List of World Heritage Sites in Europe

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This is a specific list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. Cyprus, Israel, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Caucasian and Siberian parts of Russia are included both in this list and in the list of sites in Asia. Overseas sites of the Netherlands, UK and Denmark are included here, but are also repeated in the geographically relevant lists. Kazakhstan, despite having a small portion lying in Europe is to be found under Asia, where both its world heritage sites are listed. Israeli sites are listed here, since the alternative "Arab States" grouping is politically unacceptable.

Sites marked with an asterisk (*) are also included on the List of World Heritage Sites in danger.

[edit] Transboundary sites

Belfries of Belgium and France — shared between Belgium (mostly for the former Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia) and France. Besides civic belfries, or buildings such as city halls that rather obviously may serve a similar purpose, the list includes: Cathedral of Our Lady [Notre-Dame], Antwerp; St. Rumbolds Tower, Mechelen; St. Leonard Church, Zoutleeuw — all three in Flanders, Belgium.
Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park/Białowieża Forest (1979, 1992) — shared between Belarus and Poland
Caves of Aggtelek and Slovak Karst (Slovenský Kras) (1995, 2000) — shared between Hungary and Slovakia
Cultural Landscape of Fertõ/Neusiedlersee (2001) — shared between Austria and Hungary
Curonian Spit — shared between Lithuania and the Russian Federation
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Upper German & Rhætian Limes, Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall — shared between Germany and the United Kingdom (ref. whc.unesco.org ID 430bis)
High Coast and Kvarken Archipelago — shared between Sweden and Finland
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights (Vatican City) and Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls — shared between the Holy See and Italy
Muskauer Park/Park Muzakowski on both sides of the Nysa/Neisse River — shared between Germany and Poland
Pyrénées/Pirineos: Monte Perdido/Mont Perdu (1997, 1999) — shared between France and Spain
Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) — shared between Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes - shared between Italy and Switzerland

[edit] Country-wise sites

[edit] Albania (2)

Butrint — 1992
Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra — 2005 and 2008

[edit] Andorra (1)

Madriu-Claror-Perafita Valley — 2004

[edit] Armenia (3)

also listed under Asia

Monastery of Haghpat and Sanahin — 1996
Cathedral and Churches of Echmiadzin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots — 2000
Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley — 2000

[edit] Austria (8)

Historic Centre of Salzburg — 1996
Schönbrunn Palace — 1996
Hallstatt–Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape — 1997
Semmering Railway — 1998
Historic Centre of Graz — 1999
Wachau Cultural Landscape — 2000
Historic Centre of Vienna — 2001
Lake Neusiedl — 2001

[edit] Azerbaijan (2)

also listed under Asia

Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshahs' Palace and Maiden Tower — 2000
Gobustan State Reserve — 2007

[edit] Belarus (4)

Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park — 1979
Mir Castle Complex — 2000
Niasvizh Castle — 2005
Struve Geodetic Arc — 2005

[edit] Belgium (9)

Flemish Beguinages — 1998
La Grand-Place, Brussels — 1998
The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault) — 1998
Belfries of Belgium and France — transboundary property, shared with France. Extension of the former Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia — 1999, 2005
Historic Centre of Bruges — 2000
Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels): Hôtel Tassel, Hôtel Solvay, Hôtel van Eetvelde, and Maison & Atelier Horta — 2000
Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) — 2000
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai — 2000
Plantin-Moretus House–Workshops–Museum Complex — 2000

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)

Old Bridge and the surrounding area of the Old City of Mostar — 2005
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad — 2007

[edit] Bulgaria (9)

Main article: UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria

Boyana Church — 1979
Madara Rider — 1979
Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo — 1979
Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak — 1979
Ancient City of Nesebar — 1983
Pirin National Park — 1983
Rila Monastery — 1983
Srebarna Nature Reserve — 1983
Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari — 1985

[edit] Croatia (7)

Historic Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian — 1979
Old City of Dubrovnik — 1979, 1998
Plitvice Lakes National Park — 1979
Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Poreč — 1997
Historic City of Trogir — 1997
Cathedral of St. James in Šibenik — 2000
Stari Grad Plain on the Adriatic island of Hvar — 2008

[edit] Cyprus (3)

also listed under Asia

Paphos — 1980
Painted Churches in the Troodos Region — 1985, 2001
Choirokoitia — 1998

[edit] Czech Republic (12)

Historic Centre of Český Krumlov — 1992
Historic Centre of Prague — 1992
Historic Centre of Telč — 1992
Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora — 1994
Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre — 1995
Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape — 1996
Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž — 1998
Holašovice Historical Village Reservation — 1998
Litomyšl Castle — 2000
Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc — 2000
Villa Tugendhat in Brno — 2001
Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč — 2003

[edit] France (33)

Vézelay, Church and Hill — 1979
Palace and Park of Versailles — 1979
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley — 1979
Chartres Cathedral — 1979
Mont Saint Michel and its Bay — 1979
Palace and Park of Fontainebleau — 1981
Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay — 1981
Amiens Cathedral — 1981
Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments — 1981
Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange — 1981
Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans — 1982
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve, Corsica — 1983
Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe — 1983
Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance in Nancy — 1983
Pont du Gard, Roman Aqueduct — 1985
Strasbourg – Grande Île — 1988
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims — 1991
Paris, Banks of the Seine — 1991
Bourges Cathedral — 1992
Canal du Midi — 1996
Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge — 1995
Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne — 1997
Pyrénées: Mont Perdu — transboundary property, shared with Spain — 1997, 1999
Historic Site of Lyon — 1998
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France — 1998
Jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion — 1999
Belfries of Belgium and France — transboundary property, shared with Belgium. Extension of the former Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia — 1999, 2005
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire — 2000
Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs — 2001
Le Havre, the City rebuilt by Auguste Perret — 2005
Bordeaux, Port of the Moon — 2007
Fortifications of Vauban — 2008
Lagoons of New Caledonia — 2008, located in New Caledonia

[edit] Georgia (3)

also listed under Asia

Bagrati Cathedral in Kutaisi and Gelati Monastery — 1994
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta — 1994
Upper Svaneti — 1996

[edit] Germany (33)

Aachen Cathedral — 1978
Speyer Cathedral — 1981
Würzburg Residence, with the Court Gardens and Residence Square — 1981
Pilgrimage Church of Wies — 1983
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust in Brühl (Rhineland) — 1984
St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church at Hildesheim — 1985
Trier, oldest city in Germany, 9 Monuments — 1986
Hanseatic City of Lübeck — 1987
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (including Schloß Sanssouci) — 1990, 1992, 1999
Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch — 1991
Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar — 1992
Town of Bamberg — 1993
Maulbronn Monastery Complex — 1993
Collegiate Church, Castle and old Town of Quedlinburg — 1994
Völklingen Ironworks — 1994
Messel Pit Fossil site — 1995
Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar and Dessau: see Bauhaus Weimar and Bauhaus Dessau — 1996
Cologne Cathedral — 1996
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg — 1996
Classical Weimar — 1998
Museum Island (Museumsinsel), Berlin — 1999
Wartburg Castle — 1999
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz — 2000
Monastic Island of Reichenau — 2000
Zeche Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen — 2001
Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar — 2002
Upper Middle Rhine Valley, the Rhine Gorge — 2002
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen — 2004
Dresden Elbe Valley — 2004
Muskauer Park on both sides of the Neisse River — transboundary property, shared with Poland where it is known as Park Muzakowski — 2004
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Upper German & Rhaetian Limes — transboundary property, shared with the United Kingdom: Hadrian's Wall — 2005
Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof — 2006
Modernist Housing Estates in Berlin — 2008

[edit] Greece (17)

Temple of Apollo at Bassae — 1986
Acropolis, Athens — 1987
Archaeological Site of Delphi — 1987
Archaeological Site of Epidaurus — 1988
Medieval City of Rhodes — 1988
Meteora — 1988
Mount Athos — 1988
Palaeochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki — 1988
Archaeological Site of Olympia — 1989
Mystras — 1989
Island of Delos — 1990
Monasteries of Daphni, Monastery of Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios — 1990
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos — 1992
Archaeological Site of Vergina — 1996
Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns — 1999
Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos — 1999
Old Town of Corfu — 2007

[edit] Holy See (2)

Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in Rome Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls - transboundary property, shared with Italy — 1980, 1990
Vatican City — 1984

[edit] Hungary (8)

Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, the Andrássy Avenue and the Millennium Underground — 1987, 2002
Hollókő — 1987
Caves of the Aggtelek - transboundary property, shared with Slovakia — 1995
Millenary Benedictine Monastery of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment — 1996
Hortobágy National Park — the Puszta — 1999
Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianæ) — 2000
Cultural Landscape of Lake Fertõ — transboundary property, shared with Austria — 2001
Tokaj Wine Region Cultural Landscape — 2002

[edit] Iceland (2)

Þingvellir

Surtsey

Location of UNESCO World Heritage Sites within Iceland

Þingvellir National Park — 2004
Surtsey — 2008

[edit] Ireland (2)

Brú na Bóinne

Skellig Michael

Location of UNESCO World Heritage Sites within Ireland

Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (Brú na Bóinne) — 1993
Skellig Michael — 1996

[edit] Israel (6)

Masada — 2001
Old City of Acre — 2001
White City of Tel Aviv — 2003
Biblical Tels – Tel Megiddo, Tel Hazor, Tel Be'er Sheva — 2005
Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev — 2005
Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee — 2008

[edit] Italy (43)

Main Article: List of UNESCO Sites in Italy

Rock Drawings in Valcamonica — 1979
Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci — 1980
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights, and Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls; transboundary property, shared with the Holy See — 1980,1990
Historic Centre of Florence — 1982
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa — 1987, 2007
Venice and its lagoon — 1987
Historic Centre of San Gimignano — 1990
The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera — 1993
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto — 1994, 1996
Crespi d'Adda — 1995
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta — 1995, 1999
Historic Centre of Naples — 1995
Historic Centre of Siena — 1995
Castel del Monte, Andria (Bari) — 1994
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna — 1996
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza — 1996
The Trulli of Alberobello — 1996
18th Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and the San Leucio Complex — 1997
Archaeological Area of Agrigento, Sicily — 1997
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata — 1997
Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico di Padova), Padua — 1997
Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena — 1997
Amalfi Coast — 1997
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and their Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) — 1997
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (Turin and its province) — 1997
Su Nuraxi di Barumini, Sardinia — 1997
Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily — 1997
Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia — 1998
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archæological sites of Pæstum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula — 1998
Historic Centre of Urbino — 1998
Villa Adriana (Tivoli) — 1999
Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi and other Franciscan Sites — 2000
City of Verona — 2000
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands), Sicily — 2000
Villa d'Este, Tivoli — 2001
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (Eight towns in South-Eastern Sicily: Caltagirone, Militello in Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo Acreide, Ragusa and Scicli) — 2002
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy — 2003
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia — 2004
Val d'Orcia — 2004
Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica, Sicily — 2005
Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli — 2006
Raetian Railway (shared with Switzerland) — 2008
Mantua and Sabbioneta — 2008

[edit] Latvia (2)

Historic Centre of Riga — 1997
Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine — 1997

[edit] Lithuania (4)

Vilnius Historic Centre (Old Town) — 1994
Curonian Spit — 2000
Kernavė Archeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė) — 2004
Struve Geodetic Arc — 2005

[edit] Luxembourg (1)

City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications — 1994

[edit] Republic of Macedonia (1)

Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region — 1979, 1980

[edit] Malta (3)

Also listed under Africa.

City of Valletta — 1980
Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni — 1980
Megalithic Temples of Malta: Ġgantija, Ħaġar Qim, Mnajdra, and Tarxien Temples — 1980, 1992

[edit] Moldova (1)

Struve Geodetic Arc - transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine — 2005

[edit] Montenegro (2)

Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor — 1979
Durmitor National Park — 1980, 2005

[edit] Netherlands (8)

Schokland and Surroundings — 1995
Defence Line of Amsterdam — 1996
Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour — 1997, located in the Netherlands Antilles
Mill Network at Kinderdijk–Elshout — 1997
Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) — 1998
Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) — 1999
Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) — 2000
Zonnestraal Revalidation Hospital Hilversum — 2008