The 14th -century Ho Dynasty citadel, built according to the feng shui principles, testifies to the flowering of neo-Confucianism in late 14th century [...]

The Thang Long Imperial Citadel was built in the 11th century by the Ly Viet Dynasty, marking the independence of the Dai Viet. [...]

Established as the capital of unified Viet Nam in 1802, Hué was not only the political but also the cultural and religious centre [...]

The , built to the design of the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva, between 1940 and 1960, is an outstanding example of the Modern [...]

is spread over 3 million ha in south-eastern Venezuela along the border between Guyana and Brazil. Roughly 65% of the park is covered [...]

With its earthen constructions unique to the Caribbean, Coro is the only surviving example of a rich fusion of local traditions with Spanish [...]

is the first site to be inscribed in Vanuatu. It consists of three early 17th century AD sites on the islands of Efate, [...]

This karst landscape in the state of New Mexico comprises over 80 recognized caves. They are outstanding not only for their size but [...]

For over 2,000 years, Pueblo peoples occupied a vast region of the south-western United States. Chaco Canyon, a major centre of ancestral Pueblo [...]

Cahokia Mounds, some 13 km north-east of St Louis, Missouri, is the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. It was occupied primarily during [...]

Much of the landscape of Cornwall and West Devon was transformed in the 18th and early 19th centuries as a result of the [...]

Canterbury, in Kent, has been the seat of the spiritual head of the Church of England for nearly five centuries. Canterbury’s other important [...]

Founded by the Romans as a thermal spa, Bath became an important centre of the wool industry in the Middle Ages. In the [...]

The castles of Beaumaris and Harlech (largely the work of the greatest military engineer of the time, James of St George) and the [...]

The constitute a serial property that testifies to sedentary human occupation of a desert region since the Neolithic period with vestiges of many [...]

From the 13th century to the advent of the railway in the early 20th century, Safranbolu was an important caravan station on the [...]

These two castles represent the most significant examples illustrating the exchange of influences and documenting the evolution of fortified architecture in the Near [...]

Gammelstad, at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, is the best-preserved example of a ‘church village’, a unique kind of village formerly [...]

The comprises 1.6 million ha of primary tropical forest of west-central Suriname. It protects the upper watershed of the Coppename River and the [...]

Sri Lanka’s highlands are situated in the south-central part of the island. The property comprises the Peak Wilderness Protected Area, the Horton Plains [...]