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UNESCO World Heritage Sites

This is a running list of the 1) countries* and 2) UNESCO World Heritage Sites I've visited. UNESCO sites I've previously written about are linked to the story or photos.

Total Countries Visited = 65

Total UNESCO World Heritage Sites Visited = 116

* I'm counting certain places, such as Macau, Hong Kong, and French Polynesia, as countries, even though they aren't part of the United Nations.

Andorra (0 of 1)

Argentina (2/8)

  • Jesuit Block of Cordoba
  • Los Glaciares National Park (Perito Moreno Glacier, Viedma Glacier, Fitz Roy)

Armenia (⅔)

  • Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin 
  • Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley

Australia (3/19)

  • Fraser Island
  • Great Barrier Reef
  • Sydney Opera House

Austria (2/9)

  • Historic Centre of Vienna
  • Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn

Belgium (1/11)

  • La Grand-Place, Brussels

Belize (1/1)

  • Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

Bolivia (2/6)

  • City of Potosí
  • Historic City of Sucre

Botswana (0/1)

Brazil (1/21)

  • Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea

Cambodia (½)

  • Angkor

Canada (1/19)

  • Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

Chile (⅕)

  • Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso

China (0/42)

Colombia (2/7)

  • Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia
  • Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena

Costa Rica (0/3)

Cuba (3/9)

  • Old Havana and its Fortification System
  • Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
  • Viñales Valley

Czech Republic (1/12)

  • Historic Centre of Prague

Denmark

Ecuador (¾)

  • City of Quito
  • Galápagos Islands
  • Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca

Egypt (4/7)

  • Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
  • Historic Cairo
  • Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
  • Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae

El Salvador (1/1)

  • Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site

England (5/28)

  • Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church
  • City of Bath
  • Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
  • Tower of London
  • Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church

France (7/38)

  • Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
  • Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
  • Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims
  • Chartres Cathedral
  • Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
  • Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine

French Polynesia (0)

Georgia (0/3)

Germany (0/38)

Greece (2/18)

  • Acropolis, Athens
  • Medieval City of Rhodes

Guatemala (3/3)

  • Antigua
  • Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
  • Tikal National Park

Honduras (½)

  • Maya Site of Copan

Hong Kong (0)

Hungary (⅛)

  • Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue

Iceland (½)

  • Þingvellir National Park

India (6/29)

  • Agra Fort
  • Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
  • Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
  • Mountain Railways of India (Darjeeling Himalayan Railway only)
  • Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
  • Taj Mahal

Indonesia (2/8)

  • Borobudur Temple Compounds
  • Komodo National Park

Ireland (0/2)

Italy (8/48)

  • Historic Centre of Florence
  • Historic Centre of Rome
  • Historic Centre of San Gimignano
  • Historic Centre of Siena
  • Monte Sant' Angelo
  • Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
  • Val d'Orcia
  • Venice and its Lagoon

Japan (3/16)

  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
  • Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
  • Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara

Laos (2/2)

  • Town of Luang Prabang
  • Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape

Lesotho (0)

Luxembourg (1/1)

  • City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications

Macau (1/1)

  • Historic Centre of Macau

Mexico (12/35)

  • Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
  • Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
  • Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
  • Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
  • Historic Centre of Puebla
  • Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara
  • Luis Barragán House and Studio
  • Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
  • Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen Itza
  • Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
  • Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal
  • Sian Ka'an

Monaco (0)

Nepal (¼)

  • Kathmandu Valley

Netherlands (1/9)

  • Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht

New Zealand (⅓)

  • Tongariro National Park

Nicaragua (2/2)

  • Leon Cathedral
  • Ruins of Leon Viejo

Panama (⅕)

  • Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá

Peru (5/11)

  • Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
  • City of Cuzco
  • Historic Centre of Lima
  • Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
  • Huascaran National Park

Romania (⅛)

  • Historic Centre of Sighisoara

Rwanda (0)

Singapore (0)

Slovakia (0/7)

Slovenia (0/3)

South Africa (⅜)

  • Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
  • Robben Island
  • uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park

Spain (1/44)

  • Works of Antoni Gaudí

Sweden

Switzerland (2/11)

  • Old City of Berne
  • Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch

Thailand (0/5)

Turkey (5/13)

  • #102 - Archaeological Site of Troy
  • #101 - Bursa and Cumalkzk: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire
  • #99 - Historic Areas of Istanbul
  • #103 - Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape
  • #100 - Hierapolis-Pamukkale (my 100th World Heritage site - May 2015)

United States of America (5/21)

  • Grand Canyon National Park
  • Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
  • Independence Hall
  • Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
  • Statue of Liberty

Uruguay (1/1)

  • Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento

Vatican City (1/1)

  • Vatican City

Wales (0/2)

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