18 Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela – 1978 The 11 medieval monolithic cave churches of this 13th-century 'New Jerusalem’ are situated in a mountainous region in the heart of Ethiopia near a traditional village…
822 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn – 1997 The origins of Tallinn date back to the 13th century, when a castle was built there by the crusading knights of the Teutonic…
1550 Asmara: A Modernist African City – 2017 Located at over 2,000 m above sea level, the capital of Eritrea developed from the 1890s onwards as a military outpost for the Italian…
675 Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site – 1993 Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic farming community that, like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, was buried under an eruption of the Laguna Caldera…
90 Abu Mena – 1979 The church, baptistry, basilicas, public buildings, streets, monasteries, houses and workshops in this early Christian holy city were built over the tomb of the martyr Menas of…
2 City of Quito – 1978 Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was founded in the 16th century on the ruins of an Inca city and stands at an altitude of 2,850 m.…