Inscriptions in 1987
The following sites were inscribed in the 1987 WHC Session.
Complete List in 1987
In 1987 the World Heritage list consisted of 286 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
- Belem
- Benedictine Convent of St. John
- Białowieża Forest
- Blenheim Palace
- Bosra
- Boyana Church
- Brasilia
- Bryggen
- Budapest
- Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
- Burgos Cathedral
- Byblos
- Caceres
- Cahokia Mounds
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
- Cartagena
- Carthage
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
- Chaco Culture
- Chan Chan
- Chartres Cathedral
- Chavin
- Chitwan National Park
- Chola Temples
- Churches and Convents of Goa
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
- City of Bath
- Comoé National Park
- Congonhas
- Convent of Christ in Tomar
- Copán
- Cordoba
- Cuzco
- Cyrene
- Damascus
- Darien National Park
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Divrigi
- Dja Faunal Reserve
- Djémila
- Djoudj
- Dubrovnik
- Durham Castle and Cathedral
- Durmitor National Park
- El Escurial
- Elephanta Caves
- Ellora Caves
- 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 and Cappadocia
- Granada
- Grand Canyon
- Great Barrier Reef
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Great Wall
- Great Zimbabwe
- Gros Morne National Park
- Gulf of Porto
- Gwynedd Castles
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
- Hampi
- Hatra
- Hattusha
- Hawaii Volcanoes
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
- 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
- Kakadu National Park
- Kathmandu Valley
- Kaziranga National Park
- Keoladeo National Park
- Kerkuane
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments
- Khami Ruins
- Kilimanjaro National Park
- Kotor
- Kraków
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou
- L'Anse aux Meadows
- La Fortaleza and San Juan
- Lake Malawi
- Lalibela
- Leptis Magna
- 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
- Manu National Park
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Medina of Fez
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Medina of Tunis
- Megalithic Temples of Malta
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan
- Mesa Verde
- Mexico City and Xochimilco
- Moenjodaro
- Mogao Caves
- Monastery of Batalha
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Monticello
- Mount Nimba
- Mount Taishan
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- Nahanni National Park
- Nancy
- 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
- Olinda
- 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
- 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
- Salonga National Park
- Salvador de Bahia
- Sana'a
- 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
- Skocjan Caves
- Speyer Cathedral
- Split
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- St. Kilda
- Stari Ras and Sopocani
- Statue of Liberty
- Stonehenge
- 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
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
- Tikal National Park
- Timgad
- Tipasa
- Tiya
- Toledo
- Trier
- Tyre
- Uluru
- Urnes Stave Church
- Vallée de Mai
- Valletta
- Vatican City
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Versailles
- Vézelay
- Vézère Valley
- Virunga National Park
- Warsaw
- Westminster
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Willandra Lakes
- Wood Buffalo National Park
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Würzburg Residence
- Yellowstone
- Yosemite National Park