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New Inscribed Properties
http://whc.unesco.org/en/newproperties/
34 new sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List Thirty-four new sites (five natural and twenty-nine cultural properties) were added to UNESCO's prestigious World Heritage list at the 28th session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Suzhou (China) from 28 June to 7 July ...
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Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (972)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/972
Five hundred years of Ryukyuan history (12th-17th century) are represented by this group of sites and monuments. The ruins of the castles, on imposing elevated sites, are evidence for the social structure over much of that period, while the sacred sites provide mute ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee Inscribes 31 New Sites on the World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/143
Helsinki, Finland - 14 December 2001. The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Helsinki since December 11, has inscribed 31 new sites on the World Heritage List. The List now numbers 721 sites of "outstanding universal value" in 124 countries. For the first time, sites in ...
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[Activity] The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/504
The mid ocean ridge systems are the largest geological features on the planet. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is a mostly underwater mountain range in the Atlantic Ocean that runs from 87°N -about 333km south of the North Pole- to subantarctic Bourvet island at 54°S. The MAR ...
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[Tentative Lists] Extension Project of Classical Gardens of Suzhou: Classical Gardens of Suzhou and Historical Street Blocks
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5348
The Pingjiang historical and cultural street block N 31 18, E 120 38The historical and cultural street block of the Humble Administrator's Garden N 31 19, E 120 37The Shantang historical and cultural street block N 31 19, E 120 35The ancient city of Suzhou occupies an ...
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[Activity] Cultural Landscape
http://whc.unesco.org/en/culturallandscape
There exist a great variety of Landscapes that are representative of the different regions of the world. Combined works of nature and humankind, they express a long and intimate relationship between peoples and their natural environment. Table of Contents History and ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/gb
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandLa Chaussée des Géants et sa côte, N, 369. 1986 Cathédrale et château de Durham, C, 370. 1986 Gorge d'Ironbridge, C, 371. 1986 Parc de Studley Royal avec les ruines de l'abbaye de Fountains, C, 372. 1986 Stonehenge, C, ...
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[Activity] The Executive Committee and the Trust Fund of the International Campaign
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/174
Executive Committee Executive Committee as a control panel for the large amount of activities undertaken within the framework of the International Campaign, an Executive Committee was created in 1960 (C 11 Res. 4.4141 and 4.4142, 1960) and modified in regard to ...
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[News] Director-General urges military forces engaged in Libya to refrain from endangering cultural heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/730
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today called on both Libya and the coalition of States implementing a no-fly zone over the country to respect the Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954) and its two (1954 and ...
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[Activity] World Heritage Youth Forum (2002) Russia
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/138
International World Heritage Youth Forum : first WHY Forum organized in Russian Federation at Velikiy Novgorod, 24-29 August 2002. The working program of the Forum included three round tables: Associated Schools of UNESCO - Integration of the Experience of Dealing ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee Inscribes 61 New Sites on World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/184
Cairns - UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, meeting since November 27 in Cairns, Australia, has inscribed 61 new cultural and natural sites on the World Heritage. The List now has 690 sites of "exceptional universal value" in 122 countries. Sites in Azerbaijan, Malaysia, ...
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[Activity] World Heritage Youth Forum (2001)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/141
Karslkrona, Sweden3-8 September 2001 Objectives The 10th World Heritage Youth Forum Theme was: " Both sides of the coin - how the dark and light sides of my World Heritage can become keys to understand the present and the future" The Youth Forum aimed at deepening the ...
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Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (1200)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1200
The site consists of two separate elements, containing outstanding vestiges dating back to Greek and Roman times: The Necropolis of Pantalica contains over 5,000 tombs cut into the rock near open stone quarries, most of them dating from the 13th to 7th centuries BC. Vestiges ...
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[Partners] Spanish Funds-in-Trust
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sfit
The heritage-related Cooperation Agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and UNESCO was signed in Paris on 18 April 2002 by Mr Francisco Villar, Spanish Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura. Spain adopted ...
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[News] World Heritage Alliance launched
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/202
United Nations Foundation and Expedia announced the launch of the World Heritage Alliance, an innovative joint initiative to promote sustainable tourism and awareness of World Heritage sites and communities around the world.  This partnership believes conscientious travelers ...
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[News] Google and UNESCO announce alliance to provide virtual visits of several World Heritage sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/570
Sites of outstanding universal value inscribed on the World Heritage List - the Palace of Versailles in France, the historic centre of Prague in the Czech Republic and the old town of Cáceres in Spain, for example - can now be explored online by internet users around ...
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[Tentative Lists] Arbel (arbel, nebe shueb, horns of hittim)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1475
These three elements provide an integrated and contiguous site.Arbel The ancient settlement of Arbel is located in the eastern Lower Galilee, a recognized site of early Torah scholars during the Second Temple period where places of Jewish study were built. Arbel is also ...
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire (430)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/430
The ‘Roman Limes’ represents the border line of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent in the 2nd century AD. It stretched over 5,000 km from the Atlantic coast of northern Britain, through Europe to the Black Sea, and from there to the Red Sea and across North ...
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[Activity] World Heritage Sites and Biosphere Reserves
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/497
Sites on the World Heritage List are cultural, natural or mixed properties recognized by the World Heritage Committee has being of outstanding universal value. Biosphere Reserves are areas of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems which are internationally recognized within the ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Rise of Systematic Biology
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5491
"The Rise of Systematic Biology" is a tentative serial nomination of thirteen sites in eight countries (see Table 1), suggested by Sweden, representing the foundation of the science of systematic biology. The sites together form the arena where the science developed strongly ...
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[Tentative Lists] Ancient Porcelain Kiln Site in China: The Yue-Kiln Site at Shanglin Lake
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5331
The Yue-Kiln sites at Shanglin Lake are widely regarded as the origin of Chinese porcelain, as well as the centre for producing Yue-kiln celadon in the Tang and Song dynasties. The so far discovered 179 sites are distributed closely to each other with four lakes nearby. Yue ...
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[Tentative Lists] Daegokcheon Stream Petroglyphs
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5486
Coordinates: Bangudae Petroglyphs: N35 36 50 E129 10 28 Petroglyphs in Cheonjeon-ri: N35 36 53 E129 10 25   The Daegokcheon Stream Petroglyphs are a work of inscribed rock art engraved on three-kilometerlong cliffs located in the Daegokcheon Stream, which include the ...
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Fujian Tulou (1113)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1113
Fujian Tulou is a property of 46 buildings constructed between the 15th and 20th centuries over 120 km in south-west of Fujian province, inland from the Taiwan Strait. Set amongst rice, tea and tobacco fields the Tulou are earthen houses. Several storeys high, they are built ...
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[News] New properties to be added to World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/63
Forty-eight sites will be considered for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List of outstanding cultural and natural sites during the 28th session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, which will meet at the Urban Planning Convention Center in Suzhou (China) from June 28 ...
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[News] New Sites to be Inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/132
Forty-two new sites will be proposed for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List during the 29th session of the World Heritage Committee scheduled for July 10-17 at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Durban, South Africa. Extensions will be proposed for nine ...
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[News] 21st Session of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee, 23-28 june 1997
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/137
The twenty-first session of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee was held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 23 to 28 June 1997. The seven Bureau members, Australia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco and Niger, were joined by observer delegations from ...
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[News] Canadian fossil park, an Icelandic volcanic island and archipelago in Yemen among sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/451
The World Heritage Committee, meeting for its 32nd session, inscribed 13 new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in the afternoon and evening of 7 July. The nomination of new sites for inscription on the World Heritage List will continue tomorrow morning, 8 July.The ...
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[News] 'The World's Heritage' co-published by UNESCO and Harper Collins
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/555
The most complete guide to World Heritage sites has been co-published by UNESCO and Harper Collins with the title The World's Heritage: A unique guide to every UNESCO World Heritage site. The world's outstanding cultural and natural treasures are included with detailed ...
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[Event] World Heritage: Science and Technology. An Expert Workshop in the Framework of the Global Strategy for a Balanced and Representative World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/468
The outcome of this meeting shall contribute to the development of guidelines and criteria for the review of sites of interest for the heritage of science and technology on the World Heritage List.The pursuit and application of knowledge underlie all human achievements, many ...
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[Activity] For More information on Youth involvement
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/480
Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS)UNESCO House31 rue François Bonvin75732 Paris cedex 15, FranceTel. : 33 (0)1.45 68 49 36Fax : 33 (0)1.42 73 05 21ccivs@unesco.orghttp://ccivs.org/ United Nations Volunteers (UNV)UNV.Postfach 260 ...
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Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (707)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/707
The Potala Palace, winter palace of the Dalai Lama since the 7th century, symbolizes Tibetan Buddhism and its central role in the traditional administration of Tibet. The complex, comprising the White and Red Palaces with their ancillary buildings, is built on Red Mountain ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee adopts strategy on heritage and climate change
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/262
The World Heritage Committee on Monday adopted the recommendations on ways to respond to the threat of climate change to many World Heritage sites such as Mount Everest (Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal), Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Venice (Italy)."This is the ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee to meet in Brasilia to inscribe new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/627
The World Heritage Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List when it meets for its 34th session in Brasilia (Brazil), from 25 July to 3 August. During this year’s session - to be chaired by João Luiz ...
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[Tentative Lists] Mining Historical Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5139
  ANDALUSIA 1. Mining basins on the Tinto River (37" 41'N 1 6" 35' W) and the Tharsis River (37" 36' N l 7" 07' W) (HUELVA) Minerals from the Tinto River, Tharsis and Zarza mines are mainly poly-metallic sulphurous masses composed of ...
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[Tentative Lists] Rjukan/Notodden and Odda/Tyssedal Industrial Heritage Sites, Hydro Electrical Powered Heavy Industries with associated Urban Settlements (Company Towns) and Transportation System
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5472
Rjukan/Notodden Coordinates: Westernmost point (Vemork): N59 52 E8 29      Northernmost point (Håkanes): N59 56 E8 50 Southernmost point & Easternmost point (Notodden Railway Station): N59 29 E9 20     The industrial town (site) ...
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[Tentative Lists] Fagaloa Bay - Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5090
The consideration of the Fagaloa Bay- Uafato/Tiavea conservation zone as a mixed site is based on its unique physical landscape and close relationship with the traditional way of living. The Faa-Samoa (Samoan way of life) governs the interaction between the people and their ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Ancient Capitals of the Kingdom of Tonga
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5167
The property consists of two archaeological sites:-Ha'amonga ‘a Mau'i Historic Park at Heketā near Niutoua;Ancient Royal Tombs at Lapaha in the village of Mu'aHa'amonga ‘a Mau'i Historic ParkAccording to oral traditions which have subsequently been ...
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[News] 25th Session of the World Heritage Committee opens in Helsinki, Finland
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/172
Helsinki, Finland - The World Heritage Committee opened its 25th annual session in Helsinki, Finland, on Tuesday, 11 December. The meeting, hosted by the Finnish Government, was opened by the Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura; the President of Finland, Ms Tarja ...
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[News] Thirteenth General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/173
Paris - The Thirteenth General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention will take place this week at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The bi-annual two-day meeting, which opens Tuesday, is an opportunity for all of the countries which have signed the ...
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[News] Experts discuss World Heritage and Climate Change; results to be submitted to World Heritage Committee in July
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/240
A two-day expert meeting on World Heritage and Climate Change successfully concluded at UNESCO Headquarters on Friday, bringing together over 50 representatives from the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, various international organizations, non-governmental ...
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[News] Thirty-nine properties to be considered for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/634
Thirty-nine nominations from 33 countries will be considered for inscription on UNESCO's World Heritage List during the meeting of the World Heritage Committee underway in Brasilia. Three of the countries - Marshall Islands, Kiribati and Tajikistan - have no properties ...
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[Tentative Lists] Two citadels in Sinai from the Saladin period (Al-Gundi and Phataoh's island)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1828
Historical framework: Saladin (Salah ad-din al Ayyubi) the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1174-1260) is one of the greatest sovereigns in the history of Islam. In 1171, he managed to put an end to the Shiite Fatimid caliphate in Cairo (979-1171), to re-establish Sunnism ...
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[Tentative Lists] Fortress Town of Palmanova
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1154
The fortress town of Palmanova, among the more important and better preserved examples of late Renaissance military architecture, was built by order of the Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia in 1593. A better understanding of the reasons that induced the Venetians to erect ...
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Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (823)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/823
When Emmanuel-Philibert, Duke of Savoy, moved his capital to Turin in 1562, he began a vast series of building projects (continued by his successors) to demonstrate the power of the ruling house. This outstanding complex of buildings, designed and embellished by the leading ...
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[News] Iran's Ancient City of Bam among the 34 new sites inscribed on World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/68
The rich archaeological remains of the Iranian city of Bam, where 26,000 lost their lives in the earthquake of December 26, 2003, was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, alongside 12 other new cultural sites listed today by the World Heritage Committee holding its ...
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[News] Mostar, Macao and Biblical vestiges in Israel are among the 17 cultural sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/135
Durban (South Africa) – The World Heritage Committee, chaired by Themba Wakashe, South Africa’s Deputy Director-General for Heritage and National Archives, today inscribed 17 cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The World Heritage List now ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee Inscribes 48 New Sites on Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/165
Marrakesh - UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, meeting since November 29 in Marrakesh (Morocco), has inscribed 48 new cultural and natural sites on the World Heritage List. The List now has 630 sites of "exceptional universal value" in 118 countries. Sites in South Africa, ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee to meet in Seville to review state of conservation of 178 sites and add new sites on List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/509
The World Heritage Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List when it meets for its 33rd session in Seville, Spain, from 22 to 30 June. During this year's session - to be chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, ...
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National Mapping Agencies
http://whc.unesco.org/en/mapagencies/
This list is compiled from R.B. Parry and C.R. Perkins, "World Mapping Today", 2nd edition (Bowker-Saur, 2000). For the most recent updates to many of the addresses on this page, please see the contact information provided by the SALB project of the UN Geographic Information ...
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[Tentative Lists] Hoge Kempen Rural - Industrial Transition Landscape
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5623
Geographically, the Hoge Kempen area covers the following municipalities partly or as a whole: As, Dilsen-Stokkem, Genk, Lanaken, Maaseik, Maasmechelen, Opglabbeek and Zutendaal. At the heart of the area lies Hoge Kempen National Park, which is surrounded by more forests, ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Cape Winelands Cultural Landscape
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5455
Situated withinan area bound by: S34 16 E18 34 ; S33 28 E18 34, S33 16 E 20 19  The Cape Winelands cultural landscape is situated in the extreme south-western corner of the African continent in the immediate vicinity of and adjacent to Cape Town, the capital of the ...
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[Tentative Lists] Hill Forts of Rajasthan
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5583
Chittorgarh Fort N24 54 E74 42 Kumbhalgarh Fort N25 10 E73 50 Gagron Fort N24 36 E76 9 Ranthambore Fort N26 30 E76 26 Amber Fort N26 59 E75 52 Jalor Fort N25 20 E72 36 Bala Kila Fort N27 34 E76 36 The 'Hill Forts of Rajasthan' are serial property formed by 7 sites in the ...
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[Tentative Lists] Alexandria, ancient remains and the new library
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1822
In 332 BC, Alexander the Great who was welcomed as a liberator, first went to Memphis, the capital of Pharaonic Egypt, to honour the Egyptian gods and to receive the royal investiture as Pharaoh, then to the village of Rakhotis to the west of the delta near the ...
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Contacts
http://whc.unesco.org/en/contacts/
The World Heritage Centre United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP, France Tel: +33-(0)1-45 68 24 96 Fax: +33-(0)1-45 68 55 70 E-Mail: wh-info@unesco.org Technical support: wh-support@unesco.org Staff & ...
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Periodic Reporting - Europe and North America
http://whc.unesco.org/en/153
Every six years the States Parties of Europe and North America are invited to submit to the World Heritage Committee a Periodic Report on the application of the World Heritage Convention , including information on the state of conservation of the World Heritage properties ...
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[News] Summary Report of the First Day of the Thirteenth General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/153
Paris. The General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention opened Tuesday, 30 October 2001 at 10 a.m. in the presence of the majority of the States Parties to the Convention. After the opening of the session by Mounir Bouchenaki, UNESCO ADG Culture and ...
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[News] Chairman of World Heritage Committee Named as Candidate for post of Director-General of UNESCO
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/183
Paris - UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board - whose 157th session opened on October 5 - today nominated, in the third round of voting, Koichiro Matsuura as its candidate for the post of UNESCO Director-General, to replace the present Director General Federico Mayor at the end ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee to inscribe new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/261
Thirty-seven new sites will be proposed for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List during the 30th session of the World Heritage Committee scheduled for July 8-16 in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. The President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus; the Director-General of ...
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[News] Giant panda sanctuaries and Tequila-producing area of Mexico among the eight new sites added to World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/266
The World Heritage Committee Wednesday added eight new sites and one extension to UNESCO's World Heritage List and removed the archaeological site of Tipasa (Algeria) from the List of World Heritage in Danger. The Committee will continue discussing new sites for ...
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[News] A Virtual Tour of World Heritage Sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/280
On the occasion of Journees Europeennes du Patrimoine (European Heritage Days), and as part of the UNESCO-Vocations Patrimoine Fellowships programme for World Heritage managers established in January 2006, which provides fellowships to current and future managers of World ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee inscribes seven cultural sites on World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/642
The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has inscribed sites in Saudi Arabia, Australia, India, Islamic Republic of Iran and, for the first time, a site in the Marshall Islands, as well as the Republic of Korea on the UNESCO World Heritage List.   The latest ...
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[News] Conservation of World Heritage sites under scrutiny: World Heritage Committee meets to examine World Heritage List and inscribe new sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/760
The future of the World Heritage Convention ahead of its 40th anniversary next year and the growing challenges of heritage preservation were the key themes of the opening addresses of the 35th session of the World Heritage Committee at UNESCO in Paris today. The session will ...
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[Event] Climate Change and World Heritage: Expert Meeting
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/301
The impacts of climate change are affecting many natural and cultural World Heritage properties, and are likely to affect many more in the years to come. Among the Natural Sites under stress, we find the Great Barrier Reef (Australia), the Kilimanjaro National Park ...
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[Event] Linking Universal and Local Values: Managing a Sustainable Future for World Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/421
These conclusions and recommendations were agreed upon by the participants at the conference Linking Universal and Local Values: Managing a Sustainable Future for World Heritage (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22-24 May 2003). The conference was attended by representatives from ...
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[Event] 3rd plenary session of the International Co-ordination Committee for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Iraq (ICC)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/444
Following the 167th session of the Executive Board, the Director-General of UNESCO was authorized to create an International Co-ordination Committee for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Iraq. Its first session was held on 24- 25 May, 2004 and the second on 22 - ...
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[Event] Periodic Reporting meeting for Western, Nordic-Baltic and Mediterranean Europe
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/925
In the framework of the implementation of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting exercise in Europe and North America, the national Focal Points for Periodic Reporting from Nordic, Baltic, Western and Mediterranean Europe shall meet in Berlin from 24 to 26 September ...
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World Heritage n°60 World Heritage in the Gulf Region
http://whc.unesco.org/en/review/60
This special issue is devoted entirely to World Heritage sites belonging to members of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. It thus offers a unique opportunity to discover the rich cultural and natural heritage of a region that embraces Bahrain, Oman and ...
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[Tentative Lists] Trowulan - Former Capital City of Majapahit Kingdom
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5466
The Trowulan site is the only city site of the Hindu-Budha classical age in Indonesia that can still be found. The site covers an area of 11 km x 9 km, which includes the Districts of Trowulan and Sooko within the Regency of Mojokerto and the Districts of Mojoagung and ...
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[Tentative Lists] VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Jelling mounds, runic stones, palisade area and church
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5581
Part of transnational serial nomination The Viking serial nomination comprises land-, sea- and townscapes stretching from the North Atlantic to the Baltic Sea. Among the thousands of Viking sites from the eighth to the twelfth centuries AD, these nine nominated properties ...
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[Tentative Lists] VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / The Trelleborg fortresses, Denmark
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5582
Part of transnational serial nomination Aggersborg N56 59 43, E9 15 17; Fyrkat N56 37 23, E9 46 13; Trelleborg N55 23 39, E11 15 55 The Viking serial nomination comprises land-, sea- and townscapes stretching from the North Atlantic to the Baltic Sea. Among the thousands of ...
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[Tentative Lists] VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Danevirke and Hedeby
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5591
 Part of transnational serial nomination Danevirke N54 27 21,99 E9 20 38,66 to N54 28 48,97 E9 47 24,38 Hedeby N54 29 33,40 E9 34 02,51 GENERAL DESCRIPTION   The Viking serial nomination comprises land-, sea- and townscapes stretching from the North Atlantic ...
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[Tentative Lists] VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Þingvellir National Park
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5587
Part of transnational serial nomination The Viking serial nomination comprises land-, sea- and townscapes stretching from the North Atlantic to the Baltic Sea. Among the thousands of Viking sites from the eighth to the twelfth centuries AD, these nine nominated ...
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[Tentative Lists] Viking Monuments and Sites / Grobiņa archaeological complex
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5608
Part of transnational serial nomination GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SERIES AS A WHOLE The Viking serial nomination comprises land-, sea- and townscapes stretching from the North Atlantic to the Baltic Sea. Among the thousands of Viking sites from the eighth to the twelfth ...
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[Tentative Lists] VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Vestfold Ship Burials and Hyllestad Quernstone Quarries
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5577
Part of transnational serial nomination - Viking Monuments and Sites GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SERIES AS A WHOLE The Viking serial nomination comprises land-, sea- and townscapes stretching from the North Atlantic to the Baltic Sea. Among the thousands of Viking sites from ...
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[Tentative Lists] VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Birka and Hovgården
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5584
Part of transnational serial nomination Birka N59 20 06 E17 32 33 Hovgården N59 21 36 E17 32 00 The Viking serial nomination comprises land-, sea- and townscapes stretching from the North Atlantic to the Baltic Sea. Among the thousands of Viking sites from the eighth ...
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[Tentative Lists] Gongju and Buyeo Historic Sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5489
Coordinates: Gongju: N36 26 36 E127 05 34 Buyeo: N36 16 07 E126 55 41   The Gongju and Buyeo Historic Sites refer to the cultural heritage from the Baekje Kingdom located in Gongju-si and Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea. Korean history of about 5,000 ...
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[Tentative Lists] Pearling and its cultural landscapes in Bahrain
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5370
The proposed five serial properties present a relict cultural landscape combining three sites of oyster beds considered underwater cultural landscapes, a coastal cultural landscape site including beach and coastal landing facilities as weIl as land elements relevant to the ...
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Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/conventiontext/
Read the complete text of the World Heritage Convention. You can download or print the complete text in the language of your choice. Arabic Chinese English French Hebrew Portugese Russian Spanish The General Conference of UNESCO adopted on 16 November ...
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[Tentative Lists] Ancient Mountain Fortresses in Central Korea
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5488
Coordinates: Samnyeon Sanseong: N36 29 14 E127 44 32 Sangdang Sanseong: N36 39 40 E127 32 25 Mireuk Sanseong: N36 48 07 E127 54 42 Chungju Sanseong: N36 57 23 E127 58 42 Jangmi Sanseong: N37 03 42 E127 54 09 Deokju Sanseong: N36 52 08 E128 05 54 Ondal Sanseong: N37°04'37 ...
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[Tentative Lists] The historic urban site of Počitelj
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5092
The historic urban site of Počitelj is located on the left bank of the river Neretva, on the main Mostar to Metković road, to the south of Mostar, in the territory of Čapljina Municipality.In the middle ages, Počitelj was the administrative centre and centre of governance of ...
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[Tentative Lists] Extension Project of Ancient Villages in South Anhui Province: Tangyue, Likeng and Wangkou village
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5349
Tangyue Village, Shexian County, Anhui Province N 29 30 29-30 9 10, E 118 4 40-118 53 50Likeng Village, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province N 29 31 39, E 117 49 26Wangkou Village, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province N 29 21 33, E 117 59 13.1.  Tangyue VillageTangyue Village is ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Grand Canal
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5318
This property consists of five sections of the Grand Canal across six provinces and two municipalities in China.1. Section in Jiangsu ProvinceThe Grand Canal is about 1,794 kilometres long, including 690 kilometres within Jiangsu Province, about two fifths of its total ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Sacred Complex of Babylon
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1837
The Sacred Complex of Babylon, comprising the Esagila temple dedicated to the God of Marduk and the ziggurat Etemenanki (the legendary Tower of Babylon), constituted the spiritual and political hearth of Babylon, capital of the Old Kingdom of Babylonia. With an extension ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Royal Sites of Ireland: Cashel, Dún Ailinne, Hill of Uisneach, Rathcroghan Complex, and Tara Complex
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5528
Coordinates - Cashel: N52 31 17 W7 53 16 - Dún Ailinne: N53 7 3 W6 45 50 - Hill of Uisneach: N53 29 16 W7 31 43 - Rathcroghan Complex: N53 46 46 W8 15 18 - Tara Complex: N53 35 9 W6 33 42   The Royal sites grouped here were all sites of major royal ...
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[Tentative Lists] Archipelago of Revillagigedo
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5395
The islands of the Revillagigedo Archipelago are oceanic islands of volcanic origin that emerge from a volcanic floor along the Clarion Fracture zone, west of the union between the Pacific, Ribera and Cocos geologic plates. The Insular Arch of the Revillagigedo Archipelago ...
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[Tentative Lists] Frontiers of the Roman Empire (extension)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5636
N52 12 44 E4 23 52(most westerly point) N51 51 55 E6 03 49 (most easterly point) The Limes is the former frontier of the Roman Empire, a military zone consisting of roads, fortifications and civilian settlements. Three parts of the Limes, situated in England, Scotland and ...
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Kathmandu Valley (121)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/121
The cultural heritage of the Kathmandu Valley is illustrated by seven groups of monuments and buildings which display the full range of historic and artistic achievements for which the Kathmandu Valley is world famous. The seven include the Durbar Squares of Hanuman Dhoka ...
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City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (712)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/712
Founded in the 2nd century B.C. in northern Italy, Vicenza prospered under Venetian rule from the early 15th to the end of the 18th century. The work of Andrea Palladio (1508–80), based on a detailed study of classical Roman architecture, gives the city its unique ...
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Defence Line of Amsterdam (759)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/759
Extending 135 km around the city of Amsterdam, this defence line (built between 1883 and 1920) is the only example of a fortification based on the principle of controlling the waters. Since the 16th century, the people of the Netherlands have used their expert knowledge of ...
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Historic Centre of Brugge (996)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/996
Brugge is an outstanding example of a medieval historic settlement, which has maintained its historic fabric as this has evolved over the centuries, and where original Gothic constructions form part of the town's identity. As one of the commercial and cultural capitals of ...
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29th session of the Committee Durban, South Africa 10 juillet 2005 - 17 juillet 2005
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/29COM/
29th session of the Committee Durban, South Africa 29COM 10 juillet - 17 juillet 2005 Committee Members Argentina, Benin, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, India, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Russian ...
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28th session of the Committee Suzhou, China 28 juin 2004 - 07 juillet 2004
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/28COM/
28th session of the Committee Suzhou, China 28COM 28 juin - 07 juillet 2004 Committee Members Argentina, Benin, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, India, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Russian ...
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27th session of the Committee Paris, France 29 juin 2003 - 05 juillet 2003
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/27COM/
27th session of the Committee Paris, France 27COM 29 juin - 05 juillet 2003 Committee Members Argentina, Belgium, China, Colombia, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Hungary, India, Korea, Republic of, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Oman, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saint ...
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26th session of the Committee Budapest, Hungary 24 juin 2002 - 29 juin 2002
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/26COM/
26th session of the Committee Budapest, Hungary 26COM 24 juin - 29 juin 2002 Committee Members Argentina, Belgium, China, Colombia, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Hungary, India, Korea, Republic of, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Oman, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saint ...
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World Heritage Centre
http://whc.unesco.org/en/world-heritage-centre/
Established in 1992, the World Heritage Centre is the focal point and coordinator within UNESCO for all matters related to World Heritage. Ensuring the day-to-day management of the Convention, the Centre organizes the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee and its ...
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[News] Announcing the 28th Session of the World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/29
The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, elected by the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention. The current composition of the ...
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[News] 26th Session of the World Heritage Committee opens in Budapest, Hungary; Elects New Bureau
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/145
Budapest, Hungary - 24 June 2002. The World Heritage Committee opened its 26th annual session in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday, 24 June. The opening session was attended by 320 participants representing all 21 Committee members, over 50 observers from States Parties to the ...
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[News] Norwegian Fjords and Japan’s Shiretoko peninsula are among the seven natural sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/134
Durban (South Africa), The World Heritage Committee chaired by Themba Wakashe, South Africa’s Deputy Director-General for Heritage and National Archives, today inscribed seven natural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The Committee also made decisions ...
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[News] Summary Report of the Second Day of the Thirteenth General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/171
Paris - The 13th session of the General Assembly of the State Parties of the World Heritage Convention ended on the 31st October with the election of eight new members of the World Heritage Committee. The following States Parties were elected: Argentina India ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee to hold 26th Annual Session in Budapest, Hungary, 24 - 29 june 2002
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/175
Paris - The World Heritage Committee will hold its 26th annual session from June 24 to 29 in Budapest, Hungary, during which it will inscribe new sites on the World Heritage List and review the List of World Heritage in Danger. The intergovernmental World Heritage Committee ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee Inscribes 46 New Sites on World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/180
The following sites have been inscribed on the World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee at its 21st session, meeting in Naples, Italy, 1-6 December, 1997. A total of 46 sites were inscribed: 7 natural sites; 38 cultural sites; and 1 mixed site. The work of the ...
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[News] Ancient irrigation system (Oman) and Palaces of Genoa (Italy) among ten new sites on World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/267
The World Heritage Committee Thursday inscribed ten new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List. A number of outstanding proposals for inscription are to be discussed in the afternoon. The new sites inscribed are:Sewell Mining Town (Chile). Situated 85 km south of the ...
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[News] 'Management and Preservation of Historic Cities on World Heritage List' Conference Held in St Petersburg
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/305
The conference on "Management and Preservation of Historic Cities inscribed on the World Heritage List" is taking place in St Petersburg from 29 January to 3 February 2007. It is a follow-up to the February 2006 international UNESCO/ICOMOS mission to St Petersburg reviewing ...
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[News] Prince of Wales inaugurates World Heritage site of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/330
The Prince of Wales received the UNESCO certificate for the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape during the inscription ceremony on 10 May 2007 at Cotehele House (Cornwall, United Kingdom). Dr Mechtild Rossler, Chief of the Europe and North America Section at the World ...
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[News] Fire on Cutty Sark, of Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/342
The World Heritage Centre expresses its deep concern after the fire on the Cutty Sark tea clipper, part of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage site located in the United Kingdom. On 21 May 2007, the British authorities informed the World Heritage Centre that a fire had ...
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[News] Annual Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Award Winners Announced
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/345
The European Commission (DG EAC) and Europa Nostra, the pan-European Federation for Cultural Heritage, has announced the laureates of the annual European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards.The Awards will be presented to the representatives of the awarded ...
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[News] Committee to review 45 candidates for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/346
The World Heritage Committee will consider requests for the inscription of 45 new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List when it meets for its 31st session in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 23 June to 2 July.During the session, the Committee will also examine a strategy ...
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[News] UNESCO regrets U.K. government's decision to cancel A303 road improvement scheme for Stonehenge World Heritage property
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/400
UNESCO regrets the U.K. government's decision to cancel the A303 Stonehenge Road Improvement scheme on the basis of cost concerns and hopes that another solution will be found to relieve traffic congestion around the World Heritage property of Stonehenge, Avebury and ...
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[News] New European Network for Landscape launched in Florence
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/421
On 23 February 2008, 40 representatives of 26 Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) from Italy, Germany; Ireland, Spain, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands met to launch the CIVILSCAPE network. This network of NGOs has been founded to facilitate and encourage people to ...
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[News] Fire damages recently restored Liverpool landmark
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/434
A fire tore through the Bluecoat Art Gallery in Liverpool, United Kingdom early Tuesday morning, just two months after extensive renovation works. The building is the oldest in Liverpool and part of the Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City World Heritage site, inscribed on ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee to meet in Quebec to inscribe new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/443
The World Heritage Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List when it meets for its 32nd session in Québec, Canada, from 2 to 10 July. During this year’s session, hosted by Canada to coincide with the 400th ...
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[News] Slave hideout in Mauritius, Nabataean archaeological site in Saudi Arabia and earthen houses in China inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/448
The mountain of Le Morne, a former hideout of runaway slaves in Mauritius, a Nabataean archaeological site in Saudi Arabia and earthen houses in Fujian Province in China have been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.Le Morne Cultural Landscape, a rugged mountain ...
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[News] Twenty-seven new sites inscribed
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/453
The World Heritage Committee, meeting for its 32nd session, finished inscribing new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on 8 July with the addition of 19 cultural sites and eight natural sites to the List. New cultural sites inscribed during the 32nd session: Temple ...
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[News] UNESCO-ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission to the World Heritage site of Edinburgh
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/473
Experts from UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and from the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) undertook a reactive monitoring mission to examine development projects affecting the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (United Kingdom), inscribed on UNESCO's World ...
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[News] British Aqueduct and Canal inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, French Saltworks extended
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/533
The World Heritage Committee, chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, has inscribed Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (United Kingdom) on UNESCO’s World Heritage List and added France’s Great ...
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[News] 13 new sites have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List which lost one site while three were placed on the Danger List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/536
The World Heritage Committee holding its 33rd session chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, has inscribed two new natural sites and 11 cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Since it also ...
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[News] Natural Science courses open at the new Jurassic Studies Centre in Lyme Regis
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/569
On the occasion of the launch of the new Jurassic Studies Centre, situated at the centre of the natural World Heritage Site of Dorset and Devon's Jurassic Coast, in Lyme Regis, United Kingdom, a range of natural science courses will take place in February and March 2010 and ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee inscribes five new cultural sites on World Heritage List and approves two extensions to existing properties
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/643
Imperial Citadel of Thang Long-Hanoi (Viet Nam) becomes 900th site on UNESCO World Heritage List The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has inscribed new cultural sites in Viet Nam, China, Tajikistan, France, the Netherlands, on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The ...
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[News] 2010 - 2011 World Heritage map now available
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/731
The latest version of the World Heritage Map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps with support from Ministry of Culture of the  Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Nations Foundation, can now be ordered for a modest fee from the World ...
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[News] Ashgabat Agreement: representatives and experts of twelve Asian countries outline the Silk Roads Heritage Corridors approach for the future Serial and Trans-boundary World Heritage Nomination
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/751
Some fifty potential Silk Roads Heritage Corridors have been identified, with twenty corridors being  considered as a medium priority, while three corridors within the five Central Asian countries and China are recommended as a top priority for the first phase of the ...
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[News] State of Conservation of World Heritage Forests report launched
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/812
The World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the publication of the World Heritage Paper #30:  “Adapting to Change – The State of Conservation of World Heritage Forests in 2011” as a contribution to the 2011 United Nations International Year of ...
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[News] London 2012 Torch Relay to pass through Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage site
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/823
While exact details of the route are still under cover, it has been announced that the Olympic Torch will be carried through Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage site (United Kingdom). The torch will be carried over the iron bridge which has stood for hundreds of years as a ...
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[News] City council grants planning permission for development scheme at World Heritage site “Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City”
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/848
On 6 March 2012, Liverpool City Council’s Planning Committee granted outline planning permission for the Peel Holdings £5.5bn Liverpool Waters scheme. The permission is subject to the signing of a legal agreement and has to be referred to the Government which ...
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[News] Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site receives funding to restore portions of Hadrian’s Wall
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/868
The World Heritage property “Frontiers of the Roman Empire” has received £537,185 (US$ 850,406) in funding from SITA Trust to underwrite a conservation project that will restore dilapidated portions of the site located in the United Kingdom. The project ...
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[Event] Capacity-building Workshop for Youth Leaders in South Africa
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/401
Within the framework of the World Heritage Convention and the follow up to the Periodic Reporting in Africa, the World Heritage Centre with the support of the United Kingdom's Department for Culture, Media and Sport, is organizing in collaboration with the South African ...
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[Event] International Expert Meeting on the Revision of the Operational Guidelines
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/441
BACKGROUNDThe Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention were initially drafted in 1978 to inform States Parties to the World Heritage Convention of the principles which guide the work of the 21 member intergovernmental World Heritage ...
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[Event] Periodic Reporting Workshop for Central Europe
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/458
Under the terms of Article 29 of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, the States Parties shall report on the legislative and administrative provisions they adopted and other action they have taken for the application of the ...
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[Event] Mid Atlantic Ridge expert workshop
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/479
This Workshop gathered specialists from Norway, Iceland, UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre and Nordic World Heritage Foundation to discuss the outlines of a joint nomination, The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR). One of the most important questions remains how to define the limits of ...
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[Event] Second meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/750
The Second meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads is organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the UNESCO Cluster Office in Tehran, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the ...
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[Event] Revitalising World Heritage Site museums in Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/814
Culture Sector Revitalising World Heritage Site museums in Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam © My Son Site Interpretation Centre Following the brainstorming session held in July in Siem Reap, Cambodia, the first experimental workshop will be organised at the Thang Long ...
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[Event] International World Heritage Expert Meeting on criterion (vi)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/827
At its 35th session (UNESCO, Paris, 2011), and within the wider framework of the Revisions to the Operational Guidelines, the World Heritage Committee welcomed “the offer of the Government of Poland to host an expert meeting on criterion (vi) in the first quarter of ...
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[Event] Third meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/953
The Third meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads and World Heritage Nomination dossier drafting and harmonization workshop will be held from 17 to 20 September 2012 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The event is being organized ...
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[Event] Launch of the Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/961
A new UNESCO–IAU online Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy has been launched today at the IAU’s 28th General Assembly in Beijing, China. The site, which resides at www.astronomicalheritage.net, is a dynamic, publicly accessible database, discussion forum and ...
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World Heritage Review n°28
http://whc.unesco.org/en/review/27
Industrial Heritage in the United Kingdom Kairouan a Muslim Holy City Rainforest Sites on the Australian Continental Plateau Kazan and its Tatar Kremlin Monte Alban Mexico's first city
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World Heritage n°52 Earth heritage : A common past… and future
http://whc.unesco.org/en/review/52
This issue of World Heritage is devoted to a number of truly extraordinary World Heritage sites that allow a better understanding of the history of the Earth and the formation of landscape. It is no surprise that UNESCO has acknowledged this diversity as the basis of the ...
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World Heritage Review n°54 Astronomy and World Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/review/54
Table of Contents Astronomy and World Heritage Astronomical heritage, or cultural heritage relating to the sky, recognizes the relationships between humanity and the cosmos. From the Maya to the Inca and beyond These ancient cultures confronted their particular vision of the ...
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[Activity] Astronomy and World Heritage Thematic Initiative
http://whc.unesco.org/en/astronomy
Towards a balanced, credible and representative World Heritage List Why "Astronomy" and "World Heritage" Implementation activities Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy Thematic Study Statement concerning dark skies and celestial objects Partners News Events ...
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[Activity] Sub-regional Workshop on World Heritage Education for Africa
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/99
MALAWI 12-16-July 1999 Sub-regional Teacher Training Workshop on World Heritage Education for AfricaSummary and RecommendationsParticipantsCountries representedOrganizersRecommendationsThe Sub-regional workshop on World Heritage Education for Africa was organized in parallel ...
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[Activity] World Heritage Youth Forum (1996) First European
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/137
Dubrovnik, Croatia25-30 May 1996  ‘Young People's Appeal from Dubrovnik'  Summary Report  Participants  Countries represented  Organizers  Collaborators and sponsors  Organizations and Institutions Young People's Appeal from ...
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[Activity] International World heritage Education Workshop on “Mobilizing Young People for World Heritage” and Skills-Development Training Course in animated cartoon techniques
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/460
TREVISO - VENICE, Italy In connection with the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the World Heritage Convention, the UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre invited Gruppo Alcuni (Italy), a communication group specializing in ...
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Complex of Koguryo Tombs (1091)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1091
The property includes several group and individual tombs - totalling about 30 individual tombs - from the later period of the Koguryo Kingdom, one of the strongest kingdoms in nowadays northeast China and half of the Korean peninsula between the 3rd century BC to 7th century ...
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[Tentative Lists] Iksan Historic Areas
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5490
Coordinates: Wanggung-ri Cluste: N35 59 23 E127 03 18 Mireuksa Temple Site Cluster: N36 00 43 E127 01 51 Ipjeom-ri Cluster: N36 02 34 E127 01 58   The Iksan Historic Areas refers to a group of Baekje capital remains and royal tombs in the Wanggung-myeon and Ungpo-myeon ...
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[News] Director-General celebrates inscription of the Madain Salih site on the World Heritage List during official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (16-19 March 2009)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/495
From 16 to 19 March 2009, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, paid his third official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He was accompanied throughout his visit by Mr Ziad Bin Abdullah Aldrees, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of the Kingdom of Saudi ...
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[Tentative Lists] Helwan Observatory
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5574
It is well known that Astronomy in Egypt started a long time ago, and Egypt is considered as one of the oldest countries whose people studied astronomy. The Egyptian monuments at Nabta Playa (Neolithic, which antedates Stonehenge by a millennium), the Pyramids at Giza (4th ...
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[Tentative Lists] Panglao Island, Bohol
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5027
Panglao was proclaimed under the  National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) by virtue of Pres. Proc. No. 426 on July 22, 2003The terrain of Panglao Island ranges from plain, hilly to mountainous.  Panglao Island is of Maribojoc Limestone which is youngest among the ...
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[Tentative Lists] Khor Al-Adaid natural reserve
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5317
The Khor Al-Adaid area, also known regionally as the ‘Inland Sea', is located in the south-east of the State of Qatar. The area presents a remarkable landscape formed by a globally unique combination of geological and geomorphological features. These features themselves ...
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[Tentative Lists] Dali Chanshan Mountain and Erhai Lake Scenic Spot
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1634
The Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake are located in the western Yunan province within the Cangshan Mountain and Erhai lake scenic spot of 960 square kilometers. In the scenic spot there are an ancient town and pretty and lofty Cangshan Mountain and Erhai lake which is as ...
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[Tentative Lists] The ancient city of Tauric Chersonese and its chora (5th century BC — 14th century AD)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5659
1. Area of nominated property 001 (Area of the city of Tauric Chersonese)44° 36' 39" N / 33° 29' 29" E 2. Area of nominated property 002 (Chora's area in the Yukharina Gully)44° 33' 01" N / 33° 28' 12" E 3. Area of nominated property 003 ...
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[Tentative Lists] Seruwila to Sri Pada (Sacred Foot Print Shrine), Ancient pilgrim route along the Mahaweli river in Sri Lanka
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5531
Coordinates: 1. Seruwila - N8 22 14 E81 19 12 2. Trincomalee - N8 35 32 E81 11 47 I. Koddiyar bay - N8 29 59 E81 14 51 II. Koneshwaram - N8 34 56 E81 14 43 III. Kompanachchi - N8 10 E81 13 3. Somawathie - N8 7 39 E81 11 49 4. Polonnaruwa Ι. Dalada Maligawa - N7 56 52 ...
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[Tentative Lists] Ceremonial Centres of the Early Micronesian States: Nan Madol and Lelu
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5652
Nan Madol     N6 50 21 E158 19 42 Lelu                 N5 15 E163 25  This citation relates to a serial cultural property with two component parts, Nan Madol and Lelu. Nan Madol is a ...
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[Tentative Lists] Slate Industry of North Wales
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5678
Ogwen-Cegin valleys Lat/ Long 53.176628 N 4.0737530 WWelsh Slate Museum, Dinorwic Workings Lat/ Long 53.121043 N 4.1159104 WNantlle, Moel Tryfan Lat/ Long 53.077737 N 4.2227757 WGorsedda quarry, tramway and worker settlement, the Ynysypandy slate mill Lat/ Long 52.968268 N ...
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[Tentative Lists] Surame Cultural Landscape
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5172
Surame ancient kingdom existed around the 15th and 16th centuries. It is a very unique site with a surface of about 9 kilometres, in which one third of the relics has some traces of human settlement in the form of Hausa foundations, remains of compound enclosures, wall ...
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Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina) (780)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/780
The city of Aigai, the ancient first capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia, was discovered in the 19th century near Vergina, in northern Greece. The most important remains are the monumental palace, lavishly decorated with mosaics and painted stuccoes, and the burial ground ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias (312)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/312
In the 9th century the flame of Christianity was kept alive in the Iberian peninsula in the tiny Kingdom of the Asturias. Here an innovative pre-Romanesque architectural style was created that was to play a significant role in the development of the religious architecture of ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains (906)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/906
Built in the 1st centuries B.C. and A.D. under Dacian rule, these fortresses show an unusual fusion of military and religious architectural techniques and concepts from the classical world and the late European Iron Age. The six defensive works, the nucleus of the Dacian ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom (1135)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1135
The site includes archaeological remains of three cities and 40 tombs: Wunu Mountain City, Guonei City and Wandu Mountain City, 14 tombs are imperial, 26 of nobles. All belong to the Koguryo culture, named after the dynasty that ruled over parts of northern China and the ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (1319)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1319
The Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty form a collection of 40 tombs scattered over 18 locations. Built over five centuries, from 1408 to 1966, the tombs honoured the memory of ancestors, showed respect for their achievements, asserted royal authority, protected ancestral ...
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[Tentative Lists] City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5324
1. The City Wall in XingchengXingcheng City Wall is located at the west bank of Liaodong Bay of China, the middle part of Liaoxi Corridor and the central part of Xingcheng city.Xingcheng City Wall was built during the 3rd year of Xuande Reign of Ming Dynasty (428), completed ...
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[Tentative Lists] Excavated Remains at Nalanda
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5407
Nalanda is one of the most ancient international centers of education and learning equivalent to modern universities, with a very rich library. An inscribed seal written "Sri-Nalandamahavihariy-Arya-Bhikshu-Sanghasya" identifies the site as Nalanda Mahavihara. Nalanda has a ...
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[Tentative Lists] Mughal Gardens in Kashmir
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5580
Nishat Bagh N34 07 30.57 E74 52 53.90Shalimar Bagh N 34 08 58.71 E74 52 23.21Achabal Bag N 33 42 53 E75 06 38.32Chashma Shahi N34 05 08.37 E74 53 12.86Pari MahalVerinag N33 32 10.86 E75 14 56 Pre-Mughal Period Before the advent of Islam, Kashmir was predominantly a Hindu ...
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[Tentative Lists] Oak Grove School
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5404
Nestled amidst oak groves & Himalayan pines, perched at an altitude of 1,615 meters, spread over 102 hectares (undulating and landscaped), in the Himalayas, in the state of Uttaranchal in India, overlooking the sacred Doon Valley (between the two most holy rivers of ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Modern Industrial Heritage Sites in Kyûshû and Yamaguchi
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5399
In the mid-nineteenth century, alarmed at the threat posed by the advance of the Western powers into Asia, the Tokugawa shogunate and several of the major domains in western Japan commenced autonomous efforts to introduce Western technology. After the Meiji Restoration of ...
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[Tentative Lists] Van Nelle factory
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5635
The Van Nelle factory was built between 1925 and 1931. Its most striking feature is its huge glass façades. The building is currently a high-tech centre for design and communication that houses between 50 and 70 small and medium-sized businesses. The factory grounds ...
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[Tentative Lists] Alok Ikom Stone Monoliths
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5173
Akwasnshi/Atal as the monolith is called among the Ejagham people of the Cross River State is distributed among over" thirty communities. In each community, the stones are found in circles, sometimes perfect circles, facing each other standing erect, except where they ...
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[Tentative Lists] ICNITOS de Dinossáurios
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5255
1. Serra de Aire (Parque Natural das Serras de Aire e Candeeiros) 8 35 46.42 W 39 34 0.69 N 2. Vale de Meios (Parque Natural das Serras de Aire e Candeeiros) 8 49 16.46W 39 27 26.67 N 3. Pedra da Mua (Parque Natural da Arrabida) 9 13 09.09W 38 24 50.95 ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Namaqualand Copper Mining Landscape
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5460
Okiep: S29 35 55.80 E17 52 48.01 Concordia: S29 30 57.95 E17 55 27.41 Nababiep: S29 34 45.98 E17 47 17.15 Port. Nolloth: S29 15 19.14 E16 52 11.62 Carolusberg: S29 38 47.69 E17 56 49.01 Springbok: S29 39 49.03 E17 52 45.87 The Namaqualand Copper Mining Landscape is the site ...
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[Tentative Lists] Astronomical Observatories of Ukraine
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5267
Research Institute (RI) Mykolayiv Astronimical Observatory. N46 58 3 E31 58 5Astronomical Observatory of Kyiv National University. N50 27 2 E30 29 9Research Institue (RI) Astronomical Observatory of Odesa National University. N46 28 6 E30 45 5Research Institute (RI) Crimean ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Cultural Landscape of the Central Region in the Emirate of Sharjah
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5664
The central Sharjah region consists of three natural areas; these are: the section which lies to the west of the mountains comprised of desert dunes, and the eastern area which is a gravelly plain that extends up to Alhajar Mountain. The last section is the sedimentary ...
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[Tentative Lists] Chatham Dockyard and its Defences
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5670
Chatham lies on the Medway in Kent, to the south side of the Thames estuary. In the mid-17th century, it was the Royal Navy's main fleet base, and heightened fear of invasion (following the 1667 Dutch Raid) led to significant investment in fortified land defences. Fort ...
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[Tentative Lists] Creswell Crags
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5671
Creswell Crags is an enclosed limestone gorge within the central uplands of England, where a cave complex preserves internationally unique evidence demonstrating how early prehistoric populations lived at the extreme northern limits of their territory during the Last Ice Age ...
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[Tentative Lists] Darwin’s Landscape Laboratory
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5672
The nominated World Heritage Site is the area used by Charles Darwin for forty years to develop and demonstrate his theory of evolution through the study of plants and animals in natural settings and under human management. He lived there from 1842, using his home and ...
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[Tentative Lists] England’s Lake District
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5673
The Lake District is a compact glaciated upland landscape of radiating U-shaped valleys, many containing long narrow lakes.  Rocky mountain tops, open fell pasture and heather-covered slopes contrast with native woodland, exotic plantations and stone-walled fields in ...
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[Tentative Lists] Flow Country
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5679
The Flow Country is widely considered to be the largest area of blanket bog in the world. Together with associated areas of heath and open water it is of international importance as a habitat and for the diverse range of rare and unusual breeding birds it supports. Covering ...
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[Tentative Lists] Forth Bridge
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5680
Spanning the Estuary of the River Forth in Scotland, the Forth Bridge represents the pinnacle of 19th century iron and steel bridge construction. A world wonder of its age, this Victorian engineering marvel that was made possible by new steel production processes, is ...
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[Tentative Lists] Gorham’s Cave Complex
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5674
The Complex contains four sea caves - Bennett's, Gorham's, Vanguard and Hyena - lying at the base of the eastern face of the Rock of Gibraltar. The caves lie within the youngest of five tectonic uplift blocks of the Jurassic limestone of the Rock. This represents the last ...
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[Tentative Lists] Jodrell Bank Observatory
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5676
The Jodrell Bank Observatory, the proposed nomination, which is part of the University of Manchester's School of Physics and Astronomy, is dominated by the monumental Lovell Telescope, the first large fully steerable radio telescope in the world - which still operates as the ...
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[Tentative Lists] Island of St Helena
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5675
Saint Helena lies in the South Atlantic over 1,200 miles from the nearest landmass. Previously uninhabited, it was discovered and occupied by the Portuguese in 1502. From 1659 it has been a British possession, apart from a short Dutch interlude in 1673. The island is ringed ...
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[Tentative Lists] Mousa, Old Scatness and Jarlshof: the Zenith of Iron Age Shetland
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5677
Old Scatness Lat/Long: 59:52:44.927N 1:18:19.775W Jarlshof Lat/Long: 59:52:7.475N 1:17:27.839W Mousa Lat/Long: 59:59:42.943N 1:10:55.421W The Iron Age in Europe was a time of dramatic cultural and architectural changes. The inhabitants of Iron Age Shetland, a largely ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Twin Monastery of Wearmouth Jarrow
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5681
Wearmouth: Lat/ Long 54º 54' 48" N; 1º 22' 29" WJarrow: Lat/ Long 54º 58' 49" N; 1º 28' 20" W The twin monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow was founded in the seventh century AD as a twin monastery intended, by its creator Benedict Biscop, to function as one ...
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[Tentative Lists] Turks and Caicos Islands
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5682
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a group of more than 40 islands and cays. The extremely hot, dry conditions led to natural salt production in the interior wetlands of the islands, leading to one of the first and major international salt industries in the Americas. The ...
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[Event] 30th Congress of the International Geographical Union "One Earth - Many Worlds"
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/25

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[Event] 10th International Seminar of Forum UNESCO – University and Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/111
"Cultural Landscapes in the 21st Century: Laws, Management and Public Participation: Heritage as a Challenge of Citizenship". The Tenth International Seminar of the network of universities Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage will be hosted by the International Centre for ...
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[Event] World Heritage Education Forum
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/119
The WHEF is hosted by the University of Newcastle in conjunction with the Council for British Archaeology and the Hadrian’s Wall Community and Education Team, the Forum is targeted at students between 15 and 18. All students are accompanied by a teacher, and a number ...
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[Event] Conference on The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/184
Sir Peter Crane, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, will evoke the botanic activities in relation to UNESCO's programmes relating to the preservation of natural and cultural heritage. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, are a historic landscape garden which ...
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[Event] Call for Papers: 22nd IIC Congress, London 2008
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/377
22nd IIC Congress, London 2008Conservation and AccessThe 22nd IIC international Congress will take place in London, UK, 15-19 September 2008. The subject will be ‘Conservation and Access'.Encouraging physical and intellectual access to collections and sites is a major ...
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[Event] Earth Heritage-World Heritage Conference at the Dorset- and Devon Coast
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/478
The International Conference on World Heritage – Earth Heritage took place at the World Heritage site, the Dorset and East Devon Coast, U.K., from 7 to 11 September 2004. It focused on exploring geological and geomorphological conservation (“geodiversity) in an international ...
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[Event] Lecture “World Heritage and Economic Development”
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/861
The lecture “World Heritage and Economic Development”, organized by Edinburgh World Heritage together with the City of Edinburgh Council and RSA Fellows MCICH Network, will take place on Tuesday 17 April, 6.00pm at the Royal College of Physicians in order to mark ...
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[Tentative Lists] Cetinje Historic Core
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5561
  Description of broader context:   Cetinje Royal Capital covers the area of 910 km2, which equals 6.6% of the total area of the State of Montenegro. It is situated in between Boka Kotorska Bay to the West, Budva's Riviera to the South, Skadar Lake basin and ...
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[Tentative Lists] Lapita Pottery Archaeological Sites (A National Serial Site for consideration as the Kingdom of Tonga’s contribution to a transnational serial site listing)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5168
Lapita sites in generalArchaeological sites containing Lapita pottery have been identified on all island groups in the Kingdom of Tonga and currently number over 30 sites (Burley, 2001). Most of the known sites that have been excavated are in the Ha'apai Group and are an ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Barotse Cultural Landscape
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5428
S 13 50 - E 22 45 S 16 40 - E 23 45   The Barotse landscape is a vast expanse of open land with a gently undulating topography incised with a network of canals that are denuded with the waters of the Zambezi when it bursts its banks at the height of the rainy season ...
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Royal Palaces of Abomey (323)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/323
From 1625 to 1900, 12 kings succeeded one another at the head of the powerful Kingdom of Abomey. With the exception of King Akaba, who had his own separate enclosure, they all had their palaces built within the same cob-wall area, in keeping with previous palaces as regards ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns (574)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/574
Sukhothai was the capital of the first Kingdom of Siam in the 13th and 14th centuries. It has a number of fine monuments, illustrating the beginnings of Thai architecture. The great civilization which evolved in the Kingdom of Sukhothai absorbed numerous influences and ...
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Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments (620)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/620
Spišský Hrad has one of the largest ensembles of 13th and 14th century military, political and religious buildings in eastern Europe, and its Romanesque and Gothic architecture has remained remarkably intact. The extended site features the addition of the ...
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Gyeongju Historic Areas (976)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/976
The Gyeongju Historic Areas contain a remarkable concentration of outstanding examples of Korean Buddhist art, in the form of sculptures, reliefs, pagodas, and the remains of temples and palaces from the flowering, in particular between the 7th and 10th centuries, of this ...
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[News] Statement from the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/735
Since the Kingdom of Bahrain became for the first time a member of the prestigious World Heritage Committee in 2007, one of the objectives has been to welcome the distinguished delegates of the States Parties to the Convention in our country. For the ...
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[Tentative Lists] Sinja valley
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5263
Sinja Valley contains the archaeological evidence of the capital city of the well organized and influential Western Malla or Khasa Kingdom of the 12th and 14th Century. After the 14th Century the Khasa Kingdom split into the Baise or Twenty-Two Kingdoms which existed until ...
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[Event] 1st Annual Meeting of the World Heritage Related Category 2 Centres and of Relevant UNESCO Chairs and other Higher Education and Research Institutions
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/756
The "Bahrain Report" is the outcome of the First annual meeting of World Heritage related Category 2 Centres and of relevant UNESCO Chairs and Higher Education and Research Institutions, which was held on 19-20 December 2010 in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, hosted by the ...
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[News] Patrimonito Korean National Storyboard Competition 2012 - Winners
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/928
In March 2012, the Cultural Heritage Administration of the Republic of Korea (CHA) and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC)  launched the  Patrimonito National Storyboard Competition, Republic of Korea . Of the 143 student submissions, 10 of the ...
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[Tentative Lists] Renaissance and Baroque Arch in the City of Granada (extension of Granada)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5136
The triumphant entry of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand V of Aragon (the Catholic Monarchs) into the conquered city of Granada on 2 January 1492 spelled the end of a long military campaign which had begun a decade earlier against the Nazari Kingdom and also the final ...
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[Tentative Lists] Archaeological Site of Sagalassos
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5409
The archaeological site of Sagalassos is located in southwest Turkey, near the present town of Ağlasun (Burdur province); roughly 110 km to the north of the well-known port and holiday resort of Antalya. The ancient city was founded on the south facing slopes of the Taurus ...
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Route of Santiago de Compostela (669)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/669
Santiago de Compostela was proclaimed the first European Cultural itinerary by the Council of Europe in 1987. This route from the French-Spanish border was – and still is – taken by pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela. Some 1,800 buildings along the route, both ...
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Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (1073)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1073
These five archaeological sites, stretching over more than 60 km in the Nile valley, are testimony to the Napatan (900 to 270 BC) and Meroitic (270 BC to 350 AD) cultures, of the second kingdom of Kush. Tombs, with and without pyramids, temples, living ...
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Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex (1346)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1346
Tabriz has been a place of cultural exchange since antiquity and its historic bazaar complex is one of the most important commercial centres on the Silk Road. Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex consists of a series of interconnected, covered, brick structures, buildings, and ...
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[News] 13 more properties added to World Heritage List at 2004 Committee session
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/66
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea had its first site inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List today with the addition of a complex of Koguryo tombs. Andorra also entered the List with the cultural landscape of Madriu-Claror-Perafita Valley. They were among 13 ...
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[Tentative Lists] Sierra de las Quijadas National Park
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/2021
3.1.1. Geological descriptionThe Mesowic basins of the central western part of Argentina (Ischigualasto, Talampaya, Marayes, Guayaguas, Quijadas, among others) constituted depocentres that worked from the Triassic to the Cretaceous, generating the accumulation of continental ...
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[Tentative Lists] The archeological site of Tanais
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5422
The city of Tanais was founded in the first quarter of the 3rd century by Greek colonists who came from Bosporon to the mouth of the Tanais river (now Don) which was the area of habitation and migration of various tribes: Sarmatians, Macotians, Alans, Goth etc. Tanais ...
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[News] Minister of Culture of the Kingdom of Bahrain nominated new Chairperson of World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/648
The Minister of Culture of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Shaikha Mai bint Mohammad Al Khalifa, has been named new Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee. She replaces the Minister of Culture of Brazil, João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, who has chaired the Committee for the ...
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[News] Patrimonito Chinese Storyboard Competition 2012 Results
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/927
In June 2012, the World Heritage Education Center for Youth (Beijing, China) and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC) launched the Patrimonito National Storyboard Competition, China.   Of the 103 student submissions, 15 of the storyboards were ...
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[Partners] Flanders Funds-in-Trust
http://whc.unesco.org/en/partners/423
In 2010, the Government of Flanders (Kingdom of Belgium) signed an agreement with UNESCO establishing a Trust Fund that will, among others, support the World Heritage Marine Programme activities. In addition to general programme support, the funds will be used to increase ...
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[Tentative Lists] Ruin of M'banza Kongo
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/920
M'banza Kongo was a very important political and administrative Center, because it was the capital of the very old kingdom of kongo, which expanded from Angola at actual Republic of Kongo. The first portuguese contact with the king of Kongo is since 1490 and took place in ...
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[Tentative Lists] Stari Grad Plain
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/2016
In a large fertile plain between Stari Grad to the west and Jelsa and Vrboska on the east of Hvar lies the Stari Grad Plain, the biggest plain, or flat area, field, on any of the Adriatic islands. The Plain stretches East-West about 6 km, and about 2 km North-South. On the ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Crusader Fortresses
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1491
The fortresses built between the 12th and 15th centuries - Montfort, Belvoir, Atlit, Arsuf (as well as Acre and Caesarea) - evidence broad European architectural movement to the Holy Land in this series of remarkable fortresses constructed in the course of the Crusader ...
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[Tentative Lists] Historic Centre of Lucca
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/340
To this day, the urban structure of the historic centre of Lucca clearly shows the transitions that indicate the various phases of the city's development.The Roman imprint - Lucca was a Roman colony - is obvious in the regular street plan, in place-names such as San ...
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[Tentative Lists] Bagan Archaeological Area and Monuments
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/819
Capital city of the first Myanma Kingdom, the site measures 13 by 8 km and contains more than 2500 Buddhist monuments (temples, stupas, monasteries, etc) built from the 10th to the 14th centuries AD. Several of these monuments are still higly venerated by the population, ...
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[Tentative Lists] Myauk-U Archaeological Area and Monuments
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/824
Capital city of the first Arakanese Kingdom, the site measures 7 by 6 km and contains some 200 Buddhist monuments (temples, stupas, monasteries, etc.) mostly built in the 15th and 16th centuries AD. Located at the junction of the deltaic plain and the Arakanese mountains, ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Island of Meroe
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1934
The term "Island of Meroe" was used by some of the Classical writers to designate the region comprised between the Blue Nile, the White Nile and the Atbara River in the Republic of Sudan; thus not a complete Island, but surrounded by water on three sides. This is the ...
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[Tentative Lists] Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes. From the Mediterranean to the Black Sea
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5575
This selection of "Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes. From the Mediterranean to the Black Sea" includes some of the most significant examples, chosen from a dense network of maritime and mercantile settlements distributed around the Mediterranean and ...
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The Kingdom of Belgium
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/be
The Kingdom of BelgiumBéguinages flamands, C, 855. 1998 Les quatre ascenseurs du Canal du Centre et leur site, la Louvière et le Roeulx (Hainault), C, 856. 1998 La Grande-Place de Brussels, C, 857. 1998 Beffrois de Flandre et de Wallonie, C, 943. 1999 Belgium Belgique ...
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The Kingdom of Bhutan
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/bt
The Kingdom of Bhutan Bhutan Bhoutan Bhután Бутан بوتان 不丹
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The Kingdom of Cambodia
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/kh
The Kingdom of CambodiaAngkor, C, 668. 1992 Cambodia Cambodge Camboya Камбоджа كمبوديا 柬埔寨
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The Kingdom of Denmark
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/dk
The Kingdom of DenmarkTumulus, pierre runiques et église de Jelling, C, 697. 1994 Cathédrale de Roskilde, C, 695. 1995 Denmark Danemark Dinamarca Дания الدانمرك 丹麦
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The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/jo
The Hashemite Kingdom of JordanLa vieille ville de Jérusalem et ses remparts, C, 148. 1981 Petra, C, 326. 1985 Qusair Amra, C, 327. 1985 Jordan Jordanie Jordania Иордания الأردن 约旦
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The Kingdom of Lesotho
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/ls
The Kingdom of Lesotho Lesotho Lesotho Lesotho Лесото ليسوتو 莱索托
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The Kingdom of Morocco
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/ma
The Kingdom of MoroccoMédina de Fez, C, 170. 1981 Médina de Marrakech, C, 331. 1985 Ksar d'Aït-Ben-Haddou, C, 444. 1987 Ville historique de Meknès, C, 793. 1996 Site archéologique de Volubilis, C, 836. 1997 Médina de Titawin, C, 837. 1997 Morocco Maroc Marruecos Марокко ...
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The Kingdom of the Netherlands
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/nl
The Kingdom of the NetherlandsSchokland et ses environs, C, 739. 1995 Ligne de défense d'Amsterdam, C, 759. 1996 Réseau de moulins de Kinderdijk-Elshout, C, 818. 1997 Zone historique de Willemstad, centre ville et port, C, 819. 1997 Ir.D.F. Wouda Pumping Station, C, 867. ...
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The Kingdom of Norway
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/no
The Kingdom of Norway"Stavkirke" d'Urnes, C, 58. 1979 Quartier de "Bryggen" dans la ville de Bergen, C, 59. 1979 Röros, C, 55. 1980 Sites d'art rupestre d'Alta, C, 352. 1985 Norway Norvège Noruega Норвегия النرويج 挪威
Category: States Parties

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/sa
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Arabie saoudite Arabia Saudita Саудовская Аравия المملكة العربية السعودية 沙特阿拉伯
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The Kingdom of Spain
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/es
The Kingdom of SpainCentre historique de Cordoue, C, 313bis. 1984 L'Alhambra, Generalife et Albaicin, Grenade, C, 314bis. 1984 Cathédrale de Burgos, C, 316. 1984 Monastère et site de l'Escurial à Madrid, C, 318. 1984 Parc Güell, Palais Güell, Casa Mila à Barcelone, C, ...
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The Kingdom of Sweden
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/se
The Kingdom of SwedenDomaine royal de Drottningholm, C, 559. 1991 Birka-Hovgården, C, 555. 1993 Forges d'Engelsberg, C, 556 rev. 1993 Gravures rupestres de Tanum, C, 557 rev. 1994 Skogskyrkogården, C, 558 rev. 1994 Ville hanséatique de Visby, C, 731. ...
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The Kingdom of Thailand
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/th
The Kingdom of ThailandVille historique de Sukhothai et villes historiques associées, C, 574. 1991 Ville historique d'Ayutthaya et villes historiques associées, C, 576. 1991 Sanctuaire de faune de Thung Yai- Huai Kha Khaeng, N, 591. 1991 Site archéologique de Ban Chiang, ...
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The Kingdom of Tonga
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/to
The Kingdom of Tonga Tonga Tonga Tonga Тонга تونغا 汤加
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Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (86)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/86
The capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt has some extraordinary funerary monuments, including rock tombs, ornate mastabas, temples and pyramids. In ancient times, the site was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World. 86Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (87)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/87
Thebes, the city of the god Amon, was the capital of Egypt during the period of the Middle and New Kingdoms. With the temples and palaces at Karnak and Luxor, and the necropolises of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, Thebes is a striking testimony to ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Medina of Fez (170)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/170
Founded in the 9th century and home to the oldest university in the world, Fez reached its height in the 13th–14th centuries under the Marinids, when it replaced Marrakesh as the capital of the kingdom. The urban fabric and the principal monuments in the medina – ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Tipasa (193)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/193
On the shores of the Mediterranean, Tipasa was an ancient Punic trading-post conquered by Rome and turned into a strategic base for the conquest of the kingdoms of Mauritania. It comprises a unique group of Phoenician, Roman, palaeochristian and Byzantine ruins alongside ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Medieval Monuments in Kosovo (724)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/724
The four edifices of the site reflect the high points of the Byzantine-Romanesque ecclesiastical culture, with its distinct style of wall painting, which developed in the Balkans between the 13th and 17th centuries. The Dečani Monastery was built in the mid-14th century for ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar (1067)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1067
The medieval towns of Wismar and Stralsund, on the Baltic coast of northern Germany, were major trading centres of the Hanseatic League in the 14th and 15th centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries they became Swedish administrative and defensive centres for the German ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

[News] Aksum obelisk returns to Ethiopia: UNESCO to handle its reintegration into the World Heritage site
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/116
At the request of the Ethiopian and Italian governments, UNESCO will send an evaluation team to Aksum, in northern Ethiopia, to prepare the return of its celebrated obelisk. The obelisk has been in Rome since 1937. UNESCO will draw up the re-installation project for the ...
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[News] UNESCO World Heritage Committee Adds 30 Sites to World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/164
Kyoto,Japan - UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, meeting in Kyoto since November 30, has added 30 new sites and one extension to its World Heritage List of cultural and natural sites, bringing the number of listed sites of "exceptional universal value" to 582 in 114 ...
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[News] Establishment of Category 2 Centres on World Heritage officially launched
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/586
Two official signatures took place recently at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France to establish new Category 2 Centres dedicated to World Heritage preservation. The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) and the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH), to be ...
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[Event] World Heritage Nomination Training Course, Kingdom of Lesotho
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/616
The African World Heritage Fund, the Center for Heritage Development in Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho organise a World Heritage Nomination Training Course which will be held in Maseru/Lesotho from 2 to 13 November 2009.   This workshop will bring together heritage ...
Category: Events

[News] United Nations Foundation (UNF) Broadens Support for World Natural Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/159
Marrakesh - The 23rd session of the World Heritage Committee in Marrakesh, Morocco, was informed today that the United Nations Foundation (UNF) would contribute $2.9 million to World Heritage sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The project, "Biodiversity ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Underwater City of Port Royal
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5430
Port Royal, Jamaica, commonly referred to as "the wickedest city on earth" conjures images of marauding pirates, daring naval conquests, looting, riches, destruction and devastation. It boats an intriguing and turbulent history as it rapidly grew to become the most important ...
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[Event] Mexico's World Heritage Sites Photographic Exhibition at UN Headquarters
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/295
A photographic exhibition showcasing Mexico's renowned World Heritage sites, as recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), opened with a reception on Friday, 24 February, at 6 p.m. in the North-East Gallery of the General ...
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[News] Statement of the United Nations Foundation in Support of the World Heritage Convention’s 40th Anniversary
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/833
On November 16, 1972, the international community took a historic step towards safeguarding core, irreplaceable elements of our global heritage when the General Conference of UNESCO adopted the World Heritage Convention. Since then, more than 188 countries have ratified the ...
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[Tentative Lists] Bhurti Temple Complex of Dailekh
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5264
The temple complex of Bhurti in Dailekh District of Western Nepal consists of an ensemble of 22 monuments. Exactly when and by whom this temple complex was established and constructed is not known. The temples are constructed in the typical style of Western Malla ...
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[Event] First Regional meeting on the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting in the Arab States
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/545
Thanks to the generous invitation of the Kingdom of Bahrain, fourteen out of the eighteen States Parties from the Arab Region met in Manama to launch the second cycle of the Periodic Reporting decided by the World Heritage Committee at its 32nd session in Quebec City (July ...
Category: Events

[Tentative Lists] Qasr Bshir (a Roman Castellum)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1553
Located approximately 80 km. to the south of Amman and 15 km to the northwest of the present-day town of el-Qatrana and the same distance to the northeast of the legionary fortress of el-Lejjun is the fort of Qas Bshir. Remarkably well preserved, this castellum ...
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[Tentative Lists] Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5243
Fort Ancient State Memorial  84°5'25.311"W  39°24'27.86"NHopewell Culture National Historical Park (5 geographically separate elements): 83°2'33.436"W   39°20'0. 236"NMound City Group  83°0'18.814"W   39°22'40.119"N ...
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Financial Regulations for the World Heritage Fund
http://whc.unesco.org/en/financialregulations/
Article 15 of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"), establishes a Fund, called "the World Heritage Fund" hereinafter referred to as "the Fund" which is to constitute a trust fund, in ...
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Volunteer Organizations
http://whc.unesco.org/en/93
CHAM 5-7 rue Guilleminot, 75014 Paris, France Tel +33 (01) 43 35 15 51 Fax +33 (01) 43 20 46 82 e-mail: cham@cham.asso.fr Web site: http://www.cham.asso.fr Earthwatch Institute 3 Clock Tower Place, PO Box 75, Maynard, MA 01754-0075, USA Tel: +1 (978) 461-0081 ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee inscribes Everglades National Park on List of World Heritage in Danger
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/638
The World Heritage Committee, holding its 34th session chaired by João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, inscribed the Everglades National Park (United States) on the List of World Heritage in Danger,  because of serious and continuing ...
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[News] UNESCO committed to stronger links between World Heritage and Tourism
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/858
UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova underlined the importance of better integrating cultural heritage preservation and sustainable tourism during the Roundtable on World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism, held in Miami on 19 March. She highlighted that cultural heritage is ...
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[Event] 2nd Yale - UNITAR Global Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/682
The 2nd Yale-UNITAR Global Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy will take place at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA from 17-19 September 2010. Focusing on the theme of Strengthening Institutions to Address Climate Change and Advance a Green ...
Category: Events

[Tentative Lists] Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5249
Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois  87°47'47.767"W   41°53'18.308"N   Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago, Illinois  87°35'45.053"W   41°47'23.001"N Hollyhock House, Los Angeles, California  118°17'34"W  ...
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United Arab Emirates
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/ae
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Émirats arabes unis Emiratos Árabes Unidos Объединенные Арабские Эмираты الإمارات العربية المتحدة 阿拉伯联合酋长国
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The United Republic of Tanzania
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/tz
The United Republic of TanzaniaZone de conservation de Ngorongoro, N, 39. 1979 Ruines de Kilwa Kisiwani et de Songo Mnara, C, 144. 1981 Parc national de Serengeti, N, 156. 1981 Réserve de gibier de Selous, N, 199. 1982 Parc national de Kilimandjaro, N, 403. 1987 ...
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United States of America
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/us
United States of AmericaParc national Redwood, N, 134. 1980 Mesa Verde, C, 27. 1978 Yellowstone, N, 28. 1978 Parc national du Grand Canyon, N, 75. 1979 Parc national des Everglades, N, 76. 1979 Independence Hall, C, 78. 1979 Parc national de Mammoth Cave, N, 150. ...
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[News] "Passport" booklet highlighting United States’ World Heritage sites published
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/957
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, Eastern National and the National Park Service’s Office of International Affairs have produced the new booklet "World Heritage Sites in the United States". The booklet highlights the 21 sites in ...
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[Activity] CAWHFI component co-financed by the United Nation Foundation
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/400
The first CAWHFI component focuses on improving the management capacity of nine protected areas of the Congo Basin to significantly reduce poaching pressure affecting them. It also seeks to investigate and promote the potential outstanding universal value of the selected ...
Category: Activities

[Tentative Lists] The Caspian Shore Defensive Constructions
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1573
The Caucasus mountain range in the northern border of Azerbaijan was a natural defensive obstacle form the foreign campaigns. On the territory of Azerbaijan the most acceptable way for invasions was the Caspian plain, which finished the mountain range. Through this narrow ...
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[Tentative Lists] Urban and Architectural Work of Le Corbusier in Chandigarh
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5082
The city of Chandigarh is situated at the base of the Shiwalik Range of the Himalayas, at 333m above sea level, approximately 260 km northwest of India's capital, New Delhi. The site is a gently sloping plain, with two seasonal rivulets - Patiali-ki-Rao and Sukhna Choe ...
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[Tentative Lists] Natural and Cultural Landscape of Danube Region
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1739
The locality is represented by forest ecosystems classified in following vegetation units: the vegetation unit if floodplain willow-poplar forests occurring on Holocene river floodplains in the warm Pannonian region including high willow-poplar forests with the most frequent ...
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[Tentative Lists] Ciudad Bolivar in the narrowness of the Orinoco River
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1804
Ciudad Bolívar in the narrowness of the Orinoco River constitutes a cultural landscape located in the shores of the third mightiest river of the world, the Orinoco, and in the Imataca Complex, a rocky platform of 3,400 million years of age, which makes it the oldest ...
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Rideau Canal (1221)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1221
The Rideau Canal, a monumental early 19th-century construction covering 202 km of the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers from Ottawa south to Kingston Harbour on Lake Ontario, was built primarily for strategic military purposes at a time when Great Britain and the United States ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Employment and internships at the World Heritage Centre
http://whc.unesco.org/en/employments/
UNESCO , a specialized agency of the United Nations , has been pursuing a mission of dialogue and cooperation since it was founded in 1945. It covers four major fields: education, science, culture and communication. Its aim is to build peace in the world through knowledge, ...
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Volunteer
http://whc.unesco.org/en/volunteer/
Every year, thousands of volunteers participate in restoration and research projects at World Heritage sites around the globe. After 30 years of spreading the word about the importance of World Heritage Conservation, the message is finally getting across. Today, the ...
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Useful Websites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/219
Websites Related to World Heritage International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) The World Conservation Union (IUCN) The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre ...
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Examples of the Convention at work
http://whc.unesco.org/en/casestudies/
Angkor (Cambodia) One of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia, Angkor Archaeological Park in Cambodia contains the magnificent remains of the various capitals of the Khmer Empire. Over the years, political and military upheavals, illicit excavation, ...
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[News] Congo - Heritage in Danger
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/76
UNESCO is organizing, with the United Nations Foundation (UNF) the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and several conservation organizations, the first international event to support the DRC’s heritage in danger. The event, “Congo – Heritage in Danger” aims ...
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[News] Further information about damage to two World Heritage sites in Indonesia
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/103
The conservation community mourns the loss of several staff members of the Gunung Leuser National Park, one of the three national parks within the Tropical Rainforest of Sumatra World Heritage site. According to most recent information, the Tropical Rainforest of Sumatra ...
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[News] Results of the election to the World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/195
States Parties elected at the 1st Open Ballot: Canada Israel Korea, Republic of Madagascar Morocco Spain Tunisia United States of America State Party elected at the Ballot for the Reserved Seat: Mauritius Detailled Results of the 1st Open Ballot Number of ...
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[News] UNESCO Mission reports on war damage to cultural heritage in Lebanon
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/283
Experts* sent to Lebanon by UNESCO to assess the state of the country's cultural heritage sites have called for urgent measures to clean up the oil spill from the World Heritage edifices along the Byblos shore line. However, they found that major components of ...
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[News] UNESCO Mission rallies support for the preservation of the mountain gorillas of the DRC
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/374
A mission of experts led by UNESCO has rallied the support of the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) and of local communities in the preservation of the endangered mountain ...
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[News] Ecuador’s “Galápagos Invasive Species” Fund gets injection of US 2.19 million dollars
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/417
The Ecuadorian National Environmental Fund's "Galápagos Invasive Species" account received a major injection of US$2.19 million on March 18 under the framework of the UNESCO-World Heritage Centre/United Nations Foundation project for the management of invasive species at ...
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[News] UNDP launches the second edition of “Picture this”
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/628
The United Nations Development Programme has launched the new edition of "Picture this", an international photo contest. Through the photo contest this year, UNDP hopes to bring much needed attention to the quickly approaching deadline for achieving the Millennium ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee inscribes three new cultural sites, three natural sites and one extension on World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/645
The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has today has inscribed three new cultural sites, including two in Mexico and one in Brazil. It also inscribed three natural sites in China, Kiribati, Reunion Island (France) and extended a site already on the World Heritage ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee inscribes a total of 21 new sites on UNESCO World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/647
The 34th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia since 25 July today finished its consideration of nominations for the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger. Meeting under the Chairmanship of the Minister of Culture of Brazil, ...
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[News] Six new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/774
The Ancient villages of Northern Syria (Syrian Arab Republic), The Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas), (United Arab Emirates), and the Persian Garden (Iran), the Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana (Spain), Pile Dwellings around ...
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[News] World Bank and UNESCO: Expanding Opportunities for Collaboration on Culture and Sustainable Development
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/778
Memorandum of Understanding Outlines Concrete Joint Initiatives UNESCO and the World Bank have cooperated informally over the past decades, in particular on conservation efforts in the World Heritage sites. Today the two organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding ...
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[News] Representatives from 30 Latin American Countries to prepare World Heritage Action Plan
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/961
The final meeting in the Second Cycle of the Periodic Report on the State of World Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place from 3 to 5 December in Santiago, Chile. The objective of the meeting is to draw up a World Heritage Action Plan (2013-2020) for ...
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[Event] Congo - Heritage in Danger - Protecting the wonders of the Democratic Republic of Congo
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/31
Is it possible to protect heritage in time of war This was the challenge facing UNESCO in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) in 2000 and which led to the launch of the "Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Conserving World Heritage Sites in the ...
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[Event] Congo: Heritage in Danger
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/95
Programme of the Workshops and Conference Ensuring the protection of sites in DRC: An Experts’ Workshop 13-14 September 2004 Partners for Heritage in DRC: a meeting between the public and private sector 15 September 2004 Promoting and Preserving Congolese ...
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[Event] Workshop For Cultural Heritage Managers On Disaster Planning For Central And Eastern Europe And New Indepedent States
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/273
In an effort to encourage coordinated disaster planning, mitigation and relief, the United Nations General Assembly established 1990-2000 as the international Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR).As disaster management strategies evolve at local, national and ...
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[Activity] Sub-regional Teacher-training Course for the World Heritage in Young Hands Education Kit in Swahili language
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/444
ZANZIBAR, United Republic of Tanzania, 14-16 March 2005OrganizersThe UNESCO Dar es Salaam Office, in collaboration with the UNESCO Harare Office and under guidance of UNESCO World Heritage Centre.Event The workshop was convened to familiarize the participating teachers from ...
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[Activity] Working Group Meeting to Develop the Draft Policy Paper on Impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage Properties, 05-06 February 2007
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/471
By its decision 30 COM 7.1 the World Heritage Committee endorsed the "Strategy to assist States Parties to implement management responses" and took note of the report on "Predicting and managing the impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage", which were prepared following ...
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[Activity] World heritage, humanity’s gift to future
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/487
People of Africa, the Americas, the Arab to the future world, Asia, Europe and the Pacific; men,women and children,we are all the inheritors of treasures from past civilizations and natural sites of outstanding beauty. We are all responsible for passing these treasures on ...
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[Tentative Lists] Archaeological Sites of the Ancient Shu State: Site at Jinsha and Joint Tombs of Boat-shaped Coffins in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province; Site of Sanxingdui in Guanghan City, Sichuan Province 29C.BC- 5C.BC
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5342
Site at Jinsha - Chengdu City N 30 41, E 104 0 40 Joint Tombs of Boat-shaped Coffins - Chengdu City N 30 41, E 104 01 Site of Sanxingdui - Guanghan City N 30 59 01-31 00 55, E 104 10 34-104 13 10 Jinsha Site, Joint Tomb of Boat-shaped Coffins and Site of Sanxingdui are three ...
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[Tentative Lists] Diaolou Buildings and Villages for Tibetan and Qiang Ethnic Groups
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5343
Danba County N 30 29-31 29, E 101 17-10212 Li County N 31 33, E 103 26 Mao County N 31 45, E 103 43 1. Danba Diaolou Buildings for Tibetan Ethnic Groups    Danba County is located at the east of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in western Sichuan Province. ...
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[Tentative Lists] Hua Shan Scenic Area
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1626
HuaShan has long been regarded as the most precipitous mountain in China, edged with sheer granite rock face, rugged cliffs and deep valleys. Its pathway is also one of the most treacherous, winding its way two thousand feet high to a narrow ledge on the rockface. In spite ...
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[Tentative Lists] Site of Southern Yue State
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5338
The Archaeological Site of the Palace of the N 23 07 46, E 113 15 51The Archaeological Site of the Tomb of the Nanyue King N 23 08 26, E 113 15 18The Archaeological Site of the Wooden Watergate of the Southern Yue Statedom  N 23 08 26, E 113 15 18The archaeological sites of ...
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[Tentative Lists] Yalong, Tibet
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1622
Covering the valley of the middle reach of Yaluzangbu River,its branches and some lakes on the Tibetan Plateau,Yalong region is the cradle of Tibetan culture.The extant relics,artifacts and ancient sites demonstrate the early civilization of the Tibetans,including their ...
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[Tentative Lists] Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1509
The Trebon Basin is a world?famous area of Southern Bohemia. Its marvelous nature and landscape arising from sophisticated man's waterworks are multiplied by numerous cnd topquality cultural monuments. There, we can also still admire important historical technical works that ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Parforce Hunting landscape in North Zealand
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5476
The parforce hunting landscape in North Zealand is an outstanding European cultural landscape that clearly illustrates the 500-year history of a kingdom and its planning and management of the natural environment in accordance with the changing currents of European history. ...
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[Tentative Lists] Dahshour archaeological area
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/191
Dahsour was a part of the Memphite necropolis started to use in the time of King Snfru first King of fourth dynasty. He constructed two Pyramids; one called the "bent pyramid" because its angle reducing, and the other called the red pyramid, and the site was neglected after ...
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[Tentative Lists] Desert Wadis
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1810
Site # 1: Wadi Qena Wadi Qena, together with Wadi Allaqi, are intimately connected to the history of the Nile. Before the consolidation of the Nile configuration as we see it now, flowing from the Sudan into Egypt, there were several rivers flowing from the Red Sea ...
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[Tentative Lists] Gebel Qatrani Area, Lake Qaroun Nature Reserve
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1797
The fossil ancestors of monkeys (Proconsul, elephants (Moerithrium, Arsinoetherium, etc.), and other terrestrial and marshland mammals were found in other quarries near the Fayoum Depression, particularly in Gabal Qatrani. The Fayoum Depression was inhabited by Neolithic Man ...
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[Tentative Lists] Gremi Church of Archangels and Royal Tower
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5226
City of Gremi, capital of vanished Kachetian Kingdom of Georgia, located on the Gilian-Shemakha branch of the Great Silk Road, was destroyed by the army of Shah Abbas in XVI c. and never been restored since then. The ruins of Gremi city are now important Late Medieval ...
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[Tentative Lists] Tenzug - Tallensi settlements
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1392
The Tong Hills, a rocky granite outcrop rising from the savannas of the Upper East Region of northern Ghana, are one of the most important cultural sites in West Africa. Located only sixteen kilometers from the regional capital, Bolgatanga, the hills are the sacral epicentre ...
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[Tentative Lists] Archaeological site of Philippi
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1788
A. History The first evidence of the existence of organized settlements in the region is the site of Dikili Tash, east of Philippi, dating from the Neolithic period. In 360 BC the Thasian colony of Krenides was established on the site. It was occupied by Philip II of ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Area of the Prespes Lakes: Megali and Mikri Prespa which includes Byzantine and post-Byzantine monuments
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1791
A. History The area of Prespes is a large basin at an altitude of 850m which contains two lakes, Mikri and Megali Prespa. Megali Prespa is today located in FYROM, Albania and Greece while Mikri Prespa is entirely located within the latter two countries. The area is ...
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[Tentative Lists] Castle of San Felipe de Lara
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1761
Category cultural Heritage, Castle of San Felipe de Lara, it is composed for defensive strength that watched over the entrance to the old Kingdom of Guatemala from the Caribbean sea, built during the time of Spanish dominance (1524-1821). This construction has served from ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Ipolytartnóc Fossils
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1502
The Ipolytarnóc Fossils Nature Conservation Area is a Natural property. It preserves, within a comparably small area the most unique geological and palaeontological phenomena, features and complexity of the Neogene epoch of the Earth's history. From the 24 ...
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[Tentative Lists] Silk Road Sites in India
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5492
  No. Name of Property State, Province or Region Area (ha.) Geographic (lat/long) or UTM Coordinates of approximate centre point 1. Ruins of Ancient Vaishali Bihar Vaishali 2.77 (Vaishali) 7.30 (Kolhua) 25 59 N 85 6 E   2. Remains of ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Maharaja Railways of India
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5403
Maharaja Railways of India (GLR), emerged in the 19th century, as a remarkable initiative /enterprise in India; to establish railways without the involvement of the British rulers in India.  The Gwalior Light Railway (GLR) is being proposed for inclusion in the ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad Golconda Fort, Qutb Shahi Tombs, Charminar
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5573
Golconda Fort N17 23 07.37 E78 24 14.87 Qutb Shahi Tombs N17 23 43.73 E78 23 47.79 Charminar N17 21 41.13 E78 28 28.00 Located in the city of Hyderabad, capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh, Golconda Fort, Qutb Shahi Tombs and Charminar are the landmarks that symbolize the ...
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[Tentative Lists] Bawomataluo Site
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5463
The Bawomataluo settlement is located in the Bawomataluo Village, under the District of Teluk Dalam, in the South Nias Regency. The area covers ± 5 Hectares with an altitude of 270 meters above sea level. This kampong is situated on the heights of the hills and is ...
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[Tentative Lists] Muarajambi Temple Compound
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5465
The Muarajambi Temple Compound Site is located in the Muarajambi Village, in the District of Maro Sebo, Muaro Jambi Regency, Jambi Province. From Jambi city, the site is less than 40 kilo-meters and can be reached by land transportation or through the river in one hour. The ...
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[Tentative Lists] Amedy city
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5601
The nominated city is located 70km north of the city of Duhok. Amedy is one of the oldest cities in the world and one of the most important historic cities in North Iraq. The oldest written record belongs to the 9th century B.C. namely in the reign of the Assyrian Emperor ...
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[Tentative Lists] Bet She'an
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1479
Bet She'an, the only one of the ten cities of the Decapolis west of Jordan, is one of the oldest cities of the Ancient Near East and a crossroads to the Fertile Crescent. The remains of some twenty layers of settlement, going back to the fifth millennium BCE have been ...
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[Tentative Lists] Region of the Caves & Hiding: bet Guvrin-Maresha
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1484
Maresha and Bet Guvrin are two main sites in a larger area of caves and hiding that existed just off the Via Maris during the Byzantine period. According to evidence produced by Prof. Yoram Zafrir, over 100,000 people lived in this area away from the main trade route. The ...
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[Tentative Lists] Timna
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1489
The Timna Valley, north of the Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba, within the Rift Valley, is a large semicircular erosion formation containing four wadis that run from the Timna Cliffs into Nahal Arava. Timna provides a remarkable example of industrial archaeology, as it was the site ...
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[Tentative Lists] Historic Centre of Parma
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1148
Parma is a city of noble cultural traditions; its innumerable works of art are a testimony of its long history and glorious past as a major European capital city.The city is situated halfway between the Po River and the last slopes of the Apennine Mountains, along the Roman ...
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[Tentative Lists] Salento and the "Barocco Leccese"
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1149
The Salento peninsula in South-Eastern Puglia extends, between the Adriatic and the Ionian Seas, from the last hills of Murgia to the headland, Capo Santa Maria di Leuca, and its celebrated homonymous sanctuary, marking Finibus Terrae, which was probably built over the ruins ...
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[Tentative Lists] Sulcis Iglesiente
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5003
In the Iglesiente area, there is the most important Italian mining compound, which comprises the Campidano Plain and the seashore, from Capo Pecora at north to Gonnessa Bay at southwest. From a geological point of view, it is an extremely important area due to the fact that, ...
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[Tentative Lists] Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5570
From the late 3rd century to the end of the 6th century, more than 200,000 tumuli (kofun) were built throughout the Japanese archipelago from the southern part of the Tôhoku region on the main island of Honshû to the southern part of the island of ...
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[Tentative Lists] Okinoshima Island and Related Sites in Munakata Region
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5400
This property comprises two important parts: one is Okinoshima, an island off the northwestern coast of Kyûshû, where from the fourth to the tenth centuries national religious rituals were conducted to supplicate the gods for the safety of the oceangoing vessels ...
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[Tentative Lists] Khulubvi And Associated Mbona Sacred Rain Shrines
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5602
Shrines and sacred sites in Malawi have been in existence since 1500 A.D. They were used by our ancestors to offer sacrifices to their Mphambe (God) in times of drought or other calamities. These sites are spatially located in different areas throughout Malawi. Khulubvi ...
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[Tentative Lists] Medieval Earthern Walled City of Lo Manthang
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5256
Lo Manthang the capital of the former Kingdom of Lo was constructed in the 15th Century on a plateau at 3800 meters above sea level. The settlement is located on the ancient trade route that runs along the Kali Gandaki River that cuts through the Himalayas. The settlement is ...
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[Tentative Lists] Tilaurakot, the archaeological remains of ancient Shakya Kingdom
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/840

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[Tentative Lists] Ancient Kano City Walls and Asociated Sties
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5171
Ancient Kano City Wall is a 14km radius earth structure, while associated sites are made up of these features, Dala Hills, Kurmi Market and Emir's Palace. The ancient Kano city wals were built in order to provide security to the growing population. The foundation for the ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Ancient City of Galhat
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/498
The ancient city of Qalhat is now ruined, except for a small mausoleum locally known as Bibi Maryam (which however has lost its dome). Qalhat has been for centuries the second city of the kingdom of Hormuz and a very important point in the Indian Ocean trade. It was visited ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Historic Centre of Cajamarca
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1646
Cajamarca is the setting of the encounter between the culture of Spain and the Andean world. The layout of the city and its buildings, both civil and religious, built of adobe and volcanic stone within the Historic Centre of Cajamarca, offer an exceptional testimony of ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Augustów Canal (Kanal Augustowski)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/2101
Area covered by the property:The area of the property encompasses the Augustów Canal together with buildings and hydraulic engineering structures and the area integral to them, necessary to the Canal operation, described as the conservation protection zone – in the territory ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Historic Centre of Sibiu and its Ensemble of Squares
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1929
Sibiu was colonized by Saxon settlers in the mid-12th century. They were invited to Transylvania by the Hungarian King Geza II (1141-1162), in order to defend and administer the kingdom's border territory. The earliest written records date from 1191. From 1366 onwards the ...
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[Tentative Lists] Historical Area of Jeddah
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5085
The historical area of Jeddah is located in the center of Jeddah city, along the western coast of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea. Some historical resources refer to the history of Jeddah as dating back to the era before Islam. However, the major changing point in ...
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[Tentative Lists] Extension of the location of Spišský hrad and its associated cultural monuments with Levoča and the work of Master Paul in Spiš
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1735
The object of extension of hte original proposal of Spissky Hrad and its associated cultural monuments (inscribed in the World Heritage List in 1993) is the extension of the immediate territory under the former regional castle with other inseparable attributes of this ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Cape Arc of Meridian
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5461
Since ancient times, Africans and people all over the world have wondered about the shaped of the earth. At the same time they looked up at the night sky and contemplated the stars. Stars like lsiLimela (known to Europeans as the Seven Sisters) and the Giraffes (the Cross ...
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[Tentative Lists] Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1021
The fortifications which are the subject of this proposal are located in regions of Spain which border neighbouring countries, i.e. Portugal and France.The bulwarked border fortifications were planned and built between the end of the 16th century or start of the 17th century ...
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[Tentative Lists] Seruwila Mangala Raja Maha Vihara
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5083
Seruwila Mangala Raja Maha Vihara is an ancient temple which is among the sixteen holiest Buddhist shrines [Solomathana] in Sri Lanka.It is reachable both from road and sea. Sea route begins at Trincomalee to Muttur on boat and another 16 km by roads. Land route is via ...
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[Tentative Lists] Old Dongola
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/652
Old Dongola was the capital of the Christian Kingdom of Makouria (7th - 14th century). The site contains many churches, places, houses and mosques. The wall of some buildings are decorated with very fine frescoes.
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[Tentative Lists] Phimai, its Cultural Route and the Associated Temples of Phanomroong and Muangtam
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1919
Phimai or Vimai was the name of a large rectangular ancient Khmer city surrounded on all sides by boundary walls and moats, lying 260 kilometres northwest of Angkor. Prasat Phimai was the Mahayana Buddhist sanctuary situated at the centre of the city. Prasat Phimai itself ...
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[Tentative Lists] Silk Roads Sites in Turkmenistan
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5521
  No. Name of property State, Province or Region Area (ha) Geographic (lat/long) or UTM Coordinates of approximate centre point I. ROUTE: AMUL - MERV 1 Amul Lebap velayat 5 At the outskirts of the modern Turkmenabat ...
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[Tentative Lists] Poykent
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5301
Poykent is located in the lower stream of Zarafshan River and was one of the largest cities of the oasis. The city was consisted of citadel, two sites of ancient settlement and rabod (suburb).According to the archaeological researches, this place was founded as a small ...
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Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (88)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/88
This outstanding archaeological area contains such magnificent monuments as the Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Sanctuary of Isis at Philae, which were saved from the rising waters of the Nile thanks to the International Campaign launched by UNESCO, in 1960 to ...
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Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (534)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/534

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Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida (664)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/664
The colony of Augusta Emerita, which became present-day Mérida in Estremadura, was founded in 25 B.C. at the end of the Spanish Campaign and was the capital of Lusitania. The well-preserved remains of the old city include, in particular, a large bridge over the ...
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Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta (733)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/733
Ferrara, which grew up around a ford over the River Po, became an intellectual and artistic centre that attracted the greatest minds of the Italian Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries. Here, Piero della Francesca, Jacopo Bellini and Andrea Mantegna decorated the ...
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Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin (777)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/777
These two Byzantine monasteries in the Tumanian region from the period of prosperity during the Kiurikian dynasty (10th to 13th century) were important centres of learning. Sanahin was renown for its school of illuminators and calligraphers. The two monastic complexes ...
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Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal (791)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/791
The Mayan town of Uxmal, in Yucatán, was founded c. A.D. 700 and had some 25,000 inhabitants. The layout of the buildings, which date from between 700 and 1000, reveals a knowledge of astronomy. The Pyramid of the Soothsayer, as the Spaniards called it, dominates the ...
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Classical Gardens of Suzhou (813)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/813
Classical Chinese garden design, which seeks to recreate natural landscapes in miniature, is nowhere better illustrated than in the nine gardens in the historic city of Suzhou. They are generally acknowledged to be masterpieces of the genre. Dating from the 11th-19th ...
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Naval Port of Karlskrona (871)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/871
Karlskrona is an outstanding example of a late-17th-century European planned naval city. The original plan and many of the buildings have survived intact, along with installations that illustrate its subsequent development up to the present day. 871Naval Port of ...
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Mountain Railways of India (944)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/944
This site includes three railways. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was the first, and is still the most outstanding, example of a hill passenger railway. Opened in 1881, its design applies bold and ingenious engineering solutions to the problem of establishing an effective ...
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Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí (988)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/988
The narrow Vall de Boí is situated in the high Pyrénées, in the Alta Ribagorça region and is surrounded by steep mountains. Each village in the valley contains a Romanesque church, and is surrounded by a pattern of enclosed fields. There are ...
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Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai (1009)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1009
The Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Tournai was built in the first half of the 12th century. It is especially distinguished by a Romanesque nave of extraordinary dimensions, a wealth of sculpture on its capitals and a transept topped by five towers, all precursors of the Gothic ...
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Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba (1108)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1108
Tels (prehistoric settlement mounds), are characteristic of the flatter lands of the eastern Mediterranean, particularly Lebanon, Syria, Israel and eastern Turkey. Of more than 200 tels in Israel, Megiddo, Hazor and Beer Sheba are representative of those that contain ...
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Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (1242)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1242
The Parthian Fortresses of Nisa consist of two tells of Old and New Nisa, indicating the site of one of the earliest and most important cities of the Parthian Empire, a major power from the mid 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD. They conserve the unexcavated remains of an ...
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Mantua and Sabbioneta (1287)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1287
Mantua and Sabbioneta, in the Po valley, in the north of Italy, represent two aspects of Renaissance town planning: Mantua shows the renewal and extension of an existing city, while 30 km away, Sabbioneta represents the implementation of the period’s theories about ...
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[News] Tipasa (Algeria) Added to List of World Heritage in Danger
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/178
Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982, Tipasa on the shores of the Mediterranean, comprises Phoenician, Roman, palaeochristian and Byzantine ruins alongside indigenous monuments such as the Kbor er Roumia, the great royal mausoleum of Mauritania. An ancient Punic ...
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[News] Hatra
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/181
A large fortified city under the influence of the Parthian Empire and capital of the first Arab Kingdom, Hatra withstood invasions by the Romans in A.D. 116 and 198 thanks to its high, thick walls reinforced by towers. The remains of the city, especially the temples where ...
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[News] Climate change threatens UNESCO World Heritage sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/319
The threats posed by climate change to natural and cultural sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List are outlined in a new UNESCO publication, "Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage"*. The report features 26 examples - including the Tower of London, Kilimanjaro ...
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[News] Cologne Cathedral (Germany), Djoudj Bird Sanctuary (Senegal), Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia), and Hampi (India) removed from List of World Heritage in Danger
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/264
Improved conservation allowed the World Heritage Committee to remove Cologne Cathedral (Germany), Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (Senegal), the Group of Monuments at Hampi (India) and Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia), from the List of World Heritage in Danger on Monday. The ...
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[News] UNESCO launches the re-erection project of the Aksum Obelisk
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/350
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre today signed the contract with Lattanzi SRL construction company to begin the re-erection of the Aksum obelisk. Also known as Stela 2, it is the second largest stela on the Aksum World Heritage site in Ethiopia. Transported to Rome by the ...
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[News] Royal Palaces of Abomey and Kathmandu removed from Danger List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/356
Christchurch, New Zealand - The World Heritage Committee has removed Royal Palaces of Abomey, Benin, and Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, from the List of World Heritage in Danger, recognizing progress in the two sites' state of preservation.The Palaces of Abomey, inscribed ...
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[News] Discovering and Preserving World Heritage sites with Indiana Jones
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/440
In coordination with the release of the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Friends of World Heritage (the UN Foundation, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Expedia, Inc.) have joined forces with Indiana Jones for an online campaign and contest to ...
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[News] Bridge Collapses at Hampi World Heritage Site (India)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/487
On 22 January 2009, the Anegundi Bridge at the World Heritage Group of Monuments at Hampi collapsed, killing eight construction workers. The unfinished bridge over the Tungabhadra River gave way under the weight of the additional concrete used to complete its construction, ...
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[News] Agreement between the Algerian Ministry of Culture and the INRAP with the support of the World Heritage Centre
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/550
On 21 July 2009, the Algerian Ministry of Culture and the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) signed a cooperation agreement with the support of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. The ceremony took place in Algiers with the participation of the ...
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[News] Director-General of UNESCO deplores loss of life and offers support after collapse of Meknes minaret
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/589
Following the collapse of a minaret in the World Heritage city of Meknes, Director-General Irina Bokova expressed profound sympathy Sunday and said UNESCO's expertise was available to the Moroccan authorities in their restoration efforts. "I am deeply saddened by the tragic ...
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[News] List of World Heritage in Danger: World Heritage Committee inscribes the Tombs of Buganda Kings (Uganda) and removes Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/636
The World Heritage Committee holding its 34th session chaired by João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, has inscribed the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (Uganda) on the List of World Heritage in Danger. The Committee also decided to remove ...
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[News] UNESCO and the Regional Government of Flanders sign a Trust Fund Agreement for the support of UNESCO’s activities in the field of heritage.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/695
On 2 November 2010, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, and Kris Peeters, Minister - President of the Government of Flanders (Kingdom of Belgium), signed an agreement establishing a Trust Fund that will support UNESCO's activities in the field of heritage. This is ...
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[News] Statement from the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee on the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/716
On behalf of the World Heritage Committee, I was deeply saddened by the news of the earthquake that has caused loss of life and the destruction of the beautiful city of Christchurch.  I send my sincere condolences and sympathy to the people of New Zealand.To many of us ...
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[News] 35th session of the World Heritage Committee to meet in Paris in June 2011
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/728
Due to the prevailing situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain and following consultations with Bahraini authorities, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has decided to change the venue of the forthcoming 35th session of the World Heritage Committee from its initially ...
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[News] Statement of the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/738
Following the kind invitation of the World Heritage Centre, I had the great pleasure to attend the meeting entitled "Follow-up to the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting in the Arab States: Regional Meting for the Elaboration of the Regional Programme", held in Rabat (Kingdom ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee inscribes five new sites in Colombia, Sudan, Jordan, Italy and Germany
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/771
The Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia (Colombia), the Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe (Sudan), Wadi Rum Protected Area (Jordan) and The Longobards in Italy, Places of Power , 568 – 774 A.D. (Italy), and the Fagus Factory in Alfeld (Germany), have been ...
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[News] Flooding in Thailand
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/797
Severe flooding in Thailand since mid July has this week inundated the World Heritage property of the Historic City of Ayutthaya, founded in ca. 1350 as the second capital of the Kingdom of Siam after Sukhothai. Located on an island on the Chao Praya river, the protective ...
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[News] Director-General Visits the Buddhist Monuments of Bagan
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/924
Close to one thousand years ago, Anawrahta, king of the first Myanmar Empire and a staunch advocate of Theravada Buddhism, embarked on one of the most ambitious religious construction programs in history in his kingdom’s capital city, Bagan. Today, over 3,000 temples ...
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[Event] Joint Workshop on Marine World Heritage site selection and Marine protected areas in the Gulf and Red Sea
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/549
The Kingdom of Bahrain, in cooperation with the World Heritage Centre and IUCN-WCPA, hosted the workshop on 'building capacity for marine World Heritage'.  The workshop had three central objectives: Building greater capacity within the global IUCN-WCPA marine network ...
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[Event] Photo Exhibition for the Preservation of the World Heritage Site of the Koguryo Tombs and Mural Paintings of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/960
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre will organize a photographic exhibition “The Preservation of the World Heritage Site of the Koguryo Tombs and Mural Paintings of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 2001-2012” from 12 to 26 October 2012 at Salle des ...
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World Heritage Review n°25
http://whc.unesco.org/en/review/24
Modern Architecture Zanzibar Stone Town Ichkeul a wetland in search of water Trinidad de Cuba The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Worlitz
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[Activity] Meroe, Republic of the Sudan – Preparatory Assistance for the nomination of ‘The Island of Meroe’
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/413
The sites of Meroe, Naqa and Musawwarat es-Sufra, located in the Nile province of Sudan were the heartland of the Kush Kingdom from the 8th Century B.C to the 4th Century AD. Otherwise known as ‘The Island of Meroe’ because of its position at the confluence of Blue Nile, the ...
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[Tentative Lists] Historic city of Ahmadabad
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5616
Historical Information on the city: (Ref: Soundara Rajan, K. v., 1980. Archaeological Survey of India New Delhi) Ahmadabad city located on Latitude-23°00'; Longitude-72°35', reputed as 'Manchester' of India, is a busy industrial city situated in cotton-growing ...
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[Partners] Gesellschaft Für Technische Zusammenarbeit
http://whc.unesco.org/en/partners/259
Gesellschaft Für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), the German government's implementing agency for technical development and co-operation, assists developing countries to conserve and use their natural and cultural heritage in a sustainable manner. GTZ has numerous ...
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[Tentative Lists] Brest Fortress
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1897
The Brest Fortress is a monument of architecture of the 19th century. It was built in 1830-1842 in the city of Brest as part of the fortification system on the western border of the Russian Empire. In 1830, the Russian Emperor Nicholas I sanctioned the fortress's project ...
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[Tentative Lists] Lieux de mémoire et monuments de la Grande Guerre : le Westhoek et Régions voisines
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1710
La région proposée correspond en Belgique à la plus touchée par la Grande Guerre. Après sa déclaration de guerre à la France le 3 août 1914, l'Allemagne envahit la Belgique neutre. Les batailles d'Ypre et de l'Yser ...
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[Tentative Lists] Sarajevo - unique symbol of universal multiculture - continual open city (N.I.)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/906
According to the criterion (v) Sarajevo - Open city is unique example of traditional human living and settling. Beauty of a city is possible not only with numerous architectural monuments but also in interpretation of synthesis of living harmony and in preservation of ...
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[Tentative Lists] Serra da Capivara National Park and Permanent Preservation Areas
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1125
Area: 129.139,9 hectares- Perimeter: 214,2 KmThree Permanent Preservation Area's (APP's), contiguous to the Park, were created as Biological Reserves on 12th March 1990, of 35.000 ha. total area:Area l: Serra Vermelba/Angelical   8.500 ha, perim. 60 Km;Area Il: Serra ...
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[Tentative Lists] Sites of the Yuan Dynasty Upper Capital (Xanadu )and Middle Capital
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5326
Site of the Yuan Dynasty Upper Capital, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, N 42 20 52 - 42 22 13, E 116 09 50 - 116 11 40.Site of the Yuan Dynasty Middle Capital, Hebei Province, N 41 9, E 114 42.Site of the Yuan Dynasty Upper CapitalThe site of the Yuan Dynasty Upper Capital ...
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[Tentative Lists] Seaflower Marine Protected Area (MPA)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5166
In Colombia, in accord with Decree 216 of 2003, the Ministry of Environment, Housing, and Territorial development is the environmental governing body, with a technical office that is responsible for day-to-day operational management of conservation in situ. The mission of ...
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[Tentative Lists] Parc national d’Odzala-Kokoua
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5376
Le Parc National d’Odzala-Kokoua a été créé par décret présidentiel  n° 2001-221 du 10/mai/2001. Il couvre une superficie de 1.354.600 hectares et est situé à cheval sur les Départements de la ...
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[Tentative Lists] Parc national de Nouabalé Ndoki
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5377
Le Parc National de Nouabalé-Ndoki a été créé par décret présidentiel  n° 97/727 du 31/12/93. Il couvre une superficie de 386.592 hectares depuis sa creation  et est situé à cheval sur les ...
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[Tentative Lists] Historical-town planning ensemble of Ston with Mali Ston, connecting walls, the Mali Ston Bay nature reserve, Stonsko Polje and the salt pans
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/160
The historical-town planning ensemble of Ston regarded as integrated cultural heritage (cultural property and cultural landscape) comprises Ston and Mali Ston, the connecting walls, the nature reserve of Mali Ston Bay, Stonsko Polje and the salt pans. The area of this ...
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[Tentative Lists] Žatec – the Hops Town
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5153
The town Žatec is located in the northwest part of the Czech Republic, in the region geologically called the Žatec Basin. The natural conditions of the site are significantly influenced by the nearby mountains. Their slopes form a natural barrier against the western winds. ...
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[Tentative Lists] Baltic Klint
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1852
The North-Estonian limestone escarpment is part of a more extensive landform -the Baltic Klint. The total length of the Baltic Klint is 1100-1200 km; of that 250 km are in mainland Estonia. The limestone cliff begins from the western coast of the Island of Oland in Sweden. ...
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[Tentative Lists] L’œuvre architecturale et urbaine de Le Corbusier
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1666
Maisons La Roche & Jeanneret Cité Frugès Villa Cook Villa Savoye & maison du gardien type CIAM Cité de refuge de l'Armée du Salut Pavillon Suisse à la Cité universitaire à Paris Immeuble locatif à la Porte ...
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[Tentative Lists] Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5225
Recent excavations of Dmanisi have revealed an extraordinary record of the earliest hominid dispersal beyond Africa (1,75 million years ago). Several hominid individuals along with abundant well-preserved remains of fossil animals and stone artefacts have been found. The ...
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[Tentative Lists] Tbilisi Historic District
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5233
Tbilisi is a grand sample of Georgian urban heritage, in which an interesting process of adoption of foreign influences penetrating in the course of the centuries, their creative transformation and adaptation to the traditional Georgian dwelling and its planning structure is ...
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[Tentative Lists] Route of the Franciscan Evangelisation
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1758
The Route have 26 churches, some chaplainries and oratories built during the time of Spanish dominance (1524-1821) under the direction of the order of Preachers of San Francisco, for the religious teaching and the local natives' castellanización, descending of the Mayan. ...
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[Tentative Lists] Route of the to Dominique Evangelisation
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1759
It comprends an approximate legacy of 27 Churches, some hermitages and oratories built during the time of Spanish dominance (1524-1821) under the direction of the order of Preachers of Santo Domingo, with the purpose of supporting the incorporation of the local natives, ...
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[Tentative Lists] Santiniketan
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5495
Santiniketan, popularly known today as a university town, a hundred miles to the north of Kolkata, was originally an ashram built by Debendranath Tagore, where anyone, irrespective of caste and creed, could come and spend time meditating on the one Supreme God. Debendranath, ...
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[Tentative Lists] Tana Toraja Traditional Settlement
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5462
Tana Toraja Traditional Settlement is a series of 10 traditional settlements or constituents of them, such as burial or ceremonial grounds. The properties are scattered within Tana Toraja Regency in the Province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tana-Toraja occupies about 3.205 ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Mfangano-Rusinga Island Complex
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5502
Coordinates: Rusinga: S00 24 05 E34 10 00 Mfangano: S00 27 23 E34 02 05   Mfangano-Rusinga Island complex is located in Lake Victoria, South - west Kenya. The area is classified as semi arid to semi - humid type and has a bimodal rainfall pattern. The ...
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[Tentative Lists] Maltese Catacomb Complexes
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1113
The Paleochristian heritage of the Maltese Islands rates as the fourth most important cluster of such monuments in the Mediterranean Region following those of the Italy, Israel and of the Maghreb. The most prominent feature of Malta's Paleochristian archaeology consists of ...
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[Tentative Lists] Pre-Hispanic City of Cantona
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1586
Cantona was a great fortified city, built around the year 50 A.D. over "bad land", a Pleistocene basaltic outcrop. Due to some of its features, Cantona is unique in its kind. For example, no mortar or cement was used in its buildings, and it has a sophisticated road ...
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[Tentative Lists] San Luis Potosí on the Mercury and Silver Route of the Intercontinental Camino Real
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5163
The significance of the role played by San Luis Potosí on the Intercontinental Mercury and Silver Route, on which its outstanding universal value is based, was considered in defining the specific type of site proposed for the World Heritage List. For this reason the proposed ...
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[Tentative Lists] Archaeological Site of Mehrgarh
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1876
The archaeological site of Mehrgarh consist of a number of low archaeological mounds in the Kachi plain, close to the mouth of the Bolan Pass. Located next to the west bank of the Bolan river, they are some 30 kilometres from the town of Sibi. Covering an area of some 250 ...
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[Tentative Lists] Sacred City of Caral - Supe
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/2011
The construction of the Sacred City of Caral by the society of Supe started five thousand years ago, during the Late Archaic Period of the Central Andes (3000 - 1500 B.C.), and the city was occupied for approximately one thousand years.At that time the Supe society, which ...
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[Tentative Lists] Centre historique d'Irkoutsk
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1166
AIrkoutsk - centre administratif de la région d'Irkoutsk - est un objet de différentes sortes d'étude comme ”ville histonque” dont l' histoire est plus de trois cents ans et la population est plus de 600 mille ...
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[Tentative Lists] Russian Kremlins
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5517
Coordinates: 1. Ensemble of the Astrakhan Kremlin: N46 20 58 E48 01 52 2. Ensemble of the Uglich Kremlin: N57 31 43 E30 19 3 3. Ensemble of the Pskov Kremlin: N57 49 34 E28 19 36   Russian Kremlins are unique, exclusive phenomenon of word history and architecture. It ...
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[Tentative Lists] Limes Romanus - The Roman antique monuments on the Middle Danube
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1732
The territory of present Slovakia, in 1st-4th Century inhabited by the German tribes of Marcomans and Quadi, was situated in the immediate vicinity of the Roman Empire. The natural North border of the empire - of the province Panonia, was formed in this region by the river ...
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[Tentative Lists] Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (KKFC)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5593
The KKFC lies in the Tenasserim Range on the boundary between Thailand and Myanmar and covers a vast forest area of 3 western Thailand provinces: Ratchaburi, Phetchaburi, and Prachuab Kirikhan. The complex protects the headwaters of many important rivers such as Phetchaburi, ...
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[Tentative Lists] Dayton Aviation Sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5242
Huffman Prairie Flying Field  84°4'16.229"W   39°48'28.067"NWright Cycle Company and Wright & Wright Printing  84°12'42.967"W   39°45'19.25"N          Wright Hall  84°12'5.4"W   39°43'40.23"NHawthorn Hill  ...
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[Tentative Lists] Ancient Termiz
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5298
Ancient Termiz includes Qoratepa, Fayaztepa, Zurmala Mortar, Qirq-Qiz, Khakim at-Termiziy, Sultan-Saodat, Kokildor Khonaqo, Djarqurgan Minaret, Kampirtepa. Old Termiz is located in 5 km to the northwest from Termiz, on the right branch of Amudarya River. A total area is 500 ...
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[Tentative Lists] Con Moong Cave
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5072
Con Moong cave locates in the South of Mo village, Tlianh Yen commune, Thaih Thanh district, Thanh Hoa province, lying in the area of Cuc Phiiong National Park. Cuc Phuong National Park is not ofily the protection unit of rare and precious animals in Vietnam but also a unit ...
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[Tentative Lists] Dag Hammarskjoeld Memorial (Crash site)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/867
Dag Hammarskjoeld Memorial site lies at a point 10 km from Ndola in the Ndola West Forest Reserve. The turn off is clearly sign posted off the Ndola-Kitwe dual carriage way. The memorial marks the site of the plane crash in which Dag the second and the then United Nation ...
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The United Mexican States
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/mx
The United Mexican StatesSian Ka'an, N, 410. 1987 Cité préhispanique et Parc national de Palenque, C, 411. 1987 Centre historique de Mexico et Xochimilco, C, 412. 1987 Cité préhispanique de Teotihuacan, C, 414. 1987 Centre historique de Oaxaca et Zone archéologique de ...
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Partnership Benefits
http://whc.unesco.org/en/67
The World Heritage Partnerships for Conservation Initiative aims at fostering innovative and creative partnerships with the private sector to help UNESCO achieve its objectives. It also serves the interests of private sector partners ...
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Partnership principles
http://whc.unesco.org/en/Partnershipprinciples/
Partnerships should be common undertakings between partners in pursuit of common goals. In this framework, PACT operates around the following key principles: Common purpose;Transparency;Bestowing no unfair advantages upon any partner;Mutual benefit and mutual ...
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Chaco Culture (353)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/353
For over 2,000 years, Pueblo peoples occupied a vast region of the south-western United States. Chaco Canyon, a major centre of ancestral Pueblo culture between 850 and 1250, was a focus for ceremonials, trade and political activity for the prehistoric Four Corners area. ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (442)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/442
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), author of the American Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, was also a talented architect of neoclassical buildings. He designed Monticello (1769–1809), his plantation home, and his ideal 'academical ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Complex of Hué Monuments (678)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/678
Established as the capital of unified Viet Nam in 1802, Hué was not only the political but also the cultural and religious centre under the Nguyen dynasty until 1945. The Perfume River winds its way through the Capital City, the Imperial City, the Forbidden Purple ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (710)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/710
The construction of Bagrati Cathedral, named after Bagrat III, the first king of united Georgia, started at the end of the 10th century and was completed in the early years of the 11th century. Although partly destroyed by the Turks in 1691, its ruins still lie in the centre ...
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San Agustín Archaeological Park (744)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/744
The largest group of religious monuments and megalithic sculptures in South America stands in a wild, spectacular landscape. Gods and mythical animals are skilfully represented in styles ranging from abstract to realist. These works of art display the creativity and ...
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Las Médulas (803)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/803
In the 1st century A.D. the Roman Imperial authorities began to exploit the gold deposits of this region in north-west Spain, using a technique based on hydraulic power. After two centuries of working the deposits, the Romans withdrew, leaving a devastated landscape. Since ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (898)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/898
The Kvarken Archipelago (Finland) and the High Coast (Sweden) are situated in the Gulf of Bothnia, a northern extension of the Baltic Sea. The 5,600 islands of the Kvarken Archipelago feature unusual ridged washboard moraines, ‘De Geer moraines’, formed by the ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area (1273)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1273
The Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area inscribed on the World Heritage List consist of two Roman Catholic, three Protestant and three Greek Orthodox churches built between the 16th and 18th centuries. The property presents good examples of a ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (1351)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1351
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro was the Royal Inland Road, also known as the Silver Route. The inscribed property consists of 55 sites and five existing World Heritage sites lying along a 1400 km section of this 2600 km route, that extends north from Mexico City to Texas and ...
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36th session of the Committee Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation 24 juin 2012 - 06 juillet 2012
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/36COM/
36th session of the Committee Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation 36COM 24 juin - 06 juillet 2012 Committee Members Algeria, Cambodia, Colombia, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Qatar, Russian Federation, Senegal, ...
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33rd session of the Committee Sevilla, Spain 22 juin 2009 - 30 juin 2009
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/33COM/
33rd session of the Committee Sevilla, Spain 33COM 22 juin - 30 juin 2009 Committee Members Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Republic of, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Spain, Sweden, ...
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15th session of the Committee Carthage, Tunisia 09 décembre 1991 - 13 décembre 1991
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/15COM/
15th session of the Committee Carthage, Tunisia 15COM 09 décembre - 13 décembre 1991 Committee Members Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Senegal, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, ...
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14th session of the Committee Banff, Canada 07 décembre 1990 - 12 décembre 1990
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/14COM/
14th session of the Committee Banff, Canada 14COM 07 décembre - 12 décembre 1990 Committee Members Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Senegal, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, United ...
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13th session of the Committee Paris, France 11 décembre 1989 - 15 décembre 1989
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/13COM/
13th session of the Committee Paris, France 13COM 11 décembre - 15 décembre 1989 Committee Members Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, France, Greece, India, Italy, Lebanon, Malawi, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, United Republic ...
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12th session of the Committee Brasilia, Brazil 05 décembre 1988 - 09 décembre 1988
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/12COM/
12th session of the Committee Brasilia, Brazil 12COM 05 décembre - 09 décembre 1988 Committee Members Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, France, Greece, India, Italy, Lebanon, Malawi, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, United ...
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General Assembly Rules of Procedure
http://whc.unesco.org/en/garules/
I. Participation Rule 1 - Chief participants The representatives of all States Parties to the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by the General Conference on 16 November 1972, may take part, with the right to vote, in ...
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Frequently Asked Questions
http://whc.unesco.org/en/faq/
This section provides information about the 1972 World Heritage Convention and UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre. It includes answers to frequently asked questions in the following areas: World Heritage/The Convention The World Heritage List The Nomination of Sites World ...
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FAQs about the election of World Heritage Committee members
http://whc.unesco.org/en/faqelections/
Table of Contents How many Committee members are there When do the elections take place How long is the mandate of a Committee member How many new Committee members are elected at each General Assembly How many seats are available at the 19th General Assembly in ...
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The World Heritage Convention
http://whc.unesco.org/en/convention/
The most significant feature of the 1972 World Heritage Convention is that it links together in a single document the concepts of nature conservation and the preservation of cultural properties. The Convention recognizes the way in which people interact with nature, and the ...
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[News] Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara in Tanzania inscribed on World Heritage in Danger List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/72
The ruins of the great sea-ports of Kilwa Kisiwani and of Songo Mnara situated off the coast of the United Republic of Tanzania were inscribed yesterday on the List of World Heritage in Danger by the 21-member World Heritage Committee, which is holding its annual meeting in ...
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[News] UNESCO offers tsunami assistance to countries in South Asia
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/99
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, has offered UNESCO’s support to the countries devastated by the earthquake off the coast of Sumatra and the ensuing tsunami, and expressed his sorrow at the tragic loss of life in the region. Writing to the King of ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee Adds Four Sites to the List of World Heritage in Danger
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/163
Marrakesh - UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, meeting in Marrakech (Morocco) since November 29, has today included four new sites on its List of World Heritage in Danger. They are the Iguacu National Park (Brazil), the Rwenzori Mountains (Uganda), the Salonga National Park ...
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[News] 15th session of the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/192
The 15th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention will be held in Room IV on 10-11 October. During the meeting, the General Assembly will elect twelve (12) new members to the World Heritage Committee. Delegates attending only the General Assembly ...
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[News] Jane Goodall receives UNESCO’s 60th anniversary medal
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/224
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, awarded UNESCO's 60th Anniversary Medal to Jane Goodall, the British-born primatologist, on Tuesday 17 January, at the Organization's Headquarters in Paris. The medal was presented in recognition of Ms Goodall's lifelong ...
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[News] First Steering Committee of the Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/233
On February 13-16, 2006, the World Heritage Centre organized the Steering Committee of the Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative (CAWHFI) in Libreville, Gabon. During this event, conservators and wildlife directors of the Congo, Cameroon, Gabon and the Central ...
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[News] "Promoting and Preserving Congolese Heritage" Publication Now Available
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/249
The proceedings of the International Donors' Conference "Promoting and Preserving Congolese Heritage: Linking Biological and Cultural Diversity", held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France from 13-17 September 2004, are now available as World Heritage Paper Series N° ...
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[News] Preserving Congolese Heritage in Armed Conflict
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/291
On the occasion of the United Nations' International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, the World Heritage Centre would like to draw attention to the project "Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: ...
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[News] 10th Anniversary of the France-UNESCO Convention
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/547
Signed in 1997 and entered into force in 1999, the France-UNESCO Convention for architectural, urban and landscape heritage is a tool for cooperation, by which France places financial and technical assistance at UNESCO's disposal. The France-UNESCO Convention contributes to ...
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[News] Rapid Response Facility launches new website
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/552
The Rapid Response Facility (RRF), the emergency small grants programme jointly operated by Fauna & Flora International (FFI), UNESCO World Heritage Centre, and the United Nations Foundation, has just launched a new website at www.rapid-response.org. The RRF is a unique ...
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[News] Belgium reinforces its engagement for World Heritage Sites in Danger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/577
The Belgian government has recently given its financial support to the 3rd phase of the project "Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Conserving World Heritage sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo" with a total amount of 2 million Euros. The five ...
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[News] Damage evaluated at Machu Picchu after torrential rains
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/587
In response to the recent impacts of torrential rains at the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, a technical visit of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre was carried out by Nuria Sanz, Chief of the Latin America and the Caribbean Unit, from 6-10 February in Lima, Peru. World ...
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[News] World Heritage Centre expressed concern to the Minister of Cultures of Bolivia on Tiwanaku
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/597
With the objective of addressing issues related to the preservation of Bolivian World Heritage properties, the Head of the Latin America and Caribbean Unit of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Ms Nuria Sanz, met with the new Minister of Culture, Ms Zulma Yugar, during her ...
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[News] Wildlife authority of Cote d’Ivoire awarded Rapid Response Facility grant to combat poaching after period of civil unrest
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/621
Comoé National Park in Côte d'Ivoire lies in a region particularly affected by the Ivorian civil war, which lasted for five years until 2007. A World Heritage site since 1983, it was added to the In Danger list in 2003. During the conflict, park management ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee inscribes Russian site on World Heritage List and approves extension to Swiss site
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/646
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia today inscribed a natural site in the Russian Federation on the World Heritage List and has approved the Italian extension of a natural site in Switzerland. The two sites concerned (in order of inscription) Monte San ...
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[News] “Heritage and Development: diversity as an alternative”, publication of the proceedings
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/665
The proceedings of the special session "Heritage and Development: diversity as an alternative" held on 18 December 2009 in the framework of the Africités V Summit in Marrakesh, have just been published. Organized by UNESCO with the support of the France-UNESCO ...
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[News] Rapid Response Grants awarded to protect elephants, help with oil spill clean-up
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/682
The Rapid Response Facility is an emergency small grant programme that provides rapid assistance to counter major threats to wildlife conservation, primarily in UNESCO designated natural World Heritage sites. In the month of November, the Rapid Response Facility awarded ...
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[News] Forty-two sites to be considered for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in June
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/743
Remarkable natural and cultural properties from 40 countries will be considered for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during the meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Paris (19 – 29 June). Six of these countries stand to have properties inscribed ...
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[News] Dr Kenton R. Miller, nature conservation leader and former IUCN Director General, dies
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/745
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and IUCN are deeply saddened by the loss of one of nature conservation’s leading lights. Dr Kenton R. Miller, a former IUCN Director General and globally-recognized leader in protected area management, has passed away. Kenton ...
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[News] First South-East Europe World Heritage Youth Forum
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/754
The First South-East Europe World Heritage Youth Forum is currently underway with the theme 'World Heritage education: Networking for a Better Common Future'. It was opened on Sunday 22 May in Porec, Croatia by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova with the Croatian ...
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[News] Nominations open for the 2012 MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/842
Takuya Okada, Chairman of the AEON Environmental Foundation and Honorary Chairman of AEON Co., Ltd., announced today the opening of nominations for the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity. The MIDORI Prize is a biennial international prize, established by the AEON Environmental ...
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[News] From World Heritage to Literacy, Philadelphia Embraces UNESCO
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/859
World Heritage and literacy were bookends to a day where Philadelphia opened its arms to UNESCO, during the second day of Director-General Irina Bokova’s visit to the United States on Thursday.Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined the Director-General to ...
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[News] The Director-General of UNESCO appeals for the Protection of the World Heritage City of Aleppo
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/915
In light of escalated violence in the vicinity of several historic urban areas in Syria, the Director-General reiterates her appeal of 30 March 2012, to all parties involved in the conflict to protect all Syrian cultural heritage. UNESCO is particularly alarmed over reports ...
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[News] Expert Working Group releases final Recommendation for Safeguarding Herat and Jam
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/959
The 3rd Expert Working Group Meeting  for the Old City of Herat and the World Heritage property of Jam (Afghanistan), met at the Museo d’ Arte Orientale in Turin, Italy,  from 4 to 6 September 2012, released a set of recommendations for future safeguarding ...
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[Event] An International Workshop on UNESCO’s World Heritage Education Project
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/99
The workshop, organized by Inter Connections 21 – ASPnet USA, will present to educators the World Heritage Convention, it’s implementation and the educational value and potential of the 788 cultural and natural sites around the world that are inscribed on the World Heritage ...
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[Event] The 9th US/ICOMOS Int'l Symposium
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/233
The 9th US/ICOMOS International Symposium will convene to look once again at the World Heritage Convention and its List as a rich source of models to improve the protection and management of the vast heritage of the United States, as well as to share with others some of our ...
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[Event] International Conference on the Use of Space Technologies for the Conservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/249
Space experts and experts in conservation representing more than 30 countries will be  united at an International Conference on the Use of Space Technologies for the Conservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage to be held in Campeche, Mexico from 28 November to 2 December ...
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[Event] Third Edition of the Euromed Heritage Journalistic Award
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/351
The Euromed Heritage Journalistic Award is an international press competition dealing with the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage. The competition, organized by the European Commission, via the Regional Management and Support Unit (RMSU) of the Euromed Heritage ...
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[Event] 7th Session of UNITAR Hiroshima Series on the Management and Conservation of World Heritage sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/644
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is pleased to announce the Seventh Session in its Series on the Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites. Entitled Conservation for Peace: World Heritage Conservation Monitoring, the Session will ...
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[Event] Call for applications: UNITAR Hiroshima Series session on the Management and Conservation of World Heritage sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/645
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the Seventh Session in its Series on the Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites, with a deadline of 19 February, for the session that will ...
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World Heritage Review n°56 Biodiversity
http://whc.unesco.org/en/review/56
There was a time when the world appeared boundless and inexhaustible. We are just beginning to realize that it is both limited and surprisingly vulnerable. It follows that if we are to survive at all as a species, we shall have to learn to see the world in a different light. ...
Category: Publications

World Heritage n°61 World Heritage Forests
http://whc.unesco.org/en/review/61
Forests, like mountains and oceans, play a critical role in the balance of world climate (as well as in vital carbon capture and retention) and thus in the survival of our species, hence the United Nations’ decision to designate 2011 as the International Year of ...
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World Heritage Reports n°21 World Heritage Forests
http://whc.unesco.org/en/series/21
Proceedings of the 2nd World Heritage Forest Meeting March 9-11, 2005 Held at Ecole nationale du génie rural des eaux et des forêts (ENGREF)Nancy, France At the first World Heritage Forests meeting in 1998, 72 forest and biodiversity experts met in ...
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[Activity] Philippines - Embedment Mooring System For Tubbataha World Heritage Site
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/15
Rationale: Tubbataha is a no-take area and the only activities allowed are tourism, which generates funds for conservation, and research. Since the late 1970s, when dive tourism "discovered" Tubbataha, boat operators anchored on reefs and caused coral damage. By the ...
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[Activity] Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Tourism at World Heritage Sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/66
The US$3,5 million aims to link the conservation of biodiversity with sustainable tourism at six World Heritage sites: El Vizcaino (Mexico), Komodo (Indonesia), Rio Plátano (Honduras), Sian Ka'an (Mexico), Tikal (Guatemala), and Ujung Kulon (Indonesia). It focuses on ...
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[Activity] Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Protecting World Heritage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
http://whc.unesco.org/en/congobiodiversity
In 2000, UNESCO and the United Nation's Foundation (UNF), launched an innovating project "Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Conserving World Heritage sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo". This pilot project of conservation of natural heritage ...
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[Activity] World Heritage Youth Forum (1995)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/132
Bergen, Norway "Our Pledge" Summary Report Participants and countries represented Organizers Collaborators/Sponsors Post Bergen OUR PLEDGE Cultural and natural sites form the environment on which human beings are dependent psychologically, religiously, ...
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[Activity] World Heritage Youth Forum (1998) Second International
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/134
Osaka, Japan 22-29 November 1998 Objectives Students Final Draft of "Patrimonito's Pledge" Teachers Appeal Result Participants and observers Organizers Activity Collaborators sponsor Objectives The objective of the youth Forum was to build a "Bridge to the New Millennium" ...
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[Activity] Ethiopia-International Campaign to Safeguard the Principal Monuments and Sites of Ethiopia
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/155
The area of Africa that is present-day Ethiopia has a long history rich in tradition; its sites and monuments bear witness to the civilizations that have had their roots in this territory for more than 2,700 years. The buildings and monuments of Aksum, Gondar, Harar and Tiya ...
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[Activity] Cuenca Mirador, Guatemala
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/418
In November 2002 the Guatemalan authorities sent an updated tentative list of 16 sites eligible for nomination process for UNESCO World Heritage status. The relevance of Mayan sites, the potential for improving the representation of Mayan sites on the World Heritage list, ...
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Dauge, Veronique
http://whc.unesco.org/en/whoswho
Dauge, Veronique, CLT/WHC/P/ARB, V.Dauge
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[Tentative Lists] Cuetzalan and its Historical, Cultural and Natural Surrounding
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5077
Cuetzalan can be well defined as the sum of conditions and circumstances in one micro region, from where it arises merged from its surroundings and enriched with the force of its traditions. From Yohualichan- the house of the mystery at night -, human settlement reaching its ...
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[Tentative Lists] Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5487
Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary in Mindanao, Philippines is the only protected forest noted for its unique bonsai field or 'pygmy' forest of 100-year old trees in an ultramafic soil. Mt. Hamiguitan has been found to have five (5) vegetation types and these are the ...
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[Tentative Lists] Royal Salt Mines in Wieliczka and Bochnia (extension to the Wieliczka Salt Mine)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5498
Coordinates: Wieliczka: N49 59 11 E20 5 25 Bochnia: N49 58 09 E20 25 03   The Royal Salt Mines in Wieliczka and Bochnia used to form together the historical enterprise called "Żupy Krakowskie", which functioned continuously from the mid-13th to the end of the 20th ...
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[Tentative Lists] Architectural and Park Ensemble "Tsar's Country Estate Izmaylovo"
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5622
Architectural and Park Ensemble 'Tsar's Country Estate Tzmaylovo' is a unique example of cultural landscape comprising the natural and historical-architectural complex of monuments of the 16th-i 9th centuries, associated with major events in Russian history. The small ...
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[Tentative Lists] Ed-Dur Site
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5663
Ed-Dur Site is one of the of the largest archaeological sites in the United Arab Emirates, overlooks Al Beidha Lake. It is naturally surrounded by a series of high sand dunes that protect it from the northern offshore wind prevailing in the region. The site is associated ...
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[Tentative Lists] Settlement and Cementery of Umm an-Nar Island
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5660
The present size and shape of the island is different from what it used to be, as it has been enlarged by land reclamation and dredging. Despite extensive land reclamation the archaeological sites are well protected and preserved. The site is fenced off by a sound concrete ...
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[Tentative Lists] Mount Vernon
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5245
The property consists of a core of 16 surviving 18th-century structures situated within a cultural landscape of associated gardens, fences, lanes, walkways, and other features, situated along the Potomac River.  The historic core of the property is contained within an ...
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[Tentative Lists] San Antonio Franciscan Missions
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5247
Mission San Antonio (The Alamo)  98°29'8.804"W 29°25'30.464"NMission Concepcion  98°29'30.007"W 29°23'29.999"N Mission San Jose  98°28'44.777"W 29°21'43.063"NMission San Juan  98°27'15.875"W ...
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[Tentative Lists] White Sands National Monument
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5254
This property is a unit of the National Park System that includes more than 58,000 hectares (143,733 acres) at the northern end of the Chihuahuan desert.  It was established to protect vast dunes of gypsum sand that have engulfed more than 176,000 acres--along with the ...
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[Tentative Lists] Lake Letas
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1974
The above named area is a volcanic crater lake that covers an area of 19 square kilometres. It is the largest freshwater system in Vanuatu and the Pacific with a maximum depth of 350m. The water from the lake flows over a waterfall and cascades through a short river to the ...
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[News] UNESCO joins United Nations effort in response to Peruvian earthquake
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/373
UNESCO's World Heritage Centre extends its deepest sympathies to those who have been affected by the powerful August 15 earthquake in Peru, which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale and left some 500 people dead and over a thousand victims. Peru has 10 properties inscribed ...
Category: News

[News] United Nations 62nd General Assembly proclaimed 2009 the International Year of Astronomy
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/404
On 20 December 2007, the United Nations 62nd General Assembly proclaimed 2009 the International Year of Astronomy. UNESCO was designated as the lead agency and focal point for the Year.The UNESCO Thematic Initiative “Astronomy and World Heritage” launched in support of this ...
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[News] Youth from around the world concerned with biodiversity protection unites in Japan
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/675
In an effort to involve the young generation in the decision-making process and present their experience in biodiversity conservation, young adults representing natural World Heritage sites around the world have joined the Go4BioDiv International Youth Forum. The Forum is ...
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[News] Launch of InforMEA – the United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/759
The MEA Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Initiative brings together the UN, UNESCO, FAO and UNEP, and 12 global UN Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA) to develop harmonized and interoperable information systems in support of knowledge management activities ...
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[Event] Implementation of the Regional Programme for the Arab States: Regional Consultative Meeting
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/198
The World Heritage Centre will organize a regional consultative meeting with the Arab States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, to be held in the United Arab Emirates from 4 to 7 December 2005, in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority. Representatives of ...
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[Tentative Lists] The natural and architectural ensemble of Stolac
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5282
Stolac is located in the area known as Herzegovina Humina, on the tourist route crossing Herzegovina linking the mountainous hinterland in Bosnia with the coastal regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dubrovnik and Montenegro.  This road, which runs from Sarajevo via Mostar, ...
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[Tentative Lists] Western Stone Forts
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5525
Coordinates - Dun Aonghusa, Aran: N53 7 33 W9 46 5 - Cahercommaun: N53 0 53 W9 4 14 - Caherconree: N52 12 11 W9 51 14 - Benagh: N52 6 00 W9 37 60 - Staigue: N51 48 19 W10 0 57   The most common Early Medieval (700-1000AD) settlement form in Ireland was the ringfort - in ...
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[Tentative Lists] Arab-Norman Palermo and the cathedral churches of Cefalù’ and Monreale
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5565
COORDINATES Palermo: - Palazzo dei Normanni: 38°06'39N 13°21'11E - Cappella Palatina: 38°06'39N 13°21'13E - Church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti: 38°06'35N 13°21'17E - Church of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio: 38°06'53N 13°21'46E - Church of San ...
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[Tentative Lists] Black River Georges National Park
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5038
Black River Gorges National Park (BRGNP) that stretches from latitudes 200 21'S to 200 29'S and longitudes 570 22' E to 570 31' E, is a site covering 6,574 hectares (ha) comprising of entirely State Land representing 3.5 % of the island and lies in its ...
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[Partners] Equilibrium Research
http://whc.unesco.org/en/partners/283
Equilibrium promotes positive environmental and social change by linking targeted research to field application. We work with groups ranging from local communities to United Nations agencies. Major issues include forest conservation, protected areas, organic agriculture and ...
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Vujicic-Lugassy, Vesna
http://whc.unesco.org/en/whoswho
Vujicic-Lugassy, Vesna, CLT/WHC/M/CEP, v.vujicic
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Eloundou Assomo, Lazare
http://whc.unesco.org/en/whoswho
Eloundou Assomo, Lazare, CLT/WHC/P/AFR, L.Eloundou-Assomo
Category: Pages

Jing, Feng
http://whc.unesco.org/en/whoswho
Jing, Feng, CLT/WHC/P/APA, F.Jing
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Totcharova, Petya
http://whc.unesco.org/en/whoswho
Totcharova, Petya, CLT/WHC/P/EUR, P.Totcharova
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Sanz, Nuria
http://whc.unesco.org/en/whoswho
Sanz, Nuria, CLT/WHC/P/LAC, n.sanz
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Debonnet, Guy
http://whc.unesco.org/en/whoswho
Debonnet, Guy, CLT/WHC/P/SPU, G.Debonnet
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[Tentative Lists] Valle Calchaquí
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1582
The Valle CalchaquíThe Valle Calchaqui forms a 250 km narrow north-south strip along the Calchaqui river, between the structural units of La Puna and the Oriental Mountain Range. A bunch of secondary valleys and gorges, both longitudinal and transversal, build up the ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area (extension to existing property)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5541
The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area (the Gondwana Rainforests), inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1986 with extensions inscribed in 1994, is a serial property which consists of numerous reserves, in eight groups, along the coast and subcoast of ...
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[Tentative Lists] Ordubad historical and architectural reserve
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1575
Ordubad, being an ancient Azerbaijan and Caucasus city is interesting with its structure and architectural monuments. The building plan of the city gives the opportunity to get acquainted with the city built culture of the eastern feudals. Ordubad was one of the most ...
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[Tentative Lists] Sheki, the Khan's Palace
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1576
Sheki has preserved its ancient city-build structure and it is rich in beautiful architectural monuments. Sheki was the main center of silk production in the Caucasus, and in XVIII-XIX centuries, being the capital of Sheki khanate, it developed and turned into the trade, ...
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[Tentative Lists] The mausoleum of Nakhichevan (#)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1173
At the beginning of the XII century Nakhichevan became the capital of Atabek's state and turned into a center of building art. In 1162 (557) a building of mausoleum of Sheikkh's head Yusif Kuseyir's son was accomplished by architector Adjemi, Abubekr's son. Ochtahedronical ...
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[Tentative Lists] Worship wooden architecture (17th -18th centuries) in Polesye
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1901
Wood was the main building material in Belarus up to the end of the 19th century. Artistic styles of stone architecture influenced greatly the development of worship wooden architecture. The process of the form development in wooden architecture was more complex than in ...
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[Tentative Lists] Parc national de Campo Ma’an
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/4021
Situé à proximité de l’océan atlantique, le Parc national de Campo Ma’an (264 064 ha) est crée par arrêté n° 2000/004/PM du 06 janvier 2000. Il se trouve sur grand paysage dominé par deux principaux types ...
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[Tentative Lists] Houses of the hacienda San José del Carmen el Huique
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1198
The area of Coichagua, of exceptional agricultural productivity, was not very much populated or exploited by the Spaniards until the XVil century. This was due to the scant native population of the area and to the fact that the lands, although of great potentiality, either ...
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[Tentative Lists] San Pedro de Atacama
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1191
The Atacama area has a desert-like climate, with big differences of temperature between day and night, and summer rains which do not surpass 100 millimeters per year. The main water sources are the San Pedro and Vilama rivers. The area's chief geographic element is the Solar ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Alligator Sinensis Nature Reserve
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/106
The Alligator Sinensis distributed in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is a peculiar wildlife in China. The Alligator Sinensis, one of the fresh water crocodiles in the alligator family, have a history of 200 million years. There are only two species of this family in ...
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[Tentative Lists] Wudalianchi Scenic Spots
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1632
The Wudalianchi is one of the first batch of state scenic spots areas approved though the State Council in 1982, and a state-level nature reserve approved in 1996. There are the most typical and perfect vestiges of modern volcanic eruption in China, and the world- known ...
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[Tentative Lists] Yangtze Gorges Scenic Spot
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1623
The Yangtze Gorges is one of the first key national scenic spots (in 1982). They start at Baidicheng in Fengjie County, Chongqing and end at Nanjin Pass in Yichang, Hubei Province. The gorges themselves are 193km long and cover an area of 1208km2, including Wuxia gorge, ...
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[Tentative Lists] Hermitage Blaca
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5103
Under the Karst caves of Vidova gora on the southern shores of the island of Brač a number of hermitic monasteries were founded in the Renaissance period but in continuity with earlier traditions: the convent Stipančić (1416), hermitage Silvio (Dubravčić 1497) and below ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Forstress of Terezín
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1561
The Fortress of Terezin lies north-west of the Czech capital, Prague, at the confluence of the rivers Labe (Elbe) and Ohfe (Eger). It stands in the open landscape as an self-contained technical and urban monument. Together with the town that it encloses, which for two ...
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[Tentative Lists] The West Bohemian Spa Triangle
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5378
Location of the approximate geographic centre of each of the three towns: Karlovy Vary:         N50 13 20.39 – E12 53 06.44 Františkovy Lázně: N50 07 11.34 – E12 21 06.08 Mariánské ...
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[Tentative Lists] Dababiya
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5389
The site is a Paleocene/Eocene Boundary Stratotype. Global Standard-stratotype Sections and Points (GSSP) provide the means to stabilize chrono-stratigraphy. These carefully selected (chrono)stratigraphic horizons serve both as definitions for chronostratigraphic boundaries ...
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[Tentative Lists] Mountain Chains
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1811
Site # 1: Yelleg, Halal, and Maghara Mountains The mountains of Yelleg (1087 m), Halal (892 m), and Maghara (750 m), are isolated highlands of the Tih (= Wildrness) Desert of North Sinaï. These mountains, besides being rather rich in plant dibversity, include many ...
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[Tentative Lists] Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1824
Chronology: The four Pharaonic temples of Dendera, Esna, Edfu and Kom Ombo, apart from their geographical location, all belong to the Ptolemaic period (dynasty of the Ptolemies, the successors of Alexander the Great, which reigned between 304 and 30 BC) and to the Roman ...
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[Tentative Lists] Harar Walled Town
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1535
Situated at 500 km east of the Ethiopian capital Harar is the only ancient inhabited town of Ethiopia unlike Aksum, Lalibela and Gondar that only boast archaeological vestiges. As a matter of fact, Harar has been defined as the only urban example of Islamic architecture in ...
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[Tentative Lists] Chaîne des Puys et faille de Limagne
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5643
Coordonnées géographiques : Partie centrale : Nord-Ouest : X = 0° 30' 20,5056''- Y = 45° 38' 49,6176'' - Sud-Est : X = 0° 47' 31,2864'' - Y = 45° 54' 49,6476'' Groupe Pavin, Montchal, Montcineyre : Nord-Ouest : X = 0° 32' 23,586''- Y = ...
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[Tentative Lists] Le site sacré de Tapu-tapu-ātea /Te Pō, vallée de Ō-po-ä
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5568
Le site du marae Tapu-tapu-ātea (« sacrifices venus de loin ») est un ensemble cérémoniel majeur, localisé sur l'île de Ra'i-ātea. Cette dernière est connue pour être l'île sacrée de l'archipel des ...
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[Tentative Lists] Vardzia-Khertvisi
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5236
Vardzia-Khertvisi, comprising a vast territory in the upper reaches of the river Mtkvari basin, and spread over 18 km from Khertvisi (Medieval residence) to Vardzia (12th-13th cc. rock-cut monastery) is significant in many respects: unique natural conditions contributing to ...
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[Tentative Lists] Speicherstadt and Chilehaus with Kontorhaus District
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1367
Hamburg's Speicherstadt (warehouse district) was designed to completely new plans and using a completely new urban development layout. It was built between 1883 and 1928, replacing the previous housing, which had been largely baroque in character. This redevelopment ...
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[Tentative Lists] St. George Historic District
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1924
The urban pattern of the Historical District of St. George's consists of a planned part and an unplanned part, physically and visually partly separated by the ridge of a mountain on which the main landmarks of the town have been erected (Churchstreet) and as such has evolved ...
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[Tentative Lists] Route of the Peace and National Identity
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1760
It comprends an architectural legacy classified as cultural Heritage that includes the three bigger churches of Guatemala and a temple in passing. The Route is integrated for: The Metropolitan Cathedral, the church of Nuestra Señora de la Merced, the smaller Basilica of ...
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[Tentative Lists] Paysage culturel des monts Nimba
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1522
Les Monts Nimba sont une chaine constituee de 1'ensemble Richard Mollard (1752m), Sempere (1650m), Pierre Richard (1611), Leclerc (1568m) les Monts Genies (1531 m). Cette chaine occupe la pointe extreme sud ?est de la Guinee, dans la prefecture de Lola. Les Monts Nimba ...
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[Tentative Lists] System of Fortifications at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno - Komárom
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1498
The site the area of the "twin towns" of Komarom (H) and Komarno (SK) situated on the facing banks of the Danube - has since ancient times been an important cross point on the Danube. The Roman fortresses and towns Brigetio and Celamantia of the Pannonian Roman ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Turf House Tradition
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5589
Austur-Meðalholt, Árnessýsla, 63° 52,960'N, 20° 54,968'W Árbær, Reykjavík, 64° 7,105'N, 21° 49,179'W Bustarfell, Norður Múlasýsla, 65° 35,101'N, 15° 9,524'W Galtastaðir fremri, Suður ...
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[Tentative Lists] Neora Valley National Park
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5447
N 27 52 03 to N 27 07 35 and E 80 45 to E 80 55 The Neora Valley National Park (NVNP), covers a total area of 88 km². NVNP is a compact patch of virgin forest, rich in biodiversity located in the Eastern Himalayas, a global 'biodiversity hotspot'. It was notified as a ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Historical–Cultural Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5187
Soleymanieh Spring in Fin (Kashan) is the origin of life in this region and generated civilizations like Sialk that belong to 6th millennium BC and other instances onward. This spring generated Garden of Fin, the most prominent Iranian garden. The historical region of Kashan ...
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[Tentative Lists] Degania & Nahalal
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1478
These two settlements represent the establishment of the first kibbutz and moshav with designs and physical form representing the ideological-social patterns of the late 19th and early 20th century. These patterns are a direct result of ideas prepared since Utopia written ...
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[Tentative Lists] Jerusalem*
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1483
Jerusalem at the crossroads between the watershed route of the Judean Mountains being midway between Nablus and Hebron and the connection from the coastal Via Maris to the Jordan Rift Valley, has historically given it strategic importance. This meeting place between East and ...
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[Tentative Lists] Orvieto
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/344
Orvieto rises on a natural tableland at the summit of a 150-metre-high tufa cliff emerging, much like an island, from the surrounding plains. The city's distinctive feature comes from the particular relationship between this sheer cliff and the fabric of the city ...
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[Tentative Lists] Parco Nazionale della Sila – Sila, gran bosco d’Italia
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5669
Nominated property (73.695 ha) comprises “zone a”, i.e. the integral reserves of Sila National Park. Park is located in the Sila, a vast plateau with a rectangular shape emerged about 7 million years ago located in the central region of Calabria (South Italy). ...
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[Tentative Lists] Wine Grape landscapes: Langhe, Roero, Monferrato and Valtellina
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5001
In Italy, wine grape growing is in itself a highly significant cultural value in that it is widespread since Roman times and the produce has long been appreciated the world over.  It is also an accurate indicator of Man's ingenuity in modelling the land to serve this ...
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[Tentative Lists] Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5079
1. Natural Features The Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (BJCMNP) is located in the eastern end of the island of Jamaica. It extends over a planimetric area of 495.2 km2 and represents 4.5% of Jamaica's land surface. When topography is taken into consideration, ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Industrial Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5094
The Tomioka Silk Mill was built in 1872 to improve the quality of Japan's raw silk, one of the nation's main exports. The mill boasts many unique features that clearly reflect Japan's distinct experience of industrialization. First, the mill was a national ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Baptismal Site (Bethany beyond the Jordan)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1556
The Site is about 45minutes drive from Amman, and about 50 kms.to the west of Amman and 10 km. north of the Dead Sea. For the three past year and a half, the Jordanian Department of Antiquities has systematically surveyed and partially' excavated a series of ancient sites ...
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[Tentative Lists] The African Great Rift Valley - The Maasai Mara
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5512
The National Reserve is situated in Rift Valley Province, Narok and Transmara Districts. The site adjoins the Serengeti National Park along the Kenya-Tanzania border, and is considered part of the same ecosystem. The National Reserve is Kenya's most-visited protected area, ...
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[Tentative Lists] Meanders of the Upper Daugava
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5610
The Upper Daugava valley with nine unique meanders (98 km from Piedruja to Daugavpils) is a depositary of outstanding values of nature, biodiversity and landscapes reflecting also historical and cultural significance. This object represents a mixed - natural and cultural - ...
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[Tentative Lists] Trakai Historical National Park
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1821
Trakai Park lies in the eastern part of the Lithuanian Republic, 25 km to the west of the capital city, Vilnius. Trakai Park stands in the Dzukija Upland area of the Baltic uplands at a height of 102-228 m above sea level. It covers an area of wooded lake land in eastern ...
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[Tentative Lists] Fundidora Monterrey Blast Furnaces
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5393
Throughout the twentieth century and so far into the twentieth first century, Monterrey has been internationally noted for its industrial strength.  The city, that for years was recognized as the Mexican industrial capital has now nearly four million inhabitants and a ...
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[Tentative Lists] Historical city of Izamal (Izamal, Mayan continuity in an Historical City)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5394
Izamal is known as the "Hill City" because it has in its urban zone, several archaeological vestiges located on the hill sides. The extension of the remains of pre Hispanic constructions as estimated could occupy an area of 10 kilometers square. Today city of Izamal was a ...
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[Tentative Lists] Historical Town The Royal of the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cosala in Sinaloa
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1958
The conquest of northwest Mexico had distinctive characteristics because the limits of the area known as Mesoamerica and the beginning of Aridoamerica met there. This lead to the establishment during colonial times of four types of settlements strongly interlinked: prisons, ...
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[Tentative Lists] Industrial complex of the textile factory La Constancia Mexicana and its housing area
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1961
In 1835, Esteban de Antuñano inaugurated the first textile factory in Latin America that used automatic machinery to manufacture fabrics: La Constancia Mexicana. This factory, located nine kilometers away from downtown Puebla, widely reflected the introduction of modern ...
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[Tentative Lists] Los Petenes-Ría Celestún
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5396
The ecoregion of "Los Petenes-Ría Celestún" forms a coastal corridor of wetlands in excellent state of preservation. This system forms a unique biogeographical area in Mexico, of great ecological value for its large faunistic and floristic diversity. This ...
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[Tentative Lists] Région Lacan-Tún – Usumacinta
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1962
Milieu naturel Cette région d’une grande biodiversité renferme une partie de la selva Lacandona – aire de conservation prioritaire-, et présente une diversité de conditions physiques et biologiques qui comprend des ...
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[Tentative Lists] Yapese Disk Money Regional Sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1994
The Yapese Disk Money Regional Sites involved two countries, Republic of Palau and Federated States od Micronesia. In Palau two sites namely Uet el Daob ma Uet el Beluu and Chelechol ra Orrak in a Rock Island in Airai State was where the oval/round disk money were quarried ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Tabon Cave Complex and all of Lipuun
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1860
The Tabon Cave Complex and all of Lipuun Point is located on the west coast of Palawan.  It is located on a limestone promontory which is visible from any direction for many kilometers and honeycombed with at least 200 caves and rockshelters.  This point is called Lipuun by ...
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[Tentative Lists] Pombaline 'Baixa' or Downtown of Lisbon
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1980
Despite the absence of any institutional framework, or even systematically and coherently published and publicised opinion, the idea of putting forward the Pombaline "Baixan, or old downtown district of Lisbon, for World Heritage listing has been evaluated summarily by ...
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[Tentative Lists] Rostov Kremlin
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1185
Rostov Kremlin is placed in the center of Rostov Veliky (the Great), on the hill of the side of the Lake Nero. The Kremlin consistod of three independent areas. The central one (Bishop's Yard) is fenced by high walls with towers. Two other smaller parts are: north-Sobomaya ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Memorial of Chatam Sófer
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1731
The history of Bratislava Judaism is very long, but mentions of the old Jewish cemetery we can date from 1640 only. In this year the Pálffy family rented this ground to the Jewish religious community. When the Chevra kadish was formed, the ground came into possession of ...
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[Tentative Lists] Franja Partisan Hospital
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1433
The Franja Partisan Hospital is a cluster of functionally arranged hospital facilities located in the narrow, barely accessible Pasica gorge, which is itself a natural attraction. The hospital complex is comprised of 13 wooden buildings and several small auxiliary facilities ...
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[Tentative Lists] Marovo - Tetepare Complex
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5414
The property is a mixed natural and cultural site encompassing the marine areas of the Marovo Lagoon and selected terrestrial areas of Vangunu and Gatokae Islands, the uninhabited island of Tetepare and its associated coastal marine areas, the marine and coastal areas of the ...
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[Tentative Lists] Almadén on the Mercury Route of the Intercontinental Camino Real
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5137
The significance of the role played by Almadén on the Intercontinental Mercury Route, on which its outstanding universal value is based, was considered in defining the specific type of site proposed for the World Heritage List. For this reason the proposed site must be ...
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[Tentative Lists] Roman Ways. Itineraries of the Roman Empire
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5130
Of all the past civilisations, the Roman civilisation was the first to envisage from the very beginning the systematic construction of roads. The creation of a very extensive road network standing the test of time up to the present was only possible thanks to the ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Northern or Primitive Route (extension of the Route of Santiago de Compostella)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5133
For a great many reasons, the Route of Santiago de Compostela is a special case within the context of Spanish heritage. It is an historic road which is partially comprised of ancient routes used in previous periods (mostly pre-Roman and Roman) and which has remained in use ...
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[Tentative Lists] Mausoleum of "Khoja Mashkhad"
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1381
It is one of the not numerous pre-Mongol madrasah of XI-XII centuries, which was kept until nowadays. There are premise of the mausoleum, mosques and yard ivans (summer-house) round the right-angled yard, from the north to the south. There are two large cupola buildings ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Site of Ancient Town of Shahristan (Kahkakha)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1387
The site of the ancient town of Shahristan (Kahkakha) was a capital of ancient Ustrushana of VI-IX centuries. It consisted of the complex of castles, united in a system encircled with defensive wall with towers. In the north part there is Sharistan proper with the palace ...
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[Tentative Lists] Seljuk Caravanserais on the route from Denizli to Dogubeyazit
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1403
The caravanserais, a new architectural type with social function developed in central Asia by the Karakhanids and Ghaznavids passed into Anatolian Turkish architecture. The institution of caravanserais has its most variations in Seljuk Anatolia, using the forms of Anatolian ...
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[Tentative Lists] Amudarya State Nature Reserve
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5436
The Amudarya State Nature Reserve was established in 1982 and covers a total of 48 500 ha. It is split into three separate sites in the middle reaches of the Amudarya River: Nargiz (45 100 ha), Gabaklinskiy (1 200 ha) and Gereldinskiy (2 200 ha); in which the valley flood ...
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[Tentative Lists] Syunt Hasardag State Nature Reserve
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5433
The landscape and environmental conditions of the site are typical of the south-westem part of the Kopetdag mountains, which form the north-western edge of the Turkmen-Khorasan mountain system. The Sumbar river (the right-hand branch of the Etrek river) divides the site into ...
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[Tentative Lists] The Residence of Bukovynian Metropolitans
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5159
The Residence of Bukovynian Metropolitans is a monument of national importance. The property presents an ensemble of buildings situated on Dominic hill. It was built to the design of Czech architect Josef Hlavka. The ensemble was being built in 1864-1 882. It consists of the ...
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[Tentative Lists] Khor Dubai
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5662
Khor Dubai (Dubai Creek in English) is a natural seawater inlet of the Arabian Gulf located in the heart of Dubai with 14 kilometres length and between 100-500 meters width that runs South-East and ends at Ras Al-Khor wildlife Sanctuary. The creek divides the city into two ...
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[Tentative Lists] La Rambla (promenade maritime) de la Cité de Montévideo
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5594
Le bien se trouve affecté comme Monument Historique National par Résolution du Pouvoir Exécutif Nº 584/86 du 14 d'août 1986. De ce fait, il se trouve aussi inclus comme Bien d'Intérêt Municipal, par Décret du ...
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[Tentative Lists] Ishrathona (mausoleum)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/806
The mausoleum was built as burial—vault for Sultan Said's daughter Hovand Sultan Bibi in 1464 and used to be burial—vault for women and children of Timurids dynasty. The mausoleum was massive, rectangle in plan with big portal and hall at the ...
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The Partnerships for Conservation Initiative
http://whc.unesco.org/en/pact/
The World Heritage PACT, or Partnerships for Conservation Initiative, was launched by the World Heritage Committee in 2002. This initiative was set up for the implementation of sustainable partnerships whose purpose, beyond financial issues, is the development of a dialogue, ...
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FAQ
http://whc.unesco.org/en/pactfaq/
What is a partnership with the World Heritage Centre A partnership is a cooperation between UNESCO and a public or private stakeholder to participate in promoting and protecting World Heritage as per the goals and objectives of the World Heritage ...
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Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (400)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/400
This site has the remains of monuments such as the Roman city of Aquincum and the Gothic castle of Buda, which have had a considerable influence on the architecture of various periods. It is one of the world's outstanding urban landscapes and illustrates the great periods in ...
Category: World Heritage Properties

Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos (595)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/595
Many civilizations have inhabited this small Aegean island, near Asia Minor, since the 3rd millennium B.C. The remains of Pythagoreion, an ancient fortified port with Greek and Roman monuments and a spectacular tunnel-aqueduct, as well as the Heraion, temple of the Samian ...
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Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania (596)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/596
These Transylvanian villages with their fortified churches provide a vivid picture of the cultural landscape of southern Transylvania. The seven villages inscribed, founded by the Transylvanian Saxons, are characterized by a specific land-use system, settlement pattern and ...
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The Trulli of Alberobello (787)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/787
The trulli , limestone dwellings found in the southern region of Puglia, are remarkable examples of drywall (mortarless) construction, a prehistoric building technique still in use in this region. The trulli are made of roughly worked limestone boulders collected from ...
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Wooden Churches of Maramureş (904)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/904
These eight churches are outstanding examples of a range of architectural solutions from different periods and areas. They show the variety of designs and craftsmanship adopted in these narrow, high, timber constructions with their characteristic tall, slim clock towers at ...
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Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests (1231)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1231
The Mijikenda Kaya Forests consist of 11 separate forest sites spread over some 200 km along the coast containing the remains of numerous fortified villages, known as kayas, of the Mijikenda people. The kayas, created as of the 16th century but abandoned by the 1940s, are ...
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Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (1239)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1239
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates. The property consists of six housing estates that testify to innovative housing policies from 1910 to 1933, especially during the Weimar Republic, when the city of Berlin was particularly progressive socially, politically and culturally. The ...
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Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco (1274)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1274
The fortified town, first established in the 16th century to protect the Royal Route inland, reached its apogee in the 18th century when many of its outstanding religious and civic buildings were built in the style of the Mexican Baroque. Some of these buildings are ...
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35th session of the Committee Paris, France 19 juin 2011 - 29 juin 2011
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/35COM/
35th session of the Committee Paris, France 35COM 19 juin - 29 juin 2011 Committee Members Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Iraq, Jordan, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, Russian Federation, South Africa, Sweden, ...
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34th session of the Committee Brasília, Brazil 25 juillet 2010 - 03 août 2010
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/34COM/
34th session of the Committee Brasília, Brazil 34COM 25 juillet - 03 août 2010 Committee Members Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Iraq, Jordan, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, Russian Federation, South Africa, ...
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32nd session of the Committee Quebec City, Canada 02 juillet 2008 - 10 juillet 2008
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/32COM/
32nd session of the Committee Quebec City, Canada 32COM 02 juillet - 10 juillet 2008 Committee Members Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Republic of, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, ...
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31th session of the Committee Christchurch, New-Zealand 23 juin 2007 - 02 juillet 2007
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/31COM/
31th session of the Committee Christchurch, New-Zealand 31COM 23 juin - 02 juillet 2007 Committee Members Benin, Canada, Chile, Cuba, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Republic of, Kuwait, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, ...
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30th session of the Committee Vilnius, Lithuania 09 juillet 2006 - 16 juillet 2006
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/30COM/
30th session of the Committee Vilnius, Lithuania 30COM 09 juillet - 16 juillet 2006 Committee Members Benin, Canada, Chile, Cuba, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Republic of, Kuwait, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, ...
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23rd session of the Committee Marrakesh, Morocco 29 novembre 1999 - 04 décembre 1999
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/23COM/
23rd session of the Committee Marrakesh, Morocco 23COM 29 novembre - 04 décembre 1999 Committee Members Australia, Benin, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Ecuador, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Niger, ...
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22nd session of the Committee Kyoto, Japan 30 novembre 1998 - 05 décembre 1998
http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/22COM/
22nd session of the Committee Kyoto, Japan 22COM 30 novembre - 05 décembre 1998 Committee Members Australia, Benin, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Ecuador, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Niger, ...
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21st session of the Committee Naples, Italy 01 décembre 1997 - 06 décembre 1997
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21st session of the Committee Naples, Italy 21COM 01 décembre - 06 décembre 1997 Committee Members Australia, Benin, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Niger, Philippines, Spain, ...
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20th session of the Committee Mérida, Mexico 02 décembre 1996 - 07 décembre 1996
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20th session of the Committee Mérida, Mexico 20COM 02 décembre - 07 décembre 1996 Committee Members Australia, Benin, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Niger, Philippines, Spain, ...
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19th session of the Committee Berlin, Germany 04 décembre 1995 - 04 décembre 1995
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19th session of the Committee Berlin, Germany 19COM 04 décembre - 04 décembre 1995 Committee Members Brazil, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Niger, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Spain, Syrian Arab ...
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18th session of the Committee Phuket, Thailand 12 décembre 1994 - 17 décembre 1994
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18th session of the Committee Phuket, Thailand 18COM 12 décembre - 17 décembre 1994 Committee Members Brazil, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Niger, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Spain, Syrian Arab ...
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17th session of the Committee Cartagena, Colombia 06 décembre 1993 - 11 décembre 1993
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17th session of the Committee Cartagena, Colombia 17COM 06 décembre - 11 décembre 1993 Committee Members Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Spain, Syrian Arab ...
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16th session of the Committee Santa Fe, USA 07 décembre 1992 - 14 décembre 1992
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16th session of the Committee Santa Fe, USA 16COM 07 décembre - 14 décembre 1992 Committee Members Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, ...
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11th session of the Committee Paris, France 07 décembre 1987 - 11 décembre 1987
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11th session of the Committee Paris, France 11COM 07 décembre - 11 décembre 1987 Committee Members Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, Greece, Guinea, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malawi, Mexico, ...
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10th session of the Committee Paris, France 24 novembre 1986 - 28 novembre 1986
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10th session of the Committee Paris, France 10COM 24 novembre - 28 novembre 1986 Committee Members Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, Greece, Guinea, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malawi, Mexico, ...
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7th session of the Committee Florence, Italy 05 décembre 1983 - 09 décembre 1983
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7th session of the Committee Florence, Italy 07COM 05 décembre - 09 décembre 1983 Committee Members Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, France, Germany, Guinea, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Nepal, Pakistan, ...
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6th session of the Committee Paris, France 13 décembre 1982 - 17 décembre 1982
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6th session of the Committee Paris, France 06COM 13 décembre - 17 décembre 1982 Committee Members Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, France, Germany, Guinea, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Nepal, Pakistan, ...
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5th session of the Committee Sydney, Australia 26 octobre 1981 - 30 octobre 1981
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5th session of the Committee Sydney, Australia 05COM 26 octobre - 30 octobre 1981 Committee Members Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, France, Germany, Guinea, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Nepal, Pakistan, ...
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4th session of the Committee Paris, France 01 septembre 1980 - 05 septembre 1980
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4th session of the Committee Paris, France 04COM 01 septembre - 05 septembre 1980 Committee Members Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Ghana, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Senegal, Sudan, ...
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3rd session of the Committee Luxor, Egypt 22 octobre 1979 - 26 octobre 1979
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3rd session of the Committee Luxor, Egypt 03COM 22 octobre - 26 octobre 1979 Committee Members Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Ghana, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Senegal, Sudan, ...
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2nd session of the Committee Washington, D.C 05 septembre 1978 - 08 septembre 1978
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2nd session of the Committee Washington, D.C 02COM 05 septembre - 08 septembre 1978 Committee Members Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Nigeria, Poland, Senegal, Tunisia, United States of America ...
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1st session of the Committee Paris, France 27 juin 1977 - 01 juillet 1977
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1st session of the Committee Paris, France 01COM 27 juin - 01 juillet 1977 Committee Members Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Nigeria, Poland, Senegal, Tunisia, United States of America Session ...
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The World Heritage Committee
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The World Heritage Committee meets once a year, and consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention elected by their General Assembly. At its first session, the Committee adopted its Rules of Procedure of the World Heritage Committee . The ...
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World Heritage in Danger
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The List of World Heritage in Danger is designed to inform the international community of conditions which threaten the very characteristics for which a property was inscribed on the World Heritage List, and to encourage corrective action. This section describes the List of ...
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The General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention
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As per Article 8(1) of the World Heritage Convention (or Rule 49 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Heritage Committee ), the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention meets during the sessions of the General Conference of UNESCO. The General Assembly ...
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Success Stories
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The World Heritage Convention is not only 'words on paper' but is above all a useful instrument for concrete action in preserving threatened sites and endangered species. By recognizing the outstanding universal value of a site, States Parties commit to its preservation and ...
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[News] ITB Features First Ever Unesco World Heritage Stand
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Presentations will be made everyday at 10am, 1pm and 3pm on issues such as World Heritage destinations, sustainable tourism at World Heritage sites, the effects of tourism on the conservation of World Heritage sites, individual conservation efforts, the trade's role in ...
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[News] Deadline for submissions of entries for UNESCO Heritage Awards
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/23
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is still accepting entries for the 2004 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.The Awards programme recognizes outstanding conservation projects of the built ...
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[News] Periodic Report and Regional Programme: Arab States 2000-2003
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This document was prepared by the Arab States Unit of the World Heritage Centre, following the request of the World Heritage Committee that an analytical summary of the Periodic Reporting exercise be prepared for the Arab Region in view of its publication. This report aims ...
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[News] The 28th Session of the Committee
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The 28th session of the World Heritage Committee was held in Sushou, China, under the chairmanship of Zhang Xinsheng, Vice Minister of Education of China and Chairperson of China’s National Commission for UNESCO, from 28 June to 7 July 2004. Over 700 delegates from States ...
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[News] "Congo - Nature and Culture in the Democratic Republic of Congo"
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/79
On Thursday 9 September, the Director-General of UNESCO together with H.R.H. Prince Philippe of Belgium, Mr Z’Ahidi Ngoma, Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mr De Decker, Belgian Minister for Co-operation and Development, inaugurated the exhibition ...
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[News] First meeting of experts on the cultural heritage of the Old City of Jerusalem
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/105
UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura today opened the first meeting of a Committee of Experts on the Cultural Heritage of the Old City of Jerusalem, a site inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1981 by virtue of its outstanding cultural value. The opening session ...
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[News] Workshop Discusses World Heritage Nomination of Central Pacific Islands And Atolls from Kiribati
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/87
Within the framework of the World Heritage Central Pacific Project, a workshop was held over the previous seven days on Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, Republic of Kiribati to plan for the nomination of reef islands and atolls of Kiribati to the World Heritage List. The ...
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[News] Professor Chamaeleo, Ambassador at Large for Diversity
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/94
You can now access a film featuring Professor Chamaeleo, Ambassador at Large for Diversity, in which he urges everyone to unite and act for the conservation of biodiversity. The film was used to open the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC). Prof. Chamaeleo’s compelling ...
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[News] First anniversary of the earthquake at World Heritage city of Bam (Iran)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/101
The inscription of Bam and its Cultural Landscape, the ancient Silk Road landmark, on UNESCO’s World Heritage List and on the World Heritage List in Danger will be celebrated in a ceremony on December 27, marking the first anniversary of the earthquake that destroyed much of ...
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[News] World Heritage sites in regions hit by the recent earthquake and tsunami
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/102
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, has offered UNESCO’s support to the countries devastated by the earthquake off the coast of Sumatra and the ensuing tsunami. Mr Matsuura said that "UNESCO stands ready" to assist the national authorities within ...
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[News] Paper Series N°12 "The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)"
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/117
The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003) is now available as publication number 12 in the World Heritage Paper Series. This publication is composed of: a paper version, providing an overview of the results of this first cycle of Periodic Reporting for ...
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[News] WHC participates in the UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/109
The World Heritage Centre participated in the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held in Kobe, Japan, from the 18th to the 22nd of January, 2005. This meeting was especially timely in light of the recent earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean region, ...
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[News] Agreement between UNESCO and NASA will strenghten conservation of World Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/115
Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, and Frederick D. Gregory, Deputy Administrator of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), today signed a cooperation agreement at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. According to the ...
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[News] World Heritage Cities in Mauritania celebrated at UNESCO April 11 to 14
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/120
The President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, the Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura and the World Bank's Vice President for Europe, Jean-Francois Rischard, will open a conference and an exhibition at UNESCO Headquarters ...
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[News] Opening of UNESCO Intl. Symposium on “Conserving Cultural and Biological Diversity”
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/129
The Symposium, an activity of the World EXPO 2005 in Aichi, Japan has opened today at the United Nations University, Tokyo, and will continue until 2 June. It aims to highlight the interrelationship between the natural and cultural diversity of our planet. Bringing culture ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee Removes Old City of Dubrovnik and Wieliczka Salt Mine from its List of Endangered Sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/147
Kyoto, (Japan) - UNESCO's World Heritage Committee today announced it removed the Old City of Dubrovnik (Croatia) and the Wieliczka Salt Mines (Poland) from its List of World Heritage in Danger due to the success of measures undertaken for their restoration and preservation. ...
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[News] Belgium Signs Joint Cooperation Agreement with UNESCO for World Heritage Conservation
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/157
Brussels - The Belgian Government and UNESCO signed an Agreement of Cooperation today, wishing to enhance their cooperation, especially between the Federal office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural affairs (OSTC) and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. “Through this ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee Concludes 26th Session in Budapest, Hungary
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/177
The World Heritage Committee concluded its 26th session (24 to 29 June 2002) by adopting the Budapest Declaration on World Heritage, marking the 30th anniversary of the signing of the World Heritage Convention in 1972. Adopted in the presence of the Director-General of ...
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[News] Statement of the Director-General of UNESCO: Transmitting the past without alteration or omission
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/298
"In the face of the attempts to re-write history that are currently at work, I can but recall in the most emphatic manner that it is our moral duty to analyse the past and to pass it on without falsification, alteration or omission. Any attempt to call into question or to ...
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[News] China's Pingyao forms yoke of friendship with Provins of France
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/188
Pingyao city of north China's Shanxi Province signed an accord of friendship ties with Provins of France, as part of the on-going concluding ceremony of the French Culture Year, at the Great Hall of the People Thursday.This is the first time the two cities, both listed as ...
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[News] Final Result of the election to the World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/197
The 15th session of the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention elected Kenya and Peru to the World Heritage Committee at the 3rd open ballot. The World Heritage Committee is composed of the following States ...
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[News] UNESCO Launches Appeal To Safeguard Island Of Mozambique
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/212
Paris - UNESCO'S Director-General Federico Mayor launched yesterday in Maputo an international appeal to safeguard the Island of Mozambique. He also inaugurated, on behalf of the United Nations System, a trust fund to implement the Agenda for the Sustainable Development and ...
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[News] Workshop Held for Identification of Cultural World Heritage in the Pacific Region
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/219
The World Heritage Centre and the Vanuatu Cultural Centre (with funding from the World Heritage Fund, and the technical contribution of the Department of Conservation of New Zealand) organized a workshop at Port Vila, Vanuatu, from 5-8 September. It was attended by 32 ...
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[News] Meeting Held to Support Implementation of Biological Diversity Convention Programme
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/232
From January 30 to February 1st, 2006, a meeting was held in Paris to consider actions in support of the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity's Programme of work on Protected Areas (CBD PoWPA) in natural World Heritage sites.  To this end, the World ...
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[News] Rapid Response Facility Launched for Natural World Heritage Sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/231
The World Heritage Centre, the United Nations Foundation, and Fauna and Flora International have launched a Rapid Response Facility (RRF) for natural sites inscribed on the World Heritage List for biodiversity values. Up to US$30,000 can be quickly accessed to help overcome ...
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[News] New Centre for World Heritage Studies at University of Minnesota, USA
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/241
The College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (CALA) at University of Minnesota, USA, has established a Center for World Heritage Studies to undertake research and service projects in partnership with UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC).  The objectives of this ...
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[News] Nature Conservation NGOs Pledge to Support World Heritage and Biodiversity Conventions
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/243
Following the January 2006 meeting on the Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA), six of the largest nature conservation NGOs and other partners have produced a joint statement charting how they are best positioned to ...
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[News] Celebrating World Biodiversity Day May 22: How the World Heritage Convention Contributes to Global Biodiversity Conservation Agenda
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/258
Having been identified as a cross-cutting theme for global biodiversity conservation initiatives at the Fifth World Parks Congress in Durban, South Africa (2003) the World Heritage Convention, one of the five international conventions addressing biodiversity needs, serves as ...
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[News] Economy Minister Confirms French Commitment to Protect Congo Forests
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/259
On April 13, 2006, Mr. Breton, French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry met with Mr. Doumba, Minister of Forest Economy, Water, Fisheries and National Parks, Mme Raonimarahy, UNESCO's representative in Gabon, and Mr. Severino, Director General of the French ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee puts Medieval Monuments in Kosovo on Danger List and extends site in Andorra, ending this year’s inscriptions
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/268
The World Heritage Committee Thursday decided to extend the site inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2004 as Dečani Monastery (Serbia) and place it on the List of World Heritage in Danger. The Committee also extended Andorra‘s site of Madriu-Perafita-Claror ...
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[News] Enhancing our Heritage: Monitoring and managing for success in natural World Heritage sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/269
The 30th meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Vilnius, Lithuania has been discussing the state of conservation of natural and cultural World Heritage sites. On Monday evening, delegates had the opportunity to hear about a joint IUCN and UNESCO project which is not only ...
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[News] New Report on World Heritage and Climate Change
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/292
Threats to cultural and natural heritage sites from the effects of climate change are further substantiated in a new report presented at the 12th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change taking place in Nairobi, Kenya. The report, entitled ...
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[News] Statement from the Chairman of the Executive Board on the activities under-way at the site of the Old City of Jerusalem
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/314
The following statement is issued by the Chairman of UNESCO's Executive Board, Mr Zhang Xinsheng. 1. The six Arab members of the Executive Board addressed a letter to the Chairman of the Executive Board on 14 February 2007, requesting that a special session of the Board ...
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[News] Rapid Response Facility for World Heritage Biodiversity Sites Exceeds Target
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/320
In its recently released first annual report, the Rapid Response Facility (RRF) Secretariat announced that it has taken an average of less than 6 days (below its 8-day target) to process requests for emergency grants, to solicit and receive reviews from at least two ...
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[News] Director-General urges systematic measures to end poaching and killing of endangered animals in Democratic Republic of Congo World Heritage Sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/324
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, has written to Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and to Jean-Marie Guehenno, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, asking for measures to stop the ...
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[News] Virunga National Park: Mountain gorillas remain target for armed groups
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/351
On Friday June 8, 2007, a female gorilla was shot in the southern sector of Virunga National Park, and her 3-month old baby was found sitting on her dead body. This female belonged to a group of 33 gorillas referred to as "habituated", meaning they are used to contact with ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee opening in Christchurch
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/353
Christchurch, New Zealand, 23 June  - The Pacific region's traditional respect for both natural and cultural preservation was celebrated at the opening of the 31st session of the World Heritage Committee, chaired by Tumu te Heuheu of New Zealand, here Saturday.A ...
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[News] Florida Everglades and Rio Plátano Biosphere Reserve removed from Danger List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/354
The World Heritage Committee has decided that improvements in the preservation of the Everglades National Park (Florida, USA) and Rio Plátano Biosphere Reserve (Honduras) were sufficient to remove both UNESCO World Heritage site from the List of World Heritage in Danger.The ...
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[News] Bosnian Bridge among five new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List this evening
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/361
Christchurch, New Zealand, 28 June - The World Heritage Committee on Thursday evening inscribed another five sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List: Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge of Višegrad (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Rideau Canal (Canada), Bordeaux, Port of the Moon ...
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[News] Nine new members elected to World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/390
Nine new members have been elected to the 21-member World Heritage Committee in charge of implementing UNESCO's Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Brazil, China, Egypt, Jordan, Nigeria and Sweden ...
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[News] Award of five UNESCO-Vocations Patrimoine fellowships to meet new economic and safeguarding challenges of heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/393
Five young heritage professionals from around the world received UNESCO-Vocations Patrimoine fellowships to pursue post graduate research at University College Dublin (Ireland) and at the Brandenburg Technical University of Cottbus (Germany). The aim of the fellowships is to ...
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[News] News from the Our Place-World Heritage Centre Partnership
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/438
Online images of World Heritage sites, an outdoor exhibit and a new book project are among the most recent developments of the partnership between the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Our Place, the World's Heritage Ltd, launched in July 2006. Our Place is the first ...
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[News] Loss and Damage Assessment after China Earthquake
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/439
Officials continue to assess the damage following the devastating May 12 earthquake in China, where approximately 69,000 people were killed and 19,000 are still missing. The 8.0 magnitude quake affected Sichuan Province in southwest China. The worst affected areas were two ...
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[News] Declaration by the UNESCO Director General concerning Virunga National Park, World Heritage site
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/470
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, said today he was alarmed by the violent incidents taking place in the province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mr Matsuura voice his support to the statement made earlier by the ...
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[News] European Commission contributes €2.5 million to Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/478
On 18 December 2008, the European Commission and UNESCO signed an agreement in Libreville, Gabon for a contribution of €2.5 million to the Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative (CAWFHI). Since 2004, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre has been coordinating the ...
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[News] 2008-2009 World Heritage map now available
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/481
The latest version of the World Heritage map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps with support from the United Nations Foundation, can now be ordered for a modest fee from the World Heritage Centre website. All proceeds from sales of ...
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[News] World Heritage Rainforests in Madagascar threatened by illegal logging and trafficking of precious wood
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/500
UNESCO was recently informed of two serious threats at the Marojejy and Masoala national parks in the north of Madagascar, which are part of the recently inscribed Rainforests of Atisnanana World Heritage site. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in ...
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[News] World Heritage Scholarships in U.S. National Parks
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/505
As part of a commitment to sharing its expertise, the US National Park Service (NPS) is offering training opportunities to qualified candidates who wish to learn from the US experience in managing and protecting World Heritage Sites.  All expenses paid extended ...
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[News] International Workshop and Expert Meeting on Starlight Reserves and World Heritage held in Fuerteventura, Spain
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/507
The International Workshop and Expert Meeting "Starlight Reserves and World Heritage - scientific cultural and environmental values", was held in Fuerteventura, Spain from 10-11 March 2009, and attended by 32 participants and experts from 10 countries. Participants ...
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[News] Twenty-seven new sites up for inscription on UNESCO World Heritage List as Committee opens session in Seville
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/519
The 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee, chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, opened today in Seville, Spain. During the session, which ends on June 30, the Committee´s 21 members will ...
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[News] Experts engage with climate change education at international seminar, UNESCO HQ, Paris, 27-29 July
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/544
"Why do I have mangoes in July " was the title of one of the presentations at a three-day expert seminar on climate change education at UNESCO HQ in Paris, which brought together 60 experts in climate change, education for sustainable development and curriculum development, ...
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[News] Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage English, French and Spanish UNESCO World Heritage Centre
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/545
Originally published in 2007 in English, this publication has now been reprinted for the third time in English and translated into French and Spanish. It presents twenty-six case studies from selected natural and cultural World Heritage sites in order to illustrate the ...
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[News] Twelve members elected to World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/562
Twelve new members were elected to the World Heritage Committee during the 17th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France from 23 to 28 October. The new members of the Committee are Cambodia, Estonia, ...
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[News] General Assembly elects 12 new members to World Heritage Committee and sets priorities for future of Heritage Convention
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/563
The General Assembly of States Parties to the 1972 World Heritage Convention replaced more than half the 21 members of the World Heritage Committee during its biennial session, which took place at UNESCO Headquarters from 23 to 28 October. The Committee is responsible for ...
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[News] Director General presents UNESCO climate change initiative at Copenhagen Conference
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/575
Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, yesterday presented UNESCO's climate change initiative at a press briefing held during the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). "Thanks to its ...
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[News] Beijing Appeal for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change at World Heritage properties in the Asia and the Pacific region
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/578
National Government Officials and World Heritage site managers, essentially from 24 countries in the Asia and the Pacific Region, but also from other continents of the world, gathered together at the World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the ...
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[News] Torrential rains cause death and damage at Peruvian World Heritage sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/580
Torrential rains which have occurred in Peru over the last five days have caused the death of a tourist and a tour guide, and have impacted two World Heritage properties, City of Cuzco, and The Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, both inscribed on the World Heritage List in ...
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[News] Belize Conservation NGO Receives Rapid Response Facility Grant in Support of the Belize Barrier Reef System
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/581
The latest World Heritage site to benefit from the Rapid Response Facility (RRF) is the Belize Barrier Reef System (BBRS).  Recognized in large part for its extensive coral reef and mangrove ecosystems, this property is particularly vulnerable to siltation of the clear ...
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[News] 2009-2010 World Heritage map now available
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/582
The latest version of the World Heritage map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps with support from the United Nations Foundation, can now be ordered for a modest fee from the World Heritage Centre website. All proceeds from sales of the ...
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[News] Rapid Response Facility grant for conservation group to benefit Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/600
The Rapid Response Facility (RRF) has awarded Belizean conservation group Wildtracks with a grant to assess proposed dredging and mangrove clearance within Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, affecting what may be the only breeding location for the critically endangered ...
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[News] UNESCO recommends reconstruction of Ugandan World Heritage Site
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/601
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova today expressed her relief at the news that the reconstruction of the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (Uganda) is feasible, following its near-destruction by fire on 16 March. "I am glad to report that an expert mission confirms the ...
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[News] World Heritage in the Congo Basin
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/617
The World Heritage Centre has recently published a new booklet entitled "World Heritage in the Congo Basin". This publication is intended for both biodiversity specialists and the general public. It provides detailed information on two important initiatives undertaken ...
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[News] World Heritage Mission to Haiti
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/631
Within the framework of the Emergency International Request submitted by Haiti after the devastating 12 January 2010 earthquake, the World Heritage Centre - Latin America and the Caribbean Unit (WHC/LAC) organized a Technical Mission from 11-18 July 2010 in close cooperation ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee inscribes Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (Georgia) on List of World Heritage in Danger
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/637
The World Heritage Committee, holding its 34th session chaired by João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, has inscribed the site of Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (Georgia) on the List of World Heritage in Danger. The Committee ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee inscribes two new sites on World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/640
The World Heritage Committee holding its 34th session in Brasilia under the chairmanship of  João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, today inscribed two new sites on the World Heritage List. The new sites include 1 natural property and 1 mixed (natural and cultural) ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee also approves three extensions to World Heritage properties in Austria, Romania and Spain
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/644
The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has today approved extensions to three cultural sites in Austria, Romania and Spain. The approved extensions include (in order of inscription): City of Graz - Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg (Austria) (extension of "City ...
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[News] Preparatory Meeting for Latin American Periodic Reporting draws to a close
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/656
The first preparatory meeting for the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting exercise for World Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) for the Mexico and Central America sub region was held from 6 to 8 September 2010 at the Antiguo Convento Franciscano de ...
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[News] Rapid Response Facility contributes to project near La Amistad Biosphere Reserve (Panama)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/659
The Panamanian non-governmental organization FUNDICCEP (Fundación de Desarrollo Integral, Comunitario y Conservación de los Ecosistemas en Panamá), in coordination with the national authorities, has applied to the Rapid Response Facility (RRF) for ...
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[News] International Youth Forum Go4BioDiv to be held in parallel to COP 10 for Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/667
In an effort to involve young people in the decision-making process and present their experience in biodiversity conservation, young conservationists representing natural World Heritage sites are invited to an International Youth Forum from 16-29 October at Mt Fuji and ...
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[News] UNESCO Director-General deplores destruction of ancient Aleppo markets, a World Heritage site
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/940
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova today expressed distress and dismay over the fire that severely damaged the ancient markets in the old city of Aleppo, a World Heritage site, over the weekend. She also reminded all parties of the country’s obligations under the ...
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[News] Satellite analysis of global mangrove forests released
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/692
The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the US Geological Survey have released a first ever satellite analysis of global mangrove forest coverage. The analysis reveals a total area of 137,760 square kilometers, 12.3% lower than had ...
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[News] Kinshasa Declaration to protect DRC World Heritage sites signed
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/702
At the invitation of the Congolese Government, the high-level meeting requested by the World Heritage Committee in 2007 (Christchurch 2007) was held with UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and Congolese Prime Minister Mr Adophe Muzito in attendance. The Democratic Republic ...
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[News] UNESCO to send mission to Preah Vihear
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/708
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today reiterated her call for calm and restraint around the Temple of Preah Vihear, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2008. A border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand caused several deaths and damage to the site in ...
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[News] Human - Elephant conflict: Rapid Response Facility awards emergency grant to the Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/744
The UNESCO - FFI - UNF Rapid Response Facility awarded an emergency grant to the Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania this week in response to its request for assistance in dealing with a sudden rise in the killing of elephants linked to an increase in Human / Elephant ...
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[News] Anti-Poaching Patrols to continue at Niokolo Koba National Park, thanks to Rapid Response Facility emergency support
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/750
Niokolo Koba National Park in Senegal was inscribed onto the List of World Heritage sites In Danger in 2007 due in large part to intensive poaching pressures.   The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) had been supporting anti-poaching patrols ...
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[News] The World Heritage Paper Series N°28: "Navigating the Future of Marine World Heritage" is published
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/756
Since the early 1980s, forty-three marine sites have been inscribed on the World Heritage List, covering about 1.4 million km2 of ocean surface - an area about the size of the Gulf of Mexico. Each of these forty-three sites represents exceptional features in the ocean - ...
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[News] Contested Tanzania highway project will not cross Serengeti National Park
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/769
In an important decision taken at the current session of the World Heritage Committee at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, the United Republic of Tanzania has stated it will reconsider its North Road project, which would have split the northern part of the Serengeti ...
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[News] Twenty-five new properties inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List which now numbers 936
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/776
The World Heritage Committee has inscribed a total of 25 sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List, including three natural properties, 21 cultural and one mixed site. Two properties were added to the World Heritage List in Danger and one was removed from that list. The World ...
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[News] World Heritage Committee refers decision to revise the boundaries of Selous Game Reserve (Tanzania)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/779
In February, the United Republic of Tanzania submitted a request for a minor modification to the boundaries of the Selous Game Reserve. The 50000 km2 Selous Game Reserve is one of the largest remaining wilderness areas in Africa, harboring the largest remaining elephant ...
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[News] Grand Canyon National Park Hosts U.S. World Heritage Fellow
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/791
Mr John Zulu, site manager of Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls National Park and World Heritage site arrived in the U.S. August 5th to spend six weeks immersed in the details of people, park and resource management at Grand Canyon National Park as the latest "U.S. ...
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[News] The World Heritage Centre and History® to raise awareness about preservation across the globe
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/793
UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and HISTORY® are partnering to increase awareness about heritage preservation worldwide. As part of the three-year alliance,  HISTORY provides a monetary donation along with production services and marketing support to UNESCO's ...
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[News] Cape Floral Region Protected Areas get Conservation Boost from World Heritage Centre Partner
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/798
Fauna and Flora International (FFI) a longtime partner of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre, launched a global appeal this week with the objective of helping protect over 50,000 hectares of the globally unique “fynbos” ecosystem in the Cape Floral region of ...
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[News] UNESCO convenes Libyan and international experts meeting for the safeguard of Libya’s cultural heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/799
UNESCO has invited experts from both inside and outside of Libya to urgently examine the preservation of cultural heritage in the country, notably measures to safeguard cultural sites; prevent illicit trafficking, protect museums and strengthen cultural institutions in the ...
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[News] First International Purple Economy Forum held
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/801
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre participated in a round table on “Attractiveness of regional assets: The creation and regionalization of added value” at the world’s first international forum of Purple Economy held in Paris, France, 11-13 October 2011 ...
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[News] Rapid Response Facility awards grant to Cote d'Ivoire component of Mount Nimba
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/830
The Côte d’Ivoire component of the transboundary Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, inscribed onto the list of World Heritage in Danger, has been awarded a Rapid Response Facility (RRF) small grant to help re-establish the presence of the protected area ...
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[News] Elwha River Restoration project underway at Olympic National Park, USA
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/806
One of the largest restoration projects in the history of the United States is underway at Olympic National Park World Heritage site in Washington. Begun in September 2010, the removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams on the Elwha River will result in ...
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[News] UNESCO kicks off 40th anniversary celebration of World Heritage Convention
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/809
The Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova today launched the 40th anniversary celebrations for the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO's Member States on 16 November 1972. In her address, the Director-General ...
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[News] Nine members elected to World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/811
Nine new members were elected to the World Heritage Committee on the first day of the 18th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, which started its meeting today at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. The new members of the Committee are ...
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[News] UNESCO World Heritage app downloaded over 13,000 times
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/815
To launch the 40th anniversary celebrations of the World Heritage Convention, UNESCO offered the World Heritage iPhone/iPad application (app) free for one day. On Wednesday, 16 November the app was downloaded 13,343 times from the Apple iTunes store. It proved to be most ...
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[News] 3rd annual Business Skills for Natural World Heritage Site manager training event held
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/817
Midway through a discussion on risk analysis, someone jumps to their feet and shouts “ELEPHANTS!!” and within a matter of seconds the classroom is deserted. For the next few minutes, the participants in Earthwatch’s Business Skills for World Heritage ...
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[News] Scotland hosts global conference on remote access to World Heritage sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/820
Leading lights in science, technology, conservation and heritage interpretation descended upon Edinburgh on 23 November 2011 for a unique conference on how new technology could help protect fragile landscapes while giving greater public access to them. ‘I ...
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[News] UNESCO and Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock launch 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/834
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, launched the 40th anniversary celebration of the World Heritage Convention in a ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters on 30 January. It was the first of a series of events States Parties to the 1972 Convention are organizing around the ...
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[News] The Rapid Response Facility Contributes to avoiding the ecological isolation of Romania's Retezat Massif
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/835
The Retezat Massif has received a Rapid Response Facility (RRF) grant to undertake urgent snow-tracking surveys in response to a road-building threat through the Carpathian Mountains.   This protected area is on Romania’s World Heritage tentative list, and is ...
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[News] Expert Working Group releases recommendations for Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/838
Expert Working Group meeting held in Tokyo, releases recommendations for Safeguarding World Heritage property of the Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan Following their meeting in UNESCO Headquarters in March 2011, a group of Afghan and international experts working on the ...
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[News] American National Park Service (NPS) celebrates 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/851
The National Park Service of the United States of America is celebrating the World Heritage Convention with events throughout the year. For more information, there is an interactive ...
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[News] GIS boundaries of natural and mixed World Heritage sites available
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/853
IUCN and UNEP-WCMC have compiled a KML layer with key information on the natural and mixed World Heritage sites inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as of 1 January 2012. The information comes from the latest version of the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). ...
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[News] Rapid Response Facility helping combat Mt. Kenya fires
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/857
On January 15th, forest fires were spotted on the slopes of Mount Kenya, the highest mountain in Africa.  Inscribed onto the World Heritage list in 1997, Mount Kenya is a critical refuge for a host of iconic species, ranging from the African elephant, the leopard, and a ...
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[News] World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Top Agenda in Miami Leg of Director-General’s Mission to the U.S.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/860
With a stunning visit to the Everglades the day before serving as a strong reminder, Director-General Irina Bokova turned her attention to a private-public sector roundtable on World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism in Miami on Monday. Joining a panel of local leaders in the ...
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[News] International World Heritage Expert Meeting on Integrity for Cultural Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/867
Dr. Sami El-Masri, Deputy Director General for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, with the Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Mr Kishore Rao, opened today the International Expert Meeting on Integrity for Cultural Heritage. The ...
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[News] 36th session of World Heritage Committee opens with focus on sustainable development
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/887
The challenges facing heritage preservation as UNESCO celebrates the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention were the focus of the opening of the 36th session of the World Heritage Committee. The session started Sunday in St Petersburg and will continue until 6 ...
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[News] Day 1 in St Petersburg: 2012 World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/889
Of the 33 sites nominated this year, which ones will make the cut to achieve UNESCO World Heritage status The first day of the World Heritage Committee session began this morning, from the historic 18th century Tauride Palace (also known as “Tavrichesky” ...
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[News] UNESCO and the Smithsonian Institution team up to celebrate the World Heritage Convention
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/919
The project ‘Protection, Preservation and Prosperity: Stories of World Heritage,’ is being launched today by UNESCO and the Smithsonian Institution to celebrate the World Heritage Convention. Using mobile phone technology to reach the wider public, the project ...
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[News] IUCN World Conservation Congress begins in Jeju, Republic of Korea
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/933
The IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest and most important conservation event, began 6 September on the Island of Jeju, Republic of Korea. Held every four years, the Congress aims to improve how we manage our natural environment for human, social and ...
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[News] IUCN World Conservation Congress celebrates the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention and calls for maintaining the highest standards for World Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/938
On Saturday 15 September, the IUCN World Conservation Congress ended on the Island of Jeju, Republic of Korea, which harbors the “Jeju Volcanos Island and Lava Tubes” World Heritage site. Held every four years, the congress is the world’s largest and most ...
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[News] International Youth Forum Go4BioDiv at Sundarbans National Park
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/946
Thirty-four young messengers (participants) from over 20 different marine World Heritage sites around the world gathered in Hyderabad from 6 to 15 October as part of the International Youth Forum Go4BioDiv. The Forum is the largest youth initiative for both IUCN ...
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[News] Final Meeting of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Latin America and the Caribbean
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/954
In the framework of Document WHC-12/36.COM/10C and Decision 36 COM 10C adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its 36th session (Saint Petersburg, 2012), the final meeting of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Latin America and the Caribbean will take ...
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[News] UNESCO pays tribute to the memory of Oscar Niemeyer, a great humanist and an engaged architect
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/963
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, paid tribute to the great Brazilian architect, Oscar Niemeyer, who died on Wednesday, 5 December, at the age of 104. "Oscar Niemeyer helped define the 20th century and lay the foundations for the 21st -- for all this, he ...
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[News] First Expert/Stakeholder Meeting for Management Plan of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/966
The First Expert/Stakeholder Meeting took place in Pompei (Italy) on 17 November 2012, within the framework of the project “Towards a governance system for coordinating the updating and the implementation of the Management Plan of the Archaeological Areas of Pompei, ...
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[News] UNESCO holds the first International Colloquium on the Conservation of World Heritage Earthen Architecture
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/974
Within framework of the World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP), an international colloquium on the conservation of earthen architecture was organized at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, in partnership with CRAterre-ENSAG, on 17 and 18 December 2012. This ...
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[News] World Heritage Volunteers 2013 - Patrimonito Voluntary Action - Inspiring change
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/976
Are you a youth organization and want to sensitize the young people more about the value of World Heritage sites   Or are you an NGO and wish to organize a work camp to preserve and promote a World Heritage site, with young international volunteers Here is a way to do ...
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[News] UNESCO has developed cultural heritage maps and a “Heritage Passport” to help protect Mali’s cultural heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/981
In response to the conflict taking place in the northern regions of Mali since April 2012, UNESCO, in collaboration with the National Directorate of Cultural Heritage in Mali and the International Centre for Earthen Architecture (CRAterre), has produced two publications on ...
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[News] The Colmar Forum: enhanced collaboration between Council of Europe, EU, UNESCO, UNWTO and OECD
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/986
25 years of Council of Europe cultural routes celebrated in Colmar, France, 21-23 November 2012 The Colmar Forum, organized by the secretariat of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes and the European Institute of Cultural Routes marked 25 years of existence ...
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[Event] Conference on Silk Road Grotto Sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/14
Preparations are underway for the conference organized by the Getty Conservation Institute, the Dunhuang Academy, and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China. Originally scheduled for summer 2003, the conference was postponed due to ...
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[Event] Roundtable meeting to develop and launch the World Heritage Programme for the Pacific
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/72
BackgroundAs a logical follow-up to the Periodic Reporting exercise for Asia and the Pacific in 2003 a World Heritage Programme for the Pacific (World Heritage – Pacific 2009) was approved by the World Heritage Committee at its 27th session in Paris (29 June – 5 July ...
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[Event] Training course in "The Object-ID Standard and Additional Information for Inventorying"
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/92
UNESCO is conducting a training course in the application of the Object-ID* standard, and the technical aspects of establishing preliminary inventories. The workshop will take place in the UNESCO Amman Office and will be attended by Iraqi cultural specialists. This ...
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[Event] World Conservation Congress (WCC)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/96
From 17 to 25 November, the World Conservation Congress (WCC) is taking place in Bangkok, Thailand. WCC is the general assembly of IUCN members, which takes place every three to four years, but has also become one of the most important gatherings of conservation specialists ...
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[Event] The World Heritage Convention: The Concept of Outstanding Universal Value
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/118
The World Heritage Committee at its 28th Session requested the World Heritage Centre to convene a special meeting of experts of all regions on the concept of outstanding universal value as used for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention. The World Heritage List ...
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[Event] International Heritage Development Conference ‘Creating Economic Futures: One Story at a Time’
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/137
The 2005 Conference explores how heritage development compares with economic development by creating an interactive forum on best practices, public-private partnerships, and new heritage tools. The Conference’s programme will demonstrate how individuals can work together ...
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[Event] The International Tourism Exchange (ITB Berlin)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/159
As part of its tourism programme, UNESCO World Heritage Centre will host its first stand ever at the International Tourism Exchange (ITB), the world's largest travel and tourism trade fair, which will be held in Berlin, Germany from 12–16 March 2004. UNESCO has hosted ...
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[Event] EUROPARC 2005 at the European Nature Conference 2005 “Our Landscapes: Space for Nature, Opportunities for People”
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/221
EUROPARC is the umbrella organization of Europe’s protected areas.  It unites national and regional parks, nature parks and biosphere reserves in 38 countries, with the common aim of protecting Europe’s unique variety of wildlife, habitats and landscapes.This year’s ...
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[Event] Regional Meeting for Natural World Heritage Capacity Building in Southern and Eastern Africa
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/298
Thanks to the continued support of the Nordic World Heritage Foundation and in collaboration with UNEP and IUCN, a meeting of key decisionmakers in natural World Heritage will take place in Nairobi, Kenya on 9-10 March 2006. Ten States Parties will be represented, including ...
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[Event] 30th Ordinary Session of the World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/299
By the Decision 29 COM 20, adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its 29th ordinary session (Durban, 2005), the 30th ordinary session of the World Heritage Committee will take place from 8 to 16 July 2006, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The current members of the World Heritage ...
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[Event] Training Courses on Project Design and EU Financial Resources
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/300
The Regional Management Support Unit (RMSU) of the Euromed Heritage Programme is pleased to announce two new training sessions on "Project Design and EU Financial Resources", which will take place in Brussels (in French) from 29 May to 1st June 2006, and Venice (in English) ...
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[Event] Denkmal, European Professional Event for Monument Maintenance and Restoration, and Urban Renewal
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/307
Denkmal is the largest European event for monument maintenance and restoration, and urban renewal. It is the only salon to approach these themes in a complete and complex manner. Denkmal unites an in-depth exhibition with an extensive international professional programme ...
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[Event] "Treasures of Coiba" Photo Exhibition
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/312
The Fundacion Albatros Media is presenting an exhibition of 40 large-format photographs and videos called "Treasures of Coiba" from 20 April to 20 May 2006 at the Mall Multiplaza Pacifico in Panama. The goal of the exhibition is to raise awareness of risks to Coiba National ...
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[Event] 31st Session of the World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/341
The 31st session of the World HeritageCommittee, Christchurch, New Zealand, 23 June to 2 July 2007. The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 States Parties to the Convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage, elected ...
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[Event] World Heritage Partners' Day 2007 at UNESCO Headquarters
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/397
Uniting with internationally recognized institutions and companies for better outreach is a crucial component in safeguarding World Heritage. Every year, the World Heritage Centre holds a Partners' Day, inviting selected partners to highlight their involvement with ...
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[Event] Denkmal, European Professional Event for Monument Maintenance and Restoration, and Urban Renewal
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/423
Denkmal is the largest European event for monument maintenance and restoration, and urban renewal. It is the only salon to approach these themes in a complete and complex manner. Since its creation in 1994, it has been held every 2 years in Leipzig. Denkmal unites an ...
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[Event] International Symposium on Application for World Heritage Listing of the Silk Road
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/429
This symposium, organized jointly by ICOMOS, the Chinese State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Shaanxi province People's Government and Xi'an Municipal People's Government, with support from the World Heritage Centre, will mainly introduce the cultural ...
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[Event] International Expert meeting on World Heritage and the Arctic
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/440
This international expert meeting will be the opportunity to exchange information on the natural and cultural heritage of the Arctic region, with identification of potential sites of outstanding universal value for the World Heritage List. This meeting is organized ...
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[Event] 32nd Session of the World Heritage Committee to meet from 2-10 July in Quebec, Canada
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/449
The World Heritage Committee will meet for its 32nd session in Quebec, Canada from 2-10 July. During the session, the Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List and examine the state of conservation of sites already ...
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[Event] International Expert Workshop “Implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the Caspian Region”
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/482
The workshop was organized and financially supported by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) in cooperation with UNESCO and followed the decision of the World Heritage Committee at its 30th session ...
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[Event] First Workshop "Creating the Enabling Environment" to develop guiding principles and policies for World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/483
Workshop organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in partnership with IUCN, ICOMOS, ICCROM and the France-UNESCO Convention, in collaboration with the Arc et Senans World Heritage site and with financial support from the French Ministry of Culture. UNESCO's World ...
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[Event] Risk Reduction for Caribbean Heritage Workshop
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/498
Within the framework of the Caribbean Capacity Building Programme for World Heritage (CCBP) and within the framework of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), a workshop on risk reduction for Caribbean Heritage will take place from 23 to 27 June 2008 in ...
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[Event] Seminar: World Heritage and Public Works–Development Cooperation for Poverty Alleviation
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/510
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) are organizing a one day seminar on “World Heritage and Public Works–Development cooperation for poverty alleviation” at the United Nations University in Tokyo, ...
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[Event] OWHC Northwest European Regional Conference “Earth, Wind, Water, Fire – Environmental Challenges to Urban World Heritage”
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/514
The City of Regensburg, a German medieval town, which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2006, will host this year's OWHC Northwest European Regional Conference The selected conference theme ‘Earth, Wind, Water, Fire - Environmental Challenges to Urban ...
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[Event] International workshop on cultural heritage inventories in the Mediterranean countries, a collaboration with the Euromed Heritage IV programme of the European Union
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/539
This workshop is the outcome of a collaboration between the Regional and Monitoring Support Unit (RMSU) for the programme Euromed Heritage IV of the European Union (EU) and the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement. It will deal with inventories of cultural heritages in nine ...
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[Event] Final Steering Committee for Preservation of Ajina Tepa Monastery and Silk Roads World Heritage Serial Nomination
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/546
Final International Steering Committee of UNESCO/Japanese Fund-in-Trust for Preservation of Ajina Tepa - Buddhist Monastery on the Silk Road, and Presentation of Central Asia Silk Roads World Heritage Serial Nomination process to International Diplomatic Corps in ...
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[Event] 33rd Session of the World Heritage Committee to meet from 22-30 June in Seville, Spain
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/573
The World Heritage Committee will meet for its 33rd session in Seville, Spain from 22-30 June. During the session, the Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List and examine the state of conservation of sites already ...
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[Event] Application deadline for the 3rd Course on Conservation of Built Heritage 2010 (CBH10)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/588
Application deadline for the 3rd Course on Conservation of Built Heritage organized by ICCROM and which will take place from 5  March to 30 April 2010 in Rome, Italy ICCROM is pleased to announce the third training course on Conservation of Built Heritage ...
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[Event] 3rd Course on Conservation of Built Heritage organized by ICCROM
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/589
3rd Course on Conservation of Built Heritage organized by ICCROM and which will take place from 5  March to 30 April 2010 in Rome, Italy. ICCROM is pleased to announce the third training course on Conservation of Built Heritage in Rome.  ICCROM has ...
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[Event] Meeting of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/593
This Bureau, which is composed of the Chairperson, five Vice-Chairpersons and a Rapporteur, as well as the representatives of the Advisory Bodies, will meet from 10h00 to 13h00 on Monday, 22 June 2009, Seville, Spain. The meeting will take place in the Palacio de Congresos ...
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[Event] Second World Heritage Global Strategy Meeting for the Pacific Islands region
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/595
The meeting was attended by representatives from Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, the United States of America and Vanuatu, representatives from ...
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[Event] Regional Capacity-building Workshop on Assessment of Vulnerability of World Cultural and Natural Heritage Properties to Disasters and Climate Change
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/600
A regional capacity-building Workshop on "Assessment of Vulnerability of Cultural and Natural World Heritage Properties to Disasters and Climate Change" was held at the Peking University of China from 6 to 12 December 2009, organised jointly by the World Heritage Centre, ...
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[Event] Deadline for receiving applications for the Regional workshop: Vulnerability Assessment of Disasters and Climate Change in World Heritage Properties
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/601
Please fill the application form and send it together with the following documentation (by mail or email) to the contact address below: A full professional curriculum vitae (in English) A brief report (3-5 pages) on project(s)concerning cultural heritage or risk management ...
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[Event] Workshop on the Application of the concept of Historic Urban Landscapes in the African context
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/613
More than half of the Earth's population now lives in an urban area, and over the past three decades, due to the sharp increase in the world's urban population, historic cities have become subject to new threats.   In order to address conservation and planning ...
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[Event] International Meeting on the Comparative Analysis of the Archaeological site Delta of Diquis
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/667
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Costa Rica and the UNESCO Office in San José, will organize an International Experts Meeting for the elaboration of a comparative analysis of the Archaeological site of the Delta ...
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[Event] International Seminar - The Role of Religious Communities in the Management of the World Heritage Properties
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/753
Cycle of activities in Support of the Celebration of the 2010 United Nations International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures Co-hosted and organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine, the National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Reserve, National ...
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[Event] Registration Open for the World Heritage Youth Forum
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/693
Brazilian government promotes educational meeting on actions in favor of Cultural Heritage with youngsters from 19 countries The National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute - Iphan, in partnership with the Brazilian Federation of Youth Hostels, promotes the regional ...
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[Event] Marine World Heritage Exhibit at Expo 2010, Shanghai (China)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/711
On Tuesday, 7 September 2010, the World Heritage Marine Programme launched an exhibit on Marine World Heritage in the United Nations Pavilion of the Expo 2010, Shanghai in China. More than 50 million people have visited Expo 2010, from which 3 million visited the UN ...
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[Event] Fifth Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands, UNESCO Headquarters Paris (France)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/713
The conference will feature presentations and structured discussions among all sectors on three major and interlinked conference themes: 1. ENSURING SURVIVAL: Oceans, Climate and Security--Major Issues in Mitigation, Adaptation, and Financing in the Post-Copenhagen Climate ...
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[Event] Caribbean Sub Regional Meeting for Periodic Reporting Exercise
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/742
From 4 - 8 April 2011, the State Party of Barbados will host the UNESCO Meeting on Small Island Developing States and the Periodic Reporting Exercise of the Caribbean Sub Region of Latin America and the Caribbean. The UNESCO SIDS Meeting is organized for 4 to 6 April ...
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[Event] The legal aspects of national cultural heritage and its relationship with the public international law on heritage protection
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/744
The overall objective of the meeting is to discuss and share experiences on the challenges of heritage management and its relationship with the enactment and effective implementation of regulatory frameworks for World Heritage at national level. The event is organized by ...
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[Event] Youth Volunteerism for Transformational change through Non-Formal Education to achieve Life Skills, Heritage Education and Literacy
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/757
In celebration of both the International Youth Year (IYY) and Tenth Anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers (IYV+10), a global youth volunteer exchange on transformational change through non-formal education for life skills, heritage education, and literacy will ...
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[Event] Sub-Regional Meeting for the Caribbean Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Latin America and the Caribbean (Dominican Republic)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/829
Within the Framework of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting of Latin America and the Caribbean, the World Heritage Centre/Latin America and Caribbean Unit, in cooperation with the Government of the Dominican Republic and the UNESCO Office in Havana, is organizing a ...
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[Event] Sub-Regional Meeting for South America Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Latin America and the Caribbean (Brazil)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/830
Within the Framework of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting for Latin America and the Caribbean, the World Heritage Centre/Latin America and Caribbean Unit, in cooperation with the Brazilian Government and in particular, with the Brazilian National Institute of ...
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[Event] International World Heritage Expert Meeting on Integrity for Cultural Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/833
At its 35th session (Paris, UNESCO, 2011), and within the wider framework of the Revisions to the Operational Guidelines, the World Heritage Committee (Decision 35 COM 13) reiterated “its request to the World Heritage Centre, in cooperation with the Advisory Bodies, to ...
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[Event] Sub-Regional Meeting for Central America, Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Latin America and the Caribbean, Zacatecas, Mexico
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/847
Within the Framework of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting of Latin America and the Caribbean, the World Heritage Centre/Latin America and the Caribbean Unit with the generous support from Mexico, the Government of Zacatecas and the Zacatecas Regional Centre for ...
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[Event] Round table "Rescuing Latin American cultural heritage"
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/848
In the framework of the celebrations of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention,  the Andalusian Institute of Cultural Heritage (IAPH) is organising a round table meeting taking place on 19th March 2012 in Málaga, Spain. Specialists in the field of ...
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[Event] Management of Historic Centres: "Economic Sustainability of the Historic Centre, a Shared Responsibility"
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/850
10th Meeting on Management of Historic Centres: "Economic Sustainability of the Historic Centre, a Shared Responsibility" The Office of the Historian of Havana, the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Latin American and Caribbean ...
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[Event] World Heritage Volunteers 2012
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/873
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the World Heritage Volunteers 2012, 'Beyond territories and boundaries', will hold 50 Patrimonito work camps at 40 World Heritage sites in 25 countries around the world. The projects will ...
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[Event] 4th World Heritage Youth Forum
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/912
The 4th World Heritage Youth Forum focusing on the implementation of the World Heritage Convention was held from 10 to 20 June 2012 in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) and Mollina, (Málaga). Forty-six young people aged from 12 to 15 years old, with Spanish as a ...
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[Event] Final Meeting of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Latin America and the Caribbean, 3-5 December 2012, Santiago, Chile
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/976
In the framework of Document WHC-12/36.COM/10C and Decision 36 COM 10C adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its 36th session (Saint Petersburg, 2012), the final meeting of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Latin America and the Caribbean will take ...
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[Event] Conservation Leadership MS Program - Colorado State University
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/983
Application deadline 15 February 2013 for coursework beginning August 2013 Society is faced with some of the greatest challenges in history, from climate change to biodiversity loss to energy security and beyond. We need leaders who think differently, embrace complexity, ...
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[Event] Periodic Reproting LAC: 2nd Cycle - Mexico and Central America
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/986
The meeting was held in Zacatecas (Mexico) on 6-10 September 2010 at the Antiguo Convento Franciscano de Propaganda FIDE (Old Franciscan Propaganda Convent FIDE], currently the Museum of Guadalupe, which coincided with the inauguration of the World Heritage ...
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[Event] Periodic Reproting LAC: 2nd Cycle - South America, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/987
The first day was devoted to Retrospective Statements of Outstanding Value, with the managers of the Brazilian sites. The following days were spent on the Periodic Reporting exercise, and the national focal points and site managers of South America took part. One hundred and ...
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[Event] International World Heritage Expert Meeting on Visual Integrity
http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/992
At its 36th session (St Petersburg, 2012), the World Heritage Committee discussed a number of state of conservation reports where the question of ‘visual integrity’ and the ‘protection of important views’ came up. The authorities of India informed the ...
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World Heritage Review n°58 Part threat, part hope The challenge of tourism
http://whc.unesco.org/en/review/58
What are the benefits of World Heritage List inscription When it brings higher visibility and increased tourism to a site, how can the site still be protected Issue 58 of our quarterly magazine explores these questions with a lead article by Jonathan B. Tourtellot, ...
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World Heritage Review n°62 World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples
http://whc.unesco.org/en/review/62
This edition of World Heritage is devoted to the enduring relationship between a number of World Heritage sites and the indigenous peoples that inhabit them. For historical, cultural and practical reasons this is a complex and sensitive matter, but the very fact that it ...
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World Heritage Review n°66 Small Island Developing States
http://whc.unesco.org/en/review/66
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are islands of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. The UNESCO World Heritage Programme for Small Island Developing States coordinates and develops activities in these areas, providing support for ...
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World Heritage Series n°7 Cultural Landscapes: the Challenges of Conservation
http://whc.unesco.org/en/series/7
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, UNESCO with the support of the Government of Italy, organized, from 14 to 16 November 2002, an International Congress to reflect on some of the main ...
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World Heritage Series n°5 Identification and Documentation of Modern Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/series/5
Under the Global Strategy for a credible, balanced and representative World Heritage List, adopted by the World Heritage Committee in 1994, the World Heritage Centre is engaged in assisting States Parties that have few or no World Heritage sites to protect, preserve and ...
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World Heritage Series n°4 Proceedings of the World Heritage Marine Biodiversity Workshop
http://whc.unesco.org/en/series/4
The workshop organizers, UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, wish to express deep appreciation for the assistance and collaborations of everyone who made this workshop a success and to acknowledge the many individuals ...
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World Heritage Series n°10 Monitoring World Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/series/10
Table of Contents Preface by Francesco Bandarin Introduction by Nicholas Stanley-Price, Director-General, ICCROM Advisory Bodies and World Heritage Committee Monitoring World Heritage: A View from the World Heritage Committee’s Delegate: Benedicte Selfslagh, ...
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World Heritage Series n°13 Linking Universal and Local Values: Managing a Sustainable Future for World Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/series/13
Preface: Francesco Bandarin Introduction: Eléonore de Merode, Rieks Smeets and Carol Westrik Welcome Addresses Background and Thematic Studies How World Heritage Sites Disappear: Four Cases, Four Threats Cor Dijkgraaf Linking Universal and Local Values for the ...
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World Heritage Series n°15 Caribbean Wooden Treasures
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Table of contents Proceedings of the Thematic Expert Meeting on Wooden Urban Heritage in the Caribbean Region Foreword Francesco Bandarin, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre Introduction and Summary Report of Expert Meeting (with Declaration of Georgetown) Ron van ...
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World Heritage Series n°17 Promoting and Preserving Congolese Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/series/17
Conference and workshops proceedings Promoting and Preserving Congolese (DRC) Heritage An International Donors’ Conference organized by UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre and Natural Sciences Sector With the support of the United Nations Foundation (UNF) and the ...
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World Heritage Series n°28 Navigating the Future of Marine World Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/series/28
Since the early 1980s, forty-three marine sites have been inscribed on the World Heritage List, covering about 1.4 million km2 of ocean surface – an area about the size of the Gulf of Mexico. Each of these forty-three sites represent exceptional features in the ...
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[Activity] World Heritage – Pacific 2009 Programme
http://whc.unesco.org/en/pacific2009
Despite its extraordinary cultural and biological diversity and richness, the Pacific is the most under-represented sub-region on the World Heritage List. To redress this imbalance, World Heritage Global Strategy meetings were held in the Pacific - in Fiji in July 1997 and ...
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[Activity] Small Island Developing States Programme
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/42
From 10 to 14 January 2005 the United Nation's "International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States" took place in Port Louis, Mauritius. At that meeting UNESCO led Plenary ...
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[Activity] World Heritage Cities Programme
http://whc.unesco.org/en/cities
The World Heritage Cities Programme is one of six thematic programmes formally approved and monitored by the World Heritage Committee. It aims to assist States Parties in the challenges of protecting and managing their urban heritage. The programme is structured along a ...
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[Activity] Development of a World Heritage Information Management capacity in the Arab States
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/58
A capacity-building project to enrich World Heritage information management tools and techniques in the Arab States Region, from adequate documentation of sites, to use of recording tools, management planning, and information exchange Objectives The objectives are: To make ...
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[Activity] Main Andean Road - Qhapaq nan
http://whc.unesco.org/en/qhapaqnan
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru share a common cultural heritage of outstanding value: the Qhapaq Ñan, or Main Andean Road. For the past three years the World Heritage Centre has been assisting these countries in a pioneering project: the ...
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[Activity] Development of a World Heritage Information Management capacity in the Arab State
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/85
The project consists of four core activities The creation and the development of an Arabic language web site on the World Heritage in the Arab Region, in cooperation with the a regional partner (possibly the Al Ain Authority, from the United Arab Emirates); The development ...
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[Activity] Sub-regional Teacher-training Workshop on WHE for the Gulf States
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/101
OMAN 20-24 November 1999 The participating countriesQatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman.OrganizersOman National Commission for UNESCO and UNESCO[Activity] Sub-regional Teacher-training Workshop on WHE for the Gulf States
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[Activity] Sub-regional Workshop on UNESCO World Heritage Edcuation KIT for ASP Schools' Teachers in Central Asian Region
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/105
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN 20-26 August 1999 Sub-Regional Workshop on World Heritage Education Kit for ASP Schools' Teachers in Central Asian RegionTeachers' resolutionSummary and RecommendationsParticipantsCountries representedOrganizersTeachers' resolutionWe, the ...
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[Activity] World Heritage Youth Forum (1996) First African Edition
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/129
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe ‘Students' Appeal' ‘Teachers' Recommendations' Summary Report Participants Countries Represented Organizers Partners Collaborators Student's appeal "We, the youth of Africa, have met at the UNESCO World Heritage Forum for Africa in ...
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[Activity] The Rescue of Nubian Monuments and Sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/173
The most famous of the monuments affected by the Aswan High Dam Project was the temple complex on the island of Philae. Sacred to the goddess Isis, the sanctuary dates mostly to the Graeco-Roman period and was later transformed into a church (540 AD). The following monuments ...
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[Activity] Enhancing our Heritage- Monitoring and managing for success in World Natural Heritage sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/eoh
Enhancing Our Heritage - Monitoring and Managing for Success in World Natural Heritage Sites was a seven-year UNESCO/IUCN project funded by the United Nations Foundation. The project commenced in 2001 and operated in nine World Heritage sites in Africa, South Asia and Latin ...
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[Activity] UNESCO World Heritage Centre’s Natural Heritage Strategy
http://whc.unesco.org/en/naturalheritagestrategy
In October 2006 the World Heritage Centre published the UNESCO World Heritage Centre's Natural Heritage Strategy, which was endorsed by the World Heritage Committee. The strategy outlines the guiding principles, mission statement, strategic orientations, and working methods ...
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[Activity] Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative (CAWHFI)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/cawhfi
The Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative is the result of a long consultation between the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO and various partners. This Initiative aims to improve the management of protected areas of the Congo Basin that could be recognized as ...
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[Activity] International Conference on “World Heritage in Young Hands - a Dialogue among Civilizations”
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/453
  ASWAN/CAIRO, Egypt, 6-12 February 2002Event International Conference on "World Heritage in Young Hands  - a Dialogue among Civilizations"Some 80 high-level participants, representing a wide range of fields, gathered at the International Conference on World Heritage in ...
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[Activity] Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/473
Originally published in 2007 in English, this publication has now been reprinted for the third time in English and translated into French and Spanish. It presents twenty-six case studies from selected natural and cultural World Heritage sites in order to illustrate the ...
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[Activity] Patrimonito Storyboard Competition 2007
http://whc.unesco.org/en/patrimonito-2007
Following the launching in December 2006 of the Patrimonito Storyboard Competition organized by the World Heritage Centre in coordination with the UNESCO Associated Schools, the contest results are now available. Four hundred students from the Republic of Congo, the ...
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[Activity] The Great Volga River Route (GVRR) Project
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/483
Uniting the Seas (Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas) in favour of World Heritage Education for Sustainable Development with the support of ICTs The GVRR project aims to link young people engaged in the preservation and promotion of World Heritage and Biosphere sites and ...
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[Activity] World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/496
The idea of a World Heritage Indigenous Peoples Council of Experts (WHIPCOE) was presented to the 24th session of the World Heritage Committee in Cairns, Australia by representatives from Australia, Canada and New Zealand who had attended a Forum of Indigenous People in ...
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De Mateo Herrera, Maria Isabel
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Ortu, Daniele
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Mohammad, Raheel
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Garuccio, Livio
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Esquivel, Eric
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Wamae, Alice
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Frank, Laura
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Thiam, Nana
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Yang, Chao
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Mann, Robert
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Noshadi, Sara
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Shim, Hye-seung
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Jung, Young Hun
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LIN Chih-Hung, Roland
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Han, Junhi
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Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Alexandra
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Saito, Aya
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Kawakami, Kaori
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Diop, Zohra
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Raabe, Marianne
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Hamilton, Shona
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Volchevska, Biljana
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Malaga, Caroline
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Hamilton, Emily
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Gigante, Federica
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Serrano Vasquez, Carlos Eduardo
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Alberth, Patricia
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Sellem, Lise
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