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Afghanistan
OLD CITY OF HERAT
Herat, AfghanistanThe Old City of Herat in Western Afghanistan has a long history of rebuilding and restoration. The city was destroyed twice by the Mongols, in 1221 A.D. (Learn More)
Argentina
BUENOS AIRES HISTORIC CENTER
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaThe first permanent European settlement on the site of modern-day Buenos Aires was founded in 1580 by Spanish conquistador Juan de Garay. (Learn More)
TEATRO COLÓN
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaArmenia
AGHJOTS MONASTERY
Garni Village, ArmeniaAustria
WIENER WERKBUNDSIEDLUNG
Vienna, AustriaBahrain
SUQ AL-QAYSARIYA
Muharraq, BahrainBelgium
SANATORIUM JOSEPH LEMAIRE
Tombeek, BelgiumBhutan
PHAJODING
Thimphu, BhutanBolivia
CONVENTO-MUSEO SANTA TERESA
Cochabamba, BoliviaMISIONES JESUÍTICAS DE CHIQUITOS (JESUIT MISSIONS OF CHIQUITOS)
Santa Cruz department, BoliviaChile
IGLESIAS DE ARICA PARINACOTA (CHURCHES OF ARICA PARINACOTA)
Municipios de Arica y Putre, ChileBetween 1570 and the middle of the seventeenth century, the port of Arica was the main commercial shipping port for mercury and silver to and from Potosi, Bolivia. (Learn More)
Colombia
SAN FERNANDO AND SAN JOSE FORTRESSES
Cartagena de Indias, ColombiaSANTA FE DE ANTIOQUIA HISTORIC CENTER
Province of Antioquia, ColombiaComoros
UJUMBE PALACE
Mutsamudu, Anjouan, ComorosCyprus
HISTORIC WALLED CITY OF FAMAGUSTA
Famagusta, CyprusLocated along the busy shipping lanes of the eastern Mediterranean, Famagusta rose to prominence after a large number of Christians resettled in the city following the fall of the Levantine city of (Learn More)
Ecuador
TODOS SANTOS COMPLEX
Cuenca, EcuadorThe Todos Santos complex, also known as Todosantos, is located in the heart of Cuenca, Ecuador, deep within the Tomebamba River Valley. (Learn More)
Egypt
NEW GOURNA VILLAGE
Luxor, West Bank, EgyptNew Gourna Village, an experimental earthen village on the West Bank of the Nile, is a testament to how the relationship between heritage and society is often fraught with multiple meanings and con (Learn More)
OLD MOSQUE OF SHALI FORTRESS
Siwa Oasis, EgyptFrance
EGLISE PAROISSIALE DE SAINT-MARTIN-DES-PUITS
Saint Martin-des-Puits, FranceHÔTEL DE MONNAIES
Villemagne L’Argentière, FranceGreece
CHURCHES OF LESVOS
Lesvos, GreeceThe island of Lesvos contains a large number of historic churches, many with fine religious iconography. (Learn More)
Guatemala
KAMINALJUYU
Near Guatemala City, GuatemalaThe archaeological park of Kaminaljuyu is located in Guatemala’s highland central valley, in close proximity to the ever-expanding urban development of Guatemala City. (Learn More)
Haiti
GINGERBREAD NEIGHBORHOOD
Port-au-Prince, HaitiIn October 2009, the gingerbread houses of Port-au-Prince were included on the 2010 World Monuments Watch in order to raise international awareness about this unique architectural heritage. (Learn More)
India
CHIKTAN CASTLE
Kargil, IndiaDECHEN NAMGYAL GONPA
Nyoma, IndiaHISTORIC CIVIC CENTER OF SHIMLA
Shimla, IndiaKOTHI, QILA MAHMUDABAD
Mahmudabad, IndiaIraq
AL-HADBA’ MINARET
Mosul, IraqIreland
RUSSBOROUGH
Blessington, County Wicklow, IrelandIsrael
OLD CITY OF LOD
Lod, IsraelItaly
HISTORIC CENTER OF CRACO (Centro Storico di Craco)
Craco, ItalyPONTE LUCANO
Tivoli, ItalyVILLA OF SAN GILIO
Oppido Lucano, ItalyJapan
MACHIYA TOWNHOUSES
Kyoto, JapanThe machiya of Kyoto are traditional townhouses dating from the Edo period (1603–1867). Born out of the city’s growing merchant class, they functioned as both residences and workspaces. (Learn More)
Jordan
DAMIYA DOLMEN FIELD
Damiya, Jordan Valley, JordanKazakhstan
VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE OF THE KAZAKH STEPPE SARY-ARKA
Zhezkazgan, KazakhstanLaos
HINTANG ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE
Houameuang District, LaosTAM TING
Nam Kong River at Ban Pak Ou, LaosMexico
ACUEDUCTO DE TEMBLEQUE
Zempoala to Otumba, MexicoLAS POZAS
Xilitla, MexicoIn 1944, Edward James, a wealthy British poet and artist and early patron of surrealist art, purchased a plot of land in Mexico’s Huasteca region. (Learn More)
TEMPLO DE SAN FELIPE TINDACO (Church of San Felipe Tindaco)
Tlaxiaco, MexicoMoldova
ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY CHURCH
Causeni, MoldovaMorocco
LIXUS
Larache, MoroccoOld City of Jerusalem
CATHEDRAL OF ST. JAMES
Old City of JerusalemPakistan
PETROGLYPHS IN THE DIAMER-BASHA DAM AREA
Northern Areas, PakistanMeandering through gorges of the Indus River valley and across high mountain passes, ancient arteries of the fabled Silk Road cut through the Diamer District of Northern Pakistan. (Learn More)
SHIKARPOOR HISTORIC CITY CENTER
Shikarpoor Municipality, PakistanPanama
COROZAL CEMETERY
Panama City, PanamaHISTORIC CENTER OF COLÓN
Colón, PanamaColón, originally a low-lying coral island, lies at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal. (Learn More)
MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY
Colón, PanamaParaguay
LA SANTÍSIMA TRINIDAD DE PARANÁ
Trinidad, ParaguayLa Santísima Trinidad, established in 1706 and completed in 1712, was one of the 30 missions established by the Jesuits in the region in the 17th and 18th centuries in what is now Paraguay, (Learn More)
Peru
CHANKILLO
San Rafael District, PeruChankillo was built as a fortified temple complex over 2,300 years ago in the coastal desert of Peru, near the Casma-Sechín river basin. (Learn More)
JESUIT CHURCHES OF SAN JOSÉ AND SAN JAVIER
Changuillo and El Ingenio, Nazca, PeruPACHACAMAC SANCTUARY
Lurín, PeruPARQUE ARQUEOLÓGICO DE PIKILLAQTA
Cusco, PeruSAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS DE MARCAPATA
Municipality of Marcapata, PeruLocated in the Marcapata Valley, the church of San Francisco de Asís was built between the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries and exemplifies the “Andean baroque,” a form of architectur (Learn More)
SANTUARIO HISTÓRICO MACHU PICCHU
Distrito de Machu Picchu, PeruTAMBO COLORADO
Humay, PeruPhilippines
NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ASUNCIÓN
Municipality of Santa Maria, PhilippinesRICE TERRACES OF THE PHILIPPINE CORDILLERAS
Ifugao, PhilippinesSAN SEBASTIAN BASILICA
Manila, PhilippinesRomania
FORTIFIED CHURCHES OF SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA
Sibiu, RomaniaRussia
CHURCH OF THE ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD OF THE SIGN
Podol’sk, RussiaSlovakia
LIETAVA CASTLE
Lietava, SlovakiaSouth Africa
WONDERWERK CAVE
Ga-Segonyana / Kuruman, South AfricaSpain
HISTORIC LANDSCAPE OF SEVILLA
Sevilla, SpainNUMANCIA
Soria and Garray, SpainOLD TOWN OF ÁVILA (Ciudad Vieja de Ávila)
Ávila, SpainROUTE OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
Aragon, Navarre, La Rioja, Castile-Leon and Galicia, SpainTEMPLE EXPIATORI DE LA SAGRADA FAMÍLIA
Barcelona, SpainSri Lanka
DUTCH FORT OF BATTICALOA
Batticaloa, Sri LankaTanzania
PANGANI HISTORIC TOWN
Pangani, TanzaniaUganda
WAMALA KING’S TOMBS
Nansana, Wakiso District, UgandaUnited Kingdom
CARLISLE MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United KingdomEDINBURGH HISTORIC GRAVEYARDS
Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomFive historical burial grounds are scattered around Edinburgh’s city center, oases amid the dense urban surroundings often full of students and tourists. (Learn More)
SHEERNESS DOCKYARD
Sheerness, United KingdomSince Roman times, the strategic location of Sheerness—on the western tip of the Isle of Sheppey, where the Thames and Medway Rivers converge and spill into the North Sea—has enabled it to serve as (Learn More)
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST PARISH CHURCH, SHOBDON
Leominster, United KingdomStanding within an idyllic, pastoral landscape in Shobdon, the stone exterior of St. (Learn More)
TECTON BUILDINGS AT DUDLEY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
Dudley, United KingdomUnited States
ATLANTA-FULTON CENTRAL PUBLIC LIBRARY
Atlanta, Georgia, United StatesCULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS
Hadley, Massachusetts, United StatesMIAMI MARINE STADIUM
Miami, Florida, United StatesCommodore Ralph Middleton Munroe Miami Marine Stadium was the first purpose-built venue for powerboat racing in the United States. (Learn More)
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
New Orleans, Louisiana, United StatesST. LOUIS CEMETERY NO. 2
New Orleans, Louisiana, United StatesTALIESIN
Spring Green, Wisconsin, United StatesTALIESIN WEST
Scottsdale, Arizona, United StatesTAOS PUEBLO
Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, United StatesSituated in the sun-baked valley of a Rio Grande tributary and continuously inhabited for 1,000 years, the community and architecture of Taos Pueblo exemplify the enduring spirit of the Pueblo peop (Learn More)