The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is not a photobank. The photos that appear on the World Heritage website, in the photo galleries for each World Heritage site, were generously donated by photographers ...

(Getty Images)| Stretching along the western edge ... Classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, Mesa Verde National Park continues to give insight into how Pueblo people lived before ...

This large format full-colour map features World Heritage sites and brief explanations of the World Heritage Convention and the World Heritage conservation programmes. It is available in English, ...

More than 40,000 hexagonal columns shape the mystical landscape at Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway, which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. The Roman Empire’s largest amphitheater set ...

There are 1,223 UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the globe, from the Great Pyramids of Giza to Easter Island to Independence Hall in Philadelphia. These landmarks have cultural, historical or ...

Planned mining at the the Okefenokee Swamp, which straddles the Georgia-Florida border, would damage the swamp’s water ...

You may be familiar with some of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the U.S., from various national parks to New York’s ...

What makes the concept of World Heritage exceptional is its universal application. World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located.