Le Morne Cultural Landscape
A rugged mountain where escaped slaves lived in hiding: a symbol of resistance and freedom.
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Beaches of the D-Day Landings, Normandy, 1944
Six landing places for the Allied invasion in World War II that was the beginning of the end for the Nazi occupation of Europe.
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Mantua and Sabbioneta
Two cities where Renaissance thinkers expressed the ideals of Humanism in urban planning.
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Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
A Tuscan city redesigned in the 15th century according to the Humanist ideas of the Renaissance to create a place of balance, beauty and order.
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Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.)
7 groups of religious buildings built by the Lombards, who ruled much of Italy in the 6th-8th centuries.
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SG̱ang Gwaay
An island off British Columbia where what remains of a 19th-century Haida village holds a fine collection of traditional Haida memorial poles.
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Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
A cave containing prehistoric art from about 30,000 years ago – the oldest known cave art in the world.
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Archaeological Site of Philippi
Ruins of a Macedonian, then Roman, then Christian city, where St Paul founded the first Christian Church in Europe.
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Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina)
Remains of the ancient Macedonian capital of the Temenid kings, including Alexander the Great.
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Historic City of Vigan
A Spanish-era colonial town with an unusual combination of Asian and European architectural influences.
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Historic Centre of Florence
A city filled with dramatic buildings and art: the 15-16th-century heart of the Renaissance under Medici family rule.
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Historic Centre of Urbino
A medieval city that 15th-century Renaissance thinkers changed to fit their aesthetic ideals.
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Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
A demonstration of Renaissance thinking about urban planning as an addition to an original medieval city core.
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Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
Eight religious sites dating to the 5th and 6th centuries, most with magnificent mosaics that blend Eastern and Western influences.
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Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
Two Etruscan burial grounds (2nd-9th-century BC) with extensive rock-cut tombs.
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Via Appia. Regina Viarum.
A road built by the Ancient Romans that showed their power and aided the spread of their civilization as well as of Christianity.
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Royal Palace at Caserta
A masterpiece of Baroque art and architecture that rivals Versailles.
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Churches of Moldavia
Eight churches entirely covered in vivid medieval frescoes illustrating Christian themes.
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Historical Monuments of Mtskheta
Three early Christian religious sites central to the development of Christianity and religious architecture in the region.
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White City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement
A huge collection of Modernist buildings (also called Bauhaus) from the 1930s and 40s, designed by architects who fled the Nazis.
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Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas)
A place of pilgrimage where, in Christian belief, John the Baptist baptised Jesus.
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Historic Centre of Siena
A picturesque and completely intact medieval walled city dating from the 12th-15th centuries.
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Petroglyphs of the Archaeological Landscape of Tanbaly
Thousands of rock carvings dating from the Bronze Age to the 20th century, created by pastoral peoples of the central Asian steppes.
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Te Henua Enata – The Marquesas Islands
A remote group of Polynesian islands with wonderfully diverse and unique ecosystems on land and in the sea.
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Schokland and Surroundings
A former island, now land-locked, that illustrates the battle that the people of the Netherlands have fought against the sea over many centuries.
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Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar
Ruins of the oldest center of learning in India, which lasted for 800 years.
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Škocjan Caves
A massive and scientifically important underground cave system known for its beauty.
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Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands
The world’s oldest temperate rainforest, significant for its rare and ancient ecosystem.
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Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
Where Buddha is believed to have reached enlightenment, with 7 sacred sites, now a place of pilgrimage and meditation.
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Upper Svaneti
A picturesque and long-isolated region known for its well-preserved medieval villages with their stone tower houses.
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City of Potosí
A major Spanish-colonial-era silver mine and city where the whole production chain and the social context are still visible.
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Joggins Fossil Cliffs
On the coast along the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, important for its extensive fossil record of the Carboniferous Period.
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Forest Research Institute Malaysia Forest Park Selangor
The earliest example of full rainforest restoration on formerly barren mining land.
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Ancient City of Sigiriya
Ruins of a 5th-century city and palace on a dramatic rock outcropping.
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The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen and Herrenchiemsee
Four 19-century palaces in the Romantic and eclectic style, set in stunning natural landscapes.
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Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
An artists’ colony used for experimentation in architecture, arts and design at the turn of the 20th century.
