Single Monuments

Connected Sites: 56

WHS Inscribed as a single "Monument" as per the World Heritage Convention. "For the purpose of this Convention, the following shall be considered as 'cultural heritage'": Monuments: architectural works, works of monumental sculpture and painting, elements or structures of an archaeological nature, inscriptions, cave dwellings and combinations of features,which are of outstanding universal value from the point of view of history, art or science; Groups of buildings: groups of separate or connected buildings which, because of their architecture, their homogeneity or their place in the landscape, are of outstanding universal value from the point of view of history, art or science; Sites: works of man or the combined works of nature and man, and areas including archaeological sites which are of outstanding universal value from the historical, aesthetic, ethnological or anthropological point of view."

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Connected Sites

Sydney Opera House
Inscribed: 2007
3.47
401
8
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Plantin-Moretus Museum
Inscribed: 2005
3.35
304
10
Stoclet House
Inscribed: 2009
1.84
282
13
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
Inscribed: 2000
2.64
278
10
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
Inscribed: 2007
2.32
118
7
Boyana Church
Inscribed: 1979
2.90
240
8
Madara Rider
Inscribed: 1979
2.17
128
6
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
Inscribed: 1979
2.38
138
10
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
Inscribed: 1985
2.85
98
6
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
Inscribed: 2000
2.75
288
10
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Litomysl Castle
Inscribed: 1999
2.77
169
10
Tugendhat Villa
Inscribed: 2001
2.98
197
15
Roskilde Cathedral
Inscribed: 1995
2.80
327
8
Chartres Cathedral
Inscribed: 1979
3.42
350
9
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Amiens Cathedral
Inscribed: 1981
3.42
280
12
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
Inscribed: 1983
2.98
118
10
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Pont du Gard
Inscribed: 1985
3.69
393
12
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Bourges Cathedral
Inscribed: 1992
3.43
184
9
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Aachen Cathedral
Inscribed: 1978
3.73
431
19
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Speyer Cathedral
Inscribed: 1981
2.95
312
13
Cologne Cathedral
Inscribed: 1996
3.51
646
23
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Pilgrimage Church of Wies
Inscribed: 1983
3.17
242
12
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Town Hall and Roland, Bremen
Inscribed: 2004
2.78
349
7
Margravial Opera House
Inscribed: 2012
3.16
208
8
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Inscribed: 2004
2.99
167
10
Castel del Monte
Inscribed: 1996
3.15
203
6
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Genbaku Dome
Inscribed: 1996
3.16
248
20
Luis Barragán House and Studio
Inscribed: 2004
2.77
125
10
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Rietveld Schröderhuis
Inscribed: 2000
3.04
273
12
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
León Cathedral
Inscribed: 2011
2.60
85
4
Malbork Castle
Inscribed: 1997
3.60
241
8
Centennial Hall
Inscribed: 2006
2.44
234
7
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Brimstone Hill Fortress
Brimstone Hill Fortress
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Inscribed: 1999
2.82
94
5
Vizcaya Bridge
Inscribed: 2006
2.91
227
10
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Tower of Hercules
Inscribed: 2009
2.67
190
5
Grimeton Radio Station
Inscribed: 2004
2.58
110
7
Independence Hall
Independence Hall
United States of America
Inscribed: 1979
2.99
438
17
Holy Trinity Column
Inscribed: 2000
2.54
219
10
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
Inscribed: 2003
3.39
76
4
"In Terms Of The Categories Of Cultural Property Set Out In Article 1 Of The 1972 World Heritage Convention, This Is An Architectural Monument." (Ab Ev). Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Rohtas Fort
Rohtas Fort
Pakistan
Inscribed: 1997
2.92
38
16
Fort Jesus
Inscribed: 2011
2.52
62
2
Gonbad-e Qâbus
Inscribed: 2012
2.72
16
3
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Humayun's Tomb
Inscribed: 1993
3.34
268
8
Taj Mahal
Inscribed: 1983
4.24
351
7
Text Reference Only (Early Nomination). Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
Inscribed: 1994
2.44
135
7
Text Reference Only (Early Nomination)
Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans
Inscribed: 2011
2.74
59
4
Masjed-e Jâme'
Inscribed: 2012
3.22
115
3
Soltaniyeh
Inscribed: 2005
2.74
42
3
Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
Inscribed: 1980
3.73
256
15
Amphitheater of El Jem
Inscribed: 1979
3.47
195
9
Text Reference Only (Early Nomination)
Panamá
Panamá
Panama
Inscribed: 1997
2.93
207
8
The "Salon Bolivar" Was Inscribed As A Single Monument, Together With Panama Viejo (Site) And Casco Viejo (Group Of Buildings)
Forth Bridge
Forth Bridge
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 2015
2.92
343
12
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Gelati Monastery
Inscribed: 1994
3.15
169
6
Naumburg Cathedral
Inscribed: 2018
2.81
174
6
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Cordouan Lighthouse
Inscribed: 2021
3.00
41
5
Also Meets Criterion I: Masterpiece Of Human Creative Genius.
Maison Carrée of Nîmes
Inscribed: 2023
2.76
192
4