Tukuk-OS🌍 Asia World Heritage
442 sites · 49 countries · location & significance
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A profile for each of the 442 celebrated World Heritage sites in Asia — where the site sits, which country it belongs to, whether it is cultural or natural, and a plain-English introduction drawn from Wikipedia so the description stays sourced rather than invented. These 442 sites span 49 countries across the continent.
Taj Mahal
🏛️ CulturalAjanta Caves
🏛️ CulturalEllora Caves
🏛️ CulturalKhajuraho Group of Monuments
🏛️ CulturalGroup of Monuments at Hampi
🏛️ CulturalAngkor
🏛️ CulturalBorobudur
🏛️ CulturalPrambanan
🏛️ CulturalKomodo National Park
🌿 NaturalGreat Wall of China
🏛️ CulturalMogao Caves
🏛️ CulturalMausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
🏛️ CulturalPotala Palace
🏛️ CulturalFujisan (Mount Fuji)
🏛️ CulturalHimeji Castle
🏛️ CulturalHiroshima Peace Memorial
🏛️ CulturalPetra
🏛️ CulturalAncient City of Babylon
🏛️ CulturalPersepolis
🏛️ CulturalMeidan Emam, Isfahan
🏛️ CulturalBagan
🏛️ CulturalHistoric City of Ayutthaya
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Town of Sukhothai
🏛️ CulturalTown of Luang Prabang
🏛️ CulturalHa Long Bay
🌿 NaturalGyeongju Historic Areas
🏛️ CulturalSacred City of Anuradhapura
🏛️ CulturalAncient Rock Fortress of Sigiriya
🏛️ CulturalKathmandu Valley
🏛️ CulturalLumbini
🏛️ CulturalArchaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro
🏛️ CulturalItchan Kala
🏛️ CulturalSamarkand – Crossroad of Cultures
🏛️ CulturalGöbekli Tepe
🏛️ CulturalSanchi
🏛️ CulturalKonark Sun Temple
🏛️ CulturalGroup of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
🏛️ CulturalElephanta Caves
🏛️ CulturalQutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
🏛️ CulturalFatehpur Sikri
🏛️ CulturalJaipur
🏛️ CulturalSundarbans
🌿 NaturalHistoric Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Monuments of Ancient Nara
🏛️ CulturalItsukushima Shrine
🏛️ CulturalChangdeokgung Palace Complex
🏛️ CulturalPhong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park
🌿 NaturalHoi An
🏛️ CulturalPuerto Princesa Subterranean River
🌿 NaturalRice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
🏛️ CulturalTaxila
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Centre of Bukhara
🏛️ CulturalEphesus
🏛️ CulturalHierapolis-Pamukkale
🏛️ CulturalHegra Archaeological Site (Mada'in Salih)
🏛️ CulturalOld Walled City of Shibam
🏛️ CulturalOld City of Sana'a
🏛️ CulturalSoqotra Archipelago
🌿 NaturalPasargadae
🏛️ CulturalAncient Merv
🏛️ CulturalMahabodhi Temple
🏛️ CulturalHumayun's Tomb
🏛️ CulturalBhimbetka rock shelters
🏛️ CulturalDarjeeling Himalayan Railway
🏛️ CulturalNanda Devi National Park
🌿 NaturalKaziranga National Park
🌿 NaturalGreat Living Chola Temples
🏛️ CulturalGroup of Monuments at Pattadakal
🏛️ CulturalWestern Ghats
🌿 NaturalNilgiri Mountain Railway
🏛️ CulturalPreah Vihear Temple
🏛️ CulturalSangiran Early Man Site
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Town of Vigan
🏛️ CulturalBan Chiang
🏛️ CulturalMỹ Sơn Sanctuary
🏛️ CulturalOld Town of Lijiang
🏛️ CulturalImperial Residences of the Qing at Chengde
🏛️ CulturalMount Tai
🏔️ MixedHuangshan
🏔️ MixedJiuzhaigou Valley
🌿 NaturalYakushima
🌿 NaturalShrines and Temples of Nikko
🏛️ CulturalBam and its Cultural Landscape
🏛️ CulturalSusa
🏛️ CulturalHattusa
🏛️ CulturalPetroglyphs of Tamgaly
🏛️ CulturalMausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
🏛️ CulturalGunung Mulu National Park
🌿 NaturalKinabalu Park
🌿 NaturalHistoric Cities of the Straits of Malacca
🏛️ CulturalRani ki vav
🏛️ CulturalHistoric City of Ahmedabad
🏛️ CulturalDholavira
🏛️ CulturalGreat Himalayan National Park
🌿 NaturalKeoladeo National Park
🌿 NaturalPyu Ancient Cities
🏛️ CulturalComplex of Hué Monuments
🏛️ CulturalWat Phou
🏛️ CulturalAncient City of Polonnaruwa
🏛️ CulturalSinharaja Forest Reserve
🌿 NaturalYungang Grottoes
🏛️ CulturalLongmen Grottoes
🏛️ CulturalFossil Site of Chengjiang
🌿 NaturalKaiping Diaolou and Villages
🏛️ CulturalAncient City of Troy
🏛️ CulturalÇatalhöyük
🏛️ CulturalAncient City of Aleppo
🏛️ CulturalAncient City of Damascus
🏛️ CulturalSite of Palmyra
🏛️ CulturalCrac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din
🏛️ CulturalRed Fort Complex
🏛️ CulturalChhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
🏛️ CulturalNalanda Mahavihara
🏛️ CulturalYinxu
🏛️ CulturalMount Wutai
🏛️ CulturalShiretoko
🌿 NaturalBahla Fort
🏛️ CulturalLand of Frankincense
🏛️ CulturalQal'at al-Bahrain
🏛️ CulturalAncient Town of Al Zubarah
🏛️ CulturalOrkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
🏛️ CulturalProto-Urban Site of Sarazm
🏛️ CulturalRock Carvings of Dazu
🏛️ CulturalMount Sanqingshan National Park
🌿 NaturalBulguksa and Seokguram
🏛️ CulturalGroups of Historic Monuments in Hiraizumi
🏛️ CulturalAncient City of Gordion
🏛️ CulturalAncient City of Ani
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Centre of Shahr-i Sabz
🏛️ CulturalGolden Mountains of Altai
🌿 NaturalLake Baikal
🌿 NaturalVolcanoes of Kamchatka
🌿 NaturalWadi Rum Protected Area
🏔️ MixedQuseir Amra
🏛️ CulturalCity of Tyre
🏛️ CulturalByblos
🏛️ CulturalMasada
🏛️ CulturalOld Acre
🏛️ CulturalArchaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City
🏛️ CulturalXinjiang Tianshan
🌿 NaturalFujian Tulou
🏛️ CulturalQinghai Hoh Xil
🌿 NaturalKhangchendzonga National Park
🏔️ MixedValley of Flowers National Park
🌿 NaturalMozu-Furuichi Kofun Group
🏛️ CulturalTrang An Landscape Complex
🏔️ MixedFanjingshan
🌿 NaturalCitadel of the Ho Dynasty
🏛️ CulturalUjung Kulon National Park
🌿 NaturalLorentz National Park
🌿 NaturalTubbataha Reefs Natural Park
🌿 NaturalHistoric City of Yazd
🏛️ CulturalNamhansanseong
🏛️ CulturalPutorana Plateau
🌿 NaturalChitwan National Park
🌿 NaturalGrand Canal
🏛️ CulturalAncient City of Pingyao
🏛️ CulturalRoyal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
🏛️ CulturalGusuku Sites of the Ryukyu Kingdom
🏛️ CulturalSacred Golden Temple of Dambulla
🏛️ CulturalOld Town of Galle
🏛️ CulturalChampaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
🏛️ CulturalSamarra Archaeological City
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Island of Kulangsu
🏛️ CulturalShennongjia
🌿 NaturalHainan Tropical Rainforest
🌿 NaturalManas Wildlife Sanctuary
🌿 NaturalOgasawara Islands
🌿 NaturalGolestan Palace
🏛️ CulturalShushtar Historical Hydraulic System
🏛️ CulturalAt-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah
🏛️ CulturalAncient City of Kunya-Urgench
🏛️ CulturalHill Forts of Rajasthan
🏛️ CulturalSagarmatha National Park
🌿 NaturalMosque City of Bagerhat
🏛️ CulturalLahore Fort and Shalamar Gardens
🏛️ CulturalCultural Landscape of Bali Province
🏛️ CulturalHwaseong Fortress, Suwon
🏛️ CulturalShirakami-Sanchi
🌿 NaturalChurches and Shrines of Nagasaki
🏛️ CulturalPergamon and Its Hellenistic-Roman Capital
🏛️ CulturalCumalikizik Village, Bursa
🏛️ CulturalSoltaniyeh Dome
🏛️ CulturalSichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
🌿 NaturalCultural Landscape of Maymand
🏛️ CulturalMinaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam
🏛️ CulturalCultural Landscape of the Bamiyan Valley
🏛️ CulturalZuojiang Huashan Rock Art
🏛️ CulturalRuins of Baalbek (Heliopolis)
🏛️ CulturalOuadi Qadisha (Holy Valley)
🏛️ CulturalAncient City of Hatra
🏛️ CulturalKakatiya Rudreshwara Temple (Ramappa)
🏛️ CulturalCapital City of Xanadu
🏛️ CulturalJeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes
🌿 NaturalAphrodisias
🏛️ CulturalAl-Ahsa Oasis
🏛️ CulturalAflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman
🏛️ CulturalKoh Ker Temple Site
🏛️ CulturalTomioka Silk Mill
🏛️ CulturalAncient Nisa
🏛️ CulturalHegmataneh (Ecbatana)
🏛️ CulturalMount Emei Scenic Area
🏔️ MixedXanthos and Letoon
🏛️ CulturalSulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain
🏛️ CulturalBaroque Churches of the Philippines
🏛️ CulturalUmm ar-Rasas
🏛️ CulturalWhite City of Tel Aviv
🏛️ CulturalWulingyuan Scenic Area
🌿 NaturalChina Danxia
🌿 NaturalChurches and Convents of Old Goa
🏛️ CulturalUpper Svaneti
🏛️ CulturalJantar Mantar, Jaipur
🏛️ CulturalSacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas
🏛️ CulturalSambor Prei Kuk
🏛️ CulturalPlain of Jars
🏛️ CulturalFortress of Agra
🏛️ CulturalHyrcanian Forests
🌿 NaturalWestern Tien-Shan
🌿 NaturalCold Winter Deserts of Turan
🌿 NaturalUvs Nuur Basin
🌿 NaturalLandscapes of Dauria
🌿 NaturalSilk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
🏛️ CulturalPearling, Testimony of an Island Economy
🏛️ CulturalDilmun Burial Mounds
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Mosque City of Bagerhat
🏛️ CulturalRuins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
🏛️ CulturalThe Sundarbans
🌿 NaturalTemple of Preah Vihear
🏛️ CulturalThe Great Wall
🏛️ CulturalPeking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
🏛️ CulturalLushan National Park
🏛️ CulturalClassical Gardens of Suzhou
🏛️ CulturalSummer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Centre of Macao
🏛️ CulturalFujian <em>Tulou</em>
🏛️ CulturalWest Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou
🏛️ CulturalChengjiang Fossil Site
🌿 NaturalSouth China Karst
🌿 NaturalTusi Sites
🏛️ CulturalMount Wuyi
🏔️ MixedHubei Shennongjia
🌿 NaturalBeijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital
🏛️ CulturalXixia Imperial Tombs
🏛️ CulturalComplex of Koguryo Tombs
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Monuments and Sites in Kaesong
🏛️ CulturalChurches and Convents of Goa
🏛️ CulturalSun Temple, Konârak
🏛️ CulturalSundarbans National Park
🌿 NaturalBuddhist Monuments at Sanchi
🏛️ CulturalMountain Railways of India
🏛️ CulturalThe Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
🏛️ CulturalHistoric City of Ahmadabad
🏛️ CulturalSantiniketan
🏛️ CulturalMaratha Military Landscapes of India
🏛️ CulturalAncient Buddhist Site of Sarnath
🏛️ CulturalBorobudur Temple Compounds
🏛️ CulturalOmbilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto
🏛️ CulturalTchogha Zanbil
🏛️ CulturalTakht-e Soleyman
🏛️ CulturalBisotun
🏛️ CulturalArmenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran
🏛️ CulturalTabriz Historic Bazaar Complex
🏛️ CulturalThe Persian Garden
🏛️ CulturalMasjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan
🏛️ CulturalGonbad-e Qābus
🏛️ CulturalShahr-i Sokhta
🏛️ CulturalLut Desert
🌿 NaturalThe Persian Qanat
🏛️ CulturalTrans-Iranian Railway
🏛️ CulturalCultural Landscape of Hawraman/Uramanat
🏛️ CulturalThe Persian Caravanserai
🏛️ CulturalHegmataneh
🏛️ CulturalPrehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad Valley
🏛️ CulturalAlamūt Castle and Related Fortifications
🏛️ CulturalAshur (Qal'at Sherqat)
🏛️ CulturalErbil Citadel
🏛️ CulturalOld City of Acre
🏛️ CulturalWhite City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement
🏛️ CulturalIncense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev
🏛️ CulturalBiblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
🏛️ CulturalCaves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves
🏛️ CulturalBuddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area
🏛️ CulturalItsukushima Shinto Shrine
🏛️ CulturalHiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land
🏛️ CulturalTomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites
🏛️ CulturalSites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining
🏛️ CulturalAmami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island
🌿 NaturalJomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan
🏛️ CulturalSado Island Gold Mines
🏛️ CulturalAncient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara
🏛️ CulturalUmm Al-Jimāl
🏛️ CulturalAqaba Marine Reserve
🌿 NaturalAnjar
🏛️ CulturalTyre
🏛️ CulturalRachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli
🏛️ CulturalMount Amel Castles
🏛️ CulturalAncient City of Qalhat
🏛️ CulturalHistorical Monuments at Makli, Thatta
🏛️ CulturalFort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore
🏛️ CulturalRohtas Fort
🏛️ CulturalAl Zubarah Archaeological Site
🏛️ CulturalSeokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
🏛️ CulturalJongmyo Shrine
🏛️ CulturalGochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites
🏛️ CulturalBaekje Historic Areas
🏛️ CulturalSeowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies
🏛️ CulturalGaya Tumuli
🏛️ CulturalPetroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream
🏛️ CulturalGetbol, Korean Tidal Flats
🌿 NaturalAt-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah
🏛️ CulturalRock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia
🏛️ Cultural‘Uruq Bani Ma’arid
🌿 NaturalḤimā Cultural Area
🏛️ CulturalSingapore Botanic Gardens
🏛️ CulturalSacred City of Kandy
🏛️ CulturalOld Town of Galle and its Fortifications
🏛️ CulturalRangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
🏛️ CulturalCentral Highlands of Sri Lanka
🌿 NaturalHebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
🏛️ CulturalAncient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan
🏛️ CulturalSaint Hilarion Monastery/ Tell Umm Amer
🏛️ CulturalSebastia
🏛️ CulturalAncient Villages of Northern Syria
🏛️ CulturalAncient City of Bosra
🏛️ CulturalCultural Heritage Sites of Ancient Khuttal
🏛️ CulturalKaeng Krachan Forest Complex
🌿 NaturalGreat Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
🏛️ CulturalNemrut Dağ
🏛️ CulturalCity of Safranbolu
🏛️ CulturalSelimiye Mosque and its Social Complex
🏛️ CulturalArslantepe Mound
🏛️ CulturalSardis and the Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe
🏛️ CulturalKunya-Urgench
🏛️ CulturalParthian Fortresses of Nisa
🏛️ CulturalWadi Wurayah
🌿 NaturalFaya Palaeolandscape
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Centre of Shakhrisyabz
🏛️ CulturalComplex of Hué Monuments
🏛️ CulturalHoi An Ancient Town
🏛️ CulturalHa Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago
🌿 NaturalOld City of Sana'a
🏛️ CulturalHistoric Town of Zabid
🏛️ CulturalSocotra Archipelago
🌿 NaturalOther continents
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