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ALBANIA
BELARUS
- 1979: Białowieża Forest
BULGARIA
- 1979: Boyana Church
- 1979: Madara Rider
- 1979: Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo
CROATIA
FRANCE
GERMANY
- 1978: Aachen Cathedral
ITALY
MONTENEGRO
NORTH MACEDONIA
NORWAY
- 1979: Bryggen
POLAND
SERBIA
- 1979: Stari Ras and Sopoćani
Albania
- 1992: Butrint
- 2005: Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra
- 2007: Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
Andorra
Armenia
- 1996: Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
- 2000: Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots
- 2000: Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley
Austria
- 1996: Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
- 1996: Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
- 1997: Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
- 1998: Semmering Railway
- 2000: Wachau Cultural Landscape
- 2001: Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
- 2001: Historic Centre of Vienna
Azerbaijan
- 2000: Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah’s Palace and Maiden Tower
- 2007: Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
- 2019: Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace
Belarus
Belgium
- 1998: Flemish Béguinages
- 1998: La Grand-Place, Brussels
- 1999: Belfries of Belgium and France *
- 2000: Historic Centre of Brugge
- 2000: Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
- 2000: Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
- 2005: Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex
- 2007: Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
- 2016: The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
- 2023: Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
- 1979: Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
- 1983: Ancient City of Nessebar
- 1983: Pirin National Park
- 1983: Srebarna Nature Reserve
Croatia
- 1997: Historic City of Trogir
- 2016: Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards
- 2017: Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar
Cyprus
Czechia
- 1992: Historic Centre of Český Krumlov
- 1992: Historic Centre of Prague
- 1995: Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec
- 1998: Holašovice Historic Village
- 2021: The Great Spa Towns of Europe *
- 2023: Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops
Denmark
- 1994: Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
- 2000: Kronborg Castle
- 2004: Ilulissat Icefjord
- 2018: Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea
- 2023: Viking-Age Ring Fortresses
Estonia
Finland
- 1991: Fortress of Suomenlinna
- 1991: Old Rauma
- 1994: Petäjävesi Old Church
- 1996: Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
France
- 1981: Amiens Cathedral
- 1981: Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
- 1981: Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
- 1981: Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the “Triumphal Arch” of Orange
- 1983: Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
- 1983: Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
- 1985: Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
- 1988: Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt
- 1991: Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims
- 1991: Paris, Banks of the Seine
- 1995: Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
- 1996: Canal du Midi
- 1997: Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
- 1997: Pyrénées – Mont Perdu
- 1998: Historic Site of Lyon
- 1998: Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- 1999: Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
- 2000: The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
- 2005: Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
- 2007: Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
- 2008: Fortifications of Vauban
- 2010: Episcopal City of Albi
- 2015: Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars
- 2016: The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
- 2017: Taputapuātea
- 2018: Chaîne des Puys – Limagne fault tectonic arena
- 2021: Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera
- 2023: Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) *
- 2023: The Maison Carrée of Nîmes
- 2023: Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique
Georgia
Germany
- 1981: Speyer Cathedral
- 1981: Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
- 1984: Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
- 1986: Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
- 1987: Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- 1987: Hanseatic City of Lübeck
- 1990: Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
- 1991: Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
- 1992: Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
- 1993: Maulbronn Monastery Complex
- 1993: Town of Bamberg
- 1994: Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg
- 1994: Völklingen Ironworks
- 1996: Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau
- 1996: Cologne Cathedral
- 1999: Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
- 1999: Wartburg Castle
- 2001: Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
- 2002: Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
- 2002: Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- 2004: Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
- 2006: Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
- 2008: Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
- 2009: Wadden Sea *
- 2011: Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe *
- 2011: Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps *
- 2013: Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
- 2015: Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus
- 2016: The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
- 2018: Naumburg Cathedral
- 2021: Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
- 2021: The Great Spa Towns of Europe
- 2023: Jewish-Medieval Heritage of Erfurt
Greece
- 1986: Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
- 1987: Acropolis, Athens
- 1987: Archaeological Site of Delphi
- 1988: Medieval City of Rhodes
- 1988: Meteora
- 1988: Mount Athos
- 1989: Archaeological Site of Mystras
- 1990: Delos
- 1990: Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
- 1999: Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
- 1999: The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
- 2007: Old Town of Corfu
- 2016: Archaeological Site of Philippi
- 2023: Zagori Cultural Landscape
Holy See
- 1980: Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
- 1984: Vatican City
Hungary
- 1987: Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
- 2002: Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape
Iceland
- 2004: Þingvellir National Park
- 2008: Surtsey
- 2019: Vatnajökull National Park – Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice
Ireland
Israel
- 2001: Masada
- 2001: Old City of Acre
- 2003: White City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement
- 2008: Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee
- 2014: Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves
Italy
- 1980: Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci
- 1980: Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
- 1982: Historic Centre of Florence
- 1987: Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
- 1987: Venice and its Lagoon
- 1990: Historic Centre of San Gimignano
- 1993: The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera
- 1994: City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
- 1995: Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
- 1995: Historic Centre of Naples
- 1995: Historic Centre of Siena
- 1996: Castel del Monte
- 1996: Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
- 1996: The Trulli of Alberobello
- 1997: Archaeological Area of Agrigento
- 1997: Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
- 1997: Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
- 1997: Costiera Amalfitana
- 1997: Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
- 1997: Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
- 1997: Su Nuraxi di Barumini
- 1997: Villa Romana del Casale
- 1997: 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex
- 1998: Historic Centre of Urbino
- 1999: Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- 2000: Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
- 2000: Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
- 2001: Villa d’Este, Tivoli
- 2002: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
- 2004: Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
- 2004: Val d’Orcia
- 2007: Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe *
- 2008: Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes *
- 2009: The Dolomites
- 2011: Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.)
- 2013: Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany
- 2014: Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato
- 2015: Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
- 2017: Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar
- 2019: Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene
- 2021: Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
- 2021: The Great Spa Towns of Europe *
- 2021: The Porticoes of Bologna
- 2023: Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines
Latvia
Lithuania
- 1994: Vilnius Historic Centre
- 2000: Curonian Spit *
- 2004: Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)
- 2023: Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939
Luxembourg
Malta
Montenegro
- 2016: Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards
- 2017: Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar
Netherlands
- 1997: Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao
- 1997: Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
- 2009: Wadden Sea *
- 2010: Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
- 2023: Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker
Norway
- 2005: West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
- 2015: Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site
Poland
- 1980: Historic Centre of Warsaw
- 1992: Old City of Zamość
- 1997: Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork
- 1997: Medieval Town of Toruń
- 2001: Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica
- 2004: Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski
- 2006: Centennial Hall in Wrocław
- 2007: Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe *
- 2013: Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine *
- 2017: Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System
Portugal
- 1983: Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores
- 1983: Monastery of Batalha
- 1983: Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon
- 1986: Historic Centre of Évora
- 1989: Monastery of Alcobaça
- 1995: Cultural Landscape of Sintra
- 1996: Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar
- 1998: Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
- 1999: Laurisilva of Madeira
- 2001: Alto Douro Wine Region
- 2001: Historic Centre of Guimarães and Couros Zone
- 2004: Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
- 2012: Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications
- 2013: University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia
- 2019: Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada)
- 2019: Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga
Romania
- 1991: Danube Delta
- 1993: Churches of Moldavia
- 1993: Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
- 1999: Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
- 1999: Historic Centre of Sighisoara
- 1999: Wooden Churches of Maramureş
- 2007: Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe *
Russian Federation
- 1990: Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
- 1990: Kizhi Pogost
- 1990: Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
- 1992: Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands
- 1992: Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
- 1996: Lake Baikal
- 1996: Volcanoes of Kamchatka
- 2000: Curonian Spit *
- 2000: Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery
- 2001: Central Sikhote-Alin
- 2003: Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
- 2019: Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture
- 2023: Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University
San Marino
Serbia
- 1986: Studenica Monastery
- 2004: Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
- 2016: Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
- 1984: Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
- 1984: Burgos Cathedral
- 1984: Historic Centre of Cordoba
- 1984: Works of Antoni Gaudí
- 1985: Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
- 1985: Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches
- 1985: Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
- 1986: Garajonay National Park
- 1986: Historic City of Toledo
- 1986: Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- 1986: Old Town of Cáceres
- 1987: Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
- 1993: Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
- 1993: Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain
- 1994: Doñana National Park
- 1996: La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
- 1997: Las Médulas
- 1997: Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
- 1997: San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
- 1999: Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
- 1999: San Cristóbal de La Laguna
- 2000: Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco
- 2000: Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí
- 2000: Roman Walls of Lugo
- 2001: Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
- 2003: Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza
- 2006: Vizcaya Bridge
- 2007: Teide National Park
- 2016: Antequera Dolmens Site
- 2018: Caliphate City of Medina Azahara
- 2021: Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences
- 2023: Prehistoric Sites of Talayotic Menorca
Sweden
Switzerland
- 1983: Abbey of St Gall
- 1983: Old City of Berne
- 2000: Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona
- 2001: Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- 2003: Monte San Giorgio *
- 2007: Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
- 2008: Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes *
- 2008: Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
- 2016: The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
Turkiye
- 1985: Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
- 1985: Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
- 1985: Historic Areas of Istanbul
- 1986: Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
- 1987: Nemrut Dağ
- 1988: Hierapolis-Pamukkale
- 1988: Xanthos-Letoon
- 1994: City of Safranbolu
- 2011: Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex
- 2015: Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
- 2015: Ephesus
- 2016: Archaeological Site of Ani
- 2017: Aphrodisias
- 2018: Göbekli Tepe
- 2023: Gordion
- 2023: Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia
Ukraine
- 1990: Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
- 1998: L’viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre
- 2011: Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans
- 2023: The Historic Centre of Odesa
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 1986: Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
- 1986: Durham Castle and Cathedral
- 1986: Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast
- 1986: Ironbridge Gorge
- 1986: St Kilda
- 1986: Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
- 1986: Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey
- 1987: Blenheim Palace
- 1987: City of Bath
- 1987: Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- 1987: Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
- 1988: Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey, and St Martin’s Church
- 1988: Tower of London
- 1995: Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
- 1997: Maritime Greenwich
- 1999: Heart of Neolithic Orkney
- 2000: Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
- 2000: Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda
- 2001: Derwent Valley Mills
- 2001: Dorset and East Devon Coast
- 2001: New Lanark
- 2001: Saltaire
- 2003: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
2004: Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City(delisted 2021)- 2006: Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
- 2009: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
- 2015: The Forth Bridge
- 2016: Gorham’s Cave Complex
- 2017: The English Lake District
- 2019: Jodrell Bank Observatory
- 2021: The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales
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