UNESCO World Heritage Sites
UNESCO World Heritage Sites are some of my favourite places to visit when I travel. I enjoy learning about history and discovering how the ways of life and innovations of our ancestors have shaped our present-day society. I love visiting places that are rich in culture and deeply appreciate the beautiful things in our world, both natural and manmade.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites encompass many of the things I love so much about travelling. They represent the very best of the world in terms of our global heritage.
UNESCO has made it its mission to preserve and protect our cultural and natural heritage for future generations. It has carefully selected a unique and diverse collection of properties for conservation that are of outstanding value to humanity.
What I love most about UNESCO World Heritage Sites, is that they are considered to “belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located” (UNESCO- About World Heritage). I believe World Heritage Sites contribute to the idea that we are a global community and strengthen our appreciation of different cultures and environments around the world.
My World Heritage Sites
Here is a list of all the UNESCO World Heritage Sites I have visited during my travels.
I haven’t written about all these destinations, but those I have featured on the blog include a link to the article(s). This page will be updated as I visit more World Heritage Sites and write about my experiences, so feel free to check back every so often!
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Argentina
- Los Glaciares National Park (includes Perito Moreno Glacier and Mount Fitz Roy)
Austria
- Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
- Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
- Hallstatt– Dachstein/Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
- Wachau Cultural Landscape
- Historic Centre of Vienna
Belgium
- La Grand-Place, Brussels
- Historic Centre of Brugge
Bolivia
Canada
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho, as well as the Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and Hamber provincial parks)
- Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada and Glacier National Park in the USA)
- Writing on Stone/Áísínai’pi
- Historic District of Old Quebec
- Gros Morne National Park
Chile
Cuba
- Old Havana and its Fortification System
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
- Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
Czechia
- Historic Centre of Prague
- Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St. Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec
Egypt
- Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
- Historic Cairo
- Memphis and its Necropolis- the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
- Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
- Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
France
- Chartres Cathedral
- Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
- Palace and Park of Versailles
- Strasbourg- Grand Île
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
Germany
- Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies
- Town of Bamberg
- Cologne Cathedral
- Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
Greece
- Acropolis, Athens
- Archaeological Site of Delphi
- Medieval City of Rhodes
- Meteora
- Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
- Archaeological Site of Olympia
- Archaeological Site of Mycenae and Tiryns
- The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Patmos
Holy See
- Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
- Vatican City
Hungary
- Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
Ireland
Italy
- Historic Centre of Rome… (also listed under Holy See)
- Historic Centre of Florence
- Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Archaeological areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annuziata
- City of Verona
Japan
- Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area
- Himeji-jo Castle
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (includes 17 properties but I’ve visited Kinkaku-ji Temple, Tenryu-ji Temple, Ginkaku-ji Temple, Nijo-jo Castle, Kiyomizu-dera Temple, To-ji Temple)
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
- Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (some of which are in Nara Park)
- Shrines and Temples of Nikko
- Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (Yoshino and Omine, Koyasan, and the Kumano Sanzan, part of which is located in Nachisan)
- Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration
- Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
Jordan
- Petra
- Wadi Rum Protected Area
Mexico
Netherlands
- Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
Norway
- West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
Peru
- City of Cuzco
- Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
- Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System (the Inca Trail comprises a small section of this)
- Historic Centre of Lima
- Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca and Palpa
San Marino
- San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano
Switzerland
- Abbey of St. Gall
- Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina Landscapes
Turkey
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
- Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast
United States
- Kluane/Wrangell- St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek
- Redwood National and State Parks
- Everglades National Park
- Statue of Liberty
- Yellowstone National Park
- Grand Canyon National Park