Major City Centres

Connected Sites: 13

WHS which consist of an entire and "living" mixed zone (i.e not just selected structures) of significant size (200 ha or greater) in the centre of a "Major" City (defined as having a "city" population - excluding surrounding "urban" and "metropolitan" areas - though definitions of this vary by country - of over 1 million people.) Size of inscribed areas are taken where available from UNESCO or approximated where missing. (City Population/Size of Inscribed Area)

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Paris, Banks of the Seine
Inscribed: 1991
4.19
956
20
2.2 Million/365ha
Budapest
Budapest
Hungary
Inscribed: 1987
3.88
754
15
1.7 Million/473ha
Rome
Rome
Holy See, Italy
Inscribed: 1980
4.57
928
13
2.7 Million/1485ha
Mexico City and Xochimilco
Inscribed: 1987
3.83
373
8
8.8 Million/910ha
Vienna
Vienna
Austria
Inscribed: 2001
4.03
812
20
1.6 Million/371ha
Lima
Lima
Peru
Inscribed: 1988
2.85
357
10
7.6 Million/200ha
Quito
Quito
Ecuador
Inscribed: 1978
3.32
221
8
1.4million/320ha
Historic Cairo
Inscribed: 1979
3.65
396
11
6.8 Million /523ha
Prague
Prague
Czechia
Inscribed: 1992
4.27
789
16
1.2 Million/866ha
Puebla
Puebla
Mexico
Inscribed: 1987
3.38
199
9
1.4million/597ha
St. Petersburg
Inscribed: 1990
4.22
356
9
4.6 Million/No Inscribed Area Size Given In Unesco But Is Much Bigger Than 200ha
Istanbul
Istanbul
Turkiye
Inscribed: 1985
4.38
665
12
12,5 Milion 678 Ha
Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
Inscribed: 2021
2.91
367
6
Madrid: 3 Million / 218.91 Ha