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 ... >>>
Located on a hill called the Sabika, the Hill of the Sun, adjacent to the Alhambra Palace in Granada, the Generalife was the summ ... >>>
The Archivo General de Indias contains autographical material from the first of the Conquistadores to the end of the 19th century ... >>>
Madinat al-Zahra, a dazzling series of palaces full of treasures never seen before, lost for over 1000 years. It is now a UNESCO ... >>>
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