The Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region was placed in the 2021 list of world heritage sites by the Unesco Heritage Committee during its 44th session.
Roman baths in Bath, England. Eleven towns in seven European countries are part of a transnational site, known as The Great Spa Towns of Europe, also added to the Unesco list
A woman takes pictures at El Retiro Park on the day that Unesco added Madrid's historic Paseo del Prado boulevard and Retiro Park to its list of World Heritage Sites
Plaza Cibeles lights up to celebrate Unesco adding Madrid's historic Paseo del Prado boulevard and Retiro Park to its list of World Heritage Sites
Saudi Arabia's Hima Cultural Area has been added to Unesco's list of World Heritage Sites, making it the country's sixth site on the UN organisation's list of landmarks that are of cultural and historical significance. Located between Najran and Wadi Addawasir in the country's south-west, Hima is home to one of the largest rock art complexes in the world
Quanzhou was an important Chinese port along the Silk Roads, known historically by traders from the Arab world as Zayton, or Zaitun, linking other ports such as Madras in India, Muscat in Oman and Siraf in Iran
Another newly inscribed site is the Rudreshwara Temple, popularly known as Ramappa Temple, in the south-central state of Telangana, India. It is located in the village of Palampet, about 200 kilometres north-east of Hyderabad city
The Trans-Iranian Railway, which connects the Caspian Sea in the north-east with the Arabian Gulf in the south-west, crossing two mountain ranges as well as rivers, highlands, forests and plains, and four different climatic areas, is also now a World Heritage Site
The Cordouan Lighthouse, also known as the 'king of lighthouses', was built at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, designed by engineer Louis de Foix and remodelled by engineer Joseph Teulere in the 18th century. The world heritage body describes it as a 'masterpiece of maritime signalling'
An interior view of the Scrovegni Chapel with frescoes by Giotto from the beginning of the 14th century, in Padua, northern Italy. The Scrovegni Chapel is one of eight religious and secular building complexes that has been inscribed into the Unesco's World Heritage List
A view of Wilhelminaoord colony, which was part of the historical Colonies of Benevolence founded by the Society of Humanitarianism. It is now part of a transnational site, covering four settlements in Belgium and the Netherlands, that has been inscribed into the Unesco World Heritage List
A 'getbol,' or tidal flat, in Boseong, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, which has been listed as a natural World Heritage Site by Unesco
An aerial picture in Muiden, near Amsterdam, shows the Muiderslot castle, part of the New Dutch Waterline, now part of the Unesco World Heritage List
The ancient agricultural town of Al-Salt situated in the Balaqa highland was designated a World Heritage site by Unesco. The city, which is believed to have attracted settlers as far back as the Iron Age and while notable for its distinctive architecture, Unesco also cited the peaceful coexistence of its Muslim and Christian communities.
Aerial View of Roberto Burle Marx’s former home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which was elected as a World Heritage Site by Unesco.
Catholic parishioners pray in the Franciscan Conventual Complex Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, in the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico. The Franciscan Conventual Complex The Monastery and Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Tlaxcala, central Mexico, has been listed as a Unesco World Heritage site.
People walk on the 'Promenade de Anglais' in Nice, France. The Winter Resort Town of the Riviera has become a Unesco World Cultural Heritage Site.
The Chankillo solar observatory and ceremonial center in Peru has also been added to Unesco's World Heritage List.
Aa reconstructed ancient Japanese building with a thatched roof and walls on the excavation site of Sannai Maruyama ruins near Aomori city, Aomori province, Japan. The Jomon culture (13,000 B. C. to roughly 300 B. C. ) archaeological sites became a Unesco World Cultural Heritage Site.
Unesco has also included the church of Estacian Atlantida, located in the homonymous town of Uruguay, on the World Heritage List.
A mining train once used to transport the ore containing gold is on show in the village of Rosia Montana, western Romania, now a Unesco World Heritage site.
El Requeson beach on the Sea of Cortez near Mulege, South Baja California state, Mexico on July 20, 2021. The Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez, and its islands are part of Unesco's World Heritage list as home to 695 vascular plant species, more than in any marine and insular property on the World Heritage List.
Bologna's 12th-century porticoes, still part of the city's everyday life, have been added to the World Heritage List.
Blaenavon's industrial landscape, in south east Wales, has been designated a Unesco World Heritage Site. The site encompasses relict quarries and mines, archaeological sites related to slate industrial processing, historical settlements, both living and relict, historic gardens and grand country houses, ports, harbours and quays.
Ivindo National Park in Gabon is home to diverse aquatic and plant life.
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (extension 2021). Massane split beech.
Franciscan Ensemble of the Monastery and Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Tlaxcala (extension of the Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl).
Petroglyphs Zalavruga. View from the northwest.
The work Joze Plecnik in Slovenia.
Dinorwig Slate Quarry Mountain Landscape
Hawraman/Uramanat Takht Village in Iran.
Frontiers of the Roman Empire, The Lower German Limes.
Sudanese style mosques, Ivory Coast
The Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region was placed in the 2021 list of world heritage sites by the Unesco Heritage Committee during its 44th session.
Roman baths in Bath, England. Eleven towns in seven European countries are part of a transnational site, known as The Great Spa Towns of Europe, also added to the Unesco list
A woman takes pictures at El Retiro Park on the day that Unesco added Madrid's historic Paseo del Prado boulevard and Retiro Park to its list of World Heritage Sites
Plaza Cibeles lights up to celebrate Unesco adding Madrid's historic Paseo del Prado boulevard and Retiro Park to its list of World Heritage Sites
Saudi Arabia's Hima Cultural Area has been added to Unesco's list of World Heritage Sites, making it the country's sixth site on the UN organisation's list of landmarks that are of cultural and historical significance. Located between Najran and Wadi Addawasir in the country's south-west, Hima is home to one of the largest rock art complexes in the world
Quanzhou was an important Chinese port along the Silk Roads, known historically by traders from the Arab world as Zayton, or Zaitun, linking other ports such as Madras in India, Muscat in Oman and Siraf in Iran
Another newly inscribed site is the Rudreshwara Temple, popularly known as Ramappa Temple, in the south-central state of Telangana, India. It is located in the village of Palampet, about 200 kilometres north-east of Hyderabad city
The Trans-Iranian Railway, which connects the Caspian Sea in the north-east with the Arabian Gulf in the south-west, crossing two mountain ranges as well as rivers, highlands, forests and plains, and four different climatic areas, is also now a World Heritage Site
The Cordouan Lighthouse, also known as the 'king of lighthouses', was built at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, designed by engineer Louis de Foix and remodelled by engineer Joseph Teulere in the 18th century. The world heritage body describes it as a 'masterpiece of maritime signalling'
An interior view of the Scrovegni Chapel with frescoes by Giotto from the beginning of the 14th century, in Padua, northern Italy. The Scrovegni Chapel is one of eight religious and secular building complexes that has been inscribed into the Unesco's World Heritage List
A view of Wilhelminaoord colony, which was part of the historical Colonies of Benevolence founded by the Society of Humanitarianism. It is now part of a transnational site, covering four settlements in Belgium and the Netherlands, that has been inscribed into the Unesco World Heritage List
A 'getbol,' or tidal flat, in Boseong, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, which has been listed as a natural World Heritage Site by Unesco
An aerial picture in Muiden, near Amsterdam, shows the Muiderslot castle, part of the New Dutch Waterline, now part of the Unesco World Heritage List
The ancient agricultural town of Al-Salt situated in the Balaqa highland was designated a World Heritage site by Unesco. The city, which is believed to have attracted settlers as far back as the Iron Age and while notable for its distinctive architecture, Unesco also cited the peaceful coexistence of its Muslim and Christian communities.
Aerial View of Roberto Burle Marx’s former home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which was elected as a World Heritage Site by Unesco.
Catholic parishioners pray in the Franciscan Conventual Complex Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, in the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico. The Franciscan Conventual Complex The Monastery and Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Tlaxcala, central Mexico, has been listed as a Unesco World Heritage site.
People walk on the 'Promenade de Anglais' in Nice, France. The Winter Resort Town of the Riviera has become a Unesco World Cultural Heritage Site.
The Chankillo solar observatory and ceremonial center in Peru has also been added to Unesco's World Heritage List.
Aa reconstructed ancient Japanese building with a thatched roof and walls on the excavation site of Sannai Maruyama ruins near Aomori city, Aomori province, Japan. The Jomon culture (13,000 B. C. to roughly 300 B. C. ) archaeological sites became a Unesco World Cultural Heritage Site.
Unesco has also included the church of Estacian Atlantida, located in the homonymous town of Uruguay, on the World Heritage List.
A mining train once used to transport the ore containing gold is on show in the village of Rosia Montana, western Romania, now a Unesco World Heritage site.
El Requeson beach on the Sea of Cortez near Mulege, South Baja California state, Mexico on July 20, 2021. The Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez, and its islands are part of Unesco's World Heritage list as home to 695 vascular plant species, more than in any marine and insular property on the World Heritage List.
Bologna's 12th-century porticoes, still part of the city's everyday life, have been added to the World Heritage List.
Blaenavon's industrial landscape, in south east Wales, has been designated a Unesco World Heritage Site. The site encompasses relict quarries and mines, archaeological sites related to slate industrial processing, historical settlements, both living and relict, historic gardens and grand country houses, ports, harbours and quays.
Ivindo National Park in Gabon is home to diverse aquatic and plant life.
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (extension 2021). Massane split beech.
Franciscan Ensemble of the Monastery and Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Tlaxcala (extension of the Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl).
Petroglyphs Zalavruga. View from the northwest.
The work Joze Plecnik in Slovenia.
Dinorwig Slate Quarry Mountain Landscape
Hawraman/Uramanat Takht Village in Iran.
Frontiers of the Roman Empire, The Lower German Limes.