Situated near the southern margin of the Red River Delta, the is a spectacular landscape of limestone karst peaks permeated with valleys, many [...]

The property consists of eight buildings in the United States designed by the architect during the first half of the 20th century. These [...]

Situated in the valley of a small tributary of the Rio Grande, this adobe settlement – consisting of dwellings and ceremonial buildings – [...]

Located in northwest England, the English Lake District is a mountainous area, whose valleys have been modelled by glaciers in the Ice Age [...]

This railway bridge, crossing the Forth estuary in Scotland, had the world’s longest spans (541 m) when it opened in 1890. It remains [...]

The massive White Tower is a typical example of Norman military architecture, whose influence was felt throughout the kingdom. It was built on [...]

The constitute a site embracing almost 30 ha of hillside within Kampala district. Most of the site is agricultural, farmed by traditional methods. [...]

Stretching over more than 600,000 ha along the Myanmar border, the sanctuaries, which are relatively intact, contain examples of almost all the forest [...]

Tajikistan National Park covers more than 2.5 million hectares in the east of the country, at the centre of the so-called “Pamir Knot”, a [...]

Chosen from the work of Le Corbusier, the 17 sites comprising this transnational serial property are spread over seven countries and are a [...]

The Bellinzona site consists of a group of fortifications grouped around the castle of Castelgrande, which stands on a rocky peak looking out [...]

The has served as a lighthouse and landmark at the entrance of La Coruña harbour in north-western Spain since the late 1st century [...]

Situated on the island of Tenerife, features the Teide-Pico Viejo stratovolcano that, at 3,718 m, is the highest peak on Spanish soil. Rising [...]

Located in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland, one of the main mining areas of central Europe, the property includes the entire underground mine [...]

The Tubbataha Reef Marine Park covers 96,828 ha, including the North and South Atolls and the Jessie Beazley Reef. It is a unique [...]

The location of this unique site in Central America, where Quaternary glaciers have left their mark, has allowed the fauna and flora of [...]

From the ancient Neolithic tumulus of Saraikala to the ramparts of Sirkap (2nd century B.C.) and the city of Sirsukh (1st century A.D.), [...]

In 1993 Tongariro became the first property to be inscribed on the World Heritage List under the revised criteria describing cultural landscapes. The [...]

The landscape in this park, situated in south-west New Zealand, has been shaped by successive glaciations into fjords, rocky coasts, towering cliffs, lakes [...]

has one of the largest concentrations of […] petroglyphs, i.e. rock engravings in Africa. Most of these well-preserved engravings represent rhinoceros, . The [...]