Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)
Christian holy city with a 1000-year history as the endpoint of pilgrimage routes across Spain and France.
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.
A 13th-century Gothic cathedral of extraordinary workmanship and beauty.
A grand 18th-century palace in an eclectic style, surrounded by grounds designed by Capability Brown. Also the birthplace of Winston Churchill.
The central plaza in Brussels, surrounded by beautiful old guild houses, a Gothic city hall and other impressive historical architecture.
3 locations in Vanuatu related to a 17th century chief, significant as part of the oral history of the country and its chiefly tradition.
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.”
A port city of opulent architecture, especially classical and neo-classical, and the center of a centuries-old wine-producing region.
A huge Roman-era arena built for entertainment in a colony of the Roman Empire.
Remains of the period when Tarragona was Tarraco, the Roman capital of the Iberian peninsula.
A large 12th-century Cistercian abbey, considered an artistic masterpiece with a blend of architectural styles.
Two towns that exemplify vernacular urban architecture of the Ottoman era.
A picturesque area of countryside and villages surrounded by a vineyard landscape; also an important pilgrimage stop.
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.
A Greco-Roman spa town and the enormous calcium terraces, waterfalls, basins and pools where it is located.
A classical temple with many original columns and the oldest Corinthian capital ever found.
A group of private Baroque palaces used by government in the 16th-17th-century to house visiting dignitaries.
46 charming traditional villages connected by a network of cobbled paths, arched bridges and stone staircases.
A 16th-century villa with a garden that epitomizes the Renaissance aesthetic in garden design.
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 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 colorful colonial-era town of Baroque architecture and its church complex with Mexican Baroque murals.
A small city where influences from three different world religions are visible in its architecture and art.
The remarkably-preserved remains of ancient Roman cities destroyed in a sudden eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
A magnificent 16th-century royal palace, particularly important for its artwork.
A 9th-century complex of hundreds of Hindu and Buddhist temples with stone carvings that are masterpieces of Siva art.
A monastery complex from the Bulgarian Renaissance, important to the spiritual and social life of Bulgaria.
A site used for 6,000 years by Plains people to hunt buffalo by driving them over a cliff.
A picturesque segment of the Danube Valley with beautiful scenery and charming towns and villages.
An exhibition building and surrounding gardens representing the importance of the 19th-century’s international exhibition movement.