United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), proposed a plan for the protection of the world's cultural heritage, through the "Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage", approved in 1972. Here is a list of World Heritage properties and places, or more used The Common Heritage of Humanity.
Some world heritage sites.
Austria
- The historic center of the city Salzburg
- The Palace and the Gardens Schonbrunn
- Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut cultural landscape
- The railway from Semmering
- Graz Fortress - the historic center
- The cultural landscape of Wachau
- The historical center of Vienna
Austria / Hungary
- The cultural landscape of Fertö / Neusiedlersee
Estonia
- The old town of Tallinn
France
- Decorated caves in the valley of the river Vezère
- The church and the hill from Vezelay
- The cathedral of Chartres
- The worlds of St. Michael and his bay
- The palace and the park at Versailles
- The Cistercian monastery at Fontenay
- The cathedral of Amiens
- Roman theater and surroundings, and Arch of Triumph from Orange
- The palace and the park Blue fountain
- Roman and Romanesque monuments from Arles
- Royal salt mine from Arc-et-Senan
- Girolata head and Cape Porto, Scandola National Reserve and Piana Calenches from Corsica.
- The church in Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
- The markets of Stanislas, de la Carrière, and d'Alliance in Nancy
- Pont du Gard
- Strasbourg - Big island
- Paris, the shores Seine
- Notre-Dame Cathedral, the former monastery of Saint Remi and the Tau Palace in Reims
- The cathedral of Bourges
- The historic center of Avignon
- Canal du Midi
- Historic fortified fortress Carcassonne
- Historic sites in Lyon
- The roads in Santiago de Compostela, France
- Saint-Emilion Authority
- Valley Loire between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
- Provins, medieval fair
France / Spain
- Pyrenees/ Mont Perdu
Germany
- The cathedral of Aachen
- Residence of Würtzburg with the gardens in the Court and the Residence Square
- The cathedral of Speyer
- The pilgrimage church from Wies
- Augustusburg and Falkenlust castles in Brühl
- St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church in Hildesheim
- trier - Roman monuments, St. Peter's Cathedral and the Church of the Mother of God
- The Hanseatic city Lubeck
- The palaces and parks of Potsdam and Berlin
- Monastery and Altenmüscher of Lorsch
- The mines of Rammelsberg and the historic city Goslar
- Monastery Maulbronn
- The city Bamberg
- Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town Quedlinburg
- Steel factory Völklingen
- Fossil site Messel
- Bauhaus and places from Weimar and Dessau
- The cathedral of the colony
- Memorials to him Luther in Eisleben and Wittenberg
- Weimar classical
- Wartburg
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
- The monastic island of Reichenau
- The Kingdom of Gardens in Dessau-Wörlitz
- Zollverein coal mine industrial complex in Essen
- The old middle section of the valley Rhine
- The historic centers of Stralsund and Wismar
Italy
- Rock art in the Camónica Valley
- Dominican Church and Monastery of St. Maria delle Grazie with his "Last Supper" Leonardo da Vinci
- The historical center of Florence
- Piazza del Duomo, Grind
- alien and its lagoon
- The historic center of San Gimignano
- The Stones of Matera
- The city Vicenza, Paladio villas in the region Veneto
- The historical center of Siena
- Crespi d’Adda
- The historic center of the city Naples
- Ferrara, renaissance city and river delta Po
- Paleo - Christian monuments from Ravenna
- The historic center of the city Pienza
- Castel del Monte
- Trullile from Alberobello
- Archaeological area Agrigento
- Su Nuraxi by Barumini
- The royal palace from the 18th century from Caserta with the Park, the Vanvitelli Aqueduct and the Complex San Leucio
- The Roman city Country house
- The Cathedral, Torre Cívica and the Great Square, Modena
- Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre and Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
- Amalfi Coast
- The residences of the Royal House of Savoy
- Archaeological sites of Pompeii, Herculano and Torre Annunziate
- The historic center of the city Urbino
- Archaeological area and patriarchal church Aquiles
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with archeological excavations from Paestum, Velia and Charterhouse of Padula
- Villa Adriana (Trivoli)
- fortress Verona
- Aeolian Islands (The Aeolian Islands)
- Asís, the church of St. Francis and other Franciscan buildings
- Villa d'Este, Tivoli
- Late Baroque cities from Noto Valley (southeast of Sicilia)
Italy / Vatican
- The historical center of Rome, papal property located in the city benefiting from extraterritorial rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
Romania
- The Danube Delta
- Horezu Monastery
- Churches from Moldavia
- Village settlements with fortified churches in Transylvania
- Dacian fortresses from the Orăștie Mountains
- Wooden churches from Maramureș
- The historic center of the city Sighisoara
Spain
- Park Güell, Güell Palace, Milan House ("La Perdrera") in Barcelona
- The Monastery and the Ecorial, Madrid
- Burgos Cathedral
- Alhambra, Generalife and Albaicín, Granada
- The historical center of Cordoba
- The monuments of Oviedo and of the kingdom Asturias
- The caves of Altamira
- The old town of Segovia
- The old town of Santiago de Compostela
- The old town of Avila and extra-mural churches
- The architecture of the molders from Aragon
- Garajonay National Park
- The old town of Cáceres
- The historic city of Toledo
- The Cathedral, the Alcazar and the Archivo de Indias of Sevilla
- The old City, Salamanca
- Monastery Poblete
- Archaeological excavations in Merida
- The Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe
- The road from Santiago de Compostela
- National Park Donan
- The fortified historic city Cuenca
- La Lonja de la Seda in Valencia
- Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
- The Marrows
- The monasteries of San Millán de Yuso and Suso
- The rock art of the Arch Mediterranean of Iberian Peninsula
- The university and the historical precinct of Alcalá de Henares
- Ibiza, biodiversity and culture
- San Cristóbal de La Laguna
- Archaeological excavations in Atapuerca
- The palm grove of Elche
- Romanesque churches Catalonia from the valley of the river Boí
- Roman wall in Lugo
- Archaeological excavations in Tarragona
- The cultural landscape of Aranjuez
- Mysteries Of Elche
Vatican
- The city Vatican