20 Ancient City of Damascus – 1979 Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle [...]

268 Abbey of St Gall – 1983 The Convent of St Gall, a perfect example of a great Carolingian monastery, was, from the [...]

559 Royal Domain of Drottningholm – 1991 The stands on an island in Lake Mälar in a suburb of Stockholm. With its castle, [...]

1017 Central Suriname Nature Reserve – 2000 The comprises 1.6 million ha of primary tropical forest of west-central Suriname. It protects the upper [...]

1073 Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region – 2003 These five archaeological sites, stretching over more than 60 km in the [...]

201 Ancient City of Polonnaruwa – 1982 Polonnaruwa was the second capital of Sri Lanka after the destruction of Anuradhapura in 993. It [...]

314 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada – 1984 Rising above the modern lower town, the Alhambra and the Albaycín, situated on two adjacent [...]

915 Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa – 1999 The Taung Skull Fossil Site, part of the extension to the site inscribed in [...]

854 East Rennell – 1998 makes up the southern third of Rennell Island, the southernmost island in the Solomon Island group in the [...]

390 Škocjan Caves – 1986 This exceptional system of limestone caves comprises collapsed dolines, some 6 km of underground passages with a total [...]

618 Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity – 1993 Over the centuries, the town of Banská Štiavnica [...]

1483 Singapore Botanic Gardens – 2015 Situated at the heart of the city of Singapore, the site demonstrates the evolution of a British [...]

185 Aldabra Atoll – 1982 The atoll is comprised of four large coral islands which enclose a shallow lagoon; the group of islands [...]

96 Stari Ras and Sopoćani – 1979 On the outskirts of Stari Ras, the first capital of Serbia, there is an impressive group [...]

26 Island of Gorée – 1978 The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the [...]

1293 Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) – 2008 The Archaeological Site of Al-Hijr (Madâin Sâlih) is the first World Heritage property to be [...]

1245 San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano – 2008 covers 55 ha, including Mount Titano and the historic centre of the city [...]

1161 Pitons Management Area – 2004 The 2,909-ha site near the town of Soufriere includes the Pitons, two volcanic spires rising side by [...]

910 Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park – 1999 is an outstanding, well-preserved example of 17th- and 18th-century military architecture in a Caribbean context. [...]