Calanques de Piana

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Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve *
UNESCO World Heritage Site

Country	France
Type	Natural
Criteria	vii, viii, x
Reference	258
Region **	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1983 (7th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List ** Region as classified by UNESCO

Calanques de Piana (Corsican: E Calanche di Piana) are Corsican calanques located in Piana, between Ajaccio and Calvi, in the gulf of Porto.

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UNEP-WCMC World Heritage Site Datasheet [1]

v d e World Heritage Sites in France

Île-de-France	Palace and Park of Versailles · Palace of Fontainebleau and Park · Paris – Banks of the Seine · Provins · Routes of Santiago de Compostela¹

Parisian basin	Amiens Cathedral · Belfries of Belgium and France² · Bourges Cathedral · Cathedral of Chartres · Cathedral of Notre-Dame, former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims · Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay · Fortifications of Vauban¹ · Le Havre · Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes¹ · Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay¹ · Routes of Santiago de Compostela¹ · Vézelay Church and Hill

Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Belfries of Belgium and France² · Fortifications of Vauban¹

East	Fortifications of Vauban¹ · Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains and Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans · Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance, Nancy · Strasbourg – Grande Île · Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps⁴

West	Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe · Fortifications of Vauban¹ · Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes¹ · Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay¹ · Routes of Santiago de Compostela¹

South West	Albi · Bordeaux · Canal du Midi¹ · Fortifications of Vauban¹ · Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley · Pyrénées - Mont Perdu³ · Routes of Santiago de Compostela¹ · Saint-Émilion

Centre East	Lyon · Routes of Santiago de Compostela¹

Mediterranean	Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments · Canal du Midi¹ · Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne · Fortifications of Vauban¹ · Gulf of Porto (Calanches de Piana • Gulf of Girolata • Scandola Reserve) · Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge, Avignon · Pont du Gard · Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and Triumphal Arch of Orange · Routes of Santiago de Compostela¹

Overseas departments and territories	Lagoons of New Caledonia · Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island

¹ Shared with other region/s · ² Shared locally with other region/s and with Belgium · ³ Shared with Spain · ⁴ Shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland