Property: The Island of Saint-Louis
Id. N°: 956
State Party: Senegal
Criteria: C (ii) (iv)
The Committee decided to inscribe this property on the World Heritage List in the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv):
Criterion (ii): The historic town of Saint-Louis exhibits an important exchange of values and influences on the development of education and culture, architecture, craftsmanship, and services in a large part of West Africa.
Criterion (iv): The Island of Saint-Louis, a former capital of West Africa, is an outstanding example of a colonial city, characterized by its particular ...
Sites: Island of Saint-Louis
Property: The Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve
Id. N°: 973
State Party: Slovakia
Criteria: C (iii) (iv)
The Committee decided to inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv):
Criterion (iii): The fortified town of Bardejov provides exceptionally well preserved evidence of the economic and social structure of trading towns in medieval Central Europe.
Criterion (iv): The plan, buildings, and fortifications of Bardejov illustrate the urban complex that developed in Central Europe in the Middle Ages at major points along the great trade ...
Property: The Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco
Id. N°: 875 Rev
State Party: Spain
Criteria: C (ii) (iii)
The Committee decided to inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iii):
Criterion (ii): The Roman remains of Tárraco are of exceptional importance in the development of Roman urban planning and design and served as the model for provincial capitals elsewhere in the Roman world.
Criterion (iii): Tárraco provides eloquent and unparalleled testimony to a significant stage in the history of the Mediterranean lands ...
Property: The Palmeral of Elche
Id. N°: 930
State Party: Spain
Criteria: C (ii) (v)
The Committee decided to inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (v):
Criterion (ii): The Palmeral (palm groves) of Elche represent a remarkable example of the transference of a characteristic landscape from one culture and continent to another, in this case from North Africa to Europe.
Criterion (v): The palm grove or garden is a typical feature of the North African landscape which was brought to Europe during the Islamic occupation of much of the ...
Sites: Palmeral of Elche
Property: The Roman Walls of Lugo
Id. N°: 987
State Party: Spain
Criteria: C (iv)
The Committee decided to inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iv):
Criterion (iv): The Roman walls of Lugo are the finest surviving example of late Roman military fortifications.
Sites: Roman Walls of Lugo
Property: The Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí
Id. N°: 988
State Party: Spain
Criteria: C (ii) (iv)
The Committee decided to inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and( iv):
Criterion (ii): The significant developments in Romanesque art and architecture in the churches of the Vall de Boí testify to profound cultural interchange across medieval Europe, and in particular across the mountain barrier of the Pyrenees.
Criterion (iv): The Churches of the Vall de Boí are an especially pure and consistent ...
Property: The Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
Id. N°: 989
State Party: Spain
Criteria: C (iii) (v)
The Committee decided to inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (v):
Criterion (iii): The earliest and most abundant evidence of humankind in Europe is to be found in the caves of the Sierra de Atapuerca.
Criterion (v): The fossil remains in the Sierra de Atapuerca constitute an exceptional reserve of information about the physical nature and the way of life of the earliest human communities in Europe.
The Committee noted the change ...
Property: The Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland
Id. N°: 968
State Party: Sweden
Criteria: C (iv) (v)
The Committee decided to inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iv) and (v):
Criterion (iv): The landscape of Southern Öland takes its contemporary form from its long cultural history, adapting to the physical constraints of the geology and topograpy.
Criterion (v): Southern Öland is an outstanding example of human settlement, making the optimum use of diverse landscape types on a single island.
Several delegates, as ...
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The Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzone (Switzerland)
Property: The Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzone
Id. N°: 884
State Party: Switzerland
Criteria: C (iv)
The Committee decided to inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iv):
Criterion (iv): The fortified ensemble of Bellinzone is an outstanding example of a late medieval defensive structure guarding a key strategic Alpine pass.
The Delegate of Italy drew the attention of the Committee to the influence of the Dukes of Milan in the construction of the defensive ...
Property: The Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda
Id. N°: 983
State Party: United Kingdom
Criteria: C (iv)
The Committee decided to inscribe the site on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iv):
Criterion (iv): The Historic Town of St George with its related fortifications is an outstanding example of a continuously occupied, fortified, colonial town dating from the early 17th century and the oldest English town in the New World.
ICOMOS recommended that this property be inscribed on the basis of criteria (iv) and (vi).
The Delegate of ...
Property: The Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
Id. N°: 984
State Party: United Kingdom
Criteria: C (iii) (iv)
The Committee decided to inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv):
Criterion (iii): The Blaenavon landscape constitutes an exceptional illustration in material form of the social and economic structure of 19th century industry.
Criterion (iv): The components of the Blaenavon industrial landscape together make up an outstanding and remarkably complete example of a 19th century industrial landscape.
The Observer of the United ...
Property: The Stone Town of Zanzibar
Id. N°: 173 Rev
State Party: United Republic of Tanzania
Criteria: C (ii) (iii) (vi)
The Committee decided to inscribe this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii) and (vi):
Criterion (ii): The Stone Town of Zanzibar is an outstanding material manifestation of cultural fusion and harmonization.
Criterion (iii): For many centuries there was intense seaborne trading activity between Asia and Africa, and this is illustrated in an exceptional manner by the architecture and urban structure of the Stone ...
Sites: Stone Town of Zanzibar
Property: The Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz
Id. N°: 885
State Party: Uzbekistan
Criteria: C (iii) (iv)
The Committee decided to inscribed this property on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv):
Criterion (iii): Shakhrisyabz contains many fine monuments, and in particular those from the Timurid period, which was of great cultural and political significance in medieval Central Asia.
Criterion (iv): The buildings of Shakhrisyabz, notably the Ak-Sarai Palace and the Tomb of Timur, are outstanding examples of a style which had a profound influence on the ...
Property: Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas
Id. N°: 986
State Party: Venezuela
Criteria: C (i) (iv)
The Committee decided to inscribe the site on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (i) and (iv):
Criterion (i): The Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas is a masterpiece of modern city planning, architecture and art, created by the Venezuelan architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva and a group of distinguished avant-garde artists.
Criterion (iv): The Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas is an outstanding example of the coherent realization of the urban, architectural, and artistic ...
Property: The Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
Id. N°: 777 Bis
State Party: Armenia
Criteria: C (ii) (iv)
The Committee decided to approve the extension of the inscribed property.
Property: The Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple Monastery, Lhasa
Id. N°: 707 Bi
State Party: China
Criteria: C (i) (iv) (vi)
The Committee decided to approve the extension of the inscribed property of the Potala Palace to include the Jokhang Temple Monastery.
The Committee decided to retain the name of the city (Lhasa) in the name of the property.
Property: The Classical Gardens of Suzhou
Id. N°: 813 Bis
State Party: China
Criteria: C (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
The Committee decided to approve the extension of the inscribed property of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou to include the Canglang Pavilion, the Lion Forest Garden, the Garden of Cultivation, the Couple's Garden Retreat, and the Retreat and Reflection Garden.
Sites: Classical Gardens of Suzhou
Property: The Old City of Mostar
Id. N°: 946
State Party: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Criteria: C (iv) (vi)
ICOMOS recommended that this property be inscribed under criteria (iv) and (vi). However, following information received from the UNESCO Office in Sarajevo concerning the threats to the site due to uncontrolled building in the old town and its perimeter, the Committee decided to defer the inscription of this property, in order to allow the State Party to provide more information on the protection of the site. Furthermore, the Committee requested the Secretariat to report on this ...
Property: The Bolgar Historical and Architectural Complex
Id. N°: 981
State Party: Russian Federation
Criteria: C (iii)
The Committee decided that this nomination be deferred to allow the State Party to provide more detailed information about the reconstruction of the Great Minaret, confirmation that the industrial project has been definitively abandoned, and a more detailed comparative analysis, as requested by the twenty-fourth session of the Bureau.
Property: The Abava Valley
Id. N°: Latvia
State Party: 997
The Committee decided not to inscribe this property on the World Heritage List.