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Top 10 World Heritage Sites

There are many amazing sites worth visiting all over the world, each of them with its own history. The older they are, the most interesting and unbelievable. There are somewhere around 800 World Heritage Sites, and they are all outstanding and important, but here's a list with the top 10.

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Stonehenge One of the most famous sites in the world. Britain's greatest national icon.
Chichen Itza The largest of the archaeological cities of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization and one of the new (...)
Easter Island This Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean is famous for its 887 extant monumental (...)
The Alhambra Located on a rocky hill, surrounded by mountains, and with its reddish color, The Alhambra is a (...)
The Pyramids of Giza and The Sphinx Built around 4500 years ago, they are the most famous monuments of ancient Egypt.
The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls The Old City and its Walls, with more than 220 historic monuments form a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Vatican City This small slice of the city is packed with more history and artwork than most cities in the world.
Machu Picchu 2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru stand the (...)
Tikal One of the most fascinating and enjoyable of the Mayan sites, and a World Heritage Site since 1979.
Notre Dame de Paris Notre Dame Cathedral is considered one of the best examples of French Gothic architecture in Europe.