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UNESCO World Heritage

UNESCO

After highlighting, between 2014 and 2018, some of the most beautiful listed buildings on the banks of the Seine in Paris, the UNESCO World Heritage collection makes us travel around the world, from Portugal to Japan via France and Greece...

UNESCO's heritage is a territory of immense wealth. Each year, we are keen to honor a site, a place, an art form that has marked its era. In this very special context, it is a great way to travel and discover a piece of the world's universal heritage.

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Depuis plus de 40 ans, l’UNESCO (Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Education, la Science et la Culture) répertorie une liste de sites comme « Patrimoine Mondial ».​

Le but de ce programme est de classer, nommer, et conserver les biens dits culturels ou naturels d’importance pour l’héritage commun de l’humanité. Le programme fut fondé par la Convention concernant la protection du patrimoine mondial, culturel et naturel, adoptée à la conférence générale de l’UNESCO le 16 novembre 1972.  En 2013, plus de 981 biens répartis dans 160 États y sont inscrits. 

Emblematic coins

Monnaie de Paris honors various monuments classified on the Unesco World Heritage list in a series of collection coins. Discover the emblematic coins of this series.

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2025 : Notre-Dame de Paris - Rome Coliseum - Shuri Castle

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In 2025, Monnaie de Paris is dedicating its UNESCO series to three historic monuments: Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, the Coliseum in Rome and Shuri Castle. These buildings, erected in different eras, share a common destiny of grandeur, destruction and rebirth.

2023 : Palace of Pena

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Monnaie de Paris dedicates the UNESCO series to the National Palace of Pena, 185 years after its construction was completed. This magnificent palace is a historic Portuguese building located on one of the peaks of the mountains of Sintra, a city near Lisbon.

2021 : magellan and the manueline age

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The UNESCO World Heritage Collection returns to Portugal in 2021 to mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Ferdinand Magellan.

2020 : olympia

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In 2020, the UNESCO World Heritage collection highlights three classified sites in three different countries. First stop in Greece, in Olympia, with two gold and silver coins that honor the birthplace of the Olympic Games.

2020 : mount saint-michel

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In 2020, the UNESCO World Heritage collection highlights three classified sites in three different countries. After Olympia in Greece, it is Mont Saint-Michel that is highlighted on two gold and silver coins.

2020 : mount fuji

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In 2020, the UNESCO World Heritage collection highlights four classified sites in four different countries. After Olympia in Greece and Mont Saint-Michel in France, we are going to Japan with three gold and silver coins that highlight Mount Fuji.