The UNESCO World Heritage sites I have visited
For the last 20-something years I have kept track of all the UNESCO World Heritage Sites I have visited. Of all the 1157 places recognized on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, my list of 100+ places doesn’t seem like much but at least the variation is great. In addition to these places, I have off course explored plenty of fantastic natural and cultural heritage that has not been recognized on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Places you can read more about under each destination.
Austria
- Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
- Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
Bulgaria
- Ancient City of Nessebar
Croatia
- Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
- Old City of Dubrovnik
- Stari Grad Plain
- 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
- Viñales Valley
- Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
Czechia
- Historic Centre of Cesky Krumlov
Denmark
- Roskilde Cathedral
Egypt
- Historic Cairo
- Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
- Saint Catherine Area
France
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera
Gambia
- Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites
Germany
- Hanseatic City of Lübeck
- Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
- Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble
- Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
Greece
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
- The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
- Old Town of Corfu
Holy See
- Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura * 12
- Vatican City
Hungary
Iceland
- Þingvellir National Park
India
- Agra Fort
- Taj Mahal
- Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi
- Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
- Mountain Railways of India
- Red Fort Complex
- The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan
Israel
- White City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement
Italy
- Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura * 14
- Historic Centre of Florence
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
- Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
- Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
- Historic Centre of San Gimignano
- Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
- Val d’Orcia
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Jordan
Latvia
Lithuania
- Vilnius Historic Centre
Montenegro
- Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor
Morocco
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
Norway
- Bryggen
- Urnes Stave Church
- Røros Mining Town and the Circumference
- West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
- Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site
Palestine
- Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem
- Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir
- Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
Poland
- Historic Centre of Kraków
- Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)
Portugal
- Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon
- Cultural Landscape of Sintra
- Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar
- Alto Douro Wine Region
- University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia
Slovenia
- Škocjan Caves
- The works of Jože Plecnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design
Sweden
- Rock Carvings in Tanum
- Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
- Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg
Spain
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Garajonay National Park
- Teide National Park
- Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
- Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
- Historic Centre of Cordoba
- Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
Türkiye
- Historic Areas of Istanbul
Uganda
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Durham Castle and Cathedral
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire * 31
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
- Tower of London
- Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
- Maritime Greenwich
- Saltaire
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
United States of America
- Independence Hall
- Statue of Liberty
