World Heritage - Patrimonios de la Humanidad

A UNESCO World Heritage Site^[1] is a nominated site for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's International World Heritage program. This program tries to register and conserve the sites of superior importance, whether cultural or natural, as world heritage sites.

See also UNESCO Creative Cities, which describes a recently instituted program that recognizes entire cities with similar characteristics, and the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network ^[2], which covers parks of higher geological interest.

Africa

Senegal

Official name	Location	Criterion	Year	Grades
Gorea Island	Dakar	Cultural	1978
Djoudj Birds National Park	Saint-Louis region	natural	1981
Niokolo-Koba National Park	Kolda region	natural	1981	In danger since 2007
San Luis Island	Saint-Louis region	Cultural	2000, 2007
Megalithic circles of Senegambia	Kolda region	Cultural	2006	Shared with Gambia
Salum Delta	Kaolack region	Cultural	2011
Basari country: Basari, Fula and Bedik cultural landscapes	Kédougou region	Cultural	2012

Asia

South Korea

Hwaseong fortress

Mount Halla, Jeju volcanic island

Official name	Location	Criterion	Year
Haeinsa Temple and Janggyeong Panjeon, deposits of tablets from the Korean Tripitaka	Gayasan Mountain National Park	Cultural	1995
Jongmyo Shrine	Jongno district, Seoul	Cultural	1995
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple	Gyeongju	Cultural	1995
Changdeokgung Palace Complex	Jongno district, Seoul	Cultural	1997
Hwasong Fort	Suwon	Cultural	1997
Koch'ang, Hwasun and Kanghwa Dolmen Sites	Gochang, Hwasun Y Ganghwa	Cultural	2000
Gyeongju Historic Areas	Gyeongju	Cultural	2000
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Chimneys	Jeju	natural	2007
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty	Gyeonggi Y Gangwon	Cultural	2009
Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong	Andong	Cultural	2010
Namhansanseong	Gyeonggi	Cultural	2014
Historic areas of Baekje	Gongju, Buyeo, North Jeolla	Cultural	2015

North and Central America

Canada

Official name	Location	Criterion	Year	Grades
L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site	Newfoundland	Cultural	1978
Nahanni national park	Northwest Territories	natural	1978
Dinosaur Provincial Park	Alberta	natural	1979
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek	On the border between Yukon, the British columbia Y Alaska	natural	1979, 1992, 1994	Shared with United States
SGang Gwaay Llanagaay	Haida gwaii, British columbia	Cultural	1981
Head-Smashed-In Bison Cliff	Alberta	Cultural	1981
Forest Buffalo National Park	Between Alberta and the Northwest Territories	natural	1983
Canadian Rocky Mountain Park	Between Alberta and the British columbia	natural	1984
Historic Center of Quebec	Quebec	Cultural	1985
Gros Morne National Park	Newfoundland	natural	1987
Lunenburg old town	Lunenburg	Cultural	1995
Glacier-Waterton International Peace Park	Between Alberta Y Mountain	natural	1995	Shared with United States
Miguasha National Park	Quebec	natural	1999
Rideau Canal	Ontario	Cultural	2007
Joggins Fossil Cliffs	New Scotland	natural	2008
Cultural landscape of the Grand Pré	Grand-Pré, New Scotland	Cultural	2012
Bahía Roja basque whaling station	Labrador	Cultural	2013
Mistaken Point	Newfoundland	natural	2016

Cuba

Archaeological landscapes of the first plantations in the southeast of Cuba

South America

Bolivia

Sucre location.

Potosi.

chili

PN Rapa Nui.

Europe

Germany

Germany.

Slovenia

Official name	Location	Criterion	Year	Grades
Škocjan caves	Carso	natural	1986
Primary beech forests of the Carpathians and other regions of Europe	Kočevje, Ilirska Bistrica, Cerknica	natural	2007, 2017	Shared with Albania, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia, Italy, Spain, Romania, Ukraine Slovenians were included in 2017
Stilt houses around the Alps	Ig	Cultural	2011	Shared with Germany, Austria, Italy, France Y Swiss
Mercury Heritage: Almaden and Idria	Idria	Cultural	2012	Shared with Spain

Spain

Official name	Location	Criterion	Year	Grades
Alhambra, Generalife and Albaicín de Granada	grenade	Cultural	1984, 1994
Cathedral and historic center of Burgos	Burgos	Cultural	1984, 2014
Mosque and historic center of Córdoba	Cordova	Cultural	1984, 1994
Monastery and Site of El Escorial	El Escorial	Cultural	1984
Works by Antoni Gaudí	Catalonia	Cultural	1984, 2005
Old town of Ávila and churches outside the walls	Avila	Cultural	1985, 2007
Cathedral and historic center of Burgos	Burgos	Cultural	1984, 2014
The Palm	Canary Islands	natural	2002	Declared in 1983 (for El Canal and Los Tiles). Extended to the entire island in 2002^[4]
Old town of Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela	Cultural	1985
Old town and aqueduct of Segovia	Segovia	Cultural	1985
Altamira Cave and Palaeolithic Rock Art from Northern Spain	Cantabria, Asturias Y Basque Country	Cultural	1985, 2008
Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of Asturias	Asturias	Cultural	1985, 1998
Mudejar architecture of Aragon	Aragon	Cultural	1986, 2001
Cáceres old town	Cáceres	Cultural	1986
Historic city of Toledo	Toledo	Cultural	1986
Garajonay National Park	La Gomera	natural	1986
Cathedral, Alcazar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Seville	Cultural	1987
Salamanca old town	Salamanca	Cultural	1988
Poblet Monastery	Tarragona province	Cultural	1991
Archaeological site of Mérida	Merida	Cultural	1993
The Santiago's road	All of northern Spain	Cultural	1993, 2015
Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe	Guadeloupe	Cultural	1993
Doñana national park	Huelva province	natural	1994, 2005
Historic fortified city of Cuenca	Basin	Cultural	1996
The Silk Exchange of Valencia	Valencia	Cultural	1996
Las Médulas	Leon province	Cultural	1997
Monasteries of San Millán de Yuso and Suso	The Rioja	Cultural	1997
Palace of Catalan Music and Hospital de San Pablo	Barcelona	Cultural	1997
Pyrenees - Monte Perdido	Aragon	Mixed	1997, 1999	Shared with France
Rock art of the Mediterranean arch of the Iberian Peninsula	All the Mediterranean coast	Cultural	1998
University and historic center of Alcalá de Henares	Alcala de Henares	Cultural	1998
Ibiza, biodiversity and culture	Ibiza	Mixed	1999
San Cristóbal de La Laguna	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Cultural	1999
Archaeological site of Tarraco	Tarragona	Cultural	2000
Catalan Romanesque churches of the Bohí Valley	Province of Lleida	Cultural	2000
Roman wall of Lugo	Lugo	Cultural	2000
Palm grove of Elche	Elche	Cultural	2000
Archaeological site of Atapuerca	Burgos province	Cultural	2000
Mystery of Elche	Elche	Immaterial	2001
Cultural landscape of Aranjuez	Aranjuez	Cultural	2001
Renaissance monumental ensembles of Úbeda Y Baeza	Province of Jaén	Cultural	2003
Patum de Berga	Berga	Immaterial	2005
Vizcaya Bridge	Portugalete Y Gecho	Cultural	2006
Teide National Park	Tenerife	natural	2007
Tower of Hercules	Province of La Coruña	Cultural	2009
Silbo Gomero	La Gomera	Immaterial	2009
Irrigation Courts of the Spanish Mediterranean	Murcia region Y Valencian Community	Immaterial	2009
Prehistoric rock art sites of the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Salamanca province	Cultural	2010	Shared with Portugal
Song of the Sibyl of Mallorca	Majorca	Immaterial	2010
Flemish	Andalusia Y Spain	Immaterial	2010
Castells	Catalonia	Immaterial	2010
Mediterranean diet	Spain	Immaterial	2010	Shared with Italy, Greece Y Morocco
Falconry, living human heritage	Spain	Immaterial	2010	Shared with 10 other countries Asia, Europe Y Africa
Cultural landscape of the Sierra de Tramontana	Majorca	Cultural	2011
Festivities of Our Lady of Health of Algemesí	Algemesi	Immaterial	2011
Mercury Heritage	Almaden	Cultural	2012	Shared with Idria, in Slovenia
Cordoba Courtyards Festival	Cordova	Immaterial	2012
Site of the Antequera Dolmens	Antequera	Cultural	2016
The festival of the Fallas of Valencia	Valencia	Immaterial	2016
Primary beech forests of the Carpathians and other regions of Europe	Castilla la Mancha, Castile and Leon, Navarre, Madrid's community	natural	2007, 2017	Shared with Albania, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Italy, Romania, Ukraine
Caliphal City of Medina Azahara	Cordova	Cultural	2018
Knowledge and techniques of the art of building dry stone walls	Spain	Immaterial	2018	Shared with Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Slovenia Y Swiss
Las Tamboradas, ritual peals of Drums	Spain	Immaterial	2018
Cultural landscape of the Risco Caído and sacred mountains of Gran Canaria	Gran canaria	Cultural	2019

France

Strasbourg

Italy

Official name	Location	Criterion	Year	Grades
Rock art of Val Camonica	Province of Brescia	Cultural	1979
The church and the Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with «The Last Supper" of Leonardo da Vinci	Milan	Cultural	1980
Historic center of Rome, the assets of the Holy See located in the city and Saint Paul Outside the Walls	Rome, Vatican City	Cultural	1980, 1990	Shared with Vatican City
Historic center of Florence	Florence	Cultural	1982
Piazza del Duomo in Pisa	Pisa	Cultural	1987, 2007
Venice and its lagoon	Venice	Cultural	1987
Historic center of San Gimignano	San Gimignano	Cultural	1990
The Sassi and the park of cave churches of Matera	Matera	Cultural	1993
City of Vicenza and the Palladian villas in Veneto	Province of Vicenza	Cultural	1994, 1996
Naples historical center	Naples	Cultural	1995
Siena historic center	Siena	Cultural	1995
Crespi d’Adda	Capriate San Gervasio	Cultural	1995
Ferrara, Renaissance city and its delta del Po	Ferrara	Cultural	1995, 1999
Castel del Monte	Barletta-Andria-Trani Province	Cultural	1996
Historic center of Pienza	Pienza	Cultural	1996
The trullis by Alberobello	Alberobello	Cultural	1996
Early Christian monuments of Ravenna	Ravenna	Cultural	1996
Cathedral, Civic Tower and Piazza Grande, Modena	Modena	Cultural	1997
Amalfi Coast	Campania	Cultural	1997
Botanical Garden (Orto botanico), Padua	Padua	Cultural	1997
18th century Royal Palace of Caserta with the park, the Vanvitelli aqueduct and the San Leucio complex	Caserta	Cultural	1997
Portovenere, Cinque terre and the islandsPalmaria, Tino Y Tinetto)	La Spezia Province	Cultural	1997
Residences of the royal house of Savoy in Piedmont	Piedmont	Cultural	1997
Your Nuraxi from Barumini	Barumini	Cultural	1997
Roman Villa of Casale	Piazza Armerina	Cultural	1997
Archaeological zone of Agrigento	Agrigento	Cultural	1997
Archaeological zones of Pompeii, Herculaneum Y Annunziata Tower	Metropolitan City of Naples	Cultural	1997
Historic center of Urbino	Urbino	Cultural	1998
Cilento National Park and Diano Valley, with the archaeological sites of Paestum Y Velia and the charterhouse of Padula	Salerno Province	Cultural	1998
Archaeological zone and patriarchal basilica of Aquilea	Aquilea	Cultural	1998
Hadrian's Villa (Tivoli)	Tivoli	Cultural	1999
Assisi, the Basilica of Saint Francis and other Franciscan sites	Assisi	Cultural	2000
Aeolian Islands	Sicily	natural	2000
City of verona	Verona	Cultural	2000
Villa of Este, Tivoli	Tivoli	Cultural	2001
Late Baroque cities of the Noto Valley (southeast of Sicily)	Sicily	Cultural	2002
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Piedmont Y Lombardy	Cultural	2003
Mount St. George	Varese Province	natural	2003, 2010	Shared with Swiss
Etruscan necropolis of Cerveteri Y Tarquinia	straight	Cultural	2004
Orcia Valley	Siena Province	Cultural	2004
Syracuse and the rocky necropolis of Pantalica	Syracuse Province	Cultural	2005
Genoa: the Strade Nuove and the palace system dei Rolli	Genoa	Cultural	2006
Primary beech forests of the Carpathians and other regions of Europe	Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Apulia, straight, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany	natural	2007, 2017	Shared with Albania, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Romania, Ukraine Italians were included in 2017
Rhaetian railway in the landscape of the Albula and Bernina rivers	Sondrio Province	Cultural	2008	Shared with Swiss
Mantua Y Sabbioneta	Mantua Province	Cultural	2008
The Dolomites	Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia	natural	2009
Stilt houses around the Alps	All of northern Italy	Cultural	2011	Shared with Germany, Austria, Slovenia, France Y Swiss
Lombard power centers in Italy (AD 568-774)	Varese Province, Province of Brescia, Foggia Province, Province of Udine, Province of Perusa	Cultural	2011
Mount Etna	Sicily	natural	2013
Medici villas and gardens in Tuscany	Tuscany	Cultural	2013
Piedmont wine-growing landscape: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	Piedmont	Cultural	2014
Buildings of Palermo and cathedrals of Cefalu Y Monreale Arabic-Norman style	Palermo Province	Cultural	2015
Venetian defense fortifications from the 16th to the 17th centuries: Stato da Terra – Stato da Mar Occidental	Adriatic coast	Cultural	2017	Shared with Croatia Y Montenegro
Ivrea 20th century industrial complex	Ivrea	Cultural	2018
Hills of Prosecco vines from Conegliano and Valdobbiadene	Treviso Province	Cultural	2019

Oceania

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