This is a specific list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. Asia Minor, Cyprus, all of the Aegean Islands, the Canaries and Madeira are included although the first two and some of the third are geographically located in Asia whereas the latter two are in Africa. Cyprus, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Caucasian and Siberian parts of Russia are included both in this list and in the list of sites in Asia. Overseas sites of the Netherlands, UK and Denmark are included here, but are also repeated in the geographically relevant lists. Kazakhstan, despite having a small portion lying in Europe is to be found under Asia, where both its world heritage sites are listed.
Sites marked with an asterisk (*) are also included on the List of World Heritage Sites in danger.
Transboundary sites
- Belfries of Belgium and France — shared between Belgium (mostly for the former Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia) and France. Besides civic belfries, or buildings such as city halls that rather obviously may serve a similar purpose, the list includes: Cathedral of Our Lady [Notre-Dame], Antwerp; St. Rumbolds Tower, Mechelen; St. Leonard Church, Zoutleeuw — all three in Flanders, Belgium.
- Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park/Białowieża Forest (1979, 1992) — shared between Belarus and Poland
- Caves of Aggtelek and Slovak Karst (Slovenský Kras) (1995, 2000) — shared between Hungary and Slovakia
- Cultural Landscape of Fertõ/Neusiedlersee (2001) — shared between Austria and Hungary
- Curonian Spit — shared between Lithuania and the Russian Federation
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Upper German & Rhætian Limes and Hadrian's Wall — shared between Germany and the United Kingdom (ref. whc.unesco.org ID 430bis)
- High Coast and Kvarken Archipelago — shared between Sweden and Finland
- Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights (Vatican City) and Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls — shared between the Holy See and Italy
- Muskauer Park/Park Muzakowski on both sides of the Nysa/Neisse River — shared between Germany and Poland
- Pyrénées/Pirineos: Monte Perdido/Mont Perdu (1997, 1999) — shared between France and Spain
- Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) — shared between Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine
- Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes - shared between Italy and Switzerland
Country-wise sites
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- Fortress of Suomenlinna, near Helsinki — 1991
- Old Rauma, the wooden city centre of Rauma — 1991
- Petäjävesi Old Church — 1994
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill in Jaala — 1996
- Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki, in Lappi — 1999
- High Coast and Kvarken Archipelago — transboundary property, shared with Sweden — 2000, 2006
- Struve Geodetic Arc — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation and Ukraine — 2005
- Vézelay, Church and Hill — 1979
- Palace and Park of Versailles — 1979
- Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley — 1979
- Chartres Cathedral — 1979
- Mont Saint Michel and its Bay — 1979
- Palace and Park of Fontainebleau — 1981
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay — 1981
- Amiens Cathedral — 1981
- Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments — 1981
- Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange — 1981
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans — 1982
- Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve, Corsica — 1983
- Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe — 1983
- Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance in Nancy — 1983
- Pont du Gard, Roman Aqueduct — 1985
- Strasbourg – Grande Île — 1988
- Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims — 1991
- Paris, Banks of the Seine — 1991
- Bourges Cathedral — 1992
- Canal du Midi — 1996
- Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge — 1995
- Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne — 1997
- Pyrénées: Mont Perdu — transboundary property, shared with Spain — 1997, 1999
- Historic Site of Lyon — 1998
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France — 1998
- Jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion — 1999
- Belfries of Belgium and France — transboundary property, shared with Belgium. Extension of the former Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia — 1999, 2005
- The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire — 2000
- Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs — 2001
- Le Havre, the City rebuilt by Auguste Perret — 2005
- Bordeaux, Port of the Moon — 2007
- Fortifications of Vauban — 2008
- Lagoons of New Caledonia — 2008, located in New Caledonia
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- Aachen Cathedral — 1978
- Speyer Cathedral — 1981
- Würzburg Residence, with the Court Gardens and Residence Square — 1981
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies — 1983
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust in Brühl (Rhineland) — 1984
- St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church at Hildesheim — 1985
- Trier, oldest city in Germany, 9 Monuments — 1986
- Hanseatic City of Lübeck — 1987
- Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (including Schloß Sanssouci) — 1990, 1992, 1999
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch — 1991
- Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar — 1992
- Town of Bamberg — 1993
- Maulbronn Monastery Complex — 1993
- Collegiate Church, Castle and old Town of Quedlinburg — 1994
- Völklingen Ironworks — 1994
- Messel Pit Fossil site — 1995
- Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar and Dessau: see Bauhaus Weimar and Bauhaus Dessau — 1996
- Cologne Cathedral — 1996
- Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg — 1996
- Classical Weimar — 1998
- Museum Island (Museumsinsel), Berlin — 1999
- Wartburg Castle — 1999
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz — 2000
- Monastic Island of Reichenau — 2000
- Zeche Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen — 2001
- Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar — 2002
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley, the Rhine Gorge — 2002
- Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen — 2004
- Dresden Elbe Valley — 2004
- Muskauer Park on both sides of the Neisse River — transboundary property, shared with Poland where it is known as Park Muzakowski — 2004
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Upper German & Rhaetian Limes — transboundary property, shared with the United Kingdom: Hadrian's Wall — 2005
- Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof — 2006
- Modernist Housing Estates in Berlin — 2008
- Main Article List of UNESCO Sites in Italy
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica — 1979
- Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci — 1980
- Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights, and Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls; transboundary property, shared with the Holy See — 1980,1990
- Historic Centre of Florence — 1982
- Piazza del Duomo, Pisa — 1987, 2007
- Venice and its lagoon — 1987
- Historic Centre of San Gimignano — 1990
- The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera — 1993
- City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto — 1994, 1996
- Crespi d'Adda — 1995
- Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta — 1995, 1999
- Historic Centre of Naples — 1993
- Historic Centre of Siena — 1995
- Castel del Monte, Andria (Bari) — 1994
- Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna — 1996
- Historic Centre of the City of Pienza — 1996
- The Trulli of Alberobello — 1996
- 18th Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and the San Leucio Complex — 1997
- Archaeological Area of Agrigento, Sicily — 1997
- Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata — 1997
- Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico di Padova), Padua — 1997
- Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena — 1997
- Amalfi Coast — 1997
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and their Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) — 1997
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (Turin and its province) — 1997
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini, Sardinia — 1997
- Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily — 1997
- Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia — 1998
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archæological sites of Pæstum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula — 1998
- Historic Centre of Urbino — 1998
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) — 1999
- Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi and other Franciscan Sites — 2000
- City of Verona — 2000
- Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands), Sicily — 2000
- Villa d'Este, Tivoli — 2001
- Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (Eight towns in South-Eastern Sicily: Caltagirone, Militello in Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo, Ragusa and Scicli) — 2002
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy — 2003
- Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia — 2004
- Val d'Orcia — 2004
- Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica, Sicily — 2005
- Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli — 2006
- Raetian Railway (shared with Switzerland) — 2008
- Mantua and Sabbioneta — 2008
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- Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra — 1993
- Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye — 1994
- Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent, Dagestan — 2003, located in Asia
- Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands — 1992
- Curonian Spit — transboundary property, shared with Lithuania — 2000
- Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery — 2000
- Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent — 2004
- Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin (including Qol-Sharif mosque and Orthodox cathedral), Tatarstan — 2000
- Historic Centre of St. Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments — includes Tsarskoe Selo, Peterhof, Pavlovsk Palace, Strelna, Gatchina, Oranienbaum, Ropsha, Pulkovo, Shlisselburg, Kronstadt — 1990
- Historic Centre of the City of Yaroslavl — 2005
- Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings — 1992
- Kizhi Pogost, Karelia — 1990
- Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow — 1990
- Struve Geodetic Arc — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden and Ukraine — 2005
- Virgin Komi Forests, Komi — 1995
- Western Caucasus — 1999, located in Asia
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal — 1992
- Central Sikhote-Alin — 2001, located in Asia
- Golden Mountains of Altai, Altai — 1998, located in Asia
- Lake Baikal, Buryatia — 1998, located in Asia
- Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve, Chukotka — 2004, located in Asia
- Uvs Nuur Basin, Tuva, shared with Mongolia — 2003, located in Asia
- Volcanoes of Kamchatka — 1996, located in Asia'
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- Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada — 1984, 1994
- Burgos Cathedral — 1984
- Historic Centre of Córdoba — 1984, 1994
- Escorial Monastery and Site of the El Escorial, Madrid — 1984
- Works of Antoni Gaudí — 1984, 2005
- Cantabrian Cave of Altamira, Santimamiñe) — 1985, 2008
- Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of Asturias — 1985, 1998
- Old Town of Ávila, with its Extra-Muros churches — 1985
- Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct — 1985
- Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) — 1985
- Garajonay National Park (Canaries) — 1986
- Historic City of Toledo — 1986
- Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon — 1986, 2001
- Old Town of Cáceres — 1986
- Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville — 1987
- Old City of Salamanca — 1988
- Poblet Monastery — 1991
- Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida — 1993
- Route of Santiago de Compostela — 1993
- Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe — 1993
- Doñana National Park — 1994
- Historic Walled Town of Cuenca — 1996
- La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia — 1996
- Las Médulas — 1997
- Palau de la Música Catalana and the Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona — 1997
- Pyrénées: Mont Perdu— transboundary property, shared with France — 1997, 1999
- San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries — 1997
- Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula — 1998
- University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares — 1998
- Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture — 1999
- San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Canaries) — 1999
- Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco in Tarragona — 2000
- Archaeological Site of Atapuerca — 2000
- Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí — 2000
- Palm tree forest of Elche — 2000
- Roman Walls of Lugo — 2000
- Aranjuez Cultural Landscape — 2001
- Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza — 2003
- Vizcaya Bridge — 2006
- Teide National Park (Canaries) — 2007
- Drottningholm Palace, Theatre — 1991
- Birka and Hovgården (on the islands Björkö and Adelsö in Mälaren near Stockholm) — 1993
- Engelsberg Ironworks — 1993
- Rock carvings in Tanumshede — 1994
- Skogskyrkogården (in Stockholm) — 1994
- Hanseatic town of Visby — 1995
- Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå — 1996
- Laponian area, Swedish Lapland — 1996
- Naval Port of Karlskrona — 1998
- Agricultural Landscape of southern Öland — 2000
- High Coast and Kvarken Archipelago — transboundary property, shared with Finland — 2000, 2006
- Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun — 2001
- Varberg Radio Station at Grimeton — 2004
- Struve Geodetic Arc — transboundary property, shared with Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden and Ukraine — 2005
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Note: this list includes sites in the British overseas territories
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, South Wales — 2000
- Blenheim Palace — 1987
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey and St Martin's Church — 1988
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd: Beaumaris, Caernarfon, Conwy and Harlech, Wales — 1986
- City of Bath — 1987
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape — 2006
- Derwent Valley Mills — 2001
- Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral — 1986
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Hadrian's Wall — 1987
- Heart of Neolithic Orkney, Scotland — 1999
- Historic Town of St. George's, Bermuda — 2000
- Ironbridge Gorge — 1986
- Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City — 2004
- Maritime Greenwich — 1997
- New Lanark, Scotland — 2001
- Old Town and New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland — 1995
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — 2003
- Saltaire — 2001
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites — 1986
- Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey — 1986
- Tower of London — 1988
- Westminster Abbey, Palace of Westminster, Westminster School and St. Margaret's Church — 1987
- St Kilda, Scotland — 1986
- Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland — 1986
- Gough and Inaccessible Island (Saint Helena) — 1995
- Henderson Island (Pitcairn Islands) — 1988
- Jurassic Coast — 2001
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