Summary of World Heritage Sites Visited in May 2011

== World Heritage == * Excerpt from wikipedia

Europe: 120 locations, China: 3 locations, Japan: 8 locations

“Italy (13 locations)

01. Historic Centre of Rome, Papal States and Basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura – (1980, Cultural Heritage)

02. Historic Centre of Florence – (1982, Cultural Heritage)

03. Venice and its lagoons – (1987, Cultural Heritage)

04. Piazza del Duomo in Pisa – (1987, Cultural Heritage)

05. Historic Centre of San Gimignano – (1990, Cultural Heritage)

06. Historic Centre of Siena – (1995, Cultural Heritage)

07. Historic Centre of Naples – (1995, Cultural Heritage)

08. Early Christian buildings in Ravenna – (1996, Cultural Heritage)

09. Archaeological Site of Pompeii, Ercolano and Torre Annunziata – (1997, Cultural Heritage)

10. Amalfi Coast – (1997, Cultural Heritage)

11. Basilica of Francis of Assisi and Related Monastic Institutions – (2000, Cultural Heritage)

12. Villa of the d’Este family in Tivoli – (2001, Cultural Heritage)

13. Le Strade Nuove and Palazzi dei Lolli system in Genoa (2006, Cultural Heritage)

“Spain (12 locations)

01. Historic Centre of Córdoba – (1984, Cultural Heritage)

02. Alhambra, Henerife and Albaycín in Granada – (1984, Cultural Heritage)

03. El Escorial Monastery of Madrid and its ruins – (1984, Cultural Heritage)

04. Works by Antoni Gaudí – (1984, Cultural Heritage)

05. Old Town of Segovia and Roman Aqueduct – (1985, Cultural Heritage)

06. Old Town of Avila and Churches Outside the City Walls – (1985, Cultural Heritage)

07. Ancient City of Toledo – (1986, Cultural Heritage)

08. Old Town of Cáceres – (1986, Cultural Heritage)

09. Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias of Seville – (1987, Cultural Heritage)

10. Catalan Music Hall and Sant Pau Hospital in Barcelona – (1997, Cultural Heritage)

11. Cultural Landscape of Aranjuez – (2001, Cultural Heritage)

12. Renaissance buildings in Ubeda and Baeza – (2003, Cultural Heritage)

“France (26 locations)

01. Mont Saint-Michel and its bay – (1979, Cultural heritage)

02. Chartres Cathedral – (1979, Cultural heritage)

03. Palace and gardens of Versailles – (1979, cultural heritage)

04. Palaces and gardens of Fontainebleau – (1981, Cultural heritage)

05. Roman ruins and Romanesque buildings in Arles – (1981, Cultural heritage)

06. Grand Dill of Strasbourg – (1988, Cultural Heritage)

07. The banks of the Seine in Paris – (1991, Cultural heritage)

08. Historic Centre of Avignon – (1995, Cultural Heritage)

09. Loire Valley between Surrey-sur-Loire and Chalonne – (2000, Cultural heritage)

10. Medieval market town Provins – (2001, Cultural heritage)

11. Prehistoric Landscape and Decorative Caves of the Vezere Valley – (1979, Cultural Heritage)

12. Roman Theatre of Orange and its surroundings and the “Arc de Triomphe” – (1981, Cultural Heritage)

13. Pont du Gard (Roman aqueduct) – (1985, Cultural heritage)

14. Historic Citadel of Carcassonne – (1997, Cultural Heritage)

15. Pilgrimage route of Santiago de Compostela in France – (1999, Cultural heritage)

16. Bishop’s City of Albi – (2010, Cultural Heritage)

17. Place Stanislas, Place Carrière and Place d’Ariens in Nancy – (1983, Cultural Heritage)

18. Church and hill of Vezelay – (1979, cultural heritage)

19. Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay – (1981, Cultural Heritage)

20. From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Al-Quais-Sunan – (1982, enlarged in 2009, cultural heritage)

21. Church of the abbey of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartemps – (1983, Cultural heritage)

22. Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral, the former abbey of Saint-Rémy and the Tor Palace – (1991, Cultural Heritage)

23. Bourges Cathedral – (1992, Cultural Heritage)

24. Historic Centre of Lyon – (1998, Cultural heritage)

25. Bordeaux, Port of the Moon – (2007, Cultural heritage)

26. Works by Vauban – (2008, Cultural Heritage)

“Germany (19 locations)

01. Würzburg Bishop’s Palace, its gardens and squares – (1981, Cultural Heritage)

02. Pilgrimage Church of Wies – (1983, Cultural Heritage)

03. Hanseatic City of Lübeck – (1987, Cultural Heritage)

04. Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin – (1990, Cultural Heritage)

05. City of Bamberg – (1993, Cultural Heritage)

06. Cologne Cathedral – (1996, Cultural Heritage)

07. Upper Middle Rhine Valley – (2002, Cultural Heritage)

08. Dresden Elbe Valley – (2004, Cultural Heritage)

09. Muzeumsuinsel (Museum Island) in Berlin – (1999)

10. Wartburg Castle – (1999, Cultural Heritage)

11. Weimar, the capital of classicism – (1998, cultural heritage)

12. Luther Memorial Buildings in Eisleben and Wittenberg – (1996, Cultural Heritage)

13. Cathedral Councillor’s Church, Castle and Old Town of Kvetlinburg – (1994, Cultural Heritage)

14. Rammelsberg mine, historical city of Goslar and water supply system of the Upper Harz – (1992, 2010, cultural heritage)

15. St. Mary’s Cathedral and St. Michael’s Cathedral in Hildesheim – (1985, Cultural Heritage)

16. Augustusburg Castle and villa Falkenlust in Brühl – (1984, Cultural Heritage)

17. Roman monuments of Trier, Cathedral of St. Peter, Basilica of Our Lady – (1986, Cultural Heritage)

18. Monuments of Maulbronn Monastery – (1993, Cultural Heritage)

19. Speyer Cathedral – (1981, Cultural Heritage)

“United Kingdom (8 locations)

01. Tower of London – (1988, Cultural Heritage, United Kingdom)

02. Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret’s Church – (1987 & 2008, Cultural Heritage, UK)

03. Edinburgh’s Old Town and New Town – (1995, UK)

04. Durham Castle and Cathedral – (1986, England)

05. Blenheim Palace – (1987, UK)

06. City of Bath – (1987, UK)

07. Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites – (1986, UK)

08.River Port City Greenwich – (1997, UK)

“Austria (6 locations)

01. Historic Centre of Salzburg – (1996, Cultural Heritage)

02. Schoenbrunn Palace and Gardens – (1996, Cultural Heritage)

03. Cultural Landscape of Hallstatt and Dachstein in the Salzkammergut Region – (1997, Cultural Heritage)

04. Historic Centre of Graz – (1999, Cultural Heritage)

05. Historic Centre of Vienna – (2001, Cultural Heritage)

06. Cultural Landscape of the Wachau Valley – (2000, Cultural Heritage)

“Czech Republic (7 locations)

01. Historic Centre of Prague – (1992, Cultural Heritage)

02. Historic Centre of Cesky Krumlov – (1992, Cultural Heritage)

03. Historic Centre of Terci – (1992, Cultural Heritage)

04. Gardens and Castle of Kroměříž – (1998, Cultural Heritage)

05. Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc – (2000, Cultural Heritage)

06. Cultural Landscape of Lednice and Valchice – (1996, Cultural Heritage)

07. Litomysl Castle – (1999, Cultural Heritage)

“Portugal (4 locations)

01. Jerónimos Monastery and Tower of Belém in Lisbon – (1983 and 2008, Cultural Heritage)

02. Christian Monastery of Tomar – (1983, Cultural Heritage)

03. Historic Centre of Évora – (1986, Cultural Heritage)

04. Cultural Landscape of Sintra – (1995, Cultural Heritage)

“Poland (6 locations)

01. Auschwitz-Birkenau – German Nazi concentration and extermination camp (1940-1945) – (1979, Cultural Heritage)

02. Historic Centre of Krakow – (1978, Cultural Heritage)

03. Historic Centre of Warsaw – (1980, Cultural Heritage)

04. Zamocici Old Town – (1992, Cultural Heritage)

05. Medieval City of Torun – (1997, Cultural Heritage)

06. Kalvaria Zebzitowska: Landscape with Mannerist architecture and park and pilgrimage park – (1999, Cultural Heritage)

“Croatia (5 locations)

01.Dubrovnik Old Town – (1979, Cultural Heritage)

02. Historic Monuments of Split with Diocletian’s Palace – (1979, Cultural Heritage)

03. Euphrasian Cathedral Buildings in the Historic Centre of Poreč – (1997, Cultural Heritage)

04. Ancient City of Trogir – (1997, Cultural Heritage)

05. Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik – (2000, Cultural Heritage)

“Other Europe (14 locations)

01. Vatican City – (1984, Cultural Heritage)

02. Grand-Place of Brussels – (1998, Cultural heritage, Belgium)

03. Historic Centre of Brugge – (2000, Cultural heritage, Belgium)

04. Old Town of Bern – (1983, Cultural heritage, Switzerland)

05. Jungfrau and Aletsch in the Swiss Alps – (2001/2007, Natural Heritage, Switzerland)

06. King’s Estate at Drottningholm – (1991, Cultural Heritage, Sweden)

07. Spišský Castle and its Related Cultural Heritage – (1993, Cultural Heritage, Slovakia)

08.Bardejov Urban Reserve – (2000, Cultural Heritage, Slovakia)

09. Budapest, including the Danube and Buda Castle Districts and Andrássy Avenue – (1987, Cultural Heritage, Hungary)

10. Natural and Cultural-Historical Region of Kotor – (1979, Cultural Heritage, Montenegro)

11. Istanbul Historical Area – (1985, Cultural Heritage)

12. “Canal Network” in Amsterdam – (The Netherlands, 2010)

13. Luxembourg: its old streets and fortresses – (1994, Cultural heritage, Luxembourg)

14. Historic Centre of St. Petersburg and Related Monuments – (1990, Cultural Heritage, Russia)

“China (3 locations)

01. Great Wall of China – (1987)

02. Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang – (1987, enlarged 2004)

03.tiantan – (1998)

“Japan (8 locations)

01. Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area – (1993, Cultural Heritage)

02. Cultural Properties of the Ancient Capital Kyoto – (1994, Cultural Heritage)

03. Gassho-Zukuri Village in Shirakawa-go and Gokayama – (1995, Cultural Heritage)

04. Atomic Bomb Dome – (1996, Cultural Heritage)

05. Itsukushima Shrine – (1996, Cultural Heritage)

06. Cultural Properties of the Ancient Capital Nara – (1998, Cultural Heritage)

07. Shrines and Temples of Nikko – (1999, Cultural Heritage)

08. Shiretoko – (2005, Natural Heritage)