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HIGHLIGHTS | UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES
2024 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES | A selection of accessible sites listed below by country
AUSTRALIA Australian Convict Sites (Sydney) Gondwana Rainforests (Brisbane) Great Barrier Reef (Cairns) Greater Blue Mountains (Sydney) Kakadu National Park (Darwin) Sydney Opera House Wet Tropics of Queensland (Cairns) CHINA Classical Gardens of Suzhou (Shanghai) Fujian Tulou (Xiamen) Historic Center of Macao (Hong Kong) Kulangsu, a Historic International Settlement (Xiamen) Quanzhou: Emporium of the World (Xiamen) West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou (Shanghai) EGYPT Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (Luxor)
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FRANCE Jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion (Bordeaux) Mont-Saint-Michel (Saint-Malo) Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera (Monte Carlo) Port of the Moon (Bordeaux) GREENLAND Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap (Qaqortoq) ICELAND Thingvellir National Park (Reykjavik) INDIA Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Mumbai) Churches and Convents of Goa Elephanta Caves (Mumbai) Western Ghats (Cochin/Mangalore) INDONESIA Cultural Landscape of Bali Province Komodo National Park
IRELAND Brú na Bóinne – Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (Dublin) ISRAEL Bahá'í Holy Palaces in Haifa and the Western Galilee Biblical Tels – Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba (Haifa) Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (Haifa) Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands (Haifa) Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town (Haifa) Masada (Haifa) Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal (Haifa) Old City of Acre (Haifa) Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines (Haifa) Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot/Wadi el-Mughara Caves (Haifa) White City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement (Haifa) ITALY 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and San Leucio Complex (Naples) Amalfi Coast (Naples) Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia (Rome) Historic Center of Naples Historic Center of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (Naples) Vatican City (Rome) Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este, Tivoli (Rome) JAPAN Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (Kobe) Fujisan, Sacred Place and Source of Artistic Inspiration (Shimizu) Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (Kobe) Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (Hiroshima) National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo – included in The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan (Kobe) JORDAN Petra (Aqaba) Wadi Rum Protected Area (Aqaba) MALAYSIA Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley (Penang) George Town, Historic City of the Straits of Malacca (Penang) Kinabalu Park (Kota Kinabalu) Melaka, Historic City of the Straits of Malacca (Kuala Lumpur) NORTHERN IRELAND Giant's Causeway and Coast (Belfast) OMAN Aflaj Irrigation Systems (Muscat) Ancient City of Qalhat (Muscat) Bahla Fort (Muscat) Land of Frankincense (Salalah) PHILIPPINES Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Manila/Salomague) PORTUGAL Cultural Landscape of Sintra (Lisbon) Historic Center of Guimarães (Oporto) Historic Center of Oporto Monastery of Alcobaça (Lisbon) Monastery of Batalha (Lisbon) Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém (Lisbon) Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park Tapada (Lisbon) Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga (Oporto) SAUDI ARABIA Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah SINGAPORE Singapore Botanic Gardens SPAIN Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín (Granada) Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias (Seville) Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (Bilbao) Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau (Barcelona) Roman Walls of Lugo (La Coruña) Santiago de Compostela (La Coruña) Tower of Hercules (La Coruña) Vizcaya Bridge (Bilbao) Works of Antoni Gaudí (Barcelona) THAILAND Historic City of Ayutthaya (Bangkok) Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (Bangkok) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Dubai) UNITED KINGDOM Canterbury Cathedral, Saint Augustine's Abbey and Saint Martin's Church (London) City of Bath (Somerset) Gorham's Cave Complex (Gibraltar) Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (London) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (London) Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Wiltshire) Tower of London (London) UNITED STATES Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Hilo) VIETNAM Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long (Hanoi) Complex of Hue Monuments Ha Long Bay Hoi An Ancient Town (Hue) My Son Sanctuary (Hue) Trang An Landscape Complex (Ha Long Bay)