We Have 890 World Heritage Sites All over the Globe

Monday July 13, 2009

For the past 33 years, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has been inscribing outstanding natural and cultural areas and structures as World Heritge sites. There are 890 sites on the list and they are to be found all over the globe, including 17 in Australia and three in New Zealand.

Our About.com Italy Travel Guide, Martha Bakerjian, takes a comprehensive look at the world's World Heritage sites from Europe through Asia, the Americas, Africa, all the way south to Oceania and the Antarctic.

Photo: Naracoorte Caves National Park, a World Heritage site © South Australian Tourism Commission