Sunday, June 8, 2008

Unesco World Heritage Sites

Sites visited:
Austria (2017, 2022)
City of Graz - Historic Centre
Historic Centre of Vienna
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
Semmering Railway

Belgium
La Grand-Place, Brussels

Brazil (2003)
Brasilia
Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea

Bulgaria (1981)
Ancient City of Nessebar

Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 
(Banff, Jasper, Yoho)
Historic District of Old Québec
Rideau Canal
SGang Gwaay (Queen Charlotte Islands)

Cuba (1992, 2016)
Old Havana and its Fortifications

Czech Republic (1986)
Historic Centre of Prague

Denmark (2015)
Kronborg Castle (Helsingør)

Egypt (2007)
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

France (1979, 2000, 2006)
Palace and Park of Versailles
Paris, Banks of the Seine
Nice 

Germany (1980, 1981, 2022)
Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Bacharach, St. Goar)
Great Spa Towns (Baden-Baden)

Gibraltar (2018)
Gorham's Cave Complex

Greece (2011)
Acropolis, Athens
Medieval City of Rhodes

Hungary
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae)
Fertő / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta
Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment
Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings
from the tentative list:
Ödön Lechner’s independent pre-modern architecture
Limes - Ripa Pannonica
Esztergom and Visegrád

Italy (1976, 2006)
Bologna
Historic Centre of Florence
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
Venice and its Lagoon
City of Verona
Rome and Vatican
Via Appia

Japan (2023)
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto 
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara 
Mt. Koya
Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Itsukishima Shrine
Mt. Fuji
Tokyo Museum of Western Art (Le Corbusier)

Morocco (2018)
Medina of Fez
Medina of Marrakesh
Historic City of Meknes
Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City

Mexico (1993)
Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza

Netherlands (1981)
Defence Line of Amsterdam
Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht

Norway (2015)
Bryggen (Bergen) 
Urnes Stave Church
Nærøyfjord

Panama (2017)
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá

Poland (1986, 2017)
Historic Centre of Warsaw
Historic Centre of Kraków
Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
Auschwitz Birkenau

Romania (2018)
Sarmizegetusa
Historic Centre of Sighişoara
from the tentative list:
Old Village of Torockó
Historic Centre of Sibiu

Slovakia (2018)
from the tentative list:
Kassa

Spain (2008)
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
Works of Antoni Gaudí
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona

Sweden (2015)
Royal Domain of Drottningholm
Skogskyrkogården (Forest Cemetery)

Turkey (2011)
Ephesus
Historic Areas of Istanbul

United Kingdom (1981)
Tower of London
Westminster Abbey

United States (1983, 2007)
Everglades National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Statue of Liberty
Guggenheim Museum (Frank Lloyd Wright)

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