The pyramids of Giza, Egypt
World Heritage Sites
Where can we find WHSs?
 World Heritage Sites (WHSs) can be
found all around the world.
 Lets check a map of the world!
 Yellow
dots for cultural sites (Cultural)
 Green dots for natural sites (Natural)
 Half yellow & half green (mixed)
Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan
Butrint, Albania
Kasbah of Algiers, Algeria
Cahokia Mounds, Illinois
Monastery of Geghard and the Upper
Azat Valley, Armenia
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park,
Australia
The Forbidden City (the Imperial
Palaces of the Ming and Qing
Dynasties), Beijing, China
Tosdilo, Kalahari Desert,
Botswana
Yellowstone National Park,
United States of America
Kvarken Archipelago/
High Coast, Finland &
Sweden
The Kremlin and
Red Square,
Moscow, Russia
Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza, Mexico
Split, and the Palace
of Diocletian, Croatia
Town Hall and Roland
on the Marketplace of
Bremen, Germany
Timbuktu, Mali
Los Glaciares,
Argentina
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Italy
Great Barrier Reef,
Australia
Angkor, Cambodia
Tongariro National
Park, New Zealand
MANY HERITAGE SITES IN
ITALY
How many more are there?
 There are a heap more World Heritage Sites
around the world!
 Go to http://whc.unesco.org/en/list to see
just how many there are!