List of heritage registers

This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and human-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many instances the pages linked below have as their primary focus the registered assets rather than the registers themselves. Where a particular article or set of articles on a foreign-language Wikipedia provides fuller coverage, a link is provided.
United Nations
Europe
Antarctica
Organization of Turkic States
Arab League
Caribbean Community
Afghanistan: Society for the Preservation of Afghan Cultural Heritage
Albania: List of Religious Cultural Monuments of Albania
Algeria: List of cultural assets of Algeria
Andorra: Bé d'interès cultural, as maintained by Patrimoni Cultural = Cultural Heritage of Andorra; (in Catalan) Llista de monuments d'Andorra
Angola: Património Histórico-Cultural Nacional
Argentina: National Historic Monuments of Argentina; (in French) Monument historique national (Argentine)
Armenia: State Heritage of National Register (Armenia)
Australia: Heritage registers in Australia
Austria: Denkmalgeschütztes Objekt, as maintained by the Bundesdenkmalamt
Azerbaijan: State Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage Samples of Azerbaijan
Bahamas: Bahamas National Trust
Bahrain: Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities
Bangladesh: Cultural Heritage of Bangladesh and National Heritage Foundation of Bangladesh
Barbados: Barbados National Trust
Belarus: Cultural Properties of Belarus
Belgium: National Heritage Site (Belgium); (in Dutch) Lijsten van cultureel erfgoed
Benin: (in French) Liste du patrimoine mondial au Bénin
Bolivia: Bolivian cultural heritage
Bosnia: List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as maintained by the KONS of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
State level
Local level (entities, district Brčko, cantonal, and regional)
Botswana: Sites and monuments in Botswana
Brazil: List of National Historic Heritage of Brazil, as maintained by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage; (in Portuguese) Listas de patrimônio do Brasil
Bulgaria: National Institute of Immovable Cultural Heritage
Cambodia: Law on the Protection of Cultural Heritage
Cameroon (in French): Liste de monuments du Cameroun
Canada: The Canadian Register of Historic Places, while it confers no historic designation or protection itself, endeavours to list all federal, provincial, territorial and local sites.
Chile: National Monuments of Chile, as maintained by the Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales
China: Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level (全国重点文物保护单位), designated by State Administration of Cultural Heritage
Sites Protected at the City Level of Hangzhou are districts, artifacts or buildings legally declared to be "protected". According to the "Regularations of historic districts and historic buildings in Hangzhou" effectivated from 1 January 2005, historic buildings are those artifacts or districts that have lasted more than 50 years, and of significant values for history, science, and art study. In Hangzhou, declaring a historic house requires consulting the urban planning administration bureau, and the real estate administration bureau.
As of 31 June 2011, there are 287 declared historic houses in Hangzhou, proclaimed as 5 batches. In the near future, it is going to issue the sixth batch which includes 51 historic houses.
Colombia: National monuments of Colombia; (in Spanish) Monumentos Nacionales de Colombia
Comoros: National Committee of Intangible Cultural Heritage (Comoros)
Republic of the Congo: Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica (in Spanish) Monumento Nacional de Costa Rica
Croatia: Register of Protected Natural Values of the Republic of Croatia
Cuba: Consejo Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural
Cyprus: Heritage Gazetteer of Cyprus
Czech: (in Czech) Seznam národních kulturních památek České republiky, (in German) Liste der Nationalen Kulturdenkmale Tschechiens, as featuring on MonumNet
Democratic Republic of the Congo: National Inventory of the Cultural Heritage of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark: National Register of Sites and Monuments, as maintained by the Danish Agency for Culture
Djibouti: List of monuments of Djibouti
Dominica: Dominica Cultural Division
Dominican Republic: Cultural heritage sites in the Dominican Republic
East Timor: Intangible Cultural Heritage of East Timor
Ecuador: Monuments of Ecuador
Egypt: List of Historic Monuments in Cairo as recorded by Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe, the predecessor of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
El Salvador: Cultural heritage sites in El Salvador
Estonia: National Registry of Cultural Monuments, maintained by the National Heritage Board of Estonia [ee]. It has been described as one of the most successful and more complete heritage registers.
Eswatini: National Monuments of Swaziland, as maintained by the Swaziland National Trust Commission
Ethiopia: Ethio-SPaRe: Cultural Heritage of Christian Ethiopia
Fiji: National Trust of Fiji and National Sites and Places of Heritage Significance
Finland: There are two registers confirmed at the state level:
France: Monument historique
Gabon: List of monuments of Gabon
Gambia: HerMaP Gambia
Georgia: The National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia is a government agency responsible for preservation, protection, research and promotion of cultural heritage of the country. The Agency maintains three registers of Georgia's cultural heritage:
Germany: The Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz is an organization which facilitates public awareness and protection of heritage sites listed. These lists are kept on the website denkmalliste.org, which has all German heritage registers ("Denkmallisten") gathered together in one portal.
Ghana: Ghana's material cultural heritage
Greece: Cultural heritage of Greece
Grenada: Grenada National Trust
Guam: Chamorro heritage sites (Guam)
Guatemala: Historical monuments of Guatemala
Guinea: List of monuments of Guinea
Guinea-Bissau: List of monuments of Guinea-Bissau
Guyana: National Trust of Guyana
Haiti: (in French) Culture et Patrimoine, as maintained by the Gouverment d'Haïti
Honduras: Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación (Honduras)
Hong Kong:
Hungary: The Forster Gyula Nemzeti Örökségvédelmi és Vagyongazdálkodási Központ was an organization which facilitates public awareness and protection of heritage sites listed up to 2016.12.31. (There are partial list from 8 county of Hungary). From 2017.01.01. the cultural heritage management is in the competence the Prime Minister's Office and the Hungarian Academy of Arts.
Iceland: Cultural Heritage Agency of Iceland
India: National Archives of India, a government agency run by Ministry of Culture
Indonesia: Cultural Properties of Indonesia
Iran: Iran National Heritage List is a register of nationally significant monuments, places, buildings, archaeological sites, events, etc., officially registered under the National Heritage Preservation Act of 1930. According to Article 1 of this law, "All the industrial monuments and buildings that were built up to the end of the Zand dynasty in the country of Iran, including movable and immovable in accordance with Article 13 of this law, can be considered as national heritage of Iran and under the protection and supervision of the state."
Iraq: Iraq Heritage
Ireland: In the Republic of Ireland, some registers are maintained by sections of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (The National Monuments Service and National Inventory of Architectural Heritage). Others are maintained by the local authority for the county, city, or city and county where the monument or building is sited.
Israel: List of National Heritage Sites of Israel; cf. Council for Conservation of Heritage Sites in Israel
Italy: Catalogo Generale dei Beni Culturali under creation; catalogo regionale dei beni culturali already maintained by each region:
Ivory Coast: (in French) Liste des monuments historiques de la Côte d'Ivoire
Jamaica: Jamaica National Heritage Trust, established in 1958. The organisation maintains a list of National Heritage Sites in Jamaica.
Japan: Cultural Properties of Japan, as maintained by the Agency for Cultural Affairs; see also National Treasures of Japan
Jordan: Department of Antiquities (Jordan)
Kazakhstan: Cultural Heritage (Kazakhstan)
Kenya: List of sites and monuments in Kenya
Kiribati: Cultural Heritage of Kiribati
North Korea: National Treasures of North Korea, Cultural assets of North Korea
South Korea: National Treasures of South Korea, Historic Sites of South Korea, Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Korea, etc., as maintained by Cultural Heritage Administration
Kosovo: Cultural heritage of Kosovo
Kuwait: National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature
Laos: Cultural Heritage Management (Laos)
Latvia: "The list of State protected cultural monuments", available at [1]. Contains information about 7371 monuments of culture (As of March 2021). The list is maintained by State Inspection for Heritage Protection, a government agency.
Full list is available at valsts aizsargājamo kultūras pieminekļu saraksts (in Latvian).
Lebanon: (in French) Monument historique (Liban)
Lesotho: Lesotho Heritage Network
Liberia: Heritage Liberia
Libya: Heritage Gazetteer of Libya
Liechtenstein: Liechtenstein National Archives.
Kulturgüterregister (in German).
Lithuania: Registry of Cultural Property (Lithuania)
The list is available here.
Luxembourg
The list is maintained by Service des sites et monuments nationaux, a Government agency. The latest version is available here.
See Lëscht vun de klasséierte Monumenter on lb-wiki and commons:Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Luxembourg.
Madagascar (in French): Liste des sites et monuments culturels de Madagascar
Malaysia: National Heritage Register (Malaysia)
Malta: National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands
Marshall Islands: Cultural Heritage Legislation in the Marshall Islands
Martinique: Cultural heritage of Martinique
Mauritania (in French) Liste des monuments nationaux de la Mauritanie
Mauritius: Ministry of Arts and Cultural Heritage (Mauritius)
Mexico: National Monuments of Mexico
Moldova: National Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage (Moldova)
Mongolia: Cultural Heritage Program (Mongolia)
Morocco: Historic Monuments and Sites of Morocco
Mozambique: Cultural Properties of Mozambique
Myanmar:
Namibia: National Monuments, as maintained by the National Heritage Council of Namibia; (in German) Liste der Nationalen Denkmäler in Namibia
Nauru: Nauru National Heritage Register
Nepal: List of monuments in Nepal
Netherlands: List of Rijksmonuments (Monumentenregister van de Rijksdienst voor het cultureel erfgoed)
New Caledonia: Patrimoine natural et culturel de la Nouvelle-Caledonia.
New Zealand Rarangi Taonga: The Register of Historic Places, Historic Areas, Wahi Tapu and Wahi Tapu Areas (administered by New Zealand Historic Places Trust.)
Nicaragua: List of monuments of Nicaragua
Niger: Niger Heritage
Nigeria: National Cultural Policy (Nigeria)
North Macedonia: (in French) Patrimoine culturel de la République de Macédoine
Norway: (in Norwegian) Lister over kulturminner i Norge; Immateriell kulturarv; Norway Heritage Community; Cultural Heritage Act
Pakistan: There are several organizations that take care of historic and heritage sites in Pakistan.
Palau: Bureau of Cultural and Historic Preservation, as maintained by Title 19, Chapter 1 of the Palau National Code
Palestine: Palestinian Heritage Foundation
Panama (in Spanish) Monumentos de Panamá
Papua New Guinea: National Cultural Commission (Papua New Guinea)
Paraguay: El Inventario Nacional de Bienes Culturales, under creation by the Dirección de Catalogación del Patrimonio Cultural
Peru: Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación (Perú)
Philippines: Cultural Properties of the Philippines
Poland: A list of objects of cultural heritage in Poland (zabytki) is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland. It is primarily composed of objects in the register of objects of cultural heritage (rejestr zabytków), objects with the status of Historical Monument (pomnik historii), objects classified as a cultural park (park kulturowy).
Portugal: National Monuments, as maintained by IGESPAR; (in Portuguese) pt:Lista de património edificado em Portugal
Puerto Rico: (in Spanish) Patrimonio Histórico Edificado, as maintained by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña) which functions as the territory State Historic Preservation Office, in association to the United States National Register of Historic Places. The Puerto Rico Planning Board also maintains the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones (Registro Nacional de Sitios y Zonas Históricas).
Qatar: Qatar Foundation
Romania: National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania – The list, created in 2004–2005, contains historical monuments entered in the National Cultural Heritage of Romania. It is maintained by the Romanian National Institute of Historical Monuments, part of the Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony in Romania.
Russia: Russian cultural heritage register; (in Russian) Списки объектов культурного наследия России; Historical Cities of Russia
Rwanda: List of cultural heritage monuments in Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis: St. Christopher National Trust
Saint Lucia: Saint Lucia National Trust
Samoa:
San Marino: Institute for the Conservation and Valorization of Cultural Heritage
Saudi Arabia: National Antiquities Register, as maintained by the Heritage Commission.
Senegal: Sites et Monuments historiques; (in French) Liste des monuments et sites historiques au Sénégal
Serbia
Cultural Heritage of Serbia
The register is divided into twelve categories:
Seychelles: Seychelles Heritage Foundation
Sierra Leone: National Monuments of Sierra Leone, as maintained by the Ancient Monuments and Relics Commission
Singapore: National Monuments of Singapore
Slovakia: Cultural Heritage Monuments of Slovakia; (in German) Liste (Kulturdenkmale in der Slowakei)
Slovenia: Register of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia; (in Slovenia) Register kulturne dediščine Slovenije
The register consists of three parts:
Solomon Islands: Protected Areas Act (Solomon Islands) and Culture Division (Solomon Islands)
Somalia: Cultural Heritage Database (Somalia)
South Africa: South African Heritage Resources Agency
Spain: Monument (Spain) (Monumento histórico or Bien de Interés Cultural)
Sri Lanka: Archaeological Heritage Management (Sri Lanka)
Sudan: Digital Cultural Heritage Register (Sudan)
Suriname: Suriname Heritage Guide
Sweden: Listed buildings in Sweden, as maintained by the Swedish National Heritage Board; see also (in Swedish) Kulturmärkning i Sverige
Switzerland: Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property (German: Schweizerisches Inventar der Kulturgüter, French: Inventaire suisse des biens culturels). National register of some 8,300 objects of international, national, regional and local significance. Managed by the Federal Office for Civil Protection (see its website).
Syria: Syrian Heritage Initiative
Taiwan: Bureau of Cultural Heritage, which keeps a list on their website.
Tanzania: National Historic Sites in Tanzania
Thailand: see Cultural heritage conservation in Thailand
Togo: (in French) Liste nationale d'inventaire des biens culturels du Togo
Tonga: Tonga Heritage Society
Trinidad and Tobago: National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia: (in French) Liste des monuments classés de Tunisie
Turkey: Immovable Cultural and Natural Properties (Turkish: Korunması Gerekli Taşınmaz Kültür ve Tabiat Varlıkları) (see [2])
Turkmenistan: National Register of Cultural Heritage Sites (Turkmenistan)
Tuvalu: Tuvalu National Cultural Policy
Uganda: National Cultural Sites of Uganda
Ukraine:
United Arab Emirates: Cultural heritage of the United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Heritage, culture, planning and conservation are devolved issues in the United Kingdom, and are dealt with by the governments of the constituent countries. England, which does not have its own devolved government, is covered by an agency of the United Kingdom government.
See also historic environment records (HERs) and sites and monuments records (SMRs), maintained usually at a local government level (archaeological trusts in Wales).
Although not part of the United Kingdom itself, these are self-governing states or territories with strong ties to the British Crown or the United Kingdom, often putting defence and foreign relations in to their hands while handling all other matters internally. All have the British Monarch as their head of state.
The Crown Dependencies are three states which are possessions of the Crown, geographically in the British Isles or the Channel Islands.
The British Overseas Territories (also known as the "United Kingdom Overseas Territories") are the last remnants of the British Empire. There are fourteen total, however, not all of these have heritage registers.
In the United States, a site is only listed on the National Register of Historic Places on recommendation from the state historic preservation offices in the relevant state. Some states maintain their own state-level historic registers, although in some U.S. states all properties on the state register duplicate the National Register listing. The National Register listing in itself confers no protection to a historic property but may qualify the site for matching grants for historic restoration. Local historic designations in many municipalities provide some limited protection against demolition of historic landmarks.
Uruguay: (in Spanish) Monumento Histórico Nacional
Uzbekistan: List of monuments of Uzbekistan
Vanuatu: Vanuatu National Heritage Registry
Venezuela: Inventario de monumentos, as maintained by the Instituto de Patrimonio Cultural
Vietnam: Friends of Vietnam Heritage
Yemen: Ancient Yemen Digital Atlas
Zambia: Monuments and Historic Sites of Zambia
Zimbabwe: National Monuments of Zimbabwe