World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme

The World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP) is a UNESCO initiative promoting earthen architecture founded in 2007 and running till 2017.

Sites
At the programme's conclusion in 2017, the 150 World Heritage Sites in its ambit were the following:


 * Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
 * Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
 * Ancient City of Damascus
 * Ancient City of Ping Yao
 * Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
 * Angkor
 * Antigua Guatemala
 * Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro
 * Archaeological Site of Carthage
 * Archaeological Site of Volubilis
 * Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes
 * Asante Traditional Buildings
 * Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
 * At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah
 * Bahla Fort
 * Bam and its Cultural Landscape
 * Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
 * Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area
 * Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
 * Canal du Midi
 * Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
 * Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
 * Chaco Culture
 * Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
 * Changdeokgung Palace Complex
 * Churches and Convents of Goa
 * City of Cuzco
 * City of Potosí
 * City of Quito
 * City of Safranbolu
 * Classical Gardens of Suzhou
 * Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
 * Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia
 * Complex of Koguryo Tombs
 * Coro and its Port
 * Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
 * Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas)
 * Fortifications of Vauban
 * Frontiers of the Roman Empire
 * Fujian Tulou
 * Gyeongju Historic Areas
 * Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks
 * Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town
 * Hatra
 * Himeji-jo
 * Historic Centre of Bukhara
 * Historic Centre of Camagüey
 * Historic Centre of Cordoba
 * Historic Centre of Évora
 * Historic Centre of Guimarães
 * Historic Centre of Lima
 * Historic Centre of Morelia
 * Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
 * Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar
 * Historic Centre of Puebla
 * Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
 * Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca
 * Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox
 * Historic Centre of São Luís
 * Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz
 * Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina
 * Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás
 * Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda
 * Historic Centre of Zacatecas
 * Historic City of Meknes
 * Historic City of Sucre
 * Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa
 * Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
 * Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
 * Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
 * Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento
 * Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso
 * Historic Site of Lyon
 * Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
 * Historic Town of Ouro Preto
 * Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns
 * Historic Town of Zabid
 * Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong
 * Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
 * Island of Mozambique
 * Itchan Kala
 * Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
 * Jongmyo (Seoul)
 * Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site
 * Kasbah of Algiers
 * Kathmandu Valley
 * Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba
 * Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
 * Kunya-Urgench
 * León Cathedral
 * M'Zab Valley
 * Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
 * Medina of Fez
 * Medina of Marrakesh
 * Medina of Sousse
 * Medina of Tunis
 * Meidan Emam, Esfahan
 * Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
 * Mesa Verde National Park
 * Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam
 * Mogao Caves
 * Mount Wutai
 * National Archeological Park of Tierradentro
 * Old City of Sana'a
 * Old Havana and its Fortification System
 * Old Town of Cáceres
 * Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications
 * Old Town of Ghadamès
 * Old Town of Lijiang
 * Old Towns of Djenné
 * Old Walled City of Shibam
 * Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
 * Parthian Fortresses of Nisa
 * Persepolis
 * Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
 * Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
 * Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco
 * Proto-urban Site of Sarazm
 * Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
 * Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
 * Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
 * Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
 * Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
 * Royal Palaces of Abomey
 * Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
 * Ruins of León Viejo
 * Ruins of Loropéni
 * Sacred City of Caral-Supe
 * Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures
 * Samarra Archaeological City
 * Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
 * Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
 * Shrines and Temples of Nikko
 * Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
 * Soltaniyeh
 * State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv"
 * Sukur Cultural Landscape
 * Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex
 * Takht-e Soleyman
 * Taos Pueblo
 * Tchogha Zanbil
 * The Great Wall
 * The Persian Garden
 * Timbuktu
 * Tomb of Askia
 * Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi
 * Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
 * Viñales Valley
 * Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower
 * Yin Xu