UNESCO World Heritage for Switzerland

UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 11 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Switzerland to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available).


1983 - Old City of Berne
1983 - Convent of St Gall
1983 - Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair
2000 - Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzone
2001 - Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
2003 - Monte San Giorgio
2007 - Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
2008 - Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
2008 - Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
2009 - La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, watchmaking town planning
2011 - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps