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100 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

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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

  1. Great Zimbabwe National Monument – Zimbabwe
  2. Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela – Ethiopia
  3. Timbuktu – Mali
  4. Aksum – Ethiopia
  5. Island of Gorée – Senegal
  6. Okavango Delta – Botswana
  7. Robben Island – South Africa
  8. Medina of Fez – Morocco
  9. Mount Kenya National Park – Kenya
  10. Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis – Egypt

Asia

  1. Taj Mahal – India ✓
  2. Great Wall of China – China ✓
  3. Angkor Wat – Cambodia ✓
  4. Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto – Japan
  5. Petra – Jordan ✓
  6. Borobudur Temple Compounds – Indonesia ✓
  7. Hampi – India ✓
  8. Forbidden City (Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties) – China ✓
  9. Samarkand – Uzbekistan
  10. Bamiyan Valley – Afghanistan

Europe

  1. Stonehenge – United Kingdom
  2. Acropolis of Athens – Greece ✓
  3. Historic Centre of Rome – Italy
  4. Palace and Park of Versailles – France
  5. Historic Centre of Prague – Czech Republic ✓
  6. Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay – France
  7. Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín – Spain ✓
  8. Historic Centre of Vienna – Austria ✓
  9. Cologne Cathedral – Germany
  10. Auschwitz Birkenau – Poland

North America

  1. Independence Hall – USA
  2. Statue of Liberty – USA ✓
  3. Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks – Canada
  4. Chichen Itza – Mexico
  5. Teotihuacan – Mexico
  6. Great Smoky Mountains National Park – USA
  7. Old Havana and its Fortification System – Cuba
  8. Historic Centre of Oaxaca – Mexico
  9. L’Anse aux Meadows – Canada
  10. Cahokia Mounds – USA

South America

  1. Machu Picchu – Peru
  2. Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia – Brazil
  3. Galápagos Islands – Ecuador
  4. Rapa Nui National Park (Easter Island) – Chile
  5. Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis – Argentina/Brazil
  6. Historic Sanctuary of Caral-Supe – Peru
  7. Valparaíso’s Historic Quarter – Chile
  8. City of Quito – Ecuador
  9. Serra da Capivara National Park – Brazil
  10. Los Glaciares National Park – Argentina

Middle East

  1. Persepolis – Iran ✓
  2. Jerusalem (Old City and its Walls) – Israel/Palestine (listed as “in danger”) ✓
  3. Ancient City of Aleppo – Syria
  4. Byblos – Lebanon ✓
  5. Mada’in Saleh – Saudi Arabia
  6. Babylon – Iraq
  7. Historic City of Damascus – Syria
  8. Old City of Sana’a – Yemen
  9. Qal’at al-Bahrain – Bahrain ✓
  10. Masada – Israel ✓

Oceania

  1. Sydney Opera House – Australia ✓
  2. Great Barrier Reef – Australia
  3. Te Wahipounamu – New Zealand
  4. Tongariro National Park – New Zealand
  5. Chief Roi Mata’s Domain – Vanuatu
  6. Taputapuātea – French Polynesia
  7. Henderson Island – UK (Pacific Ocean)
  8. Kakadu National Park – Australia ✓
  9. Fraser Island (K’gari) – Australia
  10. Levuka Historical Port Town – Fiji

Cultural Mixed Sites

  1. Mount Athos – Greece
  2. Mount Etna – Italy
  3. Sacred City of Kandy – Sri Lanka
  4. Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park – Australia ✓
  5. Tassili n’Ajjer – Algeria
  6. Tikal National Park – Guatemala
  7. Mount Wuyi – China
  8. Sian Ka’an – Mexico
  9. Socotra Archipelago – Yemen
  10. Mount Huangshan – China

More Sites of Global Importance

  1. Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi – Italy
  2. Historic Centre of Bruges – Belgium
  3. Historic Centre of Bukhara – Uzbekistan
  4. Wadi Rum Protected Area – Jordan ✓
  5. Historic Centre of Kraków – Poland
  6. Rila Monastery – Bulgaria
  7. Ancient City of Nessebar – Bulgaria
  8. Su Nuraxi di Barumini – Italy (Sardinia)
  9. Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres – France ✓
  10. Historic Centre of Lviv – Ukraine

Natural Wonders

  1. Iguazu National Park – Argentina/Brazil
  2. Yellowstone National Park – USA
  3. Plitvice Lakes National Park – Croatia
  4. Ha Long Bay – Vietnam
  5. Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area – China
  6. Mount Kenya – Kenya
  7. Sundarbans – India/Bangladesh
  8. Lake Baikal – Russia
  9. Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area – China
  10. Volcanoes of Kamchatka – Russia

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