World Heritage Sites Spain

the pre-romanesque architecture of santa maría del naranco



burgos cathedral



aljafería of zaragoza



llotja de la seda in valencia



the hanging houses of cuenca @ museo de arte abstracto español



the sagrada família in barcelona

it should noted after italy (49) , china (45), spain third country in world world heritage sites. @ present time has 44 recognised sites, including landscape of monte perdido in pyrenees, shared france, prehistoric rock art sites of côa valley , siega verde, shared portugal (the portuguese part being in côa valley, guarda), , heritage of mercury, shared slovenia. in addition, spain has 14 intangible cultural heritage, or human treasures , spain ranks first in europe according unesco s intangible cultural heritage list, tied croatia.

1984 – alhambra, generalife , albayzín (granada, andalusia).
1984 – burgos cathedral (burgos, castile-león).
1984 – historic centre of córdoba (córdoba, andalusia).
1984 – monastery , royal site of el escorial (madrid).
1984 – works of antoni gaudí (barcelona, catalonia).
1985 – cave of altamira , palaeolithic cave art of northern spain (asturias, basque country , cantabria regions).
1985 – monuments of oviedo , kingdom of asturias (asturias).
1985 – old town of Ávila extra-muros churches (Ávila, castile-león).
1985 – old town of segovia , aqueduct (segovia, castile-león).
1985 – santiago de compostela (old town) (a coruña, galicia).
1986 – garajonay national park (la gomera, santa cruz de tenerife, canary islands).
1986 – historic city of toledo (toledo, castile-la mancha).
1986 – mudéjar architecture of aragon (provinces of teruel , zaragoza in aragon).
1986 – old town of cáceres (cáceres, extremadura).
1987 – cathedral, alcázar , archivo de indias in seville (seville, andalusia).
1988 – old city of salamanca (salamanca, castile-león).
1991 – poblet monastery (tarragona, catalonia).
1993 – archaeological ensemble of mérida (badajoz, extremadura).
1993 – route of santiago de compostela (provinces of burgos, león , palencia in castile-león, provinces of coruña , lugo in galicia, la rioja, navarre, , province of huesca in aragon).
1993 – royal monastery of santa maría de guadalupe (cáceres, extremadura).
1994 – doñana national park (provinces of cádiz, huelva , seville in andalusia).
1996 – historic walled town of cuenca (cuenca, castile-la mancha).
1996 – silk exchange of valencia (valencia).
1997 – las médulas (león, castile-león).
1997 – palau de la música catalana , hospital de sant pau in barcelona (barcelona, catalonia).
1997 – pirineos – monte perdido (huesca, aragon – spanish part / midi-pyrénées , aquitaine – french part). (shared france).
1997 – san millán yuso , suso monasteries (la rioja).
1998 (2010) – prehistoric rock art sites in côa valley (guarda, norte region – portuguese part) , siega verde (salamanca, castile-león – spanish part). (shared portugal).
1998 – rock art of iberian mediterranean basin on iberian peninsula (andalusia, aragon, castile-la mancha, catalonia, murcia , valencia regions).
1998 – university , historic precinct of alcalá de henares (madrid).
1999 – ibiza, biodiversity , culture (ibiza, balearic islands).
1999 – san cristóbal de la laguna (tenerife, santa cruz de tenerife, canary islands).
2000 – archaeological ensemble of tarraco (tarragona, catalonia).
2000 – archaeological site of atapuerca (burgos, castile-león).
2000 – catalan romanesque churches of vall de boí (lleida, catalonia).
2000 – palmeral of elche (alicante, valencia).
2000 – roman walls of lugo (lugo, galicia).
2001 – aranjuez cultural landscape (madrid).
2003 – renaissance monumental ensembles of Úbeda , baeza (jaén, andalusia).
2006 – vizcaya bridge (biscay, basque country).
2007 – teide national park (tenerife, santa cruz de tenerife, canary islands).
2009 – tower of hercules (a coruña, galicia).
2011 – cultural landscape of serra de tramuntana (majorca, balearic islands).
2012 – heritage of mercury. almadén (ciudad real, castile-la mancha – spanish part) , idrija (slovene littoral – slovenian part). (shared slovenia).




^ spain . unesco culture sector. retrieved 14 september 2014. 
^ spain – intangible cultural heritage . unesco culture sector. retrieved 14 september 2014.