Unesco World Heritage Sites

Italy counts 60 UNESCO World Heritage Sites (54 Cultural and 6 Natural) within its borders, the most of any country on the World Heritage List.

The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by the UNESCO General Conference on November 16, 1972, states that the organization is the official designator of these sites. 

The goal of the Convention is to identify, according to precise criteria, areas, zones and places containing unique characteristics, of particular importance in regards to culture, archaeology, environment or landscape. 

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Here is the list with the year of designation and the Italian Region/s where the site is

Cultural SITES

Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (2003) – Lombardia and Piedmont
18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex (1997) – Campania
Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale (2015) – Sicily
Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (1998) – Friuli venezia Giulia
Archaeological Area of Agrigento (1997) – Sicily
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (1997) – Campania
Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites (2000) – Umbria
Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua (1997) – Veneto
Castel del Monte (1996) – Apulia
Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena (1997) – Emilia Romagna
Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci (1980) – Lombardia
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula (1998) – Campania
City of Verona (2000) – Veneto
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (1994, 1996) – Veneto
Costiera Amalfitana (1997) – Campania
Crespi d’Adda (1995) – Lombardia
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (1996) – Emilia Romagna
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia (2004) – Lazio
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta (1995, 1999) – Emilia romagna
Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (2006) – Liguria
Historic Centre of Florence (1982) – Tuscany
Historic Centre of Naples (1995) – Campania
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (1980, 1990) – Lazio
Historic Centre of San Gimignano (1990) – Tuscany
Historic Centre of Siena (1995) – Tuscany
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza (1996) – Tuscany
Historic Centre of Urbino (1998) – Umbria
Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century (2018) – Piedmont
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily) (2002) – Sicily
Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene (2019) – Veneto
Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.) (2011) – Many Regions
Mantua and Sabbioneta (2008) – Lombardia
Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany (2013) – Tuscany
Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles (2021) – Veneto
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (1987) – Tuscany
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (1997) – Liguria
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps (2011) – Many Regions
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (1997) – Piedmont
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes (2008) – Trentino Alto Adige
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (1979) – Lombardia
Su Nuraxi di Barumini (1997) – Sardegna
Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (2005) – Sicily
The Trulli of Alberobello (1996) – Apulia
The Great Spa Towns of Europe (2021) – Tuscany
The Porticoes of Bologna (2021) – Emilia Romagna
The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera (1993) – Basilicata
Val d’Orcia (2004) – Tuscany
Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar (2017) – Lombardia and Friuli Venezia Giulia
Venice and its Lagoon (1987) – Veneto
Via Appia. Regina Viarum (2024) – Many Regions
Villa Adriana (Tivoli) (1999) – Lazio
Villa d’Este, Tivoli (2001) – Lazio
Villa Romana del Casale (1997) – Sicily
Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato (2014) – Piedmont

Natural SITES

Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (2007, 2011, 2017, 2021) – Many Regions
Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines (2023) – Tuscany and Emilia Romagna
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (2000) – Sicily
Monte San Giorgio (2003, 2010) – Lombardia
Mount Etna (2013) – Sicily
The Dolomites (2009) – Veneto