# World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme

The World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP) is a UNESCO initiative promoting earthen architecture founded in 2007 and running till 2017.

## Sites

At the programme's conclusion in 2017, the 150 World Heritage Sites in its ambit were the following:
* Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
* Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
* Ancient City of Damascus
* Ancient City of Ping Yao
* Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
* Angkor
* Antigua Guatemala
* Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro
* Archaeological Site of Carthage
* Archaeological Site of Volubilis
* Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes
* Asante Traditional Buildings
* Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
* At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah
* Bahla Fort
* Bam and its Cultural Landscape
* Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
* Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area
* Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
* Canal du Midi
* Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
* Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
* Chaco Culture
* Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
* Changdeokgung Palace Complex
* Churches and Convents of Goa
* City of Cuzco
* City of Potosí
* City of Quito
* City of Safranbolu
* Classical Gardens of Suzhou
* Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
* Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia
* Complex of Koguryo Tombs
* Coro and its Port
* Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
* Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas)
* Fortifications of Vauban
* Frontiers of the Roman Empire
* Fujian Tulou
* Gyeongju Historic Areas
* Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks
* Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town
* Hatra
* Himeji-jo
* Historic Centre of Bukhara
* Historic Centre of Camagüey
* Historic Centre of Cordoba
* Historic Centre of Évora
* Historic Centre of Guimarães
* Historic Centre of Lima
* Historic Centre of Morelia
* Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
* Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar
* Historic Centre of Puebla
* Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
* Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca
* Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox
* Historic Centre of São Luís
* Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz
* Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina
* Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás
* Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda
* Historic Centre of Zacatecas
* Historic City of Meknes
* Historic City of Sucre
* Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa
* Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
* Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
* Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
* Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento
* Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso
* Historic Site of Lyon
* Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
* Historic Town of Ouro Preto
* Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns
* Historic Town of Zabid
* Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong
* Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
* Island of Mozambique
* Itchan Kala
* Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
* Jongmyo (Seoul)
* Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site
* Kasbah of Algiers
* Kathmandu Valley
* Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba
* Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
* Kunya-Urgench
* León Cathedral
* M'Zab Valley
* Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
* Medina of Fez
* Medina of Marrakesh
* Medina of Sousse
* Medina of Tunis
* Meidan Emam, Esfahan
* Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
* Mesa Verde National Park
* Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam
* Mogao Caves
* Mount Wutai
* National Archeological Park of Tierradentro
* Old City of Sana'a
* Old Havana and its Fortification System
* Old Town of Cáceres
* Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications
* Old Town of Ghadamès
* Old Town of Lijiang
* Old Towns of Djenné
* Old Walled City of Shibam
* Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
* Parthian Fortresses of Nisa
* Persepolis
* Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
* Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
* Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco
* Proto-urban Site of Sarazm
* Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
* Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
* Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
* Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
* Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
* Royal Palaces of Abomey
* Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
* Ruins of León Viejo
* Ruins of Loropéni
* Sacred City of Caral-Supe
* Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures
* Samarra Archaeological City
* Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
* Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
* Shrines and Temples of Nikko
* Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
* Soltaniyeh
* State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv"
* Sukur Cultural Landscape
* Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex
* Takht-e Soleyman
* Taos Pueblo
* Tchogha Zanbil
* The Great Wall
* The Persian Garden
* Timbuktu
* Tomb of Askia
* Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi
* Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
* Viñales Valley
* Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower
* Yin Xu