UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Lazio
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By Dion Protani
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Latest update: 23 January 2024
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Depending on how you choose to count them, there are either four, five or six UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Lazio officially inscribed on the list. First on the list is the Historic Centre of Rome with a number of properties including the Colosseum, the Pantheon and the Roman Forum earning the city its rightful place.
It then starts to get a bit complicated: Rome is the capital of Lazio and of Italy, but it also contains another official country within its environs. To all intents and purposes, the Vatican City is in Rome and therefore Lazio. Its most famous sighs are the largest church in Christendom: Saint Peter's Basilica, and the Vatican Museums. |
There are three more inscriptions which allude to four more sites. The relatively modest town of Tivoli has two separate UNESCO listings which are very different from one another. In its town centre is arguably the most beautiful garden in Italy, Villa d'Este, while a little way out of town lies one of the best-preserved Roman archaeological sites in the country at Villa Adriana.
The final UNESCO inscription in Lazio is the pair of Etruscan burial sites at Cerveteri and Tarquinia which both lie to the north of Rome and close to the Tyrrhenian Coast.
The final UNESCO inscription in Lazio is the pair of Etruscan burial sites at Cerveteri and Tarquinia which both lie to the north of Rome and close to the Tyrrhenian Coast.
Related Links
Rome
The Colosseum, Rome
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Vatican City
Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
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Villa d'Este (Tivoli)
Villa d'Este, Tivoli
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Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
Villa Adriana, Tivoli
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Etruscan Necropolis of Cerveteri
Etruscan Necropolis of Cerveteri, Lazio
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Etruscan Necropolis of Tarquinia
Etruscan Necropolis of Tarquinia, Lazio
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