Historic District of Old Québec
North America’s only fortified colonial city, with an intact core, some of which dates back to the 17th century.
North America’s only fortified colonial city, with an intact core, some of which dates back to the 17th century.
Ruins of a 10th-century fortified Umayyad city.
An urban center with a wide range of outstanding historical architecture, viewed as the music capital of Europe.
An Orthodox Christian cathedral and monastery dating back to the 11th century.
A traditional communal system interconnecting natural, religious and cultural components.
A medieval town known for its Romanesque church/castle on a cliff and its picturesque half-timbered houses.
A 700-year-old former trading port that demonstrates the cultural blending of Swahili, European, Arab and Indian influences.
A former prison; now a symbol of resistance to and, ultimately, triumph over South Africa’s apartheid system.
A beautifully intact medieval city center with over 1000 historic buildings as well as an early example of urban farming.
A 2000-year-old desert palace complex with a dramatic story of Jewish resistance against Roman rule.
A series of early cotton mills that represent the birth of the factory system at the start of the Industrial Revolution.
An exceptional collection of ancient Greek temples dating to the 5th century BC.
A small city on an island showing influences from a succession of ruling powers.
A 14th-18th century city that served as a seat of the Siamese royal court and whose art and architecture show international influences.
A massive brick castle from an era of forced conversion to Christianity in eastern Europe.
Significant not for its history, but for the symbolism of its restoration.
Six ornate and unique forts, legacies of the Princely Rajput states.
A complete architectural ensemble built around the well-preserved ruins of a large palace complex.
An outstanding near-total reconstruction of a centuries-old historic city center.
An ancient city that is a masterpiece of Mughal architecture.
An 8th-century monastery with a beautiful Baroque cathedral and an ancient library.
Significant because of its urban landscape and influence on European architecture.
A charming and well-preserved colonial fortified city in Sri Lanka.
A small mountain with a very long history as a sacred site.
A uniquely beautiful landscape of hills and valleys, with vineyards and wineries producing world-famous Prosecco wines.
An intact and very charming medieval city surrounding a large 13th-century castle with Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque elements.
Four castles in Wales, fine examples of medieval defensive architecture, all built under orders of King Edward I.
The world’s oldest republic, a tiny surviving city-state on a mountain surrounded by Italy.
A city and military complex that exemplify Caribbean cities of the British colonial period in terms of their architecture and layout.
A well-preserved and impressive masterpiece of Late Flamboyant Gothic architecture with Manueline Baroque elements.
A 3-tiered stone aqueduct and bridge that demonstrates Roman-era construction processes.
Ruins of an important temple complex dedicated to Zeus, and the site of the first Olympic games.
A tiny city-state with a long history at the center of the Catholic Church and containing magnificent works of art and architecture.
Rock formations bearing a huge collection of petroglyphs spanning thousands of years.
A 365-hectare corridor that encompasses many of the most famous sights in Paris, spanning centuries of the city’s development.
Evocative Incan ruins in a magnificent mountainous setting.