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- Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (1987, 2004)
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (1987)
- Mogao Caves (1987)
- Mount Taishan (1987)
- Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (1987)
- The Great Wall (1987)
- Mount Huangshan (1990)
- Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area (1992)
- Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area (1992)
- Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area (1992)
- Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains (1994)
- Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (1994, 2000, 2001) 7
- Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde (1994)
- Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu (1994)
- Lushan National Park (1996)
- Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area (1996)
- Ancient City of Ping Yao (1997)
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou (1997, 2000)
- Old Town of Lijiang (1997)
- Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing (1998)
- Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing (1998)
- Dazu Rock Carvings (1999)
- Mount Wuyi (1999)
- Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun (2000)
- Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (2000, 2003, 2004)
- Longmen Grottoes (2000)
- Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System (2000)
- Yungang Grottoes (2001)
- Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (2003)
- Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom (2004)
- Historic Centre of Macao (2005)
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains (2006)
- Yin Xu (2006)
- Kaiping Diaolou and Villages (2007)
- South China Karst (2007)
- Fujian Tulou (2008)
- Mount Sanqingshan National Park (2008)
- Chartres Cathedral (1979)
- Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (1979, 2007)
- Palace and Park of Versailles (1979, 2007)
- Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley (1979)
- Vézelay, Church and Hill (1979, 2007)
- Amiens Cathedral (1981)
- Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments (1981)
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (1981, 2007)
- Palace and Park of Fontainebleau (1981)
- Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange (1981, 2007)
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (1982)
- Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (1983, 2007)
- Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve (1983) #
- Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy (1983)
- Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) (1985, 2007)
- Strasbourg – Grande île (1988)
- Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims (1991)
- Paris, Banks of the Seine (1991)
- Bourges Cathedral (1992)
- Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge (1995)
- Canal du Midi (1996)
- Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne (1997)
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (1997, 1999) *
- Historic Site of Lyons (1998)
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (1998)
- Belfries of Belgium and France (1999, 2005) * 8
- Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion (1999)
- The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes (2000) 9
- Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs (2001)
- Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret (2005)
- Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (2007)
- Fortifications of Vauban (2008)
- Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems (2008)
- Aachen Cathedral (1978)
- Speyer Cathedral (1981)
- Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square (1981)
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies (1983)
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl (1984)
- St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim (1985, 2008)
- Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (1986)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire (1987, 2005,2008) * 10
- Hanseatic City of Lübeck (1987)
- Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (1990, 1992, 1999)
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch (1991)
- Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar (1992, 2008)
- Maulbronn Monastery Complex (1993)
- Town of Bamberg (1993)
- Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg (1994)
- Völklingen Ironworks (1994)
- Messel Pit Fossil Site (1995)
- Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau (1996)
- Cologne Cathedral (1996, 2008)
- Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg (1996)
- Classical Weimar (1998)
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (1999)
- Wartburg Castle (1999)
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (2000)
- Monastic Island of Reichenau (2000)
- Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (2001)
- Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar (2002)
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley (2002)
- Dresden Elbe Valley (2004)
- Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski (2004) *
- Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen (2004)
- Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof (2006)
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (2008)
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (1979)
- Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci (1980)
- Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (1980, 1990) * 13
- Historic Centre of Florence (1982)
- Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (1987, 2007)
- Venice and its Lagoon (1987)
- Historic Centre of San Gimignano (1990)
- The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera (1993)
- City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (1994, 1996)
- Crespi d'Adda (1995)
- Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta (1995, 1999) 14
- Historic Centre of Naples (1995)
- Historic Centre of Siena (1995)
- Castel del Monte (1996)
- Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (1996)
- Historic Centre of the City of Pienza (1996)
- The Trulli of Alberobello (1996)
- 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex (1997)
- Archaeological Area of Agrigento (1997)
- Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (1997)
- Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua (1997)
- Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena (1997)
- Costiera Amalfitana (1997)
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (1997)
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (1997)
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini (1997)
- Villa Romana del Casale (1997)
- Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (1998)
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula (1998)
- Historic Centre of Urbino (1998)
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) (1999)
- Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites (2000)
- City of Verona (2000)
- Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (2000)
- Villa d'Este, Tivoli (2001)
- Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily) (2002)
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (2003)
- Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia (2004)
- Val d'Orcia (2004)
- Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (2005)
- Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (2006)
- Mantua and Sabbioneta (2008)
- Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes (2008) *
- Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada (1984, 1994) 20
- Burgos Cathedral (1984)
- Historic Centre of Cordoba (1984, 1994) 21
- Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid (1984)
- Works of Antoni Gaudí (1984, 2005) 22
- Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (1985, 2008)
- Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias (1985, 1998) 23
- Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches (1985, 2007)
- Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct (1985)
- Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) (1985)
- Garajonay National Park (1986)
- Historic City of Toledo (1986)
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon (1986, 2001) 24
- Old Town of Cáceres (1986)
- Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (1987)
- Old City of Salamanca (1988)
- Poblet Monastery (1991)
- Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida (1993)
- Route of Santiago de Compostela (1993)
- Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe (1993)
- Doñana National Park (1994, 2005)
- Historic Walled Town of Cuenca (1996)
- La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia (1996)
- Las Médulas (1997)
- Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (1997, 2008)
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (1997, 1999) *
- San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries (1997)
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula (1998)
- University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares (1998)
- Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture (1999)
- San Cristóbal de La Laguna (1999)
- Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco (2000)
- Archaeological Site of Atapuerca (2000)
- Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí (2000)
- Palmeral of Elche (2000)
- Roman Walls of Lugo (2000)
- Aranjuez Cultural Landscape (2001)
- Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza (2003)
- Vizcaya Bridge (2006)
- Teide National Park (2007)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (1986)
- Durham Castle and Cathedral (1986, 2008)
- Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (1986)
- Ironbridge Gorge (1986)
- St Kilda (1986, 2004, 2005)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (1986, 2008)
- Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey (1986)
- Blenheim Palace (1987)
- City of Bath (1987)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire (1987, 2005,2008) * 26
- Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church (1987, 2008)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (1988)
- Henderson Island (1988)
- Tower of London (1988)
- Gough and Inaccessible Islands (1995, 2004) 27
- Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (1995)
- Maritime Greenwich (1997)
- Heart of Neolithic Orkney (1999)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (2000)
- Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda (2000)
- Derwent Valley Mills (2001)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (2001)
- New Lanark (2001)
- Saltaire (2001)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2003)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (2004)
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (2006)
Notes
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Extension of the "Australian East Coast Temperate and Subtropical Rainforest Park".
name changed 2007 from 'Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)'
- Renomination of "Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park" under cultural criteria.
- The “Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia” which were previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, are part of the transnational property “The Belfries of Belgium and France”.
- Extension of "Jaú National Park".
- Extension of the "Glacier Bay/Wrangell/St Elias/Kluane" property.
- The "Burgess Shale" property, which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the "Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks".
- Extension of "The Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple Monastery, Lhasa" to include the Norbulingka area.
- The “Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia” which were previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, are part of the transnational property “The Belfries of Belgium and France”.
- The "Chateau and Estate of Chambord", which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the "Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes".
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The “Hadrian’s Wall” which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the transnational property “Frontiers of the Roman Empire”.
- At the time the property was extended, cultural criterion (iv) was also found applicable.
- The "Brihadisvara Temple, Tanjavur", which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the "Great Living Chola Temples".
- At the time the property was extended, cultural criterion (iv) was also found applicable.
- At the time the property was extended, criteria (iii) and (v) were also found applicable.
- The Committee decided to extend the existing cultural property, the "Temple of Ggantija", to include the five prehistoric temples situated on the islands of Malta and Gozo and to rename the property as "The Megalithic Temples of Malta".
- The Westland and Mount Cook National Park and the Fiordland National Park, which were previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, are part of the "Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand".
- The "Convent Ensemble of San Francisco de Lima", which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the "Historic Centre of Lima".
- Extension of "Biertan and its Fortified Church".
- At the time the property was extended, natural criterion (iv) was also found applicable.
- Extension of the "Alhambra and the Generalife, Granada", to include the Albayzin quarter.
- Extension of the "Mosque of Cordoba".
- The property “Parque Güell, Palacio Güell and Casa Mila in Barcelona”, previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the “Works of Antoni Gaudí”.
- Extension of the "Churches of the Kingdom of the Asturias", to include monuments in the city of Oviedo.
- Extension of the "Mudejar Architecture of Teruel".
- In 1979, the Committee decided to inscribe the Ohrid Lake on the World Heritage List under natural criteria (iii). In 1980, this property was extended to include the cultural and historical area, and cultural criteria (i)(iii)(iv) were added.
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The “Hadrian’s Wall” which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the transnational property “Frontiers of the Roman Empire”.
- Extension of "Gough Island Wildlife Reserve".
- Extension of the "Glacier Bay/Wrangell/St Elias/Kluane" property.
*: transboundary property #: As for 19 Natural and Mixed Properties inscribed for geological values before 1994, criteria numbering of this property has changed. See Decision 30.COM 8D.1
Legend
Category of site
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site
Site inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site
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