Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
A complete architectural ensemble built around the well-preserved ruins of a large palace complex.
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Historic Centre of Warsaw
An outstanding near-total reconstruction of a centuries-old historic city center.
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Fatehpur Sikri
An ancient city that is a masterpiece of Mughal architecture.
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Abbey of St. Gall
An 8th-century monastery with a beautiful Baroque cathedral and an ancient library.
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Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
Significant because of its urban landscape and influence on European architecture.
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Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications
A charming and well-preserved colonial fortified city in Sri Lanka.
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Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain
A small mountain with a very long history as a sacred site.
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Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene
A uniquely beautiful landscape of hills and valleys, with vineyards and wineries producing world-famous Prosecco wines.
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Historic Center of Český Krumlov
An intact and very charming medieval city surrounding a large 13th-century castle with Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque elements.
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Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
Four castles in Wales, fine examples of medieval defensive architecture, all built under orders of King Edward I.
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San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano
The world’s oldest republic, a tiny surviving city-state on a mountain surrounded by Italy.
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Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison
A city and military complex that exemplify Caribbean cities of the British colonial period in terms of their architecture and layout.
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Monastery of Batalha
A well-preserved and impressive masterpiece of Late Flamboyant Gothic architecture with Manueline Baroque elements.
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Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
A 3-tiered stone aqueduct and bridge that demonstrates Roman-era construction processes.
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Archaeological Site of Olympia
Ruins of an important temple complex dedicated to Zeus, and the site of the first Olympic games.
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Vatican City
A tiny city-state with a long history at the center of the Catholic Church and containing magnificent works of art and architecture.
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Tsodilo
Rock formations bearing a huge collection of petroglyphs spanning thousands of years.
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Paris, Banks of the Seine
A 365-hectare corridor that encompasses many of the most famous sights in Paris, spanning centuries of the city’s development.
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Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
Evocative Incan ruins in a magnificent mountainous setting.
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La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico
Colonial-era structures that demonstrate defensive architecture as it was adapted from European designs for a tropical environment.
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Persepolis
Ruins of what was a magnificent palace complex over 2000 years ago, capital of the Achaemenid Empire.
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Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex
300 years of printing history and domestic life, with art by Rubens.
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Historic Site of Lyon
A city with 2000 years of history visible in its urban center’s architecture.
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Historic Centre of Brugge
A completely intact, mostly Gothic, core of a medieval trading city.
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Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
Mayan ruins, outstanding particularly because of their well-preserved architecture and elegant art.
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Rapa Nui National Park
Also known as Easter Island, famous for its huge stone statues of human heads.
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Historic Centers of Stralsund and Wismar
Remarkable collections of “Brick Gothic” churches and other buildings unique to these former Hanseatic ports.
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Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape
A collection of 9 archeological sites covering several historical periods of an important city’s grand monuments.
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L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
The first proven European settlement in North America, established 1000 years ago in Newfoundland.
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Archaeological Site of Troy
Excavation of the ancient Greek city of Troy, site of the Trojan War.
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Historic Cairo
A collection of more than 800(!) structures – a fortress, religious sites, houses, cemeteries and many more – dating from about 100 AD until the 18th century.
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Val d’Orcia
A beautiful agrarian landscape reflecting a Renaissance aesthetic.
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Historic Centre of Naples
An ancient Italian city containing a wealth of elements – architecture, art, archeology – displaying its long history.
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Vilnius Historic Centre
An Eastern European city center with its original medieval street layout and architectural forms spanning centuries.
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Costiera Amalfitana (Amalfi Coast)
A scenic and dramatic landscape of rugged mountainous coastline and small towns crowding the slopes above the sea.
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City of Quito
A South American city with an extremely well-preserved center and beautiful examples of the “Baroque school of Quito.”
