Urban landscape, Urban continuity
Berat and Gjirokastra
The Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra are both well-preserved Ottoman towns, decorated with outstanding examples of kule (Balkan-Ottoman style houses).
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Caceres
The old town of Caceres is renowned for its well-preserved 12th century Arab city walls (notably the Torre Mochada and Torre del Bujaco).
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City of Bath
Bath, in Roman times known as Aquae Sulis, was added because of the exceptional value of the historic and monumental ensemble of its city.
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Cordoba
In 711 AD, Cordoba - as many other Andalusian cities - was conquered by the Moors. They turned the city into a cultural haven, with plentiful mosques and palaces.
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Corfu
The Old Town of Corfu is noted for its defence system dating from the Venetian period. It also has preserved its remarkable (British) Neoclassical housing of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Damascus
Damascus is often referred to as the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.
Damascus has a wealth of historical sites dating back to many different periods of the city's history.
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Edinburgh
The early beginnings of the city of Edinburgh can be traced back until 1000 BC. Then we're talking about a small settlement on the crag of the vulcanic rock that dominates the area.
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Evora
The Historic Centre of Evora, whose roots go back to Roman times, reached its Golden Age in the 15th century, when it became the residence of the Portuguese kings.
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Graz
The City of Graz (Historic Centre) is recognized due to the harmonious co-existence of typical buildings from different epochs and in different architectural styles.
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Istanbul
Its history is a very long one: already in 395 (then named Constantinopel) the city was made capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Kasbah of Algiers
The Kasbah of Algiers was founded on the ruins of old Icosium, a Phoenician commercial outpost called which later developed into a small Roman town.
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L'viv
The position of L'viv as a crossing point of trade routes in the Middle Ages attracted a number of etnic groups with different traditions:
Ukrainian, Armenian, German, Jewish, Polish, Italian and Austrian.
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Lyon
Lyon has been a flourishing trading city since Roman times. It owes that continuous prosperity to its strategic location at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers.
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Matera
Matera's Sassi are the best surviving and most complete examples of rock-cut settlement in the Mediterranean region.
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Mexico City
Besides historic Mexico City, this entry also honours the nearby town of Xochimolco.
One of the biggest cities in the world today, Mexico City was built in the 16th century by the Spanish.
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Naples
The Historic Centre of Naples has its individual masterpieces, a classical town layout and is associated with many events and individuals of great importance in the early history of Christianity.
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Ohrid Region
Lake Ohrid is one of the oldest lakes in Europe and home to many endemic fauna species. Human settlement arrived early too, the city of Ohrid has been a cultural centre of great importance for the Balkan.
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Old City of Acre
The Old City of Acre has been designated a WHS because of its Crusader buildings and its Ottoman walled town.
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Old City of Jerusalem
The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls has high religious value as a holy city for Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
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Oporto
Oporto is Portugals second city, and a hardworking port with a distinct character.
The city is situated along the river Douro, which has three impressive bridges (one of these, the Ponte de Doña Maria Pia, was built in 1877 by Gerard Eiffel).
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Prague
The Historic Centre of Prague played a prominent role in medieval Central Europe. It has seen continuous urban development from the Middle Ages to the present, resulting in an architectural ensemble of outstanding quality.
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Rome
The city of Rome exists since the 4th or 5th century BC, or - according to legend - was founded by Romulus and Remus in 753 B.
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Salamanca
Salamanca is a university town in the heart of Spain, not far from Madrid.
Besides two universities, the city has two cathedrals and a grand Plaza Mayor.
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Salzburg
The Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg with its world famous baroque architecture is one of the best-preserved examples of an European ecclesiastical city-state.
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Sana'a
The Old City of Sana'a (with over 2.000 years of history) presents an unique homogeneous architectural ensemble.
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Segovia
The first historical reference to the town of Segovia dates back to the year 192 A.D., when its Celtiberian inhabitants were defeated by Roman forces.
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Split
The Historic Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian is both an archeological and an urbanistic monument that has been in use from Roman times.
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Stone Town (Zanzibar)
Stone Town is the old part of Zanzibar City, built on a triangular peninsula of land on the western coast of the island.
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The trulli of Alberobello
The Trulli are an exceptional example of a building technique that has survived from prehistoric times until to date.
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Toledo
The Historic City of Toledo
holds a cultural and monumental heritage of several historic civilizations.
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Venice and its Lagoon
The old historical centre of the city is situated on 118 islands of the Venetian Lagoon. Its singular appearance and wealth of art treasures make it unique.
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Verona
The Historic Centre of the northern Italian city of Verona has been made a World Heritage Site primarily because of its military defensive architecture.
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Walled City of Baku
The Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower is an old town, which is also a fortress.
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Warsaw
In August 1944, during World War II, more than 85 per cent of Warsaw's 18th-century historic centre was destroyed by Nazi occupation troups.
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