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Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1980 Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum MT C EUR 0 130
1980 Megalithic Temples of Malta 1 MT C EUR 3 132
1986 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites GB C EUR 4,985 373
1989 Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi IN C APA 0 524
1993 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne IE C EUR 770 659
1995 Rapa Nui National Park CL C LAC 6,666 715
1995 San Agustín Archaeological Park CO C LAC 0 744
1997 Historic City of Trogir HR C EUR 6 810
1997 Su Nuraxi di Barumini IT C EUR 2 833
1999 Heart of Neolithic Orkney GB C EUR 15 514
2000 Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites KR C APA 52 977
2006 Stone Circles of Senegambia * GM C AFR 10 1226
2006 Stone Circles of Senegambia * SN C AFR 10 1226
2011 Konso Cultural Landscape ET C AFR 23,000 1333
2014 Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís CR C LAC 25 1453
2016 Antequera Dolmens Site ES C EUR 2,446 1501
2016 Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia FM C APA 77 1503
2018 Göbekli Tepe TR C EUR 126 1572
2019 Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars LA C APA 175 1587
2023 Deer Stone Monuments and Related Bronze Age Sites MN C APA 9,769 1621
2023 The Gedeo Cultural Landscape ET C AFR 29,620 1641
Notes

  1. The Committee decided to extend the existing cultural property, the "Temple of Ggantija", to include the five prehistoric temples situated on the islands of Malta and Gozo and to rename the property as "The Megalithic Temples of Malta".

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