As of July 2019, the UNESCO World Heritage list includes 1 121 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee have deemed to have outstanding universal value. Below are the 281 we’ve visited (not including the de-listed Dresden Elbe Valley), of which we’ve written about 198 here on Sophie’s World. The complete UNESCO World Heritage list is here.
AFRICA – 19
| Historic Cairo | Egypt |
| Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur | Egypt |
| Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis | Egypt |
| Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae | Egypt |
| Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites | The Gambia |
| Maloti/Drakensberg Park | Lesotho/South Africa |
| Lake Malawi National Park | Malawi |
| Le Morne Cultural Landscape | Mauritius |
| Medina of Tétouan | Morocco |
| Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve | Seychelles |
| Cape Floral Region Protected Area | South Africa |
| Robben Island | South Africa |
| Stone Town of Zanzibar | Tanzania |
| Medina of Tunis | Tunisia |
| Site of Carthage | Tunisia |
| Amphitheatre of El Jem | Tunisia |
| Kairouan | Tunisia |
| Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls | Zambia/Zimbabwe |
| Great Zimbabwe National Monument | Zimbabwe |
AMERICAS – 21
| Iguazu National Park | Argentina |
| Historic Bridgetown and its garrison | Barbados |
| Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System | Belize |
| Iguaçu National Park | Brazil |
| Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea | Brazil |
| Rideau Canal | Canada |
| Old Town Lunenburg | Canada |
| Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena | Colombia |
| San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba | Cuba |
| Morne Trois Pitons National Park | Dominica |
| Antigua Guatemala | Guatemala |
| Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza | Mexico |
| Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco | Mexico |
| Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | Mexico |
| Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan | Mexico |
| Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles | Netherlands Antilles |
| Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park | St Kitts – Nevis |
| Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento | Uruguay |
| Statue of Liberty | USA |
| Independence Hall | USA |
| Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas | Venezuela |
ASIA – 31
| The Great Wall | China |
| Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang | China |
| Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing | China |
| Historic Centre of Macau | China (Macau) |
| Grand Canal | China |
| Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing | China |
| Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong | DPRK (North Korea) |
| Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi | India |
| Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi | India |
| Red Fort Complex | India |
| Jantar Mantar | India |
| Taj Mahal | India |
| Agra Fort | India |
| Fatehpur Sikri | India |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) | India |
| Hill Forts of Rajastan | India |
| Jaipur City | India |
| Cultural Landscape of Bali | Indonesia |
| Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly | Kazakhstan |
| Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an-Tianshan Corridor | Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan/China |
| Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain | Kyrgyzstan |
| Western Tien-Shan | Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan |
| Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca | Malaysia |
| Kathmandu Valley | Nepal |
| Tajik National Park | Tajikistan |
| Historic City of Ayutthaya | Thailand |
| Parthian Fortresses of Nisa | Turkmenistan |
| Kunya-Urgench | Turkmenistan |
| Itchan Kala (Khiva) | Uzbekistan |
| Bukhara | Uzbekistan |
| Samarkand – crossroads of cultures | Uzbekistan |
EUROPE – 194
MIDDLE EAST – 11
| Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun | Bahrain |
| Pearling, testimony of an island economy | Bahrain |
| Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls | Israel/Palestine |
| Tyre | Lebanon |
| Byblos | Lebanon |
| Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) | Lebanon |
| Baalbek | Lebanon |
| Anjar | Lebanon |
| Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem | Palestine |
| Ancient City of Damascus | Syria |
| Cultural sites of Al Ain | United Arab Emirates |
OCEANIA – 5
| Sydney Opera House | Australia |
| Greater Blue Mountains Area | Australia |
| Australian Convict Sites | Australia |
| Gondwana Rainforests of Australia | Australia |
| Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens | Australia |
Coming up
| Urnes Stave Church | Norway |
| Decorated farmhouses of Hälsingland | Sweden |
| Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland | Sweden |
| Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire | Turkey |
| Archaeological Site of Troy | Turkey |
| Sceilig Mhichíl | Ireland |
| Litomyšl Castle | Czechia |
| Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc | Czechia |
| Centennial Hall in Wrocław | Poland |
