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Spain's World Heritage Sites

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Spain ratified the World Heritage Convention on 4 May, 1982. As of August 2010, it has 41 World Heritage Sites, the second highest number of inscribed properties after Italy. Of these, 36 are in the cultural category, 3 in the natural category, and 2 in the mixed category. Spain also has another 25 sites on the World Heritage Tentative List.

World Heritage Sites in Spain

View of Ávila within its fortifications Author: Elena F D (public domain) Arches and columns at the Nasrid Palace, Alhambra Author: Javier Carro (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)

1. Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
2. Burgos Cathedral
3. Historic Centre of Cordoba
4. Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
5. Works of Antoni Gaudí
6. Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
7. Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
8. Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches
9. Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
10. Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)
11. Garajonay National Park
12. Historic City of Toledo
13. Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
14. Old Town of Cáceres
15. Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
16. Old City of Salamanca
17. Poblet Monastery
18. Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
19. Route of Santiago de Compostela
20. Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe
21. Doñana National Park
22. Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
23. La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
24. Las Médulas
25. Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
26. Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
27. San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
28. Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde (Portugal/Spain)
29. Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
30. University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares
31. Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
32. San Cristóbal de La Laguna
33. Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco
34. Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
35. Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí
36. Palmeral of Elche
37. Roman Walls of Lugo
38. Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
39. Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza
40. Vizcaya Bridge
41. Teide National Park
42. Tower of Hercules
43. Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana (2011)

Sites in Spain on the World Heritage Tentative List

1. Romanesque Cultural Enclave in the North of Castile-Leon and the South of Cantabria (1998)
2. Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications (1998)
3. The Silver Route (1998)
4. The Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial and Natural Surroundings (1998)
5. Mediterranean Wind Mills (1998)
6. The Architecture of Dry Built Stone (1998)
7. Greek Archaeological ensemble in Empúries, l'Escala, Girona (2002)
8. Dinosaur Ichnite Sites of the Iberian Peninsula (2002)
9. Wine and Vineyard Cultural Itinerary through Mediterranean Towns (1998)
10. The Ribeira Sacra, Lugo and Orense (1996)
11. Cultural Itinerary of Francis Xavier (2001)
12. The Mediterranean Facet of the Pyrenees (France-Spain) (2004)
13. Mesta Livestock trails (2007)
14. Manifestations of Rupestrian Art in Siega Verde (2007)
15. Roman Ways. Itineraries of the Roman Empire (2007)
16. Ancares - Somiedo (2007)
17. The Northern or Primitive Route (extension of the Route of Santiago de Compostella) (2007)
18. Historic City-Centre of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2007)
19. Loarre Castle (2007)
20. Renaissance and Baroque Arch in the City of Granada (extension of Granada) (2007)
21. Almadén on the Mercury Route of the Intercontinental Camino Real (2007)
22. El Ferrol of the Illustration Historical Heritage (2007)
23. Mining Historical Heritage (2007)
24. Plasencia - Monfragüe - Trujillo : Paysage méditerranéen (2009)