World Heritage sites inscribed in 1997

46 properties from the 1997 session are on the List today: 38 cultural, 7 natural, 1 mixed.

Site	Country	Type	Criteria
18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex	Italy	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Amalfi Coast	Italy	Cultural	ii iv v
Ancient City of Ping Yao	China	Cultural	ii iii iv
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata	Italy	Cultural	iii iv v
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá	Panama	Cultural	ii iv vi
Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca	Cuba	Cultural	iv v
Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena	Italy	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Changdeokgung	South Korea	Cultural	ii iii iv
Cité de Carcassonne	France	Cultural	ii iv
Classical Gardens of Suzhou	China	Cultural	i ii iii iv v
Cocos Island National Park	Costa Rica	Natural	ix x
Dougga	Tunisia	Cultural	ii iii
Euphrasian Basilica	Croatia	Cultural	ii iii iv
Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut cultural landscape	Austria	Cultural	iii iv
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Australia	Natural	viii ix
Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao	Curaçao	Cultural	ii iv v
Historic Centre of São Luís	Brazil	Cultural	iii iv v
Historic City of Trogir	Croatia	Cultural	ii iv
Hospicio Cabañas	Mexico	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Hwaseong Fortress	South Korea	Cultural	ii iii
Lake Turkana National Parks in danger	Kenya	Natural	viii x
Las Médulas	Spain	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Lumbini	Nepal	Cultural	iii vi
Macquarie Island	Australia	Natural	vii viii
Malbork Castle	Poland	Cultural	ii iii iv
Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Medieval Town of Toruń	Poland	Cultural	ii iv
Medina of Tétouan	Morocco	Cultural	ii iv v
Monasteries of San Millán de la Cogolla	Spain	Cultural	ii iv vi
Morne Trois Pitons National Park	Dominica	Natural	viii x
Mount Kenya National Park	Kenya	Natural	vii ix
Old Town of Lijiang	China	Cultural	ii iv v
Padova botanical garden	Italy	Cultural	ii iii
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona	Spain	Cultural	i ii iv
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)	Italy	Cultural	ii iv v
Pyrénées – Mont Perdu World Heritage Site	Spain France	Mixed	iii iv v vii viii
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy	Italy	Cultural	i ii iv v
Rohtas Fort	Pakistan	Cultural	ii iv
Su Nuraxi di Barumini	Italy	Cultural	i iii iv
Sundarbans Reserved Forest	Bangladesh	Natural	ix x
Tallinn Old Town	Estonia	Cultural	ii iv
Valle dei Templi	Italy	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Vecrīga	Latvia	Cultural	i ii
Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	Cultural	i ii iii
Volubilis	Morocco	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Windmills at Kinderdijk	Netherlands	Cultural	i ii iv

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