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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Italy ratified the convention on 23 June 1978, making its historical and natural sites eligible for inclusion on the list.

The first site located in Italy was inscribed on the list at the 3rd Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Cairo, Egypt in October 1979. At that session, only one site was added, the "Rock Drawings in Valcamonica", one of the world's largest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs in Brescia.

Five more sites were added in 1980, and another four in 1986. Apart from 1984, 1985, and 1986 (Spain's first three years as a member), 2000 saw the most new sites inscribed, with five that year. As of June 2013, Spain has 44 total sites inscribed on the list, third only to China (45) and Italy (49). Of these 44 sites, 39 are cultural, 3 are natural, and 2 are mixed (meeting both cultural and natural criteria), as determined by the organization's selection criteria.

The Pyrénées – Mont Perdu World Heritage Site is shared with France, while the Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde site is shared with Portugal. Besides that, Almadén is inscribed alongside Idrija in Slovenia. Of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain, Castile and León has the most sites, with six exclusive and two shared sites.

Additionally, Spain has established an agreement with UNESCO known as the Spanish Funds-in-Trust. The agreement was signed on April 18, 2002 between Francisco Villar, Spanish Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Kōichirō Matsuura. The fund provides € 600,000 annually to a chosen program. Programs include helping other member states, particularly in Latin America, with projects such as nominations processes and assessing tentative sites. Spain served as the chair of the World Heritage Committee in 2008 and 2009, and in 2009 hosted the 33rd Session of the Committee in Seville, Andalusia.

List of sites

The table lists information about each World Heritage Site:

Name: as listed by the World Heritage Committee

Location: city or province of site

Region: one of the 20 regions of Italy

Period: time period of significance, typically of construction

UNESCO data: the site's reference number; the year the site was inscribed on the World Heritage List; the criteria it was listed under: criteria i through vi are cultural, while vii through x are natural; (the column sorts by year added to the list)

Description: brief description of the site

Cultural

Name	Image	Location	Region	Period	UNESCO data	Description	Ref(s)
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura		41°53′24.8″N 12°29′32.3″E	Lazio / Holy See		Ref: 91 1980 (ext. 1990) i, ii, iii, iv, vi	Includes monuments of ancient Rome located in modern-day city centre, such as the Roman Forum, the Mausoleum of Augustus, the Pantheon, Trajan’s Column, the Column of Marcus Aurelius, the Colosseum and Castel Sant'Angelo. Also includes three of the four papal basilicas located outside the Vatican City proper, consecrated in the 4th and 5th centuries AD.
Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci		45°27′57.2″N 9°10′13.8″E	Lombardy		Ref: 93 1980 i, ii
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica		45°57′25.4″N 10°17′50.4″E	Lombardy		Ref: 94 1979 iii, vi
Historic centre of Florence		43°46′23″N 11°15′22″E	Tuscany		Ref: 174 1982 i, ii, iii, iv, vi
Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany		43°51′28″N 11°18′15″E	Tuscany		Ref: 175 2013 ii, iv, vi
Venice and its lagoon		45°26′3.5″N 12°20′20.2″E	Veneto		Ref: 394 1987 i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa		43°43′23″N 10°23′47″E	Tuscany		Ref: 395 1987 (mod. 2007) i, ii, iv, vi
Castel del Monte		41°5′5.3″N 16°16′15.4″E	Apulia		Ref: 398 1996 i, ii, iii
18th Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex		41°4′23.9″N 14°19′35″E	Campania		Ref: 549 1997 i, ii, iii, iv
Historic Centre of San Gimignano		43°28′5″N 11°2′30″E	Tuscany		Ref: 550 1990 i, iii, iv
The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera		40°39′59″N 16°36′37″E	Basilicata		Ref: 670 1993 iii, iv, v
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto		45°32′57″N 11°32′58″E	Veneto		Ref: 712 1994 (ext. 1996) i, ii
Historic Centre of Siena		43°19′7″N 11°19′54″E	Tuscany		Ref: 717 1995 i, ii, iv
Historic Centre of Naples		40°51′5″N 14°15′46″E	Campania		Ref: 726 1995 ii, iv
Crespi d'Adda		45°35′36″N 9°32′18″E	Lombardy		Ref: 730 1995 iv, v
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta		44°50′16″N 11°37′10″E	Emilia-Romagna		Ref: 733 1995 ii, iii, iv, v, vi
The Trulli of Alberobello		40°46′57″N 17°14′12.9″E	Apulia		Ref: 787 1996 iii, iv, v
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna		44°25′13.5″N 12°11′46.5″E	Emilia-Romagna		Ref: 788 1996 i, ii, iii, iv
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza		43°4′37″N 11°40′43″E	Tuscany		Ref: 789 1996 i, ii, iv
City of Verona		45°26′19″N 10°59′38″E	Veneto		Ref: 797 2000 ii, iv
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy		45°4′21.1″N 7°41′8.6″E	Piedmont		Ref: 823 1997 (mod. 2010) i, ii, iv, v
Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua		45°23′56.8″N 11°52′50.4″E	Veneto		Ref: 824 1997 ii, iii
Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia		45°46′6″N 13°22′3″E	Friuli-Venezia Giulia		Ref: 825 1998 iii, iv, vi
Porto Venere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)		44°6′24.9″N 9°43′45″E	Liguria		Ref: 826 1997 ii, iv, v
Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena		44°38′46.5″N 10°55′32.4″E	Emilia-Romagna		Ref: 827 1997 i, ii, iii, vi
Historic Centre of Urbino		43°43′30″N 12°37′59.9″E	Marche		Ref: 828 1998 ii, iv
Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata		40°45′0″N 14°28′59″E	Campania		Ref: 829 1997 iii, iv, v
Costiera Amalfitana		40°38′59″N 14°35′59″E	Campania		Ref: 830 1997 ii, iv, v
Archaeological Area of Agrigento		37°17′23″N 13°35′36″E	Sicily		Ref: 831 1997 i, ii, iii, iv
Villa Romana del Casale		37°21′58″N 14°20′3″E	Sicily		Ref: 832 1997 i, ii, iii
Su Nuraxi di Barumini		39°42′21″N 8°59′29″E	Sardinia		Ref: 833 1997 i, iii, iv
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archæological sites of Pæstum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula		40°16′59″N 15°16′0″E	Campania		Ref: 842 1998  ???
Villa Adriana (Tivoli)		41°56′39″N 12°46′19.1″E	Lazio		Ref: 907 1999 i, ii, iii
Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi and other Franciscan Sites		43°3′58.2″N 12°37′20.8″E	Umbria		Ref: 990 2000 i, ii, iii, iv, vi
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)		36°53′35.5″N 15°4′8.1″E	Sicily		Ref: 1024 2002 i, ii, iv, v
Villa d'Este, Tivoli		41°57′50.1″N 12°47′46.5″E	Lazio		Ref: 1025 2001 i, ii, iii, iv, vi
Val d'Orcia		43°4′0″N 11°33′0″E	Tuscany		Ref: 1026 2004 iv, vi
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy		45°58′28.4″N 9°10′10.4″E	Piedmont / Lombardy		Ref: 1068 2003 ii, iv
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia		42°0′24.6″N 12°6′6.8″E	Lazio		Ref: 1158 2004 i, iii, iv
Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica		37°3′33.9″N 15°17′35″E	Sicily		Ref: 1200 2005 ii, iii, iv, vi
Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli		44°24′44″N 8°55′52″E	Liguria		Ref: 1211 2006 ii, iv
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes		46°29′54″N 9°50′47″E	Lombardy / Switzerland		Ref: 1276 2008 ii, iv
Mantua and Sabbioneta		45°9′34″N 10°47′40″E	Lombardy		Ref: 1287 2008 ii, iii
Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568–774 A.D.)		46°5′39″N 13°25′59″E	Friuli-Venezia Giulia / Lombardy / Umbria / Campania / Apulia		Ref: 1318 2011 ii, iii, vi
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps		47°16′42″N 8°12′27″E	Friuli-Venezia Giulia / Lombardy / Piedmont / Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol / Veneto / Austria / France / Germany / Slovenia / Switzerland		Ref: 1363 2011 iv, v

Natural

Name	Image	Location	Region	Period	UNESCO data	Description	Ref(s)
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)		38°29′16.3″N 14°56′44.1″E	Sicily		Ref: 908 2000 viii
Monte San Giorgio		45°53′20″N 8°54′50″E	Lombardy		Ref: 1090 2003 viii
The Dolomites		46°36′47″N 12°9′47″E	Veneto / Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol		Ref: 1237 2009 vii, viii
Mount Etna		37°45′22″N 14°59′48″E	Sicily		Ref: 1427 2013 viii

Sites by region

"Exclusive site" refers to sites located entirely within a single region of Italy. "Shared site" refers to sites situated in multiple regions, or those shared by Italian region and neighbouring country, including Pyrénées – Mont Perdu, which Aragon shares with France, and Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde, which Castile and León shares with Portugal.

Region	Exclusive sites	Shared sites
Tuscany	7	—
Sicily	6	—
Lombardy	5	4
Campania	5	1
Veneto	4	2
Lazio	3	1
Emilia-Romagna	3	—
Apulia	2	1
Liguria	2	—
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1	2
Piedmont	1	2
Umbria	1	1
Basilicata	1	—
Marche	1	—
Sardinia	1	—
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	—	2

Tentative list

Loarre Castle

In addition to sites inscribed on the World Heritage list, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that they may consider for nomination. Nominations for the World Heritage list are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the tentative list. As of 2012, Spain recorded 25 sites on its tentative list. The sites, along with the year they were included on the tentative list are:

1. The Ribeira Sacra, Lugo and Orense (1996)
2. The Architecture of Dry Built Stone (1998)
3. Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications (1998)
4. Mediterranean Wind Mills (1998)
5. The Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial and Natural Surroundings (1998)
6. Romanesque Cultural Enclave in the North of Castile-León and the South of Cantabria (1998)
7. The Silver Route (1998)
8. Wine and Vineyard Cultural Itinerary through Mediterranean Towns (1998)
9. Cultural Itinerary of Francis Xavier (2001)
10. Dinosaur Ichnite Sites of the Iberian Peninsula (2002)
11. Greek Archaeological ensemble in Empúries, l'Escala, Girona (2002)
12. The Mediterranean Facet of the Pyrenees (France-Spain) (2004)
13. Ancares – Somiedo (2007)
14. El Ferrol of the Illustration Historical Heritage (2007)
15. Historic City-Centre of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2007)
16. Loarre Castle (2007)
17. Mesta Livestock trails (2007)
18. Mining Historical Heritage (2007)
19. The Northern or Primitive Route (extension of the Route of Santiago de Compostella) (2007)
20. Renaissance and Baroque Arch in the City of Granada (extension of Granada) (2007)
21. Roman Ways, Itineraries of the Roman Empire (2007)
22. Plasencia – Monfragüe – Trujillo (2009)
23. Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (2010)
24. Valle Salado de Añana (2012)
25. Jaén Cathedral (extension of the Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Ubeda and Baeza) (2012)
26. Antequera dolmen sites

Location of sites

Granada

Burgos Cathedral

Córdoba

Escorial

Altamira

Oviedo

Ávila

Segovia

Santiago de Compostela

Toledo

Mudéjar Architecture

Cáceres

Seville

Salamanca

Poblet Monastery

Mérida

Sta. María de Guadalupe

Doñana National Park

Cuenca

Llotja de la Seda

Las
Médulas

Barcelona

Mont Perdu

San Millán Monasteries

Alcalá de Henares

Ibiza

Tarraco

Atapuerca

Vall de Boí

Palmeral of Elche

Lugo

Aranjuez

Úbeda

Baeza

Vizcaya Bridge

Tower of Hercules

Almadén

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Location of World Heritage Sites within continental Spain.

Garajonay National Park

San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Teide National Park

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Location of World Heritage Sites within the Canary Islands.

External links

(in Spanish) Comisión Nacional Española de Cooperación con la UNESCO