Extended

Connected Sites: 93

WHS that have been officially extended, excluding minor or major boundary modifications.

Connected Sites

  • Villages with Fortified Churches
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.44
    178
    12
    1999: Extension of "Biertan and its Fortified Church", with 6 more villages.
  • Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.34
    238
    11
    1996: 22 Palladian villas added
  • Megalithic Temples of Malta
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.55
    310
    12
    1992: 5 extra Temples. Renamed also
  • Kakadu National Park
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.85
    91
    9
    1987: Extension of the park, with additional areas in the Alligator River Region; 1992: To include the full extent
  • Lima
    Lima
    Peru
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.84
    255
    10
    1991: From the convent ensemble of San Francisco to the whole historic city centre
  • Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.91
    221
    11
    2007: To a wider area, including more glaciers, the Oeschinensee (glacial lake), the roche moutonnée landscape in the Grimsel region, and the Rosenlauischlucht
  • Plitvice Lakes
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.12
    291
    11
    2000: To include a further 10,020 ha (catchment area)
  • Popocatepetl monasteries
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.76
    107
    10
    2021: To include Franciscan Ensemble of the Monastery and Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Tlaxcala
  • Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
    Inscribed: 1982
    2.79
    126
    7
    2009: To include Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains
  • Strasbourg
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.52
    395
    10
    2017: To include Neustadt
  • Monte San Giorgio
    Monte San Giorgio
    Italy, Switzerland
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.25
    146
    5
    2010: To include part in Italy
  • Maloti-Drakensberg Park
    Maloti-Drakensberg Park
    Lesotho, South Africa
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.32
    81
    5
    2013: To include Sehlabathebe National Park in Lesotho
  • Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.15
    154
    10
    2001: To include sites in Calatayud, Cervera la de Ca?ada, Tobed and Zaragoza
  • Lake Turkana
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.64
    11
    1
    2001: To include South Island National Park
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.57
    661
    13
    1990: To include the extraterritorial properties Santa Maria Maggiore, St John Lateran and St. Paul's Outside the Wall
  • Primeval Beech Forests
    Primeval Beech Forests
    Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.71
    316
    37
    2011: To include the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany; 2017: To include more forests in 10 countries; 2021: To include 15 more locations in 7 countries
  • Classical Gardens of Suzhou
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.64
    174
    8
    2000: To include the Canglang Pavilion, the Lion Forest Garden, the Garden of Cultivation, the Couple's Garden Retreat, and the Retreat and Reflection Garden.
  • Galapagos Islands
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.60
    113
    9
    2001: To include the Galapagos Marine Reserve
  • Potala Palace
    Inscribed: 1994
    4.14
    78
    11
    2000: To include the Jokhang Temple Monastery; 2001: To include Norbulingka
  • Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.12
    135
    11
    2006: To include the Patriarchate of Pec Monastery, Gracanica Monastery (former TWHS Gracanica Monastery (1986)) and the Church of the Virgin of Ljevica
  • Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.80
    497
    14
    2007: To include the Piazza del Duomo as a spatial composition, by extending the core zone to all three visual axes that lead to the square.
  • Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.57
    120
    7
    1999: To include the upper Valley of Héas (on the French side)
  • Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.15
    9
    2
    2005: To include Valley of Flowers National Park
  • Guimarães
    Guimarães
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.01
    229
    10
    2023
  • Migratory Bird Sanctuaries China
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.54
    20
    4
    2024: To include 10 more locations
  • Wadden Sea
    Wadden Sea
    Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2009
    3.06
    292
    11
    2014: To include Danish Wadden Sea as well as maritime extensions of Dutch and German areas
  • Dutch Water Defence Lines
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.47
    289
    16
    2021: With more Dutch Water Defense Lines
  • Tubbataha Reefs
    Tubbataha Reefs
    Philippines
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.06
    13
    5
    2009: To include Jessie Beazley Reef.
  • Budapest
    Budapest
    Hungary
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.88
    545
    15
    2002: To include the Andrássy Avenue and the Millennium Underground Railway
  • Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
    Inscribed: 1994
    4.00
    259
    17
    To include Cat Ba (2023)
  • Imperial Palace
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.19
    333
    11
    2004: To include the Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang
  • Granada
    Granada
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.39
    419
    12
    1994: Albayazin quarter added
  • Dubrovnik
    Dubrovnik
    Croatia
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.08
    386
    15
    1994: to include part of the suburbs, more fortifications and the island of Lokrum
  • Cordoba
    Cordoba
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.18
    376
    9
    1994: Historic Centre rather than just the Mosque
  • Churches of Moldavia
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.89
    101
    8
    2010: To include Church of the Resurrection of Sucevita Monastery
  • Chola Temples
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.98
    54
    9
    2004: To include the Brihadisvara Temple Complex in Gangaikondacholapuram and the Airavatesvara Temple Complex in Darasuram
  • Berat and Gjirokastra
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.54
    185
    7
    2008: To include the city centre of Berat
  • Bauhaus Sites
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.75
    242
    14
    2017: To include five Houses with Balcony Access near southwest of Dessau-Roßlau and ADGB Trade Union School near Bernau
  • Works of Antoni Gaudí
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.11
    552
    18
    2005: To include the Nativity facade and Crypt of Sagrada Familia, Casa Vicens, Casa Battlo, and the Crypt in Colonia Güell
  • Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.73
    336
    18
    2013: To include Bochnia Salt Mine
  • W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
    W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
    Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger
    Inscribed: 1996
    1.94
    13
    4
    2017: To extend into Burkina Faso and Benin
  • Inscribed: 1996
    4.31
    15
    2
    2001: To include Kluchevskoy Nature Park
  • Uluru
    Uluru
    Australia
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.39
    140
    6
    1994: Extended to include cultural criteria
  • Te Wahipounamu
    Te Wahipounamu
    New Zealand
    Inscribed: 1986
    4.18
    120
    11
    1990: Encompasses the in 1986 inscribed parks Fjordland and Mount Cook
  • Tasmanian Wilderness
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.95
    88
    7
    1989: To include 2 more national parks (Walls of Jerusalem, Hartz Mountains) and additional areas
  • Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.90
    48
    5
    1991: to include the protected parts in Panama
  • St. Kilda
    St. Kilda
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.50
    26
    4
    2004: To include the surrounding marine area of 23,346.8 ha
  • Spissky Hrad and Levoca
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.16
    162
    15
    2009: Extended to include Levoca
  • South China Karst
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.88
    129
    8
    2014: now includes 12 elements spread over the provinces of Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and Chongqing
  • Route of Santiago de Compostela
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.41
    231
    8
    2015: To include four Christian pilgrimage routes in northern Spain and 16 of the most culturally significant structures along these routes
  • Røros
    Røros
    Norway
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.02
    92
    5
    2010: To include the Circumference (the area of privileges awarded by the Danish-Norwegian King to Røros Copper Works in 1646): Femundshytta and The Winter Transport Route.
  • Rammelsberg and Goslar
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.20
    204
    11
    2010: To include the Upper Harz Water Management System
  • Potsdam
    Potsdam
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.52
    371
    10
    1992: Include Castle + St Sauveur; 1991: To include castles and parks of the Berlin-Zehlendorf district Church; 1999: To include various sites in the town of Potsdam
  • Pirin National Park
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.86
    107
    11
    2010: To include high mountain territory in the Pirin Mountains
  • Phong Nha - Ke Bang
    Phong Nha - Ke Bang
    Laos, Viet Nam
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.50
    82
    7
    2015: Protected area extended with 46%
  • The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá
    Inscribed: 2025
    2.93
    155
    9
    2003: To include the Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo
  • Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.42
    159
    10
    2001: To include the Church of Ayia Sotira (Trans-figuration of the Savior) in Palaichori
  • Olympic National Park
    Olympic National Park
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.86
    140
    8
    1990: New boundaries, to include the coastal strip
  • Ngorongoro
    Ngorongoro
    Tanzania
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.36
    128
    4
    2010: Extension to add cultural criteria: because of the extraordinary record of human evolution at the site (including FTWHS Laetoli Site)
  • Mountain Railways of India
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.42
    84
    8
    2005: To include the Nilgiri Mountain Railway; 2008: To include the Kalka Shimla Railway
  • Moravian Church Settlements
    Moravian Church Settlements
    Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
    Inscribed: 2015
    1.91
    193
    15
    2024: To include sites in Germany, UK and USA.
  • Koutammakou
    Koutammakou
    Benin, Togo
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.87
    23
    3
    To include area in Benin (2023)
  • Kerkuane
    Kerkuane
    Tunisia
    Inscribed: 1985
    2.84
    70
    4
    1986: To include Necropolis of Arg al-Ghazwani
  • Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.88
    71
    9
    1984: To include multiple locations
  • Imperial Tombs
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.24
    217
    10
    2003: To include the Ming Tombs in Changping District and 7 Xiaoling Tombs; 2004: To include the Liaoning Tombs
  • Hyrcanian Forests
    Hyrcanian Forests
    Azerbaijan, Iran
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.25
    26
    5
    Extended with forests in Azerbaijan and further ones in Iran. (2023)
  • High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.82
    107
    5
    2006: To include the Kvarken Archipelago, Finland
  • Haghpat and Sanahin
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.50
    129
    4
    2000: To include Sanahin monastery
  • Guanacaste
    Guanacaste
    Costa Rica
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.13
    70
    6
    2004: To include the Sector Santa Elena
  • Graz
    Graz
    Austria
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.97
    255
    10
    2010: To include Schloss Eggenberg
  • Gough and Inaccessible Islands
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.55
    8
    3
    2004: Extension to include the neighbouring Inaccessible Island and the surrounding marine zone extending out to 12 nautical miles
  • Gondwana Rainforests
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.30
    90
    5
    1994: To increase the property with 35%
  • Glacier parks
    Glacier parks
    Canada, United States of America
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.08
    108
    5
    1992: Include Glacier Bay; 1994: To include Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Wilderness Park
  • Frontiers of the Roman Empire
    Frontiers of the Roman Empire
    Germany, United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    2.81
    346
    20
    2005: To include two sections of the Limes in Germany; 2008: To include the Antonine Wall
  • Fossil Hominid Sites
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.33
    58
    5
    2005: To include Makapan Valley and Taung Skull Fossil Site ( former TWHS Makapan Valley (2003))
  • Ferrara
    Ferrara
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.19
    234
    10
    1999: to include the Este ducal residences in the Po Delta and the cultural landscape of the Po Delta
  • Cocos Island
    Costa Rica
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.85
    6
    2
    2002: Extension of marine zone
  • Coa Valley and Siega Verde
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.96
    101
    9
    2010: To include Palaeolithic Rock Art Ensemble in Siega Verde
  • Central Sikhote-Alin
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.98
    6
    1
    2018: With Bikin River Valley
  • Central Amazon Conservation Complex
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.35
    33
    5
    2003: Extension of Jaú National Park, to include: the Amana Sustainable Development Reserve, the Demonstration area of the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve and the Anavilhanas Ecological Station
  • Cape Floral Region
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.40
    170
    5
    2015: 5 additional areas formerly in buffer zone added
  • Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.41
    179
    9
    1990: New boundaries, to include Mount Robson, Hamber and Assiniboine Provincial Parks
  • Calakmul
    Calakmul
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.94
    78
    6
    2014: Extended to include Natural Criteria
  • Butrint
    Butrint
    Albania
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.30
    155
    9
    1999: To include a range of hills to the north, the Butrint plain, Lake Bufit, and part of Lake Butrint
  • Białowieża Forest
    Białowieża Forest
    Belarus, Poland
    Inscribed: 1979
    2.75
    103
    9
    1992: extended to Belarus; 2014: reduction of over 5000 hectares on the Belarus side and a vast extension of the Polish section
  • Belfries
    Belfries
    Belgium, France
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.95
    442
    17
    2005: To include belfries in France and another one in Belgium (Gembloux)
  • Asturian Monuments
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.20
    147
    6
    1998: Camara Santa, the Basilica of San Julian de los Prados, and La Foncalada
  • Andrefana Dry Forests
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.84
    29
    4
    From Tsingy de Bemaraha (2023), + 5 locations.
  • Altamira Cave
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.32
    146
    9
    2008: To include seventeen decorated caves of the Paleolithic age
  • Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
    Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
    Hungary, Slovakia
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.14
    134
    11
    2000: To include Dobšinská Ice Cave
  • Mount Kenya
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.93
    44
    3
    2013: To include Lewa Wildlife Conservancy and Ngare Ndare Forest Reserve
  • Mount Nimba
    Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea
    Inscribed: 1981
    2.77
    7
    1
    1982: Extended to Ivory Coast
  • Ohrid Region
    Ohrid Region
    Albania, North Macedonia
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.41
    204
    7
    1980: to include the cultural and historical area; 2019: To include Albanian part