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Niani
Niani is a village and archaeological site in northeastern Guinea, on the Sankarani River, traditionally the capital and birthplace of Sundiata of the Mali Empire, though archaeology has challenged this.
Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera
Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera: UNESCO World Heritage Site (C 1635), inscribed July 2021, a 522-hectare Nice urban ensemble shaped by cosmopolitan winter tourism from the mid-18th to mid-20th century, including the Promenade des Anglais.
Nicholson Cemetery
Nicholson Cemetery, also known as the Kashmir Gate Cemetery, is a Christian burial ground at Kashmere Gate in Delhi, founded after the 1857 uprising and named for Brigadier General John Nicholson.
Nicia
Nicia (Nicea), ancient road station on the Via Egnatia in Lyncestis, Macedonia, 11 Roman miles from Heraclea; attested in the Antonine Itinerary and Tabula Peutingeriana, possibly identical with Castra/Parembole near Dolenci, candidate site Capari.
Nicolaus Copernicus Monument, Warsaw
The Nicolaus Copernicus Monument (Pomnik Mikołaja Kopernika) is a bronze statue of the astronomer by Bertel Thorvaldsen on Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw, unveiled in 1830.
Niebla Roman Bridge
Puente Romano de Niebla, a Roman bridge over the Río Tinto at Niebla, Huelva, Spain, on the Antonine Itinerary to Itálica and Hispalis; dedicated to Minerva, rebuilt in 1936 after an arch was blown up in the Civil War, a Bien de Interés Cultural.
Niechmirów-Mała Wieś
Niechmirów-Mała Wieś, site 1 near the Warta river in Sieradz province, Poland: a large Lusatian culture and Przeworsk culture cemetery excavated by Anna Kufel-Dzierzgowska's Sieradz museum team, with urn graves from Bronze Age III to the Roman period.
Niederberg
Kastell Niederberg, a Roman auxiliary fort in Koblenz-Niederberg, Germany, on the right bank of the Rhine opposite the Moselle mouth; garrisoned by Cohors VII Raetorum equitata, a 2.8-ha stone fort of 177 x 158 m occupied from the mid-1st to mid-3rd century and excavated in 1895.
Niedernberg
Niedernberg, a Bavarian municipality of about 5,000 in Kreis Miltenberg on the Main, grew from a Roman cohort fort of the Cohors I Ligurum et Hispanorum on the Wet Limes; first recorded 1095, UNESCO World Heritage since 2005.
Nifrel
NIFREL (ニフレル), interactive aquazoo in EXPOCITY, Suita, Osaka; opened November 19, 2015, produced by Kaiyukan; hybrid aquarium-zoo-art museum with eight themed zones, 2,400 yen adult admission, new Poison zone in 2026.
Niger-Mafou
Niger-Mafou, Ramsar site no. 1163 in Guinea, a 1,015,450 ha managed nature reserve designated 17 January 2002 around the Niger and Mafou rivers, home of the endemic fish Arius gigas and on the Montreux Record since 2014 for mining.
Niger-Niandan-Milo
Niger-Niandan-Milo, Ramsar Site 1164 in Guinea's Kankan region, is a 1,399,046 ha wetland of permanent and seasonal rivers, ponds, and marshes on the upper Niger, Niandan, and Milo rivers, designated 17 January 2002, with over 200 fish species.
Niger-Tinkisso
Niger-Tinkisso, Ramsar site no. 1166 in Guinea, a 400,600-hectare managed nature reserve designated 17 January 2002 along the Niger and Tinkisso rivers near Siguiri on the Mali border, known for the rediscovered Derby eland and threats from gold mining.
Nigrinianis/Candidiana
Nigrinianis/Candidiana: Roman mansio and castellum on the right bank of the Danube at Malăk Preslavec, Silistra province, Bulgaria; founded under Domitian, renamed Candidiana under Diocletian, destroyed by Avars and Slavs in the late 6th century.
Nigrum Pullum
Nigrum Pullum (Nigropullo), Roman limes castellum at Zwammerdam, Netherlands, in Germania Inferior. Founded after AD 47 under Corbulo; three building phases; six Roman ships found 1971; burned around 275.
Nike (Monument at Marathon)
Nike (Monument at Marathon): reconstructed crowning statue of a roughly 10 m Pentelic Ionic column on the plain of Marathon, identified by Eugene Vanderpool in 1966, commemorating the Athenian victory of 490 BC and matching Pausanias's white marble trophy.
Nikita Botanical Gardens
Nikita Botanical Gardens (Никитский ботанический сад), founded 1812 near Yalta, Crimea, by Christian von Steven; a historic Russian plant-introduction and fruit-breeding research institution with a 40-ha arboretum, over 11,000 fruit cultivars, and about 700,000 annual visitors.
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India's first biosphere reserve (1 September 1986, UNESCO network 2000), a 5,520 km² Western Ghats reserve in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala with core and buffer zones but no transition zone, high endemism, and human-elephant conflict.
Nine Mile Canyon petroglyphs
The Nine Mile Canyon petroglyphs are prehistoric rock carvings by Fremont and Ute peoples in a 46-mile canyon in eastern Utah, called the world's longest art gallery.
Ningal temple (Khorsabad)
Ningal temple, Khorsabad: one of six 8th-century BCE palace temples of Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin, Iraq, dedicated to the consort of the moon god Sin; excavated by Place and the Oriental Institute, with glazed-brick and bronze decoration.
Ningbo Wildlife Park
Ningbo Wildlife Park (宁波野生动物园), formerly Ningbo Youngor Zoo, is a 1,900-mu, 4A-rated zoo at Dongqian Lake, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, Zhejiang. Opened 2004, it holds 200+ species and nearly 10,000 animals, with China's first boat-based animal viewing and self-drive predator feeding.
Ningde UNESCO Global Geopark
Ningde UNESCO Global Geopark (宁德联合国教科文组织世界地质公园), in Ningde City, northeastern Fujian, China; designated 2010, revalidated 2014 and 2018. Covers about 2,660–2,830 km² with Taimushan, Baishuiyang, Baiyunshan and other areas, known for miarolitic granite, volcanic landforms, and an 80,000 m² bedrock riverbed.
Ninja Kingdom Ise
Ninja Kingdom Ise (ともいきの国 伊勢忍者キングダム), formerly Ise Azuchi-Momoyama Castle Town, is a history theme park in Ise, Mie, Japan, opened 1993 around a full-scale Azuchi Castle replica; closed for renovation since July 23, 2026.
Nino Konis Santana Biosphere Reserve
Nino Konis Santana Biosphere Reserve, in Lautém Municipality, Timor-Leste, designated 5 June 2026 as the country's first UNESCO biosphere reserve, covering the 123,600-hectare Nino Konis Santana National Park with Coral Triangle forests, reefs, and rock art caves.
Ninth Fort
The Ninth Fort (Kauno IX fortas) is a fortress in Kaunas, Lithuania, built from 1903 to 1913, where about 50,000 people were murdered under Nazi occupation.
Niokolo-Koba National Park
Niokolo-Koba National Park is a vast savanna park in southeastern Senegal along the Gambia River, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981, home to one of West Africa's last viable lion populations.
Nisa(ia)/Parthaunisa/Mithradatkert/Shahr-ram-Peroz
Nisa, anciently called Parthaunisa and Mithradatkert, is an archaeological site of two mounds near Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, a leading Parthian city inscribed by UNESCO in 2007.
Nishiyama Zoo
Nishiyama Zoo (西山動物園), Sabae City Nishiyama Zoo, is a free small municipal zoo in Sabae, Fukui, Japan, opened April 1985 with red pandas gifted by Beijing Zoo and Japan's top red panda breeding record.
Nissum Bredning with Harboore and Agger Tange
Nissum Bredning with Harboore and Agger Tange (Ramsar Site 144, Denmark, 1977, 12,786 ha) protects the western Limfjord basin and its two North Sea sand spits, internationally important for geese, waders, and harbour seals.
Nitmiluk National Park
Nitmiluk National Park (Katherine Gorge), NT Australia: Jawoyn-owned, jointly managed park 320 km south of Darwin with 13 sandstone gorges, Leliyn (Edith Falls), and the Jatbula Trail; handback 1989.