Inscriptions in 1989
The following sites were inscribed in the 1989 WHC Session.
| Site | Countries | Locations | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banc d'Arguin | 1 | 2.66 | 1 | |
| Cliff of Bandiagara | 2 | 3.96 | 2 | |
| Monastery of Alcobaça | 1 | 3.22 | 10 | |
| Mystras | 1 | 3.57 | 6 | |
| Olympia | 1 | 3.71 | 8 | |
| Sanchi | 1 | 3.7 | 5 | |
| Victoria Falls | 1 | 4.66 | 4 |
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
- Carthage
- 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
- Copán
- 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
- 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