Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site g Pont du Gard () e Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its p Historic Centre of r Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus s Golden Mountains of Altai St Martin’s Church e Historic town of Grand-Bassam h Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt Natural Environment t Old Town of Ghadamès T Struve Geodetic Arc d Western SRI LANKA 1980 f Old and New Towns of Edinburgh places that merit recognition as part of the common a Crespi d’Adda q D Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve j Paris, Banks of the Seine r Hortobágy National Park — the Puszta f Historic and Architectural Complex of the Sacred City of Anuradhapura g Gough and Inaccessible Islands s , City of the Renaissance and its Po Delta LITHUANIA 1992 OMAN 1981 w heritage of humankind. UNESCO adopted the Convention k Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi t Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) g Ensemble of the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa h Maritime Greenwich CROATIA 1992 d Castel del Monte q Vilnius Historic Centre q Bahla Fort e Ancient City of Sigiriya concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural q of Dubrovnik and Palace of Tau, Reims y Tokaj Region Historic Cultural Landscape f The Trulli of w Kernav˙e Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of w Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn h Central Sikhote-Alin j Heart of Neolithic Orkney w Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian l Bourges Cathedral I Caves of Aggtelek and Slovak Karst e j Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of g Early Christian Monuments of Kernav˙e) Land of Frankincense Heritage in 1972. Since then, 193 countries have ratified the e Plitvice Lakes National Park ; Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal P Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape r k Ensemble of the h Historic Centre of the City of N Curonian Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman r Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Ensemble and Avignon Bridge ICELAND 1995 j 18th-Century Royal Palace at with the Park, the T Struve Geodetic Arc l Natural System of Reserve treaty, and at present 1073 properties are inscribed on the z du Midi PAKISTAN 1976 ; Historical Centre of the City of Historic Centre of Poreˇc q Þingvellir National Park and Complex q t 2@ Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne LUXEMBOURG 1983 Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro z List — 832 of which are cultural, 206 natural and 35 mixed Historic City of Trogir w Surtsey k Residences of the Royal House of Savoy w Taxila y Cathedral of St James in ˇSibenik 2# Historic Site of Lyon q City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and 2@ Pillars Nature Park l Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua Fortifications e Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City (a combination of the two). They are noted here in alphabetical u Stari Grad Plain 2$ Routes of in France INDIA 1977 ; Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, 2# Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex Ngorongoro Conservation Area, 2% q Ajanta Caves Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol 2$ United Republic of Tanzania V Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion z Archaeological Areas of Pompei, and MADAGASCAR 1983 Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the Town- order by country and in the order they were listed. 2^ Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes w Ellora Caves r Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta Island of Ariadne Van Zandbergen / Getty Images and Other Regions of Europe q Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve t Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore AG Ste´cci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards 2& Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs e Agra Fort 2@ w Royal Hill of Ambohimanga N y Rohtas Fort AI Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th 2* Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret r Taj Mahal 2# e of the Atsinanana R Uvs Nuur Basin ­­­­­­­­­­­­ BAHRAIN 1991 CABO VERDE 1988 di Barumini Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar 2( Bordeaux, Port of the Moon t Sun Temple, Konârak 2$ PALAU 2002 T Struve Geodetic Arc KEY q Qal’at al-Bahrain — Ancient Harbour and Capital of q Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande Portovenere, and the Islands (, MALAWI 1982 q 3) Fortifications of Vauban y Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram 1 Rock Islands Southern Lagoon AJ Landscapes of Dauria Cultural property Dilmun CUBA and ) q CAMBODIA 1991 1981 3! Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and u Kaziranga National Park Lake Malawi National Park q Natural property w Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy q Old and its Fortification System 2% Costiera Amalfitana w Chongoni Rock-Art Area PALESTINE 2011 RWANDA 2000 q (cultural and natural) q Associated Ecosystems i Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Mixed property w Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 2^ Archaeological Area of Agrigento 1 Birthplace of : Church of the Nativity and the BANGLADESH 1983 w Temple of Preah Vihear 3@ Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island o Keoladeo National Park MALAYSIA SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 1986 A Transnational property e San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba 2& Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of 1988 Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (Thirty-seven properties are nominated and q Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat e Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of 3# Episcopal City of Albi p Churches and Convents of Goa q q Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park r Desembarco del Granma National Park 2 Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines — Cultural managed by more than one State Party) w Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur Y 3$ The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean a Khajuraho Group of Monuments w Gunung Mulu National Park Ancient Ishanapura t 2* and National Park with the Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir SAINT LUCIA 1991 q Property in danger e The Sundarbans Viñales Valley Agro-Pastoral Cultural Landscape s Group of Monuments at Hampi e Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits Archaeological Sites of and and the 3 q Pitons Management Area CAMEROON 1982 y Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee 3% Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin d Fatehpur Sikri Hebron / Al-Khalil Old Town 1979 Year in which each of the 193 BARBADOS 2002 q Dja Faunal Reserve Certosa de Padula of Malacca Plantations in the South-East of Cuba 3^ Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte f Group of Monuments at Pattadakal r Archaeological Heritage of the Valley PANAMA 1978 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 2003 States Parties adhered to the q Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison AA Sangha Trinational u Alejandro de Humboldt National Park 2( Historic Centre of World Heritage Convention Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche g Elephanta Caves 3) Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 1 Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: SAMOA 2001 BELARUS 1988 i Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos h MALDIVES 1986 A variety of dangers due to natural causes or human 3& The Climats, Terroirs of Burgundy Great Living Chola Temples x City of Portobelo-San Lorenzo q CANADA 1976 o Historic Centre of Camagüey 3* Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars j Sundarbans National Park MALI 1977 w Darien National Park SAN MARINO 1991 intervention are constantly threatening World Heritage. 3@ Isole Eolie () q San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano As a result, 54 properties (in bold on the list) are currently w Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the q L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site CYPRUS 1975 3( Taputapuˉatea k Nanda and Valley of Flowers National Parks 1 Old Towns of Djenné e Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic Waterton Glacier International Peace Park, Canada / United States Marc Shandro / Getty Images 3# , the Basilica of San Francesco and other inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger and are Radziwill Family at Nesvizh w Nahanni National Park q Paphos K Pyrénées — Mount Perdu l Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi 2 Timbuktu District of Panamá SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 2006 Franciscan Sites r thus entitled to particular attention and emergency A Białowie˙za e w Painted Churches in the Troodos Region M Belfries of Belgium and France ; Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi e Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) r Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Sinharaja Forest Reserve k Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, conservation action. 3$ Villa d’Este, Tivoli SAUDI ARABIA 1978 t Sacred City of Kandy T Struve Geodetic Arc Y Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps z Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi 4 Tomb of Askia Protection Bermuda 3% Late Towns of the Val di (South-Eastern q Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) A F The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding 2@ Mountain Railways of India F Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad y Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications l Blaenavon Industrial Landscape BELGIUM 1996 ) MALTA 1978 w At-Turaif District in ad-Dir’iyah AFGHANISTAN 1979 Contribution to the Modern Movement 2# Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya _ National Park u Golden Temple of Dambulla ; Dorset and East Devon Coast q La Grand-Place, Brussels 3^ Sacri Monti of and q Hal Saflieni Hypogeum e Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah q Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam 2$ Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka i Central Highlands of Sri Lanka z Derwent Valley Mills w Flemish Béguinages GABON 1986 3& Etruscan Necropolises of and w City of Valletta PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1997 r Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia w Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the 2% Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park SUDAN 1974 2@ New Lanark e The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their q and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé- 3* Val d’Orcia e Megalithic Temples of Malta q Kuk Early Agricultural Site Bamiyan Valley Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut) 2^ Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) 3( SENEGAL 1976 q Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region 2# Saltaire Okanda Syracuse and the Rocky PARAGUAY ALBANIA 1989 r Historic Centre of Brugge 2& Red Fort Complex 4) : The Strade Nuove and the system of the 2002 1988 q Island of Gorée w Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe 2$ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew GAMBIA 1987 2* Jantar Mantar, Jaipur q Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site q Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and 2 Niokolo-Koba National Park e Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – 25 Liverpool — Maritime Mercantile City q Butrint t Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta Palazzi dei Rolli q Jesús de Tavarangue w Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra (Brussels) Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites 2( Western Ghats 4! and MAURITANIA 1981 e Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary Mukkawar Island Marine National Park 2^ Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape U Stone Circles of Senegambia 3) Hill Forts of Rajasthan r Island of Saint-Louis 2& Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal V Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians y Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) 4@ The q Banc d’Arguin National Park PERU 1982 SURINAME 1997 x Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s ) at Patan, Gujarat t Saloum Delta and Other Regions of Europe u Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai GEORGIA 1992 4# The Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568- w Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and q City of Cuzco q Central Suriname Nature Reserve 2* The Forth Bridge i 3@ Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area w y Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural 2( Gorham’s Cave Complex ALGERIA Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex q Historical Monuments of Mtskheta 774 A.D.) Oualata Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu w Historic Inner City of Paramaribo 1974 o 3# Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda e Landscapes 3) The English Lake District q Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad Stoclet House w Gelati Monastery 4$ and Gardens in Tuscany MAURITIUS 1995 Chavin (Archaeological Site) p Major Mining Sites of Wallonia e Upper Svaneti University) at Nalanda, Bihar 4% r Huascarán National Park U Stone Circles of Senegambia SWAZILAND 2005 G Frontiers of the w Tassili n’Ajjer 3$ Khangchendzonga National Park q Aapravasi Ghat M Belfries of Belgium and France 4^ The Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: - t Chan Chan Archaeological Zone SERBIA 2001 SWEDEN 1985 e M’Zab Valley GERMANY w Le Morne Cultural Landscape UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 1977 V Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians 1976 3% Historic City of Ahmadabad y r Djémila q and Monferrato Manú National Park q Stari Ras and Sopocani´ q Royal Domain of Drottningholm q Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Other Regions of Europe AF The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding MEXICO 1984 u t Tipasa w 4& Arab-Norman and the Cathedral Churches of w Studenica Monastery w and Hovgården w Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara AF The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement q Sian Ka’an i y Timgad e Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Cefalú and Río Abiseo National Park 3 Medieval Monuments in Kosovo e e Serengeti National Park Contribution to the Modern Movement w Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of o Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa r u Kasbah of Algiers Residence Square INDONESIA 1989 C Historic Centre of Rome r Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius 4 Selous Game Reserve e Historic Centre of and p BELIZE 1990 r Pilgrimage Church of Wies q Temple Compounds Q Historical Centre of the City of AG Ste´cci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards t Skogskyrkogården t Kilimanjaro National Park ANDORRA 1997 w Ujung Kulon National Park V Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians r Pre-Hispanic City of a Sacred City of Caral-Supe y Hanseatic Town of y Stone Town of Zanzibar q Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System t Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl SEYCHELLES 1980 q Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley e t Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of AD Qhapac Ñan, Andean Road System u y St Mary’s Cathedral and St Michael’s Church at National Park and Other Regions of Europe q Aldabra Atoll u Kondoa Rock-Art Sites BENIN 1982 r W Monte Albán i Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå ANGOLA 1991 Prambanan Temple Compounds in the / Bernina Landscapes PHILIPPINES 1985 w Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve q Royal of Abomey t Early Man Site Y Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps y Historic Centre of o Naval Port of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1973 q Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former u Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church q Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park q AK W-Arly-Pendjari Complex Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia, Colombia andrear / Getty Images y A I Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th u Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines SIERRA LEONE 2005 p Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland Mesa Verde National Park Kingdom of Kongo of Our Lady in w Baroque Churches of the Philippines w u Tropical Heritage of Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar i Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza a Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun Yellowstone National Park BHUTAN 2001 i Hanseatic City of Lübeck e Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras SINGAPORE 2012 e ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1983 r SG_ang Gwaay e Choirokoitia i Cultural Landscape of Province: the Subak System o Historic Centre of s , Grand National Park q Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological BOLIVIA (Plurinational State of) 1976 t Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump o Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin JAMAICA 1983 p El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City r Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park q Singapore Botanic Gardens r Everglades National Park CZECHIA 1993 as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy d Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland Sites q City of Potosí y Wood Buffalo National Park p Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch q Blue and John Crow Mountains a Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino t Historic City of SLOVAKIA 1993 t Independence Hall q Historic Centre of Prague O High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago w Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos u Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks a Mines of , Historic Town of and IRAN (Islamic Republic of) 1975 y Range Wildlife Sanctuary y Redwood National and State Parks ARGENTINA 1978 w Historic Centre of Ceskˇ ´y Krumlov ­JAPAN 1992 s Historic Centre of Zacatecas q Vlkolínec T Struve Geodetic Arc e Historic City of i Historic District of Old Québec Upper Water Management System q Tchogha Zanbil q Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area d Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco POLAND 1976 w Historic Town of Banská Stiavnicaˇ and the Technical u Mammoth Cave National Park q Los Glaciares National Park e Historic Centre of Telˇc s r Fuerte de Samaipata o Town of w Persepolis w Himeji-jo f Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of q Historic Centre of Kraków Monuments in its Vicinity 1975 i Olympic National Park w Iguazu National Park r Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená d q t Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku p Old Town Lunenburg Complex e Meidan Emam, Esfahan e Popocatepetl w Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines e Levoˇca, Spiˇssk´y Hrad and the Associated Cultural Abbey of St Gall o Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site e Península Valdés Hora f w Culture a Miguasha National Park Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of r Takht-e Soleyman r Shirakami-Sanchi g Pre-Hispanic Town of e Auschwitz Birkenau Monuments Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair p Great Smoky Mountains National Park r Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas t Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of g e y Noel Kempff Mercado National Park s Völklingen Ironworks t Pasargadae t Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and h Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp r Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve Old City of Berne a La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in t Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sedlec h r AD Qhapac Ñan, Andean Road System d Cliffs Fossil Site y Bam and its Cultural Landscape Otsu Cities) j Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara (1940-1945) t Wooden Churches of the Slovak Part of the Carpathian Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Puerto Rico y Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba y Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape j f Landscape of Grand Pré u Soltaniyeh y Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama k Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, r Historic Centre of Warsaw Mountain Area Market-Town of Bellinzona s Statue of Liberty u Quebrada de Humahuaca BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1993 u Hola ˇs ovice Historical Village k t g Red Bay Basque Whaling Station and its Sites in , Dessau and Bernau i Bisotun u (Genbaku Dome) l Historic Monuments Zone of t Old City of Zamo´s´c I Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst Jungfrau-Aletsch d Yosemite National Park i Los Alerces National Park q Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar i Gardens and Castle at Kromˇeˇríˇz l y h Mistaken Point Luther Memorials in and o Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran i Itsukushima Shrine ; Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco , Vineyard Terraces f Chaco Culture E Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis w Mehmed Paˇsa Sokolovic´ Bridge in Viˇsegrad o Litomyˇsl Castle ; Classical Weimar p u Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona B Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System o Historic Monuments of Ancient z Historic Fortified Town of Campeche g Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville AD Qhapac Ñan, Andean Road System AG Ste´cci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards p Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc z i Tatshenshini-Alsek Castle a Sheikh Safi al-din Khaneg¯ ah¯ and Shrine Ensemble in p Shrines and Temples of Nikko 2@ Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of La Chaux-de-Fonds / , Watchmaking Town h Volcanoes National Park AF The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding a Tugendhat Villa in Brno 2@ BOTSWANA 1998 J Waterton Glacier International Peace Park Museumsinsel (), Berlin Ardabil a Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of , Campeche Planning j Taos Pueblo Contribution to the Modern Movement q Tsodilo s Jewish Quarter and St Procopius’ Basilica in Tˇrebíˇc 2# Monastic Island of Reichenau s Tabriz Historical Bazaar Complex Q Monte San Giorgio k Carlsbad Caverns National Park CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1980 Ryukyu 2# Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro ARMENIA 1993 w Okavango Delta DEM. PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 1998 2$ Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz d The Persian Garden W Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes 1( Papah¯anaumoku¯akea q Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park s Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain 2$ Luis Barragán House and Studio q Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin q Complex of Koguryo Tombs 2% Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen f Gonbad-e Qˉabus Y Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps ; Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point BRAZIL Range 2% Islands and Protected Areas of the 1977 AA Sangha Trinational 2^ Historic Centres of and g Masjed-e Jˉamé of Isfahan AF The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding w Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the q Historic Town of w Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong d Shiretoko 2^ Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of z San Antonio Missions CHAD 2& Upper Middle Valley 1^ Golestan Palace Contribution to the Modern Movement B Archaeological Site of Zvartnots w Historic Centre of the Town of 1999 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO f and its Cultural Landscape Tequila Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / e q Lakes of Ounianga 1974 2* Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen j Shahr-i Sokhta Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley e Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia q Virunga National Park g Ogasawara Islands 2& Central University City Campus of the Universidad SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 1975 Tatshenshini-Alsek w Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape 2( Old Town of with Stadtamhof k Susa J Waterton Glacier International Peace Park AUSTRALIA 1974 r Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de w Garamba National Park h Hiraizumi — Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) 1 Ancient City of Damascus 3) Berlin Modernism Housing Estates l Cultural Landscape of Maymand q Kakadu National Park t Iguaçu National Park CHILE 1980 e Kahuzi-Biega National Park Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land 2* Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of w Ancient City of Bosra URUGUAY 1989 3! in Alfeld ; The Persian Qanat w Great Barrier Reef y Brasilia q Rapa Nui National Park r Salonga National Park 1& Fujisan, Sacred Place and Source of Artistic Inspiration Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco 3 Site of Palmyra q Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento 3@ Margravial House z Lut Desert e Willandra Lakes Region u Serra da Capivara National Park w Churches of Chiloé t Okapi Wildlife Reserve k Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites 2( Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 4 Ancient City of Aleppo w Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape 3# Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 2@ Historic City of Yazd r Tasmanian Wilderness i Historic Centre of São Luís e Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso l Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and 3) Camino Real de Tierra Adentro 5 Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din DENMARK 1979 3$ Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey UZBEKISTAN 1993 t Lord Howe Island Group o Discovery Coast Reserves r Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works IRAQ 1974 Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining 3! Prehistoric Caves of and in the Central 6 Ancient Villages of Northern Syria q Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church 3% and with q Itchan Kala y p Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves t Sewell Mining Town q Hatra ; Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in Valley of Oaxaca Gondwana Rainforests of Australia w 3^ Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura TAJIKISTAN 1992 w Historic Centre of Bukhara AD w Ashur (Qal’at Sherqat) the Munakata Region 3@ El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Qhapac Ñan, Andean Road System G q Proto-Urban Site of Sarazm e e Castle Frontiers of the Roman Empire e Samarra Archaeological City AF The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Reserve Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz CHINA S w Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs) r 1985 r Muskauer Park / Park Mu˙zakowski r Erbil Citadel Contribution to the Modern Movement 3# Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System Samarkand — Crossroad of Cultures q Mount Taishan V AH t Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians t The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and 3$ Archipiélago de Revillagigedo THAILAND 1987 Western Tien-Shan w The Great Wall JERUSALEM (Site proposed by Jordan) y , a Settlement and Other Regions of Europe the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities q Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic VANUATU 2002 e Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in u The Par Force Hunting Landscape in North Zealand X Wadden Sea q Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls MICRONESIA (Fed. States of) 2002 Towns q Chief Roi Mata’s Domain Beijing and Shenyang i Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge Y Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps IRELAND 1991 q Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia JORDAN 1975 w Historic City of Ayutthaya r of the Ice Cap AF The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding q Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend q Petra MONACO 1978 e Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries VENEZUELA 1990 Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles Nature Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo q t of the First Qin Emperor X Wadden Sea Contribution to the Modern Movement of the Boyne w Quseir Amra r Ban Chiang Archaeological Site Coro and its Port y Peking Man Site at w Sceilg Mhichíl MONGOLIA 1990 w Canaima National Park DJIBOUTI 2007 GHANA 1975 e Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa’a) y Medieval Town of Toru´n V Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians t Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai Forest Complex u Mount q Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape e Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas r q Forts and Castles, Volta Greater Accra, Central and ISRAEL 1999 Wadi Rum w Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai u Castle of the in Malbork and Other Regions of Europe TIMOR-LESTE 2016 i Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area DOMINICA 1995 q t VIET NAM Western Regions Masada Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) e Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its Surrounding i Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and SLOVENIA 1987 o Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area q Morne Trois Pitons National Park w 1992 TOGO 1998 q Complex of Hué Monuments w Asante Traditional Buildings Old City of KAZAKHSTAN 1994 Sacred Landscape Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park q Skocjanˇ Caves p Scenic and Historic Interest Area DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1985 e White City of Tel-Aviv — the Modern Movement o Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica q Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba w Ha Long Bay a Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde GREECE 1981 q Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi R Uvs Nuur Basin V Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians q Colonial City of Santo Domingo r Biblical Tels — Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba p e Hoi An Ancient Town q Temple of Epicurius at w Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of AJ Landscapes of Dauria Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska and Other Regions of Europe TONGA 2004 s Temple and and the Kong Family t Incense Route — Desert Cities in the Negev a Centennial Hall in Wroclaw r My Son Sanctuary Mansion in ECUADOR 1975 w Archaeological Site of Tamgaly Y Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps y Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee MONTENEGRO 2006 s Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2005 t Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park d Ancient Building Complex in the q Galápagos Islands e Acropolis, Athens e Saryarka — Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan q Z Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija u Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor Underground Water Management System TUNISIA 1975 y Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long — f Historic Ensemble of the , Lhasa w City of r AE Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an-Tianshan w Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves Durmitor National Park A Białowie˙za Forest SOLOMON ISLANDS 1992 q Medina of Hanoi g Lushan National Park e Sangay National Park t Corridor AG i Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Ste´cci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards S Muskauer Park / Park Mu˙zakowski 1 East Rennell w Archaeological Site of u Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 1^ Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant r Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca y Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of AH Western Tien-Shan AI Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves AC Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland e Amphitheatre of El Jem i Trang An Landscape Complex Buddha Scenic Area AD Qhapac Ñan, Andean Road System Thessalonika Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar SOUTH AFRICA 1997 KENYA 1991 and Ukraine q iSimangaliso Wetland Park r Ichkeul National Park j Ancient City of Ping Yao q YEMEN 1980 EGYPT 1974 Mount Kenya National Park / Natural Forest MOROCCO 1975 w Robben Island t Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis k Classical Gardens of Suzhou q w PORTUGAL 1980 q Old Walled City of Shibam Memphis and its Necropolis — the Fields from Lake Turkana National Parks q Medina of Fez e Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa y Medina of Sousse l Old Town of e q Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the w Old City of Sana’a Giza to Dahshur Lamu Old Town w Medina of Marrakesh r Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape u Kairouan Kunya-Urgench, Turkmenistan CRAterre / S. Moriset ; : an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing w r Azores e Historic Town of Zabid Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests e Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou t Cape Floral Region Protected Areas i Dougga / Thugga z , an Imperial Garden in Beijing e t w Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in r Socotra Archipelago u Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park a Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae Kenya Lake System in the r Historic City of Meknes y Vredefort Dome 2@ Mount Wuyi r y Lisbon TURKEY 1983 ZAMBIA i Wet¯ Tropics of¯ Queensland s Central Amazon Conservation Complex Historic Cairo Fort Jesus, Mombasa t Archaeological Site of u Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape 1984 2# t e Monastery of Batalha q Historic Areas of H Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls o Shark Bay, Western Australia d Conservation Area Abu Mena KIRIBATI 2000 y Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) i Khomani Cultural Landscape 2$ and the Irrigation System y Saint Catherine Area r Convent of Christ in Tomar ‡ w Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of p Fraser Island f Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and 2% Ancient Villages in Southern — and q Phoenix Islands Protected Area u Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) t Historic Centre of ´Evora AB Maloti-Drakensberg Park e Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriˇgi ZIMBABWE 1982 a Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Emas National Parks u Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) i Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) q Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari 2^ KUWAIT 2002 y Monastery of Alcobaça SOUTH SUDAN 2016 r Hattusha: the Hittite Capital Naracoorte) g Brazilian Atlantic Islands: and Atol 2& Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties EL SALVADOR 1991 o Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared u Cultural Landscape of Sintra t Nemrut Daˇg Areas s Heard and McDonald Islands das Rocas Reserves 2* q Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site KYRGYZSTAN 1995 Heritage i Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery SPAIN 1982 y - w Great Zimbabwe National Monument d h Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás q Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain q Historic Centre of Cordoba e Macquarie Island 2( of Protected Areas EQUATORIAL GUINEA MOZAMBIQUE 1982 of Serra do Pilar u - Khami Ruins National Monument 2010 AE f Greater Blue Mountains Area j São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão 3) Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an-Tianshan q Island of Mozambique o Laurisilva of Madeira w , and Albayzín, i City of r Matobo Hills g Purnululu National Park k : Carioca Landscapes between the Kingdom ERITREA 2001 Corridor p Alto Douro Wine Region e o Archaeological Site of H Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls q AH MYANMAR h Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens Mountain and the Sea x Asmara: a Modernist City of Africa Western Tien-Shan 1994 a Historic Centre of Guimarães r Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid p Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex Historic Centre of Macao q Pyu Ancient Cities j Sydney l 3@ Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries — Wolong, ESTONIA 1995 LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 1987 s Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture t Works of Antoni Gaudí a Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük k Australian Convict Sites ; 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Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou i Medieval City of e q Schokland and Surroundings for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, FRANCE u Srebarna Nature Reserve i Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town h e Parthian Fortresses of Nisa V Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians 4@ Site of Xanadu o Archaeological Site of ITALY 1978 r Tyre w Defence Line of Amsterdam e Jongmyo Shrine Old City of Telephone: +33 (0)1 45 68 11 04 i Pirin National Park o Konso Cultural Landscape j and Other Regions of Europe 4# Fossil Site p Archaeological Site of Olympia q Rock Drawings in Valcamonica t Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the e Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout r Changdeokgung Palace Complex Poblet Monastery UGANDA 1987 o Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari k Explore World Heritage sites online at whc.unesco.org Y Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps 4$ Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces FIJI 1990 a w Church and Domincan Convent of Santa Maria delle Cedars of (Horsh Arz el-Rab) r Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, t Hwaseong Fortress Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida q Bwindi Impenetrable National Park V Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians Curaçao y Gyeongju Historic Areas l Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe w World Heritage donations online: 4% Tianshan q Levuka Historical Port Town s Monasteries of Daphni, and Nea Moni Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci LESOTHO Rwenzori Mountains National Park AZERBAIJAN 1993 and Other Regions of Europe e 2003 t Ir.D.F. 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