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Visited UNESCO Sites

The following is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites I have visited.

  1. Austria
    1. Historic Center of the City of Salzburg (2006, 2014)
    2. Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (1998, 2013)
    3. Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape (2014)
    4. City of Graz - Historic Centre (2005)
    5. Historic Center of Vienna (1998, 2013)
  2. Belgium
    1. Grand-Place, Brussels (1994)
    2. Belfries of Belgium and France
    3. Historic Center of Brugge (1994, 1999)
    4. Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
    5. Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai (2011)
  3. Canada
    1. Historic District of Québec (1996)
  4. China
    1. Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (2005)
    2. The Great Wall (1996, 2005)
    3. Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing (2012)
    4. Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1996)
  5. Czech Republic
    1. Historic Center of Prague
  6. Egypt
    1. Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1985, 1997, 1999)
    2. Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (1985)
    3. Islamic Cairo (1997)
    4. Saint Catherine Area (1999)
  7. France
    1. Chartres Cathedral (?, 2015)
    2. Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (1995)
    3. Palace and Park of Versailles (1994, 2005, 2013)
    4. Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley (2002)
    5. Vézelay, Church and Hill (?, 2016)
    6. Amiens Cathedral (2008)
    7. Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments (2007)
    8. Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (2016)
    9. Palace and Park of Fontainebleau (1999)
    10. Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange (2007)
    11. Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (2014)
    12. Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy (2005, 2014)
    13. Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) (2007)
    14. Strasbourg - Grand île (2004, 2007)
    15. Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims (1998, 2009, 2011)
    16. Paris, Banks of the Seine (1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2006)
    17. Bourges Cathedral (2015)
    18. Historic Center of Avignon (1992, 2008)
    19. Canal du Midi (2012)
    20. Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (2012)
    21. Historic Site of Lyon (2007, 2013)
    22. Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    23. Belfries of Belgium and France
    24. Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion (2002, 2014)
    25. The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes (1995, 1998, 2002, 2012, 2013)
    26. Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs (2001, 2002)
    27. Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret (2010)
    28. Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (2014)
    29. Fortifications of Vauban
    30. The Causses and the Cévennes (2018)
    31. Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars
    32. The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
    33. The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
      • Maisons La Roche et Jeanneret (2008)
      • Cité Frugès (2014)
      • Villa Savoye et loge du jardiner (2008)
      • Immeuble locatif à la Porte Molitor (2014)
      • Unité d’habitation Marseille (2010)
  8. Germany
    1. Aachen Cathedral
    2. Speyer Cathedral (2007)
    3. Pilgrimage Church of Wies (2005)
    4. Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of our Lady in Trier (?, 2007)
    5. Frontiers of the Roman Empire
      • Fort site and civil settlement of Lorsch (2006)
      • Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fortlet Klein-Deinbach (2006)
      • Fort site and civil settlement of Aalen (2006)
      • Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the fort site of Westernbach (2006)
      • Watchtowers WP 9/101 to 9/131 including the fortlets of Rötelsee and Ebnisee (2006)
    6. Hanseatic City of Lübeck (2014)
    7. Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (2005, 2010)
    8. Maulbronn Monestary Complex (2005)
    9. Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau (2010)
    10. Cologne Cathedral (1989)
    11. Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (2005, 2010)
    12. Monastic Island of Reichenau (2005)
    13. Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar (2010)
    14. Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof (2004)
  9. Greece
    1. Acropolis, Athens (2006)
  10. Holy See
    1. Vatican City (2002)
  11. Hungary
    1. Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, and Andrassy Avenue (1998, 2002)
  12. Ireland
    1. Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (2006)
  13. Israel
    1. Masada (1985)
    2. Old City of Acre (1985)
    3. Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba (1985)
  14. Italy
    1. Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci (2013)
    2. Historic Center of Rome (2002, 2007, 2015)
    3. Historic Center of Florence (2002)
    4. Venice and its Lagoon (2005)
    5. The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera (2016)
    6. Historic Center of Naples (2001)
    7. Castel del Monte (2016)
    8. Archaeological Area of Agrigento (2017)
    9. Alberobello (2016)
    10. Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata (2001)
    11. Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (2010)
    12. Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (2010)
    13. Villa Romana del Casale (2017)
    14. Villa Adriana (Tivoli) (2015)
    15. City of Verona (2013)
    16. Villa d'Este, Tivoli (2015)
    17. Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
      • Catania (2017)
    18. Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
    19. Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (2010)
    20. The Dolomites (2005)
    21. Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.)
    22. Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
      • Church of San Cataldo (2017)
      • Church of Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio (2017)
      • Royal Palace and Palatine Chapel (2017)
      • Monreale Cathedral (2017)
      • Cefalù Cathedral (2017)
      • The Palermo Cathedral (2017)
  15. Jerusalem
    1. Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (1985)
  16. Latvia
    1. Historic Center of Riga (1997)
  17. Luxembourg
    1. City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications
  18. Malta
    1. City of Valletta (2000)
  19. Netherlands
    1. Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout (1995)
  20. Palestine
    1. Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (1985)
  21. Poland
    1. Historic Centre of Kraków (2015)
    2. Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines (2015)
    3. Auschwitz Birkenau (2015)
    4. Historic Centre of Warsaw (2008)
  22. Portugal
    1. Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belem in Lisbon (2005)
    2. Historic Centre of Évora (2007)
    3. Cultural Landscape of Sintra (2007)
    4. Historic Centre of Oporto (2011)
    5. Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde (2011)
    6. Alto Douro Wine Region (2011)
  23. Russian Federation
    1. Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (2000)
  24. Spain
    1. Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada (2014)
    2. Historic Centre of Cordoba (2007,2014)
    3. Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid (2018)
    4. Works of Antoni Gaudí (2003)
    5. Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct (2007)
    6. Historic City of Toledo (2018)
    7. San Cristóbal de La Laguna (2005)
    8. Garajonay National Park (2005)
    9. Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (2007)
    10. Old City of Salamanca (2018)
    11. La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia (2018)
    12. Teide National Park (2005)
  25. Switzerland
    1. Convent of St Gall (2005)
    2. Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn (2005)
  26. Thailand
    1. Historic City of Ayutthaya and Associated Historic Towns (1996)
  27. Turkey
    1. Historic Areas of Istanbul (1996)
  28. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    1. Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey, and Saint Margaret's Church (2002)
    2. Tower of London (2002)
    3. Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (1995)
    4. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  29. United States of America
    1. Mesa Verde (1976)
    2. Grand Canyon National Park (1976, 2016)
    3. Independence Hall (1988)
    4. Great Smoky Mountains National Park
    5. La Fortaleza and San Juan Historic Site in Puerto Rico
    6. Statue of Liberty (1985)
    7. Chaco Culture National Historic Park (1976)
    8. Pueblo de Taos (1975, 2005)
    9. Carlsbad Caverns National Park (1975, 1987)
  30. Yemen
    1. Old City of Sana'a (1998)