World Heritage

Having worked as a translator at UNESCO for a number of years, the World Heritage programme has an extra-special place in my heart.

Below, a list of all the World Heritage sites in my postcard collection. Only 900 or so left to go! :-P

Albania
Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra

Andorra
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley

Australia

Sydney Opera House

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Old Bridge and Old City of Mostar

Cambodia
Angkor

Canada
Dinosaur Provincial Park

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

Historic District of Old Québec
Gros Morne National Park
Old Town Lunenburg
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park *
Rideau Canal

China
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
Historic Centre of Macau

Czech Republic
Historic Centre of Prague

Dominican Republic
Colonial City of Santo Domingo

Egypt
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae

Estonia
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn

Ethiopia
Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town

Fiji
Levuka Historical Port Town

France

Chartres Cathedral

Paris, Banks of the Seine

The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island

Ghana
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions

Greece

Acropolis, Athens

Holy See

Vatican City

Honduras

Maya Site of Copan

Hungary
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue

Italy
Venice and its Lagoon

Iran

Persepolis

Iraq
Erbil Citadel

Jordan
Petra

Laos
Town of Luang Prabang

Latvia
Historic Centre of Riga

Libya
Archaeological Site of Cyrene

Luxembourg
City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications

Malaysia

Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca

Mali
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)

Morocco

Medina of Marrakesh

Nepal
Sagarmatha National Park

Norway
West Norway Fjords

Peru
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu

San Marino
San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano

Spain
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada

Suriname
Historic Inner City of Paramaribo

Russian Federation
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments

Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow

United States of America
Redwood National and State Parks
Statue of Liberty
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park *

Uzbekistan

Historic Centre of Bukhara

Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures

Yemen
Old City of Sana'a

Zambia

Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls

* Transboundary site