List of most visited palaces and monuments

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 the Museum Index published by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) and the economics practice at AECOM; and the 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.

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

List
National monuments by visitors per year
NameCountry flag, cityVisitors per yearYear reportedNotes
Forbidden City Beijing17,000,000+2018[1]
St. Peter's Basilica Vatican City11,000,0002018[2][3]
Palace of Versailles Versailles8,100,0002018[4]
Lincoln Memorial Washington, D.C.7,804,6832018[5]
Colosseum-Forum-Palatine Hill Circuit Rome7,650,5192018[6]
Parthenon Athens7,200,0002016[7]
Taj Mahal Agra7,090,2072018 [8]
Eiffel Tower Paris7,000,0002017[9]
Cologne Cathedral Cologne 6,000,0002018[10]
Peterhof Palace Saint Petersburg5,245,9002016[11]
Łazienki Palace Warsaw 4,966,858 2019[12]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Washington, D.C.4,719,1482018[5]
World War II Memorial Washington, D.C.4,652,8652018[13]
Independence National Historical Park Philadelphia4,576,4362018[5]
Sagrada familia Barcelona4,500,0002018 [14]
Statue of Liberty National Monument New York City4,335,4312018[5]
Teotihuacán Teotihuacán4,070,0002018[15]
National Palace Museum[iii] Taipei3,900,0002018[16][17]
Mysore Palace Mysore3,861,1622019[18]
Tsarskoe Selo State Museum-Reserve Saint Petersburg3,694,0002016[11]
Pompeii Naples3,646,5852018 [19]
Musée d'Orsay Paris3,300,0002018[20]
Wilanów Palace Warsaw3,115,7972019[21]
Schönbrunn Palace Vienna3,050,0002017[22]
Kazan Kremlin Kazan2,893,3002016[11]
Tower of London London2,858,3362018[23]
Alhambra Granada2,760,0002018[24]
Chichén Itzá Yucatán2,740,0002018[25]
Chapultepec Castle Mexico City2,661,6152018[26]
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias Valencia2,637,5672018[27]
Statue of Unity Kevadiya2,600,000+2019[28]
Moscow Kremlin Moscow2,478,6222016[29]
Battle of Stalingrad State Museum-Reserve Volgograd2,359,3002016[11]
Tulum Quintana Roo2,190,0002018[30]
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum Oświęcim2,053,0002016[31]
Topkapı Palace Istanbul2,000,0002017[32]
Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh2,111,5782018[33]
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba Córdoba1,953,1332018[34]
Royal Alcázar of Seville Seville1,875,7442018[35]
Wawel Castle Kraków 1,587,999 2019[21]
Arc de Triomphe Paris1,583,2602017
Royal Palace of Madrid Madrid1,552,4812018[36]
Neuschwanstein Castle Hohenschwangau1,500,0002017[37]
Machu Picchu Cusco1,411,2762017[38]
Castillo San Felipe del Morro (Old San Juan Historic Sites) San Juan1,400,0002016[39]

See also
  • List of most visited museums
  • List of most visited art museums
  • List of most visited museums by region

Notes

^ii Statistics refer to the fiscal year ending 30 June 2017.[40]

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