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Gabon

  • Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (2007)

Gambia

  • James Island and Related Sites (2003)
  • Stone Circles of Senegambia (2006)

Georgia

  • Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (1994)
  • Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (1994)
  • Upper Svaneti (1996)

Germany

  • Aachen Cathedral (1978)
  • Speyer Cathedral (1981)
  • Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square (1981)
  • Pilgrimage Church of Wies (1983)
  • Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl (1984)
  • St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim (1985)
  • Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (1986)
  • Frontiers of the Roman Empire (1987, 2005)
  • Hanseatic City of Lübeck (1987)
  • Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (1990, 1992, 1999)
  • Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch (1991)
  • Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar (1992)
  • Maulbronn Monastery Complex (1993)
  • Town of Bamberg (1993)
  • Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg (1994)
  • Völklingen Ironworks (1994)
  • Messel Pit Fossil Site (1995)
  • Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau (1996)
  • Cologne Cathedral (1996)
  • Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg (1996)
  • Classical Weimar (1998)
  • Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (1999)
  • Wartburg Castle (1999)
  • Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (2000)
  • Monastic Island of Reichenau (2000)
  • Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (2001)
  • Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar (2002)
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley (2002)
  • Dresden Elbe Valley (2004)
  • Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski (2004)
  • Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen (2004)
  • Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof (2006)

Ghana

  • Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions (1979)
  • Asante Traditional Buildings (1980)

Greece

  • Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae (1986)
  • Acropolis, Athens (1987)
  • Archaeological Site of Delphi (1987)
  • Medieval City of Rhodes (1988)
  • Meteora (1988)
  • Mount Athos (1988)
  • Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika (1988)
  • Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus (1988)
  • Archaeological Site of Mystras (1989)
  • Archaeological Site of Olympia (1989)
  • Delos (1990)
  • Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios (1990)
  • Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos (1992)
  • Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina) (1996)
  • Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns (1999)
  • Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos (1999)
  • Old Town of Corfu (2007)

Guatemala

  • Antigua Guatemala (1979)
  • Tikal National Park (1979)
  • Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua (1981)

Guinea

  • Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (1981, 1982)

Haiti

  • National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers (1982)

Holy See

  • Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (1980, 1990)
  • Vatican City (1984)

Honduras

  • Maya Site of Copan (1980)
  • Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (1982)

Hungary

  • Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (1987, 2002)
  • Old Village of Hollókö and its Surroundings (1987)
  • Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (1995, 2000)
  • Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment (1996)
  • Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta (1999)
  • Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) (2000)
  • Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (2001)
  • Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape (2002)

Iceland

  • Þingvellir National Park (2004)

India

  • Agra Fort (1983)
  • Ajanta Caves (1983)
  • Ellora Caves (1983)
  • Taj Mahal (1983)
  • Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram (1984)
  • Sun Temple, Konârak (1984)
  • Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (1985)
  • Kaziranga National Park (1985)
  • Keoladeo National Park (1985)
  • Churches and Convents of Goa (1986)
  • Fatehpur Sikri (1986)
  • Group of Monuments at Hampi (1986)
  • Khajuraho Group of Monuments (1986)
  • Elephanta Caves (1987)
  • Great Living Chola Temples (1987, 2004)
  • Group of Monuments at Pattadakal (1987)
  • Sundarbans National Park (1987)
  • Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks (1988, 2005)
  • Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi (1989)
  • Humayun's Tomb, Delhi (1993)
  • Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi (1993)
  • Mountain Railways of India (1999, 2005)
  • Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya (2002)
  • Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (2003)
  • Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park (2004)
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) (2004)
  • Red Fort Complex (2007)

Indonesia

  • Borobudur Temple Compounds (1991)
  • Komodo National Park (1991)
  • Prambanan Temple Compounds (1991)
  • Ujung Kulon National Park (1991)
  • Sangiran Early Man Site (1996)
  • Lorentz National Park (1999)
  • Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (2004)

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

  • Meidan Emam, Esfahan (1979)
  • Persepolis (1979)
  • Tchogha Zanbil (1979)
  • Takht-e Soleyman (2003)
  • Bam and its Cultural Landscape (2004, 2007)
  • Pasargadae (2004)
  • Soltaniveh (2005)
  • Bisotun (2006)

Iraq

  • Hatra (1985)
  • Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (2003)
  • Samarra Archaeological City (2007)

Ireland

  • Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (1993)
  • Skellig Michael (1996)

Israel

  • Masada (2001)
  • Old City of Acre (2001)
  • White City of Tel-Aviv -- the Modern Movement (2003)
  • Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba (2005)
  • Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev (2005)

Italy

  • Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (1979)
  • Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci (1980)
  • Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (1980, 1990)
  • Historic Centre of Florence (1982)
  • Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (1987, 2007)
  • Venice and its Lagoon (1987)
  • Historic Centre of San Gimignano (1990)
  • The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera (1993)
  • City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (1994, 1996)
  • Crespi d'Adda (1995)
  • Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta (1995, 1999)
  • Historic Centre of Naples (1995)
  • Historic Centre of Siena (1995)
  • Castel del Monte (1996)
  • Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (1996)
  • Historic Centre of the City of Pienza (1996)
  • The Trulli of Alberobello (1996)
  • 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex (1997)
  • Archaeological Area of Agrigento (1997)
  • Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (1997)
  • Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua (1997)
  • Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena (1997)
  • Costiera Amalfitana (1997)
  • Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (1997)
  • Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (1997)
  • Su Nuraxi di Barumini (1997)
  • Villa Romana del Casale (1997)
  • Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (1998)
  • Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula (1998)
  • Historic Centre of Urbino (1998)
  • Villa Adriana (Tivoli) (1999)
  • Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites (2000)
  • City of Verona (2000)
  • Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (2000)
  • Villa d'Este, Tivoli (2001)
  • Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily) (2002)
  • Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (2003)
  • Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia (2004)
  • Val d'Orcia (2004)
  • Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (2005)
  • Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (2006)

Japan

  • Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (1993)
  • Himeji-jo (1993)
  • Shirakami-Sanchi (1993)
  • Yakushima (1993)
  • Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (1994)
  • Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama (1995)
  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (1996)
  • Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (1996)
  • Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (1998)
  • Shrines and Temples of Nikko (1999)
  • Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (2000)
  • Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (2004)
  • Shiretoko (2005)
  • Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (2007)

Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)

  • Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (1981)

Jordan

  • Petra (1985)
  • Quseir Amra (1985)
  • Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (2004)

Kazakhstan

  • Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (2003)
  • Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly (2004)

Kenya

  • Lake Turkana National Parks (1997, 2001)
  • Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest (1997)
  • Lamu Old Town (2001)

Lao People's Democratic Republic

  • Town of Luang Prabang (1995)
  • Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape (2001)

Latvia

  • Historic Centre of Riga (1997)
  • Struve Geodetic Arc (2005)

Lebanon

  • Aniar (1984)
  • Baalbek (1984)
  • Byblos (1984)
  • Tyre (1984)
  • Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) (1998)

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

  • Archaeological Site of Cyrene (1982)
  • Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna (1982)
  • Archaeological Site of Sabratha (1982)
  • Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (1985)
  • Old Town of Ghadamès (1986)

Lithuania

  • Vilnius Historic Centre (1994)
  • Curonian Spit (2000)
  • Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė) (2004)
  • Struve Geodetic Arc (2005)

Luxembourg

  • City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications (1994)

Madagascar

  • Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve (1990)
  • Royal Hill of Ambohimanga (2001)
  • Rainforests of the Atsinanana (2007)

Malawi

  • Lake Malawi National Park (1984)
  • Chongoni Rock-Art Area (2006)

Malaysia

  • Gunung Mulu National Park (2000)
  • Kinabalu Park (2000)

Mali

  • Old Towns of Djenné (1988)
  • Timbuktu (1988)
  • Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (1989)
  • Tomb of Askia (2004)

Malta

  • City of Valletta (1980)
  • Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (1980)
  • Megalithic Temples of Malta (1980, 1992)

Mauritania

  • Banc d'Arguin National Park (1989)
  • Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata (1996)

Mauritius

  • Aapravasi Ghat (2006)

Mexico

  • Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco (1987)
  • Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán (1987)
  • Historic Centre of Puebla (1987)
  • Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque (1987)
  • Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan (1987)
  • Sian Ka'an (1987)
  • Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines (1988)
  • Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza (1988)
  • Historic Centre of Morelia (1991)
  • El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City (1992)
  • Historic Centre of Zacatecas (1993)
  • Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco (1993)
  • Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (1993)
  • Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl (1994)
  • Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro (1996)
  • Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal (1996)
  • Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara (1997)
  • Archeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes (1998)
  • Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan (1998)
  • Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco (1999)
  • Historic Fortified Town of Campeche (1999)
  • Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche (2002)
  • Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro (2003)
  • Luis Barragán House and Studio (2004)
  • Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (2005, 2007)
  • Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila (2006)
  • Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (2007)

Mongolia

  • Uvs Nuur Basin (2003)
  • Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape (2004)

Montenegro

  • Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (1979)
  • Durmitor National Park (1980, 2005)

Morocco

  • Medina of Fez (1981)
  • Medina of Marrakesh (1985)
  • Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou (1987)
  • Historic City of Meknes (1996)
  • Archaeological Site of Volubilis (1997)
  • Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) (1997)
  • Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) (2001)
  • Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) (2004)

Mozambique

  • Island of Mozambique (1991)

 

 

 

 
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