Inscriptions in 1989
The following sites were inscribed in the 1989 WHC Session. An overview can be accessed here.
Complete List in 1989
In 1989 the World Heritage list consisted of 320 sites.
- Aachen Cathedral
- Abbey of St Gall
- Abu Mena
- Acropolis
- Agra Fort
- Ajanta Caves
- Aksum
- Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
- Aldabra Atoll
- Aleppo
- Altamira Cave
- Amiens Cathedral
- Amphitheater of El Jem
- Ancient Thebes
- Angra do Heroismo
- Anjar
- Antigua Guatemala
- Anuradhapura
- Archaeological Site of Delphi
- Arles
- Asante Traditional Buildings
- Asturian Monuments
- Auschwitz Birkenau
- Avila
- Baalbek
- Bagerhat
- Bahla Fort
- Banc d'Arguin
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
- Belem
- Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest
- Benedictine Convent of St. John
- Blenheim Palace
- Bosra
- Boyana Church
- Brasilia
- Bryggen
- Budapest
- Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
- Burgos Cathedral
- Byblos
- Caceres
- Cahokia Mounds
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
- Canterbury
- Cartagena
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
- Chaco Culture
- Chan Chan
- Chartres Cathedral
- Chavin
- Chichen-Itza
- Chitwan National Park
- Chola Temples
- Churches and Convents of Goa
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
- City of Bath
- Cliff of Bandiagara
- Comoé National Park
- Congonhas
- Convent of Christ in Tomar
- Copan
- Cordoba
- Cracow
- Cuzco
- Cyrene
- Damascus
- Darien National Park
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Divrigi
- Dja Faunal Reserve
- Djémila
- Djenné
- Djoudj
- Dubrovnik
- Durham Castle and Cathedral
- Durmitor National Park
- El Escurial
- Elephanta Caves
- Ellora Caves
- Epidaurus
- Everglades
- Evora
- Fasil Ghebbi
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Florence
- Fontainebleau
- Fort and Shalamar Gardens
- Forts and Castles Gold Coast
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- Galapagos Islands
- Garajonay
- Garamba National Park
- Ghadames
- Giant's Causeway
- Glacier parks
- Gondwana Rainforests
- Göreme NP
- Granada
- Grand Canyon
- Great Barrier Reef
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Great Wall
- Great Zimbabwe Ruins
- Gros Morne National Park
- Guanajuato
- Gulf of Porto
- Gwynedd Castles
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
- Hampi
- Hatra
- Hattusha
- Hawaii Volcanoes
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
- Henderson Island
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
- Historic Cairo
- Hollókö
- Huascaran National Park
- Ichkeul National Park
- Iguacu
- Iguazu National Park
- Imperial Palace
- Independence Hall
- Ironbridge Gorge
- Island of Gorée
- Istanbul
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
- Kahuzi-Biega National Park
- Kairouan
- Kakadu National Park
- Kandy
- Kathmandu Valley
- Kaziranga National Park
- Keoladeo National Park
- Kerkuane
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments
- Khami Ruins
- Kilimanjaro National Park
- Kotor
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou
- L'Anse aux Meadows
- La Fortaleza
- Lake Malawi
- Lalibela
- Leptis Magna
- Lima
- Lord Howe Island
- Los Glaciares
- Lower Valley of the Awash
- Lower Valley of the Omo
- Lübeck
- M'Zab Valley
- Machu Picchu
- Madara Rider
- Mahabalipuram
- Makli, Thatta
- Mammoth Cave
- Mana Pools
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
- Manovo-Gounda St. Floris
- Manu National Park
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Medina of Fez
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Medina of Sousse
- Medina of Tunis
- Megalithic Temples of Malta
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan
- Mesa Verde
- Meteora
- Mexico City and Xochimilco
- Moenjodaro
- Mogao Caves
- Monastery of Alcobaça
- Monastery of Batalha
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Monticello
- Mount Athos
- Mount Nimba
- Mount Taishan
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- Mystras
- Nahanni National Park
- Nancy
- Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers
- National History Park
- Nemrut Dag
- Nessebar
- Ngorongoro
- Niokolo-Koba National Park
- Nubian Monuments
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban
- Ohrid Region
- Old City of Berne
- Old City of Jerusalem
- Old Havana
- Old Town of Galle
- Olinda
- Olympia
- Olympic National Park
- Orange
- Ouro Preto
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
- Palenque
- Palmyra
- Paphos
- Pattadakal
- Peking Man Site
- Persepolis
- Petra
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies
- Pirin National Park
- Plitvice Lakes
- Polonnaruva
- Pont du Gard
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo
- Potosi
- Puebla
- Pyramids (Memphis)
- Québec
- Quirigua
- Quito
- Quseir Amra
- Redwood
- Rhodes
- Rila Monastery
- Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve
- Rock Art of Alta
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- Rome
- Royal Palaces of Abomey
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
- Røros
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
- Sabratha
- Sagarmatha National Park
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
- Salamanca
- Salonga National Park
- Salvador de Bahia
- Sana'a
- Sanchi
- Sangay National Park
- Santa Maria delle Grazie
- Santiago de Compostela
- Segovia
- Selous Game Reserve
- Serengeti
- Seville
- SGang Gwaay
- Shibam
- Sian Ka'an
- Sigiriya
- Simien National Park
- Sinharaja Forest
- Site of Carthage
- Skocjan Caves
- Speyer Cathedral
- Split
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- St. Kilda
- Stari Ras and Sopocani
- Statue of Liberty
- Stonehenge
- Strasbourg
- Studenica Monastery
- Studley Royal Park
- Sun Temple, Konarak
- Sundarbans National Park
- Tadrart Acacus
- Taï National Park
- Taj Mahal
- Takht-i-Bahi
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves
- Tasmanian Wilderness
- Tassili n'Ajjer
- Taxila
- Tchogha Zanbil
- Te Wahipounamu
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
- Teotihuacan
- Thessalonika
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
- Tikal National Park
- Timbuktu
- Timgad
- Tipasa
- Tiya
- Toledo
- Tower of London
- Trier
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
- Tyre
- Uluru
- Urnes Stave Church
- Vallée de Mai
- Valletta
- Vatican City
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Versailles
- Vézelay
- Vézère Valley
- Victoria Falls
- Virunga National Park
- Warsaw
- Westminster
- Wet Tropics of Queensland
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Willandra Lakes
- Wood Buffalo National Park
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Würzburg Residence
- Xanthos-Letoon
- Yellowstone
- Yosemite National Park