My UNESCO World Heritage Sites List

Brussels Grand Place

The following is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites that I have visited. I’ve added the year of the first time I visited the site (for those I remember) in brackets after the name.

Belgium

(6 of 10)

• Flemish Béguinages (2005)
• La Grand-Place, Brussels (2004)
• Belfries of Belgium and France (2005)
• Historic Centre of Brugge (2004)
• Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) (2007)
• Stoclet House (2007)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

(1 of 2)

• Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar (2012)

Canada

(3 of 15)

• Historic District of Old Québec
• Old Town Lunenburg
• Joggins Fossil Cliffs

China

(1 of 43)

• Historic Centre of Macao (April 2013)

Croatia

(1 of 7)

• Old City of Dubrovnik (2012)

Dominica

(1 of 1)

• Morne Trois Pitons National Park (1996)

Finland

(1 of 7)

• Fortress of Suomenlinna (2005)

France

(14 of 37)

• Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (2006)
• Palace and Park of Versailles (2001)
• Palace and Park of Fontainebleau (2001)
• Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the “Triumphal Arch” of Orange (2006)
• Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) (2005)
• Paris, Banks of the Seine (2001)
• Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge (2005)
• Historic Site of Lyons (2001)
• Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (2007)
• Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion (2009)
• The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes (2008)
• Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (2006)
• Strasbourg – Grande Ile (2011)
• Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments (2006)

Germany

(3 of 29)

• Cologne Cathedral (2006)
• Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (2009)
• Upper Middle Rhine Valley (2001)

Greece

(1 of 17)

• Acropolis, Athens (2010)

Holy See

(2 of 2)

• Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (2001)
• Vatican City (2001)

Iceland

(1 of 2)

• Thingvellir National Park (2011)

Italy

(4 of 42)

• Historic Centre of Florence (2001)
• Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (2001)
• Venice and its Lagoon (2001)
• City of Verona (2006)

Luxembourg

(1 of 1)

• City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications (2001)

Malaysia

(1 of 4)

• Kinabalu Park (April 2013)

Malta

(3 of 3)

• City of Valletta (2008)
• Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (2008)
• Megalithic Temples of Malta (2008)

The Netherlands

(5 of 9)

• Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout (2004)
• Defence Line of Amsterdam (2004)
• Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) (2004)
• The Wadden Sea (2004)
• Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (2004)

Poland

(2 of 13)

• Cracow’s Historic Centre (2010)
• Wieliczka Salt Mine (2010)

Spain

(4 of 40)

• Works of Antoni Gaudí (2004)
• Pyrénées – Mont Perdu (2006)
• Mudejar Architecture of Aragon (2008)
• Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (2008)
• Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada (2012)
• Historic Centre of Cordoba (2012)
• Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (2012)

Switzerland

(1 of 10)

• Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (2001)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

(4 of 28)

• Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast (2006)
• Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret’s Church (2001)
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2010)
• Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (2012)

The United States of America

(9 of 21)

• Yellowstone National Park (1986)
• Everglades National Park
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Redwood National Park (2003)
• Mammoth Cave National Park
• Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
• La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico (1996)
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Yosemite National Park (2003)