Between 24 and 30 July, UNESCO added 34 cultural and natural sites of “outstanding universal value” to its World Heritage List. These are the new UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. Maybe you can visit one during the summer!
- The Great Spa Towns of Europe – Austria / Belgium / Czechia / France / Germany / Italy / United Kingdom
- Cordouan Lighthouse – France
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt – Germany
- Padua’s Fourteenth-century Fresco Cycles – Italy
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a Landscape of Arts and Sciences – Spain
- Arslantepe Mound – Turkey
- Dutch Water Defence Lines – The Netherlands
- Colonies of Benevolence – Belgium / The Netherlands
- Roșia Montană Mining Landscape – Romania
- Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera – France
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes – Germany / The Netherlands
- ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz – Germany
- The Porticoes of Bologna – Italy
- The Works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design – Slovenia
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales – United Kingdom
- Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea – Russia
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe – Bosnia and Herzegovina / Czechia / France / Italy / North Macedonia / Poland / Slovakia / Switzerland
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment) – Austria / Germany / Slovakia
Have a look at some of the sites in the video below:
Source: UNESCO.