TELEVISIO

The World Heritage Sites (111/1223, 9.1 %)

Table of contents

Briefly

The World Heritage Sites I've verified physically.

Article history

  • 2024-09-13 Added 6 new points in Cyprus and Malta: Choirokoitia, Painted Churches in the Troodos Region, Paphos, Megalithic Temples of Malta, City of Valletta, Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum (111/1223, 9.1 %).
  • 2024-01-07 Added 1 old point in France (Nice) (104/1199, 8.7 %).
  • 2023-12-31 Added 1 old point: Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) (Transboundary) (103/1199, 8.6 %).
  • 2023-12-30 Added 1 new point: Struve Geodetic Arc (Transboundary) (102/1199, 8.5 %).
  • 2023-08-29 Added 18 new points: Riga Old Town (Latvia), Curonian Spit (Transboundary), Vilnius Old Town (Lithuania), Kernavė (Lithuania), Malbork Castle (Poland), Old Towns of Stralsund and Wismar (Germany), Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Germany), Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus (Germany), Wadden Sea (Transboundary), Danevirke (Germany), Christiansfeld (Denmark), Roskilde Cathedral (Denmark), Kronborg Castle (Denmark), Naval Port of Karlskrona (Sweden), Öland (Sweden), Royal Domain of Drottningholm (Sweden), Skogskyrkogården (Sweden), Hovgården (Sweden) (102/1199, 8.5 %)
  • 2023-08-29 Fixed numbers.
  • 2023-08-29 Added 1 old point: Triple Bridge (Slovenia).
  • 2023-07-22 Added 4 new points: Aachen Cathedral (Germany), Belfries of Belgium and France (Transboundary), Plantin–Moretus Museum (Belgium), Kinderdijk windmills (Netherlands).
  • 2023-07-21 Added 1 old point in Italy (Medici villas).
  • 2021-12-12 Added 1 old point in Switzerland (Albula Railway).
  • 2021-01-30 Added 2 old points in Spain (Vizcaya Bridge, Mudéjar architecture of Aragon).
  • 2020-01-19 Added 11 new points (New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam).
  • 2019-11-17 Added Progression chapter.
  • 2019-05-27 Added 2 new points (United States of America).
  • 2018-12-28 Added 9 new points (Jordan, Israel, Palestine).
  • 2018-09-23 Text is published.
  • 2018-09-19 Text is started.

Background

I'm after quality in travelling, not numbers like visiting every country, eventhough this page is just about that, the numbers, plus one other page (reference), but generally speaking I'm after great adventures.

One way to improve travelling quality is to get inspiration from the Unesco World Heritage Sites list, the most comprehensive collection of the cultural and natural sites in the world. The list contains 1223 sites at the moment (2024-09-14) (reference) (reference).

On average 26.02 new sites annually have been added to the list since 1978.

My first visit happened in Rhodes, 1999.

Progression

Year Points Max Progression
1999 1 629 0.16 %
2003 2 754 0.27 %
2004 3 788 0.38 %
2006 4 830 0.48 %
2008 6 878 0.68 %
2011 8 936 0.85 %
2012 13 962 1.35 %
2013 23 981 2.34 %
2014 30 1007 2.98 %
2015 44 1031 4.27 %
2016 46 1052 4.37 %
2017 53 1073 4.94 %
2018 69 1092 6.32 %
2019 78 1121 6.96 %
2020 82 1121 7.31 %
2021 81 1154 7.11 %
2022 86 1154 7.45 %
2023 105 1199 8.76 %
2024 111 1223 9.08 %

Source data (reference)

Austria

Site C N M Visit
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn X 2015
Historic Centre of Vienna X 2015

Belgium

Site C N M Visit
Plantin–Moretus Museum X 2022
La Grand-Place X 2013

China

Site C N M Visit
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor X 2018

Croatia

Site C N M Visit
Plitvice Lakes National Park X 2014
Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian X 2014

Czechia

Site C N M Visit
Historic Centre of Prague X 2012

Cyprus

Site C N M Visit
Paphos X 2024
Painted Churches in the Troodos Region X 2024
Choirokoitia X 2024

Denmark

Site C N M Visit
Kronborg Castle X 2023
Roskilde Cathedral X 2023
Christiansfeld X 2023

Estonia

Site C N M Visit
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn X 2013

Finland

Site C N M Visit
Old Rauma X 2008
Petäjävesi Old Church X 2008
Fortress of Suomenlinna X 2006
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill X 2004

France

Site C N M Visit
Palace and Park of Fontainebleau X 2017
Palace and Park of Versailles X 2017
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay X 2017
Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars X 2017
Paris, Banks of the Seine X 2017
Nice X 2014
The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy X 2013

Germany

Site C N M Visit
Danevirke X 2023
Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus X 2023
Hanseatic City of Lübeck X 2023
Old Towns of Stralsund and Wismar X 2023
Aachen Cathedral X 2022
Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin X 2014
Cologne Cathedral X 2013
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen X 2013

Greece

Site C N M Visit
Medieval City of Rhodes X 1999

Holy See

Site C N M Visit
Vatican City X 2013

Hungary

Site C N M Visit
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue X 2012

Israel

Site C N M Visit
White City of Tel-Aviv - the Modern Movement X 2018
Tel Megiddo X 2018 (almost)
Beit She'arim National Park X 2018
Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves X 2018
Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee X 2018
Old City of Acre X 2018
Masada X 2018

Italy

Site C N M Visit
Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli X 2014
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura X 2013
Medici villas X 2013
Historic Centre of Florence X 2013

Japan

Site C N M Visit
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) X 2018
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) X 2018

Jordan

Site C N M Visit
Petra X 2018
Wadi Rum X 2018

Korea

Site C N M Visit
Changdeokgung Palace Complex X 2018

Latvia

Site C N M Visit
Riga Old Town X 2023

Lithuania

Site C N M Visit
Kernavė X 2023
Vilnius Old Town X 2023

Luxembourg

Site C N M Visit
City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications X 2017

Malta

Site C N M Visit
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum X 2024
City of Valletta X 2024
Megalithic Temples of Malta X 2024

Netherlands

Site C N M Visit
Kinderdijk windmills X 2022
Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht X 2013

New Zealand

Site C N M Visit
Te Wahipounamu X 2019
Tongariro National Park X 2019

Norway

Site C N M Visit
Rock Art of Alta X 2003 (almost)

Palestine

Site C N M Visit
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town X 2018

Poland

Site C N M Visit
Malbork Castle X 2023
Auschwitz Birkenau X 2015
Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines X 2015
Historic Centre of Kraków X 2015

Singapore

Site C N M Visit
Singapore Botanic Gardens X 2019

Slovakia

Site C N M Visit
Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area X 2012
Vlkolínec X 2012
Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments X 2012

Spain

Site C N M Visit
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia X 2015
Mudéjar architecture of Aragon X 2015
Vizcaya Bridge X 2015
Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville X 2015
Historic Centre of Cordoba X 2015
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada X 2015
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona X 2015
Works of Antoni Gaudí X 2015

Sweden

Site C N M Visit
Hovgården X 2023
Skogskyrkogården X 2023
Royal Domain of Drottningholm X 2023
Öland X 2023
Naval Port of Karlskrona X 2023

Switzerland

Site C N M Visit
Albula Railway X 2014
Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona X 2014

United Kingdom

Site C N M Visit
Tower of London X 2011
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church X 2011

United States of America

Site C N M Visit
Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville X 2019
Independence Hall X 2019
Grand Canyon National Park X 2016
Mesa Verde National Park X 2016

Vietnam

Site C N M Visit
Tràng An Scenic Landscape Complex X 2020
Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park X 2019
Mỹ Sơn X 2019
Hội An X 2019
Hạ Long Bay X 2020
Imperial City of Huế X 2019
Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty X 2020
Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long X 2020

Transboundary

Site C N M Visit
Wadden Sea X 2023
Belfries of Belgium and France X 2022
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst X 2015
Curonian Spit X 2023
Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) X 2017
Old City and Walls of Jerusalem X 2018
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor X 2018
Struve Geodetic Arc X 2023

C = Cultural site
N = Natural site
M = Mixed site (cultural + natural)