World Heritage in Portugal

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17 Sites 3.5 Rating 18 TWHS 9 Former TWHS 18 WHC Member 226 Reviews

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  • ●● Cultural
  • ●● Natural
  • ●● Mixed
  • ●● Tentative

World Heritage Sites

SiteInscribedTypeReviewsVisitorsRating
Alto Douro 2001 Cultural 11 321 3.33
Angra do Heroismo 1983 Cultural 6 88 3.29
Belem 1983 Cultural 14 743 3.52
Bom Jesus do Monte 2019 Cultural 8 220 3.18
Coa Valley and Siega Verde 1998 Cultural 8 140 3.03
Convent of Christ in Tomar 1983 Cultural 15 298 3.73
Elvas 2012 Cultural 7 205 3.24
Evora 1986 Cultural 12 348 3.16
Guimarães 2001 Cultural 10 336 3.09
Laurisilva of Madeira 1999 Natural 6 159 3.48
Mafra 2019 Cultural 7 166 2.92
Monastery of Alcobaça 1989 Cultural 11 306 3.32
Monastery of Batalha 1983 Cultural 11 321 3.59
Oporto 1996 Cultural 10 611 3.93
Pico Island 2004 Cultural 4 71 3.62
Sintra 1995 Cultural 14 675 3.95
University of Coimbra 2013 Cultural 9 351 3.33

Tentative List

SiteAddedScheduledTypeReviewsVisitorsRating
Aguas Livres Aqueduct 2017 Cultural 4 52 50%
Bulwarked Fortifications (EXT) 2017 2026 Cultural 4 35 73%
Desert of the Discalced Carmelites and Built Ensemble of the Palace-Hotel in Bussaco 2017 Cultural 3 25 67%
Ensemble of Alvaro Siza's Architecture Works in Portugal 2017 2025 Cultural 8 64 27%
Head Office and Garden of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 2017 Cultural 4 76 32%
Historical Lisbon, Global City 2017 Cultural 4 295 76%
Levadas of Madeira Island 2017 2027 Cultural 2 67 94%
Mértola 2017 Cultural 3 14 75%
Mid-Atlantic Ridge 2017 Natural 3 29 75%
Montado, Cultural Landscape 2017 Cultural 2 16 43%
Pombaline Lisbon 2017 Cultural 6 149 72%
Roman Production Centre of Fish Salting and Conservation in Tróia 2017 Cultural 1 5 N/A
Route of Magellan 2017 Cultural 3 65 30%
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in Portugal (EXT) 2017 Cultural 2 69 48%
Selvagens Islands 2017 Natural 0 2 N/A
Sites of Globalization 2017 Cultural 3 64 33%
Southwest Coast 2017 Natural 4 43 100%
Vila Viçosa 2017 2026 Cultural 4 36 63%

Former Tentative Sites

SiteAddedRemovedReviews
Arrabida 2004 2017 0
Chateau de Tomar 1982 1996 0
Domus Municipalis Braganca 1982 1996 0
Historic Centre of Santarem 1996 2017 2
ICNITOS de Dinossaurios 2008 2017 0
Parc National Peneda - Geres 1982 1996 0
Parc Naturel de montezino 1982 1996 0
Parc Naturel Sierra de Estrela 1982 1996 0
Town of Marvao and the craggy mountain on which it is located 2000 2017 1

Country info

Official Name
Portugal
Region
Europe and North America
WHC location
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WHC member

Recent Reviews

Country Complete

The following 24 Community Members have visited all WHS in this country:

Alexander Lehmann . Argo . Atila Ege . Bin . Clyde . Dimitar Krastev . Els Slots . Fan Yibo . Jose Antonio Collar . Loic Pedras . Luis Filipe Gaspar . Maciej Gil . Mikko . NCosta . Nihal Ege . nmocosta . nmocosta79 . Pascal Cauliez . Roger Ourset . Roman Bruehwiler . Rvieira . Szucs Tamas . Thomas Buechler . Zoë Sheng .