List of World Heritage Sites in Spain

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, has elected the following cities and monuments in Spain to be World Heritage Sites.

Cities in Spain Declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Ciudades Patrimonio de la Humanidad)

The following cities have been declared to be World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. More than just a single monument, each of these cities are full of important landmarks that have been declared to be of international interest. Spanish cities that have been declared World Heritage Sites often make a big deal of the fact. Go to the city's Tourist Office for information on its important landmarks or read more about them on this page about Spanish Cities Declared World Heritage Sites.

In each case it is specifically the old town which has been declared a World Heritage Site.

• Ávila
• Alcalá de Henares
• Cáceres
• Cordoba
• Cuenca
• Salamanca
• San Cristóbal de La Laguna
• Santiago de Compostela
• Segovia
• Toledo

Natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Spain

• Garajonay National Park
• Doñana National Park
• Las Médulas
• Altamira Cave
• Mont Perdu, Pyrénées (shared with France)
• Elche Palm tree forest

Archeological Excavations in Spain Declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites

• Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
• Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin
• Roman Archaeology of Mérida
• Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco in Tarragona

Architecture in Spain Declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites

• Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
• Burgos Cathedral
• El Escorial Monastery
• Works of Antoni Gaudí
• Monuments of Oviedo
• Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon
• Cathedral and Alcázar in Seville
• Poblet Monastery
• Santa María de Guadalupe Royal Monastery
• La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
• Palau de la Música Catalana and the Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
• San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
• Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí
• Roman Walls of Lugo
• Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
• Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza
• Vizcaya Bridge, Getxo, Bilbao

Other UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Spain

• Camino de Santiago de Compostela
• Archivo de Indias, Seville
• Ibiza Biodiversity & Culture