Calanques de Piana

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UNESCO World Heritage Site
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List

Country	France
Type	Natural
Criteria	vii, viii, x
Reference	258
UNESCO region	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1983 (7th Session)

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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Official site
UNEP-WCMC World Heritage Site Datasheet [1]

v t 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 Chartres Cathedral 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