Historical Places around the World
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Italy
As of 2021, Italy has 58 listed sites, making it the state party with the most World Heritage Sites. The first site in Italy, the Rock Drawings in Valcamonica, was listed at the 3rd Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Cairo and Luxor, Egypt, in 1979.
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India
As of 2022, there are 40 World Heritage Sites located in India. Out of these, 32 are cultural, 7 are natural, and one, the Khangchendzonga National Park, is of mixed type. India has the sixth largest number of sites in the world.
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Germany
As of 2021, there are 51 official UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Germany, including 48 cultural sites, 3 natural sites. In addition, there are 7 sites on Germany's tentative list and 17 German entries in the Memory of the World Programme.
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Spain
As of 2021, Spain has 49 total sites inscribed on the list, the same number as France, which is the fourth largest number of sites per country. Of these 49 sites, 43 are cultural, 4 are natural, and 2 are mixed, as determined by the organization's selection criteria.
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Mexico
As of 2018, there are thirty-five World Heritage Sites in Mexico, including twenty-seven cultural sites, six natural sites and two mixed sites. The country ranks first in the Americas and seventh worldwide by number of Heritage sites.
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United States
As of 21 August 2020, there are 2,597 designated landmarks. A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is generally a building, district, object, site, or structure, that is officially recognized by the United States government.
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United Kingdom
There are 33 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories. The UNESCO list contains one designated site in both England and Scotland plus eighteen exclusively in England, five in Scotland, four in Wales, and one in Northern Ireland.
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Iran
As of 2021, twenty-six sites in Iran are included. The first three sites in Iran, Meidan Naghshe Jahan, Isfahan, Persepolis and Tchogha Zanbil, were inscribed on the list at the 3rd Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Cairo and Luxor, Egypt in 1979.
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France
France has 45 sites inscribed in the UNESCO's World Heritage List and features cities or sites of high cultural interest, beaches and seaside resorts, ski resorts, as well as rural regions that many enjoy for their beauty and tranquillity.
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Peru
As of 2021, Peru has 13 sites on the World Heritage List. The first sites within Peru were inscribed on the list at the 7th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Florence, Italy in 1983.
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