List of World Heritage Sites in Europe

This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe.

Sites marked with an ¹ are also included on the List of World Heritage Sites in danger.

Albania

• Butrint
• Museum-City of Gjirokastra

Andorra

• Madriu-Claror-Perafita Valley

Austria

• City of Graz; Historic Centre
• Cultural Landscape of Fertő/Neusiedlersee - transboundary property, shared with Hungary
• Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
• Historic Centre of Vienna
• Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
• Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
• Semmering Railway
• Wachau Cultural Landscape

Belarus

• Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh
• Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park - transboundary property, together with Poland
• Mir Castle Complex
• Struve Geodetic Arc - transnational

Belgium

• Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia
• Flemish Beguinages
• The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault)
• Grand Place, Brussels
• Historic Centre of Bruges
• Major Town Houses of Victor Horta in Brussels (Hôtel Tassel, Hôtel Solvay, Hôtel van Eetvelde, and Maison & Atelier Horta)
• Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)
• Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
• Plantin-Moretus House–Workshops–Museum Complex (first museum on the list)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar

Bulgaria

• Ancient City of Nessebar
• Boyana Church
• Madara Rider
• Pirin National Park
• Rila Monastery
• Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
• Srebarna Nature Reserve
• Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
• Thracian tomb of Sveshtari

Croatia

• Cathedral of St. James in Šibenik
• Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Poreč
• Historic City of Trogir
• Historic Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
• Old City of Dubrovnik
• Plitvice Lakes National Park

Czech Republic

• Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž
• Historic Centre of Český Krumlov
• Historic Centre of Prague
• Historic Centre of Telč
• Holašovice Historical Village Reservation
• Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc
• Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre
• Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
• Litomyšl Castle
• Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk at Zelena Hora
• Villa Tugendhat in Brno
• The Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč

Cyprus

• Apostolos Andreas Monastery
• Choirokoitia
• Painted Churches in the Troodos Region
• Paphos

Denmark

• Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland
• Jelling Runic Stones, mounds, and church
• Kronborg Castle
• Roskilde Cathedral

Estonia

• Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn
• Struve Geodetic Arc - transnational

Finland

• Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki - in Lappi
• Fortress of Suomenlinna - near Helsinki
• Old Rauma - wooden city centre of Rauma
• Petäjävesi Old Church
• Verla Groundwood and Board Mill - in Jaala
• Struve Geodetic Arc - transnational

France

• Mont Saint Michel and its Bay (1979)
• Chartres Cathedral (1979)
• Château and Park of Versailles (1979)
• Vézelay, Church and Hill (1979)
• Decorated Grottoes of the Vézère Valley (1979)
• Chateau Fontainebleau (1981)
• Cathedral of Amiens (1981)
• Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange (1981)
• Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles (1981)
• Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (1981)
• Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans (1982)
• Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance in Nancy (1983)
• Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (1983)
• Cape Girolata, Cape Porto, Scandola Nature Reserve and the Piana Calanches in Corsica (1983)
• Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) (1985)
• Strasbourg-Grande île (1988)
• Paris, Banks of the Seine (1991)
• Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims (1991)
• Bourges Cathedral (1992)
• Historic Centre of Avignon (1995)
• Canal du Midi (1996)
• Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne (1997)
• Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (1997) - transboundary property, shared with Spain
• Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (1998) (detailed list)
• Historic Site of Lyon (1998)
• Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion (1999)
• The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire (2000)
• Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs (2001)
• Le Havre, the City rebuilt by Auguste Perret (2005)
• Belfries of Belgium and France (2005)

Germany

• Aachen Cathedral
• Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
• Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau
• The palaces Augustusburg and Falkenlust in Brühl (Rhineland)
• Classical Weimar
• Collegiate Church, Castle, and old Town of Quedlinburg
• Cologne cathedral¹
• Dresden Elbe Valley
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire - transboundary property, shared with the United Kingdom
• Garden Realm of Dessau-Wörlitz
• Hanseatic City of Lübeck
• Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
• Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
• Maulbronn Monastery Complex
• Messel Pit Fossil site
• Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar
• Monastic Island of Reichenau
• Museum Island (Museumsinsel), Berlin
• Muskauer Park - transboundary property, shared with Poland
• Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (including Sanssouci)
• Pilgrimage Church of Wies
• Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
• Speyer Cathedral
• St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church at Hildesheim
• Town of Bamberg
• Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
• Upper Middle Rhine Valley, the Rhine Gorge
• Völklingen Ironworks
• Würzburg Residence, with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
• Wartburg Castle
• Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen

Greece

• Acropolis, Athens
• Archaeological Site of Delphi
• Archaeological Site of Epidaurus
• Archaeological Site of Olympia
• Archaeological Site of Vergina
• Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
• Delos
• Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
• Medieval City of Rhodes
• Meteora
• Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas and Nea Moni of Chios
• Mount Athos
• Mystras
• Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki
• Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
• Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae

Holy See

• Vatican City

Hungary

• Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, the Andrássy Avenue and the Millennium Underground
• Caves of the Aggtelek and Slovenský kras (Slovak Karst) - transboundary property, shared with Slovakia
• Cultural Landscape of Fertő/Neusiedlersee - transboundary property, shared with Austria
• Hollókő
• Hortobágy National Park
• Millenary Benedictine Monastery of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment
• Pécs (Sopianae) Early Christian Cemetery
• Tokaji Wine Region Cultural Landscape

Iceland

• Þingvellir National Park

Republic of Ireland

• Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne
• Skellig Michael

(see also; Northern Ireland)

Italy

• 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and the San Leucio Complex
• Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
• Archaeological Area of Agrigento
• Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata
• Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
• Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
• Castel del Monte, Andria (Bari)
• Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
• Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci
• Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
• City of Verona
• City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
• Costiera Amalfitana
• Crespi d'Adda
• Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
• Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
• Ferrara, City of the Renaissance and its Po Delta
• Historic Centre of Florence
• Historic Centre of Naples
• Historic Centre of San Gimignano
• Historic Centre of Siena
• Historic Centre of Urbino
• Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
• I Sassi di Matera
• Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
• Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-eastern Sicily)
• Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
• Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
• Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
• Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
• Su Nuraxi di Barumini
• The trulli of Alberobello, (Bari)
• Val d'Orcia
• Venice and its Lagoon
• Hadrian's Villa (Tivoli)
• Villa Romana del Casale
• Villa d'Este, (Tivoli)
• Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
• Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica

Italy/Holy See

• Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights, and Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

Latvia

• Historic Centre of Riga
• Struve Geodetic Arc - transnational

Lithuania

• Curonian Spit (shared with Russia)
• Kernave Archeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernave)
• Vilnius Historic Centre (Old Town)
• Struve Geodetic Arc - transnational

Luxembourg

• City of Luxemburg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications

Republic of Macedonia

• Ohrid Region with its Cultural and Historic Aspect and its Natural Environment

Malta

• City of Valletta
• Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
• Megalithic Temples of Malta

Moldova

• Struve Geodetic Arc - transnational

The Netherlands

• Stelling van Amsterdam, a ring of forts and land that could be flooded around Amsterdam
• Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)
• Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station), Lemmer (mun. Lemsterland)
• Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout (mun. Nieuw-Lekkerland)
• Rietveld Schröder House, Utrecht (city)
• Schokland and Surroundings (municipality Noordoostpolder)

Norway

• Bryggen
• Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
• Røros
• Rock carvings at Alta
• Urnes Stave Church
• Vega Archipelago
• Struve Geodetic Arc - transnational

Poland

• Auschwitz Concentration Camp
• Białowieża Forest - transboundary property, together with Belarus
• Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork
• Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica
• Kraków's Historical Centre
• The Warsaw Old Town (also see: Warsaw)
• Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park
• Medieval Town of Toruń
• Old City of Zamość
• Wieliczka Salt Mine
• Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland
• Park Mużakowski on both sides of the Nysa river - transboundary property, together with Germany

Portugal

• Alto Douro Wine Region
• Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo on Terceira Island, Azores
• Convent of Christ in Tomar
• Cultural Landscape of Sintra
• Historic Centre of Évora
• Historic Centre of Guimarães
• Historic Centre of Oporto
• Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
• Laurisilva forests of Madeira
• Monastery of Alcobaça
• Monastery of Batalha
• Monastery of the Hieronymites and Belém Tower in Lisbon
• Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley

Romania

• Churches of Moldavia
• Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains (see also Sarmizegetusa)
• Danube Delta
• Historic Centre of Sighisoara
• Monastery of Horezu
• Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania
• Wooden Churches of Maramures

Russian Federation, Europe part

• Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra
• Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye
• Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
• Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands
• Curonian Spit (shared with Lithuania)
• Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery
• Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent
• Historic Centre of St. Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments (Tsarskoe Selo, Peterhof, Pavlovsk)
• Historic Centre of the City of Yaroslavl
• Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
• Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin
• Kizhi Pogost
• Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
• Struve Geodetic Arc - transnational
• Virgin Komi Forests
• Western Caucasus
• White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal

See also List of World Heritage Sites in Asia.

Serbia and Montenegro

• Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (1979)
• Culturo-Historical Region of Stari Ras and Sopoćani Monastery (1979)
• Durmitor National Park (1980)
• Studenica Monastery (1986)
• Decani Monastery (2004)

Slovakia

• Banská Štiavnica
• Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve
• Caves of the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst - transboundary property, shared with Hungary
• Spišský hrad (Spiš Castle) and its Associated Cultural Monuments
• Vlkolínec

Slovenia

• Škocjan Caves

Spain

• Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzin, Granada
• Altamira Cave
• Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
• Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
• Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco in Tarragona
• Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
• Burgos Cathedral
• Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí
• Cathedral, Alcazar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
• Doñana National Park
• Garajonay National Park
• Historic Centre of Cordoba
• Historic City of Toledo
• Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
• Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
• La Llotja de la Seda de Valencia
• Las Médulas
• Monastery and Site of the El Escorial, Madrid
• Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
• Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
• Old City of Salamanca
• Old Town of Ávila, with its Extra-Muros churches
• Old Town of Cáceres
• Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
• Palau de la Música Catalana and the Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
• Palm tree forest of Elche
• Poblet Monastery
• Pyrénées - Mont Perdu - transboundary property, shared with France
• Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza
• Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
• Roman Walls of Lugo
• Route of Santiago de Compostela
• Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe
• San Cristóbal de La Laguna
• San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
• Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)
• University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares
• Works of Antoni Gaudí

Sweden

• The Agricultural Landscape of southern Öland
• Birka and Hovgården on the islands Björkö and Adelsö in Mälaren near Stockholm.
• The Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå, northern Sweden.
• Drottningholm Palace, Theatre, and Royal Domain
• Engelsberg Ironworks
• The Hanseatic town of Visby
• The "High Coast" of Ångermanland
• Laponian area, Swedish Lapland, northern Sweden.
• The Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
• The Naval Port of Karlskrona
• Rock carvings in Tanumshede
• Skogskyrkogården in Stockholm
• Grimeton Radio Station
• Struve Geodetic Arc - transnational

Switzerland

• Benedictine Convent of St. John at Müstair
• Convent of St. Gall
• Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn
• Old City of Berne
• Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-town of Bellinzone
• Monte San Giorgio

Turkey

• Archaeological Site of Troy
• City of Safranbolu
• Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
• Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi
• Hattusha
• Hierapolis-Pamukkale
• Historic Areas of Istanbul
• Nemrud Dagi
• Xanthos-Letoon

Ukraine

• Kyiv: Saint Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev Pechersk Lavra
• L'viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Centre
• Struve Geodetic Arc - transnational

United Kingdom

• England
  • Blenheim Palace
  • Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey and St. Martin's Church
  • City of Bath
  • Derwent Valley Mills
  • Jurassic Coast (the Dorset and East Devon Coast)
  • Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral (Palace Green)
  • Hadrian's Wall (part of Frontiers of the Roman Empire, shared with Germany)
  • Ironbridge Gorge
  • Kew Gardens
  • Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City
  • Maritime Greenwich
  • Saltaire
  • Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
  • Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey
  • Tower of London
  • Westminster Abbey, Palace of Westminster, Westminster School and Saint Margaret's Church
• Wales
  • Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
  • Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Harlech, Beaumaris, Caernarfon and Conwy (Gwynedd)
• Scotland
  • Skara Brae Orkney
  • New Lanark
  • Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
  • St Kilda
• Northern Ireland
  • Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
• Overseas Territories
  • Gough and Inaccessible Islands (Wildlife Reserve located in the South Atlantic Ocean)
  • Henderson Island (part of the Pitcairn island group in the South Pacific Ocean)

See also

• List of World Heritage Sites in Africa
• List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia
• List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas

External links

• UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Official site
• UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Official site
• List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Official site
• VRheritage.org - documentation of World Heritage Sites
• Worldheritage-Forum - Information and Weblog on World Heritage Issues