Italy's 62 UNESCO World Heritage sites
Italy has more sites on the World Heritage List than any other country. Here they all are on the map, with the year of inscription and the places in our guides where you can go and see them.
Sites made up of several parts have a dot for each of the main parts, all with the same number.
By region
In order of inscription
- 1
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
1979 · Lombardy
More than a hundred thousand rock carvings, from prehistory to the Middle Ages: hunters, warriors, maps and symbols such as the “Camunian rose”.
- 2
Historic Centre of Rome
1980 · Lazio
Three thousand years of history in a single city: the Forum, the Colosseum, the Pantheon, basilicas and baroque squares, together with the extraterritorial properties of the Holy See.
- 3
Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci
1980 · Lombardy
Milan’s Renaissance church and, in the refectory of its convent, the Last Supper painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
- 4
Historic Centre of Florence
1982 · Tuscany
The city that stands for the Renaissance: the cathedral and Brunelleschi’s dome, the Uffizi, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio and Palazzo Pitti.
- 5
Venice and its Lagoon
1987 · Veneto
A city built on water across 118 islands, together with the islands of the lagoon: Murano, Burano, Torcello.
- 6
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
1987 · Tuscany
The Square of Miracles: cathedral, baptistery, monumental cemetery and the Leaning Tower, masterpieces of Pisan Romanesque.
- 7
Historic Centre of San Gimignano
1990 · Tuscany
The town of towers: fourteen survive of the more than seventy built by its medieval families.
- 8
The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera
1993 · Basilicata
Houses and churches carved into the rock, lived in from prehistory until the 1950s.
- 9
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
1994 · Veneto
The city redesigned by Andrea Palladio and 24 villas scattered across the Veneto countryside, a model for classical architecture all over the world.
Vicenza in the guide → Villa La Rotonda in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 10
Historic Centre of Siena
1995 · Tuscany
The quintessential Gothic city, gathered around the Piazza del Campo, the Palazzo Pubblico and the cathedral.
- 11
Historic Centre of Naples
1995 · Campania
The street plan of the Greek city, with its decumani still in use, and churches, castles and palaces from 2,500 years of history.
- 12
Crespi d’Adda
1995 · Lombardy
The workers’ village built at the end of the 19th century around a cotton mill, preserved almost intact.
- 13
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
1995 · Emilia-Romagna
Europe’s first modern city, planned for the Este dukes, and their country “delights” in the landscape of the Po Delta.
Ferrara in the guide → Comacchio in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 14
Castel del Monte
1996 · Puglia
Frederick II’s octagonal castle on a hill in the Murge: geometry, astronomy and mystery.
- 15
The Trulli of Alberobello
1996 · Puglia
More than a thousand dry-stone houses with conical roofs, in the Monti and Aia Piccola districts.
- 16
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
1996 · Emilia-Romagna
Eight buildings of the 5th and 6th centuries with the finest mosaics of early Christianity: San Vitale, Galla Placidia, Sant’Apollinare.
- 17
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
1996 · Tuscany
The “ideal city” of the Renaissance, rebuilt by Pope Pius II and the architect Bernardo Rossellino.
- 18
18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex
1997 · Campania
The Bourbon royal palace with its three-kilometre park, Vanvitelli’s aqueduct and the silk-making colony of San Leucio.
Royal Palace of Caserta in the guide → San Leucio in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 19
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
1997 · Piedmont
The palaces of Turin and the Savoy hunting lodges and pleasure residences around the city, such as Venaria and Stupinigi.
Turin in the guide → Reggia di Venaria in the guide → Palazzina di Stupinigi in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 20
Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
1997 · Veneto
The oldest university botanical garden in the world still on its original site, founded in 1545.
- 21
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
1997 · Liguria
Villages perched above the sea and vineyard terraces built by hand on the steep coast, with the islands of Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto.
Portovenere in the guide → Manarola in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 22
Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
1997 · Emilia-Romagna
The Romanesque masterpiece of Lanfranco and Wiligelmo, with its Ghirlandina tower.
- 23
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
1997 · Campania
The Roman towns buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, and the villa of Oplontis.
- 24
Costiera Amalfitana
1997 · Campania
Villages clinging to the rock, lemon terraces and the history of a maritime republic.
Amalfi in the guide → Positano in the guide → Ravello in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 25
Archaeological Area of Agrigento
1997 · Sicily
The Doric temples of ancient Akragas, among the best preserved in the Greek world.
- 26
Villa Romana del Casale
1997 · Sicily
A late Roman villa with 3,500 square metres of mosaics, from the “bikini girls” to the great hunt.
- 27
Su Nuraxi di Barumini
1997 · Sardinia
The largest and best-preserved Nuragic village, built around a Bronze Age tower.
- 28
Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
1998 · Friuli Venezia Giulia
One of the largest cities of the Roman Empire, and a basilica with the largest early Christian mosaic floor in the West.
- 29
Historic Centre of Urbino
1998 · Marche
The court of Federico da Montefeltro and the Ducal Palace, a cradle of the Renaissance and Raphael’s birthplace.
- 30
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
1998 · Campania
A landscape of mountains and coast with the Greek temples of Paestum, the city of Elea and the great Charterhouse of San Lorenzo.
Paestum in the guide → Velia in the guide → Certosa di Padula in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 31
Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
1999 · Lazio
Emperor Hadrian’s residence at Tivoli: a city of buildings inspired by the whole ancient world.
- 32
City of Verona
2000 · Veneto
Two thousand years of urban history: the Roman Arena, Romanesque churches, and the palaces of the Scaligeri and of the Venetian era.
- 33
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
2000 · Sicily
Seven volcanic islands, a natural laboratory for the study of volcanoes: Stromboli has been active for thousands of years.
- 34
Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
2000 · Umbria
The town of St Francis and St Clare, with frescoes by Giotto and Cimabue in the basilica.
- 35
Villa d’Este, Tivoli
2001 · Lazio
The Italian garden par excellence, with hundreds of fountains and water features on the hillside at Tivoli.
- 36
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
2002 · Sicily
Eight towns rebuilt in a luminous baroque after the earthquake of 1693: Noto, Modica, Ragusa, Scicli, Caltagirone and others.
Noto in the guide → Modica in the guide → Ragusa Ibla in the guide → Caltagirone in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 37
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
Nine groups of chapels with statues and frescoes on the hills below the Alps, built in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Sacred Mountain of Varallo in the guide → Sacred Mountain of Varese in the guide → Orta San Giulio in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 38
Val d’Orcia
2004 · Tuscany
The farming landscape of the Sienese Renaissance: hills, cypresses, parish churches and villages such as Pienza and Montalcino.
- 39
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
2004 · Lazio
Cities of the dead with carved and painted tombs: the paintings of Tarquinia are the largest Etruscan cycle to survive.
Cerveteri in the guide → Tarquinia in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 40
Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
2005 · Sicily
Ortygia and the Neapolis of the city that rivalled Athens, and the five thousand rock-cut tombs of Pantalica.
Syracuse and Ortigia in the guide → Necropolis of Pantalica in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 41
Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli
2006 · Liguria
The palaces where the Republic took turns hosting princes and ambassadors, along Via Garibaldi and Via Balbi.
- 42
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
2008 · Lombardy
The Alpine railway between Switzerland and Italy that ends at Tirano, with spiral viaducts and the Bernina pass.
- 43
Mantua and Sabbioneta
2008 · Lombardy
Two ways of building the Renaissance city: the Gonzagas’ Mantua and the ideal town of Sabbioneta.
Mantua in the guide → Sabbioneta in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 44
The Dolomites
2009 · Veneto, Trentino-South Tyrol, Friuli Venezia Giulia
Nine mountain groups of pale rock across the Veneto, Trentino-South Tyrol and Friuli, listed for their beauty and their geology.
- 45
Monte San Giorgio
2010 · Lombardy
A mountain between Italy and Switzerland exceptionally rich in Triassic marine fossils; the Italian side is at Besano.
- 46
Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568–774 A.D.)
2011 · Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Umbria, Campania, Puglia
Seven places of Lombard culture (568–774), from Cividale to Monte Sant’Angelo.
Cividale del Friuli in the guide → Brescia in the guide → Spoleto in the guide → Clitunno Springs and Temple in the guide → Benevento in the guide → Monte Sant'Angelo in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 47
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
2011 · Lombardy, Piedmont, Veneto, Trentino-South Tyrol, Friuli Venezia Giulia
Remains of pile-dwelling villages from 5000 to 500 BC, preserved under water and in the wetlands around the lakes.
- 48
Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany
2013 · Tuscany
Twelve villas and two gardens of the Medici, including Boboli, Poggio a Caiano and Artimino: a new way of living in the countryside.
- 49
Mount Etna
2013 · Sicily
Europe’s highest active volcano, in almost constant eruption and studied for centuries.
- 50
Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato
2014 · Piedmont
Hills planted with vines for centuries, with castles, wine cellars and the villages of Barolo, Barbaresco and Asti.
- 51
Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale
2015 · Sicily
Nine buildings where Arab, Byzantine and Norman art merge, with the golden mosaics of the Palatine Chapel and Monreale.
Palermo in the guide → Monreale Cathedral in the guide → Cefalù in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 52
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
2017 · Abruzzo, Lazio, Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, Puglia, Calabria, Basilicata
Old-growth beech forests left almost untouched since the last Ice Age: in Italy in the Abruzzo National Park, the Foresta Umbra, Sasso Fratino, the Pollino and elsewhere.
- 53
Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries
2017 · Lombardy, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia
The fortifications of the Venetian Republic: the walls of Bergamo, Peschiera del Garda and the star-shaped town of Palmanova.
Bergamo in the guide → Palmanova in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 54
Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century
2018 · Piedmont
Olivetti’s town: factories, housing and social services designed by some of the best architects of the 20th century.
- 55
Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene
2019 · Veneto
Very steep “hogback” hills planted with vines, in small plots tended by hand.
- 56
The Great Spa Towns of Europe: Montecatini Terme
2021 · Tuscany
Montecatini is the only Italian town among the eleven European spa towns that shaped the history of holidaymaking.
- 57
Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
2021 · Veneto
Eight buildings frescoed between 1302 and 1397, from Giotto’s Scrovegni Chapel to the baptistery.
- 58
The Porticoes of Bologna
2021 · Emilia-Romagna
Sixty-two kilometres of porticoes, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, all the way up to the sanctuary of San Luca.
Bologna in the guide → San Luca Portico in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 59
Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines
2023 · Emilia-Romagna
The most studied gypsum caves in the world, between Reggio Emilia, Bologna and the Vena del Gesso in Romagna.
- 60
Via Appia. Regina Viarum
2024 · Lazio, Campania, Basilicata, Puglia
The Roman road from Rome to Brindisi, with its Via Traiana variant: bridges, villas, tombs and towns along 800 kilometres.
Appian Way in the guide → Benevento in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
- 61
Domus de Janas: Funerary Art and Architecture in Prehistoric Sardinia
2025 · Sardinia
Tombs carved into the rock between the 5th and 3rd millennia BC, with sculpted and painted decoration: the “fairy houses”.
- 62
Italian-style theatres of central Italy
2026 · Marche, Umbria, Emilia-Romagna
Theatres of the 18th and 19th centuries built and run by town communities, above all in the Marche.
Jesi in the guide → Fermo and the Roman cisterns in the guide → Ascoli Piceno in the guide → Macerata in the guide → Spoleto in the guide →UNESCO page ↗
Region by region
Lombardy
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
- Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci
- Crespi d’Adda
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
- Mantua and Sabbioneta
- Monte San Giorgio
- Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568–774 A.D.)
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
- Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries
Veneto
- Venice and its Lagoon
- City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
- Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
- City of Verona
- The Dolomites
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
- Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries
- Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
Emilia-Romagna
- Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
- Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
- Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
- The Porticoes of Bologna
- Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines
- Italian-style theatres of central Italy
Tuscany
- Historic Centre of Florence
- Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
- Historic Centre of San Gimignano
- Historic Centre of Siena
- Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
- Val d’Orcia
- Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
- The Great Spa Towns of Europe: Montecatini Terme
Campania
- Historic Centre of Naples
- 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex
- Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
- Costiera Amalfitana
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
- Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568–774 A.D.)
- Via Appia. Regina Viarum
List of the properties inscribed by the World Heritage Committee (whc.unesco.org), with coordinates from Wikidata. Site names follow UNESCO's official English titles.