News

May 2008

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Austria, Historic Centre of Vienna
  Austria, Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
  Austria, Heiligenkreuz Abbey (on tentative list)

April 2008

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Germany, Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof

March 2008

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  France, Major sites of Vauban (on tentative list)
  France, Belfries of Belgium and France

February 2008

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Germany, Fagus Works (on tentative list)
  Germany, Gardens of the Landgraves in and around Kassel (on tentative list)
  Germany, Corvey Abbey and Castle (on tentative list)

January 2008

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Netherlands, Swifterbant (on tentative list)

December 2007

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  France, Mont Blanc (on tentative list)
  France, Major sites of Vauban (on tentative list)

November 2007

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  France, Canal du Midi
  France, Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
  France, Historic Site of Lyons

October 2007

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  France, Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the Triumphal Arch of Orange
  France, Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
  France, Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
  France, Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)

September 2007

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  France, Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
  France, Saltworks of Salines-les-Bains (on tentative list)

August 2007

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Switzerland, Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces

July 2007

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  France, Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France

June 2007

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  France, Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
  France, The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes

May 2007

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  France, Belfries of Belgium and France

April 2007

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Germany, Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
  Germany, Hamburg Speicherstadt and Chilehaus with Kontorhaus District (on tentative list)
  Denmark, Christiansfeld town (on tentative list)

March 2007

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Netherlands, Historic centre of Amsterdam (on tentative list)

February 2007

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  France, Architectural works of Le Corbusier (on tentative list)
  France, Hangar Y (on tentative list)
  France, Former chocolate factory Menier at Noisiel (on tentative list)

January 2007

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  France, Palace and Park of Versailles
  France, Saint-Denis Cathedral (on tentative list)

December 2006

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Italy, Historic Centre of Florence
  Italy, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
  Italy, Historic Centre of San Gimignano
  Italy, Medici Villas (on tentative list)

November 2006

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Italy, The Porticoes of Bologna (on tentative list)

October 2006

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Italy, Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
  Italy, Historic Centre of Parma (on tentative list)

September 2006

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Switzerland, Clock industry at La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle (on tentative list)
  Switzerland, Architectural works of Le Corbusier (on tentative list)

August 2006

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Belgium, Historic Centre of Antwerp (on tentative list)
  Germany, Heidelberg Castle and Old Town (on tentative list)
  Germany, Schwetzingen, castle and castle gardens (on tentative list)

July 2006

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  France, Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
  France, Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret
  France, City of Rouen: Cathedral and churches of Saint-Ouen and Saint Maclou (on tentative list)

June 2006

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Belgium, Westhoek, place of memory and monuments of the Great War (on tentative list)

May 2006

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Germany, Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
  Germany, Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin

April 2006

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Belgium, The castle, gardens and rocks of Freyr (on tentative list)
  Luxembourg, City and Abbey of Echternach (on tentative list)
  Luxembourg, City and Castle of Vianden (on tentative list)

March 2006

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Malta, Mdina (on tentative list)

February 2006

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Belgium, Historic Centre of Gent (on tentative list)
  Belgium, University of Leuven (on tentative list)
  Japan, Hikone-jo (on tentative list)
  Japan, Historic Monuments of Ancient Kamakura (on tentative list)

January 2006

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Belgium, Maison Guiette (on tentative list)
  Belgium, Palais Stoclet (on tentative list)

December 2005

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Netherlands, Van Nelle Factory (on tentative list)
  Netherlands, Zonnestraal Sanatorium (on tentative list)

November 2005

* Added/Revised following sites in the World Heritage section:
  Morocco, Tour Hassan (on tentative list)
  China, Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
  China, Beihai Park in Beijing (on tentative list)
  Italy, Duomo di Milano (on tentative list)
  United States of America, Brooklyn Bridge (on tentative list)
  United States of America, Washington Memorial (on tentative list)

October 2005

* Added new photographs in the World Heritage section:
  United States of America, Independence Hall
  United States of America, Statue of Liberty
  United States of America, Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville

September 2005

* Added new photographs in the World Heritage section:
  Poland, Historic Centre of Warsaw
  Poland, Medieval Town of Torun

August 2005

* Added new photographs in the World Heritage section:
  United Kingdom, Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church
  United Kingdom, Tower of London
  United Kingdom, Maritime Greenwich
  United Kingdom, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

July 2005

* Added new photographs in the World Heritage section:
  United Kingdom, Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church

June 2005

* Added new photographs in the World Heritage section:
  Germany, Upper Middle Rhine Valley

May 2005

* Added new photographs in the World Heritage section:
  France, Vézelay, Church and Hill
  France, Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
  France, Bourges Cathedral

April 2005

* Added new photographs in the World Heritage section:
  Portugal, Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belem in Lisbon
  Portugal, Historic Centre of Evora
  Portugal, Cultural Landscape of Sintra

March 2005

* Added new photographs in the World Heritage section:
  Spain, Historic Walled Town of Cuenca

February 2005

* Added new photographs in the World Heritage section:
  Switzerland, Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-town of Bellinzone
  Switzerland, Monte San Giorgio

January 2005

* Added new photographs in the World Heritage section:
  Italy, Crespi d'Adda
  Italy, Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci
  Italy, Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy