Redwood National Park comprises a region of coastal mountains bordering the Pacific Ocean north of San Francisco. It is covered with a magnificent [...]

The remains of two great East African ports admired by early European explorers are situated on two small islands near the coast. From [...]

This historic landscape garden features elements that illustrate significant periods of the art of gardens from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The [...]

The represents a masterful synergy of architectural styles built by Czech architect Josef Hlavka from 1864 to 1882. The property, an outstanding example [...]

The covers nearly 100,000 ha in western Uganda and comprises the main part of the Rwenzori mountain chain, which includes Africa’s third highest [...]

, brings together two historic railway lines that cross the Swiss Alps through two passes. Opened in 1904, the Albula line in the [...]

The rock carvings in Tanum, in the north of Bohuslän, are a unique artistic achievement not only for their rich and varied motifs [...]

The stands on an island in Lake Mälar in a suburb of Stockholm. With its castle, perfectly preserved theatre (built in 1766), Chinese [...]

A sacred pilgrimage site for 22 centuries, this cave monastery, with its five sanctuaries, is the largest, best-preserved cave-temple complex in Sri Lanka. [...]

Located in a vast mountainous area in the centre of Gran Canaria, Risco Caído comprises cliffs, ravines and volcanic formations in a landscape [...]

The urban morphology of the two small cities of Úbeda and Baeza in southern Spain dates back to the Moorish 9th century and [...]

The walls of Lugo were built in the later part of the 3rd century to defend the Roman town of Lucus. The entire [...]

The late prehistoric rock-art sites of the Mediterranean seaboard of the Iberian peninsula form an exceptionally large group. Here the way of life [...]

The monastery is an outstanding repository of four centuries of Spanish religious architecture. It symbolizes two significant events in world history that occurred [...]

Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain A network of four Christian pilgrimage routes in northern Spain, the [...]

The 160,000 ha of dramatic mountainous desert in north-western South Africa constitutes a cultural landscape communally owned and managed. This site sustains the [...]

was used at various times between the 17th and 20th centuries as a prison, a hospital for socially unacceptable groups and a military [...]

This property includes two components situated in a desert landscape: Jabel Umm Sinman at Jubbah and the Jabal al-Manjor and Raat at Shuwaymis. A [...]

The form a collection of 40 tombs scattered over 18 locations. Built over five centuries, from 1408 to 1966, the tombs honoured the [...]

Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada) Located 30 km northwest of Lisbon, the property was [...]