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World Heritage Europe

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This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Europe.

Albania

Andorra

  • Madriu-Perafita-Clarordalen (2004)

Belgium

  • Flemish convent (1998)
  • Grand-Place i Brussels (1998)
  • The four locks in the Canal du Center and the surroundings, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault) (1998)
  • Beffroier i Belgium and France (1999, 2005)
  • Brewed old town center (2000)
  • Large town hall by architect Victor Horta (Brussels) (2000)
  • Neolithic flint mines in Spiennes (Mons) (2000)
  • Notre-Dame Cathedral i Tournai (2000)
  • Plantin-Moretus Museum (2005)
  • Stoclet's Palace (2009)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Old bridge area in the old town Mostar (2005)
  • Mehmed Paša Sokolovićs bro i Visegrad (2007)

Bulgaria

Cyprus

  • Paphos (1980)
  • The church paintings in the Troodos area (1985, 2001)
  • Choirokoitia (1998)

Denmark

  • The burial mounds, the rune stones and the church in Jelling (1994)
  • The Cathedral in Roskilde (1995)
  • Kronborg Castle in Helsingör (2000)

For World Heritage on Greenland, se world heritage North America.

Estonia

Finland

  • Suomenlinna (1991)
  • Gamla Raumo (1991)
  • Petäjävesi Old Church (1994)
  • Verla wood grinding mill and cardboard factory (1996)
  • Sammallahdenmäki, burial mounds from the Bronze Age (1999)
  • Struve's meridian arc (2005)
  • Kvarken archipelago (2006)

France

Alsace

Aquitaine

  • The Painted Caves in the Vézere Valley (1979)
  • The vineyard area of ​​Saint-Emilion (1999)
  • Bordeaux, The Port City of the Moon (2007)

Lower Normandy

  • Mont Saint Michel (1979)

Burgundy

Center

  • The Cathedral i Chartres (1979)
  • The Cathedral i Bourges (1992)
  • The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes (partly in the Pays de la Loire) (2000)

Champagne-Ardenne

  • The Cathedral i Reims, Saint-Remi Basilica and the Tau Palace in Reims (1991)

Franche-Comté

Upper Normandy

  • Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret (2005)

Ile-de-France

  • Palace of Versailles and Castle Park (1979)
  • Fontainebleau Castle and Castle Park (1981)
  • The shore of the river Seine in Paris (1991)
  • Medieval trading town Province (2001)

Corsica

  • Cape Girolata, Cape Porto, Scandola Nature Reserve and Piana Calanches (1983)

Languedoc-Roussillon

  • Roman Aqueduct Pont du Gard (1985)
  • Canal du Midi (partly in the Midi-Pyrénées) (1996)
  • The old town and the walls in Carcassonne (1997)

Lorraine

  • Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance i Nancy (1983)

Midi-Pyrenees

  • Canal du Midi (partly in Languedoc-Roussillon) (1996)
  • Mont Perdu and the Pyrenees (1997, 1999)
  • Biskopsstaden Albi (2010)

Pays de la Loire

  • The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes (partly in the Center) (2000)

Picardy

Poitou-Charentes

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

  • The Roman Theater and the Arc de Triomphe in Orange (1981)
  • Roman and Romanesque monuments in Arles (1981)
  • Avignons historic city center (1995)

Rhône-Alpes

  • Historic sites in Lyon (1998)

Other

  • French part of the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela (1998)
  • Beffroier (bell tower) in Belgium and France (1999, 2005)
  • Fortifications of Vauban (2008)
  • Prehistoric pile houses in the Alps (2011)
  • Causses and Cévennes (2011)

Greece

  • Temple of Apollo Epicurius i Bassae (1986)
  • Acropolis, Athens (1987)
  • Delphi Archaeological Site (1987)
  • Ancient city Epidaurus (1988)
  • Rhodes Medieval City (1988)
  • Meteora Monasteries (1988)
  • Mount Athos 1988)
  • Old Christian and Byzantine monuments in Thessaloniki (1988)
  • The Ruins of Olympia (1989)
  • Mystras (1989)
  • Delos Island (1990)
  • The monasteries of Daphni (Athens), Hosios Lukas (Delphi) and Nea Moni on the island of Chios (1990)
  • Pythagoras and Heraion on Samos (1992)
  • Archaeological sites in Vergina (1996)
  • Archaeological sites in Mycenae and Tiryn (1999)
  • The old town and St. St. John's Monastery and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the island of Patmos (1999)
  • Old Town Corfu (2007)

Ireland

  • The Prehistoric Remains of Boyne: Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth (1993)
  • Skellig Michael (1996)

Iceland

  • Þingvellir National Park (2004)
  • Surtsey (2008)

Italy

Apulia

  • Castel del Monte (1996)
  • Trulli (limestone houses) in Alberobello (1996)

Basilicata

  • Sassi di Matera (1993)

Emilia-Romagna

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

  • Archaeological Site and Partiarchic Basilica of Aquileia (1998)

Campania

  • Naples Historical Center (1995)
  • Royal 18th Century Palace in Caserta with park, Vanvitelli aqueduct and San Leucio complex. (1997)
  • Archaeological sites of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (1997)
  • Costiera Amalfitana (1997)
  • Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the archeological sites Paestum and Velia and Certosa di Padula. (1998)

Lazio

  • Roms historic center, Vatican City State properties in Rome with extraterritorial rights and San Paolo fuori le Mura (1980, 1990)
  • Villa Adriana, Amusement park (1999)
  • Villa d'Este, Amusement park (2001)
  • Etruscan cemeteries in Cerveteri and Tarquinia (2004)

Liguria

  • Portovenere, Cinque Terre and the islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (1997)
  • La Strade Nuove and the Palazzi dei Rollis system in Genoa (2006)

Lombardy

  • Rock paintings in Valcamonica, Brescia (1979)
  • Church and Dominican convent in Santa Maria delle Grazie with the painting "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci (1980)
  • Crespi d'Adda, Capriate San Gervasio (1995)
  • Sacri monti (holy mountains) i Piedmont and Lombardy (2003)
  • Mantua and Sabbioneta (2008)
  • Rhetorical Railways in Albula / Berninal Landscape (partly in Switzerland (2008)

March

Piedmont

Sardinia

  • Su Nuraxi di Barumini, Sardinia (1997)

Sicily

  • Archaeological Site of Agrigento (1997)
  • Villa Romana del Casale (1997)
  • Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (2000)
  • Late Baroque cities in Val di Noto (southeastern Sicily) (2002)
  • Syracuse and the mountainous burial ground in Pantalica (2005)

Tuscany

  • Florence Historical Center (1982)
  • Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (1987)
  • Historic Center of San Gimignano (1990)
  • Siena Historical Center (1995)
  • Pienza Historic Center (1996)
  • Val d'Orcia (2004)

Trentino-Alto Adige

  • Dolomites (partly in Veneto) (2009)

Umbria

  • Assisi, St. Francis Basilica and other Franciscan sites. (2000)

Veneto

  • Venice and its lagoon (1987)
  • City of Vicenza and Palladian houses (ville) and Veneto (1994, 1996)
  • Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua (1997)
  • City of Verona (2000)
  • Dolomites (partly in Trentino-Alto Adige) (2009)

Others

  • The Lombards in Italy. Areas of Strength (568-774 AD) (2011)
  • Prehistoric pile houses in the Alps (2011)

Kosovo

  • Visoki Dečani Monastery - the largest medieval church in the Balkans (2004)
  • The Monastery of Peć (2006)
  • Gračanica Monastery (2006)
  • Bogorodica Ljeviška Monastery (2006)

Croatia

  • Splice historical parts with Diocletian's palace (1979)
  • Dubrovniks historical parts (1979, 1994)
  • Plitvice Lakes National Park (1979, 2000)
  • Bishop's building of the Euphrasian Basilica in the old town of Poreč (1997)
  • The historic center of Trogir (1997)
  • St. James' Cathedral in Šibenik (2000)
  • Stari Grads plain (2008)

Latvia

  • The old part of Riga, Vecrīga (1997)
  • Struve's meridian arc (2005)

Lithuania

  • the old part of Vilnius (1994)
  • Kuriska näset (2000)
  • Kernavé (2004)
  • Struve's meridian arc (2005)

Luxembourg

  • Old Town of Luxembourg (1994)

Malta

  • The city Valletta (1980)
  • Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (1980)
  • Hagar Qim, Maltese Temple of Malta (1980, 1992)

Moldova

  • Struve's meridian arc (2005)

Montenegro

  • Kotor Natural and Cultural History Region (1979)
  • Durmitor National Park (1980)

Netherlands

  • Polderlandskapet Schokland (1995)
  • Amsterdam line of defense (1996)
  • Historic Area of ​​Willemstad, Inner City and Harbor, Netherlands Antilles (1997)
  • The Kinderdijk-Elshout Mill Network (1997)
  • D.F. Wouda's steam pump station in Friesland (1998)
  • Poldern Beemster (1999)
  • Rietveld Schröderhuis (Villa Schröder i Utrecht) (1999)
  • The 17th century canal ring area in Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (2010)

Northern Macedonia

  • The city of Ohrid with its cultural and historical aspects and its natural environment (1979, 1980)

Norway

  • Bryggen i Bergen (1979)
  • Urnes Stave Church (1979)
  • Bergsstaden Røros (1980)
  • The rock carvings in Alta (1985)
  • Vegaöarna (2004)
  • Struve's meridian arc (2005)
  • Västnorska fjordarna - Geirangerfjorden och Nærøyfjorden (2005)

Poland

  • Old town in Kraków (1978)
  • The Salt Mines in Wieliczka (1978)
  • The concentration camp Auschwitz (1979)
  • The Bialowieza Forest (also in Belarus) (1979, 1992)
  • Old town in Warsaw (1980)
  • Old Town of Zamość (1992)
  • Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork (1997)
  • The medieval city of Toruń (1997)
  • Cultural landscape Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (1999)
  • The Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica (2001)
  • Wooden churches in Małopolska (2003)
  • Muskauparken (also in Germany (2004)
  • Hala Ludowa i Wroclaw (2006)

Portugal

  • Angra do Heroismos centrum (1983)
  • Hieronymus Monastery and Belem Tower in Lisbon (1983)
  • The Monastery of Batalha (1983)
  • Tomar Monastery (1983)
  • Evora's old town (1986)
  • The Monastery of Alcobaça (1989)
  • The cultivated landscape in Sintra (1995)
  • Portos old town (1996)
  • The rock paintings in Coadalen (1998)
  • Madeiras Laurisilva (1999)
  • Alto Douro Wine District (2001)
  • Old town of Guimarae (2001)
  • Pico Island Vineyard Landscape (2004)

Romania

  • Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (1991)
  • Churches of Moldova (1993)
  • Horezu Monastery (1993)
  • Fortify the churches in Transylvania: Biertan, Prejmer, Viscri, Dârjiu, Saschiz, Câlnic, Valea Viilor (1993)
  • Dakar Fortifications in the Orăştie Mountains (1999)
  • The historical parts of Sighişoara (1999)
  • The wooden churches of Maramureş (1999)

Russia

  • Saint Petersburg historic center and a group of related monuments i.a. Nöteborg Fortress (1990)
  • Churches of Kizhi Pogost on the island of Kischi in Lake Onega (1990)
  • Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow (1990)
  • Fortify the Solovetsky Monastery in the White Sea (1992)
  • Old town in Novgorod with the Kremlin and the Sofia Cathedral (1992)
  • White monuments in Vladimir and Suzdal (1992)
  • Fortify the monastery in Sergiev Possad (1993)
  • The Church of the Resurrection in Kolomenskoje (1994)
  • Komis primeval forests, northern part of the Ural Mountains (1995)
  • Western Caucasus (1999)
  • Curonian Spit (also in Lithuania (2000)
  • Ferapontov Monastery (2000)
  • Kremlin i Kazan (2000)
  • Old town, fortress and citadel in Derbent (2003)
  • Novodevichy Monastery (2004)
  • The ecosystem of Wrangel Island (2004)
  • Yaroslavl City Historic Center (2005)
  • Struve's meridian arc (2005)

For the Asian part of Russia, see World Heritage Asia

San Marino

  • San Marino Historic Center and Monte Titano (2008)

Switzerland

  • St. John's Benedictine Monastery in Müstair (1983)
  • The Monastery of St. Gallen (1983)
  • Old town in Berne (1983)
  • The three castles and the defensive wall around the trading town of Bellinzona (2000)
  • Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn Glacier Area (2002)
  • Monte San Giorgio (2003)
  • The vineyard terraces of Lavaux (2007)
  • The Sardona Tectonic Area (2008)
  • Rhetorical Railways in Albula / Berninal Landscape (also in Italy (2008)
  • La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle (2009)
  • Prehistoric pile houses in the Alps (2011)

Serbia

  • Stari Ras and Sopoćani (1979)
  • The Monastery of Studenica (1986)
  • Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Galerius palace (2007)

Slovakia

  • City of Banská Štiavnica (1993)
  • Zipser Borg, Spišske Podhradie and Žehra (1993)
  • Bondebyn Vlkolínec (1993)
  • The caves in Aggtelek and Karst (also in Hungary (1995, 2000)
  • Historic Center of Bardejov (2000)
  • Ice Cave i Dobschau (2000)
  • The beech forests in the Carpathians (also in Ukraine (2007)
  • The wooden churches in the Slovak part of the Carpathians (2008)

Slovenia

  • Škocjangrottorna (1986)
  • Prehistoric pile houses in the Alps (2011)

Spain

Andalusia

  • Old Town of Córdoba (1984)
  • Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín in Granada (1984, 1994)
  • The Cathedral, the Alcázar and the Archivo de Indias in Seville
  • Doñana National Park (1994)
  • Ubeda-Baeza (2003)

Aragon

  • Mudéjar Architecture in Aragon (1986)
  • Monte Perdido in the Pyrenees (partly in France) (1997, 1999)

Asturias

  • Monument to Oviedo and the Kingdom of Asturias (1985)

Balearic Islands

  • Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture (1999)
  • Cultural landscape Serra de Tramuntana (2011)

Basque Country

  • Vizcayabron (2006)

Extremadura

  • Old Town of Caceres (1986)
  • Archaeological finds in Mérida (1993)
  • Santa Maria de Guadalupe Monastery (1993)

Galicia

  • Old Town of Santiago de Compostela (1985)
  • The Roman Walls of Lugo (2000)
  • Herkulestornet (2009)

Canary Islands

  • Garajonay National Park (1986)
  • San Cristóbal de La Laguna (1999)
  • Teide National Park (2007)

Cantabria

  • Altamira Cave (1985)

Castile-La Mancha

  • The Historic City of Toledo (1986)
  • The historic walled city of Cuenca (19996)

Castile-Leon

  • Burgos Cathedral (1984)
  • Old Town and Segovia Aqueduct (1985)
  • The Old Town of Ávila (1985)
  • Old Town of Salamanca (1988)
  • Las Médulas (1997)
  • The Caves of Atapuerca (2000)
  • Prehistoric rock carvings in the Côadalen and Siega Verde: Siega Verde (second part in Portugal) (2010)

Catalonia

  • Antoni Gaudí's work in Barcelona (1984, 2005)
  • Poblet Monastery, Catalonia (1991)
  • Palau de la Música Catalana and Hopital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (1997)
  • Archaeological finds at Tárraco in Tarragona (2000)
  • Catalan Romanesque churches in Vall de Boí (2000)

La Rioja

  • San Millán Yuso and Suso Monastery (1997)

Madrid

  • El Escorial close Madrid (1984)
  • University and the historic area of ​​Alcalá de Henares (1998)
  • Aranjuez Cultural Landscape (2001)

Valencia

  • La Lonja de la Seda (1996)
  • Palmeral and Elche (2000)

UK

England

  • Durham Castle and Cathedral (1986)
  • Ironbridge (1986)
  • Stonehenge, Avebury and associated areas (1986)
  • Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey (1986)
  • Baths City (1987)
  • Blenheim Palace (1987)
  • External borders of the Roman Empire (1987, 2005)
  • Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church (1987)
  • Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (1988)
  • Tower of London (1988)
  • Maritima Greenwich (1997)
  • The Mills of Derwent Valley (2001)
  • Coasts of Dorset and East Devon (2001)
  • Saltaire (2001)
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2003)
  • Liverpool's city of commerce and shipping (2004)
  • Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (2006)

Wales

  • Edward I's castles and city walls in Harlech, Beaumaris, Caernarfon and Conwy (Gwynedd) (1986)
  • Blaenavon's Industrial Landscape (2000)
  • Pontcysyllteakvedukten och kanalen (2009)

Scotland

  • St Kilda (1986, 2004, 2005)
  • Edinburgh (old and new city) (1995)
  • The Heart of Neolithic Orkney (1999)
  • New Lanark (2001)

Northern Ireland

  • Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (1986)

Sweden

See World Heritage Sweden

Czech Republic

  • Old Town of Český Krumlov (1992)
  • Old town in Prague (1992)
  • The Old Town of Telč (1992)
  • The Pilgrimage Church in Zelená Hora (1994)
  • Old Town of Kutná Hora (1995)
  • The cultural landscape in Lednice-Valtice (1996)
  • Kroměříž Castle and Gardens (1998)
  • Historic village of Holašovice (1998)
  • Litomyšl Castle (1999)
  • Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc (2000)
  • Villa Tugendhat by Mies van der Rohe in Brno (2001)
  • The Basilica and the Jewish Quarter in Třebíč (2003)

Turkey

  • Göreme National Park and the Rocks of Cappadocia (1985)
  • Grand Mosque and Divriği Hospital (1985)
  • Historic areas in Istanbul (1985)
  • Hattusha (1986)
  • Nemrut Dağ (1987)
  • Hierapolis-Pamukkale (1988)
  • Xanthos-Letoon (1988)
  • Safranbolu City (1994)
  • Archaeological excavations of Troy (1998)

Germany

Baden-Württemberg

  • External borders of the Roman Empire (partly in the states of Bavaria, Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate and partly in UK) (1987, 2005)
  • Maulbronn Monastery (Cistercian rabbinic diocese) (1993)
  • Klosterön i Reichenau (2000)

Bavaria

  • The residence in Würzburg with its courtyard and gardens (1981)
  • The Pilgrimage Church in Wies (1983)
  • External borders of the Roman Empire (partly in the states of Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate and partly in Great Britain) (1987, 2005)
  • Bamberg, the largest city center in Germany, still intact (1993)
  • Regensburgs historic city center and Stadtamhof (2006)

Berlin

  • Castles and gardens in Potsdam and Berlin (partly in Brandenburg) (1990)
  • Museum Island in Berlin (1999)
  • Berlin's Modernist Residential Areas (2008)

Brandenburg

  • Castles and gardens in Potsdam and Berlin (partly in Berlin) (1990)

Bremen

  • City Hall, Roland Statue and Marketplace in Bremen (2004)

Hesse

  • External borders of the Roman Empire - border fortifications of the Roman Empire (partly in the states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate and partly in Great Britain) (1987, 2005)
  • Abbotsstift and Altenmünster in Lorsch (1991)
  • Mine Messel (Fossil site) in Messel (1995)
  • Cultural landscape Middle Rhine on the river Rhine (partly in Rhineland-Palatinate) (2002)

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Lower Saxony

  • Hildesheim Cathedral and St. Michael's Church in Hildesheim (1985)
  • The Rammelsberg mine and the old town in Goslar (1992)
  • Wadden Sea - Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park (2009)
  • Fagusverken (2011)

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhineland-Palatinate

  • Speyers Cathedral (1981)
  • Roman Monuments, Trier Cathedral and Liebfrauen Church in Trier (1986)
  • Cultural landscape Middle Rhine on the river Rhine (partly in Hesse) (2002)
  • External Borders of the Roman Empire - Border Fortifications of the Roman Empire (partly in the states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse and partly in Great Britain) (1987, 2005)

Saarland

  • Völklingen's Ironworks (1994)

Saxony

  • Muskauparken (partly in Poland) (2004)
  • Elbe valley in Dresden (2004)

Saxony-Anhalt

  • Diocesan church, castle and old town in Quedlinburg (1994)
  • The Bauhaus school and its buildings in Weimar and Dessau (partly in Thuringia) (1996)
  • Luther's places in Ice life and Wittenberg (partly in Thuringia) (1996)
  • Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Area (2000)

Schleswig-Holstein

  • Hansastaden Lübeck and Holstentor (1987)
  • Wadden Sea - Schleswig-Holstein National Park (2009)

Thuringia

  • The Bauhaus school and its buildings in Weimar and Dessau (partly in Saxony-Anhalt) (1996)
  • Luther's sites in Eisleben and Wittenberg (partly in Saxony-Anhalt) (1996)
  • The classic Weimar (1998)
  • Wartburg near Eisenach (1999)

Others

  • Prehistoric pile houses in the Alps (2011)
  • The beech forests of the Carpathians and Germany (2011)

Ukraine

  • St. Sofia Cathedral and Kiev-Pechersk Lavras monastery buildings in Kiev (1990)
  • The historical parts of Lviv (1998)
  • Struve's meridian arc (2005)
  • The beech forests in the Carpathians (also in Slovakia (2007)
  • Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian metropolitans (2011)

Hungary

  • Danube Beach and Buda Castle in Budapest (1987, 2002)
  • Historic village Hollokö (1987)
  • The caves of Aggtelek and Karst (partly in Slovakia) (1995, 2000)
  • Benedictine Abbot Pannonhalma (1996)
  • Hortobágy National Park (1999)
  • Old Christian cemeteries in Pécs (2000)
  • The cultural landscape Neusiedlersjön (partly in Austria) (2001)
  • Tokaj Winery Region (2002)

Vatican City State

  • Rome's Historical Center, Vatican City State Property in Rome with Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo fuori le Mura (1980, 1990)
  • Vatican City (1984)

Belarus

Austria

  • Old town in Salzburg (1996)
  • Schönbrunn Palace and its Gardens (1996)
  • Cultural landscape Salzkammergut (1997)
  • Semmeringbanan (1998)
  • Old town in Thank you (1999)
  • The cultural landscape Wachau (2000)
  • The cultural landscape Neusiedlersjön (2001)
  • Old town in Vienna (2001)
  • Prehistoric pile houses in the Alps (2011)