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[[File:Forbidden City Beijing Shenwumen Gate.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Forbidden City]], [[Beijing]], China. The most visited monument in Asia, as well as in the world.]]

[[File:Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano September 2015-1a.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[St. Peter's Basilica]], Vatican City.]]

[[File:Parc chateau versailles.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Palace of Versailles]], [[Versailles]], France.]]

[[File:Lincoln Memorial (May 2014) crop.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Lincoln Memorial]], [[Washington D.C.]], U.S.]]

[[File:Colosseo 2008.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Colosseum]], [[Rome]], Italy.]]

[[File:The Parthenon in Athens.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Parthenon, [[Athens]], Greece]]

[[File:Tour Eiffel Wikimedia Commons (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|[[Eiffel Tower]], [[Paris]], France]]

[[File:Taj Mahal (Edited).jpeg|thumb|right|200px|[[Taj Mahal]], [[Agra]], India]]

[[File:Grand Cascade in Peterhof 01.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Peterhof Palace]], [[St. Petersburg]], Russia]]

This is a list of the most visited national [[monument]]s, including palaces, historical monuments and historic sites. It does not include churches, religious shrines and pilgrimage sites {{Inconsistent|reason=There are churches in the list.}}. 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==

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="5" |National monuments by visitors per year

|-

! Name !! Country flag, city !! data-sort-type="number"|Visitors per year !! Year reported !! Notes

|-

| [[Forbidden City]]||{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Beijing]] ||17,000,000+||2018<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201812/18/WS5c18883da3107d4c3a00170b.html |title=Beijing's Forbidden City ranks most visited museum in the world |language=en |publisher=[[China Daily]] |accessdate=12 May 2019}}</ref> ||

|-

| [[St. Peter's Basilica]]||{{flagicon|VAT}} [[Vatican City]] ||11,000,000||2018<ref>{{cite web |title=In crescita il turismo religioso. San Pietro a Roma accoglie ogni anno 11 milioni di visitatori |url=https://italoamericano.org/story/2019-10-4/turismoreligioso-italia#:~:text=L'Italia%20%C3%A8%20meta%20classica,milioni%20di%20presenze%20nella%20Penisola. |website=italoamericano.org |accessdate=3 July 2020 |language=en |date=4 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The World's Most-visited Tourist Attractions |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/landmarks-monuments/worlds-most-visited-tourist-attractions |website=Travel + Leisure |accessdate=3 July 2020 |language=EN}}</ref> ||

|-

| [[Palace of Versailles]] ||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]]||8,100,000||2018<ref>"La fréquentation des musées et monuments parisiens poursuit sa hausse en 2018", ''Le Monde'', 15 January 2019</ref> ||

|-

| [[Lincoln Memorial]]||{{flagicon|US}} [[Washington, D.C.]]||7,804,683||2018<ref name = nps>{{cite web|publisher =U.S. National Park Service |website = irma.nps.gov|title = Annual Park Ranking Report for Recreation Visits in: 2018|url = https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/National%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Ranking%20Report%20(1979%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)}}</ref> ||

|-

| [[Colosseum]]-Forum-Palatine Hill Circuit || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rome]] || 7,650,519 || 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/arteconomy/2019-02-15/nel-2018-musei-statali-5-milioni-visitatori-e-354-milioni--introiti--190853.shtml?uuid=ABtKwvUB|title=Nel 2018 nei musei statali +5 milioni di visitatori e +35,4 milioni di introiti|author=|date=|website=Il Sole 24 ORE|accessdate=18 February 2019}}</ref> ||

|-

| [[Parthenon]] || {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Athens]] ||7,200,000|| 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-the-parthenon/l?uuid=ABtKwvUB|title=Interesting facts about the Parthenon|date=10 January 2016|accessdate=19 April 2019}}</ref> ||

|-

| [[Eiffel Tower]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paris]] ||7,000,000|| 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/the-monument/key-figures|title=The Eiffel Tower at a glance|date=2019|accessdate=4 February 2020}}</ref> ||

|-

| [[Taj Mahal]] || {{flagicon|India}} [[Agra]] ||6,532,366||2019 <ref>Fakhar-e-Alam (dir.), ''[https://tourism.gov.in/sites/default/files/2020-04/India%20Tourism%20Statistics%202019.pdf India tourism statistics 2019]'', Ministry of tourism.</ref> ||

|-

| [[Cologne Cathedral]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Cologne]]

||6,000,000|| 2018<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.koelner-dom.de/erleben/der-dom-in-zahlen|title=Der Dom in Zahlen|trans-title=The cathedral in numbers|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref> ||

|-

| [[Peterhof Palace]]||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Saint Petersburg]]||5,245,900||2016<ref name="MKSTATrussia">{{cite news |url=http://mkstat.ru/upload/statdoc/20180116.pdf |title=Статистика культуры 2016 |language=ru |page=40 |publisher=[[Ministry of Culture (Russia)]] |accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref> ||

|-

|[[Łazienki Palace]]

|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Warsaw]]

|4,966,858

|2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stat.gov.pl/obszary-tematyczne/kultura-turystyka-sport/kultura/kultura-w-2019-roku,2,17.html|title = Kultura w 2019 roku}}</ref>

|

|-

| [[Vietnam Veterans Memorial]]|| {{flagicon|US}} [[Washington, D.C.]]|| 4,719,148 || 2018<ref name="nps" />||

|-

| [[National World War II Memorial|World War II Memorial]]||{{flagicon|US}} [[Washington, D.C.]]||4,652,865||2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/management/statistics.htm |title=Park Statistics |publisher=Independence National Historical Park |accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Independence National Historical Park]]||{{flagicon|US}} [[Philadelphia]]||4,576,436||2018<ref name="nps" />||

|-

| [[Sagrada Família]]|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Barcelona]]||4,500,000||2018 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metropoliabierta.com/el-pulso-de-la-ciudad/en-la-calle/la-sagrada-familia-el-monumento-mas-visitado-de-barcelona_13081_102.html|title = La Sagrada Família, el monumento más visitado de Barcelona}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Statue of Liberty National Monument]]||{{flagicon|US}} [[New York City]]||4,335,431||2018<ref name="nps" />||

|-

| [[Teotihuacán]]||{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Teotihuacán]]||4,070,000||2018<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/teotihuacan-y-tulum-pierden-visitantes-premium|title=List |website=www.eluniversal.com.mx|date=31 March 2019 |access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Mysore Palace]]|| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mysore]]|| 3,861,162 || 2019<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/mysuru-tourism-sector-records-slight-downturn/article27041946.ece|date=6 May 2019|title=Mysuru tourism sector records slight downturn|newspaper=The Hindu|last1=Kumar|first1=R. Krishna}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Tsarskoye Selo|Tsarskoe Selo State Museum-Reserve]]||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Saint Petersburg]]||3,694,000||2016<ref name="MKSTATrussia" />||

|-

| [[Pompeii]]|| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Naples]]|| 3,646,585 || 2018 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/arteconomy/2019-02-15/nel-2018-musei-statali-5-milioni-visitatori-e-354-milioni--introiti--190853.shtml?uuid=ABtKwvUB|title=Nel 2018 nei musei statali +5 milioni di visitatori e +35,4 milioni di introiti|author=|date=|website=Il Sole 24 ORE|accessdate=18 February 2019}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Wilanów Palace]]||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Warsaw]]||3,115,797||2019<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://stat.gov.pl/obszary-tematyczne/kultura-turystyka-sport/kultura/kultura-w-2019-roku,2,17.html|title = Kultura w 2019 roku}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Schönbrunn Palace]]|| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Vienna]]||3,050,000||2017<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wienkultur.info/page.php?id=98 |title=Wien Besucherzahlen |trans-title=Vienna Visitor Statistics |language=de |accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Kazan Kremlin]]|||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Kazan]]||2,893,300||2016<ref name="MKSTATrussia" />||

|-

| [[Tower of London]]||{{flagicon|UK}} [[London]]||2,858,336||2018<ref>Association of Leading Visitors Attractions (ALVA), April 2019</ref>||

|-

| [[Alhambra]]||{{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Granada]]||2,760,000||2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/granada/sevi-alhambra-granada-bate-record-visitantes-201902251442_noticia.html|title=Data |website=sevilla.abc.es|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Chichén Itzá]]||{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Yucatán]]||2,740,000||2018<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/teotihuacan-y-tulum-pierden-visitantes-premium|title=Visit list |website= www.eluniversal.com.mx|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Topkapı Palace]]||{{Flagicon|TUR}} [[Istanbul]]||2,720,119||2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Most visited museums in Istanbul 2019 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/921307/most-visited-museums-in-istanbul/ |website=Statista |access-date=4 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> ||

|-

| [[Chapultepec Castle]]||{{Flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico City]]||2,661,615||2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2019/06/19/los-10-museos-mas-visitados-en-mexico/ |title= Info list|website=www.infobae.com|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias]]|||{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Valencia]]||2,637,567||2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.levante-emv.com/valencia/2019/01/02/ciudad-ciencias-supera-2-millones/1816127.html |title= List |website=www.levante-emv.com|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Statue of Unity]]||{{flagicon|India}} [[Kevadiya]]||2,600,000+ ||2019<ref>{{cite web| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/in-11-months-sou-got-26-lakh-visitors/articleshow/71712391.cms |title=In 11 months, Statue of Unity got 26 lakh visitors |language=en |publisher=[[Times of India]] |accessdate=23 October 2019}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Moscow Kremlin]]||{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Moscow]]||2,478,622||2016<ref name="artnewspaper">{{cite web |url=https://www.museus.gov.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20170406-CPAI-Ranking2016Pub-Comp-.pdf |title=Visitor Figures 2016 |publisher=The Art Newspaper Review |date=April 2017 |accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Battle of Stalingrad]] State Museum-Reserve||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Volgograd]]||2,359,300||2016<ref name="MKSTATrussia" />||

|-

| [[Tulum]]||{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Quintana Roo]]||2,190,000||2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/teotihuacan-y-tulum-pierden-visitantes-premium |title= Info list|website=www.eluniversal.com.mx|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum]]||{{Flagicon|POL}} [[Oświęcim]]||2,053,000||2016<ref name="TEA-AECOM">{{cite web |url=https://www.aecom.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2016-ThemeMuseum-Index.pdf |title=TEA-AECOM 2016 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report |pages=68–73 |publisher=[[Themed Entertainment Association]] |accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref> ||

|-

| [[Edinburgh Castle]]||{{flagicon|UK}} [[Edinburgh]] || 2,111,578 || 2018<ref>ALVA list, 2018</ref> ||

|-

| [[Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba]]||{{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]] ||1,953,133||2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/noticia-mezquita-catedral-cordoba-vuelve-batir-record-visitantes-mas-1950000-20190201123638.html|title= Info list|website=www.europapress.es|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref> ||

|-

| [[Royal Alcázar of Seville]]|||{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Seville]]||1,875,744||2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/sevilla-00357/noticia-alcazar-sevilla-cierra-2018-record-visitantes-recibir-mas-18-millones-20190113123358.html|title= Info list|website=www.europapress.es|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref> ||

|-

|[[Wawel Castle]]

|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Kraków]]

|1,587,999

|2019<ref name=":0" />

|

|-

| [[Arc de Triomphe]]|| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paris]]|| 1,583,260 || 2017 ||

|-

| [[Royal Palace of Madrid]]|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Madrid]]|| 1,552,481 || 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hoyesarte.com/artes-visuales/mas-de-tres-millones-y-medio-de-visitas-a-los-monasterios-y-palacios-de-patrimonio-nacional_260265/|title= Info list|website=www.hoyesarte.com|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Neuschwanstein]] Castle || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Schwangau]]|| 1,500,000 || 2017<ref>''Deutsche Welle'', 19 February 2018</ref>||

|-

| [[Machu Picchu]]|| {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Cusco]]|| 1,411,276 || 2017<ref name="peru">{{cite news |url=https://larepublica.pe/economia/1208706-machupicchu-recibio-3-mil-800-turistas-diarios-en-2017 |title=Machu Picchu recibió 3 mil 800 turistas diarios en 2017 |publisher=La República |date=9 March 2018 | language=Spanish |accessdate=15 November 2018}}</ref>||

|-

| [[Castillo San Felipe del Morro]] ([[San Juan National Historic Site]]) || {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] || 1,400,000 || 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/nota/fortificacionesdelviejosanjuanrecibensobre14millonesdevisitas-2305552/|title= Info list|website=www.elnuevodia.com|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref> ||

|}

==See also==

*[[List of most visited museums]]

*[[List of most visited art museums]]

*[[List of most visited museums by region]]

==Notes==

{{note|ii|ii}} Statistics refer to the fiscal year ending 30 June 2017.<ref name=met>{{cite web |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/press/news/2017/2017-annual-attendance |title=Met Museum Welcomes 7 Million Visitors |publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] |date=11 July 2017 |accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref>

==References==

{{Reflist}}

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[[:Category:Lists of art museums and galleries]]

[[:Category:Lists of museums]]

[[:Category:Lists of palaces]]

[[:Category:Lists of monuments and memorials]]

[[:Category:Tourism-related lists of superlatives|Palaces and monuments]]