World Heritage




I've gotten interested over the past few years in visiting locations designated as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.  As of 2019, there are 1121 properties on the list (with more due to be inscribed in Summer 2020).  As of July 2019, I have visited 63 of the sites, as follows.

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Canada

  • Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (WHC site) (my visit: May 2003)
  • Rideau Canal (WHC site) (my visit: June 2011)

Cyprus

  • Paphos (WHC site) (my visit: December 1994)

China

Estonia

  • Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn (WHC site) (my visit: May 2007)

Finland

  • Fortress of Suomenlinna (WHC site) (my visit: June 1998)

France

Germany

India

  • Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram (WHC site) (my visit: December 2005)

Korea, Republic of

Mexico

Netherlands

  • Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (WHC site) (my visit: December 2011)

Poland

Russia

  • Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments (WHC site) (my visit: May/June 2006)

Singapore

Spain

  • Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (WHC site) (my visit: May 2007)
  • Works of Antoni Gaudí (WHC site) (my visit: May 2007)

Switzerland

Turkey

  • Historic Areas of Istanbul (WHC site) (my visit: April 2008)

United Kingdom

United States


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