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World Heritage Site
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain range, lake, desert, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated for the international World Heritage program administered by UNESCO.
The program aims to catalogue, name, and preserve sites of outstanding importance, either cultural or natural, to the common heritage of humankind (exact criteria). Listed sites can obtain funds from the World Heritage Fund under certain conditions.
The program was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage that was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972.
As of 2003, a total of 754 sites have been included in the list.
List of World Heritage Sites
- Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower
- The Great Wall (1987)
- Mount Taishan, Shandong province (1987)
- Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in Beijing (1987)
- Mogao Caves, in Dunhuang, Gansu proivince (1987)
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor in Xi'an, Shaanxi province (1987)
- Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, Beijing Municipality (1987)
- Mount Huangshan, Anhui province (1990)
- Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area, Sichuan province (1992)
- Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area, Sichuan province (1992)
- Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, Hunan province (1992)
- Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde, Hebei province (1994)
- Temple and Cemetery of Confucius, and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu, Shandong province (1994)
- Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains, Hubei province (1994)
- Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet (1994, 2000, 2001)
- Lushan National Park, Jiangxi province (1996)
- Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area in Sichuan province (1996)
- Old Town of Lijiang, Yunnan province (1997)
- Ancient City of Ping Yao, Shanxi province (1997)
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou, Jiangsu province (1997, 2000)
- Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing (1998)
- Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing (1998)
- Mount Wuyi, Fujian province (1999)
- Dazu Rock Carvings, Sichuan province (1999)
- Mount Qincheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, Sichuan province (2000)
- Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun (2000)
- Longmen Grottoes, near Luoyang, Henan province (2000)
- Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (2000)
- Yungang Grottoes, in Datong, Shanxi province (2001)
- Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (2003)
- 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and the San Leucio Complex
- Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
- Archaeological Area of Agrigento
- Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata
- Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
- Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
- Castel del Monte
- Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
- Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
- City of Verona
- City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
- Costiera Amalfitana
- Crespi d'Adda
- Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
- Ferrara, City of the Renaissance and its Po Delta
- Historic Centre of Florence
- Historic Centre of Naples
- Historic Centre of San Gimignano
- Historic Centre of Siena
- Historic Centre of Urbino
- Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
- I Sassi di Matera
- Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
- Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-eastern Sicily)
- Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini
- The trulli of Alberobello
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- Villa Romana del Casale
- Villa d'Este, Tivoli
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- (The Old City of Jerusalem is within East Jerusalem, which has been under Israeli control since 1967, but is not recognized as Israeli territory by the UN and many countries. The site was proposed as a World Heritage site in 1981 by Jordan, which withdrew its claims to the city in 1988.)
- City of Luxemburg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications
- Ohrid Region with its Cultural and Historic Aspect and its Natural Environment
- Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzin, Granada
- Altamira Cave
- Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
- Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
- Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco in Tarragona, Catalonia
- Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
- Burgos Cathedral
- Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí, Catalonia
- Cathedral, Alcazar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
- Doñana National Park
- Garajonay National Park
- Historic Centre of Cordoba
- Historic City of Toledo
- Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
- Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
- La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
- Las Médulas
- Monastery and Site of the El Escorial, Madrid
- Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- Old City of Salamanca
- Old Town of Avila, with its Extra-Muros churches
- Old Town of Caceres
- Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
- Palmeral of Elche
- Park Güell, Palau Güell and Casa Milà in Barcelona, Catalonia
- Poblet Monastery, Catalonia
- Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
- Roman Walls of Lugo
- Route of Santiago de Compostela
- Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe
- San Cristóbal de La Laguna
- San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
- Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)
- The Palau de la Música Catalana and the Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia
- University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares
- Ubeda-Baeza: Urban duality, cultural unity
- State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv"
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