World Heritage sites inscribed in 1979

45 properties from the 1979 session are on the List today: 34 cultural, 8 natural, 3 mixed.

Site	Country	Type	Criteria
Abu Mena	Egypt	Cultural	iv
Ancient City of Damascus in danger	Syria	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis	Egypt	Cultural	i iii vi
Antigua Guatemala	Guatemala	Cultural	ii iii iv
Archaeological site of Carthage	Tunisia	Cultural	ii iii vi
Auschwitz	Poland	Cultural	vi
Białowieża Forest	Poland Belarus	Natural	ix x
Boyana Church	Bulgaria	Cultural	ii iii
Bryggen	Norway	Cultural	iii
Chogha Zanbil	Iran	Cultural	iii iv
Dinosaur Provincial Park	Canada	Natural	vii viii
Everglades National Park in danger	United States	Natural	viii ix x
Fasil Ghebbi	Ethiopia	Cultural	ii iii
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions	Ghana	Cultural	vi
Grand Canyon National Park	United States	Natural	vii viii ix x
Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian	Croatia	Cultural	ii iii iv
Independence Hall	United States	Cultural	vi
Islamic Cairo	Egypt	Cultural	i v vi
Kathmandu Valley	Nepal	Cultural	iii iv vi
Kluane / Wrangell – St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek	Canada United States	Natural	vii viii ix x
Madara Rider	Bulgaria	Cultural	i iii
Medina of Tunis	Tunisia	Cultural	ii iii v
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur	Egypt	Cultural	i iii vi
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	Cultural	i iii vi
Naqsh-e Jahan Square	Iran	Cultural	i v vi
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region	North Macedonia Albania	Mixed	i iii iv vii ix
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor	Montenegro	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Ngorongoro Conservation Area	Tanzania	Mixed	iv vii viii ix x
Notre-Dame de Chartres	France	Cultural	i ii iv
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae	Egypt	Cultural	i iii vi
Old city (Dubrovnik)	Croatia	Cultural	i iii iv
Palace of Versailles	France	Cultural	i ii vi
Persepolis	Iran	Cultural	i iii vi
Plitvice Lakes National Park	Croatia	Natural	vii viii ix
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	France	Cultural	i iii
Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo	Bulgaria	Cultural	ii iii
Roman amphitheatre of El Jem	Tunisia	Cultural	iv vi
Sagarmatha National Park	Nepal	Natural	vii
Stari Ras and Sopoćani	Serbia	Cultural	i iii
Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak	Bulgaria	Cultural	i iii iv
Tikal National Park	Guatemala	Mixed	i iii iv ix x
Urnes Stave Church	Norway	Cultural	i ii iii
Virunga National Park in danger	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Natural	vii viii x
Vézelay, Church and Hill	France	Cultural	i iv vi
rock drawings in Valcamonica	Italy	Cultural	iii vi

Data: Wikidata (CC0) · danger list as published in 2026 · independent atlas, not affiliated with UNESCO or Petit Futé.