Places of Note & UNESCO

Kim's Favorite Places to Eat & Experience in the World



UNESCO Sites Visited

There are many UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world (1,031 currently!), and it's constantly changing. Here's where I've visited (and remember), so far.
  1. Australia - Sydney Opera House
  2. Australia - Tasmanian Wilderness
  3. Australia - Wet Tropics of Queensland
  4. Australia - Great Barrier Reef
  5. Belgium - La Grand-Place, Brussels
  6. Belgium -  Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
  7. Cambodia - Angkor
  8. Canada - Historic District of Old Québec
  9. Canada - Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
  10. France - Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
  11. France - Palace and Park of Versailles
  12. France - Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
  13. France - Paris, Banks of the Seine
  14. France - Cathedral of Notre-Dame
  15. France - The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
  16. Germany - Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau
  17. Germany - Monastic Island of Reichenau
  18. Germany - Upper Middle Rhine Valley
  19. Germany/UK - Frontiers of the Roman Empire
  20. Greece - Acropolis
  21. Greece - Archaeological Site of Delphi
  22. Greece - Minoan Palatial Centres
  23. Guatemala - Antigua Guatemala
  24. Holy See - Vatican City 
  25. Iceland - Þingvellir National Park
  26. India - Red Fort Complex
  27. India - Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
  28. India - Sun Temple, Konârak
  29. India - Agra Fort
  30. India - Taj Mahal
  31. India - Elephanta Caves
  32. Italy - Historic Centre of Florence
  33. Italy - Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
  34. Italy - Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
  35. Jordan - Petra
  36. Jordan - Wadi Rum Protected Area
  37. Laos - Town of Luang Prabang
  38. Laos - Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape
  39. Malaysia - Georgetown
  40. Mexico - Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
  41. Mexico - Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl
  42. Nepal - Kathmandu Valley 
  43. New Zealand - Tongariro National Park
  44. New Zealand - Te Wahipounamu
  45. Peru - City of Cuzco
  46. Peru - Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
  47. Peru - Historic Centre of Lima
  48. Rwanda - Nyungwe National Park
  49. Rwanda - Memorial sites of the Genocide: Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero
  50. San Marino - San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano
  51. Singapore - Singapore Botanical Gardens
  52. South Korea - Changdeokgung Palace Complex
  53. South Korea - Hwaseong Fortress
  54. Spain - Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
  55. Spain - Historic City of Toledo
  56. Tanzania - Stone Town of Zanzibar
  57. UK - Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
  58. UK - Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
  59. UK - Tower of London
  60. UK - Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
  61. UK - Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
  62. UK - City of Bath
  63. USA - Independence Hall
  64. USA - Redwood National and State Parks
  65. USA - Statue of Liberty
  66. USA - Yosemite National Park
  67. USA - La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico
  68. USA - The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
  69. Uzbekistan - Itchan Kala
  70. Uzbekistan - Historic Centre of Bukhara
  71. Uzbekistan - Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz
  72. Uzbekistan - Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures
  73. Uzbekistan - Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor *
  74. Viet Nam - Ha Long Bay

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