The nomination of Hoge Kempen Rural-Industrial Transition Landscape, Belgium, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi, Canada, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criterion (iii);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai'pi is a sacred site in a mixed grassland prairie region on the northern edge of the Great Plains. The Milk River Valley and several “coulees” dominate the topography of this cultural landscape, whose geological features include a concentration of ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region, Czechia and Germany, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief description
The mining region of Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří (Ore Mountains) is located between Saxony (Germany) and the Czechia. The transboundary serial property comprises 22 component parts that represent the spatial, functional, historical and ...
43 COM 8B.27
Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem (Czechia)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem, Czechia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iv) and (v);
Takes note of the provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Landscape is situated in the Střední Polabí area, in the Polabská nížina (Elbe Lowland) geological and economic region. The geological and morphological features of the area facilitated horse breeding and helped in ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Water Management System of Augsburg, Germany, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Water Management System of Augsburg is a sustainable system of water management that evolved in successive phases through the City’s application of innovative hydraulic engineering, demonstrating an exemplary use of water resources over the course of more than seven ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region, Poland, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Krzemionki prehistoric striped flint mining region (in short: Krzemionki) is located in the north-eastern fringe of the Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains in central Poland on both sides of Kamienna River. It is a serial property comprised of four ...
43 COM 8B.30
Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada) (Portugal)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada), Portugal, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iv);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Royal Building of Mafra, today also designated as National Palace of Mafra, consists of a Palace, which integrates a Basilica, with its axial frontispiece uniting the King and the Queen wings, a Convent, the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga, Portugal, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criterion (iv);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Located in the city of Braga, in the North of Portugal, the sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte is built facing west and has expansive views, at times of the ocean itself, overlooking the whole city of Braga, the Bracara Augusta founded in roman ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture, Russian Federation, namely 10 of the 18 nominated serial components: 2.2 “Cathedral of Ioann Predtecha (John the Precursor) of the Ivanovsky Monastery”; 2.3 “Ensemble of the Spaso-Mirozhsky Monastery: the Transfiguration Cathedral”; 2.4 “Ensemble of the Snetogorsky Monastery: the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God”; 2.5 “Church of the Archangel Michael with a bell tower”; 2.6 “Church of Pokrova (Intercession) ot ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape, Spain, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (iii) and (v);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape encompasses a huge central mountainous area on Gran Canaria island, sheltered by the Caldera de Tejeda, and formed of cliffs and ravines, in an area of ...
The nomination of Priorat-Montsant-Siurana, Mediterranean mosaic, agrarian cultural landscape, Spain, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Jodrell Bank Observatory, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (i), (ii), (iv) and (vi);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Jodrell Bank Observatory was important in the pioneering phase and later evolution of radio astronomy. It reflects scientific and technical achievements and interchanges related to the development of entirely new fields of scientific ...
Sites: Jodrell Bank Observatory
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Recalling Decision 41 COM 8B.20 adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
Inscribes the Historic centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace, Azerbaijan, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (v);
Takes note of the provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value;
Brief synthesis
The historic town of Sheki, located in the northern part of modern Azerbaijan, has ancient origins as part of the Caucasian Albania, dating from the 6th century BCE. The ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Inscribes Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene, Italy, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criterion (v);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene in northeast Italy is an area characterised by distinctive hogback morphological system which provides a distinctive mountain character with scenic vistas, and an organically evolved and ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Inscribes The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, United States of America, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (ii);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright focusses upon the influence that the work of this architect had, not only in his country, the United States of America, but more importantly, on architecture of the 20th century and upon the recognized ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Defers the examination of the nomination of The Sunken City of Port Royal – A Relict and Continuing Cultural Landscape, Jamaica, to the World Heritage List in order to allow the State Party, with the advice of ICOMOS and the World Heritage Centre, if requested, to:
Consider the site as a single entity and a relict archaeological landscape which include all the attributes related to 17th century archaeological vestiges, both underwater and terrestrial, of the town destroyed by the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Defers the examination of the nomination of The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá, Panama, in order to allow the State Party, with the advice of ICOMOS and the World Heritage Centre, if requested, to:
Enable the presentation of a revised first stage of the proposal which can meet the requirements of Outstanding Universal Value, and, in particular, to:
Fully implement and operationalise the management system, including the allocation of funds for the planned conservation, ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2.Add,
Recalling Decision 28 COM 14B.8 adopted at its 28th session (Suzhou, 2004),
Approves the proposed minor boundary modification for the Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark;
Requests the State Party to provide further details to the World Heritage Centre by 1 February 2020, for review by IUCN, to clarify the policies that will apply to the local and recreational buffer zones, in particular regarding the scope of development that is anticipated to be permitted;
Also requests the State ...
Sites: Ilulissat Icefjord
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2.Add,
Recalling Decisions 37 COM 7B.29, 39 COM 7B.27, 40 COM 7B.71 and 41 COM 7B.10 adopted at its 37th (Phnom Pen, 2013), 39th (Bonn, 2015), 40th (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016) and 41st (Krakow, 2017) sessions respectively,
Approves the proposed minor boundary modification for Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks, Brazil, however, does not approve the excision of the area at the centre of the Chapada dos Veadeiros component of the property;
Takes note of ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Refers the proposed buffer zone for Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments, France, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
Provide a clear rationale regarding the delineation of the buffer zone, and the reason why some areas are included and others are not,
Provide specific documentation and details regarding building regulations, and how they prevent new buildings to disrupt the historical skyline of the World Heritage property,
Provide the Heritage Impact ...