UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updates
UNESCO World Heritage Sites is a website that showcases some of the most outstanding places in the world. Listed below are the latest articles I have added into it.
Cracow's Historic Centre , 2011 May 7
Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland , 2011 May 7
Tongariro National Park, New Zealand , 2011 May 5
New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands , 2011 May 5
Angel Falls, Venezuela , 2011 March 31
Machu Picchu, Peru , 2011 March 31
Kairouan, Tunisia , 2011 February 24
Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores, Portugal , 2011 February 16
Convent of Christ in Tomar, Portugal , 2011 February 16
Monastery of Batalha, Portugal , 2011 February 16
Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon, Portugal , 2011 February 16
Historic Centre of Évora, Portugal , 2011 February 16
Monastery of Alcobaça, Portugal , 2011 February 16
Cultural Landscape of Sintra, Portugal , 2011 February 16
Historic Centre of Oporto, Portugal , 2011 February 16
Laurisilva of Madeira, Portugal , 2011 February 16
Alto Douro Wine Region, Portugal , 2011 February 16
Historic Centre of Guimarães, Portugal , 2011 February 16
Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture, Portugal , 2011 February 16
Las Médulas, Spain , 2011 February 12
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain , 2011 February 12
San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries, Spain , 2011 February 12
Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde, Portugal/Spain , 2011 February 12
Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, Spain , 2011 February 12
University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares, Spain , 2011 February 12
Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture, Spain , 2011 February 12
San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain , 2011 February 12
Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco, Spain , 2011 February 12
Archaeological Site of Atapuerca, Spain , 2011 February 12
Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí, Spain , 2011 February 12
Palmeral of Elche, Spain , 2011 February 12
Roman Walls of Lugo, Spain , 2011 February 12
Aranjuez Cultural Landscape, Spain , 2011 February 12
Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza, Spain , 2011 February 12
Vizcaya Bridge, Spain , 2011 February 12
Teide National Park, Spain , 2011 February 12
Tower of Hercules, Spain , 2011 February 12
Burgos Cathedral, Spain , 2011 February 11
Historic Centre of Cordoba, Spain , 2011 February 11
Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid, Spain , 2011 February 11
Works of Antoni Gaudí, Spain , 2011 February 11
Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain , 2011 February 11
Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias, Spain , 2011 February 11
Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches, Spain , 2011 February 11
Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct, Spain , 2011 February 11
Santiago de Compostela, Spain , 2011 February 11
Garajonay National Park, Spain , 2011 February 11
Historic City of Toledo, Spain , 2011 February 11
Mudejar Architecture of Aragon, Spain , 2011 February 11
Old Town of Cáceres, Spain , 2011 February 11
Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias de Seville, Spain , 2011 February 11
Old City of Salamanca, Spain , 2011 February 11
Poblet Monastery, Spain , 2011 February 11
Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida, Spain , 2011 February 11
Route of Santiago de Compostela, Spain , 2011 February 11
Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe, Spain , 2011 February 11
Doñana National Park, Spain , 2011 February 11
Historic Walled Town of Cuenca, Spain , 2011 February 11
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia, Spain , 2011 February 11
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya, India , 2011 January 21
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, India , 2011 January 21
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, India , 2011 January 21
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus), India , 2011 January 21
Elephanta Caves, India , 2011 January 6
Group of Monuments at Hampi, India , 2011 January 6
Great Living Chola Temples, India , 2011 January 6
Sun Temple, Konârak, India , 2010 December 28
Group of Monuments of Mahabalipuram, India , 2010 December 28
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, India , 2010 December 28
Kaziranga National Park, India , 2010 December 28
Keoladeo National Park, India , 2010 December 28
Churches and Convents of Goa, India , 2010 December 28
Ellora Caves, India , 2010 December 24
Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) , 2010 December 24
Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape , 2010 December 24
Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape , 2010 December 24
Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment , 2010 December 16
Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta , 2010 December 16
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst , 2010 December 16
Quseir Amra , 2010 December 15
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) , 2010 December 15
Old Village of HollóKő and its Surroundings , 2010 December 8
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama , 2010 December 3
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) , 2010 December 3
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara , 2010 December 3
Shrines and Temples of Nikko , 2010 December 3
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu , 2010 December 3
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range , 2010 December 3
Shiretoko , 2010 December 3
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape , 2010 December 3
Yakushima , Japan , 2010 November 30
Shirakami-Sanchi , Japan , 2010 November 30
Himeji-jo , Japan , 2010 November 30
The Dolomites, Italy , 2010 November 23
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina Landscapes, Italy/Switzerland , 2010 November 23
Mantua and Sabbioneta, Italy , 2010 November 23
Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli, Italy , 2010 November 23
Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica, Italy , 2010 November 23
Val d'Orcia, Italy , 2010 November 23
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia, Italy , 2010 November 23
Monte San Giorgio, Italy/Switzerland , 2010 November 23
City of Verona, Italy , 2010 November 16
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands), Italy , 2010 November 16
Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Italy , 2010 November 16
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily), Italy , 2010 November 16
Sacri Monti di Piedmont and Lombardy, Italy , 2010 November 16
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto), Italy , 2010 November 16
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy, Italy , 2010 November 16
Su Nuraxi di Barumini, Italy , 2010 November 16
Villa Romana del Casale, Italy , 2010 November 16
Archaeological Area and the Patriarchhal Basilica of Aquileia, Italy , 2010 November 16
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula, Italy , 2010 November 16
Historic Centre of Urbino, Italy , 2010 November 16
Villa Adriana (Tivoli), Italy , 2010 November 16
Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites, Italy , 2010 November 16
18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex, Italy , 2010 November 16
Archaeological Area of Agrigento, Italy , 2010 November 16
Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua, Italy , 2010 November 16
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata, Italy , 2010 November 16
Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena, Italy , 2010 November 16
Costiera Amalfitana, Italy , 2010 November 16
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna, Italy , 2010 November 8
Castel del Monte, Italy , 2010 November 8
Trulli of Alberobello, Italy , 2010 November 8
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza, Italy , 2010 November 8
Historic Centre of Siena, Italy , 2010 November 8
Crespi d'Adda, Italy , 2010 November 1
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta , 2010 November 1
Historic Centre of Naples , 2010 November 1
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto , 2010 November 1
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site , 2010 October 29
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex , 2010 October 29
Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci , 2010 October 27
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura , 2010 October 27
Historic Centre of Florence , 2010 October 27
Historic Centre of San Gimignano , 2010 October 27
The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera , 2010 October 27
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal , 2010 October 21
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape , 2010 October 21
Liverpool - Maritime Merchantile City , 2010 October 21
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , 2010 October 21
Saltaire , 2010 October 21
New Lanark , 2010 October 21
Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda , 2010 October 20
Dorset and East Devon Coast, England , 2010 October 20
Derwent Valley Mills , 2010 October 20
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape , 2010 October 20
Heart of Neolithic Orkney , 2010 October 20
Maritime Greenwich , 2010 October 20
Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church , 2010 October 18
Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church , 2010 October 18
Henderson Island , 2010 October 18
Tower of London , 2010 October 18
Gough and Inaccessible Islands , 2010 October 18
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh , 2010 October 18
City of Bath , 2010 October 13
Blenheim Palace , 2010 October 13
Studley Royal Park with Fountains Abbey , 2010 October 13
St. Kilda , 2010 October 13
Ironbridge Gorge , 2010 October 13
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast , 2010 October 13
Durham Castle and Cathedral , 2010 October 12
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd , 2010 October 12
Papahanaumokuakea , 2010 October 10
Carlsbad Caverns National Park , 2010 October 10
Pueblos de Taos , 2010 October 10
Monticello and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville , 2010 October 10
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park , 2010 October 10
Chaco Culture , 2010 October 10
Yosemite National Park , 2010 October 10
Great Smoky Mountains National Park , 2010 October 10
La Fortaleza and San Juan Historic Site, Puerto Rico , 2010 October 10
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site , 2010 October 10
Olympic National Park , 2010 October 10
Mammoth Cave National Park , 2010 October 10
Redwood National and State Parks , 2010 October 10
Independence Hall, Philadelphia , 2010 October 9
Everglades National Park , 2010 October 1
Grand Canyon National Park , 2010 October 1
Meteora, Greece , 2010 September 30
Mount Athos, Greece , 2010 September 30
Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika, Greece , 2010 September 30
Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus, Greece , 2010 September 30
Archaeological Site of Mystras, Greece , 2010 September 30
Archaeological Site of Olympia, Greece , 2010 September 30
Delos, Greece , 2010 September 30
Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios, Greece , 2010 September 30
Pythagoreion and Heraian of Samos, Greece , 2010 September 30
Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios, Greece , 2010 September 30
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos, Greece , 2010 September 30
Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina), Greece , 2010 September 30
Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns, Greece , 2010 September 30
Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos, Greece , 2010 September 30
Old Town of Corfu, Greece , 2010 September 30
Episcopal City of Albi, France , 2010 September 29
Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Réunion Island , 2010 September 29
Monastic Island of Reichenau, Germany , 2010 September 29
Zollverien Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen, Germany , 2010 September 29
Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar, Germany , 2010 September 29
Upper Middle Rhine Valley, Germany , 2010 September 29
Dresden Elbe Valley, Germany , 2010 September 29
Muskauer Park, Germany , 2010 September 29
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen, Germany , 2010 September 29
Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof, Germany , 2010 September 29
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates, Germany , 2010 September 29
The Wadden Sea, Germany , 2010 September 29
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz, Germany , 2010 September 29
Wartburg Castle, Germany , 2010 September 29
Museuminsel, Berlin, Germany , 2010 September 29
Classical Weimar, Germany , 2010 September 29
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg, Germany , 2010 September 29
Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion , 2010 September 28
Routes of Santiago de Compostela , 2010 September 28
Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs , 2010 September 28
Paris, Banks of the Seine , 2010 September 28
Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret , 2010 September 28
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto , 2010 August 25
Mesa Verde National Park , 2010 August 13
Historic Site of Lyon, France , 2010 August 10
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu , 2010 August 9
Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar and Dessau, Germany , 2010 August 9