155 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve – 1981 Located on the borders of Guinea, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire, Mount Nimba rises above the surrounding savannah. Its slopes are covered by dense forest…
65 Antigua Guatemala – 1979 Antigua, the capital of the Captaincy-General of Guatemala, was founded in the early 16th century. Built 1,500 m above sea-level, in an earthquake-prone region, it was largely…
392 Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae – 1986 This famous temple to the god of healing and the sun was built towards the middle of the 5th century B.C. in the…
34 Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions – 1979 The remains of fortified trading-posts, erected between 1482 and 1786, can still be seen along the coast of Ghana…
3 Aachen Cathedral – 1978 Construction of this palatine chapel, with its octagonal basilica and cupola, began c. 790–800 under the Emperor Charlemagne. Originally inspired by the churches of the Eastern part…
710 Gelati Monastery – 1994 Founded in 1106 in the west of Georgia, the Monastery of Gelati is a masterpiece of the Golden Age of medieval Georgia, a period of political strength…
761 Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites – 2003 James Island and Related Sites present a testimony to the main periods and facets of the encounter between Africa and Europe along the…
1147 Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda – 2007 The demonstrates an unusual interface between dense and well-conserved tropical rainforest and relict savannah environments with a great diversity of species, including…