This list has been elaborated by the Terra partners in collaboration with:
Hubert Guillaud, Hugo Houben, Alejandro Alva, Raymundo Rodrigues, Fernando
Pinto, José María Sastre, Kumito Shimotsuma, Carolina Castellanos
Comments and argumented proposals for additions are very welcome
update : 06 / 02 / 2003
Of the 563 cultural properties which the World Heritage Committee has inscribed on the World Heritage List, 96 are partially or totally build with earth (17 %).
ALGERIA
1982 M'Zab Valley (some parts)
1992 Kasbah of Algiers (some parts)
AZERBAIJAN
2000 Walled city of Baku (the walls and majority of people's houses)
BENIN
1985 Royal Palaces of Abomey
BOLIVIA
1987 City of Potosi (mainly housing)
1981 Historic City of Sucre (mainly housing)
BRAZIL
1980 Historic Town of Ouro Preto
1982 Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda (mainly housing)
1985 Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
1985 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Congonhas
1997 Historic Centre of São Luis
1999 Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina
2001 Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás
CHINA
1987 Mausoleum of the First Qin Emporer (separation walls)
1987 The Great Wall (numerous portions)
1987 Mogao caves
1994, 2000, 2001 Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (partially
in rammed earth)
COSTA RICA
1999 Area de Conservación Guanacaste
CUBA
1982 Old Havana and its Fortifications (Housing and monuments)
1988 Trinidad and the Valley of los Ingenios
ECUADOR
1978 City of Quito
1999 Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca (mainly housing)
EL SALVADOR
1993 Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site
FRANCE
1996 Canal du Midi
1998 Historic City of Lyon (houses in Rammed Earth in Croix-Rousse)
2001 Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs (historic town in colombages)
GHANA
1980 Asante Traditional Buildings
GUATEMALA
1979 Antigua Guatemala (people's housing)
IRAN
1979 Choga Zanbil
JAPAN
1984 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto :
(The exterior walls of the Imperial City)
(The garden of Kinkaku-ji Temple (Golden Temple)
1993 Buddhist Monuments in the Horyn-ji Area
1993 Himeji-jo
1995 Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
1996 Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
1998 Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (people's housing)
1998 Shrines and Temples of Nikko
LYBIAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
1988 Old Town of Ghadames
MADAGASCAR
2001 The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
MALI
1988 Old Town of Djenné
1988 Timbuktu (Mosques and housing)
1989 Cliff of Bandiagara (Dogons)
MAURITANIA
1998 Ancent Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata (stone and earth)
MEXICO
1987 Centro histórico de Oaxaca y zona arqueológica de Monte
Albán
1987 Ciudad prehispánica de Teotihuacan
1987 Centro histórico de México y Xochimilco
1987 Centro histórico de Puebla
1988 Centro histórico de Guanajuato y sus minas adyacentes
1991 Centro histórico de Morelia
1993 Centro histórico de Zacatecas
1996 Zona de monumentos históricos de Querétaro
1998 Zona arqueológica de Paquimé, Casas Grandes
1998 Zona de monumentos históricos de Tlacotalpán
1999 Zona de monumentos arqueológicos de Xochicalco
MOROCO
1981 Medina of Fez
1985 Medina of Marrakesh
1987 Ksar of Ait Ben Haddou
1996 Historic City of Meknes
1997 Archaeological site of Volubilis
NEPAL
1979 Kathmandu Valley
OMAN
1987 Bahla Fort
PAKISTAN
1980 Archaeological Ruins of Moenjodaro
PERU
1983 City of Cuzco
1986 Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
1988 Historic Centre of Lima
1994 Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana
PORTUGAL
1983 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo un the Azores
1988 Historic Centre of Evora
1996 Historic Centre of Oporto
2001 Historic Centre of Guimarães
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
1997 Changdeokgung Palace Complex
SPAIN
1984 Historic Centre of Cordoba
1984 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzin, Granada
1984 Parque Güell, Palacio Güell and Casa Mila in Barcelona
1986, 2001 Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
1987 Reales Alcázares of Seville
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
1979 Ancient City of Damascus (people's housing)
1986 Ancient city of Aleppo (people's housing)
TUNISIA
1979 City of Carthage (people's housing of the 2nd Century B.C. on the Hill
of Byrsa)
1979 Medina of Tunis (people's housing)
1985 Punic Town of Kerkouane (people's housing of the punic period)
1988 Medina of Sousse (people's housing)
TURKMENISTAN
1998 State Historical and Cultural Park of "Ancient Merv"
UGANDA
2001 Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (walls)
UNITED KINGDOM
1987 Hadrian's Wall (portions)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1978 Mesa Verde ("Jacal houses")
1982 Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
1987 Chaco Culture National Historical Park (Kiwas and people's houses)
1992 Pueblo of Taos
URUGUAY
1985 Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia de Sacramento (people's houses)
UZBEKISTAN
1990 Itchan Kala
1993 Historic Centre of Bukhara
2000 Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (people's houses)
VENEZUELA
1993 Coro and its Port
YEMEN
1982 Old walled City of Shibam
1986 Old City of Sana'a
1993 Historic Town of Zabid
D'après le document http://www.craterre.archi.fr/patrimoine.html