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Date Start: 1999close
Date end:1999close
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada (1999)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: State of dilapidation of the Puerta Elvira area
Ancient City of Damascus (1999)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management activities
Angkor (1999)
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/4,WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Human resources Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Urgent problems of conservation
Danger List:  Yes
Antigua Guatemala (1999)
States Parties: Guatemala
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Storms
Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua (1999)
States Parties: Guatemala
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Storms Water (rain/water table) Wind
Asante Traditional Buildings (1999)
States Parties: Ghana
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Financial resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Auschwitz Birkenau
German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) (1999)
States Parties: Poland
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Issue of the transfer of seven original paintings from the Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum to Mrs. Dina Babbitt, author of the paintings in 1944.
Baalbek (1999)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Bahla Fort (1999)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/4,WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Degradation of the structures
Danger List:  Yes
Butrint (1999)
States Parties: Albania
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Financial resources Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for monitoring of the situation at the site
Danger List:  Yes
Byblos (1999)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims (1999)
States Parties: France
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores (1999)
States Parties: Portugal
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Chan Chan Archaeological Zone (1999)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fragility of the abdobe structures
Danger List:  Yes
Chavin (Archaeological Site) (1999)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts
Other Threats: Deterioration of the site
Churches and Convents of Goa (1999)
States Parties: India
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
City of Cuzco (1999)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
City of Quito (1999)
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Earthquake Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Financial resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Volcanic eruption
Colonial City of Santo Domingo (1999)
States Parties: Dominican Republic
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Storms
Complex of Hué Monuments (1999)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Storms
Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl (1999)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Earthquake
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (1999)
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Water infrastructure
Group of Monuments at Hampi (1999)
States Parties: India
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Historic Areas of Istanbul (1999)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Earthquake Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need to monitor movements which could affect the structure of the building
Historic Cairo (1999)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn (1999)
States Parties: Estonia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Historic Centre of Florence (1999)
States Parties: Italy
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Major linear utilities
Historic Centre of Puebla (1999)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Commercial development Deliberate destruction of heritage Earthquake Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (1999)
States Parties: China
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (1999)
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Financial resources High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Critical conditions of particularly two archaeological sites
Island of Mozambique (1999)
States Parties: Mozambique
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Storms
Other Threats: Precarious state of conservation of the stone
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) (1999)
States Parties: Argentina Brazil
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Industrial areas Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Aggressive natural environment
Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site (1999)
States Parties: El Salvador
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Storms
Kathmandu Valley (1999)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.19,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/INF.8A,WHC.99/CONF.208/INF.8B,WHC.99/CONF.208/INF.8C
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for restoration/consolidation works
Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (1999)
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (1999)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Extremely harsh natural environment
Maya Site of Copan (1999)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan Storms
Other Threats: Attention to be paid to the conservation of stone and stuccos
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1999)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the stones
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (1999)
States Parties: France
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Management systems/ management plan
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (1999)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Housing
Old City of Sana'a (1999)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Increasing number of dilapidated buildings
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (1999)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (1999)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (1999)
States Parties: China
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Financial resources Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of maintenance ; Halt of site excavations
Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple (1999)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses
Other Threats: General deterioration of the Golden Temple
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (1999)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Rock Carvings in Tanum (1999)
States Parties: Sweden
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (1999)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Sacred City of Kandy (1999)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Terrorism
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple (1999)
States Parties: Republic of Korea
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Localised utilities
Site of Palmyra (1999)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Temperature Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Sun Temple, Konârak (1999)
States Parties: India
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Storms
Other Threats: Gradual deterioration and the structural instability
Taxila (1999)
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan Quarrying
Other Threats: Lack of vegetation control
Town of Luang Prabang (1999)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major linear utilities Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Tyre (1999)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Human resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
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Albania Argentina Brazil Cambodia China Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia France Georgia Germany Ghana Guatemala Honduras India Italy Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Mexico Mozambique Nepal Oman Pakistan Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Syrian Arab Republic Türkiye Ukraine Viet Nam Yemen
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 41 Housing 18 Management activities 17 Ground transport infrastructure 9 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 9 Storms 8 Financial resources 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Legal framework 5 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 4 Earthquake 4 Localised utilities 3 Major linear utilities 3 Land conversion 3 Water (rain/water table) 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Human resources 3 Relative humidity 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Illegal activities 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Commercial development 1 Industrial areas 1 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Water infrastructure 1 Air pollution 1 Solid waste 1 Quarrying 1 Temperature 1 Wind 1 Terrorism 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Volcanic eruption 1

* : 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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