The UNESCO World Heritage list currently includes 936 cultural and natural heritage sites around the world which are considered to have outstanding universal value. As I travel around Europe, I am visiting as many of these historic sites either by seeking them out or just stumbling across them. The following is a list of sites I have already visited and I’ve linked to posts where I’ve written about it. More will be added in the future.
Albania
Austria
- Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
- Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (Vienna)
- Hallstatt Cultural Landscape
- Historic Centre of Vienna
Belgium
Croatia
- Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
- Old City of Dubrovnik
- Historic City of Trogir
Czech Republic
- Historic Centre of Prague and here and again here
France
- Chartres Cathedral
- Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
- Palace and Park of Versailles
- Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
- Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
- Strasbourg – Grande île
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
- Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
- Historic Site of Lyon
- Belfries of Belgium and France
Germany
- Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
- Town of Bamberg
- Cologne Cathedral and here
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
Dresden Elbe Valley– Delisted in 2009
Greece
- Acropolis, Athens
- Medieval City of Rhodes
Vatican City
- Vatican City
Hungary
Italy
- Historic Centre of Florence
- Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
- Venice and its Lagoon
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Poland
Spain
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
United Kingdom
- City of Bath
- Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret’s Church
- Tower of London
- Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City
