747 Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento – 1995
Founded by the Portuguese in 1680 on the Río de la Plata, the city was of strategic importance in resisting the Spanish. After
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Unesco heritage 1995
354 Waterton Glacier International Peace Park – 1995
In 1932 Waterton Lakes National Park (Alberta, Canada) was combined with the Glacier National Park (Montana, United States) to form the world’s first
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721 Carlsbad Caverns National Park – 1995
This karst landscape in the state of New Mexico comprises over 80 recognized caves. They are outstanding not only for their size but
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728 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh – 1995
Edinburgh has been the Scottish capital since the 15th century. It has two distinct areas: the Old Town, dominated by a medieval fortress;
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740 Gough and Inaccessible Islands – 1995
The site, located in the south Atlantic, is one of the least-disrupted island and marine ecosystems in the cool temperate zone. The spectacular
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731 Hanseatic Town of Visby – 1995
A former Viking site on the island of Gotland, Visby was the main centre of the Hanseatic League in the Baltic from the
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725 Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst – 1995
The variety of formations and the fact that they are concentrated in a restricted area means that the 712 caves currently identified make
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719 Virgin Komi Forests – 1995
The cover 3.28 million ha of tundra and mountain tundra in the Urals, as well as one of the most extensive areas of
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736 Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple – 1995
Established in the 8th century on the slopes of Mount Toham, the Seokguram Grotto contains a monumental statue of the Buddha looking at
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738 Jongmyo Shrine – 1995
Jongmyo is the oldest and most authentic of the Confucian royal shrines to have been preserved. Dedicated to the forefathers of the Joseon
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737 Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks – 1995
Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks The Temple of Haeinsa, on Mount Gaya, is home to the Tripitaka
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723 Cultural Landscape of Sintra – 1995
In the 19th century Sintra became the first centre of European Romantic architecture. Ferdinand II turned a ruined monastery into a castle where
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722 Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras – 1995
For 2,000 years, the high rice fields of the Ifugao have followed the contours of the mountains. The fruit of knowledge handed down
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739 Schokland and Surroundings – 1995
Schokland was a peninsula that by the 15th century had become an island. Occupied and then abandoned as the sea encroached, it had
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479 Town of Luang Prabang – 1995
Luang Prabang is an outstanding example of the fusion of traditional architecture and Lao urban structures with those built by the European colonial
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734 Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama – 1995
Located in a mountainous region that was cut off from the rest of the world for a long period of time, these villages
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717 Historic Centre of Siena – 1995
Siena is the embodiment of a medieval city. Its inhabitants pursued their rivalry with Florence right into the area of urban planning. Throughout
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726 Historic Centre of Naples – 1995
From the Neapolis founded by Greek settlers in 470 B.C. to the city of today, Naples has retained the imprint of the successive
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733 Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta – 1995
Ferrara, which grew up around a ford over the River Po, became an intellectual and artistic centre that attracted the greatest minds of
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730 Crespi d’Adda – 1995
in Capriate San Gervasio in Lombardy is an outstanding example of the 19th- and early 20th-century ‘company towns’ built in Europe and North
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