Cultural criterion

Criterion (i)

A plain-language explanation of this criterion is being written. The sites that meet it are listed below.

Sites: 259
Cultural: 248
Mixed: 11
In danger: 7

Map: Natural Earth. Markers: square cultural, circle natural, diamond mixed.

Sites that meet it

259 places, in alphabetical order

Aachen CathedralGermanyCultural
Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur GartempeFranceCultural
Acropolis, AthensGreeceCultural
AigaiGreeceCultural
Ajanta CavesIndiaCultural
AksumEthiopiaCultural
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, GranadaSpainCultural
Amiens CathedralFranceCultural
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang MountainsChinaCultural
Ancient City of BosraSyriaCultural
Ancient City of DamascusSyriaCultural
Ancient City of PolonnaruwaSri LankaCultural
Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, CampecheMexicoMixed
Ancient Thebes with its NecropolisEgyptCultural
AngkorCambodiaCultural
Antequera Dolmens SiteSpainCultural
Appian WayItalyCultural
Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic SystemMexicoCultural
Archaeological Park and Ruins of QuiriguaGuatemalaCultural
archaeological Site of DelphiGreeceCultural
Archaeological Site of Leptis MagnaLibyaCultural
Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and TirynsGreeceCultural
Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan SitesItalyCultural
BaalbekLebanonCultural
Batalha MonasteryPortugalCultural
Borobudur Temple CompoundsIndonesiaCultural
Bourges CathedralFranceCultural
BrasiliaBrazilCultural
Brú na BóinneIrelandCultural
Buddhist Monuments at SanchiIndiaCultural
Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji AreaJapanCultural
Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman EmpireTürkiyeCultural
Canal du MidiFranceCultural
Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's ChurchUnited KingdomCultural
Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo KingdomChinaCultural
Castel del MonteItalyCultural
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in GwyneddUnited KingdomCultural
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, ReimsFranceCultural
Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in SevilleSpainCultural
Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, ModenaItalyCultural
Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern SpainSpainCultural
Centennial Hall in WrocławPolandCultural
Central Axis of BeijingChinaCultural
Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)MexicoCultural
Chan Chan Archaeological ZonePeruCultural
Chankillo Archaeoastronomical ComplexPeruCultural
Chartres CathedralFranceCultural
Churches of MoldaviaRomaniaCultural
City of BathUnited KingdomCultural
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the VenetoItalyCultural
Ciudad Universitaria de CaracasVenezuelaCultural
Classical Gardens of SuzhouChinaCultural
Cologne CathedralGermanyCultural
Complex of Koguryo TombsNorth KoreaCultural
Convent of Christ in TomarPortugalCultural
Cordouan LighthouseFranceCultural
Dazu Rock CarvingsChinaCultural
Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, ArdècheFranceCultural
Deer Stone Monuments, the Heart of Bronze Age CultureMongoliaCultural
Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)NetherlandsCultural
Early Christian Monuments of RavennaItalyCultural
EcbatanaIranCultural
Ellora CavesIndiaCultural
Ensemble of the Ferapontov MonasteryRussiaCultural
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and TarquiniaItalyCultural
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in LahorePakistanCultural
Forth BridgeUnited KingdomCultural
Fortifications of VaubanFranceCultural
Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San LorenzoPanamaCultural
Fountains AbbeyUnited KingdomCultural
From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan SaltFranceCultural
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan RegionSudanCultural
Göbekli TepeTürkiyeCultural
Golden Temple of DambullaSri LankaCultural
Gonbad-e QābusIranCultural
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of CappadociaTürkiyeMixed
Great Living Chola TemplesIndiaCultural
Great Mosque and Hospital of DivriğiTürkiyeCultural
Great Zimbabwe National MonumentZimbabweCultural
Group of Monuments at HampiIndiaCultural
Group of Monuments at MahabalipuramIndiaCultural
Hadrian's VillaItalyCultural
Hattusha: the Hittite CapitalTürkiyeCultural
Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited KingdomCultural
Himeji-joJapanCultural
Historic Areas of IstanbulTürkiyeCultural
Historic CairoEgyptCultural
historic centre of CórdobaSpainCultural
Historic Centre of FlorenceItalyCultural
Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte AlbánMexicoCultural
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le MuraItaly, Holy SeeCultural
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of MonumentsRussiaCultural
Historic Centre of San GimignanoItalyCultural
Historic Centre of SienaItalyCultural
Historic Centre of TelčCzechiaCultural
Historic Centre of the City of PienzaItalyCultural
Historic City of ToledoSpainCultural
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, LhasaChinaCultural
Historic Sanctuary of Machu PicchuPeruMixed
Historic Town of Ouro PretoBrazilCultural
Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic TownsThailandCultural
Historical Centre of the City of ArequipaPeruCultural
Hopewell Ceremonial EarthworksUnited StatesCultural
Hospicio Cabañas, GuadalajaraMexicoCultural
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and ShenyangChinaCultural
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing DynastiesChinaCultural
Ir.D.F. WoudagemaalNetherlandsCultural
Ironbridge GorgeUnited KingdomCultural
Itsukushima Shinto ShrineJapanCultural
Jodrell Bank ObservatoryUnited KingdomCultural
KairouanTunisiaCultural
Kakadu National ParkAustraliaMixed
Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, TelanganaIndiaCultural
Khajuraho Group of MonumentsIndiaCultural
Kizhi PogostRussiaCultural
Kremlin and Red Square, MoscowRussiaCultural
Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk LavraUkraineCultural
Lednice-Valtice Cultural LandscapeCzechiaCultural
Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and PalpaPeruCultural
Longmen GrottoesChinaCultural
Lonja de la SedaSpainCultural
Luis Barragán House and StudioMexicoCultural
Madara RiderBulgariaCultural
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh GayaIndiaCultural
Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)BelgiumCultural
Maloti-Drakensberg ParkLesotho, South AfricaMixed
Margravial Opera HouseGermanyCultural
Maritime GreenwichUnited KingdomCultural
Mausoleum of Khawaja Ahmed YasawiKazakhstanCultural
Mausoleum of the First Qin EmperorChinaCultural
Medina of MarrakeshMoroccoCultural
Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of MorbihanFranceCultural
Meidan Emam, EsfahanIranCultural
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to DahshurEgyptCultural
MeteoraGreeceMixed
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-ElshoutNetherlandsCultural
Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management SystemGermanyCultural
Mogao CavesChinaCultural
Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of ChiosGreeceCultural
Monastery and Site of the Escurial, MadridSpainCultural
Monastery of BatalhaPortugalCultural
Mont-Saint-Michel and its BayFranceCultural
Monticello and the University of Virginia in CharlottesvilleUnited StatesCultural
Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the AsturiasSpainCultural
Mount AthosGreeceMixed
Mount TaishanChinaMixed
Murujuga Cultural LandscapeAustraliaCultural
Muskauer Park / Park MużakowskiGermanyCultural
Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern MicronesiaFederated States of MicronesiaCultural
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid regionAlbania, North MacedoniaMixed
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of KotorMontenegroCultural
Nemrut DağTürkiyeCultural
Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)BelgiumCultural
Novodevichy ConventRussiaCultural
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to PhilaeEgyptCultural
Old city (Dubrovnik)CroatiaCultural
Old City of SalamancaSpainCultural
Old Town of Segovia and its AqueductSpainCultural
OlympiaGreeceCultural
Palace and Gardens of SchönbrunnAustriaCultural
Palace and Park of VersaillesFranceCultural
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret's ChurchUnited KingdomCultural
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and BerlinGermanyCultural
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, BarcelonaSpainCultural
Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of ThessalonikiGreeceCultural
Pampulha Modern EnsembleBrazilCultural
Paris, Banks of the SeineFranceCultural
PasargadaeIranCultural
Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural LandscapeTürkiyeCultural
PersepolisIranCultural
PetraJordanCultural
Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon StreamSouth KoreaCultural
Piazza del Duomo, PisaItalyCultural
Pilgrimage Church of WiesGermanyCultural
Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in NancyFranceCultural
Poblet MonasterySpainCultural
Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)FranceCultural
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and CanalUnited KingdomCultural
Prambanan Temple CompoundsIndonesiaCultural
Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of PalenqueMexicoCultural
Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-ItzaMexicoCultural
Pre-Hispanic City of TeotihuacanMexicoCultural
Pre-Hispanic Town of UxmalMexicoCultural
Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega VerdeSpain, PortugalCultural
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère ValleyFranceCultural
Quseir AmraJordanCultural
Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, GujaratIndiaCultural
Rapa Nui National ParkChileCultural
Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and BaezaSpainCultural
Résidence de Wurtzbourg avec les jardins de la Cour et la place de la RésidenceGermanyCultural
Residences of the Royal House of SavoyItalyCultural
Rideau CanalCanadaCultural
Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)NetherlandsCultural
Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaCultural
Rock Carvings in TanumSwedenCultural
Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San FranciscoMexicoCultural
Rock-Hewn Churches, LalibelaEthiopiaCultural
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in TrierGermanyCultural
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at PaharpurBangladeshCultural
Sacred Ensembles of the HoysalasIndiaCultural
Saint Catherine AreaEgyptCultural
Samarkand – Crossroad of CulturesUzbekistanCultural
Sanctuary of Asclepius, EpidaurusGreeceCultural
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do CongonhasBrazilCultural
Santa Maria delle GrazieItalyCultural
Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)SpainCultural
Sculptural Ensemble of Constantin Brâncuși at Târgu JiuRomaniaCultural
Selimiye Mosque and its Social ComplexTürkiyeCultural
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa TempleSouth KoreaCultural
Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the SingelgrachtNetherlandsCultural
Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in ArdabilIranCultural
Shrines and Temples of NikkoJapanCultural
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic SystemIranCultural
Šibenik CathedralCroatiaCultural
Site of PalmyraSyriaCultural
St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at HildesheimGermanyCultural
Stari Ras and SopoćaniSerbiaCultural
Statue of LibertyUnited StatesCultural
Stoclet HouseBelgiumCultural
Stone Circles of SenegambiaGambia, SenegalCultural
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated SitesUnited KingdomCultural
Studenica monasterySerbiaCultural
Su Nuraxi di BaruminiItalyCultural
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in BeijingChinaCultural
Sun Temple, KonârakIndiaCultural
SusaIranCultural
Taj MahalIndiaCultural
Takht-e SoleymanIranCultural
Talayotic Culture of MinorcaSpainCultural
Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management SystemPolandCultural
Tassili n'AjjerAlgeriaMixed
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in QufuChinaCultural
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at BassaeGreeceCultural
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in BeijingChinaCultural
Temple of Preah VihearCambodiaCultural
The Grand CanalChinaCultural
The Great WallChinaCultural
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and ChalonnesFranceCultural
The Persian GardenIranCultural
Thracian Tomb of KazanlakBulgariaCultural
Thracian Tomb of SveshtariBulgariaCultural
Tikal National ParkGuatemalaMixed
TiyaEthiopiaCultural
Tombs of Buganda Kings at KasubiUgandaCultural
TsodiloBotswanaCultural
Umm ar-RasasJordanCultural
Urnes Stave ChurchNorwayCultural
Valle dei TempliItalyCultural
VallettaMaltaCultural
Vatican CityHoly SeeCultural
VecrīgaLatviaCultural
Venice and its LagoonItalyCultural
Vézelay, Church and HillFranceCultural
Villa d'EsteItalyCultural
Villa Romana del CasaleItalyCultural
Vizcaya BridgeSpainCultural
White Monuments of Vladimir and SuzdalRussiaCultural
Works of Antoni GaudíSpainCultural
Yungang GrottoesChinaCultural