List of World Heritage Sites in Europe

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This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. Asia Minor, the Aegean Islands, Cyprus, Israel, the Canaries and Madeira are included although the first four are geographically located in Asia whereas the latter two in Africa. Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Caucasian and Siberian parts of Russia are included both in this list and in the list of sites in Asia. Overseas] sites of the Netherlands, UK and Denmark are included here, but are also repeated in the geographically relevant lists. Kazakhstan, despite having a small portion lying in Europe is to be found under Asia, where both its world heritage sites are listed.

Sites marked with an asterisk (*) are also included on the List of World Heritage Sites in danger.

Contents 1 Transboundary sites 2 Sites per country 2.1 Albania (2) 2.2 Andorra (1) 2.3 Armenia (3) (also under Asia) 2.4 Austria (8) 2.5 Azerbaijan (2) (also under Asia) 2.6 Belarus (4) 2.7 Belgium (9) 2.8 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2) 2.9 Bulgaria (9) 2.10 Croatia (6) 2.11 Cyprus (3) (geographically in Asia) 2.12 Czech Republic (12) 2.13 Denmark (4) (one of which in Greenland) 2.14 Estonia (2) 2.15 Finland (7) 2.16 France (31) 2.17 Georgia (3) (also under Asia) 2.18 Germany (32) 2.19 Greece (17) (5 of which are on the Aegean Islands) 2.20 Holy See (2) 2.21 Hungary (8) 2.22 Iceland (1) 2.23 Ireland (2) 2.24 Israel (5) (geographically in Asia) 2.25 Italy (41) 2.26 Kosovo (1) Note: Kosovo's status as an independent nation is disputed. 2.27 Latvia (2) 2.28 Lithuania (4) 2.29 Luxembourg (1) 2.30 Malta (3) 2.31 Moldova (1) 2.32 Montenegro (2) 2.33 Netherlands (7) (1 of which is in the Netherlands Antilles) 2.34 Norway (7) 2.35 Poland (13) 2.36 Portugal (13) (2 of which are on the Azores Islands, 1 of which is on Madeira) 2.37 Romania (7) 2.38 Russian Federation (23) (2 of which are in the Caucasus and 6 are in Siberia) 2.39 Serbia (3) 2.40 Slovakia (6) 2.41 Slovenia (1) 2.42 Spain (40) (3 of which are on the Canaries) 2.43 Sweden (14) 2.44 Switzerland (7) 2.45 the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1) 2.46 Turkey (9) (8 of which are in Anatolia) 2.47 Ukraine (5) 2.48 United Kingdom (27) (3 of which are in Bermuda, Pitcairn Islands and Saint Helena) 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Transboundary sites

• Belfries of Belgium and France — shared between Belgium (mostly for the former Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia) and France. Besides civic belfries, or buildings such as city halls that rather obviously may serve a similar purpose, the list includes: Cathedral of Our Lady [Notre-Dame], Antwerp; St. Rumbolds Tower, Mechelen; St. Leonard Church, Zoutleeuw — all three in Flanders, Belgium.
• Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park/Białowieża Forest (1979, 1992) — shared between Belarus and Poland
• Caves of Aggtelek and Slovak Karst (Slovenský Kras) (1995, 2000) — shared between Hungary and Slovakia
• Cultural Landscape of Fertõ/Neusiedlersee (2001) — shared between Austria and Hungary
• Curonian Spit — shared between Lithuania and the Russian Federation
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Upper German & Rhætian Limes and Hadrian's Wall — shared between Germany and the United Kingdom (ref. whc.unesco.org ID 430bis)
• High Coast and Kvarken Archipelago — shared between Sweden and Finland
• Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights (Vatican City) and Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls — shared between the Holy See and Italy
• Muskauer Park/Park Muzakowski on both sides of the Nysa/Neisse River — shared between Germany and Poland
• Pyrénées/Pirineos: Monte Perdido/Mont Perdu (1997, 1999) — shared between France and Spain
• Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) — shared between Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine

[edit] Sites per country

[edit] Albania (2)

	Butrint	1992
	Museum-City of Gjirokastra	2005

[edit] Andorra (1)

	Madriu-Claror-Perafita Valley	2004

[edit] Armenia (3) (also under Asia)

	Cathedral and Churches of Echmiadzin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots	2000
	Monastery of Haghpat and Sanahin	1996
	Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley	2000

[edit] Austria (8)

	Historic Centre of Salzburg	1996
	Schönbrunn Palace	1996
	Hallstatt–Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape	1997
	Semmering Railway	1998
	Historic Centre of Graz	1999
	Wachau Cultural Landscape	2000
	Historic Centre of Vienna	2001
	Lake Neusiedl	2001

[edit] Azerbaijan (2) (also under Asia)

	Gobustan State Reserve	2007
	Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshahs' Palace and Maiden Tower	2000

[edit] Belarus (4)

	Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park	1979
	Mir Castle Complex	2000
	Niasvizh Castle	2005
	Struve Geodetic Arc	2005

[edit] Belgium (9)

	Belfries of Belgium and France — transboundary property, shared with Belgium. Extension of the former Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia	1999, 2005
	Flemish Beguinages	1998
	Historic Centre of Bruges	2000
	La Grand-Place, Brussels	1998
	Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) Hôtel Tassel, Hôtel Solvay, Hôtel van Eetvelde, and Maison & Atelier Horta	2000
	Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes *Mons)	2000
	Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai	2000
	Plantin-Moretus House–Workshops–Museum Complex	2000
	The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault)	1998

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)

	Old Bridge and the surrounding area of the Old City of Mostar	2005
	Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad	2007

[edit] Bulgaria (9)

	Boyana Church	1979
	Madara Rider	1979
	Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo	1979
	Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak	1979
	Ancient City of Nesebar	1983
	Pirin National Park	1983
	Rila Monastery	1983
	Srebarna Nature Reserve	1983
	Thracian tomb of Sveshtari	1985

[edit] Croatia (6)

	Historic Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian	1979
	Old City of Dubrovnik	1979, 1998
	Plitvice Lakes National Park	1979
	Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Poreč	1997
	Historic City of Trogir	1997
	Cathedral of St. James in Šibenik	2000

[edit] Cyprus (3) (geographically in Asia)

	Choirokoitia	1998
	Painted Churches in the Troodos Region	1985, 2001
	Paphos	1980

[edit] Czech Republic (12)

	Historic Centre of Český Krumlov	1992
	Historic Centre of Prague	1992
	Historic Centre of Telč	1992
	Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora	1994
	Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre	1995
	Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape	1996
	Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž	1998
	Holašovice Historical Village Reservation	1998
	Litomyšl Castle	2000
	Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc	2000
	Villa Tugendhat in Brno	2001
	Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč	2003

[edit] Denmark (4) (one of which in Greenland)

	Jelling Runic Stones	1994
	Roskilde Cathedral	1995
	Helsingor Kronborg	2000
	Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland	2004

[edit] Estonia (2)

	Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn	1997
	Struve Geodetic Arc — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine	2005

[edit] Finland (7)

	Fortress of Suomenlinna, near Helsinki	1991
	Old Rauma, the wooden city centre of Rauma	1991
	Petäjävesi Old Church	1994
	Verla Groundwood and Board Mill in Jaala	1996
	Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki, in Lappi	1999
	High Coast and Kvarken Archipelago — transboundary property, shared with Sweden	2000, 2006
	Struve Geodetic Arc — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine	2005

[edit] France (31)

	Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe	1983
	Amiens Cathedral	1981
	Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	1981
	Belfries of Belgium and France — transboundary property, shared with Belgium. Extension of the former Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia	1999, 2005
	Bordeaux, Port of the Moon	2007
	Bourges Cathedral	1992
	Canal du Midi	1996
	Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims	1991
	Chartres Cathedral	1979
	Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay	1981
	Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge	1995
	Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne	1997
	Historic Site of Lyon	1998
	Jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion	1999
	Le Havre, the City rebuilt by Auguste Perret	2005
	Mont Saint Michel and its Bay	1979
	Palace and Park of Fontainebleau	1981
	Palace and Park of Versailles	1979
	Paris, Banks of the Seine	1991
	Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance in Nancy	1983
	Pont du Gard, Roman Aqueduct	1985
	Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	1979
	Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs	2001
	Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange	1981
	Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France	1998
	Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans	1982
	Strasbourg – Grande Île	1988
	The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire	2000
	Vézelay, Church and Hill	1979
	Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve - Corsica	1983
	Pyrénées: Mont Perdu — transboundary property, shared with Spain	1997, 1999

[edit] Georgia (3) (also under Asia)

	Bagrati Cathedral in Kutaisi and Gelati Monastery	1994
	Historical Monuments of Mtskheta	1994
	Upper Svaneti	1996

[edit] Germany (32)

	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 in Brühl (Rhineland)	1984
	St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church at Hildesheim	1985
	Trier, oldest city in Germany, 9 Monuments	1986
	Hanseatic City of Lübeck	1987
	Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (including Schloß Sanssouci)	1990, 1992, 1999
	Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch	1991
	Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar	1992
	Town of Bamberg	1993
	Maulbronn Monastery Complex	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 — see Bauhaus Weimar and Bauhaus Dessau	1996
	Cologne Cathedral	1996
	Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg	1996
	Classical Weimar	1998
	Museum Island (Museumsinsel), Berlin	1999
	Wartburg Castle	1999
	Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz	2000
	Monastic Island of Reichenau	2000
	Zeche Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	2001
	Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar	2002
	Upper Middle Rhine Valley, the Rhine Gorge	2002
	Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen	2004
	Dresden Elbe Valley*	2004
	Muskauer Park on both sides of the Neisse River — transboundary property, shared with Poland where it is known as Park Muzakowski	2004
	Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Upper German & Rhaetian Limes — transboundary property, shared with the United Kingdom: Hadrian's Wall	2005
	Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof	2006

[edit] Greece (17) (5 of which are on the Aegean Islands)

	Temple of Apollo at Bassae	1986
	Acropolis, Athens	1987
	Archaeological Site of Delphi	1987
	Archaeological Site of Epidaurus	1988
	Medieval City of Rhodes (Aegean Islands)	1988
	Meteora	1988
	Mount Athos	1988
	Palaeochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki	1988
	Archaeological Site of Olympia	1989
	Mystras	1989
	Island of Delos	1990
	Monasteries of Daphni, Monastery of Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios (Aegean Islands)	1990
	Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos (Aegean Islands)	1992
	Archaeological Site of 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 (Aegean Islands)	1999
	Old Town of Corfu.	2007

[edit] Holy See (2)

	Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in Rome Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls - transboundary property, shared with Italy	1980, 1990
	Vatican City	1984

[edit] Hungary (8)

	Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, the Andrássy Avenue and the Millennium Underground	1987, 2002
	Hollókő	1987
	Caves of the Aggtelek - — transboundary property, shared with Slovakia	1995
	Millenary Benedictine Monastery of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment	1996
	Hortobágy National Park — the Puszta	1999
	Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianæ)	2000
	Cultural Landscape of Lake Fertõ — transboundary property, shared with Austria	2001
	Tokaj Wine Region Cultural Landscape	2002

[edit] Iceland (1)

	Þingvellir National Park	2004

[edit] Ireland (2)

	Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (Brú na Bóinne)	1993
	Skellig Michael	1996

[edit] Israel (5) (geographically in Asia)

See also: List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab States#Jerusalem

	Masada	2001
	Old City of Acre	2001
	White City of Tel Aviv	2003
	Biblical Tels – Tel Megiddo, Tel Hazor, Tel Be'er Sheva	2005
	Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev	2005

[edit] Italy (41)

	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 Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (1980, 1990) — transboundary property, shared with the Holy See	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	1993
	Historic Centre of Siena	1995
	Castel del Monte, Andria (Bari)	1994
	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, Sicily	1997
	Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata	1997
	Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico di Padova), Padua	1997
	Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena	1997
	Amalfi Coast	1997
	Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and their Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)	1997
	Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (Turin and its province)	1997
	Su Nuraxi di Barumini, Sardinia	1997
	Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily	1997
	Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1998
	Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archæological sites of Pæstum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula	1998
	Historic Centre of Urbino	1998
	Villa Adriana (Tivoli)	1999
	Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi and other Franciscan Sites	2000
	City of Verona	2000
	Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands), Sicily	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, Sicily	2005
	Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli	2006

[edit] Kosovo (1) Note: Kosovo's status as an independent nation is disputed.

Note: Kosovo's status as an independent nation is disputed. See also Serbia's section.

	Medieval Monuments in Kosovo: Dečani Monastery, Patriarchate of Peć, Gračanica Monastery, and Our Lady of Ljeviš	2004, 2006

[edit] Latvia (2)

	Historic Centre of Riga	1997
	Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine	1997

[edit] Lithuania (4)

	Vilnius Historic Centre (Old Town)	1994
	Curonian Spit	2000
	Kernavė Archeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	2004
	Struve Geodetic Arc	2005

[edit] Luxembourg (1)

	City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	1994

[edit] Malta (3)

	City of Valletta	1980
	Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni	1980
	*Megalithic Temples of Malta: Ġgantija, Ħaġar Qim, Mnajdra, and Tarxien Temples	1980, 1992

[edit] Moldova (1)

Image	World Heritage Site	Year
	Struve Geodetic Arc - transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine	2005

[edit] Montenegro (2)

Image	World Heritage Site	Year
	Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor	1979
	Durmitor National Park	1980, 2005

[edit] Netherlands (7) (1 of which is in the Netherlands Antilles)

Image	World Heritage Site	Type (criteria)	Year
	Schokland and Surroundings	Cultural (iii, v)	1995
	Defence Line of Amsterdam	Cultural (ii, iv, v)	1996
	Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles (America)	Cultural (ii, iv, v)	1997
	Mill Network at Kinderdijk–Elshout	Cultural (i, ii, iv)	1997
	Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Cultural (i, ii, iv)	1998
	Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Cultural (i, ii, iv)	1999
	Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Cultural (i, ii)	2000

[edit] Norway (7)

Image	World Heritage Site	Year
	Bryggen	1979
	Urnes Stave Church	1980
	Røros	1980
	Rock Drawings at Alta	1985
	Vegaøyan — the Vega Archipelago	2004
	Struve Geodetic Arc - transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine	2005
	West Norwegian Fjords - Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord	2005

[edit] Poland (13)

For more details on this topic, see World Heritage Sites in Poland.

	Kraków's Historical Centre	1978
	Wieliczka Salt Mine	1978
	Former Nazi German Concentration Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, near Oświęcim	1979
	Białowieża Forest — transboundary property, shared with Belarus where it is known as Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park	1979, 1992
	Historical Centre of Warsaw	1980
	Old City of Zamość	1992
	Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork	1997
	Medieval Town of Toruń	1997
	Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park	1999
	Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica	2001
	Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland	2003
	Park Mużakowski on both sides of the Nysa River — transboundary property, shared with Germany where it is known as Muskauer Park	2004
	Centennial Hall in Wrocław	2006

[edit] Portugal (13) (2 of which are on the Azores Islands, 1 of which is on Madeira)

Image	World Heritage Site	Year
	Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo on Terceira Island, Azores	1983
	Convent of Christ in Tomar	1983
	Monastery of Batalha	1983
	Monastery of the Hieronymites and Belém Tower in Lisbon	1983
	Historic Centre of Évora	1986
	Monastery of Alcobaça	1989
	Cultural Landscape of Sintra	1995
	Historic Centre of Oporto	1996
	Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley	1998
	Laurisilva forests of Madeira	1999
	Alto Douro Wine Region	2001
	Historic Centre of Guimarães	2001
	Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture	2004

[edit] Romania (7)

Main article: UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Romania

	Danube Delta	1991
	Churches of Moldavia	1993
	Monastery of Horezu	1993
	Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania	1993, 1999
	Dacian Fortresses of the Orăştie Mountains	1999
	Historic Centre of Sighişoara	1999
	Wooden Churches of Maramureş	1999

[edit] Russian Federation (23) (2 of which are in the Caucasus and 6 are in Siberia)

Image	World Heritage Site	Year
	Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra	1993
	Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye	1994
	Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent, Dagestan (also under Asia)	2003
	Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands	1992
	Curonian Spit — transboundary property, shared with Lithuania	2000
	Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery	2000
	Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent	2004
	Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin (including Qol-Sharif mosque and Orthodox cathedral), Tatarstan	2000
	Historic Centre of St. Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments — includes Tsarskoe Selo, Peterhof, Pavlovsk Palace, Strelna, Gatchina, Oranienbaum, Ropsha, Pulkovo, Shlisselburg, Kronstadt	1990
	Historic Centre of the City of Yaroslavl	2005
	Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings	1992
	Kizhi Pogost, Karelia	1990
	Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow	1990
	Struve Geodetic Arc — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden and Ukraine	2005
	Virgin Komi Forests, Komi	1995
	Western Caucasus (also under Asia)	1999
	White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal	1992
	Central Sikhote-Alin (Siberia)	2001
	Golden Mountains of Altai, Altai (Siberia))	1998
	Lake Baikal, Buryatia (Siberia)	1998
	Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve, Chukotka (Siberia)	2004
	Uvs Nuur Basin, Tuva (shared with Mongolia) (Siberia)	2003
	Volcanoes of Kamchatka (Siberia)	1996

[edit] Serbia (3)

Note: Serbia's claim to the territory of Kosovo is disputed. See also Kosovo's section.

	Culturo-Historical Region of Stari Ras and Sopoćani Monastery	1979
	Studenica monastery	1986
	Gamzigrad-Romuliana	2007
	Medieval Monuments in Kosovo: Dečani Monastery, Patriarchate of Peć, Gračanica Monastery, and Our Lady of Ljeviš	2004, 2006

[edit] Slovakia (6)

	Banská Štiavnica	1993
	Spišský hrad (Spiš Castle) and its Associated Cultural Monuments	1993
	Vlkolínec	1993
	Caves of the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst (1995, 2000) — transboundary property, shared with Hungary	1995, 2000
	Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve	2000
	Primeval beech forests of the Carpathians (2007) — transboundary property, shared with Ukraine	2007

[edit] Slovenia (1)

Image	World Heritage Site	Year
	Škocjan Caves	1986

[edit] Spain (40) (3 of which are on the Canaries)

Main article: UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Spain

	Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	1984, 1994
	Burgos Cathedral	1984
	Historic Centre of Cordoba	1984, 1994
	Escorial Monastery and Site of the El Escorial, Madrid	1984
	Works of Antoni Gaudí	1984, 2005
	Altamira Cave	1985
	Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of Asturias	1985, 1998
	Old Town of Ávila, with its Extra-Muros churches	1985
	Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct	1985
	Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	1985
	Garajonay National Park (Canaries)	1986
	Historic City of Toledo	1986
	Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon	1986, 2001
	Old Town of Cáceres	1986
	Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	1987
	Old City of Salamanca	1988
	Poblet Monastery	1991
	Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida	1993
	Route of Santiago de Compostela	1993
	Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe	1993
	Doñana National Park	1994
	Historic Walled Town of Cuenca	1996
	La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia	1996
	Las Médulas	1997
	Palau de la Música Catalana and the Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona	1997
	Pyrénées: Mont Perdu— transboundary property, shared with France	1997, 1999
	San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries	1997
	Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula	1998
	University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares	1998
	Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture	1999
	San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Canaries)	1999
	Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco in Tarragona	2000
	Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	2000
	Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí	2000
	Palm tree forest of Elche	2000
	Roman Walls of Lugo	2000
	Aranjuez Cultural Landscape	2001
	Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	2003
	Vizcaya Bridge	2006
	Teide National Park (Canaries)	2007

[edit] Sweden (14)

Image	World Heritage Site	Year
	Drottningholm Palace, Theatre	1991
	Birka and Hovgården (on the islands Björkö and Adelsö in Mälaren near Stockholm)	1993
	Engelsberg Ironworks	1993
	Rock carvings in Tanumshede	1994
	Skogskyrkogården (in Stockholm)	1994
	Hanseatic town of Visby	1995
	Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå	1996
	Laponian area, Swedish Lapland	1996
	Naval Port of Karlskrona	1998
	Agricultural Landscape of southern Öland	2000
	High Coast and Kvarken Archipelago — transboundary property, shared with Finland.	2000, 2006
	Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun	2001
	Varberg Radio Station at Grimeton	2004
	Struve Geodetic Arc — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden and Ukraine	2005

[edit] Switzerland (7)

	Benedictine Convent of Saint John (Claustra Son Jon) at Müstair	1983
	Abbey of St. Gall	1983
	Old City of Berne	1983
	Tre Castelli with defensive wall and ramparts in Bellinzona	2000
	Mountain area of Jungfrau–Aletsch–Bietschhorn	2001
	Monte San Giorgio	2003
	Wine-growing area of Lavaux	2007

[edit] the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1)

	Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region	1979, 1980

[edit] Turkey (9) (8 of which are in Anatolia)

	Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (Anatolia)	1985
	Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği (Anatolia)	1985
	Historic Areas of Istanbul	1985
	Hattusa (Anatolia)	1986
	Nemrut Dağı (Anatolia)	1987
	Hierapolis–Pamukkale (Anatolia)	1988
	Xanthos–Letoon (Anatolia)	1988
	City of Safranbolu (Anatolia)	1994
	Archaeological Site of Troy (Anatolia)	1998

[edit] Ukraine (5)

	Saint Sophia Cathedral	1990
	Kiev Pechersk Lavra	1990
	Old Town (Lviv)	1998
	Struve Geodetic Arc	1998
	Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians	2007

[edit] United Kingdom (27) (3 of which are in Bermuda, Pitcairn Islands and Saint Helena)

Main article: List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom

Note: this list includes sites in the British overseas territories

Cultural

	Blaenavon South Wales Industrial Landscape	2000
	Blenheim Palace	1987
	Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey and St Martin's Church	1988
	Castles and Town Walls of King Edward I in Gwynedd: Harlech, Beaumaris, Caernarfon and Conwy, Wales	1986
	City of Bath	1987
	Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	2006
	Derwent Valley Mills	2001
	Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral	1986
	Heart of Neolithic Orkney, Scotland	1999
	Hadrian's Wall	2005
	Historic Town of St. George's, Bermuda	2000
	Ironbridge Gorge	1986
	Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City	2004
	Maritime Greenwich	1997
	New Lanark, Scotland	2001
	Old Town and New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland	1995
	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	2003
	Saltaire	2001
	Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	1986
	Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey	1986
	Tower of London	1988
	Westminster Abbey, Palace of Westminster, Westminster School and St. Margaret's Church	1987

Mixed

	St Kilda, Scotland	1986

Natural

	Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland	1986
	Gough and Inaccessible Island (Saint Helena)	1995
	Henderson Island (Pitcairn Islands)	1988
	Jurassic Coast	2001

[edit] See also

• List of World Heritage Sites in Africa
• List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab States
• List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia
• List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas
• List of World Heritage Sites in danger

[edit] External links

• UNESCO World Heritage Sites — Official site
• UNESCO World Heritage Centre — Official site
• List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites — Official site
• VRheritage.org — documentation of World Heritage Sites
• Worldheritage-Forum — Information and Weblog on World Heritage Issues

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