UNESCO World Heritage Sites

The World Heritage List includes 1,223 properties that form part of the cultural and natural heritage, which the United Nations World Heritage Committee considers to have outstanding universal value. There are also 229 UNESCO Global Geoparks, which I have counted here as well.

This is the list of the 179 different sites that I have seen.

Albania

  • Berat
  • Lake Ohrid (shared with North Macedonia)

Antigua

  • Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites

Australia

  • Great Barrier Reef
  • Greater Blue Mountains Area
  • Sydney Opera House

Belgium

Botswana

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar

Canada

Cambodia

Chile

China

  • Historic Centre of Macao
  • Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
  • Classical Gardens of Suzhou
  • The Great Wall
  • Beijing Central Axis
  • Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
  • Mogao Caves (Gansu)
  • Zhangye (UNESCO) National Geopark (Gansu) – “Rainbow Mountain”
  • Dunhuang UNESCO National Geopark (Gansu)
  • Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an-Tianshan Corridor

Colombia

  • Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena

Croatia

Cuba

  • Cienfuegos
  • Old Havana
  • Trinidad
  • Viñales Valley
  • Valle de los Ingenios

Czech Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

Estonia

  • Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn

France

Germany

Greece

  • Acropolis, Athens
  • Meteora
  • Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus

Holy See

  • Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
  • Vatican City

Hungary

  • Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue

Italy

  • Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci
  • (Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura)
  • Historic Centre of Florence
  • Historic Centre of Siena
  • Venice and its Lagoon
  • Val d’Orcia
  • Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
  • Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)

India

Israel

Japan

Jordan

Luxembourg

Malta

  • City of Valletta
  • Megalithic Temples
  • Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

Mexico

Montenegro

  • Kotor

Morocco

Netherlands

New Zealand

North Macedonia

  • Lake Ohrid (shared with Albania)
  • Ohrid 

Norway

  • Bryggen
  • West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord

Peru

  • Historic Centre of Lima

Poland

Portugal

Russia

  • Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments

Slovakia

  • Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

St Lucia

  • Pitons Management Area

Tanzania, United Republic of

Turkey / Türkiye

Uruguay

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United States of America

Zimbabwe

  • Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
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