World Heritage Sites
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- Acropolis, Athens
- Angkor
- Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
- Baalbek
- Bam and its Cultural Landscape
- Borobudur Temple Compounds
- City of Cuzco
- Cologne Cathedral
- Goreme and Cappadocia
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Great Barrier Reef
- Historic Areas of Istanbul
- Historic Centre of Cesky Krumlov
- Historic Centre of Florence
- Historic Centre of Prague
- Historic Centre of Rome
- Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg
- Historic Centre of Vienna
- Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace
- Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
- Iguacu National Park
- Kathmandu Valley
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments
- Kilimanjaro National Park
- Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca
- Memphis and its Necropolis
- Meteora
- Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
- Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
- Old City of Dubrovnik
- Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
- Old Towns of Djenne
- Old Walled City of Shibam
- Palace and Gardens of Schonbrunn
- Palace and Park of Versailles
- Persepolis
- Petra
- Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza
- Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
- Rapa Nui National Park
- Sagarmatha National Park
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
- Taj Mahal
- Tikal National Park
- Tongariro National Park
- Tower of London
- Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Works of Antoni Gaudi
- Yosemite National Park
World Heritage News
May 23, 2012
- WORLD CHEFS: A taste of Venice in London's east end
- By Simon Falush | LONDON (Reuters) - On the surface the picturesque UNESCO World Heritage site Venice may seem to have little in common with Hackney, a gritty but rapidly regenerating district in east London. But the similarities appear very clear to ...
- Airline helps World Heritage Site preservation
- Asiana Airlines, Korea's most awarded airline, is extending assistance for the preservation of Unesco World Heritage sites. It has recently become the first Korean company to sign a memorandum of understanding with Unesco for this purpose.
- UNESCO to Monitor Heritage Damage in Earthquake-hit Italy
- The UN cultural agency on Tuesday said that it will send a mission to assess damage caused by the powerful earthquake on Sunday to World Heritage sites and other cultural heritage in northern Italy. "While initial reports from the Italian authorities ...
- Plans to preserve World Heritage Site status
- GEORGE TOWN (May 21, 2012): The State authorities will be submitting the George Town World Heritage site management plan and its Special Area Plan (SAP) to Unesco as soon as possible to safeguard its World Heritage Site status.
- Go Hiking Over the Swiss Alps in HD
- Hiking fans around the world can "wander" through the ten legs of the Albula/Bernina trail in real time in a 36-hour film at http://www.webwandern.ch . Hundreds of hotspots along the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) UNESCO World Heritage Site route present ...
- Bali rice field cultivation system listed on UNESCO world heritage
- A traditional farming and irrigation system used in Bali known as "subak" has been included in the world-heritage by UNESCO, media reported here on Monday. "The subak tradition of Bali has eventually been named as a UNESCO world-heritage activity," ...
- UNESCO: Warns Heritage Sites in Mali, Arab World at Risk
- A man walks past the Sankore Mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Timbuktu, Mali, April 11, 2012. UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations cultural organization, UNESCO, warns that world heritage sites in the West African country of Mali and in the Arab ...
- Islamist attacks tomb classified as UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mali's Timbuktu
- BAMAKO, Mali — A new member of an Islamist group in north Mali attacked and burned a saint's tomb classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Timbuktu, the spokesman for the group said Sunday. The act threatens to raise tensions that have been ...
World Heritage Centre News: UNESCO
- Irina Bokova concerned about growing threats to cultural heritage in Mali
- Recommendations for transnational heritage corridors of Silk Roads site nomination
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site receives funding to restore portions of Hadrian's Wall
- UNESCO Director-General expresses concern about the situation in Mali
- Sydney Opera House, other sites participate in Earth Hour 2012
- International World Heritage Expert Meeting on criterion (vi)
- Director-General of UNESCO appeals for protection of Syria's cultural heritage
- Archaeological discoveries
- World Heritage sites participate in Earth Hour
- World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Top Agenda in Miami Leg of Director-General's Mission to the U.S.