The cliff exposures along the Dorset and East Devon coast provide an almost continuous sequence of rock formations spanning the Mesozoic Era, or [...]

The Derwent Valley in central England contains a series of 18th- and 19th- century cotton mills and an industrial landscape of high historical [...]

Durham Cathedral was built in the late 11th and early 12th centuries to house the relics of St Cuthbert (evangelizer of Northumbria) and [...]

Located on an escarpment of the Upper Tigris River Basin that is part of the so-called Fertile Crescent, the fortified city of Diyarbakır [...]

Before the Roman annexation of Numidia, the town of Thugga, built on an elevated site overlooking a fertile plain, was the capital of [...]

The spans 230 km between Ta Phraya National Park on the Cambodian border in the east, and Khao Yai National Park in the [...]

Seven timber houses are listed in this site located in the east of Sweden, representing the zenith of a regional timber building tradition [...]

in Andalusia occupies the right bank of the Guadalquivir river at its estuary on the Atlantic Ocean. It is notable for the great [...]

Situated in the Senegal River delta, the Djoudj Sanctuary is a wetland of 16,000 ha, comprising a large lake surrounded by streams, ponds [...]

Built in the 1st centuries B.C. and A.D. under Dacian rule, these fortresses show an unusual fusion of military and religious architectural techniques [...]

The waters of the Danube, which flow into the Black Sea, form the largest and best preserved of Europe’s deltas. The Danube delta [...]

Forming a bridge between the two continents of the New World, contains an exceptional variety of habitats – sandy beaches, rocky coasts, mangroves, [...]

The Beemster Polder, dating from the early 17th century, is is an exceptional example of reclaimed land in the Netherlands. It has preserved [...]

Extending 135 km around the city of Amsterdam, this defence line (built between 1883 and 1920) is the only example of a fortification [...]

This breathtaking national park was formed by glaciers and is traversed by rivers and underground streams. Along the Tara river canyon, which has [...]

According to Greek mythology, Apollo was born on this tiny island in the Cyclades archipelago. Apollo’s sanctuary attracted pilgrims from all over Greece [...]

The 18th- and 19th-century cultural landscape of extends some 18 km along the river from Übigau Palace and Ostragehege fields in the north-west [...]

Located in a limestone plateau of the Ardèche River in southern France, the property contains the earliest-known and best-preserved figurative drawings in the [...]

, with its uplifted marine terraces and associated ongoing development of karst topography and features, represents a globally significant example of geomorphologic and [...]

The steep hillsides of the Dazu area contain an exceptional series of rock carvings dating from the 9th to the 13th century. They [...]