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World Heritage archaeological sites in Europe and North America

47 of the 174 archaeological sites on the List are in Europe and North America.

Cultural 47

Site	Country	Year	Type	Criteria
Aigai	Greece	1996	Cultural	i iii
Ani	Türkiye	2016	Cultural	ii iii iv
Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	2016	Cultural	i iii iv
Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida	Spain	1993	Cultural	iii iv
Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco	Spain	2000	Cultural	ii iii
Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	France	1981	Cultural	ii iv
Arslantepe	Türkiye	2021	Cultural	iii
Beit She'arim National Park	Israel	2015	Cultural	ii iii
Birka and Hovgården	Sweden	1993	Cultural	iii iv
Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex	Russia	2014	Cultural	ii vi
Brú na Bóinne	Ireland	1993	Cultural	i iii iv
Cahokia	United States	1982	Cultural	iii iv
Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs	Hungary	2000	Cultural	iii iv
Ephesus	Türkiye	2015	Cultural	iii iv vi
Gordion	Türkiye	2023	Cultural	iii
Hadrian's Villa	Italy	1999	Cultural	i ii iii
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump	Canada	1981	Cultural	vi
Independence Hall	United States	1979	Cultural	vi
Jelling Heritage Site	Denmark	1994	Cultural	iii
Khirokitia	Cyprus	1998	Cultural	ii iii iv
L'Anse aux Meadows	Canada	1978	Cultural	vi
Las Médulas	Spain	1997	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Lower German Limes	Germany Netherlands	2021	Cultural	ii iii iv
Madinat Al-Zahra	Spain	2018	Cultural	iii iv
Maison Carrée	France	2023	Cultural	iv
Masada	Israel	2001	Cultural	iii iv vi
Mesa Verde National Park	United States	1978	Cultural	iii
Mount Nemrut	Türkiye	1987	Cultural	i iii iv
Mystras	Greece	1989	Cultural	ii iii iv
Ninstints	Canada	1981	Cultural	iii
Philippi	Greece	2016	Cultural	iii iv
Poverty Point	United States	2014	Cultural	iii
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos	Greece	1992	Cultural	ii iii
Red Bay National Historic Site	Canada	2013	Cultural	iii iv
Risco Caido	Spain	2019	Cultural	iii v
Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	1994	Cultural	i iii iv
Sammallahdenmäki	Finland	1999	Cultural	iii iv
Sanctuary of Asclepius, Epidaurus	Greece	1988	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Stonehenge	United Kingdom	1986	Cultural	i ii iii
Su Nuraxi di Barumini	Italy	1997	Cultural	i iii iv
Temple of Apollo Epicurius in Bassae	Greece	1986	Cultural	i ii iii
The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera	Italy	1993	Cultural	iii iv v
Three Castles of Bellinzona	Switzerland	2000	Cultural	iv
Tower of London	United Kingdom	1988	Cultural	ii iv
Valle dei Templi	Italy	1997	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	1997	Cultural	i ii iii
archaeological Site of Delphi	Greece	1987	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi

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