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State of Conservation

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Property Category:Culturalclose
Date Start: 2005close
Date end:2005close
Threats* : Management systems/ management planclose
Abu Mena (2005)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of consolidation and engineering measures
Danger List:  Yes
Agra Fort (2005)
States Parties: India
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Threats to monuments’ foundations due to geological instability of riverbank
Aksum (2005)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of documentation and equipment
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (2005)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fragile mud brick structures
Danger List:  Yes
Auschwitz Birkenau
German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) (2005)
States Parties: Poland
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Bahla Fort (2005)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the earthen structure of the Fort
Borobudur Temple Compounds (2005)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Uncontrolled vendors within and around the property
Butrint (2005)
States Parties: Albania
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Lack of adequate protection and conservation of the site; b) Poor state of conservation of the property ; c) Insufficient implementation of the recommendations of the joint missions
Danger List:  Yes
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park (2005)
States Parties: India
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Chavin (Archaeological Site) (2005)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
City of Cuzco (2005)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Lack of maintenance of historic buildings; b) Use of reinforced concrete in the centre of town
Coro and its Port (2005)
States Parties: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Deterioration of the architectural and urban coherence and integrity of the property; b) Lack of adequate conservation mechanisms.
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley (2005)
States Parties: Afghanistan
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Consolidation of the cliffs and nichesb) Lack of a long-term on-site monitoring systemc) Demining
Danger List:  Yes
Cultural Landscape of Sintra (2005)
States Parties: Portugal
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Curonian Spit (2005)
States Parties: Lithuania Russian Federation
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia (2005)
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Fatehpur Sikri (2005)
States Parties: India
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Threats to monuments’ foundations due to geological instability of riverbank
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (2005)
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; b) Lack of monitoring system
Danger List:  Yes
Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo (2005)
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration and destruction of the fabric by environmental factors
Gelati Monastery (2005)
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: General need for interior and exterior conservation work of the monuments
Group of Monuments at Hampi (2005)
States Parties: India
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: rural poverty
Danger List:  Yes
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2005)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the civil architecture within the protected areas
Historic Cairo (2005)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Dilapidated infrastructure; Neglect and lack of maintenance
Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (2005)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Historic Centre of Sighişoara (2005)
States Parties: Romania
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the monuments in general and the fortification in particular
Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento (2005)
States Parties: Uruguay
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Historic Town of Zabid (2005)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the traditional urban fabric
Danger List:  Yes
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (2005)
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (2005)
States Parties: China
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Island of Gorée (2005)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Threatened state of the buildings; b) Construction of the replica of the Goree Memoria
Island of Saint-Louis (2005)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Buildings threatened with collapse
Kasbah of Algiers (2005)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Lack of maintenance of housing; b) Collapse of houses (three dead and others injured in May 2002)
Kathmandu Valley (2005)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou (2005)
States Parties: Morocco
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Near total abandonment of the site
L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre (2005)
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Lamu Old Town (2005)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Fire; b) Lack of law enforcement
Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa (2005)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (2005)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Impact of new structure of the Maya Devi Temple in the core area
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley (2005)
States Parties: Andorra
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya (2005)
States Parties: India
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Matobo Hills (2005)
States Parties: Zimbabwe
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (2005)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam (2005)
States Parties: Afghanistan
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Leaning of the Minaret
Danger List:  Yes
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (2005)
States Parties: Montenegro
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (2005)
States Parties: Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Natural risk factors; b) Conservation of archaeological heritage; c) Deterioration of monuments; d) Alteration of the built fabric.
Danger List:  Yes
Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches (2005)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (2005)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of maintenance of historic buildings and lack of control on building activities within the World Heritage historic centre
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan (2005)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (2005)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Robben Island (2005)
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Difficulties with operational aspects of maintenance and conservation implementation ; b) Lack of appropriate conservation of the built heritage; c) Lack of integration of natural values in management of site
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (2005)
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Royal Palaces of Abomey (2005)
States Parties: Benin
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Serious degradation of nearly 2/3 of the mud-brick constructions
Danger List:  Yes
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (2005)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: - Collapsing monuments- No participation of communit
Danger List:  Yes
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur (2005)
States Parties: Bangladesh
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of monitoring system
State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv” (2005)
States Parties: Turkmenistan
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (2005)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Risks of collapse
Taj Mahal (2005)
States Parties: India
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Threats to monuments’ foundations due to geological instability of riverbank
Timbuktu (2005)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: No protective measures for the buffer zone of the property
Danger List:  Yes
Tipasa (2005)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: vegetation with roots seriously affecting archaeological remains
Danger List:  Yes
Town of Luang Prabang (2005)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (2005)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of security due to open trenches and unstable structures
Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower (2005)
States Parties: Azerbaijan
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
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* : The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).

** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.


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