The monumental complex at Caserta, created by the Bourbon king Charles III in the mid-18th century to rival Versailles and the …

Construction of this palatine chapel, with its octagonal basilica and cupola, began c. 790–800 under the Emperor Charlemagne. O…

In the district of Port Louis, lies the 1,640 m2 site where the modern indentured labour diaspora began. In 1834, the British G…

Known as the ‘Romanesque Sistine Chapel’, the Abbey-Church of Saint-Savin contains many beautiful 11th- and 12th-century murals…

The abbey, together with its monumental entrance, the famous ‘Torhall’, are rare architectural vestiges of the Carolingian era….

The property includes five

The 34,658 ha site, between the foothills of the Tequila Volcano and the deep valley of the Rio Grande River, is part of an exp…

Near the gardens of the Taj Mahal stands the important 16th-century Mughal monument known as the Red Fort of Agra. This powerfu…

The southern part of the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea is dominated by a vast limestone plateau. Human beings have lived he…

Inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger: 1992

The first Buddhist cave monuments at Ajanta date from the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. During the Gupta period (5th and 6th centu…

The ruins of the ancient city of Aksum are found close to Ethiopia’s northern border. They mark the location of the heart of an…

The atoll is comprised of four large coral islands which enclose a shallow lagoon; the group of islands is itself surrounded by…

Complex geology and varied topography have given rise to a diversity of ecosystems and species unmatched in the insular Caribbe…

Rising above the modern lower town, the Alhambra and the Albaycín, situated on two adjacent hills, form the medieval part of Gr…

Wine has been produced by traditional landholders in the Alto Douro region for some 2,000 years. Since the 18th century, its ma…

Amiens Cathedral, in the heart of Picardy, is one of the largest ‘classic’ Gothic churches of the 13th century. It is notable f…

The impressive ruins of the largest colosseum in North Africa, a huge amphitheatre which could hold up to 35,000 spectators, ar…

The palaces and temples which form the nucleus of this group of secular and religious buildings exemplify the architectural and…

Located at the crossroads of several trade routes from the 2nd millennium B.C., Aleppo was ruled successively by the Hittites, …

Bosra, once the capital of the Roman province of Arabia, was an important stopover on the ancient caravan route to Mecca. A mag…

Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it was the cen…

Ping Yao is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional Han Chinese city, founded in the 14th century. Its urban f…

Polonnaruwa was the second capital of Sri Lanka after the destruction of Anuradhapura in 993. It comprises, besides the Brahman…

The ruins of the capital built by the parricidal King Kassapa I (477–95) lie on the steep slopes and at the summit of a granite…

Founded in the 11th and 12th centuries to serve the caravans crossing the Sahara, these trading and religious centres became fo…

Calakmul, an important Maya site set deep in the tropical forest of the Tierras Bajas of southern Mexico, played a key role in …

The two traditional villages of Xidi and Hongcun preserve to a remarkable extent the appearance of non-urban settlements of a t…

Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some 400 km2, including forested a…

Antigua, the capital of the Captaincy-General of Guatemala, was founded in the early 16th century. Built 1,500 m above sea-leve…

The Aranjuez cultural landscape is an entity of complex relationships: between nature and human activity, between sinuous water…

When Vesuvius erupted on 24 August AD 79, it engulfed the two flourishing Roman towns of Pompei and Herculaneum, as well as the…

The colony of Augusta Emerita, which became present-day Mérida in Estremadura, was founded in 25 B.C. at the end of the Spanish…

Tárraco (modern-day Tarragona) was a major administrative and mercantile city in Roman Spain and the centre of the Imperial cul…

The remains of the 19th-century coffee plantations in the foothills of the Sierra Maestra are unique evidence of a pioneer form…

Xochicalco is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a fortified political, religious and commercial centre from the troubl…