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x Yosemite National Park Heinrich Berann NPS Yosemite UNESCO World Heritage Site 1984  
Yosemite National Park (pronounced /joʊˈsɛmɨtiː/ yo-SEM-it-ee) is a national park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in east central California, United States. The park covers an area of 761,266 acres (308,073 ha)...
x San Leucio resort Caserta posizione UNESCO World Heritage Site    
San Leucio is a frazione of the comune of Caserta, in the region of Campania in southern Italy. It is most notable for a resort developed around an old silk factory, included in the UNESCO World Heritage sites list in 1997. It is located 3.5 km...
x Pienza Coat of arms of Comune di Pienza UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Pienza, a town and commune in the province of Siena, in the Val d'Orcia in Tuscany (central Italy), between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism." In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage...
x Svaneti Medieval towers in Mestia, Upper Svaneti UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Svaneti or Svanetia (Suania in ancient sources) (Georgian: სვანეთი Svaneti) is a historic province in Georgia, in the northwestern part of the country. It is inhabited by the Svans, an ethnic subgroup of the Georgians. Surrounded by 3,000–5,000...
x Quebec City Quebec City skyline UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Québec (also Quebec, Quebec City or Québec City) (French: Québec, or Ville de Québec) (pronounced /kwɨˈbɛk/ or /keˈbɛk/), is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most...
x Hollókő Hollókő village UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Hollókő (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈholːoːkøː] ) is a Palóc ethnographic village in Hungary, part of the World Heritage. Its name means "Raven-stone" in Hungarian. The village is located in Nógrád county, approximately 91.1 kilometres northeast from...
x San Ignacio Miní Remains of the entrance to the church. UNESCO World Heritage Site    
San Ignacio Miní was one of the many missions founded in 1632 by the Jesuits in the Americas during the Spanish colonial period near present-day San Ignacio valley, some 60km south of Posadas, Misiones Province, Argentina. The original mission was...
x Oaxaca Catedral de Oaxaca, located at the Zócalo (central square) UNESCO World Heritage Site    
The city and municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name (Oaxaca). It is located in the Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the...
x Nanda Devi Nanda Devi UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India and the highest entirely within the country (Kangchenjunga being on the border of India and Nepal); owing to this geography it was the highest known mountain in the world until computations on...
x Granada Granada coat-of-arms UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. The city of Granada is placed at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, Beiro, Darro and Genil, at an...
x Palace of Tau The Palace of Tau in Reims UNESCO World Heritage Site    
The Palace of Tau (French: Palais du Tau) in Reims, France, was the palace of the Archbishop of Reims. It is associated with the Kings of France, whose coronation was held in the nearby cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims. A large Gallo-Roman villa...
x Modica Coat of arms of Comune di Modica UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Modica (Sicilian: Muòrica, Greek: Μότουκα, Latin: Mutyca or Motyca) is a city in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily. The city is situated in the Hyblaean Mountains and, along with Val di Noto, is part of UNESCO Heritage Sites in Italy. According to...
x Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park Cheetah UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Manovo-Gounda St.Floris National Park is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Central African Republic prefecture Bamingui-Bangoran, near the Chad border. It was inscribed to the list of World Heritage Sites in 1988 as a...
x Willandra Lakes Region Willandra Lakes Region UNESCO World Heritage Site    
The Willandra Lakes Region is a World Heritage Site that covers 2,400 square kilometres in south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Region has important natural and cultural values including exceptional examples of past human civilization...
x Vézelay Abbey The Abbey Church in Vézelay UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Vézelay Abbey (now known as Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery in Vézelay in the Yonne département in Burgundy, France. The Benedictine abbey church of Ste-Marie-Madeleine (or Basilica of St. Mary Magdalene),...
x Ouro Preto View of Ouro Preto UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Vila Rica do Ouro Preto (from Portuguese, Black Gold Rich Village) is a city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a former colonial mining town located in the Serra do Espinhaço mountains and designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of...
x Otsu City view from Hieizan, the city of Ōtsu UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Ōtsu (大津市, Ōtsu-shi) is the capital city of Shiga, Japan. As of February 2007 the city has an estimated population of 329,355 with an average age of 40.7 years (15.42% of whom are under 15 and 16.81% are over 65) and a population density of 880.49...
x Monticello Monticello UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Monticello (pronounced /mɑntəˈtʃɛloʊ/), located in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the estate of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States, and founder of the...
National Register of Historic Places Oct 15, 1966 National Historic Landmark
x Choqa Zanbil Chogha Zanbil ziggurat, Iran. UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Chogha Zanbil (Persian: چغازنبيل) is an ancient Elamite complex in the Khuzestan province of Iran. It is one of the few extant ziggurats outside of Mesopotamia. It lies approximately 25 kilometeres west Dezfoul, 45 kilometres south of Susa and 230...
x Drakensberg The Drakensberg UNESCO World Heritage Site    
The Drakensberg (Afrikaans: "Drakensberge") is the highest mountain range in Southern Africa, rising to 3,482 metres (11,420 ft) in height. In Zulu, it is referred to as uKhahlamba ("barrier of spears"), and in Sesotho as Maluti (also spelled Maloti...
x Enryaku-ji Enryakuji Konponchudo UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Enryaku-ji (延暦寺, Enryaku-ji), a monastery on Mount Hiei overlooking Kyoto, was founded during the early Heian period. The temple complex was established by Saichō (767–822), also known as Dengyō Daishi, who introduced the Tendai sect to Japan from...
x Jongmyo A view of the main hall, Jeongjeon. UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Jongmyo is a Confucian shrine dedicated to the memorial services for the deceased kings and queens of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. According to UNESCO, the shrine is the oldest royal Confucian shrine preserved and the ritual ceremonies continue a...
x Ryōan-ji Ryōan-ji dry garden UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Ryōan-ji (Shinjitai: 竜安寺, Kyūjitai: 龍安寺, The Temple of the Peaceful Dragon) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. Belonging to the Myoshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism, the temple is one of the Historic Monuments of...
x Ujung Kulon National Park Ujung Kulon UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Ujung Kulon National Park is located at the western-most tip of Java, Indonesia. It includes the volcanic island group of Krakatoa and other islands including Panaitan, Handeuleum and Peucang. The park encompasses an area of 1,206 km² (443 km²...
x Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Oficina Humberstone UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works are two former saltpeter refineries located in northern Chile. They were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. Humberstone and Santa Laura are located 48 km east of the city of Iquique in the...
x Duomo di Modena The Cathedral with the Ghirlandina UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Modena Cathedral is a Romanesque Roman Catholic cathedral church in Modena, Italy. It is the cathedral, or duomo in Italian, of the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola. Consecrated in 1184, it is one of the most important Romanesque buildings in Europe...
x Kadisha Valley View of the valley from NW. UNESCO World Heritage Site    
The Kadisha Valley (also known as Qadisha Valley, Wadi Qadisha, Ouadi Qadisha, or وادي قاديشا in Arabic) lies within the Becharre and Zgharta Districts of the North Governorate of Lebanon. The valley is a deep gorge carved by the Kadisha River, also...
x Campeche View of Campeche, showing Cathedral and part of old city fortifications UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Campeche (Ahk'ìin Pech in Modern Maya) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Campeche, located at 19°51′N 90°32′W / 19.85°N 90.53°W / 19.85; -90.53, on the shore of the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico. The city's population at the...
x Reichenau Island 15th-century towers on the Romanesque church of Sts Peter and Paul in Reichenau-Niederzell UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Reichenau Island lies in Lake Constance in southern Germany, at approximately 47°42′N 9°4′E / 47.7°N 9.067°E / 47.7; 9.067. It lies between the Gnadensee and the Untersee, almost due west of the city of Konstanz. The island is connected to the...
x Quedlinburg Coat of arms of Quedlinburg UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Quedlinburg (German pronunciation: [ˈkveːdlɪnbʊʁk]) is a town located north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In 1994 the medieval old town was set on the UNESCO world heritage list. Until 2007 it...
x Tongeren Tongeren municipality and arrondissement (district) in the Flemish province of Limburg UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Tongeren (French: Tongres, German: Tongern) is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish region, Belgium. Tongeren is the oldest town in Belgium. Inhabited in the Roman period by the Tungri, and known as Atuatuca Tungrorum,...
x Townleyhall passage grave   UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Townleyhall passage grave is an Irish chamber tomb around 2km north of Dowth tomb and part of the megalithic complex of Brú na Bóinne in County Meath. The site was originally a Neolithic settlement but was abandoned by its occupants, perhaps because...
x Skara Brae Excavated dwellings at Skara Brae, Europe's most complete Neolithic village. UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Skara Brae (pronounced /ˈskɑrə ˈbreɪ/) is a large stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It consists of ten clustered houses, and was occupied from roughly 3100-2500 BC. It is...
x Riomaggiore Coat of arms of Comune di Riomaggiore UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Riomaggiore (Rimasùu in the local language) is a village and a commune in the province of La Spezia, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy. It is the first of the Cinque Terre one meets coming from La Spezia. The village, dating...
x Villa Romana del Casale Plan UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Villa Romana del Casale (Sicilian: Villa Rumana dû Casali) is a Roman villa built in the first quarter of the 4th century and located about 5 km outside the town of Piazza Armerina, Sicily, southern Italy. Containing the richest, largest and most...
x Vernazza Vernazza UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Vernazza is a town and commune located in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, northwestern Italy. It is one of the five towns in the Cinque Terre region. Vernazza is the fourth town heading north into the Cinque Terre. It has no car traffic (a road...
x Pantanal Pantanal 55 UNESCO World Heritage Site    
The Pantanal is a tropical wetland and the world's largest wetland of any kind. It lies mostly within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul but extends into Mato Grosso as well as into portions of Bolivia and Paraguay, sprawling over an area...
x Abbey of St. Gall 8ullqDu36WcnojN14in3qSbnpWVZ3CbnE6p1rJdsYfsi6rPnqCbo47B UNESCO World Heritage Site 1983 UWH criteria ii
The Abbey of Saint Gall (German: Fürstabtei Sankt Gallen) was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. It is located in the city of St. Gallen in present-day Switzerland. The Abbey has existed since 719 and became an...
UWH criteria iv
x Casa Milà Casa Milá at dusk UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Casa Milà, better known as La Pedrera (Catalan for 'The Quarry'), is a building designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built during the years 1906–1910, being considered officially completed in 1912. It is located at 92, Passeig de...
x Kanangra-Boyd National Park Kanangra Walls 2002 UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Kanangra-Boyd is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 100 km west of Sydney. It lies to the southwest of and is contiguous with the Blue Mountains National Park, and is part of the Greater Blue Mountains Area World Heritage Site . Two of...
x Itsukushima Shrine 厳島神社の鳥居 UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Itsukushima Shrine (Japanese: 厳島神社, Itsukushima Jinja) is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima) in the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Japanese...
x San Agustín MunsHuila San Agustin UNESCO World Heritage Site    
San Agustín is a town and municipality in the southern Colombian Department of Huila. The town is located 227 km away from the capital of the Department, Neiva. Population is around 30,000. The village was originally founded in 1752 by Alejo...
x Banff National Park Canadian National Parks Location UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Banff National Park (pronounced /ˈbæmf/) is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains. The park, located 110-180 kilometres (70-110 mi) west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, encompasses 6,641 square kilometres ...
x Wet Tropics of Queensland Rain Forest Daintree Australia UNESCO World Heritage Site    
The Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site consists of approximately 8,940 km² of Australian wet tropical forests growing along the north-east Queensland portion of the Great Dividing Range, stretching from Townsville to Cooktown, running in...
x Sigiriya Sigiriya Rock from the main public entrance UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Sigiriya (Lion's rock) is an ancient rock fortress and palace ruin situated in the central Matale District of Sri Lanka, surrounded by the remains of an extensive network of gardens, reservoirs, and other structures. A popular tourist destination,...
x Osun-Osogbo Temple of Ọṣun in Oṣogbo, Nigeria. UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Osun-Osogbo or Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove is a sacred forest along the banks of the Oshun River just outside the city of Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. The Osun-Osogbo Grove is among the last of the sacred forests which usually adjoin the edges of most...
x Santa María la Mayor Location of the most important reductions, with present political divisions. UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Reducción de Santa María la Mayor (Reduction of Holy Maria Mayor), located in the Santa María Department of the Misiones Province, Argentina, at approximate coordinates 27°33′S 55°20′W / 27.55°S 55.333°W / -27.55; -55.333, was one of the missions...
x Mammoth Cave National Park The Rotunda Room at Mammoth Cave. UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. National Park in central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest cave system known in the world. The official name of the system is the Mammoth-Flint Ridge Cave System for the ridge under...
x Paris paris UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Paris (pronounced /ˈpærɪs/ in English, [paʁi]  ( listen) in French) is the capital of France and the country's most populous city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region (also known as the ...
x Doñana National Park Wetlands in Doñana UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Doñana National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional de Doñana), also called Coto de Doñana, is a national park and wildlife refuge in southwestern Spain. Doñana National Park is located in Andalusia, in the provinces of Huelva and Seville, and covers 543...
x Independence Hall Independence Hall (about 1780) UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Independence Hall is a U.S. national landmark located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets. Known primarily as the location where the Declaration of Independence was debated and adopted, the building was...
x Petit Trianon The Petit Trianon, Versailles UNESCO World Heritage Site    
The Petit Trianon is a small château located on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France. It was designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel by the order of Louis XV for his long-term mistress, Madame de Pompadour, and was constructed...
x Sanssouci The South or Garden façade and corps de logis of Sanssouci UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Sanssouci is the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, in Potsdam, near Berlin. It is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles. While Sanssouci is in the more intimate Rococo style and is far smaller than its...
x Alta Gracia The Jesuit Church UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Alta Gracia is a city located in the north-centre of the province of Córdoba, Argentina. Its name means "High Grace". It is built upon the Sierras Chicas, in a region that the Comechingón Indians used to call Paravachasca. It has about 43,000...
x Rila Monastery Rila Monastery with the medieval tower UNESCO World Heritage Site    
The Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila, better known as the Rila Monastery (Bulgarian: Рилски манастир, Rilski manastir) is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is situated in the northwestern Rila Mountains, 117 km ...
x Lord Howe Island Lord Howe Island showing Mts Lidgbird and Gower UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Lord Howe Island (pronounced /ˈhaʊ/, or /ˈhæɔ/ in Australian English phonology) is a small island in the Tasman Sea 600 kilometres (370 mi) east of the Australian mainland. The Lord Howe Island Group, including nearby Ball's Pyramid, is administered...
x Porto Coat of arms of Cidade do Porto UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu]), also known as Oporto in English, is Portugal's second city and the capital of Norte region. It is, along with Lisbon, one of Portugal's two global cities. The city is located in the estuary of the Douro...
x Austrian Parliament Building Parliament at the Ringstraße UNESCO World Heritage Site    
The Austrian Parliament Building, (German: Parlament or Hohes Haus, formerly the Reichsratsgebäude), is where the two Houses of the Parliament of Austria conduct their sittings. The building lies at the Ringstraße in the first district Innere Stadt...
x Nikkō Tōshō-gū Nikkō Tōshō-gū Gate UNESCO World Heritage Site    
Nikkō Tōshō-gū (日光東照宮) is a Shinto shrine located in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the "Shrines and Temples of Nikkō", a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tōshō-gū is dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate....
x Hala Ludowa Wroclaw Hala Ludowa Breslau Jahrhunderthalle UNESCO World Heritage Site    
The Centennial Hall (German: Jahrhunderthalle, Polish: Hala Stulecia or Hala Ludowa) is a historic building in Wrocław. It was constructed according to the plans of Max Berg in 1911-1913, when the city was part of the German Empire. It was listed as...
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