This article lists the sites registered with World Heritage in Spain.
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Alhambra, Generalife and Albaicin, Grenade | Cultural | (i) (iii) (iv) | Dominating the modern city built in the plain, the Alhambra and the Albaicin, located on two adjacent hills, make up the medieval part of Granada. To the east of the fortress and residence of the Alhambra stretch the marvelous gardens of the Generalife, the former country residence of the emirs who ruled this part of Spain in the 13th and 14th centuries. The residential quarter of Albaicin retains a rich set of Moorish vernacular architecture in which traditional Andalusian architecture blends harmoniously. | | |||||||||||||||||||||
Mudejar architecture of Aragon | Cultural | (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Rock art from the Mediterranean basin of the Iberian Peninsula | Cultural | (iii) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cathedral Burgos | Cultural | (ii) (iv) (vi) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Historic center of Cordoba | Cultural | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and routes of northern Spain | Cultural | (ii) (iv) (vi) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalan Romanesque churches of Vall de Boí | Cultural | (ii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida | Cultural | (iii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Archaeological ensemble of Tarragona | Cultural | (ii) (iii) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Renaissance monumental ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza | Cultural | (ii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic rock art from northern Spain | Cultural | (i) (iii) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cathedral, the Alcázar and the Archivo de Indias of Seville | Cultural | (i) (ii) (iii) (vi) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
La Lonja de la Seda de Valence | Cultural | (i) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Las Médulas | Cultural | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Poblet Monastery | Cultural | (i) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Monastery and site of the Escorial (Madrid) | Cultural | (i) (ii) (vi) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe | Cultural | (iv) (vi) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Monasteries of San Millán de Yuso and Suso | Cultural | (ii) (iv) (vi) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of Asturias | Cultural | (i) (ii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalan Music Palace and Sant Pau hospital, Barcelona | Cultural | (i) (ii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Elche palm grove | Cultural | (ii) (v) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercury heritage. Almadén (in Castile-La Mancha) and Idrija (Slovenia) | Cultural | (ii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana | Cultural | (ii) (iv) (v) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Aranjuez Cultural Landscape | Cultural | (ii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vizcaya Bridge (Bilbao) | Cultural | (i) (ii) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Roman ramparts of Lugo | Cultural | (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
San Cristóbal de la Laguna (Tenerife) | Cultural | (ii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Atapuerca archaeological site (Castile and Leon) | Cultural | (iii) (v) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Prehistoric rock art sites in the Côa valley (Portugal) and Siega Verde (Castile and Leon) | Cultural | (i) (iii) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Tower of Hercules | Cultural | (iii) | The Tower of Hercules has served as a lighthouse and land mark at the entrance to the port of La Coruña, in northwestern Spain, since the end of the Ier century AD, when the Romans built the Farum Brigantium. The Tower, built on a rock already representing an altitude of 57 m, reaches 55m, of which 34 correspond to the structure of the Roman lighthouse and 21 to the restoration directed by the architect Eustaquio Giannini in the XVIIIe century and who added two octagonal shapes to the Roman structure. At the base is a small rectangular Roman building. The site also has a sculpture park, as well as the Iron Age petroglyphs of Monte dos Bicos and a Muslim cemetery. The Roman foundations of the lighthouse were unearthed during excavations carried out in the 1990s. Numerous legends accompany the history of the Tower from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.e century. This is the only case of a lighthouse from Greco-Roman Antiquity that is truly preserved and still in use. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
University and historic quarter of Alcalá de Henares | Cultural | (ii) (iv) (vi) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Old town of Ávila with its extra-muros churches (Castile and Leon) | Cultural | (iii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Old town of Caceres | Cultural | (iii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Old town of Santiago de Compostela | Cultural | (i) (ii) (vi) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Old town of Salamanca | Cultural | (i) (ii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Old town of Segovia and its aqueduct | Cultural | (i) (iii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Historic city of Toledo | Cultural | (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Historic walled city of Cuenca (Castile-La Mancha) | Cultural | (ii) (v) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Works by Antoni Gaudí | Cultural | (i) (ii) (iv) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary beech forests of the Carpathians and other parts of Europe | Natural | (ix) | The site is a transnational extension of the Primary Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Ancient Beech Forests of Germany (Slovakia, Ukraine and Germany) which now spans twelve countries. Since the end of the last Ice Age, the beech forests of Europe have rapidly spread from a few isolated refuges in the Alps, Carpathians, Mediterranean and Pyrenees in a few thousand years, a process which still continues. today. The successful expansion of beech is due to its flexibility and tolerance to different climatic, geographic and physical conditions. | | |||||||||||||||||||||
Doñana National Park | Natural | (vii) (ix) (x) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Garajonay National Park | Natural | (vii) (ix) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Teide National Park | Natural | (vii) (viii) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ibiza, biodiversity and culture | Mixed | (ii) (iii) (iv) (ix) (x) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pyrenees - Mont Perdu (Ordesa and Mont-Perdu National Park) | Mixed | (iii) (iv) (v) (vii) (viii) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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