Tuesday, August 18, 2009

My favorite World Heritage Sites outside the United States

Cathedral and tombs at Petra

I have been fortunate enough to visit a lot of World Heritage sites abroad. Here are my favorites of those I have visited (in alphabetical order of country):

  1. Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture Bolivia
  2. Historic Town of Ouro Preto Brazil
  3. Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
  4. Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena Colombia
  5. City of Quito Ecuador
  6. Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis Egypt
  7. Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur Egypt
  8. Paris, Banks of the Seine France
  9. Acropolis, Athens Greece
  10. Taj Mahal India
  11. Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne Ireland
  12. Masada Israel
  13. Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura Italy
  14. Historic Centre of Florence Italy
  15. Venice and its Lagoon Italy
  16. Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
  17. Petra Jordan
  18. Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco Mexico
  19. Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán Mexico
  20. Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan Mexico
  21. Historic Centre of Morelia Mexico
  22. Taxila Pakistan
  23. Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore Pakistan
  24. City of Cuzco Peru
  25. Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu Peru
  26. Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada Spain
  27. Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville Spain
  28. Historic City of Toledo Spain
  29. Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe Spain
  30. Sacred City of Kandy Sri Lanka
  31. Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites United Kingdom
  32. Blenheim Palace United Kingdom
  33. City of Bath United Kingdom

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