Whenever I travel to a new country, I always make sure to check the UNESCO World Heritage Site list to see which amazing places that specific country has on the list. I don't often make it to all of them, but I try to make it to as many as possible. The UNESCO World Heritage Sites are places designated by the United Nations for their outstanding cultural and/or natural heritage and their importance to the collective interests of humanity. As of September 2024, there are 1223 sites in total and I've visited a total of 147 sites in 52 countries and territories.
Here is a list of all the World Heritage Sites that I have visited so far:
Albania (2/4)
1. Butrint - March 2017
2. Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra (both) - March 2017
Australia (3/20)
3. Great Barrier Reef - November 2015
4. Greater Blue Mountains Area - November 2015
5. Sydney Opera House - November 2015
Austria (1/12)
6. Historic Center of Vienna - July 2013
Azerbaijan (3/5)
7. Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape - January 2018
8. Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan's Palace - January 2018
9. Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower - January 2018
Belarus (2/4)
10. Mir Castle Complex - October 2017
11. Bialowieza Forest - October 2017
Belgium (4/16)
12. Belfries of Belgium and France (Gent Belfry) - April 2022
13. Flemish Béguinages (The Small Beguinage in Gent) - April 2022
14. La Grand-Place, Brussels - April 2022
15. Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Hôtel van Eetvelde) - April 2022
Canada (1/22)
16. Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks - June 2023
China and Macau (2/57)
17. Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang - November 2015
18. Historic Centre of Macao - April 2016
Czech Republic (3/17)
19. Historic Centre of Prague - When I was a child and August 2022
20. Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady in Sedlec - August 2022
21. Tugendhat Villa in Brno - August 2022
Denmark and Greenland (9/11)
22. Kronborg Castle - When I was a child
23. Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church - When I was a child
24. Wadden Sea - When I was a child
25. Roskilde Cathedral - August 2016
26. Stevns Klint - November 2016
27. The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand - October 2017
28. Ilulissat Icefjord - October 2018
29. Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement - September 2020
30. Viking Age Ring-Fortresses (Borgring, Trelleborg, Aggersborg) - 2016-18
Estonia (1/2)
31. Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn - May 2015
Finland (1/7)
32. Fortress of Suomenlinna - May 2015
France (4/52)
33. Paris, Banks of the Seine - April 2012 and April 2024
34. Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera - July 2019
35. Palace and Park of Versailles - April 2024
36. Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (Saint Jacques Tower) - April 2024
Georgia (3/4)
37. Gelati Monastery - September 2021
38. Upper Svaneti - September-October 2021
39. Historical Monuments of Mtskheta - October 2021
Germany (23/52)
40. Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (Jasmund National Park) - July 2020
41. Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar (both) - July/August 2020
42. Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch - August 2020
43. Bauhaus et ses sites à Weimar, Dessau et Bernau (Weimar) - August 2020
44. Classical Weimar - August 2020
45. Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg - August 2020
46. Hanseatic City of Lübeck - August 2020 and December 2022
47. Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg (Eisleben) - August 2020
48. Maulbronn Monastery Complex - August 2020
49. Messel Pit Fossil Site - August 2020
50. Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System - August 2020
51. Monastic Island of Reichenau - August 2020
52. Naumburg Cathedral - August 2020
53. Pilgrimage Church of Wies - August 2020
54. Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps (Lake Constance) - August 2020
55. Speyer Cathedral - August 2020
56. Town of Bamberg - August 2020
57. Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square - August 2020
58. Archaeological Border Complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke - September 2020
59. Museuminsel, Berlin - December 2021
60. Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin - December 2021
61. Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (all six) - December 2021-April 2022
62. Aachen Cathedral - April 2022
Greece (6/19)
63. Acropolis, Athens - October 2013
64. Archaeological Site of Delphi - October 2013
65. Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina) - May 2018
66. Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns (both) - May 2018
67. Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika - May 2018
68. Meteora - May 2018
Hungary (1/8)
69. Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue - January 2016
Iceland (1/3)
70. Thingvellir National Park - April 2015
Indonesia (1/10)
71. Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy - March 2016
Iran (10/27)
72. Bam and its Cultural Landscape - January 2017
73. Golestan Palace - January 2017
74. Historical City of Yazd - January 2017
75. Lut Desert - January 2017
76. Masjed-e Jamé of Isfahan - January 2017
77. Meidan Emam, Esfahan - January 2017
78. Pasargadae - January 2017
79. Persepolis - January 2017
80. Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex - January 2017
81. The Persian Garden (Fin Garden) - January 2017
82. The Persian Caravanserai (Meybod) - January 2017
Israel (5/10)
83. Bahá'í Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee - December 2019
84. Masada - December 2019
85. Old City of Acre - December 2019
86. Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls - December 2019
87. White City of Tel Aviv - the Modern Movement - December 2019
Italy (5/60)
88. Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (Pompeii and Herculaneum) - August 2024
89. Historic Centre of Naples - August 2024
90. Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura - March 2013 and August 2024
91. Via Appia. Regina Viarum (Rome section) - August 2024
92. Venice and its Lagoon - July 2013
Japan (3/25)
93. Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) - April 2016
94. Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) - April 2016
95. Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara - April 2016
Kyrgyzstan (1/3)
96. Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain - May 2016
Latvia (1/3)
97. Historic Centre of Riga - January 2015
Lithuania (1/5)
98. Vilnius Historic Centre - February 2016
Luxembourg (1/1)
99. City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortification - August 2018
Malaysia (1/4)
100. Kinabalu Park - March 2016
Malta (2/3)
101. City of Valletta - April 2014
102. Megalithic Temples of Malta - April 2014
Mongolia (1/6)
103. Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape - May 2016
Netherlands (1/13)
104. Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht - July 2017
North Macedonia (1/2)
105. Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region - February 2018
Norway (1/8)
106. Bryggen - November 2021 & April 2023
Peru (4/13)
107. City of Cuzco - June 2018
108. Historic Center of Lima - June 2018
109. Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa - June 2018
110. Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu - June 2018
Poland (4/17)
111. Historic Centre of Kraków - September 2015
112. Auschwitz Birkenau - September 2015
113. Historic Centre of Warsaw - September 2015
114. Centennial Hall in Wrocław - August 2022
Portugal (3/17)
115. Cultural Landscape of Sintra - August 2019
116. Historic Centre of Évora - August 2019
117. Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon - August 2019
Russia (3/31)
118. Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow - January 2018
119. Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye - January 2018
120. Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent - January 2018
San Marino (1/1)
121. San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano - July 2019
Slovenia (1/5)
122. Škocjan Caves - March 2018
South Korea (2/16)
123. Changdeokgung Palace Complex - April 2016
124. Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes - April 2016
Spain (5/50)
125. Works of Antoni Gaudí - July 2015
126. Caliphate City of Medina Azahara - July 2019
127. Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville - July 2019
128. Historic Centre of Cordoba - July 2019
129. Vizcaya Bridge - August 2019
Sweden (2/15)
130. Hanseatic Town of Visby - May 2015
131. Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland - April 2018
Switzerland (3/13)
132. Three Castles, Defensive Walls and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona (all three) - November 2022
133. Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch - November 2022
134. Old City of Berne - November 2022
Tajikistan and the GBAO (1/4)
135. Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs) - May-June 2015
Tunisia (1/9)
136. Medina of Sousse - July 2010
Ukraine (1/8)
137. Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra - March 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (5/33)
138. Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites - When I was a child
139. Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret's Church - July 2015
140. Tower of London - July 2015
141. Old and New Towns of Edinburgh - February 2019
142. The Forth Bridge - February 2019
143. Heart of Neolithic Orkney (all four sites) - April 2023
United States (3/25)
144. Everglades National Park - October 2008
145. Grand Canyon National Park - August 2017
146. Cahokia Mounds Sate Historic Site - August 2017
Vatican (1/1)
147. Vatican City - March 2013 and August 2024
