Bavarian palaces, imperial tombs in China and memorials to Khmer Rouge victims are among the sites being recognized by the United Nations agency.

There are various obvious clues that summer has arrived in full: the end of the school year; the inevitable travel chaos at our main airports; traffic jams on the way to Cornwall.

Port Royal is Jamaica's second World Heritage Site, with the first being the Blue and John Crow Mountains, a rugged and forested area in the country's east, which served as a refuge and hideout for people fleeing slavery. That site was listed by UNESCO in 2015.

Four new African sites entered the UNESCO World Heritage List, bringing the total number to 112. This year, two African states presented their first nominations - Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone, reinforcing the universality of the List. By 2027, 7 other African countries not yet on the List are expected to present their first nomination.

The answer is now 1,248 landmarks, spanning across more than 170 countries after recent additions to the list. To continue reading, log in or subscribe.

A total of 26 new sites were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list this year, 21 of which are of cultural importance to humanity, 4 of which are of natural value, and one of which is of both cultural and natural value. These are all the new additions, which span across several continents:

President Donald Trump followed through with an expectant move on Tuesday to once again pull the United States from the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO. The decision comes only two years after the Biden administration rejoined the organization,

Cruise passengers never fail to be impressed as they sail into the breathtaking harbour in the European city so pretty the entire place has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site

Pakistan’s existing UNESCO-listed sites include the archaeological ruins of Mohenjo Daro and the historical monuments at Makli in Sindh; the Fort and Shalamar Gardens, Taxila, and Rohtas Fort in Punjab; and the Buddhist ruins at Takht-i-Bahi and Sahr-i-Bahlol in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

New Lanark received Unesco status in 2001, and the two Lanarkshire destinations on the trail are among seven world heritage sites in Scotland – alongside the Forth Bridge, Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns, neolithic Orkney, the Flow Country and St Kilda.