UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne:

Since the pre-Roman period, there has been a fortified hill where Carcassonne is now. It is now a fortified medieval city, with its huge defenses surrounding the castle and the surrounding buildings, its streets and it’s beautiful gothic cathedral. Carcassonne is also important due to the long restoration campaign undertaken by Viollet-le-Duc, one of the founders of the modern science of conservation.

It's been a UWHS since 1997. It's a cultural site.

Cocos Island National Park

Cocos Island National Park, located 550 km off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, is the only island in the tropical eastern Pacific with a tropical rainforest. Its position as the first point of contact with the northern equatorial counter-current, and the myriad interactions between the island and the surrounding marine ecosystem, make the area an ideal laboratory for the study of biological processes. The underwater world of the national park has become famous due to the attraction it holds for divers, who rate it as one of the best places in the world to view large pelagic species such as sharks, rays, tuna and dolphins.

It’s been a UWHS since 2002. It’s a natural site.