Major City Centres

Connected Sites: 13

Definition
WHS which consist of an entire and "living" mixed zone (i.e not just selected structures) of significant size (200 ha or greater) in the centre of a "Major" City (defined as having a "city" population - excluding surrounding "urban" and "metropolitan" areas - though definitions of this vary by country - of over 1 million people.) Size of inscribed areas are taken where available from UNESCO or approximated where missing. (City Population/Size of Inscribed Area)

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  • Quito
    Quito
    Ecuador
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.34
    175
    8
    1.4million/320ha
  • Puebla
    Puebla
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.38
    157
    9
    1.4million/597ha
  • St. Petersburg
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.19
    270
    9
    4.6 million/No inscribed area size given in UNESCO but is much bigger than 200ha
  • Lima
    Lima
    Peru
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.85
    258
    10
    7.6 million/200ha
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.58
    667
    13
    2.7 million/1485ha
  • Budapest
    Budapest
    Hungary
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.88
    548
    15
    1.7 million/473ha
  • Vienna
    Vienna
    Austria
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.02
    593
    20
    1.6 million/371ha
  • Prague
    Prague
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.28
    588
    16
    1.2 million/866ha
  • Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.91
    328
    6
    Madrid: 3 million / 218.91 ha
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.20
    686
    20
    2.2 million/365ha
  • Mexico City and Xochimilco
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.84
    276
    8
    8.8 million/910ha
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.37
    493
    12
    12,5 milion 678 ha
  • Historic Cairo
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.66
    301
    11
    6.8 million /523ha