UNESCO World Heritage Sites I have visited

As I have mentioned on other pages, I have an interest in UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world, and I am always excited when I find out that I can visit a new one.  Such a collection of unique places in the world!  I’ll add to this page as I continue my travels, so it will be a work in progress.  I’ll also update the featured photo to the latest new UNESCO site that I have been to, over time.

What is UNESCO?

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. 

https://whc.unesco.org/en/about

The UNESCO World Heritage List

Sites of outstanding universal value are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List if they meet at least one out of ten selection criteria. You can see the full list here which includes an interactive map of the world with all the current sites shown.

You can read about all the different sites and the reasons that they were included on the list. It is really very interesting and I always go to the list as a starting point for planning a visit to another country.

UNESCO World Heritage Sites I have visited during my travels

Australia

• Sydney Opera House, NSW.
• Green Island – Great Barrier Reef, QLD.
• Uluru – Kata Tjuta National Park, NT.
• Greater Blue Mountains Area, NSW.
• Wet Tropics of Queensland;
  • Lake Barrine
  • Curtain Fig
• Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC.

China

• The Great Wall of China
  • Jinshanling Great Wall
• Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
• Temple of Heaven, an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing

Czech Republic

• Historic Centre of Prague, Czechia
  • Old Town Square
  • The Charles Bridge
  • Hradcany Castle
  • Vysehrad

France

• Palace and Park of Versailles, France
• Paris, banks of the Seine, France
• Bourges Cathedral, France
• Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes:
  • Chateaux of the Loire Valley:
    • Langeais
    • Amboise
    • Villandry
    • Valencay
    • Chenonceau
    • Chambord
    • Cheverney
    • Blois
• Provins, town of Medieval Fairs, France
• The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy:
  • The historic centre of Dijon
  • The town of Beaune
• Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
• Canal du Midi
• Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
• Historic site of Lyon
• Historic centre of Avignon:
  • Papal Palace
  • Avignon Bridge 

Germany

• Wurzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence square, Germany
• Town of Bamberg, Germany
• Museum Island Berlin, Germany
• Upper Middle Rhine Valley
• Palaces and Parks of Potsdam, Germany
  • Schloss San Souci
• Dresden, Elbe Valley, Germany (De-listed in 2009, but beautiful Dresden can stay here)

Greece

• Acropolis, Athens, Greece
• Archaeological Site of Delphi
• Meteora Monasteries
• Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus, Greece
• Delos Island, Greece
• Archaeological Site of Mycenae, Greece

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Ireland

• Brú na Bóinne – Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne
  • Newgrange

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Italy

• Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci
• Historic Centre of Florence
• Venice and its Lagoon
• Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
• Historic Centre of San Gimignano
• Historic Centre of Sienna
• Archaeological areas of Pompeii and Herculaneum
  • Pompeii
  • Herculaneum
• Costiera Amalfitana
• City of Verona
• Villa d’Este, Tivoli

Nederlands

• 17^th Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
• Historic Mill Network – Kinderdijk

UK

• Stonehenge
• Westminster Abby
• Tower of London

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