Spain

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1991 - 1997
• 2005 - 2009

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Romanesque Cultural Enclave in the North of Castile-Leon and the South of Cantabria (1998)
• Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications (1998)
• The Silver Route (1998)
• The Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial and Natural Surroundings (1998)
• Mediterranean Wind Mills (1998)
• The Architecture of Dry Built Stone (1998)
• Greek Archaeological ensemble in Empúries, l'Escala, Girona (2002)
• Dinosaur Ichnite Sites of the Iberian Peninsula (2002)
• Wine and Vineyard Cultural Itinerary through Mediterranean Towns (1998)
• The Ribeira Sacra, Lugo and Orense (1996)
• The Tramuntana Sierra, Cultural and Natural Landscape (1996)
• Cultural Itinerary of Francis Xavier (2001)
• The Mediterranean Facet of the Pyrenees (France-Spain) (2004)
• Mesta Livestock trails (2007)
• Manifestations of Rupestrian Art in Siega Verde (2007)
• Roman Ways. Itineraries of the Roman Empire (2007)
• Ancares – Somiedo (2007)
• The Northern or Primitive Route (extension of the Route of Santiago de Compostella) (2007)
• Historic City-Centre of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2007)
• Loarre Castle (2007)
• Renaissance and Baroque Arch in the City of Granada (extension of Granada) (2007)
• Almadén on the Mercury Route of the Intercontinental Camino Real (2007)
• El Ferrol of the Illustration Historical Heritage (2007)
• Mining Historical Heritage (2007)
• Plasencia - Monfragüe - Trujillo : Paysage méditerranéen (2009)

News

• Statement by UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre on mission to study conservation and infrastructure development in Ibiza Oct 8, 2009
• Tower of Hercules (Spain) inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List alongside two Swiss watch-making towns Jun 27, 2009
• First Ibero-American World Heritage Youth Forum Jun 18, 2009
• Spain Honors the UNESCO World Heritage Centre Oct 13, 2008
• Canadian fossil park, an Icelandic volcanic island and archipelago in Yemen among sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List Jul 7, 2008
• Fire threatens Garajonay World Heritage site, Spain Apr 29, 2008
• Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch Jun 29, 2007
• UNESCO and Partners Demonstrate Space Technologies for Monitoring World Heritage Oct 7, 2006
• Results of the election to the World Heritage Committee Oct 10, 2005

Events

• 3rd International Conference of the Alliance of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes on "Use and Management of Water in World Heritage Cultural Landscapes" Nov 25, 2009 - Nov 26, 2009
• 2nd International Conference of the Alliance of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes Sep 30, 2008 - Oct 3, 2008
• Bikeabout To Launch Circum-Mediterranean Tour Of World Heritage Sites Sep 24, 1997 - Jun 30, 1998

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• H. E. Mrs María Jesús San Segundo
  Ambassador, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom of Spain to UNESCO
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Comisión Nacional Española de Cooperación con la UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.aeci.es/unesco/
  Source: UNESCO/ERC

Other sources of information within UNESCO

• UNESCO Worldwide (UNESCO/BPI)
• Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO/CLT/ITH)
• Cultural Heritage Laws Database (UNESCO/CLT/NATLAWS)
• Ratified Convention (UNESCO/LA)
• Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO/SC)
• Documents & Publications (UNESCO/UNESDOC)

Other sources of information

• UNDATA Country Profiles
• FAO Country Profiles (FAO)