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UNESCO World Heritage List
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World Heritage Symbol
A UNESCO World Heritage Site [1] is a site that has been nominated for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's international World Heritage program. The program aims to catalogue and preserve sites of outstanding importance, either cultural or natural, to the common heritage of humankind. See also UNESCO Creative Cities, describing a recently instituted program recognizing entire cities with some similar characteristics.
[edit] Africa
Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Timbuktu
Old Towns of Djenné
Tomb of Askia in Gao
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
W National Park
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
Sukur Cultural Landscape
Aldabra Atoll
Vallee de Mai Nature Reserve
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
[edit] Americas
Rapa Nui National Park - see Easter Island
Churches of Chiloe Island: Achao, Quinchao and Caguach churches, Quinchao | Castro, Rilán, Nercón and Chelín churches, Castro | Aldachildo, Ichuac and Detif churches, Puqueldón | Vilupuili and Chonchi churches, Chonchi | Tenaún and Colo churches, Quemchi | San Juan and Dalcahue churches, Dalcahue
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works, Atacama Desert
Historic quarter of the seaport city of Valparaiso
Sewell Mining Town
National History Park - Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers
Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles
Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Parana and Jesus de Tavarangue near Encarnacion
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
Historic Inner City of Paramaribo
Minaret and archaeological remains of Jam
Cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley: Bamiyan Cliff including niches of the 38 meter Buddha, seated Buddhas, 55 meter Buddha and surrounding caves | Kakrak Valley caves including the niche of the standing Buddha | Qoul-I Akram Caves in the Fuladi Valley | Kalai Ghamai Caves in the Fuladi Valley | Shahr-i-Zuhak | Qallay Kaphari A | Qallay Kaphari B | Shahr-i-Ghulghulah
The Walled city of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
Qal'at al-Bahrain - Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
The Great Wall
Mount Taishan
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (Forbidden City), Beijing, Shenyang
Mogao Caves, Dunhuang
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emporer (Xian)
Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian
Mount Huangshan
Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Mountain Resort and its outlying Temples, Chengde
Temple and cemetery of Confucius, and the Kong family mansion in Qufu
Ancient building complex in the Wudang Mountains
Historic ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa: Potala Palace | Jokhang Temple Monastery | Norbulingka
Lushan National Park
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
Old town of Lijiang
Historic Centre of Macau
Ancient city of Pingyao
Classical gardens of Suzhou
Summer Palace, an Imperial garden in Beijing
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial sacrificial altar in Beijing
Mount Wuyi
Dazu - Buddhist carvings from 9th-13th century located in Chongqing municipality.
Mount Qincheng and the Dujiangyan irrigation system, near Chengdu
Ancient villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun
Longmen Grottoes (Luoyang)
Imperial tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties: Xianling tomb, Zhongxiang | Eastern Qing tombs, Zunhua | Western Qing tombs, Yixian and Baoding | Ming tombs, Changping | Xiaoling, Chang Yushun, Qiu Cheng, Wu Liang, Wu Zhen, Xu Da and Li Wenzhong tombs, Nanjing
Yungang Grottoes (Datong)
Three parallel rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas: Gaoligong and Yunling Mountains, Nujiang | Baimang-Meili and Haba Snow Mountains, Red and Qianghu Mountain, Diqing | Laowoshan, Nujiang and Diqing | Laojunshan, Lijiang
Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom Huanren County (Liaoning Province) and (Ji’an, Jilin Province)
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
Yin Xu (Anyang)
South China Karst, in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi Provinces
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly
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