The European Commission says 80 sites have been designated for the European Heritage Label between 2013 and 2025. They are places it describes as milestones in the creation of today's Europe. The latest 13 were added in 2025, and 5 sites span more than one country.1
What is the European Heritage Label?
The Commission describes the sites as milestones in the creation of today's Europe, chosen since 2013 for their symbolic value, their role in European history and the activities they offer.1
In the 2017 and 2019 selections, participating EU countries pre-selected sites, a panel of independent experts recommended which to add, and the Commission took the decision.23
How many sites does each country have?
We counted the sites in the Commission's list by country. A site that spans several countries counts once for each of them, so the column adds up to more than the number of sites. Czech Republic and Czechia are counted together.1
Every European Heritage Label site
The sites are grouped by the year under which the Commission lists them, from 2013 to 2025.1
| Year | Site (as the Commission names it) | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 20131 | Great Guild Hall, Tallinn | Estonia |
| 20131 | Peace Palace, The Hague, the Netherlands | Netherlands |
| 20131 | Camp Westerbork, the Netherlands | Netherlands |
| 20131 | Archaeological Park Carnuntum, Austria | Austria |
| 20141 | Hambach Castle, Germany | Germany |
| 20141 | Münster and Osnabrück – Sites of the Peace of Westphalia, Germany | Germany |
| 20141 | The Heart of Ancient Athens, Greece | Greece |
| 20141 | Archive of the Crown of Aragon, Barcelona, Spain | Spain |
| 20141 | Residencia de Estudiantes, Madrid, Spain | Spain |
| 20141 | Abbey of Cluny, France | France |
| 20141 | Robert Schuman's House, Scy-Chazelles, France | France |
| 20141 | Pan-European Picnic Memorial Park, Sopron, Hungary | Hungary |
| 20141 | Museo Casa Alcide De Gasperi, Pieve Tesino, Italy | Italy |
| 20141 | Kaunas of 1919-1940, Lithuania | Lithuania |
| 20141 | The historic Gdańsk Shipyard, Poland | Poland |
| 20141 | Union of Lublin, Poland | Poland |
| 20141 | May 3, 1791 Constitution, Warsaw, Poland | Poland |
| 20141 | Charter of Law of Abolition of the Death Penalty, Lisbon, Portugal | Portugal |
| 20141 | General Library of the University of Coimbra, Portugal | Portugal |
| 20141 | Franja Partisan Hospital, Slovenia | Slovenia |
| 20151 | Krapina Neanderthal Site, Croatia | Croatia |
| 20151 | Olomouc Premyslid Castle and Archdiocesan Museum, Czech Republic | Czech Republic |
| 20151 | Sagres Promontory, Portugal | Portugal |
| 20151 | The Imperial Palace, Vienna, Austria | Austria |
| 20151 | Historic Ensemble of the University of Tartu, Estonia | Estonia |
| 20151 | Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary | Hungary |
| 20151 | Mundaneum, Mons, Belgium | Belgium |
| 20151 | World War I Eastern Front Cemetery No. 123, Łużna – Pustki, Poland | Poland |
| 20151 | European District of Strasbourg, France | France |
| 20171 | Leipzig’s Musical Heritage Sites, Germany | Germany |
| 20171 | Dohány Street Synagogue Complex, Budapest, Hungary | Hungary |
| 20171 | Fort Cadine, Trento, Italy | Italy |
| 20171 | Javorca Memorial Church and its cultural landscape, Tolmin, Slovenia | Slovenia |
| 20171 | Memorial of the Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp | France, Germany |
| 20171 | Sighet Memorial, Romania | Romania |
| 20171 | Bois du Cazier, Marcinelle, Belgium | Belgium |
| 20171 | Village of Schengen, Schengen, Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| 20171 | Maastricht Treaty, Netherlands | Netherlands |
| 20191 | Archaeological Area of Ostia Antica (Italy) | Italy |
| 20191 | Underwater Cultural Heritage of the Azores (Portugal) | Portugal |
| 20191 | Colonies of Benevolence (Belgium, the Netherlands) | Belgium, Netherlands |
| 20191 | Living Heritage of Szentendre (Hungary) | Hungary |
| 20191 | Kynžvart Castle – Place of diplomatic meetings (Czech Republic) | Czech Republic |
| 20191 | Site of Remembrance in Łambinowice (Poland) | Poland |
| 20191 | Zdravljica - the Message of the European Spring of Nations (Slovenia) | Slovenia |
| 20191 | Werkbund Estates in Europe | Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland |
| 20191 | Lieu de Mémoire du Chambon-sur-Lignon (France) | France |
| 20191 | The Three Brothers (Latvia) | Latvia |
| 20211 | Vučedol Culture Museum and Archaeological Site (Croatia) | Croatia |
| 20211 | Archaeological Site of Nemea (Greece) | Greece |
| 20211 | Thracian Art in Eastern Rhodopes: Aleksandrovo Tomb (Bulgaria) | Bulgaria |
| 20211 | Almadén Mining Park (Spain) | Spain |
| 20211 | Echternach Saint Willibrord Heritage (Luxembourg) | Luxembourg |
| 20211 | Historic Centre of Turaida (Latvia) | Latvia |
| 20211 | Medieval wall painting in the Gemer and Malohont regions (Slovakia) | Slovakia |
| 20211 | The Oderbruch (Germany) | Germany |
| 20211 | Palace of the European Commission of the Danube (Romania) | Romania |
| 20211 | Seminaarinmäki Campus (Finland) | Finland |
| 20211 | Ventotene (Italy) | Italy |
| 20211 | MigratieMuseumMigration (MMM) (Belgium) | Belgium |
| 20231 | Cisterscapes – Cistercian Landscapes Connecting Europe (Austria, Czechia, Germany, Poland, Slovenia) | Austria, Czechia, Germany, Poland, Slovenia |
| 20231 | Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste, Cuacos de Yuste (Spain) | Spain |
| 20231 | Our Lord in the Attic Museum, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | Netherlands |
| 20231 | Royal Theatre Toone, Brussels (Belgium) | Belgium |
| 20231 | The Kalevala - Living Epic Heritage (Finland) | Finland |
| 20231 | Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest (Romania) | Romania |
| 20231 | Sant’Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema (Italy) | Italy |
| 20251 | The Landeszeughaus (Austria) | Austria |
| 20251 | Domain & Royal Museum of Mariemont (Belgium) | Belgium |
| 20251 | Provadia Salt-Production and Urban Centre (Bulgaria) | Bulgaria |
| 20251 | Free Speech Space (Czechia) | Czechia |
| 20251 | Pader Urban River Landscape (Germany) | Germany |
| 20251 | La Nau Cultural Centre (Spain) | Spain |
| 20251 | The industrial heritage of Varkaus (Finland) | Finland |
| 20251 | Rashi of Troyes – Places of Remembrance (France) | France |
| 20251 | Places of Peace (Portugal, Spain, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia and Bulgaria) | Portugal, Spain, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Bulgaria |
| 20251 | Bosco delle Querce (Italy) | Italy |
| 20251 | St. Paul's Catacombs (Malta) | Malta |
| 20251 | Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music (Poland) | Poland |
| 20251 | Lagar Velho Rockshelter (Portugal) | Portugal |
Site names are exactly as the Commission's list gives them, so some include the country and some do not. For three sites whose name gives no country, we took the countries from the Commission's own site page or news release.1 The year is the heading the site sits under on the Commission's page; the Commission announced the 2017 selection on 1 March 2018 and the 2019 selection on 31 March 2020.23
What this page cannot tell you
- The list grows. This is the Commission's list as last updated on 14 April 2026.1 New sites are added in later selections.
- A label is not opening information. It says nothing about opening hours, prices or access; check each site's own information before you go.
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Key takeaways
- The Commission lists 80 European Heritage Label sites, designated between 2013 and 2025.
- 5 sites span more than one country.
- Germany and Poland have the most sites, 8 each, counting shared sites once for each country.
- What we would skip: reading a title as a ranking. These titles reward what a city or site plans or has done for the programme's own aims; they are not ratings of places to visit.
Sources
The list and the description come from the European Commission's European Heritage Label pages, read on 1 October 2026. See how we research.
- European Commission, European Heritage Label sites, with three of its site pages and news releases, used where the list does not name the country. Read it on the Commission's website. Accessed 1 October 2026. © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0; list reformatted and text summarised by Gallivanting Gadabout.
- European Commission, Commission decides to give the European Heritage Label to nine heritage sites (news). Read it on the Commission's website. Accessed 1 October 2026. © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0; list reformatted and text summarised by Gallivanting Gadabout.
- European Commission, Ten new sites awarded with European Heritage Label (news). Read it on the Commission's website. Accessed 1 October 2026. © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0; list reformatted and text summarised by Gallivanting Gadabout.
Changes made. The lists on this page come from the European Commission's pages named under Sources. We reformatted them into tables, added links to our own pages, and summarised the Commission's text in our own words. © European Union; the Commission's content is reused under CC BY 4.0. We use no logos, emblems or images from these pages. Gallivanting Gadabout is not connected with the European Commission, which does not endorse this page. The count by country is our own count from the Commission's list.