603 Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures – 2001
The historic town of Samarkand is a crossroad and melting pot of the world’s cultures. Founded in the 7th century B.C. as ancient
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Unesco heritage 2001
1028 Saltaire – 2001
, West Yorkshire, is a complete and well-preserved industrial village of the second half of the 19th century. Its textile mills, public buildings
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429 New Lanark – 2001
is a small 18th- century village set in a sublime Scottish landscape where the philanthropist and Utopian idealist Robert Owen moulded a model
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1029 Dorset and East Devon Coast – 2001
The cliff exposures along the Dorset and East Devon coast provide an almost continuous sequence of rock formations spanning the Mesozoic Era, or
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1030 Derwent Valley Mills – 2001
The Derwent Valley in central England contains a series of 18th- and 19th- century cotton mills and an industrial landscape of high historical
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1022 Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi – 2001
The constitute a site embracing almost 30 ha of hillside within Kampala district. Most of the site is agricultural, farmed by traditional methods.
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1037 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch – 2001
The extension of the natural World Heritage property of Jungfrau – Aletsch – Bietschhorn (first inscribed in 2001), expands the site to the
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1027 Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun – 2001
The enormous mining excavation known as the Great Pit at Falun is the most striking feature of a landscape that illustrates the activity
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1044 Aranjuez Cultural Landscape – 2001
The Aranjuez cultural landscape is an entity of complex relationships: between nature and human activity, between sinuous watercourses and geometric landscape design, between
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766 Central Sikhote-Alin – 2001
The Sikhote-Alin mountain range contains one of the richest and most unusual temperate forests of the world. In this mixed zone between taiga
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1031 Historic Centre of Guimarães – 2001
The historic town of Guimarães is associated with the emergence of the Portuguese national identity in the 12th century. An exceptionally well-preserved and
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1046 Alto Douro Wine Region – 2001
Wine has been produced by traditional landholders in the Alto Douro region for some 2,000 years. Since the 18th century, its main product,
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1054 Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica – 2001
The , the largest timber-framed religious buildings in Europe, were built in the former Silesia in the mid-17th century, amid the religious strife
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753 Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) – 2001
Essaouira is an exceptional example of a late-18th-century fortified town, built according to the principles of contemporary European military architecture in a North
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950 Royal Hill of Ambohimanga – 2001
The consists of a royal city and burial site, and an ensemble of sacred places. It is associated with strong feelings of national
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481 Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape – 2001
The Champasak cultural landscape, including the Vat Phou Temple complex, is a remarkably well-preserved planned landscape more than 1,000 years old. It was
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1055 Lamu Old Town – 2001
is the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa, retaining its traditional functions. Built in coral stone and mangrove timber, the town
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1025 Villa d’Este, Tivoli – 2001
The Villa d’Este in Tivoli, with its palace and garden, is one of the most remarkable and comprehensive illustrations of Renaissance culture at
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1042 Old City of Acre – 2001
Acre is a historic walled port-city with continuous settlement from the Phoenician period. The present city is characteristic of a fortified town dating
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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
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