Romania
Romania has been a State Party to the World Heritage Convention since 1990. With 11 inscribed properties, the country maintains a well-established presence on the World Heritage List. The majority of its sites are cultural properties, reflecting a strong emphasis on historical and architectural heritage. One of these properties is shared with neighboring countries, demonstrating cooperation across borders in heritage conservation.
Romania as a State Party to the World Heritage Convention
State Party since: May 16, 1990
Status: Acceptance
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee: None
Total of Mandate Years: 0
Total of Mandates: 0
WHC Electoral Group: II (Eastern Europe)
World Heritage Sites in Romania (11)
Cultural: 9 | Natural: 2 | Mixed: 0
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe · Natural (Transboundary)
- Brâncuși Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu · Cultural
- Churches of Moldavia · Cultural
- Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains · Cultural
- Danube Delta · Natural
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia · Cultural
- Historic Centre of Sighişoara · Cultural
- Monastery of Horezu · Cultural
- Roșia Montană Mining Landscape · Cultural
- Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania · Cultural
- Wooden Churches of Maramureş · Cultural
Map of World Heritage Sites
Tentative World Heritage Sites (17)
- Former Communist Prisons in Romania · submitted: April 15, 2024
- Movile Cave · submitted: April 15, 2024
- Princely religious foundations in Wallachia and Moldavia · submitted: April 15, 2024
- Royal Residences of Sinaia · submitted: April 15, 2024
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube Limes · submitted: January 31, 2020
- The old villages of Hollókő and Rimetea and their surroundings · submitted: February 14, 2012
- The Historic Centre of Sibiu and its Ensemble of Squares · submitted: June 29, 2004
- Le Monastère de Neamt · submitted: March 1, 1991
- Eglises byzantines et post-byzantines de Curtea de Arges · submitted: March 1, 1991
- L'ensemble rupestre de Basarabi · submitted: March 1, 1991
- Les « coules » de Petite Valachie · submitted: March 1, 1991
- L'église de Densus · submitted: March 1, 1991
- Le noyau historique de la ville d'Alba Julia · submitted: March 1, 1991
- Massif du Retezat · submitted: March 1, 1991
- Pietrosul Rodnei (sommet de montagne) · submitted: March 1, 1991
- Sinpetru (site paléontologique) · submitted: March 1, 1991
- Codrul secular Slatiora (forêt séculaire) · submitted: March 1, 1991
Country Profile Romania
Official Name: Romania
Continent: Europe
Subregion: Southeast Europe
UNESCO Region: Europe and North America
Capital: Bucharest
Population (2024): 19,069,340
Land Area: 230,080 km²
Currency: Romanian leu (RON)