Heritage
Monuments of Afghanistan
8 listed monuments and heritage sites, ordered by significance: designation, photography and recorded history.
part of UNESCO World Herit…4listed sites
Tentative World Heritage S…3listed sites
Ramsar site1listed sites
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
4Buddhas of Bamiyan
Bamyan, Bamyan
daibutsu · Greco-Buddhist art
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
6Herat
Herat, Herat
big city
Tentative World Heritage Site
7Shahr-e Zuhak, Bamyan
Bamyan, Bamyan
historic site
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
8Hamun-e Helmand
Zaranj, Nimroz
intermittent lake
Ramsar site
iDesignations
How sites are protected
| Designation | Sites with a page |
|---|---|
| part of UNESCO World Heritage Site | 4 |
| Tentative World Heritage Site | 3 |
| Ramsar site | 1 |