Inscriptions in 2002
The following sites were inscribed in the 2002 WHC Session.
| Site | Countries | Locations | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calakmul | 1 | 4.24 | 6 | |
| Mahabodhi Temple Complex | 1 | 3.23 | 7 | |
| Minaret of Jam | 4 | 4.45 | 1 | |
| Paramaribo | 1 | 2.64 | 3 | |
| Saint Catherine Area | 1 | 3.61 | 8 | |
| Stralsund and Wismar | 2 | 2.86 | 11 | |
| Tokaji Wine Region | 7 | 2.53 | 8 | |
| Upper Middle Rhine Valley | 1 | 3.67 | 12 | |
| Val di Noto | 8 | 3.47 | 10 |
Complete List in 2002
In 2002 the World Heritage list consisted of 729 sites.
- Aachen Cathedral
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
- Abbey of St Gall
- Abu Mena
- Acropolis
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
- Agra Fort
- Agrigento
- Air and Téneré
- Ajanta Caves
- Aksum
- Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
- Alcala de Henares
- Aldabra Atoll
- Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
- Aleppo
- Altamira Cave
- Alto Douro
- Ambohimanga
- Amiens Cathedral
- Amphitheater of El Jem
- Ancient Ksour
- Ancient Kyoto
- Ancient Merv
- Ancient Nara
- Ancient Thebes
- Andrefana Dry Forests
- Angkor
- Angra do Heroismo
- Anjar
- Antigua Guatemala
- Anuradhapura
- Aquileia
- Arabian Oryx Sanctuary
- Aranjuez
- Archaeological Site of Aigai
- Archaeological Site of Delphi
- Arequipa
- Arles
- Asante Traditional Buildings
- Assisi
- Asturian Monuments
- Atapuerca
- Atlantic Forest South-East
- Auschwitz Birkenau
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
- Avignon
- Avila
- Ayutthaya
- Baalbek
- Bagerhat
- Bahla Fort
- Bamberg
- Ban Chiang
- Banc d'Arguin
- Banska Stiavnica
- Bardejov Town
- Baroque Churches
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
- Bauhaus Sites
- Beemster Polder
- Belem
- Belfries
- Belize Barrier Reef
- Bellinzone
- Benedictine Convent of St. John
- Białowieża Forest
- Birka and Hovgarden
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
- Blenheim Palace
- Borobudur
- Bosra
- Botanical Garden, Padua
- Bourges Cathedral
- Boyana Church
- Brasilia
- Brazilian Atlantic Islands
- Brimstone Hill Fortress
- Brú na Bóinne
- Brugge
- Bryggen
- Budapest
- Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
- Bukhara
- Burgos Cathedral
- Butrint
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Byblos
- Caceres
- Cahokia Mounds
- Calakmul
- Campeche
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
- Canaima National Park
- Canal du Midi
- Canterbury
- Carlsbad Caverns
- Cartagena
- Carthage
- Castel del Monte
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex
- Central Sikhote-Alin
- Central Suriname Nature Reserve
- Cerrado Protected Areas
- Cesky Krumlov
- Chaco Culture
- Chan Chan
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex
- Chartres Cathedral
- Chavin
- Chichen-Itza
- Chitwan National Park
- Choirokoitia
- Chola Temples
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
- Churches and Convents of Goa
- Churches of Chiloé
- Churches of Moldavia
- Churches of Peace
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
- City of Bath
- City of Luxembourg
- Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou
- Classical Weimar
- Cliff of Bandiagara
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde
- Cocos Island
- Cologne Cathedral
- Colonia del Sacramento
- Comoé National Park
- Congonhas
- Convent of Christ in Tomar
- Copán
- Cordoba
- Coro and its Port
- Costiera Amalfitana
- Crespi d'Adda
- Cuenca
- Cueva de las Manos
- Curonian Spit
- Cuzco
- Cyrene
- Dacian Fortresses
- Damascus
- Danube Delta
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
- Darien National Park
- Dazu Rock Carvings
- Delos
- Derwent Valley Mills
- Desembarco del Granma National Park
- Diamantina
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Discovery Coast
- Divrigi
- Dja Faunal Reserve
- Djémila
- Djenné
- Djoudj
- Donana National Park
- Dorset and East Devon Coast
- Dougga/Thugga
- Drottningholm
- Dubrovnik
- Durham Castle and Cathedral
- Durmitor National Park
- Dutch Water Defence Lines
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs
- East Rennell
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots
- Edinburgh
- El Escurial
- El Fuerte de Samaipata
- El Tajin
- Elephanta Caves
- Ellora Caves
- Engelsberg Ironworks
- Epidaurus
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec
- Everglades
- Evora
- Falun Great Copper Mountain
- Fasil Ghebbi
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Ferapontov Monastery
- Ferrara
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee
- First Coffee Plantations
- Flemish Béguinages
- Florence
- Fontainebleau
- Fort and Shalamar Gardens
- Fortified City of Carcassonne
- Fortress of Suomenlinna
- Forts and Castles Gold Coast
- Fossil Hominid Sites
- Fraser Island
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- Galapagos Islands
- Gammelstad
- Garajonay
- Garamba National Park
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz
- Gelati Monastery
- Genbaku Dome
- Ghadames
- Giant's Causeway
- Glacier parks
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
- Goias
- Golden Mountains of Altai
- Gondwana Rainforests
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia
- Gough and Inaccessible Islands
- Granada
- Grand Canyon
- Grand Place, Brussels
- Graz
- Great Barrier Reef
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Great Wall
- Great Zimbabwe
- Greater Blue Mountains
- Gros Morne National Park
- Guanacaste
- Guanajuato
- Guimarães
- Gulf of Porto
- Gunung Mulu
- Gusuku of Ryukyu
- Gwynedd Castles
- Gyeongju
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
- Haeinsa Temple
- Haghpat and Sanahin
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
- Hallstatt-Dachstein
- Hampi
- Hatra
- Hattusha
- Hawaii Volcanoes
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
- Heard and McDonald Islands
- Henderson Island
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
- Himeji-jo
- Historic Cairo
- Hoi An
- Holasovice
- Hollókö
- Holy Trinity Column
- Hortobágy
- Horyu-ji Area
- Hospicio Cabañas
- Huanglong
- Huangshan
- Huascaran National Park
- Hué
- Humayun's Tomb
- Hwaseong Fortress
- Ibiza
- Ichkeul National Park
- Iguacu
- Iguazu National Park
- Imperial Palace
- Imperial Tombs
- Independence Hall
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
- Ironbridge Gorge
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Island of Gorée
- Island of Mozambique
- Island of Patmos
- Island of Saint-Louis
- Isole Eolie
- Istanbul
- Itchan Kala
- Itsukushima Shrine
- Jelling
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
- Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus
- Jiuzhaigou Valley
- Jongmyo Shrine
- Joya de Ceren
- Kahuzi-Biega National Park
- Kairouan
- Kakadu National Park
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Kandy
- Karlskrona
- Kasbah of Algiers
- Kathmandu Valley
- Kazan Kremlin
- Kaziranga National Park
- Keoladeo National Park
- Kerkuane
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments
- Khami Ruins
- Kilimanjaro National Park
- Kinabalu Park
- Kinderdijk
- Kizhi Pogost
- Komodo National Park
- Kotor
- Kraków
- Kremlin and Red Square
- Kronborg Castle
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou
- Kutna Hora
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra
- L'Anse aux Meadows
- L'viv
- La Fortaleza and San Juan
- La Lonja de la Seda
- Lake Baikal
- Lake Malawi
- Lake Turkana
- Lalibela
- Lamu Old Town
- Land of Frankincense
- Laponian Area
- Las Medulas
- Laurisilva of Madeira
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
- Leptis Magna
- Lima
- Litomysl Castle
- Loire Valley
- Longmen Grottoes
- Lord Howe Island
- Lorentz National Park
- Los Glaciares
- Los Katios National Park
- Lower Valley of the Awash
- Lower Valley of the Omo
- Luang Prabang
- Lübeck
- Lumbini
- Lushan National Park
- Luther Memorials
- Lyon
- M'Zab Valley
- Machu Picchu
- Macquarie Island
- Madara Rider
- Mahabalipuram
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex
- Major Town Houses
- Makli, Thatta
- Malbork Castle
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park
- Mammoth Cave
- Mana Pools
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
- Manovo-Gounda St. Floris
- Manu National Park
- Maritime Greenwich
- Masada
- Matera
- Maulbronn Monastery
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Medina of Essaouira
- Medina of Fez
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Medina of Sousse
- Medina of Tétouan
- Medina of Tunis
- Megalithic Temples of Malta
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan
- Meknes
- Mérida
- Mesa Verde
- Messel Pit
- Meteora
- Mexico City and Xochimilco
- Miguasha National Park
- Minaret of Jam
- Mir Castle
- Modena
- Moenjodaro
- Mogao Caves
- Monastery of Alcobaça
- Monastery of Batalha
- Monastery of Geghard
- Monastery of Horezu
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Monticello
- Morelia
- Morne Trois Pitons
- Mount Athos
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
- Mount Kenya
- Mount Nimba
- Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan
- Mount Taishan
- Mount Wuyi
- Mountain Railways of India
- Mountain Resort, Chengde
- Mtskheta
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
- My Son
- Mycenae and Tiryns
- Mystras
- Nahanni National Park
- Nancy
- Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers
- Naples
- Nasca Lines
- National History Park
- Nemrut Dag
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
- Neolithic Orkney
- Nessebar
- New Lanark
- Ngorongoro
- Nikko
- Niokolo-Koba National Park
- Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
- Novgorod
- Nubian Monuments
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban
- Ohrid Region
- Okapi Wildlife Reserve
- Old City of Acre
- Old City of Berne
- Old City of Jerusalem
- Old Havana
- Old Rauma
- Old Town Lunenburg
- Old Town of Galle
- Old Town of Lijiang
- Olinda
- Olympia
- Olympic National Park
- Oporto
- Orange
- Ouro Preto
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
- Palenque
- Palmeral of Elche
- Palmyra
- Panamá
- Pannonhalma
- Pantanal
- Paphos
- Paquimé
- Paramaribo
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Pattadakal
- Peking Man Site
- Peninsula Valdes
- Persepolis
- Petäjävesi Old Church
- Petra
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
- Pienza
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies
- Ping Yao
- Pirin National Park
- Plitvice Lakes
- Poblet Monastery
- Polonnaruva
- Pompei
- Pont du Gard
- Popocatepetl monasteries
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
- Potala Palace
- Potosi
- Potsdam
- Prague
- Prambanan
- Provins
- Puebla
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
- Pyramids (Memphis)
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
- Qadisha Valley
- Québec
- Quedlinburg
- Querétaro
- Quirigua
- Quito
- Quseir Amra
- Qutb Minar
- Rammelsberg and Goslar
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
- Rapa Nui
- Ravenna
- Redwood
- Reichenau
- Reims
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
- Rhodes
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
- Rietveld Schröderhuis
- Riga
- Rila Monastery
- Rio Abiseo National Park
- Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve
- Robben Island
- Rock Art of Alta
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin
- Rock Carvings in Tanum
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
- Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- Rohtas Fort
- Roman Walls of Lugo
- Rome
- Roskilde Cathedral
- Route of Santiago de Compostela
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- Royal Palace at Caserta
- Royal Palaces of Abomey
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
- Røros
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
- Ruins of León Viejo
- Rwenzori Mountains
- Sabratha
- Safranbolu
- Sagarmatha National Park
- Saint Catherine Area
- Saint-Emilion
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
- Salamanca
- Salonga National Park
- Saltaire
- Salvador de Bahia
- Salzburg
- Samarkand
- Sammallahdenmäki
- San Agustín
- San Cristobal de La Laguna
- San Gimignano
- San Pedro de la Roca Castle
- Sana'a
- Sanchi
- Sangay National Park
- Sangiran Early Man Site
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca
- Santa Cruz de Mompox
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe
- Santa Maria delle Grazie
- Santiago de Compostela
- Santo Domingo
- São Luis
- Sceilg Mhichíl
- Schokland
- Schönbrunn
- Segovia
- Selous Game Reserve
- Semmering Railway
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
- Serengeti
- Serra da Capivara
- Seville
- SGang Gwaay
- Shakhrisyabz
- Shark Bay
- Shibam
- Shirakami-Sanchi
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
- Sian Ka'an
- Siena
- Sighisoara
- Sigiriya
- Simien National Park
- Sinharaja Forest
- Sintra
- Skocjan Caves
- Skogskyrkogarden
- Solovetsky Islands
- Southern Öland
- Speyer Cathedral
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca
- Split
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- St. George, Bermuda
- St. Kilda
- St. Petersburg
- Stari Ras and Sopocani
- Statue of Liberty
- Stone Town of Zanzibar
- Stonehenge
- Stralsund and Wismar
- Strasbourg
- Studenica Monastery
- Studley Royal Park
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini
- Sub-Antarctic Islands
- Sucre
- Sukhothai
- Sukur
- Summer Palace
- Sun Temple, Konarak
- Sundarbans National Park
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Tadrart Acacus
- Taï National Park
- Taj Mahal
- Takht-i-Bahi
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves
- Tallinn
- Taos Pueblo
- Tarraco
- Tasmanian Wilderness
- Tassili n'Ajjer
- Taxila
- Tchogha Zanbil
- Te Wahipounamu
- Telc
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
- Temple of Heaven
- Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius
- Teotihuacan
- The Four Lifts
- The Sundarbans
- The trulli of Alberobello
- Thessalonika
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
- Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng
- Tierradentro
- Tikal National Park
- Timbuktu
- Timgad
- Tipasa
- Tiwanaku
- Tiya
- Tlacotalpan
- Tokaji Wine Region
- Toledo
- Tombs of Buganda Kings
- Tongariro National Park
- Torun
- Tower of London
- Trier
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
- Trinity Sergius Lavra
- Trogir
- Troy
- Tsodilo
- Tubbataha Reefs
- Tugendhat Villa
- Tyre
- Ujung Kulon National Park
- Uluru
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- Upper Svaneti
- Urbino
- Urnes Stave Church
- Uxmal
- Val di Noto
- Vall de Boi
- Vallée de Mai
- Valletta
- Vat Phou
- Vatican City
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
- Verona
- Versailles
- Vézelay
- Vézère Valley
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
- Victoria Falls
- Vienna
- Vigan
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- Villa d'Este
- Villa Romana del Casale
- Villages with Fortified Churches
- Vilnius
- Viñales Valley
- Virgin Komi Forests
- Virunga National Park
- Visby
- Vlkolinec
- Volcanoes of Kamchatka
- Völklingen Ironworks
- Volubilis
- W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
- Wachau Cultural Landscape
- Walled City of Baku
- Warsaw
- Wartburg Castle
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
- Western Caucasus
- Westminster
- Wet Tropics of Queensland
- Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Willandra Lakes
- Willemstad
- Wood Buffalo National Park
- Wooden Churches of Maramures
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Wudang Mountains
- Wulingyuan
- Würzburg Residence
- Xanthos-Letoon
- Xidi and Hongcun
- Xochicalco
- Yakushima
- Yellowstone
- Yosemite National Park
- Yungang Grottoes
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries
- Zabid
- Zacatecas
- Zamość
- Zollverein