World Heritage
Globally significant sites
World Heritage designates sites of outstanding cultural or natural significance to humanity, as recognized by UNESCO.
A World Heritage Site receives international protection and preservation efforts: Machu Picchu is a World Heritage Site, The temple was added to the World Heritage List in 1992.
The designation covers monuments, natural landscapes, and mixed sites spanning every continent.
- monumentsStructures commemorating notable achievements
- ancient ruinsDecayed structures from antiquity
- indigenous territoriesOriginal inhabitants' lands
- oral historyRecorded interviews about the past
- ecosystemsInterdependent organism-environment systems
sacred landscapes · restoration projects · biodiversity hotspots · archaeological sites · old town · conservation efforts · legal frameworks · rituals · craftsmanship · endangered languages · marine reserves · museums · sustainable tourism · statue · geological formations · buffer zone · forests · gate
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- ancient sitesPompeii, Stonehenge, pyramids, Colosseum, Giza
- heritagecultural traditions, museum, archive, monument, landmark
- historic sitesruins, historic site, basilica, monument, fortress
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- Cultural Policyarts funding, arts council, arts councils, cultural institutions, public funding
World Heritagelocal heritage
Place-specific cultural inheritance
national heritage · regional heritage · national parks · neighborhood landmark · private collection
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