Forbidden City, Beijing, China. The most visited monument in Asia, as well as in the world.
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.
Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France.
Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C., U.S.
Colosseum, Rome, Italy.
Parthenon, Athens, Greece
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Peterhof Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

This is a list of the most visited national monuments, including palaces, historical monuments and historic sites. It does not include churches, religious shrines and pilgrimage sites . Sources used to compile the list include an annual survey of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) in the United Kingdom; the U.S. National Park Service list of National Monuments, Patrimonio Nacional of Spain, and the French and Russian Ministries of Culture.

List

National monuments by visitors per year
NameCountry flag, cityVisitors per yearYear reportedNotes
Forbidden CityChina Beijing17,000,000+2018[1]
St. Peter's BasilicaVatican City Vatican City11,000,0002018[2][3]
Palace of VersaillesFrance Versailles8,100,0002018[4]
Lincoln MemorialUnited States Washington, D.C.7,804,6832018[5]
Colosseum-Forum-Palatine Hill CircuitItaly Rome7,650,5192018[6]
Parthenon-AcropolisGreece Athens7,200,0002016[7]
Eiffel TowerFrance Paris7,000,0002017[8]
Taj MahalIndia Agra6,532,3662019 [9]
Cologne CathedralGermany Cologne 6,000,0002018[10]
Peterhof PalaceRussia Saint Petersburg5,245,9002016[11]
Łazienki Palace Poland Warsaw 4,966,858 2019[12]
Vietnam Veterans MemorialUnited States Washington, D.C.4,719,1482018[5]
World War II MemorialUnited States Washington, D.C.4,652,8652018[13]
Independence National Historical ParkUnited States Philadelphia4,576,4362018[5]
Sagrada FamíliaSpain Barcelona4,500,0002018 [14]
Statue of Liberty National MonumentUnited States New York City4,335,4312018[5]
TeotihuacánMexico Teotihuacán4,070,0002018[15]
Mysore PalaceIndia Mysore3,861,1622019[16]
Tsarskoe Selo State Museum-ReserveRussia Saint Petersburg3,694,0002016[11]
PompeiiItaly Naples3,646,5852018 [17]
Wilanów PalacePoland Warsaw3,115,7972019[18]
Schönbrunn PalaceAustria Vienna3,050,0002017[19]
Kazan KremlinRussia Kazan2,893,3002016[11]
Tower of LondonUnited Kingdom London2,858,3362018[20]
AlhambraSpain Granada2,760,0002018[21]
Chichén ItzáMexico Yucatán2,740,0002018[22]
Topkapı PalaceTurkey Istanbul2,720,1192019[23]
Chapultepec CastleMexico Mexico City2,661,6152018[24]
Ciudad de las Artes y las CienciasSpain Valencia2,637,5672018[25]
Statue of UnityIndia Kevadiya2,600,000+2019[26]
Moscow KremlinRussia Moscow2,478,6222016[27]
Battle of Stalingrad State Museum-ReserveRussia Volgograd2,359,3002016[11]
TulumMexico Quintana Roo2,190,0002018[28]
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and MuseumPoland Oświęcim2,053,0002016[29]
Edinburgh CastleUnited Kingdom Edinburgh2,111,5782018[30]
Mosque–Cathedral of CórdobaSpain Córdoba1,953,1332018[31]
Royal Alcázar of SevilleSpain Seville1,875,7442018[32]
Wawel Castle Poland Kraków 1,587,999 2019[18]
Arc de TriompheFrance Paris1,583,2602017
Royal Palace of MadridSpain Madrid1,552,4812018[33]
Neuschwanstein CastleGermany Schwangau1,500,0002017[34]
Machu PicchuPeru Cusco1,411,2762017[35]
Castillo San Felipe del Morro (San Juan National Historic Site)Puerto Rico San Juan1,400,0002016[36]

See also

Notes

^ii Statistics refer to the fiscal year ending 30 June 2017.[37]

References

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  34. ↑ Deutsche Welle, 19 February 2018
  35. ↑ "Machu Picchu recibió 3 mil 800 turistas diarios en 2017" (in Spanish). La República. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
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  37. ↑ "Met Museum Welcomes 7 Million Visitors". Metropolitan Museum of Art. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

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