94 Rock Drawings in Valcamonica – 1979 Valcamonica, situated in the Lombardy plain, has one of the world’s greatest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs – more than 140,000 symbols and figures carved in…
1040 Masada – 2001 is a rugged natural fortress, of majestic beauty, in the Judaean Desert overlooking the Dead Sea. It is a symbol of the ancient kingdom of Israel, its violent…
659 Brú na Bóinne – Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne – 1993 The three main prehistoric sites of the Brú na Bóinne Complex, Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth, are situated…
277 Hatra – 1985 A large fortified city under the influence of the Parthian Empire and capital of the first Arab Kingdom, withstood invasions by the Romans in A.D. 116 and 198…
115 Meidan Emam, Esfahan – 1979 Built by Shah Abbas I the Great at the beginning of the 17th century, and bordered on all sides by monumental buildings linked by a series…
592 Borobudur Temple Compounds – 1991 This famous Buddhist temple, dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, is located in central Java. It was built in three tiers: a pyramidal base with…
251 Agra Fort – 1983 Near the gardens of the Taj Mahal stands the important 16th-century Mughal monument known as the Red Fort of Agra. This powerful fortress of red sandstone encompasses,…
1152 Þingvellir National Park – 2004 Þingvellir (Thingvellir) is the National Park where the Althing, an open-air assembly representing the whole of Iceland, was established in 930 and continued to meet until 1798.…