Between the 16th and 20th centuries, a series of defensive structures was built at this strategic point in the Caribbean Sea to protect [...]

Six areas in the historic centre and docklands of the maritime mercantile City of Liverpool bear witness to the development of one of [...]

The city of L”viv, founded in the late Middle Ages, was a flourishing administrative, religious and commercial centre for several centuries. The medieval [...]

The site of La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle watchmaking town-planning consists of two towns situated close to one another in a remote environment [...]

The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces, stretching for about 30 km along the south-facing northern shores of Lake Geneva from the Chateau de Chillon to [...]

The Arctic Circle region of northern Sweden is the home of the Saami people. It is the largest area in the world (and [...]

In the 1st century A.D. the Roman Imperial authorities began to exploit the gold deposits of this region in north-west Spain, using a [...]

Built between 1482 and 1533, this group of buildings was originally used for trading in silk (hence its name, the Silk Exchange) and [...]

Spišský Hrad has one of the largest ensembles of 13th and 14th century military, political and religious buildings in eastern Europe, and its [...]

Shared between Mongolia and the Russian Federation, this site is an outstanding example of the Daurian Steppe eco-region, which extends from eastern Mongolia [...]

is marked by spectacular rock pillars that reach a height of approximately 100 m along the banks of the Lena River in the central [...]

Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains 20% [...]

The 987-ha site on the volcanic island of Pico, the second largest in the Azores archipelago, consists of a remarkable pattern of spaced-out, [...]

The is an outstanding relict of a previously widespread laurel forest type. It is the largest surviving area of laurel forest and is [...]

Located in the arid Peruvian coastal plain, some 400 km south of Lima, the geoglyphs of Nasca and the pampas of Jumana cover [...]

The frankincense trees of Wadi Dawkah and the remains of the caravan oasis of Shisr/Wubar and the affiliated ports of Khor Rori and [...]

Built between 1747 and the early 19th century to the design of Guatemalan architect Diego José de Porres Esquivel, the monument expresses the [...]

Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage. [...]

Shared between Mongolia and the Russian Federation, this site is an outstanding example of the Daurian Steppe eco-region, which extends from eastern Mongolia [...]

Built in 1948, the House and Studio of architect Luis Barragán in the suburbs of Mexico City represents an outstanding example of the [...]