A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is a place of either cultural of physical significance. As of 2009, there are 890 sites listed by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. This committee is composed of 21 state parties, which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term. The World Heritage Programme catalogues, names, and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humanity.
Of the 890 sites:
· 689 are cultural
· 176 natural
· 25 mixed properties
· All in 148 States
o Italy is home to the greatest number of World Heritage Sites with 44 places on the list.
Visit this website to see all the 890 sites: http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&l=en&&&mode=table&order=region
Just a FEW of my personal favorites, that I hope to one day see are:
· Victory Falls in Zimbabwe
· Robben Island in South Africa
· Rainforests of the Atsinanana, Madagascar
· Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
· Churches of Chiloe, Chile
· Vinales Valley, Cuba
· Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
· Great Barrier Reef, Australia
· Sydney Opera House, Australia
· Elephant Caves, India
· Red Fort, India
· Baha’I Holy Places, Israel
· Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls, Jerusalem
· Golden Mountains of Altai, Russian Federation
· Historic Areas of Istanbul, Turkey
· Jelling Runic stones, Denmark
· Bronze Age Burial Site, Finland
· Island of Delos, Greece
· Skellig Michael, Ireland
· Piazza del Dumo, Italy
Some I have seen are:
· Medina of Marrakesh, Morocco
· Le Morne Cultural Landscape, Mauritius
· Antigua, Guatemala
· Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
· Statue of Liberty, New York
· Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
· Angkor, Cambodia
· The Great Wall, China
· Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, China
· Summer Palace, China
· Taj Mahal, India
· Historic City of Ayutthaya, Thailand
· La Grand-Place, Belgium
· Cathedral of Notre-Dame, France
Liverpool, United Kingdom
