List of World Heritage Sites in Italy

Italy has the greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world, with 47. (Spain is second with 42.)^[1][2]

This article lists the 47 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Italy, ordered by when they were added to the list.

Chronology

1970s

• Rock Drawings in Valcamonica — Rock drawings; 1979

1980s

• Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci — A convent in Milan with the Renaissance Last Supper 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; transboundary property, shared with the Holy See — 1980, 1990
• Historic Centre of Florence — 1982
• Piazza del Duomo, Pisa — The Medieval Piazza plus the leaning Tower of Pisa; 1987, 2007
• Venice and its lagoon — the city and the lagoon; 1987

1990s

• 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 — Most of the Renaissance Venetian villas constructed by Andrea Palladio; 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, Andria (Bari) — The Medieval castle in Apulia; 1994
• Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna — The many Paleochristian and Romanesque basilicas and buildings in the Emilian city; 1996
• Historic Centre of the City of Pienza — 1996
• The Trulli of Alberobello — The eccentric traditional houses of parts of Apulia; 1996
• 18th century Royal Palace of 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 — The oldest botanical garden in the world; 1997
• Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena — 1997
• Amalfi Coast — the scenic Campanian coast with its several villages; s1997
• Porto Venere, Cinque Terre, and their Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) — 1997
• Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (Turin and its province) — The Savoyard palaces in Piedmont; 1997
• Su Nuraxi di Barumini, Sardinia — 1997
• Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, 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) — The impressive Roman villa with its gardens; 1999

2000s

• 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 — The classic Renaissance villa, with magnificent water gardens; 2001
• Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto; eight towns in South-Eastern Sicily: Caltagirone, Militello in Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo Acreide, Ragusa and Scicli — 2002
• Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy — The several churches and religious centres in 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
• Rhaetian Railway, shared with Switzerland — 2008
• Mantua and Sabbioneta — 2008
• The Dolomites — The majestic mountains in Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol — 2009

2010s

• Monte San Giorgio - Extension of the Italian border of Monte San Giorgio in Switzerland — 2010
• Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568-774 A.D.) — 2011
• Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps, shared with Austria, Germany, France, Slovenia, Switzerland — 2011

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