18 Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela – 1978 The 11 medieval monolithic cave churches of this 13th-century ‘New Jerusalem’ are situated in a mountainous region [...]

822 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn – 1997 The origins of Tallinn date back to the 13th century, when a castle was [...]

1550 Asmara: A Modernist African City – 2017 Located at over 2,000 m above sea level, the capital of Eritrea developed from the [...]

675 Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site – 1993 Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic farming community that, like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, [...]

90 Abu Mena – 1979 The church, baptistry, basilicas, public buildings, streets, monasteries, houses and workshops in this early Christian holy city were [...]

2 City of Quito – 1978 Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was founded in the 16th century on the ruins of an Inca [...]