The
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
World Heritage Sites are places of importance to
cultural or
natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.
[1]
Italy ratified the convention on 23 June 1978, making its historical and natural sites eligible for inclusion on the list.
[2]
The first site located in Italy was inscribed on the list at the 3rd Session of the
World Heritage Committee , held in
Cairo ,
Egypt in October 1979. At that session, only one site was added, the "
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica ", one of the world's largest collections of prehistoric
petroglyphs in
Brescia .
Five more sites were added in 1980, and another four in 1986. Apart from 1984, 1985, and 1986 (Spain's first three years as a member), 2000 saw the most new sites inscribed, with five that year. As of June 2013, Spain has 44 total sites inscribed on the list, third only to
China (45) and
Italy (49). Of these 44 sites, 39 are cultural, 3 are natural, and 2 are mixed (meeting both cultural and natural criteria), as determined by the organization's
selection criteria .
[3]
The
Pyrénées – Mont Perdu World Heritage Site is shared with France, while the
Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde site is shared with Portugal. Besides that,
Almadén is inscribed alongside
Idrija in
Slovenia . Of the 17
autonomous communities of Spain ,
Castile and León has the most sites, with six exclusive and two shared sites.
[4]
Additionally, Spain has established an agreement with UNESCO known as the Spanish Funds-in-Trust. The agreement was signed on April 18, 2002 between Francisco Villar, Spanish Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Kōichirō Matsuura. The fund provides
€ 600,000 annually to a chosen program. Programs include helping other member states, particularly in
Latin America , with projects such as nominations processes and assessing tentative sites.
[5] Spain served as the chair of the World Heritage Committee in 2008 and 2009, and in 2009 hosted the 33rd Session of the Committee in
Seville ,
Andalusia .
[5]
List of sites
The table lists information about each World Heritage Site:
Name : as listed by the World Heritage Committee
Location : city or province of site
Region : one of the 20
regions of Italy
Period : time period of significance, typically of construction
UNESCO data : the site's reference number; the year the site was inscribed on the World Heritage List; the criteria it was listed under: criteria i through vi are cultural, while vii through x are natural; (the column sorts by year added to the list)
Description : brief description of the site
Cultural
Name
Image
Location
Region
Period
UNESCO data
Description
Ref(s)
Historic Centre of
Rome , the
Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and
San Paolo Fuori le Mura
41°53′24.8″N 12°29′32.3″E / 41.890222°N 12.492306°E / 41.890222; 12.492306 (Rome )
Lazio /
Holy See
Ref: 91 1980 (ext. 1990) i, ii, iii, iv, vi
Includes monuments of
ancient Rome located in modern-day city centre, such as the
Roman Forum , the
Mausoleum of Augustus , the
Pantheon ,
Trajan’s Column , the
Column of Marcus Aurelius , the
Colosseum and
Castel Sant'Angelo . Also includes three of the four
papal basilicas located outside the
Vatican City proper, consecrated in the 4th and 5th centuries AD.
[6]
Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with
The Last Supper by
Leonardo da Vinci
45°27′57.2″N 9°10′13.8″E / 45.465889°N 9.170500°E / 45.465889; 9.170500 (Milan )
Lombardy
Ref: 93 1980 i, ii
[7]
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
45°57′25.4″N 10°17′50.4″E / 45.957056°N 10.297333°E / 45.957056; 10.297333 (Rock Drawings in Valcamonica )
Lombardy
Ref: 94 1979 iii, vi
[8]
Historic centre of
Florence
43°46′23″N 11°15′22″E / 43.77306°N 11.25611°E / 43.77306; 11.25611 (Florence )
Tuscany
Ref: 174 1982 i, ii, iii, iv, vi
[9]
Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany
43°51′28″N 11°18′15″E / 43.85778°N 11.30417°E / 43.85778; 11.30417 (Medici Villas )
Tuscany
Ref: 175 2013 ii, iv, vi
[10]
Venice and its
lagoon
45°26′3.5″N 12°20′20.2″E / 45.434306°N 12.338944°E / 45.434306; 12.338944 (Venice )
Veneto
Ref: 394 1987 i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi
[11]
Piazza del Duomo , Pisa
43°43′23″N 10°23′47″E / 43.72306°N 10.39639°E / 43.72306; 10.39639 (Pisa )
Tuscany
Ref: 395 1987 (mod. 2007) i, ii, iv, vi
[12]
Castel del Monte
41°5′5.3″N 16°16′15.4″E / 41.084806°N 16.270944°E / 41.084806; 16.270944 (Castel del Monte )
Apulia
Ref: 398 1996 i, ii, iii
[13]
18th Century
Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the
Aqueduct of Vanvitelli , and the
San Leucio Complex
41°4′23.9″N 14°19′35″E / 41.073306°N 14.32639°E / 41.073306; 14.32639 (Caserta )
Campania
Ref: 549 1997 i, ii, iii, iv
[14]
Historic Centre of
San Gimignano
43°28′5″N 11°2′30″E / 43.46806°N 11.04167°E / 43.46806; 11.04167 (San Gimignano )
Tuscany
Ref: 550 1990 i, iii, iv
[15]
The
Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of
Matera
40°39′59″N 16°36′37″E / 40.66639°N 16.61028°E / 40.66639; 16.61028 (Matera )
Basilicata
Ref: 670 1993 iii, iv, v
[16]
City of
Vicenza and the
Palladian Villas of the Veneto
45°32′57″N 11°32′58″E / 45.54917°N 11.54944°E / 45.54917; 11.54944 (Vicenza )
Veneto
Ref: 712 1994 (ext. 1996) i, ii
[17]
Historic Centre of
Siena
43°19′7″N 11°19′54″E / 43.31861°N 11.33167°E / 43.31861; 11.33167 (Siena )
Tuscany
Ref: 717 1995 i, ii, iv
[18]
Historic Centre of
Naples
40°51′5″N 14°15′46″E / 40.85139°N 14.26278°E / 40.85139; 14.26278 (Naples )
Campania
Ref: 726 1995 ii, iv
[19]
Crespi d'Adda
45°35′36″N 9°32′18″E / 45.59333°N 9.53833°E / 45.59333; 9.53833 (Crespi d'Adda )
Lombardy
Ref: 730 1995 iv, v
[20]
Ferrara , City of the
Renaissance , and its
Po Delta
44°50′16″N 11°37′10″E / 44.83778°N 11.61944°E / 44.83778; 11.61944 (Ferrara )
Emilia-Romagna
Ref: 733 1995 ii, iii, iv, v, vi
[21]
The
Trulli of
Alberobello
40°46′57″N 17°14′12.9″E / 40.78250°N 17.236917°E / 40.78250; 17.236917 (Alberobello )
Apulia
Ref: 787 1996 iii, iv, v
[22]
Early Christian Monuments of
Ravenna
44°25′13.5″N 12°11′46.5″E / 44.420417°N 12.196250°E / 44.420417; 12.196250 (Ravenna )
Emilia-Romagna
Ref: 788 1996 i, ii, iii, iv
[23]
Historic Centre of the City of
Pienza
43°4′37″N 11°40′43″E / 43.07694°N 11.67861°E / 43.07694; 11.67861 (Pienza )
Tuscany
Ref: 789 1996 i, ii, iv
[24]
City of
Verona
45°26′19″N 10°59′38″E / 45.43861°N 10.99389°E / 45.43861; 10.99389 (Verona )
Veneto
Ref: 797 2000 ii, iv
[25]
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
45°4′21.1″N 7°41′8.6″E / 45.072528°N 7.685722°E / 45.072528; 7.685722 (Piedmont )
Piedmont
Ref: 823 1997 (mod. 2010) i, ii, iv, v
[26]
Botanical Garden (
Orto Botanico ),
Padua
45°23′56.8″N 11°52′50.4″E / 45.399111°N 11.880667°E / 45.399111; 11.880667 (Padua )
Veneto
Ref: 824 1997 ii, iii
[27]
Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of
Aquileia
45°46′6″N 13°22′3″E / 45.76833°N 13.36750°E / 45.76833; 13.36750 (Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia )
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Ref: 825 1998 iii, iv, vi
[28]
Porto Venere ,
Cinque Terre , and the Islands (
Palmaria ,
Tino and
Tinetto )
44°6′24.9″N 9°43′45″E / 44.106917°N 9.72917°E / 44.106917; 9.72917 (Cinque Terre )
Liguria
Ref: 826 1997 ii, iv, v
[29]
Cathedral ,
Torre Civica and Piazza Grande,
Modena
44°38′46.5″N 10°55′32.4″E / 44.646250°N 10.925667°E / 44.646250; 10.925667 (Modena )
Emilia-Romagna
Ref: 827 1997 i, ii, iii, vi
[30]
Historic Centre of
Urbino
43°43′30″N 12°37′59.9″E / 43.72500°N 12.633306°E / 43.72500; 12.633306 (Urbino )
Marche
Ref: 828 1998 ii, iv
[31]
Archaeological Areas of
Pompeii ,
Herculaneum and
Torre Annunziata
40°45′0″N 14°28′59″E / 40.75000°N 14.48306°E / 40.75000; 14.48306 (Pompeii )
Campania
Ref: 829 1997 iii, iv, v
[32]
Costiera Amalfitana
40°38′59″N 14°35′59″E / 40.64972°N 14.59972°E / 40.64972; 14.59972 (Amalfi Coast )
Campania
Ref: 830 1997 ii, iv, v
[33]
Archaeological Area of
Agrigento
37°17′23″N 13°35′36″E / 37.28972°N 13.59333°E / 37.28972; 13.59333 (Agrigento )
Sicily
Ref: 831 1997 i, ii, iii, iv
[34]
Villa Romana del Casale
37°21′58″N 14°20′3″E / 37.36611°N 14.33417°E / 37.36611; 14.33417 (Casale )
Sicily
Ref: 832 1997 i, ii, iii
[35]
Su Nuraxi di Barumini
39°42′21″N 8°59′29″E / 39.70583°N 8.99139°E / 39.70583; 8.99139 (Barumini )
Sardinia
Ref: 833 1997 i, iii, iv
[36]
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archæological sites of
Pæstum and
Velia , and the
Certosa di Padula
40°16′59″N 15°16′0″E / 40.28306°N 15.26667°E / 40.28306; 15.26667 (Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park )
Campania
Ref: 842 1998 ???
[37]
Villa Adriana (
Tivoli )
41°56′39″N 12°46′19.1″E / 41.94417°N 12.771972°E / 41.94417; 12.771972 (Tivoli )
Lazio
Ref: 907 1999 i, ii, iii
[38]
Assisi , the
Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi and other
Franciscan Sites
43°3′58.2″N 12°37′20.8″E / 43.066167°N 12.622444°E / 43.066167; 12.622444 (Assisi )
Umbria
Ref: 990 2000 i, ii, iii, iv, vi
[39]
Late
Baroque Towns of the
Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
36°53′35.5″N 15°4′8.1″E / 36.893194°N 15.068917°E / 36.893194; 15.068917 (Val di Noto )
Sicily
Ref: 1024 2002 i, ii, iv, v
[40]
Villa d'Este , Tivoli
41°57′50.1″N 12°47′46.5″E / 41.963917°N 12.796250°E / 41.963917; 12.796250 (Tivoli )
Lazio
Ref: 1025 2001 i, ii, iii, iv, vi
[41]
Val d'Orcia
43°4′0″N 11°33′0″E / 43.06667°N 11.55000°E / 43.06667; 11.55000 (Val d'Orcia )
Tuscany
Ref: 1026 2004 iv, vi
[42]
Sacri Monti of
Piedmont and
Lombardy
45°58′28.4″N 9°10′10.4″E / 45.974556°N 9.169556°E / 45.974556; 9.169556 (Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy )
Piedmont /
Lombardy
Ref: 1068 2003 ii, iv
[43]
Etruscan Necropolises of
Cerveteri and
Tarquinia
42°0′24.6″N 12°6′6.8″E / 42.006833°N 12.101889°E / 42.006833; 12.101889 (Cerveteri )
Lazio
Ref: 1158 2004 i, iii, iv
[44]
Syracuse and the
Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
37°3′33.9″N 15°17′35″E / 37.059417°N 15.29306°E / 37.059417; 15.29306 (Syracuse )
Sicily
Ref: 1200 2005 ii, iii, iv, vi
[45]
Genoa : Le Strade Nuove and the system of the
Palazzi dei Rolli
44°24′44″N 8°55′52″E / 44.41222°N 8.93111°E / 44.41222; 8.93111 (Genoa )
Liguria
Ref: 1211 2006 ii, iv
[46]
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
46°29′54″N 9°50′47″E / 46.49833°N 9.84639°E / 46.49833; 9.84639 (Rhaetian Railway )
Lombardy /
Switzerland
Ref: 1276 2008 ii, iv
[47]
Mantua and
Sabbioneta
45°9′34″N 10°47′40″E / 45.15944°N 10.79444°E / 45.15944; 10.79444 (Mantua )
Lombardy
Ref: 1287 2008 ii, iii
[48]
Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568–774 A.D.)
46°5′39″N 13°25′59″E / 46.09417°N 13.43306°E / 46.09417; 13.43306 (Cividale del Friuli )
Friuli-Venezia Giulia /
Lombardy /
Umbria /
Campania /
Apulia
Ref: 1318 2011 ii, iii, vi
[49]
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps
47°16′42″N 8°12′27″E / 47.27833°N 8.20750°E / 47.27833; 8.20750 (Prehistoric )
Friuli-Venezia Giulia /
Lombardy /
Piedmont /
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol /
Veneto /
Austria /
France /
Germany /
Slovenia /
Switzerland
Ref: 1363 2011 iv, v
[50]
Natural
Sites by region
"Exclusive site" refers to sites located entirely within a single region of Italy. "Shared site" refers to sites situated in multiple regions, or those shared by Italian region and neighbouring country, including
Pyrénées – Mont Perdu , which Aragon shares with France, and Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde, which Castile and León shares with Portugal.
Tentative list
Loarre Castle
In addition to sites inscribed on the World Heritage list, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that they may consider for nomination. Nominations for the World Heritage list are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the tentative list.
[55] As of 2012, Spain recorded 25 sites on its tentative list. The sites, along with the year they were included on the tentative list are:
[3]
The
Ribeira Sacra ,
Lugo and
Orense (1996)
The Architecture of
Dry Built Stone (1998)
Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications (1998)
Mediterranean Wind Mills (1998)
The Monastery of San Lorenzo de
El Escorial and Natural Surroundings (1998)
Romanesque Cultural Enclave in the North of Castile-León and the South of Cantabria (1998)
The Silver Route (1998)
Wine and Vineyard Cultural Itinerary through Mediterranean Towns (1998)
Cultural Itinerary of
Francis Xavier (2001)
Dinosaur Ichnite Sites of the Iberian Peninsula (2002)
Greek Archaeological ensemble in
Empúries , l'Escala, Girona (2002)
The Mediterranean Facet of the
Pyrenees (France-Spain) (2004)
Ancares – Somiedo (2007)
El Ferrol of the Illustration Historical Heritage (2007)
Historic City-Centre of
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2007)
Loarre Castle (2007)
Mesta Livestock trails (2007)
Mining Historical Heritage (2007)
The Northern or Primitive Route (extension of the
Route of Santiago de Compostella ) (2007)
Renaissance and Baroque Arch in the City of Granada (extension of
Granada ) (2007)
Roman Ways, Itineraries of the Roman Empire (2007)
Plasencia –
Monfragüe –
Trujillo (2009)
Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (2010)
Valle Salado de
Añana (2012)
Jaén Cathedral (extension of the Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of
Ubeda and
Baeza ) (2012)
Antequera
dolmen sites
Location of sites
Location of World Heritage Sites within continental Spain.
[3]
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"Italy – UNESCO World Heritage Centre" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Spanish Funds-in-Trust" . UNESCO. Retrieved September 17, 2010 .
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"Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Rock Drawings in Valcamonica" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Historic Centre of Florence" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Venice and its Lagoon" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Piazza del Duomo, Pisa" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Castel del Monte" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Historic Centre of San Gimignano" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Historic Centre of Siena" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Historic Centre of Naples" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Crespi d'Adda" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"The Trulli of Alberobello" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Historic Centre of the City of Pienza" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"City of Verona" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Residences of the Royal House of Savoy" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Historic Centre of Urbino" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Costiera Amalfitana" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Archaeological Area of Agrigento" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Villa Romana del Casale" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Su Nuraxi di Barumini" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Villa Adriana (Tivoli)" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Villa d'Este, Tivoli" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Val d'Orcia" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli " . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
^
"Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
^
"Mantua and Sabbioneta" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.)" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Monte San Giorgio" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"The Dolomites" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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"Mount Etna" . UNESCO. Retrieved 23 April, 2014 .
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External links
(in Spanish)
Comisión Nacional Española de Cooperación con la UNESCO