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  1. Below is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in upper North America. Greenland has been included here as part of North America despite its cultural and political associations with Europe.

  2. There are 25 World Heritage Sites in the United States; 21 are single location sites, and 4 are multi-part sites encompassing several locations (the Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, the only site with widely spaced properties, are in blue).

    Site
    Image
    Location ( State )
    Year Listed
    2023
    1689; i, iii (cultural)
    Arizona, California, Illinois, New York, ...
    2019
    1496rev; ii (cultural)
    2015
    1466; ii (cultural)
    2014
    1435; iii (cultural)
  3. This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites. A World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having special cultural or physical significance.

    • History
    • List
    • Related Pages
    • Other Websites

    UNESCO was created for the "conservation and protection of the world’s inheritance of books, works of art and monuments of history and science". The constitution of UNESCO was ratified in 1946 by 26 countries, including the United States.

    The World Heritage Sites list has developedover time. It is part of a process; and the list continues to grow. As of 2020, there are 24 places in the United States which are on the World Heritage List. 1. 11 cultural sites 2. 12 natural sites 3. 1 mixed site

    Media related to World Heritage Sites in the United Statesat Wikimedia Commons 1. UNESCO, World Heritage in the US

  4. Pages in category "World Heritage Sites in North America". The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  5. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political instability, and conflict.

  6. Supporting the Work and Mission of ICOMOS-USA, the U.S. Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites