World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) for having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity".
The number of World Heritage Sites grows every year. As of 2021, Spain has 49 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, of which seven are in Andalucia.
Cultural Sites:
Alhambra, Generalife and AlbayzÃn - Granada - Granada province - Inscribed in 1984 and 1994
Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias - Seville - Seville province - Inscribed in 1987
Historic City Centre of Córdoba - Córdoba - Córdoba province - Inscribed in 1984 and 1994
Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza - Jaén province - Inscribed in 2003
Caliphate City of Medina Azahara - Cordoba province - Inscribed in 2018
Natural Sites:
Doñana National Park - Huelva province - Inscribed in 1994 and 2005
Combined Cultural and Natural Site:
Antequera Dolmens - Málaga province - Inscribed in 2016
Granada, renowned for the Alhambra, El Albaicin, flamenco and Plaza de Bib-Rambla in Andalucia, Spain ... Read the complete article >>
The Alhambra in Granada has a history spanning 2000 years from the Romans to the present day. ... Read the complete article >>
The Alhambra at Granada in Granada province Andalucia is the most popular tourist attraction in Spain ... Read the complete article >>
Located on a hill called the Sabika, the Hill of the Sun, adjacent to the Alhambra Palace in Granada, the Generalife was the summ ... Read the complete article >>
Seville is the Capital City of Andalucia and the third most visited city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona. The Cathedral, Alcà ... Read the complete article >>
Seville Cathedral in Andalucia, the largest cathedral in the world and the tomb of Christopher Columbus, is a UNESCO World Herita ... Read the complete article >>
The Archivo General de Indias contains autographical material from the first of the Conquistadores to the end of the 19th century ... Read the complete article >>
The Alcazar of Sevilla site is a complex of palaces that have been built by various monarchs over the last 1000 years and is now ... Read the complete article >>
Córdoba, the capital of the province of the same name, lies in the southern foothills of the Morena mountains, on the banks of t ... Read the complete article >>
Úbeda is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Jaen province, Andalucia, Spain, known for its Renaissance architecture ... Read the complete article >>
Baeza is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Jaen province, Andalucia, Spain, known for its Renaissance architecture ... Read the complete article >>
Madinat al-Zahra, a dazzling series of palaces full of treasures never seen before, lost for over 1000 years. It is now a UNESCO ... Read the complete article >>
Doñana Parque Nacional, on the west coast of Andalucia, Spain, is one of the most important wetlands in Europe and a UNESCO Worl ... Read the complete article >>
The dolmens of Antequera, Menga, Viera and Romeral, and the anthropomorphic rock formation Peña de los Enamorados, were inscribe ... Read the complete article >>
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