The UNESCO Challenge

I discovered this challenge on the blog of @jennywrenwatts, 'eternalexploration'. To be honest, I can't believe that I didn't think of this earlier - I've always found the UNESCO sites intriguing, in large part (obviously) because UNESCO's list of sites is basically the crème de la crème of cultural, historical and natural places of the world. Jenny's challenge is to visit as many sites as possible, and she documents her visits on her blog (you should check them out). I'm aiming to at least maintain a record of the places that I've visited here. 

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Australia:

• The Tasmanian Wilderness
• Greater Blue Mountains Area
• Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
• Sydney Opera House
• Australian Convict Sites
• Gondwana Rainforests 

Austria:

• Palace and Gardens of Schonbrunn
• Wachau Cultural Landscape
• Historic Centre of Vienna

Cambodia:

• Angkor

China:

• South China Karst

Czech Republic:

• Historic Centre of Cesky Krumlov
• Historic Centre of Prague

Holy See:

• Vatican City
• Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura

Hungary:

• Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrassy Avenue

Italy:

• Historic Centre of Rome (etc, etc)
• Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata

Malaysia:

• Melaka and Georgetown, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca 

Thailand:

• Historic Centre of Ayutthaya

United Kingdom (inc. N. Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales):

• Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
• Durham Castle and Cathedral
• Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
• Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey
• City of Bath
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire
• Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church
• Tower of London
• Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
• Derwent Valley Mills
• Dorset and East Devon Coast (Jurassic Coast)
• Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City

It turns out that I've completely missed UNESCO sites in some of the countries I've visited (this is particularly annoying in countries I've visited multiple times). Others don't have UNESCO sites. This is it thus far - but fear not! This list is far from complete. This is only the beginning...(cue: dramatic music).