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The World Heritage Sites (115/1223, 9.4 %)

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Foreword

The World Heritage Sites physically verified by yours.

  • 2025-04-22 Redesign The list of visited sites.
  • 2025-01-12 Add 4 new points in Turkey: Edirne (almost), Troy, Bursa, Istanbul (115/1223, 9.4 %).
  • 2024-10-01 Add "(almost)" label to "Rock Art of Alta" and "Tel Megiddo".
  • 2024-09-13 Add 6 new points in Cyprus and Malta: Choirokoitia, Painted Churches in the Troodos Region, Paphos, Megalithic Temples of Malta, City of Valletta, ฤฆal Saflieni Hypogeum (111/1223, 9.1 %).
  • 2024-01-07 Add 1 old point in France (Nice) (104/1199, 8.7 %).
  • 2023-12-31 Add 1 old point: Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) (Transboundary) (103/1199, 8.6 %).
  • 2023-12-30 Add 1 new point: Struve Geodetic Arc (Transboundary) (102/1199, 8.5 %).
  • 2023-08-29 Add 18 new points: Riga Old Town (Latvia), Curonian Spit (Transboundary), Vilnius Old Town (Lithuania), Kernavฤ— (Lithuania), Malbork Castle (Poland), Old Towns of Stralsund and Wismar (Germany), Hanseatic City of Lรผbeck (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), ร–land (Sweden), Royal Domain of Drottningholm (Sweden), Skogskyrkogรฅrden (Sweden), Hovgรฅrden (Sweden) (102/1199, 8.5 %)
  • 2023-08-29 Fix numbers.
  • 2023-08-29 Add 1 old point: Triple Bridge (Slovenia).
  • 2023-07-22 Add 4 new points: Aachen Cathedral (Germany), Belfries of Belgium and France (Transboundary), Plantinโ€“Moretus Museum (Belgium), Kinderdijk windmills (Netherlands).
  • 2023-07-21 Add 1 old point in Italy (Medici villas).
  • 2021-12-12 Add 1 old point in Switzerland (Albula Railway).
  • 2021-01-30 Add 2 old points in Spain (Vizcaya Bridge, Mudรฉjar architecture of Aragon).
  • 2020-01-19 Add 11 new points (New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam).
  • 2019-11-17 Add Progression chapter.
  • 2019-05-27 Add 2 new points (United States of America).
  • 2018-12-28 Add 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 82 1154 7.11 %
2022 86 1154 7.45 %
2023 105 1199 8.76 %
2024 114 1223 9.32 %
2025 115 1223 9.40 %

Source data (reference)

List of visited sites

  • 2025
    • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Historic Areas of Istanbul (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
  • 2024
    • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Choirokoitia (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Painted Churches in the Troodos Region (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Paphos (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น ฤฆal Saflieni Hypogeum (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Megalithic Temples of Malta (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น City of Valletta (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Bursa and Cumalฤฑkฤฑzฤฑk: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Archaeological Site of Troy (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex ๐Ÿ›๏ธ (reference) (almost)
  • 2023
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Danevirke (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Hanseatic City of Lรผbeck (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Old Towns of Stralsund and Wismar (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Christiansfeld (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kronborg Castle (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Roskilde Cathedral (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Kernavฤ— (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Vilnius Old Town (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Riga Old Town (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Malbork Castle (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช ร–land (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Royal Domain of Drottningholm (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Hovgรฅrden (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Naval Port of Karlskrona (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Skogskyrkogรฅrden (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐ŸŒ Curonian Spit (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐ŸŒ Struve Geodetic Arc (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐ŸŒ Wadden Sea (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
  • 2022
    • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Plantinโ€“Moretus Museum (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Aachen Cathedral (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Kinderdijk windmills (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐ŸŒ Belfries of Belgium and France (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
  • 2020
    • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Citadel of the Hแป“ Dynasty (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Hแบก Long Bay (reference) ๐ŸŒต
    • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Imperial Citadel of Thฤƒng Long (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Trร ng An Scenic Landscape Complex (reference) โ›ฑ๏ธ
  • 2019
    • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Te Wahipounamu (reference) ๐ŸŒต
    • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tongariro National Park (reference) โ›ฑ๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore Botanic Gardens (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Independence Hall (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Hแป™i An (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Imperial City of Huแบฟ (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Mแปน Sฦกn (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Phong Nha-Kแบป Bร ng National Park (reference) ๐ŸŒต
  • 2018
    • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Bahรกโ€™i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Beit She'arim National Park (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Masada (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Meโ€™arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Old City of Acre (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ White City of Tel-Aviv - the Modern Movement (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Tel Megiddo ๐Ÿ›๏ธ (reference) (almost)
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Petra (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Wadi Rum (reference) โ›ฑ๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Changdeokgung Palace Complex (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐ŸŒ Old City and Walls of Jerusalem (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐ŸŒ Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
  • 2017
    • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Palace and Park of Fontainebleau (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Palace and Park of Versailles (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Paris, Banks of the Seine (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐ŸŒ Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
  • 2016
    • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Grand Canyon National Park (reference) ๐ŸŒต
    • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Mesa Verde National Park (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
  • 2015
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Palace and Gardens of Schรถnbrunn (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Historic Centre of Vienna (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzรญn, Granada (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Historic Centre of Cordoba (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Works of Antoni Gaudรญ (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Mudรฉjar architecture of Aragon (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Palau de la Mรบsica Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Cathedral, Alcรกzar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Vizcaya Bridge (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Auschwitz Birkenau (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Historic Centre of Krakรณw (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐ŸŒ Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (reference) ๐ŸŒต
  • 2014
    • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Albula Railway (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Nice (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Plitvice Lakes National Park (reference) ๐ŸŒต
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
  • 2013
    • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช La Grand-Place (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Cologne Cathedral (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Historic Centre of Florence (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Medici villas (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Vatican City (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
  • 2012
    • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Historic Centre of Prague (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrรกssy Avenue (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Levoฤa, Spiลกskรฝ Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Vlkolรญnec (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
  • 2011
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaretโ€™s Church (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Tower of London (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
  • 2008
    • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Old Rauma (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Petรคjรคvesi Old Church (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
  • 2006
    • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Fortress of Suomenlinna (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
  • 2004
    • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Verla Groundwood and Board Mill (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
  • 2003
    • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Rock Art of Alta ๐Ÿ›๏ธ (reference) (almost)
  • 1999
    • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Medieval City of Rhodes (reference) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ