World Heritage Sites

In a mountainous site of extraordinary beauty, the ruins of the first capital of the Hammadid emirs, founded in 1007 and demolished in 1152,...

Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor No doubt thousands of statues still remain to be unearthed at this archaeological site, which was not...

Located in a strange lunar landscape of great geological interest, this site has one of the most important groupings of prehistoric cave art...

1.Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley (2003), Afghanistan Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains ...

A concentration of largely unexcavated archaeological, historic and living cultural heritage properties cradled in an impressive landscape w...

The Mahabodhi Temple Complex is one of the four holy sites related to the life of the Lord Buddha, and particularly to the attainment of Enl...

Preserved by its long isolation, the Upper Svaneti region of the Caucasus is an exceptional example of mountain scenery with medieval-type v...

The 65m-tall Minaret of Jam is a graceful, soaring structure, dating back to the 12th century. Covered in elaborate brickwork with a blue ti...

Rock - Hewn Church   Lalibela, Ethiopia The 11 medieval monolithic cave churches of this 13th-century 'New Jerusalem' are situat...

The cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley represent the artistic and religious developments which from the 1st...

Located in a strange lunar landscape of great geological interest, this site has one of the most important groupings of prehistoric cave art...

Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor No doubt thousands of statues still remain to be unearthed at this archaeological site, which was not...

Preserved by its long isolation, the Upper Svaneti region of the Caucasus is an exceptional example of mountain scenery with medieval-type v...

1.Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley (2003), Afghanistan Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains ...

In a mountainous site of extraordinary beauty, the ruins of the first capital of the Hammadid emirs, founded in 1007 and demolished in 1152,...

Inhabited since prehistoric times, Butrint has been the site of a Greek colony, a Roman city and a bishopric. Following a period of prosperi...

The site consists of four large groups of stone circles that represent an extraordinary concentration of over 1,000 monuments in a band 100 ...

A concentration of largely unexcavated archaeological, historic and living cultural heritage properties cradled in an impressive landscape w...

The Great Living Chola Temples were built by kings of the Chola Empire, which stretched over all of south India and the neighbouring islands...

Rock - Hewn Church   Lalibela, Ethiopia The 11 medieval monolithic cave churches of this 13th-century 'New Jerusalem' are situat...