* Share This

Listed Site table

table started by typelibrarian for the Protected Places Commons
A "listed site" is any location that has been designated as being of particular historical, cultural, or natural value or interest.  Well-known... more

1,713 Listed Site topics

Add more Use Results
Edit view
\^/ Plot Points: select property to plot

x

Add another type with the property you want to view.
more
 
 
  
x name x image x Also Typed With Designation as Natural or Cultural Site x article
x Designation x Date Listed
Showing 1 - 60 « prev next »
+

Do you know something that's missing from this view? Add it!

name
If you have a list you can use our wizard to match it with topics that may already be in Freebase.
Go to the import tool »
x Yosemite National Park Heinrich Berann NPS Yosemite Protected Site World Heritage Site 1984
Yosemite National Park (pronounced /joʊˈsɛmɨtiː/ yo-SEM-it-ee) is a national park located in the eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in east central California, United States. The park covers an area of 761,266 acres or 1,189...
Location
Dated location
Flying Site
Filming location
x San Leucio resort Location of the province of Caserta   World Heritage Site  
San Leucio is a frazione of the comune of Caserta, in the region of Campania in southern Italy. It is most notable for a resort developed around an old silk factory, included in the UNESCO World Heritage sites list in 1997. It is located 3.5 km...
x Pienza Coat of arms of Comune di Pienza City/Town World Heritage Site  
Pienza, a town and commune in the province of Siena, in the Val d'Orcia in Tuscany (central Italy), between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism." In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage...
Location
Dated location
Statistical region
x Svaneti Medieval towers in Mestia, Upper Svaneti   World Heritage Site  
Svaneti or Svanetia (Suania in ancient sources) (Georgian: სვანეთი Svaneti) is a historic province in Georgia, in the northwestern part of the country. It is inhabited by the Svans, an ethnic subgroup of the Georgians. Surrounded by 3,000–5,000...
x Quebec City Quebec City skyline Location World Heritage Site  
Quebec City, sometimes rendered as Québec City (French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (pronounced /kwɨˈbɛk/ or /keˈbɛk/), is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second...
City/Town
Statistical region
Dated location
Travel destination
more ▼
x Hollókő Hollókő village Location World Heritage Site  
Hollókő (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈhol:oːkøː] ) is a Palóc ethnographic village in Hungary, part of the World Heritage. Its name means "Raven-stone" in Hungarian. The village is located in Nógrád county, approximately 91.1 kilometres northeast from...
City/Town
Dated location
Statistical region
x San Ignacio Miní Remains of the entrance to the church. Location World Heritage Site  
San Ignacio Miní was one of the many missions founded in 1632 by the Jesuits in the Americas during the Spanish colonial period near present-day San Ignacio valley, some 60km south of Posadas, Misiones Province, Argentina. The original mission was...
x Oaxaca Catedral de Oaxaca, located at the Zócalo (central square) Location World Heritage Site  
The city of Oaxaca (formally: Oaxaca de Juárez, in honor of 19th-century president and national hero Benito Juárez, who was born nearby) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name. It is located in the Valley of Oaxaca in...
City/Town
Dated location
Statistical region
x Nanda Devi Mountain World Heritage Site  
Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India and the highest entirely within the country (Kangchenjunga being on the border of India and Nepal); owing to this geography it was the highest known mountain in the world until computations on...
Location
x Granada Granada coat-of-arms City/Town World Heritage Site  
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous region of Andalusia, Spain. The city of Granada is situated at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, Beiro, Darro and Genil, at an...
Location
Dated location
Statistical region
x Palace of Tau The Palace of Tau in Reims   World Heritage Site  
The Palace of Tau (French: Palais du Tau) in Reims, France, was the palace of the Archbishop of Reims. It is associated with the Kings of France, whose coronation was held in the nearby cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims. A large Gallo-Roman villa...
x Modica Coat of arms of Comune di Modica City/Town World Heritage Site  
Modica (Greek: Μότουκα, Latin: Mutyca or Motyca) is a city in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily. The city is situated in the Hyblaean mountains and, along with Val di Noto, is part of UNESCO Heritage Sites in Italy. According to Thucydides, the city...
Location
Dated location
Statistical region
x Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park Cheetah Protected Site World Heritage Site  
Manovo-Gounda St.Floris National Park is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Central African Republic prefecture Bamingui-Bangoran, near the Chad border. It was inscribed to the list of World Heritage Sites in 1988 as a...
Location
Dated location
x Willandra Lakes Region Location World Heritage Site  
The Willandra Lakes Region is a World Heritage Site that covers 2,400 square kilometres in south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Region has important natural and cultural values including exceptional examples of past human civilization...
x Vézelay Abbey The Abbey Church in Vézelay Location World Heritage Site  
Vézelay Abbey (now known as Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery in Vézelay in the Yonne département in Burgundy, France. The Benedictine abbey church of Ste-Marie-Madeleine (or Basilica of St. Mary Magdalene),...
x Ouro Preto View of Ouro Preto Location World Heritage Site  
Vila Rica do Ouro Preto (from Portuguese, Rich Village of the Black Gold) is a city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a former colonial mining town located in the Serra do Espinhaço mountains and designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO...
City/Town
Dated location
Statistical region
x Otsu   City/Town World Heritage Site  
Ōtsu (大津市, Ōtsu-shi) is the capital city of Shiga, Japan. As of February 2007 the city has an estimated population of 329,355 with an age average of 40.7 years (15.42% of which are younger than 15 and 16.81% are older than 65) and a density of 880...
Location
Statistical region
Dated location
Japanese city/town
x Monticello Monticello House World Heritage Site  
Monticello (pronounced [mɒntəˈtʃɛloʊ]), located near Charlottesville, Virginia, was the estate of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, the third President of the United States, and founder of the...
Structure
Location
x Choqa Zanbil Chogha Zanbil ziggurat, Iran. Location World Heritage Site  
Chogha Zanbil (Persian: چُغازَنبیل) is an ancient Elamite complex in the Khuzestan province of Iran. It is one of the few extant ziggurats outside of Mesopotamia. It lies approximately 25 kilometeres west Dezfoul, 45 kilometres south of Susa and 230...
x Drakensberg The Drakensberg Mountain range World Heritage Site  
The Drakensberg (Afrikaans: "Dragon's Mountain") mountains are the highest mountain range in Southern Africa, rising up to 3,482 metres (11,420 ft) in height. In Zulu, they are referred to as uKhahlamba ("barrier of spears"), and in Sesotho as...
Location
x Enryaku-ji Enryakuji Konponchudo Location World Heritage Site  
Enryaku-ji (延暦寺, Enryaku Temple), a monastery on Mount Hiei overlooking Kyoto, was founded during the late eighth and early ninth centuries by Saichō (767–822), also known as Dengyō Daishi, who introduced the Tendai sect to Japan from China. One of...
Place of worship
x Jongmyo A view of the main hall, Jeongjeon.   World Heritage Site  
Jongmyo is a Confucian shrine dedicated to the memorial services for the deceased kings and queens of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. According to UNESCO, the shrine is the oldest royal Confucian shrine preserved and the ritual ceremonies continue a...
x Ryōan-ji Ryōan-ji dry garden Location World Heritage Site  
Ryōan-ji (Shinjitai: 竜安寺, Kyūjitai: 龍安寺, Ryōan-ji The Temple of the Peaceful Dragon) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. Belonging to the Myoshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism, the temple is one of the Historic...
Place of worship
x Ujung Kulon National Park Ujung Kulon Location World Heritage Site  
Ujung Kulon National Park is located at the western-most tip of Java, Indonesia. It includes the volcanic island group of Krakatoa and other islands including Handeuleum and Peucang. The park encompasses an area of 1,206 km² (443 km² marine), most...
x Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Oficina Humberstone   World Heritage Site  
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works are two former saltpeter refineries located in northern Chile. They were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. Other saltpeter works or "nitrate towns" include Chacabuco, Maria Elena, Pedro de...
x Duomo di Modena The Cathedral with the Ghirlandina   World Heritage Site  
Modena Cathedral, the cathedral, or "Duomo" in Italian, of Modena, Italy, is one of the most important Romanesque buildings of Europe and a World Heritage Site. Work on the Cathedral began in 1099, under the direction of the master builder Lanfranco...
x Kadisha Valley View of the valley from NW.   World Heritage Site  
The Kadisha Valley (also known as Qadisha Valley, Wadi Qadisha, Ouadi Qadisha, or وادي قاديشا in Arabic) lies within the Becharre and Zgharta Districts of the North Governorate of Lebanon. The valley is a deep gorge carved by the Kadisha River, also...
x Campeche View of Campeche, showing Cathedral and part of old city fortifications Location World Heritage Site  
Campeche (Ahk'ìin Pech in Modern Maya) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Campeche, located at 19°51′N 90°32′W / 19.85, -90.53, on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. The city's population at the 2005 census was 211,671 people. The...