This is a list of the most visited national monuments, including palaces, historical monuments and historic 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 Italian, French, and Russian Ministries of Culture.
List National monuments by visitors per year Name Country flag, city Visitors per year Year reported The Forbidden City Beijing 17,000,000+2018 St. Peter's Basilica-Apostolic Palace Vatican City 11,000,0002018 Palace of Versailles Versailles8,100,0002018"La fréquentation des musées et monuments parisiens poursuit sa hausse en 2018", Le Monde, 15 January 2019 Lincoln Memorial Washington, D.C.7,804,6832018 Forum Romanum-Colosseum-Palatine Hill Circuit Rome 7,650,519 2018 Acropolis of Athens-Parthenon Athens 7,200,000 2016 Eiffel Tower Paris 7,000,000 2017 Taj Mahal Agra 6,532,3662019 Fakhar-e-Alam (dir.), India tourism statistics 2019, Ministry of tourism. Hagia Sophia Istanbul6,250,000 2024 Cologne Cathedral Cologne6,000,000 2018 Peterhof Palace Saint Petersburg5,245,9002016 Statue of Unity Kevadiya5,000,000+ 2023Łazienki Palace Warsaw4,966,8582019 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Washington, D.C. 4,719,148 2018 World War II Memorial Washington, D.C.4,652,8652018 Independence National Historical Park Philadelphia4,576,4362018 Sagrada Família Barcelona4,500,0002018 Statue of Liberty National Monument New York City4,335,4312018 Teotihuacán Teotihuacán4,070,0002018 Mysore Palace Mysore 3,861,162 2019 Tsarskoe Selo State Museum-Reserve Saint Petersburg3,694,0002016 Pompeii Pompei, Naples 3,646,585 2018 Topkapı Palace Istanbul3,474,7602023 Wilanów Palace Warsaw3,115,7972019Royal Castle Warsaw2,036,6422024 Schönbrunn Palace Vienna3,050,0002017 Kazan Kremlin Kazan2,893,3002016 Tower of London London2,858,3362018Association of Leading Visitors Attractions (ALVA), April 2019 Alhambra Granada2,760,0002018 Chichén Itzá Yucatán2,740,0002018 Chapultepec Castle Mexico City2,661,6152018 Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias Valencia2,637,5672018 Moscow Kremlin Moscow2,478,6222016 Battle of Stalingrad State Museum-Reserve Volgograd2,359,3002016 Tulum Quintana Roo2,190,0002018 Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum Oświęcim2,053,0002016 Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh 2,111,578 2018ALVA list, 2018 Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba Córdoba 1,953,1332018 Royal Alcázar of Seville Seville1,875,7442018 Wawel Castle Kraków1,587,9992019 Arc de Triomphe Paris 1,583,260 2017 Royal Palace of Madrid Madrid 1,552,481 2018 Dolmabahçe Palace Istanbul 1,500,000 2022 Neuschwanstein Castle Schwangau 1,500,000 2017Deutsche Welle, 19 February 2018 Machu Picchu Cusco 1,411,276 2017 Castillo San Felipe del Morro (San Juan National Historic Site) San Juan 1,400,000 2016
See also List of most visited museums List of most visited art museums List of most visited museums by region
Notes Statistics refer to the fiscal year ending 30 June 2017.
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