List of World Heritage Sites in Europe

This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe.

Sites marked with an asterisk (*) are also included on the List of World Heritage Sites in danger.

Transboundary Sites

Belfries of Belgium and France — shared between Belgium (mostly for the former Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia) and France. Besides civic belfries, or buildings such as city halls that rather obviously may serve a similar purpose, the list includes: Cathedral of Our Lady ^*, Antwerp; St. Rumbolds Tower, Mechelen; St. Leonard Church, Zoutleeuw — all three in Flanders, Belgium.
Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park/Białowieża Forest (1979, 1992) — shared between Belarus and Poland
Caves of the Aggtelek and Slovenský kras (Slovak Karst) (1995, 2000) — shared between Hungary and Slovakia
Cultural Landscape of Fertõ/Neusiedlersee (2001) — shared between Austria and Hungary
Curonian Spit — shared between Lithuania and the Russian Federation
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Upper German & Rhaetian Limes and Hadrian's Wall — shared between Germany and the United Kingdom whc.unesco.org ID 430bis" target="_blank" >^*
High Coast and Kvarken Archipelago — shared between Sweden and Finland
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights (Vatican City) and Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls — shared between the Holy See and Italy
Muskauer Park/Park Muzakowski on both sides of the Nysa River — shared between Germany and Poland
Pyrénées: Mont Perdu (1997, 1999) — shared between France and Spain
Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) — shared between Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine

Sites per Country

Albania

Butrint (1992, 1999)
Museum-City of Gjirokastra (2005)

Andorra

Madriu-Claror-Perafita Valley (2004)

Austria

Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg (1996)
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (1996)
Hallstatt–Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape (1997)
Semmering Railway (1998)
City of Graz — Historic Centre (1999)
Wachau Cultural Landscape (2000)
Cultural Landscape of Fertõ/Neusiedlersee (2001) — transboundary property, shared with Hungary
Historic Centre of Vienna (2001)

Belarus

Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park (1979, 1992) — transboundary property, shared with Poland where it is known as Białowieża Forest
Mir Castle Complex (2000)
Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh (2005)
Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) — transboundary property, shared with Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine

Belgium

Flemish Beguinages (1998) whc.unesco.org ID 855" target="_blank" >^*
Grand Place, Brussels (1998)
The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut) (1998)
Belfries of Belgium and France, including the former Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia, since 2005 a transboundary property shared with France. Besides civic belfries, or buildings such as city halls that rather obviously may serve a similar purpose, the list includes: Cathedral of Our Lady ^*, Antwerp; St. Rumbolds Tower, Mechelen; St. Leonard Church, Zoutleeuw — all three in Flanders, Belgium (1999, 2005)
Historic Centre of Bruges (2000)
Major Town Houses of Victor Horta in Brussels (Hôtel Tassel, Hôtel Solvay, Hôtel van Eetvelde, and Maison & Atelier Horta) (2000)
Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes, Mons (2000)
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai (2000)
Plantin-Moretus House–Workshops–Museum Complex (2005)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar (2005)

Bulgaria

Boyana Church (1979)
Madara Rider (1979)
Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo (1979)
Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak (1979)
Ancient City of Nessebar (1983)
Pirin National Park (1983)
Rila Monastery (1983)
Srebarna Nature Reserve (1983)
Thracian tomb of Sveshtari (1985)

Croatia

Historic Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian (1979)
Old City of Dubrovnik (1979, 2004)
Plitvice Lakes National Park (1979, 200)
Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Porec (1997)
Historic City of Trogir (1997)
Cathedral of St. James in Šibenik (2000)

Cyprus

Choirokoitia (1998)
Paphos (1980)
Painted Churches in the Troodos Region (1985, 2001)

Czech Republic

Historic Centre of Ceský Krumlov (1992)
Historic Centre of Prague (1992)
Historic Centre of Telc (1992)
Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora (1994)
Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre (1995)
Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape (1996)
Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž (1998)
Holašovice Historical Village Reservation (1998)
Litomyšl Castle (2000)
Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc (2000)
Villa Tugendhat in Brno (2001)
The Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Trebíc (2003)

Denmark

Jelling Runic Stones, mounds and church (1994)
Roskilde Cathedral (1995)
Kronborg Castle (2000)
Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland (2004)

Estonia

Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn (1997)
Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine

Finland

Fortress of Suomenlinna, near Helsinki (1991)
Old Rauma, the wooden city centre of Rauma (1991)
Petäjävesi Old Church (1994)
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill in Jaala (1996)
Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki, in Lappi (1999)
High Coast and Kvarken Archipelago — transboundary property, shared with Sweden (2000, 2006)
Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine

France

Chartres Cathedral (1979)
Decorated Grottoes of the Vézère Valley (1979)
Mont Saint Michel and its Bay (1979)
Château and Park of Versailles (1979)
Vézelay, Church and Hill (1979)
Cathedral of Amiens (1981)
Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (1981)
Palace and Park of Fontainebleau (1981)
Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles (1981)
Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange (1981)
Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans (1982)
Cape Girolata, Cape Porto, Scandola Nature Reserve and the Piana Calanches, Corsica (1983)
Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (1983)
Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance in Nancy (1983)
Pont du Gard, Roman Aqueduct (1985)
Strasbourg–Grande Île (1988)
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims (1991)
Paris, Banks of the Seine (1991)
Bourges Cathedral (1992)
Historic Centre of Avignon (1995)
Canal du Midi (1996)
Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne (1997)
Pyrénées: Mont Perdu (1997, 1999) — transboundary property, shared with Spain
Historic Site of Lyon (1998)
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (1998)
Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion (1999)
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire (2000)
Provins, Town of Mediæval Fairs (2001)
Belfries of Belgium and France — transboundary property (2005), shared with Belgium especially for the former Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia (1999)
Le Havre, the City rebuilt by Auguste Perret (2005)

Germany

Aachen Cathedral
Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar and Dessau — see Bauhaus Weimar and Bauhaus Dessau
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust in Brühl (Rhineland)
Classical Weimar
Collegiate Church, Castle and old Town of Quedlinburg
Cologne Cathedral
Dresden Elbe Valley*
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Upper German & Rhaetian Limes — transboundary property, shared with the United Kingdom: Hadrian's Wall whc.unesco.org ID 430bis" target="_blank" >^*
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
Historic Old Town of Regensburg, and Stadtamhof
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
Maulbronn Monastery Complex
Messel Pit Fossil site
Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar
Monastic Island of Reichenau
Museum Island (Museumsinsel), Berlin
Muskauer Park on both sides of the Nysa River — transboundary property, shared with Poland where it is known as Park Muzakowski
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (including Schloß Sanssouci)
Pilgrimage Church of Wies
Roman Monuments (Porta Nigra, amphitheatre, baths, basilica, bridge, column in Igel), Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
Speyer Cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church at Hildesheim
Town of Bamberg
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
Upper Middle Rhine Valley, the Rhine Gorge
Völklingen Ironworks
Wartburg Castle
Würzburg Residence, with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen

Greece

Acropolis, Athens
Archæological Site of Delphi
Archæological Site of Epidaurus
Archæological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
Archæological Site of Olympia
Archæological Site of Vergina
Delos
Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
Medieval City of Rhodes
Meteora
Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas and Nea Moni of Chios
Mount Athos
Mystras
Palaeochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
Temple of Apollo at Bassae

Holy See

Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in Rome Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (1980, 1990) — transboundary property, shared with Italy.
Vatican City (1984)

Hungary

Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, the Andrássy Avenue and the Millennium Underground (1987, 2002)
Hollókő (1987)
Caves of the Aggtelek and Slovenský kras (Slovak Karst) (1995, 2000) — transboundary property, shared with Slovakia
Millenary Benedictine Monastery of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment (1996)
Hortobágy National Park — the Puszta (1999)
Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianæ) (2000)
Cultural Landscape of Fertõ/Neusiedlersee (2001) — transboundary property, shared with Austria
Tokaji Wine Region Cultural Landscape (2002)

Iceland

Þingvellir National Park (2004)

Republic of Ireland

See also #Northern Ireland

Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (1993)
Skellig Michael (1996)

Luxembourg

City of Luxemburg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications (1994)

F.Y.R. Macedonia

Ohrid Region with its Cultural and Historic Aspect and its Natural Environment (1979, 1980)

Malta

City of Valletta (1980)
Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (1980)
Megalithic Temples of Malta (1980, 1992)

Moldova

Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine

Montenegro

Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (1979)
Durmitor National Park (1980)

The Netherlands

Note: this list includes a site in the Netherlands Antilles

Schokland and Surroundings — in Noordoostpolder (1995)
Defence Line of Amsterdam — a ring of forts and land that could be flooded around Amsterdam (1996)
Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles (1997)
Mill Network at Kinderdijk–Elshout — in Nieuw-Lekkerland (1997)
Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station), Lemmer — in Lemsterland (1998)
Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) (1999)
Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House), Utrecht (2000)

Norway

Bryggen (1979)
Urnes Stave Church (1980)
Røros (1980)
Rock Drawings at Alta (1985)
Vegaøyan — the Vega Archipelago (2004)
Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine
West Norwegian Fjords - Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord (2005)

Poland

Kraków's Historical Centre (1987)
Wieliczka Salt Mine (1978)
Auschwitz Concentration Camp, near Oświęcim (1979)
Białowieża Forest (1979, 1992) — transboundary property, shared with Belarus where it is known as Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park
Historic Centre of Warsaw (1980)
Old City of Zamość (1992)
Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork (1997)
Medieval Town of Toruń (1997)
Old City of Zamość
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park (1999)
Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica (2001)
Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland (2003)
Park Muzakowski on both sides of the Nysa River (2004) — transboundary property, shared with Germany where it is known as Muskauer Park
Centennial Hall in Wroclaw (2006)

Portugal

Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroísmo on Terceira Island, Azores (1983)
Convent of Christ in Tomar (1983)
Monastery of Batalha (1983)
Monastery of the Hieronymites and Belém Tower in Lisbon (1983)
Historic Centre of Évora (1986)
Monastery of Alcobaça (1989)
Cultural Landscape of Sintra (1995)
Historic Centre of Oporto (1996)
Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley (1998)
Laurisilva forests of Madeira (1999)
Alto Douro Wine Region (2001)
Historic Centre of Guimarães (2001)
Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture (2004)

Romania

Danube Delta (1991)
Churches of Modavia (1993)
Monastery of Horezu (1993)
Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania (1993, 1999)
Dacian Fortresses of the Orăştie Mountains (1999) — see also Sarmizegetusa
Historic Centre of Sighişoara (1999)
Wooden Churches of Maramureş (1999)

Russian Federation (European Russia)

See also List of World Heritage Sites in Asian Russia

Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra
Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye
Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands
Curonian Spit — transboundary property, shared with Lithuania
Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery
Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent
Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin
Historic Centre of St. Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments — includes Tsarskoe Selo, Peterhof, Pavlovsk Palace, Strelna, Gatchina, Oranienbaum, Ropsha, Pulkovo, Shlisselburg, Kronstadt
Historic Centre of the City of Yaroslavl
Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
Kizhi Pogost
Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden and Ukraine
Virgin Komi Forests
Western Caucasus
White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal

Serbia

Culturo-Historical Region of Stari Ras and Sopocani Monastery (1979)
Studenica Monastery (1986)
Serbian Medieval Monuments in Kosovo: Decani Monastery, (2004); Patriarchate of Peć, Gračanica Monastery, Our Lady of Ljeviš in Prizren, (2006)

Slovakia

Banská Štiavnica (1993)
Spišský hrad (Spiš Castle) and its Associated Cultural Monuments (1993)
Vlkolínec (1993)
Caves of the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst (1995, 2000) — transboundary property, shared with Hungary
Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve (2000)