List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription

This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription.

2012 (36th session) [edit]

26 sites (20 cultural, 5 natural & 1 mixed)

Pearling, testimony of an island economy (Bahrain) (C)
Major Mining Sites of Wallonia (Belgium) (C)
Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea (Brazil) (C)
Landscape of Grand Pré (Canada) (C)
Lakes of Ounianga (Chad) (N)(F)
Site of Xanadu (China-PRoC) (C)
Chengjiang Fossil Site, (China-PRoC) (N)
Historic town of Grand-Bassam (Côte d'Ivoire) (C)
Sangha Trinational (Cameroon, Central African Republic(F) and Congo(F)) (N)
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin (France) (C)
Margravial Opera House Bayreuth (Germany) (C)
The Western Ghats: This range runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea (India) (C)
The Cultural Landscape of Bali: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy (Indonesia) (C)
Gonbad-e Qābus (Iran) (C)
Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan (Iran) (C)
Site of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot/Wadi el-Mughara Caves (Israel) (C)
Birthplace of Jesus: the Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (Palestine) (C)
Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley (Malaysia) (C)
Rabat, modern capital and historic City: a shared heritage (Morocco) (C)
Rock Islands Southern Lagoon (Palau) (M)(F)
Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications, (Portugal) (C)
Lena Pillars Nature Park, (Russian Federation) (N)
Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes (Senegal) (C)
Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija, (Slovenia and Spain) (C)
Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland (Sweden) (C)
Çatalhöyük: Neolithic site in Central Anatolia Region, near Konya (Turkey) (C)

2011 (35th session) [edit]

25 sites (21 cultural & 4 natural)

Ningaloo Coast (Australia) (N)
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland) (C)
Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison (Barbados) (C)(F)
West Lake of Hangzhou (China-PRoC) (C)
Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia (Colombia) (C)
Konso Cultural Landscape (Ethiopia) (C)
The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape (France) (C)
Fagus Factory in Alfeld (Germany) (C)
The Persian Garden (Iran) (C)
Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (Italy) (C)
Hiraizumi (Japan) (C)
Ogasawara Islands (Japan) (N)
Wadi Rum Protected Area (Jordan) (C)
Fort Jesus, Mombasa (Kenya) (C)
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (Kenya) (N)
Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai (Mongolia) (C)
León Cathedral (Nicaragua) (C)
Saloum Delta (Senegal) (N)
Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana (Spain) (C)
Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe (Sudan) (C)
Ancient Villages of Northern Syria (Syria) (C)
Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex (Turkey) (C)
Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans (Ukraine) (C)
The Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) (United Arab Emirates) (C)(F)
Citadel of the Ho Dynasty (Vietnam) (C)

2010 (34th session) [edit]

21 sites (14 cultural, 6 natural, 1 mixed)

Australian Convict Sites (Australia) (C)
São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão (Brazil) (C)
Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth” (China-PRoC) (C)
Danxia (China-PRoC) (N)
Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island (France) (N)
Episcopal City of Albi (France) (C)
The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur (India) (C)
Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil (Iran) (C)
Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex (Iran) (C)
Phoenix Islands Protected Area (Kiribati) (N)(F)
Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site (Marshall Islands) (N)(F)
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka) (N)
Papahānaumokuākea (USA) (M)
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Mexico) (C)
Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca (Mexico) (C)
Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong (Republic of Korea) (C)
Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (the Netherlands) (C)
Putorana Plateau (Russian Federation) (N)
At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah (Saudi Arabia) (C)
Proto-urban site of Sarazm (Tajikistan) (C)(F)
Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in Hanoi (Vietnam) (C)

2009 (33rd session) [edit]

13 sites (2 natural, 10 cultural, 1 mixed)

Stoclet House (Belgium) (C)
The Ruins of Loropéni (Burkina Faso) (C)(F)
Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande (Cape Verde) (C)
The Wadden Sea (Denmark/ Germany / the Netherlands) (N)
The Dolomites (Italy) (N)
Mount Wutai (China-PRoC) (M)
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System (Iran) (C)
Sulaymain-Too Sacred Mountain (Kyrgyzstan) (C)(F)
The Sacred City of Caral-Supe (Peru) (C)
The Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (Republic of Korea) (C)
The Tower of Hercules (Spain) (C)
The site of La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle watchmaking town-planning (Switzerland) (C)
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Wales of United Kingdom) (C)

2008 (32nd session) [edit]

27 sites (19 cultural, 8 natural)

Joggins Fossil Cliffs (Canada) (N)
Mount Sanqingshan National Park (China-PRoC) (N)
Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems (France) (N)
Surtsey (Iceland) (N)
Saryarka - Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan (N)
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Mexico) (N)
Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Switzerland) (N)
Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) (N)
Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia) (C)
Fujian Tulou (China-PRoC) (C)
Stari Grad Plain (Croatia) (C)
Historic Centre of Camagüey (Cuba) (C)
Fortifications of Vauban (France) (C)
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (Germany) (C)
Armenian Monastic Ensembles in Iran (St Thaddeus Monastery, St Stepanos Monastery, Chapel of Dzordzor, Chapel of Chupan, Church of the Holy Mother of God)(C)
Baha’i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee (Israel) (C)
Mantua and Sabbioneta (Italy) (C)
Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests (Kenya) (N)
Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia) (C)
Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús de Nazareno de Atotonilco (Mexico) (C)
Le Morne Cultural Landscape (Mauritius) (C)
Kuk Early Agricultural Site (Papua New Guinea) (C)(F)
San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano (San Marino) (C)(F)
Archaeological Site of Al-Hijr (Madâin Sâlih) (Saudi Arabia) (C)
Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area (Slovakia) (C)
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Cultural Landscape (Switzerland and Italy) (C)
Chief Roi Mata's Domain (Vanuatu) (C)(F)

2007 (31st session) [edit]

22 sites (5 natural, 16 cultural, 1 mixed)

Sydney Opera House (Australia) (C)
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (Azerbaijan) (C)
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge of Višegrad (Bosnia and Herzegovina)(C)
Rideau Canal (Canada) (C)
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages (China-PRoC) (C)
South China Karst (China-PRoC) (N)
Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (France) (C)
Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (Gabon) (M)(F
Old Town of Corfu (Greece) (C)
Red Fort Complex (India) (C)
Samarra Archaeological City (Iraq) (C)
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine (Japan) (C)
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes (Republic of Korea) (N)
Rainforests of the Atsinanana (Madagascar) (N)
Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico) (C)
Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes (Namibia) (C)(F)
Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius (Serbia) (C)
Primeval Beech Forest of the Carpathian (Ukraine / Slovakia) (N)
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (South Africa) (C)
Teide National Park (Spain) (N)
Lavaux Vineyard Terraces (Switzerland) (C)
Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (Turkmenistan) (C)

2006 (30th session) [edit]

18 sites (16 cultural, 2 natural)

Sewell Mining Town (Chile) (C)
Yinxu (China-PRoC) (C)
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries (China-PRoC) (N)
Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary (Colombia) (N)
Harar Jugol (Ethiopia) (C)
Stone Circles of Senegambia Gambia (Senegal) (C)
Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof (Germany) (C)
Behistun Inscription (Iran) (C)
Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (Italy) (C)
Chongoni Rock Art Area (Malawi) (C)(F)
Aapravasi Ghat (Mauritius) (C)(F)
Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila (Mexico) (C)
The Aflaj irrigation system (Oman) (C)
Centennial Hall in Wroclaw (Poland) (C)
Vizcaya Bridge (Spain) (C)
Crac des Chevaliers (Syria) (C)
Kondoa Rock Art Sites (Tanzania) (C)
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (England of the United Kingdom) (C)

2005 (29th session) [edit]

24 sites (18 cultural, 6 natural)

Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastër (Albania) (C)
Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun (Bahrain) (C)(F)
Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh (Belarus) (C)
Struve Geodetic Arc (Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine) (C)
Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex (Belgium) (C)
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (C)(F)
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works (Chile) (C)
Historic Centre of Macau (China-PRoC) (C)
Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos (Cuba) (C)
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) (Egypt) (N)
Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret (France) (C)
Soltaniyeh (Iran) (C)
Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba (Israel) (C)
Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev (Israel) (C)
Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (Italy) (C)
Shiretoko Peninsula (Japan) (N)
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico) (N)
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove (Nigeria) (C)
West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord (Norway) (N)
Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection (Panama) (N)
Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl (Russian Federation) (C)
Vredefort Dome (South Africa) (N)
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (Thailand) (N)
Kunya-Urgench (Turkmenistan) (C)

2004 (28th session) [edit]

32 sites (27 cultural, 5 natural)

Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley (Andorra) (C)(F)
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (Australia) (C)
Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom (China-PRoC) (C)
Ilulissat Icefjord (Denmark) (N)
Dresden Elbe Valley (Germany) (C) - (*delisted 2009)
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen (Germany) (C)
Þingvellir National Park (Iceland) (C)(F)
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park (India) (C)
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) (India) (C)
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (Indonesia) (N)
Pasargadae (Iran) (C)
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia (Italy) (C)
Val d'Orcia (Italy) (C)
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (Japan) (C)
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (Jordan) (C)
Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly (Kazakhstan) (C)
Complex of Koguryo Tombs (North Korea-DPRK) (C)(F)
Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė) (Lithuania) (C)
Tomb of Askia (Mali) (C)
Luis Barragán House and Studio (Mexico) (C)
Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape (Mongolia) (C)
Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) (Morocco) (C)
Vegaøyan—The Vega Archipelago (Norway) (C)
Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski (Poland) (C)
Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture (Portugal) (C)
Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent (Russia) (C)
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (Russia) (N)
Pitons Management Area (St. Lucia) (N)(F)
Medieval Monuments in Kosovo (Serbia) (C)
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (South Africa) (N)
Varberg Radio Station (Sweden) (C)
Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba (Togo) (C)(F)

2003 (27th session) [edit]

24 sites (20 Cultural, 4 Natural)

Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley (Afghanistan) (C)
Quebrada de Humahuaca (Argentina) (C)
Purnululu National Park (Australia) (N)
Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso (Chile) (C)
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (China-PRoC) (N)
Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč (Czech Republic) (C)
James Island and Related Sites (Gambia) (C)(F)
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (India) (C)
Takht-e Soleyman (Iran) (C)
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (Iraq) (C)
White City of Tel-Aviv—the Modern Movement (Israel) (C)
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (Italy) (C)
*Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (Kazakhstan) (C)(F)
*Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro (Mexico) (C)
Uvs Nuur Basin (Mongolia / Russia) (N)(F)
Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland (Poland) (C)
Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent (Russia) (C)
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (South Africa) (C)
Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza (Spain) (C)
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (Sudan) (C)(F)
Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland) (C)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (England of the United Kingdom) (C)
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (Vietnam) (N)
Matobo Hills (Zimbabwe) (C)

2002 (26th session) [edit]

9 sites (8 cultural, 1 natural)

St. LuciaMinaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam (Afghanistan) (C)
Saint Catherine Area (Egypt) (C)
Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar (Germany) (C)
Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Germany) (N)
Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape (Hungary) (C)
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya (India) (C)
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily) (Italy) (C)
Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche (Mexico) (C)
Historic Inner City of Paramaribo (Suriname) (C)

2001 (25th session) [edit]

32 sites (27 cultural, 5 natural)

Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (Austria) (C)
Historic Centre of Vienna (Austria) (C)
Tsodilo (Botswana) (C)(F)
Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves (Brazil) (N)
Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks (Brazil) (N)
Historic Center of the Town of Goiás (Brazil) (C)
Yungang Grottoes (China-PRoC) (C)
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park (Cuba) (N)
Tugendhat Villa in Brno (Czech Republic) (C)
Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs (France) (C)
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (Germany) (C)
Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (Hungary) (C)
Masada (Israel) (C)
Villa d'Este, Tivoli (Italy) (C)
Lamu Old Town (Kenya) (C)
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape (Laos) (C)
Royal Hill of Ambohimanga (Madagascar) (C)
Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) (Morocco) (C)
Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica (Poland) (C)
Alto Douro Wine Region (Portugal) (C)
Historic Centre of Guimarães (Portugal) (C)
Central Sikhote-Alin (Russia) (C)
Aranjuez Cultural Landscape (Spain) (C)
Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun (Sweden) (C)
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Switzerland) (N)
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (Uganda) (C)
Derwent Valley Mills (England of United Kingdom) (C)
Dorset and East Devon Coast (England of United Kingdom) (N)
New Lanark (Scotland of United Kingdom) (C)
Saltaire (England of United Kingdom) (C)
Samarkand – Crossroads of Cultures (Uzbekistan) (C)

2000 (24th session) [edit]

61 sites

Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks (Argentena) (N)
Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba (Argentena) (C)
Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots (Armenia) (C)
Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley (Armenia) (C)
Greater Blue Mountains Area (Australia) (N)
Wachau Cultural Landscape (Austria) (C)
Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower (Azerbaijan) (C)(F)
Mir Castle Complex (Belarus) (C)
Historic Centre of Brugge (Belgium) (C)(F)
Major Brussels Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Belgium) (C)
Neolithic Flint Mines of Spiennes (Mons) (Belgium) (C)
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai (Belgium) (C)
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park (Bolivia) (N)
Tiwanak: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture (Bolivia)
Central Amazon Conservation Complex (Brazil) (N)
Pantanal Conservation Area (Brazil) (N)
Churches of Chiloé (Chile) (C)
Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun (China-PRoC) (C)
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (China-PRoC) (C)
Longmen Grottoes (China-PRoC) (C)
Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System (China-PRoC) (C)
The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik (Croatia) (C)
Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba (Cuba) (C)
Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc (Cuba) (C)
Kronborg Castle (Denmark) (C)
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (Finland / Sweden) (N)
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes (France) (C)
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (Germany) (C)
Monastic Island of Reichenau (Germany) (C)
Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) (Hungary) (C)
Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites (Italy) (C)
City of Verona (Italy) (C)
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (Italy) (N)
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (Japan) (C)
Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites (Republic of Korea) (C)
Gyeongju Historic Areas (Republic of Korea) (C)
Curonian Spit (Lithuania & Russia) (C)
Gunung Mulu National Park (Malaysia) (N)
Kinabalu Park (Malaysia) (N)
Rietveld Schröder House (the Netherlands) (C)
Ruins of León Viejo (Nicaragua) (C)(F)
Land of Frankincense (Oman) (C)
Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa (Peru) (C)
Ensemble of the Ferrapontov Monastery (Russia) (C)
Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin (Russia) (C)
Island of Saint-Louis (Senegal) (C)
Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve (Slovakia) (C)
uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park (South Africa) (M)
Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco (Spain) (C)
Archaeological Site of Atapuerca (Spain) (C)
Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí (Spain) (C)
Palmeral of Elche (Spain) (C)
Roman Walls of Lugo (Spain) (C)
Central Suriname Nature Reserve (Suriname) (N)(F)
Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland (Sweden) (C)
Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzone (Switzerland) (C)
Stone Town of Zanzibar (Tanzania) (C)
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Wales of the United Kingdom) (C)
Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications (Bermuda of the United Kingdom) (C)
Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (Uzbekistan) (C)
Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas (Venezuela) (C)

1999 (23rd session) [edit]

47 sites(2 mixed)

Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas (Argentina) (C)
Península Valdés (Argentina) (N)
City of Graz - Historic Centre (Austria) (C)
/ Belfries of Belgium and France (C)
Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves (Brazil) (N)
Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina (Brazil) (C)
Miguasha National Park (Canada)(N)
Dazu Rock Carvings (China-PRoC) (C)
Mount Wuyi (China-PRoC) (M)
Area de Conservación Guanacaste (Costa Rica) (N)
Desembarco del Granma National Park (Cuba) (N)
Viñales Valley (Cuba) (C)
Litomyšl Castle (Czech Republic) (C)
Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca (Ecuador) (C)
Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki (Finland) (C)
Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion (France) (C)
Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (Germany) (C)
Wartburg Castle (Germany) (C)
Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos (Greece) (C)
Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns (Greece) (C)
Hortobágy National Park the Puszta (Hungary) (M)
Mountain Railways of India (C)
Lorentz National Park (Indonesia) (N)
Villa Adriana (Hadrian's Villa) (Tivoli) (Italy) (C)
Shrines and Temples of Nikkō (Japan) (C)
Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco (Mexico) (C)
Historic Fortified Town of Campeche (Mexico) (C)
Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) (the Netherlands)(C)
Sukur Cultural Landscape (Nigeria) (C)(F)
Historic Town of Vigan (the Philippines) (C)
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park (the Philippines) (N)
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: Mannerist Architectural Park, Landscape Complex & Pilgrimage Park (Poland) (C)
Laurisilva of Madeira (Portugal) (N)
Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains (Romania) (C)
Historic Centre of Sighişoara (Romania) (C)
Wooden Churches of Maramureş (Romania) (C)
Western Caucasus (Russia) (N)
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park (Saint Kitts and Nevis) (C)(F)
Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs (South Africa) (C)
iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa) (N)
Robben Island (South Africa) (N)(F)
Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture (Spain) (M)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (C)
State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv" (Turkmenistan) (C)(F)
Heart of Neolithic Orkney (Scotland of the United Kingdom) (C)
Hoi An Ancient Town (Vietnam) (C)
Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary (Vietnam) (C)

1998 (22nd session) [edit]

30 sites

Semmering Railway (Austria) (C)
Flemish Béguinages (Belgium) (C)
La Grand-Place, Brussels (Belgium) (C)
The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière & Le Roeulx (Hainault)(Belgium) (C)
Fuerte de Samaipata (Bolivia) (C)
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing (China-PRoC) (C)
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing (China-PRoC) (C)
Choirokoitia (Cyprus) (C)
Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž (Czech Republic) (C)
Holašovice Historical Village Reservation (Czech Republic) (C)
Historic Site of Lyons (France) (C)
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (France) (C)
Classical Weimar (Germany) (C)
Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (Italy) (C)
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of (C)
Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula (Italy) (C)
Historic Centre of Urbino (Italy) (C)
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (Japan) (C)
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) (Lebanon) (C)
Archeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes (Mexico) (C)
Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan (Mexico) (C)
Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) (the Netherlands)
New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands (New Zealand) (N)
Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley (Portugal) (C)
Golden Mountains of Altai (Russia) (N)
East Rennell (Solomon Islands) (N)(F)
Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin (Spain) (C)
University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares (Spain) (C)
Naval Port of Karlskrona (Sweden) (C)
Archaeological Site of Troy (Turkey) (C)
L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre (Ukraine) (C)

1997 (21st session) [edit]

45 sites (37 cultural, 7 natural & 1 mixed)

Heard and McDonald Islands (Australia) (N)
Macquarie Island (Australia) (N)
Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape (Austria) (C)
The Sundarbans (Bangladesh) (N)
Historic Centre of São Luís (Brazil) (C)
Ancient City of Ping Yao (China-PRoC) (C)
Classical Gardens of Suzhou (China-PRoC) (C)
Old Town of Lijiang (China-PRoC) (C)
Cocos Island National Park (Costa Rica) (N)
Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Poreč (Croatia) (C)
Historic City of Trogir (Croatia) (C)
San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba (Cuba) (C)
Morne Trois Pitons National Park (Dominica) (N)
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn (Estonia) (C)(F)
Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne (France) (C)
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (France & Spain) (M)
18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex (Italy) (C)
Archaeological Area of Agrigento (Italy) (C)
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (Italy) (C)
Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua (Italy) (C)
Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena (Italy) (C)
Costiera Amalfitana (Italy) (C)
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (Italy) (C)
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (Italy) (C)
Su Nuraxi di Barumini (Italy) (C)
Villa Romana del Casale (Italy) (C)
Lake Turkana National Parks] (Kenya) (N)
Mount Kenya National Park/ Natural Forest (Kenya) (N)(F)
Changdeokgung Palace Complex (Republic of Korea) (C)
Hwaseong Fortress (Republic of Korea) (C)
Historic Centre of Riga (Latvia) (C)(F)
Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara (Mexico) (C)
Archaeological Site of Volubilis (Morocco) (C)
Medina of Tétouan (Titawin) (Morocco) (C)
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (Nepal) (C)
Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles (the Netherlands) (C)
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout (the Netherlands) (C)
Rohtas Fort (Pakistan) (C)
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá (Panama) (C)
Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork (Poland) (C)
Medieval Town of Toruń (Poland) (C)
Las Médulas (Spain) (C)
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (Spain) (C)
Dougga / Thugga (Tunisia) (C)
Maritime Greenwich (England of United Kingdom) (C)

1996 (20th session) [edit]

37 sites (30 cultural, 5 natural, 2 mixed)

Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin (Armenia) (C)(F)
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg (Austria) (C)
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (Austria) (C)(F)
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (Belize) (N)(F)
Lushan National Park (China-PRoC) (C)
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area (China-PROC) (M)
Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape (Czech Republic) (C)
Okapi Wildlife Reserve (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (N)
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill (Finland) (C)
Canal du Midi (France) (C)
Upper Svaneti (Georgia) (C)
Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau (Germany) (C)
Cologne Cathedral (Germany) (C)
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg (Germany) (C)
Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern Vergina) (Greece) (C)
Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment (Hungary) (C)
Sangiran Early Man Site (Indonesia) (C)
Skellig Michael (Republic of Ireland) (C)
Castel del Monte (Italy) (C)
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (Italy) (C)
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza (Italy) (C)
The Trulli of Alberobello (Italy) (C)
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (Japan) (C)
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine on Miyajima (Japan) (C)
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata (Mauritania) (C)
Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro (Mexico) (C)
Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal (Mexico) (C)
Historic City of Meknes (Morocco) (C)
Defence Line of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) (C)
W National Park of Niger (Niger) (N)
Historic Centre of Oporto (Portugal) (C)
Lake Baikal (Russia) (N)
Volcanoes of Kamchatka (Russia) (N)
Historic Walled Town of Cuenca (Spain) (C)
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia (Spain)
Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå (Sweden) (C)
Laponian Area (Sweden) (M)

1995 (19th session) [edit]

29 sites

Old Town Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (Canada) (C)
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (Canada, USA) (N)
Rapa Nui National Park (Chile) (C)(F)
Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox (Colombia) (C)
National Archeological Park of Tierradentro (Colombia) (C)
Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec (Czech Republic) (C)
Roskilde Cathedral (Denmark) (C)
Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge (France) (C)
Messel Pit Fossil Site (Germany) (N)
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (Hungary) (N)
Crespi d'Adda (Italy) (C)
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta (Italy) (C)
Historic Centre of Naples (Italy) (C)
Historic Centre of Siena (Italy) (C)
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama (Japan) (C)
Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks (Republic of Korea) (C)
Jongmyo Shrine (Republic of Korea) (C)
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple (Republic of Korea) (C)(F)
Town of Luang Prabang (Laos) (C)(F)
Schokland and Surroundings (the Netherlands) (C)
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras-Banue (the Philippines) (C)
Cultural Landscape of Sintra (Portugal) (C)
Virgin Komi Forests (1995) (N)
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (Slovakia) (N)
Hanseatic Town of Visby (Sweden) (C)
Gough and Inaccessible Islands (United Kingdom)
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (Scotland of the United Kingdom) (C)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park (USA) (N)
Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento (Uruguay) (C)(F)

1994 (18th session) [edit]

27 sites (19 cultural, 8 natural)

Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) (Australia) (N)
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains (China-PROC) (C)
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (China-PROC) (C)
Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde (China-PROC)
Los Katíos National Park (Colombia) (N)
Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora (Czech Republic) (C)
Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church (Denmark) (C)(F)
Petäjävesi Old Church (Finland) (C)
Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (Georgia) (C)(F)
Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg (Germany) (C)
Völklingen Ironworks (Germany) (C)
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (Italy) (C)
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (Japan) (C)
Vilnius Historic Centre (Lithuania) (C)
City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications (Luxembourg) (C)(F)
Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl (Mexico) (C)
Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (Oman)(*Delisted in 1997) (N)(F)
Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana (Peru) (C)
Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye (Russia) (C)
Doñana National Park (Spain) (N)
Rock Carvings in Tanum (Sweden) (C)
Skogskyrkogården (Sweden) (C)
City of Safranbolu (Turkey) (C)
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda) (N)
Rwenzori Mountains National Park (Uganda) (N)
Canaima National Park (Venezuela) (N)
Hạ Long Bay (Vietnam) (N)

1993 (17th session) [edit]

33 sites

Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site (El Salvador) (C)(F)
Maulbronn Monastery Complex (Germany) (C)
Town of Bamberg (Germany) C)
Humayun's Tomb (India) (C)
Qutb Minar and its Monuments (India) (C)
Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (Republic of Ireland) (C)(F)
The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera (Italy) (C)
Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (Japan) (C)
Himeji Castle (Japan) (C)(F)
Shirakami-Sanchi (Japan) (N)
Yakushima (Japan) (N)
Historic Centre of Zacatecas (Mexico) (C)
Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco (Mexico) (C)
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (Mexico)
Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue (Paraguay) (C)
Baroque Churches of the Philippines (the Philippines) (C)(F)
Tubbataha Reef Marine Park (the Philippines) (N)
Churches of Moldavia (Romania) (C)
Monastery of Horezu (Romania) (C)
Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania (Romania) (C)
Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad (Russia) (C)
Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity (Slovakia) (C)
Spišský Hrad and its Associated Cultural Monuments (Slovakia) (C)
Vlkolínec (Slovakia) (C)(F)
Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida (Spain) (C)
Route of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (C)
Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe (Spain) (C)
Birka and Hovgården (Sweden) (C)
Engelsberg Ironworks (Sweden) (C)
Historic Centre of Bukhara (Uzbekistan) (C)
Coro and its Port (Venezuela) (C)
Complex of Hué Monuments (Vietnam) (C)(F)
Historic Town of Zabid (Yemen) (C)

1992 (16th session) [edit]

20 sites

Butrint (Albania)
Kasbah of Algiers (Algeria)
Fraser Island (Australia) (N)
Angkor (Angkor Wat, Bantei, Bayan, etc.) (Cambodia) (C)(F)
Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area (China-PRoC)
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area (China-PRoC)
Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area (China-PRoC)
Historic Centre of Český Krumlov (Czech Republic) (C)
Historic Centre of Prague (Czech Republic) (C)
Historic Centre of Telč (Czech Republic) (C)(F)
Bourges Cathedral (France) (C)
Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar (Germany) (C)
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos (Greece) (C)
El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City (Mexico) (C)
Old City of Zamość (Poland) (C)
Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands (Russian Federation) (C)
Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings (Russian Federation) (C)
White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal (Russia) (C)
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site (Thailand) (C)
Pueblo de Taos (USA) (C)

1991 (15th session) [edit]

22 sites

Shark Bay, Western Australia (Australia) (N)
Historic City of Sucre (Bolivia) (C)
Serra da Capivara National Park (Brazil) (C)
Fortress of Suomenlinna (Finland) (C)
Old Rauma (Finland) (C)(F)
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims (France)
Paris, Banks of the Seine (France) (C)
Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch (Germany) (C)
Borobudur Temple Compounds (Indonesia) (C)
Komodo National Park (Indonesia) (N)
Prambanan Temple Compounds (Indonesia) (C)
Ujung Kulon National Park (Indonesia) (F)
Historic Centre of Morelia (Mexico) (C)
Island of Mozambique (Mozambique) (C)(F)
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (Niger)(F)
Danube Delta (Romania) (F)
Poblet Monastery (Spain) (C)
Golden Temple of Dambulla (Sri Lanka) (C)
Royal Domain of Drottningholm (Sweden) (C)(F)
Historic City of Ayutthaya (Thailand) (C)
Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns (Thailand) (C)(F)
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries (Thailand) (N)

1990 (14th session) [edit]

16 sites

Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos (Bolivia) (C)
Mount Huangshan (China-PRoC) (M)
Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (C)(F)
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (Germany)
Delos (Greece)
Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios (Greece)
Historic Centre of San Gimignano (Italy) (C)
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve (Madagascar) (N)(F)
Te Wahipounamu (New Zealand) (N)
Tongariro National Park (New Zealand) (M)(F)
Río Abiseo National Park (Peru) (M)
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments (Russia)
Kizhi Pogost (Russia) (C)
Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (Russia) (C)
Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral & Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (Ukraine) (C)(F)
Itchan Kala (Uzbekistan) (C)(F)

1989 (13th session) [edit]

7 sites

Archaeological Site of Mystras (Greece) (C)
Archaeological Site of Olympia (Greece) (C)
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi (India) (C)
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (Mali) (M)
Banc d'Arguin National Park (Mauritania) (N)(F)
Monastery of Alcobaça (Portugal) (C)
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (Zambia / Zimbabwe) (N)(F)(F)

1988 (12th session) [edit]

26 sites

Wet Tropics of Queensland (Australia) (N)
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (Central African Republic)
Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios (Cuba) (C)
Strasbourg – Grande île (France)
Medieval City of Rhodes (Greece) (C)
Meteora (Greece) (M)
Mount Athos (Greece) (M)
Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika (Greece)
Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus (Greece) (C)
Old Towns of Djenné (Mali) (C)(F)
Timbuktu (Mali) (C)
Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines (Mexico) (C)
Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza (Mexico) (C)
Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn (Oman) (C)
Historic Centre of Lima (Peru)
Old City of Salamanca (Spain)
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (Sri Lanka)
Sacred City of Kandy (Sri Lanka) (C)
Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sri Lanka) (N)
Kairouan (Tunisia) (C)
Medina of Sousse (Tunisia) (C)
Hierapolis-Pamukkale (Turkey) (M)
Xanthos-Letoon (Turkey) (C)
Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (England of the United Kingdom)
Henderson Island (United Kingdom) (N)
Tower of London (England of the United Kingdom) (C)

1987 (11th session) [edit]

41 sites

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (Australia) (M)
City of Potosí (Bolivia) (C)(F)
Brasilia (Brazil) (C)
Dja Faunal Reserve (Cameroon) (N)(F)
Gros Morne National Park (Canada) (N)
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (China-PRoC)
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (China-PRoC)
Mogao Caves (China-PRoC) (C)
Mount Taishan (China-PRoC) (M)
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (China-PRoC) (C)
The Great Wall (China-PRoC) (C)
Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Germany & the United Kingdom) (C)
Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Germany) (C)
Acropolis, Athens (Greece) (C)
Archaeological Site of Delphi (Greece) (C)
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (Hungary) (C)(F)
Old Village of Hollókö and its Surroundings (Hungary) (C)
Elephanta Caves (India) (C)
Great Living Chola Temples (India) (C)
Group of Monuments at Pattadakal (India) (C)
Sundarbans National Park (India)
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (Italy) (C)
Venice and its Lagoon (Italy) (C)
Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco (Mexico) (C)(F)
Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán (Mexico) (C)
Historic Centre of Puebla (Mexico) (C)
Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque (Mexico)
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan (Mexico) (C)
Sian Ka'an (Mexico)
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou (Morocco) (C)
Bahla Fort (Oman) (C)
Manú National Park (Peru) (N)
Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (Spain)
Kilimanjaro National Park (Tanzania) (NH)
Nemrut Dağ (Turkey) (C)
Blenheim Palace (England of the United Kingdom) (C)
City of Bath (England of the United Kingdom) (C)
Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church (United Kingdom) (C)
Chaco Culture National Historical Park (USA) (C)
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (USA) (N)
Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (USA) (C)

1986 (10th session) [edit]