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), รland (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), PlantinโMoretus 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 |
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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
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2025
- ๐น๐ท Historic Areas of Istanbul (reference) ๐๏ธ
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2024
- ๐จ๐พ Choirokoitia (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐จ๐พ Painted Churches in the Troodos Region (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐จ๐พ Paphos (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฒ๐น ฤฆal Saflieni Hypogeum (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฒ๐น Megalithic Temples of Malta (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฒ๐น City of Valletta (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐น๐ท Bursa and Cumalฤฑkฤฑzฤฑk: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐น๐ท Archaeological Site of Troy (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐น๐ท Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex ๐๏ธ (reference) (almost)
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2023
- ๐ฉ๐ช Danevirke (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฉ๐ช Hanseatic City of Lรผbeck (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฉ๐ช Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฉ๐ช Old Towns of Stralsund and Wismar (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ Christiansfeld (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ Kronborg Castle (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ Roskilde Cathedral (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฑ๐น Kernavฤ (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฑ๐น Vilnius Old Town (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฑ๐ป Riga Old Town (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ต๐ฑ Malbork Castle (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ธ๐ช รland (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ธ๐ช Royal Domain of Drottningholm (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ธ๐ช Hovgรฅrden (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ธ๐ช Naval Port of Karlskrona (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ธ๐ช Skogskyrkogรฅrden (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ Curonian Spit (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ Struve Geodetic Arc (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ Wadden Sea (reference) ๐๏ธ
- 2022
- 2020
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2019
- ๐ณ๐ฟ Te Wahipounamu (reference) ๐ต
- ๐ณ๐ฟ Tongariro National Park (reference) โฑ๏ธ
- ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore Botanic Gardens (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐บ๐ธ Independence Hall (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐บ๐ธ Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ป๐ณ Hแปi An (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ป๐ณ Imperial City of Huแบฟ (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ป๐ณ Mแปน Sฦกn (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ป๐ณ Phong Nha-Kแบป Bร ng National Park (reference) ๐ต
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2018
- ๐จ๐ณ Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฎ๐ฑ Bahรกโi Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฎ๐ฑ Beit She'arim National Park (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฎ๐ฑ Masada (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฎ๐ฑ Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Meโarot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฎ๐ฑ Old City of Acre (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฎ๐ฑ White City of Tel-Aviv - the Modern Movement (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฎ๐ฑ Tel Megiddo ๐๏ธ (reference) (almost)
- ๐ฏ๐ด Petra (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฏ๐ด Wadi Rum (reference) โฑ๏ธ
- ๐ฏ๐ต Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฏ๐ต Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฐ๐ท Changdeokgung Palace Complex (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ต๐ธ Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ Old City and Walls of Jerusalem (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (reference) ๐๏ธ
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2017
- ๐ซ๐ท Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ซ๐ท Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ซ๐ท Palace and Park of Fontainebleau (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ซ๐ท Palace and Park of Versailles (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ซ๐ท Paris, Banks of the Seine (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฑ๐บ City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) (reference) ๐๏ธ
- 2016
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2015
- ๐ฆ๐น Palace and Gardens of Schรถnbrunn (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฆ๐น Historic Centre of Vienna (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ช๐ธ Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzรญn, Granada (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ช๐ธ Historic Centre of Cordoba (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ช๐ธ Works of Antoni Gaudรญ (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ช๐ธ La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ช๐ธ Mudรฉjar architecture of Aragon (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ช๐ธ Palau de la Mรบsica Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ช๐ธ Cathedral, Alcรกzar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ช๐ธ Vizcaya Bridge (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ต๐ฑ Auschwitz Birkenau (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ต๐ฑ Historic Centre of Krakรณw (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ต๐ฑ Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (reference) ๐ต
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2014
- ๐จ๐ญ Albula Railway (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐จ๐ญ Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฉ๐ช Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ซ๐ท Nice (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ญ๐ท Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ญ๐ท Plitvice Lakes National Park (reference) ๐ต
- ๐ฎ๐น Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (reference) ๐๏ธ
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2013
- ๐ง๐ช La Grand-Place (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฉ๐ช Cologne Cathedral (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฉ๐ช Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ช๐ช Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ซ๐ท The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฎ๐น Historic Centre of Florence (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฎ๐น Medici villas (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ฎ๐น Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ณ๐ฑ Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ป๐ฆ Vatican City (reference) ๐๏ธ
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2012
- ๐จ๐ฟ Historic Centre of Prague (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ญ๐บ Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrรกssy Avenue (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ธ๐ฐ Levoฤa, Spiลกskรฝ Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ธ๐ฐ Vlkolรญnec (reference) ๐๏ธ
- ๐ธ๐ฐ Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area (reference) ๐๏ธ
- 2011
- 2008
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2006
- ๐ซ๐ฎ Fortress of Suomenlinna (reference) ๐๏ธ
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2004
- ๐ซ๐ฎ Verla Groundwood and Board Mill (reference) ๐๏ธ
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2003
- ๐ณ๐ด Rock Art of Alta ๐๏ธ (reference) (almost)
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1999
- ๐ฌ๐ท Medieval City of Rhodes (reference) ๐๏ธ