Download Excel File List of World Heritage Sites in Western Europe

SNo,Site,Location,Criteria,Area,Year,Description,,,,ha (acre),,1,Aachen Cathedral,"GermanyAachen,",Cultural:,,1978,"An iconic feat of architecture that sparked copies around Germany for centuries to come, Aachen's cathedral became the first-built vaulted structure since antiquity. The town itself was closely tied to Charlemagne during the cathedral's inception, which explains why it became his burial place when he died in 814.",,Germany,"(i), (ii),",,,,,5046?28?N 65?4?E? / ?50.77444N 6.08444E,"(iv), (vi)",,,2,Abbey and Altenmnster of Lorsch,"GermanyLorsch,",Cultural:,,1991,"The abbey and gate or 'Torhall', are from the Carolingian era. The notable Carolingian sculptures and paintings are still in good condition.",,Germany,"(iii), (iv)",,,,,4939?13.284?N 834?6.888?E? / ?49.65369000N 8.56858000E,,,,3,Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe,"FranceVienne,",Cultural:,0.16 (0.40),1983,"Often referred to as the ""Romanesque Sistine Chapel"", the church features well-preserved murals from the 11th and 12th cenutries.",,France,"(i), (iii)",,,,,4633?52.992?N 051?57.996?E? / ?46.56472000N 0.86611000E,,,,4,Amiens Cathedral,"FranceAmiens,",Cultural:,1.37 (3.4),1981,"Amiens Cathedral is known as one of the classic Gothic churches of the 13th century. Following a devastating fire in 1218, it spent almost an entire 200 years under construction before taking on its current form in 1401, after which it has remained in great shape.",,France,"(i), (ii)",,,,,4953?42?N 218?6?E? / ?49.89500N 2.30167E,,,,5,Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne,"IrelandCounty Meath,",Cultural:,"770 (1,900)",1993,"The site is a unique testament to the longevity of several prehistoric and medieval settlements, featuring various cultural, artistic and scientific advancements that span four millennia.",,Ireland,"(i), (iii), (iv)",,,,,5341?30.012?N 627?0?W? / ?53.69167000N 6.45000W,,,,6,"Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments","FranceBouches-du-Rhne,",Cultural:,65 (160),1981,"The city, originally built in the 6th century BCE by Phocaean settlers from Greece, was remodelled by the Romans and slowly grew into an important metropolis, both politically and religiously. By 480, however, Arles was conquered by Barbarians and suffered a decline in its status until the 9th century, when Boso founded what would later become the Kingdom of Arles, where it regained its importance.",,France,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,4340?39.5?N 437?50.5?E? / ?43.677639N 4.630694E,,,,7,Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar and Dessau,GermanyDessau and Weimar,Cultural:,,1996,"Formed in 1919, the original Bauhaus school in Weimar was known for its role in the progression of modern art through its architecture. Although it was shut down in 1925 for political reasons, Walter Gropius was able to establish a second and much more influential Bauhaus in Dessau months later, eventually attracting world-renowned artists to teach at the school before once again closing in 1933.",,Germany,"(ii), (iv), (vi)",,,,,5058?29.172?N 1119?46.164?E? / ?50.97477000N 11.32949000E,,,,8,Beemster Polder,"NetherlandsNorth Holland,",Cultural:,,1999,"The early 17th century Beemster Polder, is a series of fields, roads, canals, dykes and settlements all built on land reclaimed from the sea.",,Netherlands,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,5232?56?N 454?40?E? / ?52.54889N 4.91111E,,,,9,Belfries of Belgium and France,BelgiumBelgium*,Cultural:,,1999,"The UNESCO entry covers 56 culturally significant belfries across France and Belgium, built over a period of several centuries.",,France*,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,5010?27.984?N 313?53.004?E? / ?50.17444000N 3.23139000E,,,,10,Benedictine Convent of St John at Mstair,"SwitzerlandMstair,",Cultural:,"2,036 (5,030)",1983,"The Convent of Mstair is a Christian monastery from the Carolingian period. It has Switzerland's greatest series of figurative murals, painted c. 800 AD, along with other Romanesque art and designs.",,Switzerland,(iii),,,,,4637?46.02?N 1026?51.54?E? / ?46.6294500N 10.4476500E,,,,11,Bergpark Wilhelmshhe,"GermanyKassel,",Cultural:,"559 (1,380)",2013,"Bergpark Wilhelmshhe is the largest European hillside park, and second largest park on a mountain slope in the world. Its waterworks along with the towering Hercules statue constitute an expression of the ideals of absolutist Monarchy while the ensemble is a remarkable testimony to the aesthetics of the Baroque and Romantic periods.",,Germany,"(iii), (iv)",,,,,5118?57?N 923?35?E? / ?51.31583N 9.39306E,,,,12,Berlin Modernism Housing Estates,"GermanyBerlin,",Cultural:,88 (220),2008,"The property consists of six housing estates from 1910 to 1933. It is an example of the building reform movement that contributed to improved housing and living conditions for people with low incomes. The estates also showcase a number of new designs, decoration and layouts. The lessons learned here were applied on other projects around the world. Some of the notable architects on these house were; Bruno Taut, Martin Wagner and Walter Gropius.",,Germany,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,5226?54?N 1326?59.9?E? / ?52.44833N 13.449972E,,,,13,Blaenavon Industrial Landscape,"United KingdomTorfaen, Wales,",Cultural:,"3,290 (8,100)",2000,"In the 19th century, Wales was the world's foremost producer of iron and coal. Blaenavon is an example of the landscape created by the industrial processes associated with the production of these materials. The site includes quarries, public buildings, workers' housing, and a railway.",,United Kingdom,"(iii), (iv)",,,,,5146?35?N 35?17?W? / ?51.77639N 3.08806W,,,,14,Blenheim Palace,"United KingdomWoodstock, England,",Cultural:,,1987,"Blenheim Palace, the residence of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, was designed by architects John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor. The associated park was landscaped by Capability Brown. The palace celebrated victory over the French and is significant for establishing English Romantic Architecture as a separate entity from French Classical Architecture.",,United Kingdom,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,5150?31?N 121?41?W? / ?51.84194N 1.36139W,,,,15,"Bordeaux, Port of the Moon","FranceGironde,",Cultural:,"1,731 (4,280)",2007,"A port city world-renowned for its wine industry, Bordeaux is also a coherent blend of classical and neo-classical architectural trends that symbolise the urban transformation from the 18th century onwards.",,France,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,4450?20?N 034?20?E? / ?44.83889N 0.57222E,,,,16,Bourges Cathedral,"FranceBourges,",Cultural:,0.85 (2.1),1992,"Originally built to confirm the ruling of the archdiocese and rebuilt due to fire, the cathedral is simplistic in its design, yet considered be a unique landmark of the city. Some of the medieval-era houses still surround the church.",,France,"(i), (iv)",,,,,474?56?N 223?54?E? / ?47.08222N 2.39833E,,,,17,Canal du Midi,"FranceSouthern France,",Cultural:,"1,172 (2,900)",1996,"Called ""one of the greatest engineering achievements of the modern age"", the 360km (220mi) Canal du Midi is the result of 17th-century projects that linked the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, essentially setting the stage for the Industrial Revolution. Creator Pierre-Paul Riquet also placed heavy emphasis on the aesthetics of the waterway so that it would blend with its surroundings.",,France,"(i), (ii),",,,,,4336?41?N 124?59?E? / ?43.61139N 1.41639E,"(iv), (vi)",,,18,"Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church","United KingdomCanterbury, England,",Cultural:,18 (44),1988,"St Martin's Church is the oldest church in England. The church and St Augustine's Abbey were founded during the early stages of the introduction of Christianity to the Anglo-Saxons. The cathedral exhibits Romanesque and Gothic architecture, and is the seat of the Church of England.",,United Kingdom,"(i), (ii), (vi)",,,,,5116?48?N 14?59?E? / ?51.28000N 1.08306E,,,,19,Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd,"United KingdomGwynedd, Wales,",Cultural:,6 (15),1986,"During the reign of Edward I of England (12721307), a series of castles were constructed in Wales with the purpose of subduing the population and establishing English colonies in Wales. The World Heritage Site covers many castles including Beaumaris, Caernarfon, Conwy, and Harlech. The castles of Edward I are considered the pinnacle of military architecture by military historians.",,United Kingdom,"(i), (iii), (iv)",,,,,538?23?N 416?37?W? / ?53.13972N 4.27694W,,,,20,Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brhl,"GermanyBrhl, North Rhine-Westphalia,",Cultural:,89 (220),1984,"Augustusburg Castle, the residence of the prince-archbishops of Cologne, and the Falkenlust hunting lodge are both examples of early German Rococo architecture.",,Germany,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,5049?30.1?N 654?35.2?E? / ?50.825028N 6.909778E,,,,21,"Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rmi and Palace of Tau, Reims","FranceReims,",Cultural:,4.16 (10.3),1991,"Notre-Dame in Reims is one of the masterpieces of Gothic art. The former abbey still has its beautiful 9th-century nave, in which lie the remains of Archbishop St Rmi (440533), who instituted the Holy Anointing of the kings of France. The former archiepiscopal palace known as the Tau Palace, which played an important role in religious ceremonies, was almost entirely rebuilt in the 17th century.",,France,"(i), (ii), (vi)",,,,,4915?12?N 41?58?E? / ?49.25333N 4.03278E,,,,22,The Causses and the Cvennes,"FranceSouthern France,",Cultural:,"302,319 (747,050)",2011,"This site, in the southern part of central France, displays the relationship between local farming and the environment. The region is mountainous with numerous narrow valleys. The local farmers had to adapt to raise food in this difficult landscape. The valleys of the Causses were developed and controlled by large abbeys, starting in the 11th century. Mont Lozre is one of the last places where summer transhumance is still practiced in the traditional way.",,France,"(iii), (v)",,,,,4413?13?N 328?23?E? / ?44.22028N 3.47306E,,,,23,Chartres Cathedral,"FranceChartres,",Cultural:,1.06 (2.6),1979,The cathedral was started in 1145 and rebuilt after a fire in 1194. It is a masterpiece of French Gothic art. The sculptures are from the 12th century and the stained-glass windows are from the 12th and 13th centuries.,,France,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,4826?51?N 129?14?E? / ?48.44750N 1.48722E,,,,24,"La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning","SwitzerlandCanton of Neuchtel,",Cultural:,284 (700),2009,"The site consists of two towns situated close to one another in a remote environment in the Swiss Jura mountains. Due to poor agricultural land, the watchmaking industry developed in the towns in the 19th century. After several devastating fires the towns were rebuilt to support this single industry. The town of La Chaux-de-Fonds was described by Karl Marx as a huge factory-town in Das Kapital where he analyzed the division of labour in the watchmaking industry of the Jura.",,Switzerland,(iv),,,,,476?14?N 649?58?E? / ?47.10389N 6.83278E,,,,25,Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay,"FranceMarmagne, Cte-d'Or,",Cultural:,5.77 (14.3),1981,"The monastery was founded by St Bernard in 1119. The abbey was built to be self-sufficient and to isolate the residents from the outside world. In addition to the church and monks' quarters, it had a bakery and ironworks to help make it independent.",,France,(iv),,,,,4738?21.984?N 423?20.796?E? / ?47.63944000N 4.38911000E,,,,26,City of Bath,"United KingdomSomerset, England,",Cultural:,"2,900 (7,200)",1987,"Founded by the Romans as a spa, an important centre of the wool industry in the medieval period, and a spa town in the 18th century, Bath has a varied history. The city is preserved for its Roman remains and Palladian architecture.",,United Kingdom,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,5122?53?N 221?31?W? / ?51.38139N 2.35861W,,,,27,City of Graz  Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg,"AustriaStyria,",Cultural:,,1999,"A branch of the Habsburg family lived in Graz for centuries. The Habsburgs and other local nobles beautified and expanded Graz over centuries, leading to a city with grand buildings in a number of styles.",,Austria,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,474?27?N 1523?30?E? / ?47.07417N 15.39167E,,,,28,City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications,LuxembourgLuxembourg,Cultural:,30 (74),1994,"Luxembourg occupies a strategically important location in the region. Over the centuries it was traded back and forth by the great powers in Europe, each of which fortified and expanded the city. Though many of the walls were dismantled in 1867, portions still remain.",,4936?36?N 67?59.988?E? / ?49.61000N 6.13333000E,(iv),,,29,Classical Weimar,"GermanyThuringia,",Cultural:,,1998,"Weimar became a cultural center in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Among the many artists and writers, the city was home to Goethe and Schiller. During this same period elegant buildings and parks were built in Weimar.",,Germany,"(iii), (vi)",,,,,5058?39?N 1119?42.996?E? / ?50.97750N 11.32861000E,,,,30,"Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg","GermanyHarz,",Cultural:,,1994,"The preservation of old Quedlinberg allows tourists to see 16th- and 17th-century timber-framed houses and walk down medieval-patterned streets, while the Romanesque castle and cathedral, housing the bodies of Henry I and his wife, tower over the town.",,Germany,(iv),,,,,5146?59.988?N 119?0?E? / ?51.78333000N 11.15000E,,,,31,Cologne Cathedral,"GermanyCologne,",Cultural:,,1996,"While work on the Cologne Cathedral began in 1248, it remained incomplete until the Prussians picked up the task centuries later, finishing the job in 1880. It was heavily bombed in the Second World War, but restorations allowed it to become the most visited landmark in Germany, boasting 6.5 million visitors per year as of 2011.",,Germany,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,5056?28?N 657?26?E? / ?50.94111N 6.95722E,,,,32,Convent of St Gall,"SwitzerlandSt. Gallen,",Cultural:,,1983,The Carolingian Convent of St Gall was one of the most important in Europe. It was in operation from the 8th century to its secularization in 1805. Its library is one of the richest and oldest in the world and contains a number of precious manuscripts such as the Plan of Saint Gall. Portions of the building were rebuilt in the Baroque style.,,Switzerland,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,4725?23.988?N 922?40.008?E? / ?47.42333000N 9.37778000E,,,,33,Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape,"United KingdomSouth West England,",Cultural:,"19,719 (48,730)",2006,"Tin and copper mining in Devon and Cornwall boomed in the 18th and 19th centuries, and at its peak the area produced two-thirds of the world's copper. The techniques and technology involved in deep mining developed in Devon and Cornwall were used around the world.",,United Kingdom,"(ii), (iii), (iv)",,,,,508?10?N 523?1?W? / ?50.13611N 5.38361W,,,,34,Defence Line of Amsterdam,"NetherlandsAmsterdam,",Cultural:,"14,953 (36,950)",1996,"Known in Dutch as the Stelling van Amsterdam, the 135-kilometre (84mi) defence line surrounding the city was completed in 1920 to protect it from naval threats coming through the Markermeer. It was designed to temporarily flood the area comprising the line, enabling the 45 armed forts along it to effectively stage their countermeasures.",,Netherlands,"(ii), (iv), (v)",,,,,5222?28?N 453?35?E? / ?52.37444N 4.89306E,,,,35,Derwent Valley Mills,"United KingdomDerbyshire, England,",Cultural:,"1,229 (3,040)",2001,"The Derwent Valley Mills was the birthplace of the factory system; the innovations in the valley, including the development of workers' housing such as at Cromford and machines such as the water frame, were important in the Industrial Revolution. The Derwent Valley Mills influenced North America and Europe.",,United Kingdom,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,531?44?N 129?17?W? / ?53.02889N 1.48806W,,,,36,Dorset and East Devon Coast,"United KingdomDorset, England,",Natural:,"2,550 (6,300)",2001,The cliffs that make up the Dorset and Devon coast are an important site for fossils and provide a continuous record of life on land and in the sea in the area since 185million years ago.,,United Kingdom,(viii),,,,,5042?20?N 259?23.6?W? / ?50.70556N 2.989889W,,,,37,Durham Castle and Cathedral,"United KingdomDurham, England,",Cultural:,8.79 (21.7),1986,"Durham Cathedral is the ""largest and finest"" example of Norman architecture in England and vaulting of the cathedral was part of the advent of Gothic architecture. The cathedral houses relics of St Cuthbert and Bede. The Norman castle was the residence of the Durham prince-bishops.",,United Kingdom,"(ii), (iv), (vi)",,,,,5446?29?N 134?34?W? / ?54.77472N 1.57611W,,,,38,Episcopal City of Albi,"FranceTarn,",Cultural:,19 (47),2010,"The once powerful Albi, originally founded as an agricultural town, gradually shifted its theme from fortifications to a much more classical Renaissance look that survives as a testament to the two eras in human history.",,France,"(iv), (v)",,,,,4355?42?N 28?33?E? / ?43.92833N 2.14250E,,,,39,Fagus Factory in Alfeld,"GermanyAlfeld,",Cultural:,1.88 (4.6),2011,"Built by Walter Gropius in 1910, the factory designed to manufacture shoe last was renowned for redefining decorative values of the time period, particularly in the wide use of glass to render the building much more homogeneous, which foreshadowed his later work with the Bauhaus.",,Germany,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,5159?1?N 948?40?E? / ?51.98361N 9.81111E,,,,40,Fert / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape,"AustriaBurgenland and Gy?r-Moson-Sopron County,",Cultural:,52 (130),2001,The Fert/Neusiedler Lake area has been occupied by different peoples for eight millennia. A number of 18th and 19th century villages and castles were built on top of the ancient settlements and landscape.,,Austria*,(v),,,,,Hungary*,,,,,,4743?9.4?N 1643?21.8?E? / ?47.719278N 16.722722E,,,,41,Flemish Bguinages,"BelgiumFlanders,",Cultural:,60 (150),1998,"The communities, called ""bguinages"", were built by the Bguines, religious women who ""dedicated their lives to God without retiring from the world"". Entire Flemish towns were created in the 13th century based on this principle of life.",,Belgium,"(ii), (iii), (iv)",,,,,511?51.5?N 428?25.5?E? / ?51.030972N 4.473750E,,,,42,Fortifications of Vauban,FranceFrance,Cultural:,"1,153 (2,850)",2008,"The UNESCO entry covers 12 groups of fortified buildings in France engineered by Sbastien Le Prestre, who worked under Louis XIV in the 17th century.",,5016?57?N 245?32?E? / ?50.28250N 2.75889E,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,43,"The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvire and Le Roeulx","BelgiumLa Louvire,",Cultural:,67 (170),1998,The hydraulic lifts along the Canal du Centre were made to overcome the 89.46-metre (293.5ft) height difference between Mons and Charleroi. They are the last functioning lifts built at the turn of the 20th century.,,Belgium,"(iii), (iv)",,,,,5028?51.996?N 48?13.992?E? / ?50.48111000N 4.13722000E,,,,44,Frontiers of the Roman Empire,"GermanyCentral Lowlands,",Cultural:,"527 (1,300)",1987,"Hadrian's Wall was built in 122AD and the Antonine Wall was constructed in 142AD to defend the Roman Empire from ""barbarians"". The World Heritage Site was previously listed as Hadrian's Wall alone, but was later expanded to include all the frontiers of the Roman Empire at its zenith in the 2nd century, ranging from Antonine's Wall in the north to Trajan's Wall in eastern Europe.",,"Northern England,","(ii), (iii), (iv)",,,,,and Southern Germany,,,,,,Germany*,,,,,,United Kingdom*,,,,,,5459?33.4?N 236?3.6?W? / ?54.992611N 2.601000W,,,,45,Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wrlitz,"GermanySaxony-Anhalt,",Cultural:,"14,500 (36,000)",2000,"""The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wrlitz is an outstanding example of the application of the philosophical principles of the Age of the Enlightenment to the design of a landscape that integrates art, education and economy in a harmonious whole.""",,Germany,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,5150?33?N 1225?14.988?E? / ?51.84250N 12.42083000E,,,,46,Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast,"United KingdomCounty Antrim, Northern Ireland,",Natural:,70 (170),1986,"The causeway is made up of 40,000basalt columns projecting out of the sea. It was created by volcanic activity in the Tertiary period.",,United Kingdom,"(vii), (viii)",,,,,5515?0?N 629?7?W? / ?55.25000N 6.48528W,,,,47,"La Grand-Place, Brussels","BelgiumBrussels,",Cultural:,,1998,"Featuring Brussels' city hall, houses and other historic buildings, La Grand Place is a well-preserved testament to the social and cultural life of the late-17th century.",,Belgium,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,5050?48.048?N 421?8.712?E? / ?50.84668000N 4.35242000E,,,,48,"Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve","FranceCorsica,",Natural:,"11,800 (29,000)",1983,"The Gulf of Porto is part of the Corsica Regional Park, hosting a variety of marine and avian life, as well as shrubland.",,France,"(vii), (viii), (x)",,,,,4219?30.7?N 837?43.8?E? / ?42.325194N 8.628833E,,,,49,Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape,"AustriaSalzkammergut,",Cultural:,"28,446 (70,290)",1997,"The region built itself around salt mining, which began as early as 2,000 BCE and continued in the modern era. The region is also known for its mountain ranges and caves, the longest of the latter reaching a length of 81km (50mi).",,Austria,"(iii), (iv)",,,,,4733?34?N 1338?47?E? / ?47.55944N 13.64639E,,,,50,Hanseatic City of Lbeck,"GermanySchleswig-Holstein,",Cultural:,81 (200),1987,"Lbeck was the trading capital of the influential Hanseatic League, which monopolised trade in much of the Northern Europe. Although a fifth of the city was entirely destroyed in World War II, much of the original 12th century architecture remains.",,Germany,(iv),,,,,5352?0.012?N 1041?30.012?E? / ?53.86667000N 10.69167000E,,,,51,Heart of Neolithic Orkney,"United KingdomMainland, Scotland,",Cultural:,15 (37),1999,"A collection of Neolithic sites with purposes ranging from occupation to ceremony. It includes the settlement of Skara Brae, the chambered tomb of Maes Howe and the stone circles of Stenness and Brodgar.",,United Kingdom,"(i), (ii),",,,,,5859?45.8?N 311?19.2?W? / ?58.996056N 3.188667W,"(iii), (iv)",,,52,"Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge","FranceVaucluse,",Culture:,8.2 (20),1995,"Founded in 1612, St George is the oldest English town in the New World and an example of planned urban settlements established in the New World in the 17th century by colonial powers. The fortifications illustrate defensive techniques developed through the 17th to 20th centuries.",,France,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,4357?10?N 448?22?E? / ?43.95278N 4.80611E,,,,53,Historic Centre of Bruges,"BelgiumWest Flanders,",Cultural:,"410 (1,000)",2000,"One of the economic and commercial capitals of Europe in the late-Medieval period, Bruges boasts its intact Gothic and neo-Gothic architecture, which respectively documents its style from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.",,Belgium,"(ii), (iv), (vi)",,,,,5112?32.076?N 313?30.972?E? / ?51.20891000N 3.22527000E,,,,54,Historic Centre of Salzburg,"AustriaSalzburg,",Cultural:,236 (580),1996,"Best associated with Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Salzburg is known for its ecclesiastic city-state qualities only second to Vatican City. It is also where German and Italian cultures intersected, which is reflected by its blend of Gothic- and Baroque-style buildings.",,Austria,"(ii), (iv), (vi)",,,,,4748?2?N 132?36?E? / ?47.80056N 13.04333E,,,,55,Historic Centre of Vienna,AustriaAustria,Cultural:,371 (920),2001,"""The historic centre of Vienna is rich in architectural ensembles, including Baroque castles and gardens, as well as the late-19th-century Ringstrae lined with grand buildings, monuments and parks.""",,4813?0?N 1622?59?E? / ?48.21667N 16.38306E,"(ii), (iv), (vi)",,,56,Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar,"GermanyMecklenburg-Vorpommern,",Cultural:,168 (420),2002,"The two towns were major Hanseatic League trading centres in the 14th and 15th centuries. They then served as defensive and administrative centres for Sweden two hundred years later, notably during the Thirty Years' War. The architectural styles from both of these periods remain and are well-preserved.",,Germany,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,5418?9?N 135?7?E? / ?54.30250N 13.08528E,,,,57,Historic Site of Lyon,"FranceRhne,",Cultural:,"427 (1,060)",1998,,,France,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,4546?1.992?N 449?59.988?E? / ?45.76722000N 4.83333000E,,,,58,Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne,"FranceAude,",Cultural:,11 (27),1997,,,France,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,4312?38?N 221?32?E? / ?43.21056N 2.35889E,,,,59,Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station),"NetherlandsLemmer,",Culture:,7.32 (18.1),1998,,,Netherlands,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,5250?44.988?N 540?44.004?E? / ?52.84583000N 5.67889000E,,,,60,Ironbridge Gorge,"United KingdomShropshire, England,",Cultural:,,1986,"Ironbridge Gorge contains mines, factories, workers' housing, and the transport infrastructure that was created in the gorge during the Industrial Revolution. The development of coke production in the area helped start the Industrial Revolution. The Iron Bridge was the world's first bridge built from iron and was architecturally and technologically influential.",,United Kingdom,"(i), (ii),",,,,,5237?35?N 228?22?W? / ?52.62639N 2.47278W,"(iv), (vi)",,,61,Jurisdiction of Saint-milion,"FranceGironde,",Cultural:,"7,847 (19,390)",1999,"The act of cultivating grapes was introduced to the region by the Romans around 27 BCE and became a large and enduring part of its economy over the course of the following millennia, despite wars and the changes of rule. Occupying 67.5% of the total commune, the vineyards accompany historic monuments and buildings in documenting a monocultural community's history.",,France,"(iii), (iv)",,,,,4453?41?N 09?19?E? / ?44.89472N 0.15528E,,,,62,Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout,"NetherlandsAlblasserdam and Nieuw-Lekkerland,",Cultural:,,1997,"The first canals and pumps to drain the land for farming were built here in the Middle Ages. They have continued to be used and expanded into the present day. The network includes a number of dykes, reservoirs, pumping stations, administrative buildings and a series of windmills.",,Netherlands,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,5152?57?N 438?58?E? / ?51.88250N 4.64944E,,,,63,"Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces","SwitzerlandVaud,",Cultural:,"1,408 (3,480)",2007,"The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces stretch for about 30km (19mi) along the south-facing northern shores of Lake Geneva from Chillon Castle to the eastern outskirts of Lausanne in the Vaud region. The current terraces can be traced back to the 11th century, when Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries controlled the area.",,Switzerland,"(iii), (iv), (v)",,,,,4629?31?N 644?46?E? / ?46.49194N 6.74611E,,,,64,"Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret","FranceSeine-Maritime,",Cultural:,133 (330),2005,"After their city was heavily bombed in World War II, Le Havre officials commissioned Auguste Perret to lead a reconstruction project. Perret's final product was a city blending its original layout and spirit with modern construction methods, urban planning and an innovative exploitation of concrete.",,France,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,4929?34.008?N 06?27?E? / ?49.49278000N 0.10750E,,,,65,Liverpool  Maritime Mercantile City,"United KingdomMerseyside, England,",Cultural:,136 (340),2004,"In the 18thand 19thcenturies, Liverpool was one of the largest ports in the world. Its global connections helped sustain the British Empire, and it was a major port involved in the slave trade until its abolition in 1807, and a departure point for emigrants to North America. The docks were the site of innovations in construction and dock management.",,United Kingdom,"(ii), (iii), (iv)",,,,,5324?24?N 259?40?W? / ?53.40667N 2.99444W,,,,66,The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes,"FranceLoire Valley,",Cultural:,"85,394 (211,010)",2000,"The Loire Valley contains historic towns and villages, castles and cultivated lands along the banks of the river Loire.",,France,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,4723?56.004?N 042?10.008?E? / ?47.39889000N 0.70278000E,,,,67,Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg,"GermanySaxony-Anhalt,",Cultural:,,1996,,,Germany,"(iv), (vi)",,,,,5151?52.992?N 1239?10.008?E? / ?51.86472000N 12.65278000E,,,,68,Major Mining Sites of Wallonia,"BelgiumWallonia,",Cultural:,118 (290),2012,,,Belgium,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,5026?7?N 350?18?E? / ?50.43528N 3.83833E,,,,69,Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels),"BelgiumBrussels,",Cultural:,,2000,,,Belgium,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,5049?41.016?N 421?44.028?E? / ?50.82806000N 4.36223000E,,,,70,Margravial Opera House Bayreuth,"GermanyBayreuth, Bavaria",Cultural:,,2012,,,Germany,"(i), (iv)",,,,,4956?40?N 1134?43?E? / ?49.94444N 11.57861E,,,,71,Maritime Greenwich,"United KingdomLondon, England,",Cultural:,110 (270),1997,"As well as the presence of the first example of Palladian architecture in England, and works by Christopher Wren and Inigo Jones, the area is significant for the Royal Observatory where the understanding of astronomy and navigation were developed.",,United Kingdom,"(i), (ii),",,,,,5128?45?N 00?0?E? / ?51.47917N 0.00000E,"(iv), (vi)",,,72,Maulbronn Monastery Complex,"GermanyMaulbronn,",Cultural:,,1993,"The Cistercian Maulbronn Monastery is considered the most complete and best-preserved medieval monastic complex north of the Alps. The main buildings were constructed between the 12th and 16th centuries, along with the monastery walls. The monastery's church, mainly in Transitional Gothic style, helped spread the Gothic style across northern and central Europe. The monastery also had a large, elaborate water-management system.",,Germany,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,490?2.988?N 848?47.016?E? / ?49.00083000N 8.81306000E,,,,73,Messel Pit Fossil Site,"GermanyMessel,",Natural:,42 (100),1995,"Messel Pit is the richest site in the world for understanding the environment of the Eocene, between 57 million and 36 million years ago. In particular, it shows the early stages of mammalian evolution and includes exceptionally well-preserved mammal fossils. Some of the most notable discoveries include fully articulated skeletons and the contents of the stomachs of animals.",,Germany,(viii),,,,,4955?0.012?N 845?14.004?E? / ?49.91667000N 8.75389000E,,,,74,"Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System","GermanyGoslar,",Cultural:,"1,010 (2,500)",1992,"The Upper Harz water management system was developed over a period of some 800 years to assist in mining and extracting ore. The mines and their ponds began under the Cistercian monks in the Middle Ages. However, most of the works were built from the end of the 16th century until the 19th century. It is made up of an extremely complex system of artificial ponds, small channels, tunnels and underground drains. The mines were a major site for mining innovation in the western world.",,"Upper Harz,","(i), (ii),",,,,,Germany,"(iii), (iv)",,,,,5149?12?N 1020?24?E? / ?51.82000N 10.34000E,,,,75,Monastic Island of Reichenau,"GermanyBaden-Wrttemberg,",Cultural:,,2000,"The site includes traces of the Benedictine monastery, founded in 724, which exercised remarkable spiritual, intellectual and artistic influence throughout the surrounding region. The churches of St Mary and Marcus, St Peter and St Paul, and St George, were mainly built between the 9th and 11th centuries. Their wall paintings and decorations show an impressive artistic activity.",,Germany,"(iii), (iv), (vi)",,,,,4741?55.4?N 93?40.7?E? / ?47.698722N 9.061306E,,,,76,Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay,"FranceManche,",Cultural:,"6,558 (16,210)",1979,"Perched on a rocky islet in the midst of vast sandbanks exposed to powerful tides between Normandy and Brittany stands a Gothic-style Benedictine abbey, and the village that grew up under its walls. Both the abbey and the village had to overcome a number of challenges due to the small, rocky island. Built between the 11th and 16th centuries, the abbey is an incredible technical and artistic project.",,France,"(i), (iii), (vi)",,,,,4838?8.016?N 130?38.016?W? / ?48.63556000N 1.51056000W,,,,77,Monte San Giorgio,"SwitzerlandTicino,",Natural:,"3,207 (7,920)",2010,"The pyramid-shaped, wooded mountain of Monte San Giorgio beside Lake Lugano is regarded as the best fossil record of marine life from the Triassic Period (245230 million years ago). The sequence records life in a tropical lagoon environment, sheltered and partially separated from the open sea by an offshore reef. Diverse marine life flourished within this lagoon, including reptiles, fish, bivalves, ammonites, echinoderms and crustaceans. Because the lagoon was near land, the remains also include land-based fossils of reptiles, insects and plants, resulting in an extremely rich source of fossils.",,Italy*,(viii),,,,,Switzerland*,,,,,,4553?20?N 854?50?E? / ?45.88889N 8.91389E,,,,78,"Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin","GermanyBerlin,",Cultural:,,1999,"The five museums on the Museumsinsel in Berlin, built between 1824 and 1930, are a unified but diverse collection of museum collections and buildings. Each museum was built to mesh with the collection and represents the aesthetic of the different times. The collections trace the development of civilizations throughout the ages.",,Germany,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,5231?11?N 1323?55?E? / ?52.51972N 13.39861E,,,,79,Muskauer Park / Park Mu?akowski,"PolandUpper Lusatia,",Cultural:,348 (860),2004,"A landscaped park astride the Neisse River and the border between Poland and Germany, it was created by Prince Hermann von Puckler-Muskau from 1815 to 1844. Designed as a painting with plants, it used local plants to enhance the existing landscape. The park spreads into the town of Muskau with parks and other green spaces. The site also features a reconstructed castle, bridges and an arboretum.",,Germany*,"(i), (iv)",,,,,Poland*,,,,,,5134?45.5?N 1443?35.2?E? / ?51.579306N 14.726444E,,,,80,Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons),"BelgiumSpiennes,",Cultural:,172 (430),2000,The Neolithic flint mines at Spiennes are the largest and earliest concentration of ancient mines in Europe. They are also remarkable for the diversity of innovations used in mining and due to a nearby Neolithic settlement.,,Belgium,"(i), (iii), (iv)",,,,,5025?50.772?N 358?43.644?E? / ?50.43077000N 3.97879000E,,,,81,New Lanark,"United KingdomLanark, Scotland,",Cultural:,146 (360),2001,"Prompted by Richard Arkwright's factory system developed in the Derwent Valley, the community of New Lanark was created to provide housing for workers at the mills. Philanthropist Robert Owen bought the site and turned it into a model community, providing public facilities, education, and supporting factory reform.",,United Kingdom,"(ii), (iv), (vi)",,,,,5539?48?N 346?59?W? / ?55.66333N 3.78306W,,,,82,Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin,"FranceNord-Pas de Calais,",Cultural:,"3,943 (9,740)",2012,,,France,"(ii), (iv), (vi)",,,,,5027?45?N 332?46?E? / ?50.46250N 3.54611E,,,,83,Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai,"BelgiumTournai,",Cultural:,0.5 (1.2),2000,"The Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Tournai was built in the first half of the 12th century. The nave, transept and towers are all in the romanesque style. The choir was rebuilt in the following century in the gothic style. It is one of Wallonia's major heritage sites.",,Belgium,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,5036?21.708?N 323?21.336?E? / ?50.60603000N 3.38926000E,,,,84,Old City of Bern,"SwitzerlandBern,",Cultural:,"84,684 (209,260)",1983,"Founded in the 12th century on a hill site surrounded by the Aare River, Bern developed along the peninsula. Following a devastating fire, the entire town was rebuilt in a unified style. The early wooden buildings were replaced with sandstone, followed by arcades in the 15th century arcades and fountains in the 16th century. The medieval town was rebuilt in the 18th century, but retained its earlier character.",,Switzerland,(iii),,,,,4656?53.016?N 727?1.008?E? / ?46.94806000N 7.45028000E,,,,85,Old and New Towns of Edinburgh,"United KingdomEdinburgh, Scotland,",Cultural:,,1995,"The Old Town of Edinburgh was founded in the Middle Ages, and the New Town was developed in 17671890. It contrasts the layout of settlements in the medieval and modern periods. The layout and architecture of the new town, designed by luminaries such as William Chambers and William Playfair, influenced European urban design in the 18th and 19th centuries.",,United Kingdom,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,5557?0?N 313?0?W? / ?55.95000N 3.21667W,,,,86,Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof,"GermanyRegensburg,",Cultural:,183 (450),2006,"This medieval town contains many notable buildings that span almost two millennia and include ancient Roman, Romanesque and Gothic buildings. Regensburgs 11th- to 13th-century architecture created a town of narrow, dark lanes flanked by tall buildings and surrounded by a city wall. It includes medieval patrician houses and towers, a large number of churches and monasteries as well as the 12th-century Old Bridge. Regensburg was a center of the Holy Roman Empire that turned to Protestantism.",,Germany,"(ii), (iii), (iv)",,,,,491?14?N 125?57?E? / ?49.02056N 12.09917E,,,,87,Palace and Gardens of Schnbrunn,"AustriaVienna,",Cultural:,186 (460),1996,"The residence of the Habsburg emperors from the 18th century to 1918. It was built in the rococo style as a single, unified project. It was designed by the architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Nicolaus Pacassi and was the site of the world's first zoo.",,Austria,"(i), (iv)",,,,,4811?12?N 1618?48?E? / ?48.18667N 16.31333E,,,,88,Palace and Park of Fontainebleau,"FranceFontainebleau,",Cultural:,144 (360),1981,"Used by the kings of France from the 12th century, the medieval royal hunting lodge of Fontainebleau was transformed, enlarged and embellished in the 16th century by Franois I, who wanted to make a 'New Rome' of it. Surrounded by an immense park, the Italianate palace combines Renaissance and French artistic elements.",,France,"(ii), (vi)",,,,,4824?7?N 241?53?E? / ?48.40194N 2.69806E,,,,89,Palace and Park of Versailles,"FranceVersailles,",Cultural:,"1,070 (2,600)",1979,"The Palace of Versailles was the principal residence of the French kings from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI. Embellished by several generations of architects, sculptors, decorators and landscape architects, it provided Europe with a model of the ideal royal residence for over a century.",,France,"(i), (ii), (vi)",,,,,4848?18?N 27?10?E? / ?48.80500N 2.11944E,,,,90,Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin,"GermanyBerlin, Potsdam,",Cultural:,"2,064 (5,100)",1990,"This site contains 500ha (1,200 acres) of parks and 150 buildings constructed between 1730 and 1916. It extends into the district of Berlin-Zehlendorf, with the palaces and parks lining the banks of the River Havel and Lake Glienicke. Voltaire stayed at the Sans-Souci Palace, built under Frederick II between 1745 and 1747.",,Germany,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,5223?59?N 131?59?E? / ?52.39972N 13.03306E,,,,91,"Paris, Banks of the Seine","FranceParis,",Cultural:,365 (900),1991,"The river Seine runs through the heart of Paris. The banks of the river are lined with many of Paris' most famous sites including the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Place de la Concorde, the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, the Sainte Chapelle and the Grand and Petit Palais. The architecture and Haussmann's design with wide squares and boulevards influenced late 19th- and 20th-century town planning all over the world.",,France,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,4851?30?N 217?39?E? / ?48.85833N 2.29417E,,,,92,Pilgrimage Church of Wies,"GermanySteingaden,",Cultural:,0.1 (0.25),1983,The Church of Wies (174554) is the work of architect Dominikus Zimmermann and is a masterpiece of the Bavarian Rococo.,,Germany,"(i), (iii)",,,,,4740?52.6?N 1054?0.5?E? / ?47.681278N 10.900139E,,,,93,"Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrire and Place d'Alliance in Nancy","FranceNancy,",Cultural:,,1983,"Nancy is the oldest example of a capital city built as a unified whole and on modern principles. It was built between 1752 and 1756 by a brilliant team led by the architect Hr and is famous for the harmonious suite of axial spaces he developed, extending from the Place Stanislas to the Palais du Gouvernement.",,France,"(i), (iv)",,,,,4841?37?N 610?59?E? / ?48.69361N 6.18306E,,,,94,Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex,"BelgiumAntwerp,",Cultural:,,2005,"The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a printing plant and publishing house dating from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. It is associated with the history of the invention and spread of typography. Its name refers to the greatest printer-publisher of the second half of the 16th century: Christophe Plantin (c. 152089). The museum contains a collection made up of the work of the most prolific printing and publishing house in Europe in the late 16th century. The building of the company, which remained in activity until 1867, contains a large collection of old printing equipment, an extensive library, archives and works of art, among them a painting by Rubens.",,Belgium,"(ii), (iii),",,,,,5113?5.988?N 423?52.008?E? / ?51.21833000N 4.39778000E,"(iv), (vi)",,,95,Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal,"United KingdomWrexham, Wales,",Cultural:,105 (260),2009,"The aqueduct was built to carry the Ellesmere Canal over the Dee Valley. Completed during the Industrial Revolution and designed by Thomas Telford, the aqueduct made innovative use of cast and wrought iron, influencing civil engineering across the world.",,United Kingdom,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,5258?13?N 35?16?W? / ?52.97028N 3.08778W,,,,96,Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct),"FranceVers-Pont-du-Gard,",Cultural:,0.33 (0.82),1985,The Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era in Rome to allow the aqueduct of Nmes (which is almost 50km (31mi) long) to cross the Gard river. The Roman architects and hydraulic engineers who designed this bridge created a technical as well as an artistic masterpiece. The bridge stands almost 50m (160ft) high and is on three levels with the longest measuring 275m (902ft).,,France,"(i), (iii), (iv)",,,,,4356?50?N 432?7?E? / ?43.94722N 4.53528E,,,,97,Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps,"AustriaAustria*,",Cultural:,"3,961 (9,790)",2011,"Contains 111 small individual sites with the remains of prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps built from around 5000 to 500 B.C. on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands. While only some of the sites have been excavated, they contain a wealth of information on life and trade in agrarian Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures in Alpine Europe. Fifty-six of the sites are located in Switzerland.",,"France*,","(iv), (v)",,,,,"Germany*,",,,,,,"Italy*,",,,,,,"Slovenia*,",,,,,,Switzerland*,,,,,,4716?42?N 812?27?E? / ?47.27833N 8.20750E,,,,98,Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vzre Valley,"FranceLascaux,",Cultural:,,1979,"The Vzre valley contains 147 prehistoric sites dating from the Palaeolithic and 25 decorated caves. The most interesting discoveries are the cave paintings, especially those of the Lascaux Cave, whose discovery in 1940 was of great importance for the history of prehistoric art. The hunting scenes show some 100 animal figures with remarkable color and detail.",,France,"(i), (iii)",,,,,453?27?N 110?12?E? / ?45.05750N 1.17000E,,,,99,Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany,"GermanyGermany*,",Natural:,"33,670 (83,200)",2007,"Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians, are used to study the spread of the beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) in the Northern Hemisphere across a variety of environments and the environment in the forest. The addition of the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany in 2011 included five forests totaling 4,391 hectares (10,850 acres) that are added to the 29,278 hectares (72,350 acres) of Slovakian and Ukrainian beech forests inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2007.",,"Slovakia*,",(ix),,,,,Ukraine*,,,,,,495?10?N 2232?10?E? / ?49.08611N 22.53611E,,,,100,"Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs","FranceProvins,",Cultural:,108 (270),2001,The fortified medieval town of Provins is situated in the former territory of the powerful Counts of Champagne. It was a center of international trading fairs and the wool industry. Many parts of the town were built especially for the fairs and markets.,,France,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,4833?35?N 317?56?E? / ?48.55972N 3.29889E,,,,101,Pyrnes  Mont Perdu,FranceHautes-Pyrnes and,Mixed:,"30,639 (75,710)",1997,"This mountain landscape, which crosses the French and Spanish borders is centred around the peak of Mount Perdu. Mount Perdu is a calcareous massif that rises to 3,352m (10,997ft). The site includes two of Europe's largest and deepest canyons on the Spanish side and three major cirque valleys on the French side. In addition to the mountains, the site includes the cultural lifestyle of the seasonal herding migration in the mountains. This was one a common a way of life in the mountain valleys in Europe, but now mostly survives only in isolated ares such as this region in the Pyrnes.",,"Province of Huesca,","(iii), (iv), (v),",,,,,France*,"(vii), (viii)",,,,,Spain*,,,,,,4241?7.512?N 00?1.8?E? / ?42.68542000N 0.000500E,,,,102,Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes,"SwitzerlandGraubndenand Tirano,",Cultural:,"109,386 (270,300)",2008,"The Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes, brings together two historic railway lines that cross the Swiss Alps through those two passes. The railways provided a rapid and easy route into many formerly isolated alpine settlements. Building the railroads required overcoming a number of technical challenges with bridges and tunnels.",,Italy*,(ii) (iv),,,,,Switzerland*,,,,,,4629?54?N 950?47?E? / ?46.49833N 9.84639E,,,,103,Rietveld Schrder House,"NetherlandsUtrecht,",Cultural:,,2000,"The Rietveld Schrder House in Utrecht was built in 1924. A small family house with flexible interior rooms and a unique exterior. It is an example of the De Stijl group of artists and architects from the 1920s, and is an example of the Modern Movement in architecture.",,Netherlands,"(i), (ii)",,,,,525?7?N 58?50?E? / ?52.08528N 5.14722E,,,,104,"Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier","GermanyTrier,",Cultural:,,1986,"The Roman colony at Trier was founded in the 1st century AD. It grew into a major town and became one of the capitals of the Tetrarchy at the end of the 3rd century. Many of the Roman era structures are still standing in Trier. The cathedral is the oldest church in Germany, being built on the ruins of Roman buildings by Maximin of Trier in 329-346.",,Germany,"(i)(iii),",,,,,4945?0?N 637?59?E? / ?49.75000N 6.63306E,"(iv), (vi)",,,105,Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange,"FranceOrange,",Cultural:,9.45 (23.4),1981,"The ancient theatre of Orange, is one of the best preserved of all the great Roman theatres. The theatre features an intact 103m (338ft) facade. The Roman arch was built between A.D. 10 and 25 as a triumphal arch during the reign of Augustus.",,France,"(iii), (vi)",,,,,448?8.6?N 448?30.3?E? / ?44.135722N 4.808417E,,,,106,Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France,FranceFrance,Cultural:,,1998,"The site consists of a number of churches and hospitals that are places related to the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Western Spain, a part of the Way of Saint James.",,4511?2.6?N 043?22.6?E? / ?45.184056N 0.722944E,"(ii), (iv), (vi)",,,107,"Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew","United KingdomLondon, England,",Cultural:,132 (330),2003,"Created in 1759, the influential Kew Gardens were designed by Charles Bridgeman, William Kent, Capability Brown, and William Chambers. The gardens were used to study botany and ecology and furthered the understanding of the subjects.",,United Kingdom,"(ii), (iii), (iv)",,,,,5128?55?N 017?38.5?E? / ?51.48194N 0.294028E,,,,108,Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans,"FranceArc-et-Senans,",Cultural:,,1982,"This site consists of two open pan saltworks. The Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans was built in 1775 during the reign of Louis XVI. It was built according to the principles of the Enlightenment, with a rational organization and layout. The other site, the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains was active for at least 1200 years until stopping activity in 1962. The Saltworks of Salins has an underground gallery from the 13th century along with a 19th-century hydraulic pump and a boiler house. From 1780 to 1895, its salt water traveled through 21km (13mi) of wood pipes to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans.",,"Salins-les-Bains,","(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,France,,,,,,4656?15?N 552?35?E? / ?46.93750N 5.87639E,,,,109,Saltaire,"United KingdomCity of Bradford, England,",Cultural:,20 (49),2001,"Saltaire was founded by mill-owner Titus Salt as a model village for his workers. The site, which includes the Salts Mill, featured public buildings for the inhabitants and was an example of 19thcentury paternalism.",,United Kingdom,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,5350?21?N 147?18?W? / ?53.83917N 1.78833W,,,,110,Schokland and Surroundings,"NetherlandsNoordoostpolder,",Cultural:,"1,306 (3,230)",1995,"Schokland was a peninsula on the Zuider Zee that became an island by the 15th century. When the waters rose, it was abandoned in 1859. However after the draining of the Zuider Zee in the 1940s, it was once again repopulated.",,Netherlands,"(iii), (v)",,,,,5238?19?N 546?18?E? / ?52.63861N 5.77167E,,,,111,Semmering railway,"AustriaGloggnitz,",Cultural:,156 (390),1998,"The Semmering Railway, was built between 1848 and 1854 and covers 41km (25mi) of rugged mountains. This project was undertaken in the early days of railroad construction and required a number of innovations. The tunnels, viaducts and other works are still in use today.",,"Simmering in Styria,","(ii), (iv)",,,,,Austria,,,,,,4738?55.6?N 1549?40.7?E? / ?47.648778N 15.827972E,,,,112,Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht,"NetherlandsAmsterdam,",Cultural:,198 (490),2010,"By strategically draining the swamp land surrounding the port city via canal digging, Amsterdam quickly became a force in long-term city-planning, filling concentric voids with housing and infrastructure that would later accommodate the influx of free-thinking Europeans who help the city prosper.",,Netherlands,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,5221?54?N 453?16?E? / ?52.36500N 4.88778E,,,,113,Skellig Michael,"IrelandCounty Kerry,",Cultural:,22 (54),1996,"The monastery at Skellig Michael is from the 7th century. It is located on the rocky island of Skellig Michael, some 12km (7.5mi) off the coast of south-west Ireland. It shows the harsh and spartan lives of the first Irish Christians.",,Ireland,"(iii), (iv)",,,,,5146?18.984?N 1032?18.996?W? / ?51.77194000N 10.53861000W,,,,114,Speyer Cathedral,"GermanySpeyer,",Cultural:,,1981,"The romanesque Speyer Cathedral, was founded by Conrad II in 1030 and remodelled at the end of the 11th century. It was one of the grandest romanesque cathedrals in the Holy Roman Empire and the burial place of German emperors for almost 300 years.",,Germany,(ii),,,,,4919?0?N 826?35?E? / ?49.31667N 8.44306E,,,,115,St Kilda,"United KingdomSt Kilda, Scotland,",Mixed:,"24,201 (59,800)",1986,"Although inhabited for over 2,000 years, the isolated archipelago of St Kilda has had no permanent residents since 1930. The islands' human heritage includes various unique architectural features from the historic and prehistoric periods. St Kilda is also a breeding ground for many important seabird species including the world's largest colony of gannets and up to 136,000 pairs of puffins.",,United Kingdom,"(iii), (v), (vii),",,,,,5749?2?N 834?36?W? / ?57.81722N 8.57667W,"(ix), (x)",,,116,St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim,"GermanyHildesheim,",Cultural:,0.58 (1.4),1985,"The site consists of two churches in Hildesheim. The Ottonian romanesque St Michael's Church was built between 1010 and 1020. Inside it is decorated with a notable wooden ceiling, painted stucco-work, bronze doors and the Bernward bronze column. The treasures of the romanesque St Mary's Cathedral make up the rest of the site.",,Germany,"(i), (ii), (iii)",,,,,529?10.008?N 956?38.004?E? / ?52.15278000N 9.94389000E,,,,117,Stoclet House,"BelgiumBrussels,",Cultural:,0.86 (2.1),2009,This house was built by the architect Josef Hoffmann for the banker Adolphe Stoclet starting in 1905. The house and garden were completed in 1911 and the angular undecorated design marked a turning point in Art Nouveau movement. The house is an excellent example of the Vienna Secession movement in art and architecture. The house is decorated with works by Koloman Moser and Gustav Klimt.,,Belgium,"(i), (ii)",,,,,5050?6?N 424?58?E? / ?50.83500N 4.41611E,,,,118,"Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites","United KingdomWiltshire, England,",Cultural:,"4,985 (12,320)",1986,"The Neolithic sites of Avebury and Stonehenge are two of the largest and most famous megalithic monuments in the world. They relate to man's interaction with his environment. The purpose of the henges has been a source of speculation, with suggestions ranging from ceremonial to interpreting the cosmos. ""Associated sites"" includes Silbury Hill, Beckhampton Avenue, and West Kennet Avenue.",,United Kingdom,"(i), (ii), (iii)",,,,,5110?44?N 149?31?W? / ?51.17889N 1.82528W,,,,119,Strasbourg  Grande le,"FranceStrasbourg,",Cultural:,94 (230),1988,"The Grande Ile (Big Island) is the historic center of the Alsatian capital and includes a number of historic buildings. Some of the most notable include the cathedral, the four ancient churches and the Palais Rohan (the former residence of the prince-bishops).",,France,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,4834?53?N 743?48?E? / ?48.58139N 7.73000E,,,,120,Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey,"United KingdomNorth Yorkshire, England,",Cultural:,,1986,"Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the mid-16th century, Fountains Abbey was one of the largest and richest Cistercian abbeys in Britain and is one of only a few that survives from the 12th century. The later garden, which incorporates the abbey, survives to a large extent in its original design and influenced garden design in Europe.",,United Kingdom,"(i), (iv)",,,,,546?58?N 134?23?W? / ?54.11611N 1.57306W,,,,121,Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch,"SwitzerlandCantons of Bern and Valais,",Natural:,"82,400 (204,000)",2007,"The site includes several of the highest mountains in the Central Alps along with the largest glacier in Eurasia. The landscape provides information on the succession of plants after the retreat of a glacier and allows study of the retreat of glaciers resulting from climate change. The impressive landscape has also played an important role in European art, literature, mountaineering and tourism.",,Switzerland,"(vii), (viii), (ix)",,,,,4630?0?N 81?59?E? / ?46.50000N 8.03306E,,,,122,Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona,"SwitzerlandGlarus,",Natural:,"32,850 (81,200)",2008,"The Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona in the north-eastern part of the country covers a mountainous area which features seven peaks that rise above 3,000m (9,800ft). The area displays an exceptional example of mountain building through continental collision and displays a clear example of tectonic thrust, i.e. the process whereby older, deeper rocks are carried onto younger, shallower rocks. The site has been a key site for the geological sciences since the 18th century.",,St. Gallen,(viii),,,,,"and Graubnden,",,,,,,Switzerland,,,,,,4655?0?N 915?0?E? / ?46.91667N 9.25000E,,,,123,Three Castles of Bellinzona,"SwitzerlandBellinzona,",Cultural:,,2000,"The Bellinzona site consists of a group of fortifications grouped around the castle of Castelgrande, which stands on a rocky peak looking out over the entire Ticino valley. Running from the castle, a series of fortified walls protect the ancient town and block the passage through the valley. A second castle (Montebello) forms an integral part of the fortifications, while a third but separate castle (Sasso Corbaro) was built on an isolated rocky promontory south-east of the other fortifications.",,Switzerland,(iv),,,,,4611?35.304?N 91?20.712?E? / ?46.19314000N 9.02242000E,,,,124,Tower of London,"United KingdomLondon, England,",Cultural:,,1988,"Begun by William the Conqueror in 1066 during the Norman conquest of England, the Tower of London is a symbol of power and an example of Norman military architecture that spread across England. Additions by Henry III and Edward I in the 13thcentury made the castle one of the most influential buildings of its kind in England.",,United Kingdom,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,5130?29?N 04?34?W? / ?51.50806N 0.07611W,,,,125,Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen,"GermanyBremen,",Cultural:,0.29 (0.72),2004,"The site consists of the Town Hall and the statue of Roland that stands near the town hall. The town hall was built in the 15th century when Bremen joined the Hanseatic League. It was renovated in the 17th century and a new Town Hall was built nearby in the early 20th. Under the Holy Roman Empire, Bremen had extensive autonomy which allowed the town to grow and made the town hall a center of power. Both the old and new Town Halls survived bombings during World War II. The statue of Roland was built in 1404. It stands 5.5m (18ft) high.",,Germany,"(iii), (iv), (vi)",,,,,534?33.5?N 848?26.9?E? / ?53.075972N 8.807472E,,,,126,Town of Bamberg,"GermanyBamberg,",Cultural:,142 (350),1993,"In 1007, Bamberg became the center of a dioesce that was intended to help spread Christianity to the Slavs. During the 12th century the Bishops of Bamberg began a program of monumental public construction. The architecture that developed influenced construction in northern Germany and Hungary. In the 18th century it became a center of the Enlightenment when writers such as Hegel and Hoffmann settled in the town.",,Germany,(ii)(iv),,,,,4953?30?N 1053?20?E? / ?49.89167N 10.88889E,,,,127,Upper Middle Rhine Valley,"GermanyRhineland-Palatinate,",Cultural:,"27,250 (67,300)",2002,"A 65km (40mi) stretch of the Middle Rhine Valley in Germany. The region is home to many castles, historic towns and vineyards and has been an inspirition for many writers, artists and composers.",,"Hesse,","(ii), (iv), (v)",,,,,Germany,,,,,,5010?25?N 741?39?E? / ?50.17361N 7.69417E,,,,128,"Vzelay, Church and Hill","FranceVzelay,",Cultural:,183 (450),1979,The Benedictine abbey of Vzelay has existed since the 9th century and has been an important pilgrimage site since that time. Bernard of Clairvaux preached the crowd into a frenzy to start the Second Crusade in 1146 at Vzelay. Leaders in the Third Crusade Richard the Lion-Hearted and Philip II of France assembled at the abbey before they left on the Crusade.,,France,"(i), (vi)",,,,,4727?59?N 344?54?E? / ?47.46639N 3.74833E,,,,129,Vlklingen Ironworks,"GermanyVlklingen,",Cultural:,,1994,The recently closed ironworks are the only intact example in western Europe and North America of an intact ironworks built in the 19th and 20th centuries.,,Germany,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,4914?39.984?N 650?59?E? / ?49.24444000N 6.84972E,,,,130,Wachau Cultural Landscape,"AustriaWachau,",Cultural:,"18,387 (45,440)",2000,"The Wachau is a 40km (25mi) long valley along the Danube river between Melk and Krems. The valley was settled in prehistoric times and has been an important region since then. It is home to a number of historic towns, villages, monasteries, castles and ruins.",,Austria,"(ii), (iv)",,,,,4821?52?N 1526?3?E? / ?48.36444N 15.43417E,,,,131,The Wadden Sea,"GermanyGermany*,",Natural:,"968,393 (2,392,950)",2009,"The Wadden Sea contains the Dutch Wadden Sea Conservation Area and the German Wadden Sea National Parks of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein. The coast line is generally flat and has may mudflats, marshes and dunes. The site covers two-thirds of the entire Wadden Sea and is home to many plant and animal species. It is a breeding ground for up to 12 millions birds annually and supports more than 10 percent of the population of 29 species.",,Netherlands*,"(viii), (ix), (x)",,,,,5331?43?N 833?22?E? / ?53.52861N 8.55611E,,,,132,Wartburg Castle,"GermanyEisenach,",Cultural:,,1999,Wartburg Castle is located on a 410m (1230ft) precipice above Eisenach. It expanded in several sections and only a few of the medieval structures still remain. The castle was rebuilt in the 19th century to its present appearance. Martin Luther translated the New Testament into German while in exile at Wartburg.,,Germany,"(iii), (vi)",,,,,5058?0.4?N 1018?25.2?E? / ?50.966778N 10.307000E,,,,133,"Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church","United KingdomLondon, England,",Cultural:,10 (25),1987,"The site has been involved in the administration of England since the 11th century, and later the United Kingdom. Since the coronation of William the Conqueror, all English and British monarchs have been crowned at Westminster Abbey. Westminster Palace, home to the British Parliament, is an example of Gothic Revival architecture; St Margaret's Church is the palace's parish church, and although it pre-dates the palace and was built in the 11th century, it has been rebuilt since.",,United Kingdom,"(i), (ii), (iv)",,,,,5129?59?N 07?43?W? / ?51.49972N 0.12861W,,,,134,Wrzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square,"GermanyWrzburg,",Cultural:,15 (37),1981,The large and ornate Baroque palace was created under the patronage of the prince-bishops Lothar Franz and Friedrich Carl von Schnborn. It is one of the largest palaces in Germany.,,Germany,"(i), (iv)",,,,,4947?34.008?N 956?20.004?E? / ?49.79278000N 9.93889000E,,,,135,Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex,"GermanyEssen,",Cultural:,,2001,The Zollverein industrial complex in Nordrhein-Westfalen contains all the equipment of a historic coal mine which started operation about 150 years ago. Some of the 20th century buildings are also notable.,,Germany,"(ii), (iii)",,,,,5129?29?N 72?46?E? / ?51.49139N 7.04611E,,,,,,,,,,For other more formats kindly visit www.downloadexcelfiles.com,,,,,,,,,,,,Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Western_Europe,,,,,,