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Here is a list of 100 UNESCO World Heritage Sites from around the world, covering cultural, natural, and mixed sites across all continents:
Africa
- Great Zimbabwe National Monument – Zimbabwe
- Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela – Ethiopia
- Timbuktu – Mali
- Aksum – Ethiopia
- Island of Gorée – Senegal
- Okavango Delta – Botswana
- Robben Island – South Africa
- Medina of Fez – Morocco
- Mount Kenya National Park – Kenya
- Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis – Egypt
Asia
- Taj Mahal – India ✓
- Great Wall of China – China ✓
- Angkor Wat – Cambodia ✓
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto – Japan
- Petra – Jordan ✓
- Borobudur Temple Compounds – Indonesia ✓
- Hampi – India ✓
- Forbidden City (Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties) – China ✓
- Samarkand – Uzbekistan
- Bamiyan Valley – Afghanistan
Europe
- Stonehenge – United Kingdom
- Acropolis of Athens – Greece ✓
- Historic Centre of Rome – Italy
- Palace and Park of Versailles – France
- Historic Centre of Prague – Czech Republic ✓
- Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay – France
- Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín – Spain ✓
- Historic Centre of Vienna – Austria ✓
- Cologne Cathedral – Germany
- Auschwitz Birkenau – Poland
North America
- Independence Hall – USA
- Statue of Liberty – USA ✓
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks – Canada
- Chichen Itza – Mexico
- Teotihuacan – Mexico
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park – USA
- Old Havana and its Fortification System – Cuba
- Historic Centre of Oaxaca – Mexico
- L’Anse aux Meadows – Canada
- Cahokia Mounds – USA
South America
- Machu Picchu – Peru
- Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia – Brazil
- Galápagos Islands – Ecuador
- Rapa Nui National Park (Easter Island) – Chile
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis – Argentina/Brazil
- Historic Sanctuary of Caral-Supe – Peru
- Valparaíso’s Historic Quarter – Chile
- City of Quito – Ecuador
- Serra da Capivara National Park – Brazil
- Los Glaciares National Park – Argentina
Middle East
- Persepolis – Iran ✓
- Jerusalem (Old City and its Walls) – Israel/Palestine (listed as “in danger”) ✓
- Ancient City of Aleppo – Syria
- Byblos – Lebanon ✓
- Mada’in Saleh – Saudi Arabia
- Babylon – Iraq
- Historic City of Damascus – Syria
- Old City of Sana’a – Yemen
- Qal’at al-Bahrain – Bahrain ✓
- Masada – Israel ✓
Oceania
- Sydney Opera House – Australia ✓
- Great Barrier Reef – Australia
- Te Wahipounamu – New Zealand
- Tongariro National Park – New Zealand
- Chief Roi Mata’s Domain – Vanuatu
- Taputapuātea – French Polynesia
- Henderson Island – UK (Pacific Ocean)
- Kakadu National Park – Australia ✓
- Fraser Island (K’gari) – Australia
- Levuka Historical Port Town – Fiji
Cultural Mixed Sites
- Mount Athos – Greece
- Mount Etna – Italy
- Sacred City of Kandy – Sri Lanka
- Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park – Australia ✓
- Tassili n’Ajjer – Algeria
- Tikal National Park – Guatemala
- Mount Wuyi – China
- Sian Ka’an – Mexico
- Socotra Archipelago – Yemen
- Mount Huangshan – China
More Sites of Global Importance
- Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi – Italy
- Historic Centre of Bruges – Belgium
- Historic Centre of Bukhara – Uzbekistan
- Wadi Rum Protected Area – Jordan ✓
- Historic Centre of Kraków – Poland
- Rila Monastery – Bulgaria
- Ancient City of Nessebar – Bulgaria
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini – Italy (Sardinia)
- Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres – France ✓
- Historic Centre of Lviv – Ukraine
Natural Wonders
- Iguazu National Park – Argentina/Brazil
- Yellowstone National Park – USA
- Plitvice Lakes National Park – Croatia
- Ha Long Bay – Vietnam
- Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area – China
- Mount Kenya – Kenya
- Sundarbans – India/Bangladesh
- Lake Baikal – Russia
- Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area – China
- Volcanoes of Kamchatka – Russia