Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)
A site dating to thousands of years ago where flint was mined to create axes and other tools.
A site dating to thousands of years ago where flint was mined to create axes and other tools.
A grandiose 17th-century lighthouse meant both for navigation and for projecting an image of royal power.
A Romanesque masterpiece and the charming village around it, historically significant in terms of medieval Christianity.
A monastic community whose ideals of poverty and self-sufficiency are reflected in the structures they built.
A magnificent Gothic cathedral with stunning stained-glass windows.
A Romanesque church painted with vivid murals dating to the 11th and 12th centuries, important in the study of medieval Christian art.
A beautiful and constantly-shifting landscape of dunes and rainy-season ponds and lakes.
Christian holy city with a 1000-year history as the endpoint of pilgrimage routes across Spain and France.
Caves, temples and sculptures that represent a unique testimony to the 6th-9th-century Pallavas civilization.
Artworks spanning thousands of years and depicting animals, people, rituals etc. related to the culture of local indigenous groups.
A landscape of breathtaking natural beauty with dramatic glaciers and jagged mountains.
A grand 18th-century palace in an eclectic style, surrounded by grounds designed by Capability Brown. Also the birthplace of Winston Churchill.
Twin sites with the remains of remarkable pre-Mughal architecture in Gujarat: mosques, tombs, stepwells and more.
Precisely-defined plots of land with distinct geological and climatic conditions that contribute to a centuries-old tradition of winemaking.
A Nazi extermination camp, now a place of remembrance of the atrocities committed by the Nazis in carrying out their so-called “Final Solution.”
Two towns that exemplify vernacular urban architecture of the Ottoman era.
Former capital city with an interesting fusion of traditional Lao architecture with European colonial styles.
Remains of a town and other monuments dating to the Dvaravati Empire, origin of the Si Thep School of Art.
Ruins of a Neolithic settlement 6000-9000 years old.
Four churches built in a uniquely Filipino form of Baroque architecture.
An area of extraordinary natural beauty with distinctive karst formations and cave ecosystems.
46 charming traditional villages connected by a network of cobbled paths, arched bridges and stone staircases.
A 12th-century cathedral with a mix of Romanesque and Gothic elements.
A beautiful vineyard-covered landscape of terraced hillsides, almost a thousand years old.
Ruins of an ancient town, much of it Roman-era, and birthplace of the cult of Venus.
A strategically-important port city dominated by two Venetian fortresses and showing influences from later French, British and Greek rule.
A group of 6th-7th-century Hindu temples where the capital of the Chenla Empire once stood.
An 11th-century Hindu temple complex in an isolated and dramatic location, with remarkably well-preserved architecture and art.
10th-century temples from a short-lived capital city, origin of the Koh Ker style of sculpture.
A huge trans-national site, significant in terms of geological processes, ecological zones, biodiversity and beauty.
A centuries-old Puebloan community that still practices the traditional ways, living in distinctive adobe houses.
A charming medieval town known for its tall towers and Sienese Gothic artworks.
A monument of religious architecture from the Carolingian period of European unification under Charlemagne.
A small city where influences from three different world religions are visible in its architecture and art.
A beautiful park of volcanoes, lakes and waterfalls, perfect for hiking.
A 9th-century complex of hundreds of Hindu and Buddhist temples with stone carvings that are masterpieces of Siva art.