20 Ancient City of Damascus – 1979 Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it was the centre…
268 Abbey of St Gall – 1983 The Convent of St Gall, a perfect example of a great Carolingian monastery, was, from the 8th century to its secularization in 1805, one of…
559 Royal Domain of Drottningholm – 1991 The stands on an island in Lake Mälar in a suburb of Stockholm. With its castle, perfectly preserved theatre (built in 1766), Chinese pavilion and…
1017 Central Suriname Nature Reserve – 2000 The comprises 1.6 million ha of primary tropical forest of west-central Suriname. It protects the upper watershed of the Coppename River and the headwaters of…
1073 Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region – 2003 These five archaeological sites, stretching over more than 60 km in the Nile valley, are testimony to the Napatan (900 to…
201 Ancient City of Polonnaruwa – 1982 Polonnaruwa was the second capital of Sri Lanka after the destruction of Anuradhapura in 993. It comprises, besides the Brahmanic monuments built by the Cholas,…
314 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada – 1984 Rising above the modern lower town, the Alhambra and the Albaycín, situated on two adjacent hills, form the medieval part of Granada. To the…
915 Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa – 1999 The Taung Skull Fossil Site, part of the extension to the site inscribed in 1999, is the place where in 1924 the celebrated…
854 East Rennell – 1998 makes up the southern third of Rennell Island, the southernmost island in the Solomon Island group in the western Pacific. Rennell, 86 km long x 15 km…
390 Škocjan Caves – 1986 This exceptional system of limestone caves comprises collapsed dolines, some 6 km of underground passages with a total depth of more than 200 m, many waterfalls and…
618 Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity – 1993 Over the centuries, the town of Banská Štiavnica was visited by many outstanding engineers and scientists who…
1483 Singapore Botanic Gardens – 2015 Situated at the heart of the city of Singapore, the site demonstrates the evolution of a British tropical colonial botanic garden that has become a modern…
185 Aldabra Atoll – 1982 The atoll is comprised of four large coral islands which enclose a shallow lagoon; the group of islands is itself surrounded by a coral reef. Due to…
96 Stari Ras and Sopoćani – 1979 On the outskirts of Stari Ras, the first capital of Serbia, there is an impressive group of medieval monuments consisting of fortresses, churches and monasteries.…
26 Island of Gorée – 1978 The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on…
1293 Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) – 2008 The Archaeological Site of Al-Hijr (Madâin Sâlih) is the first World Heritage property to be inscribed in Saudi Arabia. Formerly known as Hegra it…
1245 San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano – 2008 covers 55 ha, including Mount Titano and the historic centre of the city which dates back to the foundation of the republic…
1161 Pitons Management Area – 2004 The 2,909-ha site near the town of Soufriere includes the Pitons, two volcanic spires rising side by side from the sea (770 m and 743 m…
910 Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park – 1999 is an outstanding, well-preserved example of 17th- and 18th-century military architecture in a Caribbean context. Designed by the British and built by African slave…