UNESCO Has Announced 19 New World Heritage Sites

Not that we need any more excuses to travel, but you’re gonna want to check out the latest places designated a UNESCO world heritage site.

They’re breathtaking.

Every year UNESCO meets to decide the next group of places that will be added to the organisation’s list of World Heritage sites. In order to qualify, a place or structure must have great historical, cultural, and/or natural significance.

Irish sites include the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher in Clare, the Copper Coast Global Geopark in Waterford and Newgrange in Co. Meath.

Check out this year’s additions below.

Naumberg Cathedral, Germany

Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea, Denmark

Al-Ahsa Oasis, Saudi Arabia

Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains, South Africa

Fanjingshan, China

Ancient City of Qalhat, Oman

Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke, Germany

Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar”, Columbia

Caliphate City of Medina Azahara, Spain

Göbekli Tepe, Turkey