Italy

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (47)

Cultural

• 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex (1997)
• Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (2003)
• Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (1998)
• Archaeological Area of Agrigento (1997)
• Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (1997)
• Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites (2000)
• Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua (1997)
• Castel del Monte (1996)
• Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena (1997)
• Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Italy Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci (1980)
• Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula (1998)
• City of Verona (2000)
• City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (1994)
• Costiera Amalfitana (1997)
• Crespi d'Adda (1995)
• Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (1996)
• Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia (2004)
• Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta (1995)
• Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (2006)
• Historic Centre of Florence (1982)
• Historic Centre of Naples (1995)
• Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (1980)
• Historic Centre of San Gimignano (1990)
• Historic Centre of Siena (1995)
• Historic Centre of the City of Pienza (1996)
• Historic Centre of Urbino (1998)
• Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily) (2002)
• Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.) (2011)
• Mantua and Sabbioneta (2008)
• Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (1987)
• Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (1997)
• Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (2011)
• Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (1997)
• Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes (2008)
• Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (1979)
• Su Nuraxi di Barumini (1997)
• Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (2005)
• The Trulli of Alberobello (1996)
• The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera (1993)
• Val d'Orcia (2004)
• Venice and its Lagoon (1987)
• Villa Adriana (Tivoli) (1999)
• Villa d'Este, Tivoli (2001)
• Villa Romana del Casale (1997)

Natural

• Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (2000)
• Monte San Giorgio (2003)
• The Dolomites (2009)

Properties submitted on the Tentative List (42)

• Lake Maggiore and Lake D'Orta lakelands (2006)
• Historic centre of Pavia and Chartreuse (2006)
• The city of Bergamo (2006)
• Hanbury botanical gardens (2006)
• Historic Centre of Lucca (2006)
• Orvieto (2006)
• Via Appia "Regina Viarum" (2006)
• Villas of the Papal Nobility (2006)
• Medici Villas (2006)
• Historic Centre of Parma (2006)
• Salento and the "Barocco Leccese" (2006)
• Cattolica Monastery in Stilo and Basilian-Byzantine complexes (2006)
• Ponds in the Bay of Oristano and the Sinis Peninsula island of Mal di Ventre (2006)
• Scrovegni's Chapel (2006)
• Fortress Town of Palmanova (2006)
• Romanesque Cathedrals in Puglia (2006)
• Monte Sant' Angelo and the Via Sacra Langobardorum (2006)
• Taormina and Isola Bella (2006)
• Archipelago of La Maddalena and Islands of Bocche di Bonifacio (2006)
• Mothia Island and Lilibeo: The Phoenician-Punic Civilization in Italy (2006)
• Bradyseism in the Flegrea Area (2006)
• Cascata delle Marmore and Valnerina: Monastic sites and ancient hydrogeological reclamation works (2006)
• Pelagos: The Cetacean Sanctuary (2006)
• Wine Grape landscapes: Langhe, Roero, Monferrato and Valtellina (2006)
• Island of Asinara (2006)
• Sulcis Iglesiente (2006)
• The Marble Basin of Carrara (2006)
• The Transhumance: The Royal Shepherd's Track (2006)
• Volterra: Historical City and Cultural Landscape (2006)
• The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli (2006)
• The Murge of Altamura (2006)
• The Porticoes of Bologna (2006)
• Karstic caves in prehistoric Apulia (2006)
• Citadel of Alessandria (2006)
• The Lower Palaeolithic Palaeosurfaces at Isernia-La Pineta and Notarchirico (2006)
• Massif du Mont-Blanc (inscription comme patrimoine naturel transfrontalier, avec France et Suisse) (2008)
• Arab-Norman Palermo and the cathedral churches of Cefalù’ and Monreale (2010)
• The Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene. (Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene (2010)
• Mount Etna (2011)
• Parco Nazionale della Sila – Sila, gran bosco d’Italia (2012)
• Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century (2012)
• Espace transfrontalier Marittime-Mercantour (Les Alpes de la Mer) (2013)

Activities

• Italy- International Safeguarding Campaign of the City of Venice - 1966
• Restoration of the Painted Crucifixion group in wood
• Restoration of the ancient Artiglierie building in the Arsenale
• Restoration of Cappella Sagredo, with frescoes by Tiepolo, painting of the "Holy Trinity" by Leandro Bassano and the gilded wood throne
• Restoration of the altars of Church of San Rocco and Basilica on Torcello

News

• First Expert/Stakeholder Meeting for Management Plan of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata Tuesday, December 18, 2012
• The Director-General congratulates the Italian authorities for progress achieved in the conservation of the iconic World Heritage site of the Archaeological Areas of Pompei and Herculaneum Monday, September 3, 2012
• Preliminary findings of UNESCO mission sent to assess earthquake damage to sites in northern Italy Tuesday, June 12, 2012
• UNESCO mission assesses earthquake damage to sites in northern Italy Thursday, June 7, 2012
• UNESCO monitors damage to heritage in northern Italy following powerful earthquake Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Events

• Master in World Heritage & Cultural Projects for Development Jul 7, 2013
• First Expert/Stakeholder Meeting - Pompei (Italy) Nov 17, 2012
• The International Protection of Landscapes Sep 19, 2012 - Sep 21, 2012
• 2nd Coordination Meeting of UNESCO Category 2 Centres on World Heritage Jan 22, 2012 - Jan 23, 2012
• Management of Pompei to be scrutinized in second phase of UNESCO expert mission Jun 19, 2011 - Jun 29, 2011

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERI) Source: UNESCO/ERI

• H. E. Mr Maurizio Enrico Luigi Serra
  Ambassador, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of Italy to UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.rappunesco.esteri.it
  
• Italian National Commission for UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.it