UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Italy has 62 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, more than any other country. From ancient Roman ruins to Renaissance city centers, volcanic landscapes to prehistoric dwellings, these sites span the full breadth of Italian history and geography.
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
1979 · collection of prehistoric petroglyphs in Brescia, Italy
Santa Maria delle Grazie
1980 · church in Milan
Historic Centre of Rome
1980 · World Heritage Site in Italy
Historic Centre of Florence
1982 · quarter in Borough 1 - Historical Center of Florence
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
1987 · World Heritage site in Pisa, Italy
Venice and its Lagoon
1987 · World Heritage site in Italy
Historic Centre of San Gimignano
1990 · UNESCO World Heritage Site
Sassi di Matera
1993 · World Heritage site in Italy
Palladian Villas of the Veneto
1994 · UNESCO world heritage
Historic Centre of Naples
1995 · World Heritage site in Italy
Crespi d'Adda
1995 · frazione of Italy
Historic Centre of Siena
1995 · city centre of Siena, Italy
Ferrara and the Po Delta
1995 · UNESCO World Heritage site
Historic Centre of Pienza
1996 · human settlement in Pienza, Province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Trulli of Alberobello
1996 ·
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
1996 ·
Castel del Monte
1996 · medieval castle in Andria, Apulia, Italy
Amalfi Coast
1997 · coastal area in the Campania region, Italy
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
1997 · group of structures in Italy
Piazza Grande, Modena
1997 · World Heritage site in Italy
Portovenere and Cinque Terre
1997 · World Heritage site in Italy
Valle dei Templi
1997 · archaeological site in Sicily, Italy
Botanical Garden of Padua
1997 · botanical garden in Italy
Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata
1997 · World Heritage site in Italy
Royal Palace of Caserta
1997 · World Heritage site in Italy
Villa Romana del Casale
1997 · building in Piazza Armerina, Italy
Su Nuraxi di Barumini
1997 · nuraghe
Basilica of Aquileia
1998 · World Heritage site in Italy
Dolomites
1998 · World Heritage site in Italy
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
1998 · World Heritage site in Italy
Historic Centre of Urbino
1998 · human settlement in Urbino, Pesaro and Urbino Province, Marche, Italy
Hadrian's Villa
1999 · archaeological complex in Tivoli, Italy
Historic Centre of Verona
2000 · historical location in Italy
Aeolian Islands
2000 · archipelago
Assisi and the Basilica of San Francesco
2000 · historic religious complex at the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi in Umbria, Italy
Villa d'Este
2001 · villa in Tivoli, near Rome, Italy
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto
2002 · World Heritage site in Italy
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
2003 · UNESCO World Heritage Site
Monte San Giorgio
2003 · fossils site in Switzerland
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
2004 · World Heritage site in Italy
Val d'Orcia
2004 · valley and cultural landscape in central Italy; a World Heritage site
Syracuse and Pantalica
2005 · world heritage site in Italy
Le Strade Nuove, Genoa
2006 · Palaces in Genoa, Italy. UNESCO World Heritage Site
Primeval Beech Forests of the Apennines
2007 · transnational UNESCO world heritage site
Rhaetian Railway
2008 · World Heritage site in Italy and Switzerland
Mantua and Sabbioneta
2008 · World Heritage site in Italy
Longobard Places of Power
2011 · world heritage site in Italy
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings of the Alps
2011 · series of stilt houses built near the Alps mountain range
Mount Etna
2013 · protected area
Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany
2013 · world heritage site in Italy
Langhe-Roero and Monferrato
2014 · UNESCO World Heritage Site in the region of Piedmont (Italy)
Arab-Norman Palermo
2015 · World Heritage Site in Sicily, Italy
Venetian Works of Defence
2017 · UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ivrea
2018 ·
Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene
2019 · World Heritage site in Italy
Porticoes of Bologna
2021 · architectural heritage site in Bologna, Italy
Great Spa Towns of Europe
2021 · transnational UNESCO World Heritage site
Padua's fourteenth-century fresco cycles
2021 · World Heritage site in Italy
Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines
2023 · World Heritage site in Italy
Via Appia
2024 ·
Domus de Janas
2025 · type of chamber tomb found in Sardinia, Italy
Sacro Monte di Ossuccio
sanctuary in Ossuccio recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2003