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Europe has 409 UNESCO heritage sites within 45 countries. The European heritage sites are categorized by cultural heritage sites, Natural heritage sites, mixed heritage sites (mixed heritage sites means the sites are under natural heritage qualifications and cultural heritage qualifications together as one heritage site) and sites that are in danger list. Within the European continent 38 Natural Heritage Sites, 360 Cultural Heritage Sites, 8 Mixed Heritage sites and 3 Heritage sites are under danger list.

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European UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Monasteries of Haghpa and-Sanahin
Here is the list of European UNESCO World Heritage Sites in alphabetical order. You can view the sites information below. Click the link next to the name of the site "Visit the site".

- Total Sites (2)    Natural (0)    Cultural (2)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Butrint
Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley

- Total Sites (3)    Natural (0)    Cultural (3)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots
Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley

- Total Sites (9)    Natural (0)    Cultural (9)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
Semmering Railway
City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg
Wachau Cultural Landscape
Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
Historic Centre of Vienna
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

- Total Sites (2)    Natural (0)    Cultural (2)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape

- Total Sites (4)    Natural (1)    Cultural (3)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest
Cultural Sites
Mir Castle Complex
Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh
Struve Geodetic Arc

- Total Sites (10)    Natural (0)    Cultural (10)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Flemish Béguinages
La Grand-Place, Brussels
The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault)
Belfries of Belgium and France * 3
Historic Centre of Brugge
Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex
Stoclet House

- Total Sites (2)    Natural (0)    Cultural (2)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad

- Total Sites (9)    Natural (2)    Cultural (7)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Pirin National Park
Srebarna Nature Reserve
Cultural Sites
Boyana Church
Madara Rider
Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo
Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
Ancient City of Nessebar
Rila Monastery
Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari

- Total Sites (7)    Natural (1)    Cultural (6)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Cultural Sites
Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
Old City of Dubrovnik
Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Poreč
Historic City of Trogir
The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik
Stari Grad Plain

- Total Sites (3)    Natural (0)    Cultural (3)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Paphos
Painted Churches in the Troodos Region
Choirokoitia

- Total Sites (12)    Natural (0)    Cultural (12)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Historic Centre of Český Krumlov
Historic Centre of Prague
Historic Centre of Telč
Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora
Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec
Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž
Holašovice Historical Village Reservation
Litomyšl Castle
Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc
Tugendhat Villa in Brno
Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč

- Total Sites (4)    Natural (1)    Cultural (3)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Ilulissat Icefjord
Cultural Sites
Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
Roskilde Cathedral
Kronborg Castle

- Total Sites (2)    Natural (0)    Cultural (2)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn
Struve Geodetic Arc

- Total Sites (7)    Natural (1)    Cultural (6)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
Cultural Sites
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Old Rauma
Petäjävesi Old Church
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
Struve Geodetic Arc

- Total Sites (37)    Natural (3)    Cultural (33)    Mixed (1)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems
Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island
Cultural Sites
Chartres Cathedral
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
Palace and Park of Versailles
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
Vézelay, Church and Hill
Amiens Cathedral
Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange
From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt
Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy
Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
Strasbourg – Grande île
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims
Paris, Banks of the Seine
Bourges Cathedral
Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
Canal du Midi
Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
Historic Site of Lyons
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
Belfries of Belgium and France
Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
Fortifications of Vauban
Episcopal City of Albi
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape
Mixed Sites
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu

- Total Sites (3)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (2)
Cultural Sites
Upper Svaneti
Sites under danger
Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta

- Total Sites (36)    Natural (3)    Cultural (33)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Messel Pit Fossil Site
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany
The Wadden Sea
Cultural Sites
Aachen Cathedral
Speyer Cathedral
Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
Pilgrimage Church of Wies
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
Maulbronn Monastery Complex
Town of Bamberg
Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg
Völklingen Ironworks
Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau
Cologne Cathedral
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
Classical Weimar
Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
Wartburg Castle
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
Monastic Island of Reichenau
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
Fagus Factory in Alfeld
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

- Total Sites (17)    Natural (0)    Cultural (15)    Mixed (2)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
Acropolis, Athens
Archaeological Site of Delphi
Medieval City of Rhodes
Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika
Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
Archaeological Site of Mystras
Archaeological Site of Olympia
Delos
Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina)
Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John
Old Town of Corfu
Mixed Sites
Meteora
Mount Athos

- Total Sites (8)    Natural (1)    Cultural (7)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
Cultural Sites
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings
Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment
Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta
Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae)
Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape

- Total Sites (2)    Natural (1)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Surtsey
Cultural Sites
Þingvellir National Park

- Total Sites (2)    Natural (0)    Cultural (2)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne
Skellig Michael

- Total Sites (47)    Natural (3)    Cultural (44)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
Monte San Giorgio
The Dolomites
Cultural Sites
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura * 13
Historic Centre of Florence
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
Venice and its Lagoon
Historic Centre of San Gimignano
The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
Crespi d'Adda
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta 14
Historic Centre of Naples
Historic Centre of Siena
Castel del Monte
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
The Trulli of Alberobello
18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex
Archaeological Area of Agrigento
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
Costiera Amalfitana
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
Su Nuraxi di Barumini
Villa Romana del Casale
Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
Historic Centre of Urbino
Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
City of Verona
Villa d'Este, Tivoli
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
Val d'Orcia
Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli
Mantua and Sabbioneta
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
Longobards in Italy. Places of the power (568-774 A.D.)
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

- Total Sites (2)    Natural (0)    Cultural (2)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Historic Centre of Riga
Struve Geodetic Arc

- Total Sites (4)    Natural (0)    Cultural (4)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Vilnius Historic Centre
Curonian Spit
Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)
Struve Geodetic Arc

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (0)    Mixed (1)    Under Danger (0)
Mixed Sites
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region

- Total Sites (3)    Natural (0)    Cultural (3)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
City of Valletta
Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
Megalithic Temples of Malta

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Struve Geodetic Arc

- Total Sites (2)    Natural (1)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Durmitor National Park
Cultural Sites
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor

- Total Sites (9)    Natural (1)    Cultural (8)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
The Wadden Sea
Cultural Sites
Schokland and Surroundings
Defence Line of Amsterdam
Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)
Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)
Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)
Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht

- Total Sites (7)    Natural (1)    Cultural (6)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
Cultural Sites
Bryggen
Urnes Stave Church
Røros Mining Town and the Circumference
Rock Art of Alta
Vegaøyan -- The Vega Archipelago
Struve Geodetic Arc

- Total Sites (13)    Natural (1)    Cultural (12)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest
Cultural Sites
Cracow's Historic Centre
Wieliczka Salt Mine
Auschwitz Birkenau
Historic Centre of Warsaw
Old City of Zamość
Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork
Medieval Town of Toruń
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park
Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica
Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland
Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski
Centennial Hall in Wrocław

- Total Sites (13)    Natural (1)    Cultural (12)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Laurisilva of Madeira
Cultural Sites
Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores
Convent of Christ in Tomar
Monastery of Batalha
Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon
Historic Centre of Évora
Monastery of Alcobaça
Cultural Landscape of Sintra
Historic Centre of Oporto
Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
Alto Douro Wine Region
Historic Centre of Guimarães
Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture

- Total Sites (7)    Natural (1)    Cultural (6)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Danube Delta
Cultural Sites
Churches of Moldavia
Monastery of Horezu
Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
Historic Centre of Sighişoara
Wooden Churches of Maramureş

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano

- Total Sites (7)    Natural (2)    Cultural (5)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst *
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany
Cultural Sites
Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity
Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments
Vlkolínec
Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve
Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area

- Total Sites (2)    Natural (1)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Škocjan Caves
Cultural Sites
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

- Total Sites (43)    Natural (3)    Cultural (38)    Mixed (2)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Garajonay National Park
Doñana National Park
Teide National Park
Cultural Sites
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada 21
Burgos Cathedral
Historic Centre of Cordoba 22
Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
Works of Antoni Gaudí 23
Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches
Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)
Historic City of Toledo
Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
Old Town of Cáceres
Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
Old City of Salamanca
Poblet Monastery
Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
Route of Santiago de Compostela
Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe
Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
Las Médulas
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares
San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco
Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí
Palmeral of Elche
Roman Walls of Lugo 27
Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza
Vizcaya Bridge
Tower of Hercules
Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana
Mixed Sites
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture

- Total Sites (14)    Natural (1)    Cultural (12)    Mixed (1)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
Cultural Sites
Royal Domain of Drottningholm
Birka and Hovgården
Engelsberg Ironworks
Rock Carvings in Tanum
Skogskyrkogården
Hanseatic Town of Visby
Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå
Naval Port of Karlskrona
Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland
Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
Varberg Radio Station
Struve Geodetic Arc
Mixed Sites
Laponian Area

- Total Sites (11)    Natural (3)    Cultural (8)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Monte San Giorgio
Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
Cultural Sites
Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair
Convent of St Gall
Old City of Berne
Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona
Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

- Total Sites (5)    Natural (1)    Cultural (4)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany
Cultural Sites
Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre
Struve Geodetic Arc
Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans

- Total Sites (28)    Natural (4)    Cultural (23)    Mixed (1)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
Henderson Island
Gough and Inaccessible Islands
Cultural Sites
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
Durham Castle and Cathedral
Ironbridge Gorge
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey
Blenheim Palace
City of Bath
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church
Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church
Tower of London
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Maritime Greenwich
Heart of Neolithic Orkney
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda
Derwent Valley Mills
New Lanark
Saltaire
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
Mixed Sites
St Kilda

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Vatican City

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura

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