326 Petra – 1985 Inhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia. is half-built, half-carved…
148 Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls – 1981 As a holy city for Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Jerusalem has always been of great symbolic importance. Among its 220 historic monuments,…
660 Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area – 1993 There are around 48 Buddhist monuments in the Horyu-ji area, in Nara Prefecture. Several date from the late 7th or early 8th century,…
1356 Blue and John Crow Mountains – 2015 The site encompasses a rugged and extensively forested mountainous region in the south-east of Jamaica, which provided refuge first for the indigenous Tainos fleeing…