Do You Know How Many UNESCO Heritage Sites in the World

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As of October 2023, there are 1,199 UNESCO World Heritage Sites located across 168 countries, of which 933 are cultural, 227 are natural, and 39 are mixed properties. These sites represent some of the most exceptional places on Earth, spanning a wide range of cultural and natural diversity.

  • 1199 Properties
  • 48 Transboundary
  • 168 States Parties with properties out of 195

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Country wise UNESCO Heritage Sites List:

Afghanistan

  • Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam
  • Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley

Albania

  • Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region
  • Butrint
  • Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra
  • Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

Algeria

  • Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad
  • Djémila
  • M’Zab Valley
  • Tassili n’Ajjer #
  • Timgad
  • Tipasa
  • Kasbah of Algiers

Andorra

  • Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley

Angola

  • Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo

Antigua and Barbuda

  • Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites

Argentina

  • Los Glaciares National Park #
  • Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) *
  • Iguazu National Park
  • Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas
  • Península Valdés
  • Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks
  • Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
  • Quebrada de Humahuaca
  • Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System *
  • The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement *
  • Los Alerces National Park
  • ESMA Museum and Site of Memory – Former Clandestine Center of Detention, Torture and Extermination

Armenia

  • Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
  • Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots
  • Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley

Australia

  • Great Barrier Reef
  • Kakadu National Park
  • Willandra Lakes Region
  • Lord Howe Island Group
  • Tasmanian Wilderness
  • Gondwana Rainforests of Australia 2
  • Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 3
  • Wet Tropics of Queensland
  • Shark Bay, Western Australia
  • K’gari (Fraser Island)
  • Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)
  • Heard and McDonald Islands
  • Macquarie Island
  • Greater Blue Mountains Area
  • Purnululu National Park
  • Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
  • Sydney Opera House
  • Australian Convict Sites
  • Ningaloo Coast
  • Budj Bim Cultural Landscape

Austria

  • Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
  • Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
  • Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
  • Semmering Railway
  • City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg
  • Wachau Cultural Landscape
  • Historic Centre of Vienna
  • Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape *
  • Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe *
  • Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps *
  • Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment) *
  • The Great Spa Towns of Europe *

Azerbaijan

  • Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah’s Palace and Maiden Tower
  • Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
  • Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace
  • Hyrcanian Forests *
  • Cultural Landscape of Khinalig People and “Köç Yolu” Transhumance Route

Bahrain

  • Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
  • Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy
  • Dilmun Burial Mounds

Bangladesh

  • Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
  • Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
  • The Sundarbans

Barbados

  • Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison

Belarus

  • Białowieża Forest 
  • Mir Castle Complex
  • Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh
  • Struve Geodetic Arc *

Belgium

  • Flemish Béguinages
  • La Grand-Place, Brussels
  • The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut)
  • Belfries of Belgium and France 
  • Historic Centre of Brugge
  • Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
  • Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)
  • Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
  • Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex
  • Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe *
  • Stoclet House
  • Major Mining Sites of Wallonia
  • The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement *
  • Colonies of Benevolence *
  • The Great Spa Towns of Europe *
  • Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) *

Belize

  • Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

Benin

  • Royal Palaces of Abomey
  • W-Arly-Pendjari Complex *
  • Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba *

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

  • City of Potosí
  • Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
  • Historic City of Sucre
  • Fuerte de Samaipata
  • Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
  • Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture
  • Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System *

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
  • Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe 
  • Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad
  • Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards 

Botswana

  • Tsodilo
  • Okavango Delta

Brazil

  • Historic Town of Ouro Preto
  • Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda
  • Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) *
  • Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
  • Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
  • Iguaçu National Park
  • Brasilia
  • Serra da Capivara National Park
  • Historic Centre of São Luís
  • Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves
  • Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
  • Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina
  • Central Amazon Conservation Complex 5
  • Pantanal Conservation Area
  • Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
  • Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
  • Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás
  • São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão
  • Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea
  • Pampulha Modern Ensemble
  • Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site
  • Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity
  • Sítio Roberto Burle Marx

Bulgaria

  • Boyana Church
  • Madara Rider
  • Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo
  • Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
  • Ancient City of Nessebar
  • Pirin National Park
  • Rila Monastery
  • Srebarna Nature Reserve
  • Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari
  • Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe *

Burkina Faso

  • W-Arly-Pendjari Complex *
  • Ruins of Loropéni
  • Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso

Cabo Verde

  • Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande

Cambodia

  • Angkor
  • Temple of Preah Vihear
  • Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura
  • Koh Ker: Archaeological Site of Ancient Lingapura or Chok Gargyar

Cameroon

  • Dja Faunal Reserve
  • Sangha Trinational *

Canada

  • L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
  • Nahanni National Park 
  • Dinosaur Provincial Park
  • Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek 
  • Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
  • SGang Gwaay
  • Wood Buffalo National Park
  • Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 
  • Historic District of Old Québec
  • Gros Morne National Park
  • Old Town Lunenburg
  • Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
  • Miguasha National Park
  • Rideau Canal
  • Joggins Fossil Cliffs
  • Landscape of Grand Pré
  • Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
  • Mistaken Point
  • Pimachiowin Aki
  • Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi
  • Anticosti
  • Tr’ondëk-Klondike

Central African Republic

  • Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
  • Sangha Trinational *

Chad

  • Lakes of Ounianga
  • Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape

Chile

  • Rapa Nui National Park
  • Churches of Chiloé
  • Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso
  • Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
  • Sewell Mining Town
  • Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System *
  • Settlement and Artificial Mummification of the Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region

China

  • Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
  • Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
  • Mogao Caves
  • Mount Taishan
  • Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
  • The Great Wall
  • Mount Huangshan
  • Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
  • Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
  • Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
  • Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains
  • Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa 8
  • Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde
  • Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu
  • Lushan National Park
  • Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
  • Ancient City of Ping Yao
  • Classical Gardens of Suzhou
  • Old Town of Lijiang
  • Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
  • Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
  • Dazu Rock Carvings
  • Mount Wuyi
  • Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun
  • Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
  • Longmen Grottoes
  • Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
  • Yungang Grottoes
  • Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
  • Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
  • Historic Centre of Macao
  • Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries – Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains
  • Yin Xu
  • Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
  • South China Karst
  • Fujian Tulou
  • Mount Sanqingshan National Park
  • Mount Wutai
  • China Danxia
  • Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth”
  • West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou
  • Chengjiang Fossil Site
  • Site of Xanadu
  • Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
  • Xinjiang Tianshan
  • Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an-Tianshan Corridor *
  • The Grand Canal
  • Tusi Sites
  • Hubei Shennongjia
  • Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
  • Kulangsu, a Historic International Settlement
  • Qinghai Hoh Xil
  • Fanjingshan
  • Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City
  • Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I)
  • Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China
  • Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er

Colombia

  • Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
  • Los Katíos National Park
  • Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox
  • National Archeological Park of Tierradentro
  • San Agustín Archaeological Park
  • Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
  • Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia
  • Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System *
  • Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar”

Congo

  • Sangha Trinational *
  • Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua

Costa Rica

  • Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park *
  • Cocos Island National Park
  • Area de Conservación Guanacaste
  • Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís

Côte d’Ivoire

  • Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve *
  • Taï National Park
  • Comoé National Park
  • Historic Town of Grand-Bassam
  • Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire

Croatia

  • Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
  • Old City of Dubrovnik
  • Plitvice Lakes National Park #
  • Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Poreč
  • Historic City of Trogir
  • The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik
  • Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe *
  • Stari Grad Plain
  • Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards *
  • Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar *

Cuba

  • Old Havana and its Fortification System
  • Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
  • San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba
  • Desembarco del Granma National Park
  • Viñales Valley
  • Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba
  • Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
  • Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
  • Historic Centre of Camagüey

Cyprus

  • Paphos
  • Painted Churches in the Troodos Region
  • Choirokoitia

Czechia

  • Historic Centre of Český Krumlov
  • Historic Centre of Prague
  • Historic Centre of Telč
  • Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora
  • Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec
  • Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
  • Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž
  • Holašovice Historic Village
  • Litomyšl Castle
  • Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc
  • Tugendhat Villa in Brno
  • Jewish Quarter and St Procopius’ Basilica in Třebíč
  • Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe *
  • Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region *
  • Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem
  • The Great Spa Towns of Europe *
  • Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

  • Complex of Koguryo Tombs
  • Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Virunga National Park #
  • Kahuzi-Biega National Park
  • Garamba National Park
  • Salonga National Park
  • Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Denmark

  • Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
  • Roskilde Cathedral
  • Kronborg Castle
  • Ilulissat Icefjord
  • Wadden Sea *
  • Stevns Klint
  • Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement
  • The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand
  • Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap
  • Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea
  • Viking-Age Ring Fortresses

Dominica

  • Morne Trois Pitons National Park

Dominican Republic

  • Colonial City of Santo Domingo

Ecuador

  • City of Quito
  • Galápagos Islands
  • Sangay National Park #
  • Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca
  • Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System *

Egypt

  • Abu Mena
  • 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
  • Saint Catherine Area
  • Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)

El Salvador

  • Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site

Eritrea

  • Asmara: A Modernist African City

Estonia

  • Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn
  • Struve Geodetic Arc

Ethiopia

  • Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
  • Simien National Park
  • Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
  • Aksum
  • Lower Valley of the Awash
  • Lower Valley of the Omo
  • Tiya
  • Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town
  • Konso Cultural Landscape
  • Bale Mountains National Park
  • The Gedeo Cultural Landscape

Fiji

  • Levuka Historical Port Town

Finland

  • Fortress of Suomenlinna
  • Old Rauma
  • Petäjävesi Old Church
  • Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
  • Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
  • High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago *
  • Struve Geodetic Arc *

France

  • Chartres Cathedral
  • Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
  • Palace and Park of Versailles
  • Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
  • Vézelay, Church and Hill
  • Amiens Cathedral
  • Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
  • Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
  • Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
  • Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the “Triumphal Arch” of Orange
  • From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt
  • Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
  • Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve #
  • Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d’Alliance in Nancy
  • Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
  • Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt
  • Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
  • Bourges Cathedral
  • Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
  • Canal du Midi
  • Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
  • Pyrénées – Mont Perdu *
  • Historic Site of Lyon
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
  • Belfries of Belgium and France * 9
  • Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
  • The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes 10
  • Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
  • Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
  • Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe *
  • Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
  • Fortifications of Vauban
  • Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems
  • Episcopal City of Albi
  • Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island
  • Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps *
  • The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape
  • Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
  • Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
  • Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars
  • The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
  • The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement *
  • Taputapuātea
  • Chaîne des Puys – Limagne fault tectonic arena
  • French Austral Lands and Seas
  • Cordouan Lighthouse
  • Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera
  • The Great Spa Towns of Europe *
  • Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) *
  • The Maison Carrée of Nîmes
  • Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique

Gabon

  • Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda
  • Ivindo National Park

Gambia

  • Kunta Kinteh Island and Related