Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
Fortified towns from the 12th-13th centuries that were key trading posts along the Saharan caravan routes and became important religious centers.
Proto-urban Site of Sarazm
Archaeological excavations of the first permanent urban settlements in Central Asia, 5000 years old.
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi
A tomb of kings, special in terms of architecture and as a place of great historical, spiritual and cultural significance for the Baganda people.
Historic Centre of Sighişoara
An intact fortified medieval town built by Transylvanian Saxons.
Durham Castle and Cathedral
An innovative cathedral with architecture that foreshadowed Gothic, and the 11th-century Norman castle that guarded it and the northern frontier.
West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou
An ancient landscaped environment based on Buddhist principles in garden design that have been influential for over a thousand years.
Ancient City of Nessebar
An ancient city on a peninsula containing architecture from many eras, including unique Bulgarian Renaissance elements.
Nemrut Dağ
A mountain on whose peak stands the tomb of King Antiochus I, an imposing artistic achievement of the Hellenistic period.
Djerba: Testimony to a settlement pattern in an island territory
An island whose inhabitants adapted their settlements to the natural conditions, and where different cultures coexisted peacefully.
Historic Centre of Bukhara
A Silk Road city with historic architecture dating to the 10th and 11th centuries, important particularly for its urban planning.
State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”
A Silk Road city 4,000 years old, with remains of five walled cities from different eras.
Mount Taishan
One of the Five Great Mountains and an important place of worship, known for its Taoist temples.
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu
An architectural collection in the hometown of Confucius, who was hugely influential in the history of China and many other countries.
Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah’s Palace and Maiden Tower
A historic city and charming old city with architecture and urban planning that show an array of cultural influences spanning centuries.
Archaeological Site of Ani
The extensive ruins – palaces, churches, mosques, fortifications, and homes – of an important trading city on the medieval Silk Road, where diverse cultures and architectural traditions met and blended.
Crespi d’Adda
A 19th-century company town built to provide a good standard of living for employees of a cotton mill.
Kathmandu Valley
Seven religious monuments that represent the unique Nepalese culture, mixing Hinduism and Buddhism with animism and Tantrism.
Stevns Klint
A long limestone cliff containing an exceptional fossil record of life on Earth both before and after the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
A 16th-18th-century colonial capital where European, African and Indigenous cultural influences have blended and echo to the present day.
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
Seventy-eight locations along four medieval pilgrimage routes leading to the Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
Primeval forests of European beech trees that survived the last Ice Age and then spread across Europe, now protected in 93 locations across 18 countries.
Medina of Tunis
The ancient center of Tunis, with about 700 monuments dating to the 12th-16th century: mosques, gates, markets, palaces, noble houses, and more.
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
The 12-century capital of Sri Lanka built by the Chola rulers and containing the ruins of spectacular Buddhist monuments.
Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana
A mountainous region of Mallorca with ancient systems of water harvesting, terraces and villages that have supported agriculture for centuries.
Roșia Montană Mining Landscape
A hilly region with 16 villages and what remains of a huge Roman-era gold mining operation.
Peninsula Valdés
A peninsula in the Atlantic that is a breeding ground for many marine mammals and birds, including some endangered and endemic species.
Huascarán National Park
A beautiful mountainous landscape in the Andes, with a wide diversity of geological features and species.
Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon
A group of Medieval buildings in Spain that exemplify a fusion of Islamic and Christian architectural and artistic traditions.
Selous Game Reserve
a.k.a. Nyerere National Park, an enormous wildlife reserve, home to a huge diversity of species, some of them endangered.
Struve Geodetic Arc
A chain of survey points from Norway to Ukraine set up in the 19th century to study the curvature of the Earth.
Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara
A 19th-century charitable institution in Neoclassical style, with magnificent 20th-century murals by José Clemente Orozco.
Okavango Delta
A river delta that flows into a desert, creating unique and diverse ecosystems and supporting a wide range of species.
The Forth Bridge
A cantilever bridge dating to 1890 that is celebrated for its innovative design.
Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan
17 archeological sites from a 10,0000-year-old hunter-fisher-gatherer society.
Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
A 19th-century French settlement in Cuba with a range of interesting architecture, from neoclassical to deco and modern.
Western Ghats
A mountain range supporting incredible biodiversity and a range of ecosystems, great for hiking and other outdoor activities.