The churches and convents of Goa, the former capital of the Portuguese Indies – particularly the Church of Bom Jesus, which ...
The 'City of Caves', on an island in the Sea of Oman close to Bombay, contains a collection of rock art ...
Having become a global trading centre, the city of Mumbai implemented an ambitious urban planning project in the second half of ...
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, formerly known as Victoria Terminus Station, in Mumbai, is an outstanding example of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture ...
The eight towns in south-eastern Sicily: Caltagirone, Militello Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo, Ragusa and Scicli, were all rebuilt ...
The site consists of two separate elements, containing outstanding vestiges dating back to Greek and Roman times: The Necropolis of Pantalica ...
Mount Etna is an iconic site encompassing 19,237 uninhabited hectares on the highest part of Mount Etna, on the eastern coast of ...
Roman exploitation of the countryside is symbolized by the Villa Romana del Casale (in Sicily), the centre of the large estate ...
Founded as a Greek colony in the 6th century B.C., Agrigento became one of the leading cities in the Mediterranean world. ...
Located on the northern coast of Sicily, Arab-Norman Palermo includes a series of nine civil and religious structures dating from the ...
The Aeolian Islands provide an outstanding record of volcanic island-building and destruction, and ongoing volcanic phenomena. Studied since at least the ...
Carved out by the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon (nearly 1,500 m deep) is the most spectacular gorge in the world. ...
Yosemite National Park lies in the heart of California. With its 'hanging' valleys, many waterfalls, cirque lakes, polished domes, moraines and ...
Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain Kyrgyzstan dominates the Fergana Valley and forms the backdrop to the city of Osh, at the crossroads of ...
Built in the early 8th century, this exceptionally well-preserved desert castle was both a fortress with a garrison and a residence ...
Situated on the eastern bank of the River Jordan, nine kilometres north of the Dead Sea, the archaeological site consists of ...
Most of this archaeological site, which started as a Roman military camp and grew to become a town from the 5th ...
Inhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between ...
The 74,000-hectare property, inscribed as a mixed natural and cultural site, is situated in southern Jordan, near the border with Saudi ...
The Bellinzona site consists of a group of fortifications grouped around the castle of Castelgrande, which stands on a rocky peak ...
The nine Sacri Monti (Sacred Mountains) of northern Italy are groups of chapels and other architectural features created in the late ...
The pyramid-shaped, wooded mountain of Monte San Giorgio beside Lake Lugano is regarded as the best fossil record of marine life ...
Røros Mining Town and the Circumference is linked to the copper mines, established in the 17th century and exploited for 333 ...