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2026 World Heritage List Additions

Following the decisions adopted at the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Busan, Republic of Korea (19–29 July 2026), World Heritage Explorer has been updated to include all 25 newly inscribed World Heritage Sites.

• Aalto Works — Finland | Europe and North America | Cultural | (ii)
• Alamūt Castle and Related Fortifications — Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Asia and the Pacific | Cultural | (iii)
• Amazonia Theaters — Brazil | Latin America and the Caribbean | Cultural | (ii)(iv)
• Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath — India | Asia and the Pacific | Cultural | (iii)(vi)
• Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara — Japan | Asia and the Pacific | Cultural | (ii)(iii)
• Aqaba Marine Reserve — Jordan | Arab States | Natural | (ix)(x)
• Beaches of the D-Day Landings, Normandy, 1944 — France | Europe and North America | Cultural | (vi)
• Boma–Badingilo Migratory Landscape — South Sudan | Africa | Natural | (vii)(ix)(x)
• Gdynia Modernist City Centre — Poland | Europe and North America | Cultural | (iv)
• Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites — China | Asia and the Pacific | Cultural | (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)
• Mount Amel Castles — Lebanon | Arab States | Cultural | (ii)(iv)
• Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge — United States of America | Europe and North America | Natural | (ix)(x)
• Rock Mosques and Associated Sacred Sites of Mangystau — Kazakhstan | Asia and the Pacific | Cultural | (ii)(iii)(vi)
• Royal Capetian Fortresses of Languedoc — France | Europe and North America | Cultural | (iv)
• Sebastia — State of Palestine | Arab States | Cultural | (iii)
• Tashkent Modernist Architecture. Modernity and Tradition in Central Asia — Uzbekistan | Asia and the Pacific | Cultural | (iv)
• The Bony Fish Fossils of the Western Limfjord – Evolution and Climate Adaptation in the Earliest Eocene — Denmark | Europe and North America | Natural | (viii)
• The Cemetery Complexes of the Xiongnu Nobility — Mongolia | Asia and the Pacific | Cultural | (iii)
• The Medinas of the Historic Sultanates of the Comoros — Comoros | Africa | Cultural | (iii)(iv)
• The Roças of Sao Tome and Principe: Colonial Agricultural System and Forced Migration — Sao Tome and Principe | Africa | Cultural | (iv)
• The wider area of Mount Olympus — Greece | Europe and North America | Mixed | (vi)(x)
• The system of Italian-style condominio theatres of the 18th and 19th centuries in Central Italy — Italy | Europe and North America | Cultural | (iii)
• Village of Sidi Bou Saïd — Tunisia | Arab States | Cultural | (iii)
• Wadi Wurayah — United Arab Emirates | Arab States | Natural | (ix)
• Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat — Thailand | Asia and the Pacific | Cultural | (ii)(vi)

The database now covers all 1,273 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, spanning cultural, natural, and mixed heritage across the globe.

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