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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)
Albania
BUTRINT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Sarandë, AlbaniaArchaeological evidence indicates that Corfiot traders founded Butrint in the eighth century B.C. (Learn More)
Belgium
PREVIOUS RADIO AND TELEVISION BUILDING
Brussels, BelgiumDesigned by the Belgian architect Joseph Diongre and completed in 1938, the Radio and Television building was one of the first broadcasting centers in Europe. (Learn More)
TOUR AND TAXIS (TRANSPORT HUB)
Brussels, BelgiumBeginning in the early 20th century, Belgian railroad, customs, and maritime interests converged at Tour and Taxis, a model transportation hub designed by architect Van Humbeek. (Learn More)
WORTEL COLONY ESTATE
Hoogstraten, Antwerp, BelgiumBenin
ROYAL PALACES OF ABOMEY
Abomey, BeninBolivia
ARANI AND CALLAPA CHURCHES
Arani and Callapa, BoliviaRIO LAUCA BURIAL TOWERS
Sajama, BoliviaNestled in the Sajama National Park in the Bolivian altiplano, a complex of prehistoric burial towers (chullpas) comprises the most important surviving monumental complex of the Aymara peo (Learn More)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
VILLAGE OF POČITELJ
Čapljina municipality, Bosnia and HerzegovinaPočitelj, once a feudal seat on the Neretva River, is dominated by a fortress that fell to the Ottoman advance in 1471. (Learn More)
Bulgaria
MADARA HORSEMAN
Madara, Shumen, BulgariaCambodia
BANTEAY CHHMAR TEMPLE OF JAYAVARMAN VII
Thmar Puok, CambodiaA complex of eight temples deep in the Cambodian jungle, Banteay Chhmar was commissioned by the twelfth-century Khmer ruler Jayavarman VII in honor of five heroes, including his son, who died defen (Learn More)
Canada
GULF OF GEORGIA CANNERY
Richmond, British Columbia, CanadaChina
NAMSELING MANOR
near Shannan, Tibet Autonomous Region, ChinaPALPUNG MONASTERY
Babang Village, Sichuan Province, ChinaXIANNONGTAN (TEMPLE OF AGRICULTURE)
Beijing, ChinaThe temple complex dedicated to Xiannong, the father of agriculture, was built in 1420 below the Forbidden City and adjacent to the famed Temple of Heaven in Beijing. (Learn More)
Croatia
DUCAL PALACE
Zadar, CroatiaFrom the High Middle Ages through the 20th century, the Ducal Palace of Zadar stood witness to the evolution of the city and survived countless attacks and occupations. (Learn More)
FRANCISCAN MONASTERY LIBRARY
Dubrovnik, CroatiaFounded in 1235, the Franciscan monastery in Dubrovnik was an essential visit for pilgrims traveling between Europe and the Holy Land. (Learn More)
Cuba
REINA CEMETERY
Cienfuegos, CubaCzech Republic
HEAVENLY FATHER CHAPEL
Kutna Hora, Central Bohemian Region, Czech RepublicLEDNICE AND VALTICE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
Lednice and Valtice, Czech RepublicOver the centuries, the rural countryside between the southern Moravian towns of Lednice and Valtice had been a landscape divided by shifting national borders, scarred by conflicts like the Thirty (Learn More)
NEBÍLOVY MANSION
Nebílovy, Plzeň Region, Czech RepublicEgypt
THE MORTUARY TEMPLE OF AMENHOTEP III
Luxor, EgyptThe mortuary temple of Amenhotep III was erected between 1390 and 1353 B.C. for New Kingdom Pharaoh Amenhotep III. (Learn More)
El Salvador
SUCHITOTO CITY
Cuscatlán, El SalvadorEthiopia
MENTEWAB-QWESQWAM BANQUETING HALL
Gondar, EthiopiaThe buildings at this archaeological site date to the 17th and 18th centuries when the court of Gondar was the capital of Christian Ethiopia beginning in 1632. (Learn More)
Fiji
LEVUKA
Ovalau, FijiFrance
CHÂTEAU DE CHANTILLY
Chantilly, FranceThe Château de Chantilly sits at the confluence of the Oise and Seine Rivers in northern France and is a magnificent stone complex surrounded by manicured lawns, farms, ponds, and stables. (Learn More)
Gambia
JAMES ISLAND
Lower Niumi District, GambiaFirst settled in 1651 by traders from present-day Latvia on an earlier native site, James Island on the River Gambia was a cultural crossroads from the late 15th to the late 19th centuries. (Learn More)
Georgia
TBILISI HISTORIC DISTRICT
Tbilisi, GeorgiaLocated at a crossroads of Europe and Asia on the famous Silk Road, Tbilisi has faced repeated invasions since its founding in the fifth century as rival powers have sought to control its strategic (Learn More)
Hungary
SPA CENTER HISTORIC ENSEMBLE
Balatonfüred, HungaryIndia
AHMEDEBAD WALLED CITY
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, IndiaJAISALMER FORT
Jaisalmer, IndiaBuilt in 1156 by King Rawal Jaisal, Jaisalmer Fort dominates the countryside in the far northwestern corner of Rajasthan, near the border of India and Pakistan. (Learn More)
Israel
GEMEINDEHAUS
Haifa, IsraelItaly
ANCIENT POMPEII
Pompeii, ItalyThe ancient Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum and villas near the Bay of Naples were buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in August A.D. (Learn More)
ARCH OF TRAJAN
Ancona, Marche, ItalyBOTANICAL GARDEN OF PADUA UNIVERSITY
Padua, Veneto, ItalyETRUSCAN PAINTED TOMBS OF TARQUINIA
Tarquinia, Lazio, ItalyLIMONAIA AT BOBOLI GARDENS AND GARDEN OF VILLA MEDICI AT CASTELLO
Florence, ItalyDesign and construction of the Boboli Gardens behind the Palazzo Pitti began in 1549 under Cosimo I de Medici. (Learn More)
NEOPITAGORICA BASILICA
Rome, Lazio, ItalyPALAZZO DORIA PAMPHILI
Valmontone, Lazio, ItalyRUPESTRIAN CHURCHES OF PUGLIA AND THE CITY OF MATERA
Puglia and Matera, ItalyIn 1464, Pope Paul II gave the Ciminelli family his blessing to enhance the church of San Pietro Barisano in the I Sassi district of Matera, the northernmost province in the Puglia region of Italy. (Learn More)
TERRA DEL SOLE PRISON CELLS
Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole, Emilia-Romagna, ItalyJamaica
OLD IRON BRIDGE
Spanish Town, JamaicaIn the late 18th century, Jamaica’s House of Assembly passed an act commissioning the construction of a much-needed bridge between Kingston and Spanish Town in St. Catherine. (Learn More)
Jordan
PETRA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Wadi Mousa, JordanThe magnificent ruins of ancient Petra occupy a high plateau that rises out of Wadi Mousa, the Valley of Moses, in southwest Jordan. (Learn More)
Laos
VAT SISAKET
Vientiane, LaosLatvia
ABAVA VALLEY CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
Kurzeme Region, LatviaLebanon
ENFEH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Enfeh, LebanonLithuania
VILNIUS TOWN WALL
Vilnius, LithuaniaMalaysia
KAMPUNG CINA RIVER FRONTAGE
Kuala Terengganu, MalaysiaA line of modest wooden buildings follows the gently curving waterfront at Kampung Cina, the oldest street in what is now one of Malaysia’s largest cities, Kuala Terengganu. (Learn More)
Malta
MNAJDRA PREHISTORIC TEMPLES
Qrendi, MaltaThe Mnajdra Prehistoric Temples lie along the southern coast of Malta amidst the blue waters of the central Mediterranean. (Learn More)
Mexico
CAROLINA HACIENDA
Chihuahua, MexicoMADERA CAVE DWELLINGS
Madera Municipality, MexicoThe Madera Cave dwellings are pre-Colombian sculpted clay structures nestled in the natural caves and cliffs in Chihuahua’s western Sierra Madre. (Learn More)
MONASTERIES OF SAN JUAN BAUTISTA IN TETELA DEL VOLCÁN AND TLAYACAPAN
Tetela del Volcán and Tlayacapan, Morelos, MexicoPALACE OF FINE ARTS (PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES)
Mexico City, MexicoA stunning Art Nouveau masterpiece, originally designed by Adamo Boari and envisioned for the centenary celebrations of Mexico’s independence in 1910, the Palace of Fine Arts was completed by (Learn More)
TEOTIHUACAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE—QUETZALCOATL TEMPLE
San Juan Teotihuacan, MexicoFor the first half of the first millennium, A.D, Teotihuacán was the dominant civilization in Mesoamerica and one of the great cities of the ancient world. (Learn More)
VEGA DE LA PEÑA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Filobobos, near Tlapacoyan, Veracruz, MexicoMongolia
BOGD KHAN PALACE MUSEUM
Ulaanbaatar (Ulan Bator), MongoliaIn 1911, at the time of the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in China, the independence of Outer Mongolia was proclaimed. (Learn More)
Nepal
GOMPAS OF UPPER MUSTANG
Lo Manthang, Upper Mustang, NepalNorway
WOODEN ARCHITECTURE OF TRONDHEIM
Trondheim, NorwayPakistan
UCH MONUMENT COMPLEX
Uch, PakistanThe ancient city of Uch, located west of Lahore on the edge of the Cholistan Desert, was one of several metropolises founded by Alexander the Great on his crusade through Central Asia in the late 4 (Learn More)
Panama
SAN GERÓNIMO FORT
Portobelo, PanamaSan Gerónimo Fort was built in several stages between 1596 and 1779 to protect the transportation of goods from South America to Spain. (Learn More)
SAN LORENZO CASTLE
Portobelo, PanamaThe first fortifications of San Lorenzo castle were built by prominent military engineer Juan Bautista Antonelli in 1595. (Learn More)
Peru
APURLEC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
near Motupe, Lambayeque, PeruQUINTA HEEREN
Lima, PeruRANSOM ROOM
Cajamarca, PeruPhilippines
KABAYAN MUMMY CAVES
Kabayan, PhilippinesWhen industrial activity began in the forests north of Manila, loggers discovered ancient burial caves hewn out of the rock containing mummified remains and hundreds of coffins and skulls. (Learn More)
SAN SEBASTIAN BASILICA
Manila, PhilippinesPoland
DEBNO PARISH CHURCH
Nowy Targ, Podhale , PolandNestled among the foothills of the Pieniny and Gorce mountains, Debno Parish Church is an exceptional example of the wooden Gothic churches of southern Poland. (Learn More)
VISTULAMOUTH FORTRESS
Gdansk, PolandThe origins of Vistulamouth Fortress probably date to the early medieval period, when a lighthouse and watchtower guarding the mouth of the Vistula River occupied the site of the current structures (Learn More)
Romania
ROMANO CATHOLIC CHURCH
Ghelinta, RomaniaThe Romano Catholic Church of Saint Emeric was built in the thirteenth century by the first Christian settlers in present day Ghelinta. (Learn More)
Russia
ALEXANDER PALACE
St. Petersburg, Tsarskoje Selo, RussiaDesigned by the Italian architect Giacomo Quarenghi and completed in 1796, Alexander Palace housed three generations of Russian monarchs before it was abandoned by the royal family in the months pr (Learn More)
IRKUTSK HISTORIC CENTER
Irkutsk, Siberia, RussiaPAANAJÄRVI VILLAGE
Kemi Province, Republic of Karelia, RussiaLocated on the Russian-Finnish border, Paanajärvi is the last intact village in the district of Viena Karelia along the Kemi River. (Learn More)
RUSAKOV CLUB
Moscow, RussiaThe avant-garde architect Konstatin Melnikov designed the Rusakov Club as a theater for workers who labored in nearby printing factories. (Learn More)
YELAGIN ISLAND PALACE AND PARK ENSEMBLE
St. Petersburg, RussiaYelagin Island, located in the Neva River just north of St. Petersburg, was one of the Romanov dynasty’s retreats in the 18th and 19th centuries. (Learn More)
Slovakia
HELL HOUSE
Banská Štiavnica, SlovakiaSpain
WINDMILLS OF MALLORCA
Mallorca, SpainFlour windmills, dating from the 16th to the 19th centuries, are still a significant feature of the landscape of the Balearic Islands, and are a strong symbol of prosperity and engineering acumen, (Learn More)
Turkey
ANI CATHEDRAL
Ani, TurkeyLocated in modern-day eastern Turkey, Ani Cathedral is one of the most significant architectural structures remaining from the prosperous Armenian Bagratid period in the 10th and 11th centuries A.D (Learn More)
CHURCH OF THE HOLY SAVIOR
Ani, TurkeyLocated in modern-day eastern Turkey, Surp Amenap’rkitch, or the Church of the Holy Savior, is one of the few structures still standing at Ani from the prosperous Armenian Bagratid period in (Learn More)
HAGIA SOPHIA
Istanbul, TurkeyJustinian I, one of the earliest Byzantine rulers, ordered the architects Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus to design Hagia Sophia in the heart of what was then Constantinople. (Learn More)
PATARA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Kas, TurkeyWide, protective sandy beaches and a deep Mediterranean bay helped make Patara the wealthy capital of the Lycian-Pamphylian province during the Roman Empire. (Learn More)
Uganda
MASAKA CATHEDRAL
Kitovu Village, UgandaIn 1909, a small church was built in the Ugandan village of Kituvo. (Learn More)
United Kingdom
HADLOW TOWER
Tonbridge, Kent, England, United KingdomMUSSENDEN TEMPLE
Castlerock, Northern Ireland, United KingdomThe Downhill estate was constructed in the late eighteenth century for Frederick Hervey, the Bishop of Derry and Earl of Bristol. (Learn More)
SAINT FRANCIS AND GORTON CHURCH AND MONASTERY
East Manchester, United KingdomEdward Pugin’s Saint Francis and Gorton Church and Monastery in Gorton, Manchester is recognized as a masterpiece of Victorian Gothic architecture. (Learn More)
SAINT VINCENT STREET CHURCH
Glasgow, United KingdomSaint Vincent Street Church is the sole survivor of three churches designed for the city of Glasgow by the influential and renowned Scottish architect Alexander Thomson. (Learn More)
United States
BODIE STATE HISTORIC PARK
Bodie, California, United StatesFORT APACHE
Apache Tribal Lands, United StatesEstablished by President Grant in 1871, the 7,500-acre Fort Apache Reservation served as operations base from which the U.S. (Learn More)
LANCASTER COUNTY
Pennsylvania, United StatesThe green fields of Lancaster County in southeastern Pennsylvania constitute a historic cultural landscape representing the founding ideals of the United States of America. (Learn More)
MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK
Montezuma County, Colorado, United StatesMesa Verde, a large, gently sloping plateau etched with deep canyons, was occupied by the Ancestral Puebloan civilization between the 6th and 13th centuries AD. (Learn More)
SOUTH PASS CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
Wyoming, United StatesVenezuela
SAN FRANCISCO CHURCH IN CORO
Coro, Falcón, VenezuelaAmong the first churches that the Franciscan Order founded in Venezuela, the original church at Coro was part of the Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Salceda, founded in 1614. (Learn More)
Vietnam
MY SON TEMPLE DISTRICT
My Son, Quảng Nam-Ḍà Nẵng, Tỉnh , VietnamMy Son, an architectural complex on the coast of Vietnam, was the spiritual and political capital of the Cham people (the Champa Kingdom). (Learn More)