The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated 131 World Heritage Sites in Western Europe. These sites are in 9 countries. Liechtenstein and Monaco have no sites. There are ten sites which are shared between countries.[1][2] The first site from the region to be included on the list was the Aachen Cathedral in Germany in 1978.[3]
The list below uses a definition of Western Europe which includes the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Site | Image | Location | Criteria | Area ha (acre) |
Year | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aachen Cathedral | Aachen, Germany 50°46′28″N 6°5′4″E / 50.77444°N 6.08444°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv), (vi) |
— | 1978 | ||
Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch | Lorsch, Germany 49°39′13.284″N 8°34′6.888″E / 49.65369000°N 8.56858000°E |
Cultural: (iii), (iv) |
— | 1991 | The abbey and gate or 'Torhall', are from the Carolingian era. There are notable Carolingian sculptures and paintings.[4] | |
Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe | Vienne, France 46°33′52.992″N 0°51′57.996″E / 46.56472000°N 0.86611000°E |
Cultural: (i), (iii) |
0.16 (0.40) | 1983 | ||
Amiens Cathedral | Amiens, France 49°53′42″N 2°18′6″E / 49.89500°N 2.30167°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii) |
1.37 (3.4) | 1981 | ||
Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne | County Meath, Ireland 53°41′30.012″N 6°27′0″W / 53.69167000°N 6.45000°W |
Cultural: (i), (iii), (iv) |
770 (1,900) | 1993 | ||
Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments | Bouches-du-Rhône, France 43°40′39.5″N 4°37′50.5″E / 43.677639°N 4.630694°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
65 (160) | 1981 | ||
Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar and Dessau | Berlin, Dessau, and Weimar Germany 50°58′29.172″N 11°19′46.164″E / 50.97477000°N 11.32949000°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv), (vi) |
— | 1996 | ||
Beemster Polder | North Holland, Netherlands 52°32′56″N 4°54′40″E / 52.54889°N 4.91111°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
— | 1999 | Fields, roads, canals, dykes and settlements built on land reclaimed from the sea.[5] | |
Belfries of Belgium and France | Belgium* France* 50°10′27.984″N 3°13′53.004″E / 50.17444000°N 3.23139000°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
— | 1999 | ||
Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair | Müstair, Switzerland 46°37′46.02″N 10°26′51.54″E / 46.6294500°N 10.4476500°E |
Cultural: (iii) |
2,036 (5,030) | 1983 | A Christian monastery from the Carolingian period. It has figurative murals, painted c. 800 AD, and other Romanesque art and designs.[6] | |
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates | Berlin, Germany 52°26′54″N 13°26′59.9″E / 52.44833°N 13.449972°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
88 (220) Buffer zone: 259 (640) |
2008 | Six housing estates from 1910 to 1933. Architects included Bruno Taut, Martin Wagner and Walter Gropius.[7] | |
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape | Wales, United Kingdom 51°46′35″N 3°5′17″W / 51.77639°N 3.08806°W |
Torfaen, Cultural: (iii), (iv) |
3,290 (8,100) | 2000 | ||
Blenheim Palace | United Kingdom 51°50′31″N 1°21′41″W / 51.84194°N 1.36139°W |
Woodstock,Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
— | 1987 | ||
Bordeaux, Port of the Moon | Gironde, France 44°50′20″N 0°34′20″E / 44.83889°N 0.57222°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
1,731 (4,280) | 2007 | ||
Bourges Cathedral | Bourges, France 47°4′56″N 2°23′54″E / 47.08222°N 2.39833°E |
Cultural: (i), (iv) |
0.85 (2.1) | 1992 | ||
Canal du Midi | France 43°36′41″N 1°24′59″E / 43.61139°N 1.41639°E |
Southern France,Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv), (vi) |
1,172 (2,900) | 1996 | ||
Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church | Canterbury, United Kingdom 51°16′48″N 1°4′59″W / 51.28000°N 1.08306°W |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (vi) |
18 (44) | 1988 | ||
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd | Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom 53°8′23″N 4°16′37″W / 53.13972°N 4.27694°W |
Cultural: (i), (iii), (iv) |
6 (15) | 1986 | ||
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl | North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 50°49′30.1″N 6°54′35.2″E / 50.825028°N 6.909778°E |
Brühl, Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
89 (220) | 1984 | Examples of early German Rococo architecture.[8] | |
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims | Reims, France 49°15′12″N 4°1′58″E / 49.25333°N 4.03278°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (vi) |
4.16 (10.3) | 1991 | Notre-Dame in Reims is one of the masterpieces of Gothic art.[9] | |
The Causses and the Cévennes | France 44°13′13″N 3°28′23″E / 44.22028°N 3.47306°E |
Southern France,Cultural: (iii), (v) |
302,319 (747,050) Buffer zone: 312,425 (772,020) |
2011 | The valleys of the Causses were developed and controlled by large abbeys, starting in the 11th century.[10] | |
Chartres Cathedral | Chartres, France 48°26′51″N 1°29′14″E / 48.44750°N 1.48722°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
1.06 (2.6) | 1979 | The cathedral was started in 1145 and rebuilt after a fire in 1194. It is a masterpiece of French Gothic art.[11] | |
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning | Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland 47°6′14″N 6°49′58″E / 47.10389°N 6.83278°E |
Cultural: (iv) |
284 (700) | 2009 | The site has two towns in the Swiss Jura mountains. The town of La Chaux-de-Fonds was described by Karl Marx as a “huge factory-town”.[12] | |
Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay | Côte-d'Or, France 47°38′21.984″N 4°23′20.796″E / 47.63944000°N 4.38911000°E |
Marmagne, Cultural: (iv) |
5.77 (14.3) | 1981 | The monastery was founded by St Bernard in 1119. It isolates the residents from the outside world.[13] | |
City of Bath | Somerset, United Kingdom 51°22′53″N 2°21′31″W / 51.38139°N 2.35861°W |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
2,900 (7,200) | 1987 | Bath was founded by the Romans as a thermal spa town. It was later rebuilt as a neoclassical town.[14] | |
City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg | Styria, Austria 47°4′27″N 15°23′30″E / 47.07417°N 15.39167°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
— | 1999 | A branch of the Habsburg family lived in Graz for centuries.[15] | |
City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications | Luxembourg 49°36′36″N 6°7′59.988″E / 49.61000°N 6.13333000°E |
Cultural: (iv) |
30 (74) | 1994 | Over the centuries Luxembourg was traded back and forth by the great powers in Europe.[16] | |
Classical Weimar | Thuringia, Germany 50°58′39″N 11°19′42.996″E / 50.97750°N 11.32861000°E |
Cultural: (iii), (vi) |
— | 1998 | Weimar became a cultural center in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.[17] | |
Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg | Harz, Germany 51°46′59.988″N 11°9′0″E / 51.78333000°N 11.15000°E |
Cultural: (iv) |
— | 1994 | ||
Cologne Cathedral | Cologne, Germany 50°56′28″N 6°57′26″E / 50.94111°N 6.95722°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
— | 1996 | ||
Convent of St Gall | St. Gallen, Switzerland 47°25′23.988″N 9°22′40.008″E / 47.42333000°N 9.37778000°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
— | 1983 | Its library is one of the richest and oldest in the world.[18] | |
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape | South West England, United Kingdom 50°8′10″N 5°23′1″W / 50.13611°N 5.38361°W |
Cultural: (ii), (iii), (iv) |
19,719 (48,730) | 2006 | ||
Defence Line of Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands 52°22′28″N 4°53′35″E / 52.37444°N 4.89306°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv), (v) |
14,953 (36,950) | 1996 | ||
Derwent Valley Mills | Derbyshire, United Kingdom 53°1′44″N 1°29′17″W / 53.02889°N 1.48806°W |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
1,229 (3,040) | 2001 | ||
Dorset and East Devon Coast | Dorset, United Kingdom 50°42′20″N 2°59′23.6″W / 50.70556°N 2.989889°W |
Natural: (viii) |
2,550 (6,300) | 2001 | ||
Durham Castle and Cathedral | Durham, United Kingdom 54°46′29″N 1°34′34″W / 54.77472°N 1.57611°W |
Cultural: (ii), (iv), (vi) |
8.79 (21.7) | 1986 | ||
Episcopal City of Albi | Tarn, France 43°55′42″N 2°8′33″E / 43.92833°N 2.14250°E |
Cultural: (iv), (v) |
19 (47) | 2010 | ||
Fagus Factory in Alfeld | Alfeld, Germany 51°59′1″N 9°48′40″E / 51.98361°N 9.81111°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
1.88 (4.6) | 2011 | ||
Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape | Burgenland and Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Austria* Hungary* 47°43′9.4″N 16°43′21.8″E / 47.719278°N 16.722722°E |
Cultural: (v) |
52 (130) buffer: 40 (99) |
2001 | Villages and castles built on top of ancient settlements and landscape.[19] | |
Flemish Béguinages | Flanders, Belgium 51°1′51.5″N 4°28′25.5″E / 51.030972°N 4.473750°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iii), (iv) |
60 (150) | 1998 | ||
Fortifications of Vauban | France 50°16′57″N 2°45′32″E / 50.28250°N 2.75889°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
1,153 (2,850) | 2008 | ||
The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx | La Louvière, Belgium 50°28′51.996″N 4°8′13.992″E / 50.48111000°N 4.13722000°E |
Cultural: (iii), (iv) |
67 (170) | 1998 | ||
Frontiers of the Roman Empire | Central Lowlands, Northern England, and Southern Germany Germany* United Kingdom* 54°59′33.4″N 2°36′3.6″W / 54.992611°N 2.601000°W |
Cultural: (ii), (iii), (iv) |
527 (1,300) | 1987 | ||
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz | Saxony-Anhalt, Germany 51°50′33″N 12°25′14.988″E / 51.84250°N 12.42083000°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
14,500 (36,000) | 2000 | ||
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast | County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom 55°15′0″N 6°29′7″W / 55.25000°N 6.48528°W |
Natural: (vii), (viii) |
70 (170) | 1986 | ||
La Grand-Place, Brussels | Brussels, Belgium 50°50′48.048″N 4°21′8.712″E / 50.84668000°N 4.35242000°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
— | 1998 | ||
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve | Corsica, France 42°19′30.7″N 8°37′43.8″E / 42.325194°N 8.628833°E |
Natural: (vii), (viii), (x) |
11,800 (29,000) | 1983 | ||
Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape | Salzkammergut, Austria 47°33′34″N 13°38′47″E / 47.55944°N 13.64639°E |
Cultural: (iii), (iv) |
28,446 (70,290) | 1997 | ||
Hanseatic City of Lübeck | Schleswig-Holstein, Germany 53°52′0.012″N 10°41′30.012″E / 53.86667000°N 10.69167000°E |
Cultural: (iv) |
81 (200) | 1987 | ||
Heart of Neolithic Orkney | Scotland, United Kingdom 58°59′45.8″N 3°11′19.2″W / 58.996056°N 3.188667°W |
Mainland, Cultural: (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) |
15 (37) | 1999 | ||
Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge | Vaucluse, France 43°57′10″N 4°48′22″E / 43.95278°N 4.80611°E |
Culture: (i), (ii), (iv) |
8.2 (20) | 1995 | ||
Historic Centre of Bruges | West Flanders, Belgium 51°12′32.076″N 3°13′30.972″E / 51.20891000°N 3.22527000°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv), (vi) |
410 (1,000) | 2000 | ||
Historic Centre of Salzburg | Salzburg, Austria 47°48′2″N 13°2′36″E / 47.80056°N 13.04333°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv), (vi) |
236 (580) | 1996 | ||
Historic Centre of Vienna | Austria 48°13′0″N 16°22′59″E / 48.21667°N 16.38306°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv), (vi) |
371 (920) | 2001 | ||
Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany 54°18′9″N 13°5′7″E / 54.30250°N 13.08528°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
168 (420) | 2002 | ||
Historic Site of Lyon | Rhône, France 45°46′1.992″N 4°49′59.988″E / 45.76722000°N 4.83333000°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
427 (1,060) | 1998 | ||
Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne | Aude, France 43°12′38″N 2°21′32″E / 43.21056°N 2.35889°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
11 (27) | 1997 | ||
Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) | Netherlands 52°50′44.988″N 5°40′44.004″E / 52.84583000°N 5.67889000°E |
Lemmer,Culture: (i), (ii), (iv) |
7.32 (18.1) | 1998 | ||
Ironbridge Gorge | Shropshire, United Kingdom 52°37′35″N 2°28′22″W / 52.62639°N 2.47278°W |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv), (vi) |
— | 1986 | ||
Jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion | Gironde, France 44°53′41″N 0°9′19″E / 44.89472°N 0.15528°E |
Cultural: (iii), (iv) |
7,847 (19,390) | 1999 | ||
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout | Alblasserdam and Nieuw-Lekkerland, Netherlands 51°52′57″N 4°38′58″E / 51.88250°N 4.64944°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
— | 1997 | The first canals and pumps to drain the land for farming were built here in the Middle Ages.[20] | |
Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces | Vaud, Switzerland 46°29′31″N 6°44′46″E / 46.49194°N 6.74611°E |
Cultural: (iii), (iv), (v) |
1,408 (3,480) | 2007 | The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces go for 30 km (19 mi) on the south-facing northern shores of Lake Geneva.[21] | |
Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret | Seine-Maritime, France 49°29′34.008″N 0°6′27″E / 49.49278000°N 0.10750°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
133 (330) | 2005 | ||
Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City | Merseyside, United Kingdom 53°24′24″N 2°59′40″W / 53.40667°N 2.99444°W |
Cultural: (ii), (iii), (iv) |
136 (340) | 2004 | ||
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes | France 47°23′56.004″N 0°42′10.008″E / 47.39889000°N 0.70278000°E |
Loire Valley,Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
85,394 (211,010) Buffer zone: 208,934 (516,290) |
2000 | The Loire Valley has historic towns and villages, castles and cultivated lands.[22] | |
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg | Saxony-Anhalt, Germany 51°51′52.992″N 12°39′10.008″E / 51.86472000°N 12.65278000°E |
Cultural: (iv), (vi) |
— | 1996 | ||
Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) | Brussels, Belgium 50°49′41.016″N 4°21′44.028″E / 50.82806000°N 4.36223000°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
— | 2000 | ||
Maritime Greenwich | London, United Kingdom 51°28′45″N 0°0′0″E / 51.47917°N 0.00000°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv), (vi) |
110 (270) | 1997 | ||
Maulbronn Monastery Complex | Germany 49°0′2.988″N 8°48′47.016″E / 49.00083000°N 8.81306000°E |
Maulbronn,Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
— | 1993 | The Cistercian Maulbronn Monastery is the most complete medieval monasteries north of the Alps.[23] | |
Messel Pit Fossil Site | Germany 49°55′0.012″N 8°45′14.004″E / 49.91667000°N 8.75389000°E |
Messel,Natural: (viii) |
42 (100) buffer: 23 (57) |
1995 | Messel Pit is the richest fossil site in the world for the Eocene, 57 to 36 million years ago. It shows the earlier stages of mammalian evolution. There are fully articulated skeletons, and the stomach contents of some animals.[24] | |
Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System | Goslar, Upper Harz, Germany 51°49′12″N 10°20′24″E / 51.82000°N 10.34000°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) |
1,010 (2,500) Buffer zone: 5,655 (13,970) |
1992 | The Upper Harz water system was used for some 800 years for mining and extracting ore.[25] | |
Monastic Island of Reichenau | Baden-Württemberg, Germany 47°41′55.4″N 9°3′40.7″E / 47.698722°N 9.061306°E |
Cultural: (iii), (iv), (vi) |
— | 2000 | The site includes traces of the Benedictine monastery, founded in 724. This had spiritual, intellectual and artistic influence in the surrounding region.[26] | |
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay | Manche, France 48°38′8.016″N 1°30′38.016″W / 48.63556000°N 1.51056000°W |
Cultural: (i), (iii), (vi) |
6,558 (16,210) Buffer zone: 57,589 (142,310) |
1979 | A Gothic-style Benedictine abbey, and the village which grew up under its walls. It is on a rocky islet in the midst of vast sandbanks between Normandy and Brittany.[27] | |
Monte San Giorgio | Ticino, Italy* Switzerland* 45°53′20″N 8°54′50″E / 45.88889°N 8.91389°E |
Natural: (viii) |
3,207 (7,920) | 2010 | The wooded mountain of Monte San Giorgio at Lake Lugano is the best fossil record of marine life from the Triassic (245–230 million years ago).[28] | |
Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin | Berlin, Germany 52°31′11″N 13°23′55″E / 52.51972°N 13.39861°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
— | 1999 | There are five museums on the Museumsinsel in Berlin. The collections trace the development of civilizations throughout the ages.[29] | |
Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski | Germany* Poland* 51°34′45.5″N 14°43′35.2″E / 51.579306°N 14.726444°E |
Upper Lusatia,Cultural: (i), (iv) |
348 (860) Buffer zone: 1,205 (2,980) |
2004 | A landscaped park on the Neisse River and the border between Poland and Germany, it was created by Prince Hermann von Puckler-Muskau from 1815 to 1844.[30] |
Site | Image | Location | Criteria | Area ha (acre) |
Year | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) | Belgium 50°25′50.772″N 3°58′43.644″E / 50.43077000°N 3.97879000°E |
Spiennes,Cultural: (i), (iii), (iv) |
172 (430) | 2000 | The Neolithic flint mines at Spiennes are the largest and earliest group of ancient mines in Europe.[31] | |
New Lanark | Lanark, Scotland United Kingdom 55°39′48″N 3°46′59″W / 55.66333°N 3.78306°W |
Cultural: (ii), (iv), (vi) |
146 (360) Buffer zone: 667 (1,650) |
2001 | New Lanark is a small village where, in the early 19th century, Robert Owen built a community based on his ideals. The site includes cotton mill buildings, workers' housing, and schools.[32] | |
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai | Tournai, Belgium 50°36′21.708″N 3°23′21.336″E / 50.60603000°N 3.38926000°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
0.5 (1.2) | 2000 | The Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Tournai was built in the first half of the 12th century. The nave, transept and towers are in the romanesque style.[33] | |
Old City of Berne | Bern, Switzerland 46°56′53.016″N 7°27′1.008″E / 46.94806000°N 7.45028000°E |
Cultural: (iii) |
84,684 (209,260) | 1983 | Founded in the 12th century, Bern developed on a hill site surrounded by the Aare River. The early buildings were followed by arcades in the 15th century arcades and fountains in the 16th century.[34] | |
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom 55°57′0″N 3°13′0″W / 55.95000°N 3.21667°W |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
— | 1995 | Edinburgh has two distinct areas. The Old Town is dominated by a medieval fortress. The New Town (18th century onwards) had a big influence on European urban planning.[35] | |
Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof | Regensburg, Germany 49°1′14″N 12°5′57″E / 49.02056°N 12.09917°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iii), (iv) |
183 (450) Buffer zone: 776 (1,920) |
2006 | This medieval town has many notable buildings built over almost two millennia. Regensburg was a center of the Holy Roman Empire which turned to Protestantism.[36] | |
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn | Vienna, Austria 48°11′12″N 16°18′48″E / 48.18667°N 16.31333°E |
Cultural: (i), (iv) |
186 (460) Buffer zone: 261 (640) |
1996 | The home of the Habsburg emperors from the 18th century to 1918. It was built in the rococo style as a single, unified project. It was the site of the world's first zoo.[37] | |
Palace and Park of Fontainebleau | Fontainebleau, France 48°24′7″N 2°41′53″E / 48.40194°N 2.69806°E |
Cultural: (ii), (vi) |
144 (360) | 1981 | Used by the kings of France from the 12th century, the medieval royal hunting lodge of Fontainebleau was enlarged in the 16th century by François I. He wanted to make a 'New Rome' of it.[38] | |
Palace and Park of Versailles | France 48°48′18″N 2°7′10″E / 48.80500°N 2.11944°E |
Versailles,Cultural: (i), (ii), (vi) |
1,070 (2,600) Buffer zone: 9,467 (23,390) |
1979 | The Palace of Versailles was the main home of the French kings from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI.[39] | |
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin | Berlin, Potsdam, Germany 52°23′59″N 13°1′59″E / 52.39972°N 13.03306°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
2,064 (5,100) | 1990 | This site has 500 ha (1,200 acres) of parks and 150 buildings, built between 1730 and 1916. The Sans-Souci Palace was built under Frederick II between 1745 and 1747.[40] | |
Paris, Banks of the Seine | Paris, France 48°51′30″N 2°17′39″E / 48.85833°N 2.29417°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
365 (900) | 1991 | The river Seine runs through the heart of Paris. The banks of the river are lined with many of Paris' most famous buildings including the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Place de la Concorde, and the Cathedral of Notre Dame.[41] | |
Pilgrimage Church of Wies | Steingaden, Germany 47°40′52.6″N 10°54′0.5″E / 47.681278°N 10.900139°E |
Cultural: (i), (iii) |
0.1 (0.25) | 1983 | The Church of Wies (1745–54) is a masterpiece of the Bavarian Rococo art.[42] | |
Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy | Nancy, France 48°41′37″N 6°10′59″E / 48.69361°N 6.18306°E |
Cultural: (i), (iv) |
— | 1983 | Nancy is the oldest example of a capital city built as a unified whole and on modern principles. It was built between 1752 and 1756 by the architect Héré.[43] | |
Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex | Antwerp, Belgium 51°13′5.988″N 4°23′52.008″E / 51.21833000°N 4.39778000°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi) |
— | 2005 | The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a printing plant and publishing house. It is named after the greatest printer-publisher of the later 16th century: Christophe Plantin. There is a collection of old printing equipment, an extensive library, archives and works of art.[44] | |
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal | Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom 52°58′13″N 3°5′16″W / 52.97028°N 3.08778°W |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
105 (260) Buffer zone: 4,145 (10,240) |
2009 | In north-eastern Wales, the 18 kilometres (11 mi) long Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal is a feat of civil engineering of the Industrial Revolution. The aqueduct was built in a rugged, hilly countryside without any locks. Cast and wrought iron made arches that were light and strong.[45] | |
Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) | France 43°56′50″N 4°32′7″E / 43.94722°N 4.53528°E |
Vers-Pont-du-Gard,Cultural: (i), (iii), (iv) |
0.33 (0.82) Buffer zone: 691 (1,710) |
1985 | The Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era in Rome. It was to allow the aqueduct of Nîmes (which is almost 50 km (31 mi) long) to cross the Gard river.[46] | |
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps | Austria*, France*, Germany*, Italy*, Slovenia*, Switzerland* 47°16′42″N 8°12′27″E / 47.27833°N 8.20750°E |
Cultural: (iv), (v) |
3,961 (9,790) | 2011 | There are 111 small sites with the remains of prehistoric pile-dwelling stilt houses in and around the Alps.[47] | |
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley | Lascaux, France 45°3′27″N 1°10′12″E / 45.05750°N 1.17000°E |
Cultural: (i), (iii) |
— | 1979 | The Vézère valley has 147 prehistoric sites dating from the Palaeolithic and 25 decorated caves. The discovery of Lascaux Cave in 1940 was of great importance. The hunting scenes show about 100 animal figures with remarkable color and detail.[48] | |
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany | Germany*, Slovakia*, Ukraine* 49°5′10″N 22°32′10″E / 49.08611°N 22.53611°E |
Natural: (ix) |
33,670 (83,200) Buffer: 62,403 (154,200) |
2007 | Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathian are used to study the spread of the beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) in the Northern Hemisphere. The addition of the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany in 2011 included five forests of Slovakian and Ukrainian beech forests.[49] | |
Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs | Provins, France 48°33′35″N 3°17′56″E / 48.55972°N 3.29889°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
108 (270) Buffer zone: 1,365 (3,370) |
2001 | The fortified medieval town of Provins is in the former territory of the powerful Counts of Champagne. It was a center of international trading fairs and the wool industry.[50] | |
Pyrénées – Mont Perdu | Hautes-Pyrénées and Province of Huesca, France* Spain* 42°41′7.512″N 0°0′1.8″E / 42.68542000°N 0.000500°E |
Mixed: (iii), (iv), (v), (vii), (viii) |
30,639 (75,710) | 1997 | This mountain landscape, which crosses the French and Spanish borders, is centred round the peak of Mount Perdu. The site includes two of Europe's largest and deepest canyons and three major cirque valleys.[51] | |
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes | Graubünden and Tirano, Italy* Switzerland* 46°29′54″N 9°50′47″E / 46.49833°N 9.84639°E |
Cultural: (ii) (iv) |
109,386 (270,300) | 2008 | This brings together two historic railway lines that cross the Swiss Alps through two passes. The railways provided a rapid and easy route into many formerly isolated alpine settlements.[52] | |
Rietveld Schröder House | Utrecht, Netherlands 52°5′7″N 5°8′50″E / 52.08528°N 5.14722°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii) |
— | 2000 | The Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht was built in 1924. It is an example of the De Stijl group of artists and architects from the 1920s, a modernist movement in architecture.[53] | |
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier | Trier, Germany 49°45′0″N 6°37′59″E / 49.75000°N 6.63306°E |
Cultural: (i)(iii), (iv), (vi) |
— | 1986 | The Roman colony at Trier was founded in the 1st century AD. It grew into a major town and became one of the capitals of the Tetrarchy at the end of the 3rd century. Many of the Roman era structures are still standing in Trier.[54] | |
Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange | Orange, France 44°8′8.6″N 4°48′30.3″E / 44.135722°N 4.808417°E |
Cultural: (iii), (vi) |
9.45 (23.4) Buffer zone: 232 (570) |
1981 | The Roman theatre of Orange is well preserved. The theatre has an intact 103 m (338 ft) facade. The Roman arch was built between A.D. 10 and 25 as a triumphal arch during the reign of Augustus.[55] | |
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France | France 45°11′2.6″N 0°43′22.6″E / 45.184056°N 0.722944°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv), (vi) |
— | 1998 | The site has a number of churches and hospitals that are places on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in western Spain.[56] | |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | London, United Kingdom 51°28′55″N 0°17′38.5″E / 51.48194°N 0.294028°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iii), (iv) |
132 (330) Buffer zone: 350 (860) |
2003 | The gardens were built between the 18th to the 20th centuries. The gardens house botanic collections that have been built up over centuries.[57] | |
Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans | Arc-et-Senans, Salins-les-Bains, France 46°56′15″N 5°52′35″E / 46.93750°N 5.87639°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
— | 1982 | This site has two open pan saltworks.[58] | |
Saltaire | City of Bradford, United Kingdom 53°50′21″N 1°47′18″W / 53.83917°N 1.78833°W |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
20 (49) Buffer zone: 1,078 (2,660) |
2001 | Saltaire, West Yorkshire, is a complete and well-preserved Victorian model industrial village from the second half of the 19th century.[59] | |
Schokland and Surroundings | Noordoostpolder, Netherlands 52°38′19″N 5°46′18″E / 52.63861°N 5.77167°E |
Cultural: (iii), (v) |
1,306 (3,230) | 1995 | Schokland was a peninsula on the Zuider Zee which became an island by the 15th century. When the waters rose, it was left. However after the draining of the Zuider Zee in the 1940s, people came back to live there.[60] | |
Semmering railway | Simmering in Styria, Austria 47°38′55.6″N 15°49′40.7″E / 47.648778°N 15.827972°E |
Gloggnitz, Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
156 (390) Buffer zone: 8,581 (21,200) |
1998 | The Semmering Railway, was built between 1848 and 1854. It covers 41 km (25 mi) of rugged mountains. The tunnels, viaducts and other works are still in use today.[61] | |
Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht | Amsterdam, Netherlands 52°21′54″N 4°53′16″E / 52.36500°N 4.88778°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
198 (490) | 2010 | ||
Skellig Michael | County Kerry, Ireland 51°46′18.984″N 10°32′18.996″W / 51.77194000°N 10.53861000°W |
Cultural: (iii), (iv) |
22 (54) | 1996 | The monastery at Skellig Michael, from the 7th century, is on the rocky island of Skellig Michael, some 12 km (7.5 mi) off the coast of south-west Ireland.[62] | |
Speyer Cathedral | Speyer, Germany 49°19′0″N 8°26′35″E / 49.31667°N 8.44306°E |
Cultural: (ii) |
— | 1981 | The romanesque Speyer Cathedral, was founded by Conrad II in 1030.It was one of the grandest romanesque cathedrals in the Holy Roman Empire and the burial place of German emperors for almost 300 years.[63] | |
St Kilda | St Kilda, Scotland, United Kingdom 57°49′2″N 8°34′36″W / 57.81722°N 8.57667°W |
Mixed: (iii), (v), (vii), (ix), (x) |
24,201 (59,800) | 1986 | This volcanic archipelago, off the coast of the Hebrides, has some of the highest cliffs in Europe, with large colonies of rare and endangered birds and the craggy landscape. There is evidence of over 2,000 years of human settlements despite the harsh landscape and climate.[64] | |
St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim | Hildesheim, Germany 52°9′10.008″N 9°56′38.004″E / 52.15278000°N 9.94389000°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iii) |
0.58 (1.4) Buffer zone: 158 (390) |
1985 | The site has two churches in Hildesheim. The Ottonian romanesque St Michael's Church was built between 1010 and 1020. The treasures of the romanesque St Mary's Cathedral make up the rest of the site.[65] | |
Stoclet House | Brussels, Belgium 50°50′6″N 4°24′58″E / 50.83500°N 4.41611°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii) |
0.86 (2.1) Buffer zone: 25 (62) |
2009 | This house was built by Josef Hoffmann for the banker Adolphe Stoclet. The angular undecorated design marked a turning point in Art Nouveau movement. The house is decorated with works by Koloman Moser and Gustav Klimt.[66] | |
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites | Wiltshire, United Kingdom 51°10′44″N 1°49′31″W / 51.17889°N 1.82528°W |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iii) |
4,985 (12,320) | 1986 | This site has two of the most famous megalith sites in the world, Stonehenge and Avebury. Both are an arrangement of standing stones (menhirs) arranged in a pattern. It also includes several other nearby Neolithic sites.[67] | |
Strasbourg – Grande île | Strasbourg, France 48°34′53″N 7°43′48″E / 48.58139°N 7.73000°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
94 (230) | 1988 | The Grande Ile (Big Island) is the historic center of the Alsatian capital and includes a number of historic buildings.[68] | |
Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey | North Yorkshire, United Kingdom 54°6′58″N 1°34′23″W / 54.11611°N 1.57306°W |
Cultural: (i), (iv) |
— | 1986 | This site has the ruins of the Cistercian Fountains Abbey and Fountains Hall Castle along with Studley Royal Park.[69] | |
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch | Cantons of Bern and Valais, Switzerland 46°30′0″N 8°1′59″E / 46.50000°N 8.03306°E |
Natural: (vii), (viii), (ix) |
82,400 (204,000) | 2007 | The site includes several of the highest mountains in the Central Alps along with the largest glacier in Eurasia.[70] | |
Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona | Glarus, St. Gallen and Graubünden, Switzerland 46°55′0″N 9°15′0″E / 46.91667°N 9.25000°E |
Natural: (viii) |
32,850 (81,200) | 2008 | The Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona in the north-eastern part of the country covers a mountainous area which has seven peaks that rise above 3,000 m (9,800 ft). The site has been a key site for the geological sciences since the 18th century.[71] | |
Three Castles of Bellinzona | Bellinzona, Switzerland 46°11′35.304″N 9°1′20.712″E / 46.19314000°N 9.02242000°E |
Cultural: (iv) |
— | 2000 | The Bellinzona site has a group of fortifications grouped around the castle of Castelgrande. The castle stands on a rocky peak looking out over the entire Ticino valley.[72] | |
Tower of London | London, United Kingdom 51°30′29″N 0°4′34″E / 51.50806°N 0.07611°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
— | 1988 | The original tower was the White Tower built by William the Conqueror in 1078 to control the recently conquerored land. The Tower of London served partly as a prison, and many important figures were held there.[73] | |
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen | Bremen, Germany 53°4′33.5″N 8°48′26.9″E / 53.075972°N 8.807472°E |
Cultural: (iii), (iv), (vi) |
0.29 (0.72) Buffer zone: 36,295 (89,690) |
2004 | Under the Holy Roman Empire, Bremen had extensive freedom to let the town to grow; this made the town hall a center of power. Both the old and new Town Halls survived bombings during World War II. The statue of Roland was built in 1404.[74] | |
Town of Bamberg | Bamberg, Germany 49°53′30″N 10°53′20″E / 49.89167°N 10.88889°E |
Cultural: (ii)(iv) |
142 (350) Buffer zone: 444 (1,100) |
1993 | In 1007, Bamberg became the center of a dioesce that was to help spread Christianity to the Slavs. In the 18th century it became a center of the Enlightenment when writers such as Hegel lived in the town.[75] | |
Upper Middle Rhine Valley | Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Germany 50°10′25″N 7°41′39″E / 50.17361°N 7.69417°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv), (v) |
27,250 (67,300) Buffer zone: 34,680 (85,700) |
2002 | The Gorge is a 65 km (40 mi) part of the Middle Rhine Valley in Germany. The region has many castles, historic towns and vineyards and has been an inspirition for many writers, artists and composers.[76] | |
Vézelay, Church and Hill | Vézelay, France 47°27′59″N 3°44′54″E / 47.46639°N 3.74833°E |
Cultural: (i), (vi) |
183 (450) Buffer zone: 18,401 (45,470) |
1979 | The Benedictine abbey of Vézelay has existed since the 9th century. Leaders in the Third Crusade Richard the Lion-Hearted and Philip II of France met at the abbey before they left on the Crusade.[77] | |
Völklingen Ironworks | Germany 49°14′39.984″N 6°50′59″E / 49.24444000°N 6.84972°E |
Völklingen,Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
— | 1994 | The recently closed ironworks are the only example in western Europe and North America of an intact ironworks built in the 19th and 20th centuries.[78] | |
Wachau Cultural Landscape | Wachau, Austria 48°21′52″N 15°26′3″E / 48.36444°N 15.43417°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
18,387 (45,440) | 2000 | The Wachau is a 40 km (25 mi) long valley along the Danube river. The valley was settled in prehistoric times. It is home to a number of historic towns, villages, monasteries, castles and ruins.[79] | |
The Wadden Sea | Germany*, Netherlands* 53°31′43″N 8°33′22″E / 53.52861°N 8.55611°E |
Natural: (viii), (ix), (x) |
968,393 (2,392,950) | 2009 | The Wadden Sea has conservation areas in the Netherlands and Germany. The coast line is a breeding ground for up to 12 millions birds annually.[80] | |
Wartburg Castle | Eisenach, Germany 50°58′0.4″N 10°18′25.2″E / 50.966778°N 10.307000°E |
Cultural: (iii), (vi) |
— | 1999 | Wartburg Castle is on a 410 m (1230 ft) cliff above Eisenach. Martin Luther translated the New Testament into German while in exile at Wartburg.[81] | |
Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church | London, United Kingdom 51°29′59″N 0°7′43″E / 51.49972°N 0.12861°E |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
10 (25) | 1987 | Westminster Palace and Westminster Abbey are important for the British royalty and government. Royalty have been crowned at the Abbey since the 11th century. The site also includes the small medieval Church of Saint Margaret.[82] | |
Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square | Würzburg, Germany 49°47′34.008″N 9°56′20.004″E / 49.79278000°N 9.93889000°E |
Cultural: (i), (iv) |
15 (37) Buffer zone: 25 (62) |
1981 | The large and ornate Baroque palace was made under the patronage of the prince-bishops Lothar Franz and Friedrich Carl von Schönborn. It is one of the largest palaces in Germany.[83] | |
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex | Essen, Germany 51°29′29″N 7°2′46″E / 51.49139°N 7.04611°E |
Cultural: (ii), (iii) |
— | 2001 | The Zollverein industrial complex in Nordrhein-Westfalen has all the equipment of a historic coal mine which started working about 150 years ago.[84] |