Hungary

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1997 - 2003

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Le Château-fort médiéval d'Esztergom (1993)
• The Tihany Peninsula (1993)
• Caves of the Buda Thermal Karst System (1993)
• Mediaeval Royal Seat and Parkland at Visegrád (2000)
• System of Fortifications at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno - Komárom (2007)
• The Network of Rural Heritage Buildings in Hungary (2000)
• State Stud-Farm Estate of Mezöhegyes (2000)
• The Wooden Churches of the Northern Part of the Carpathian Basin (2000)
• The Ipolytartnóc Fossils (2000)
• Ödön Lechner’s independent pre-modern architecture (2008)
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Ripa Pannonica in Hungary (2009)

News

• Cities Named '2010 European Capital of Culture' include World Heritage sites Apr 12, 2006
• Message on the Occasion of the Floods Affecting a Number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites Aug 20, 2002

Events

• International Conference on the Historic Urban Landscape and its management Nov 23, 2008 - Nov 25, 2008
• CAA2008: On the Road to Reconstructing the Past Apr 2, 2008 - Apr 6, 2008

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• H. E. Mrs Katalin Bogyay
  Ambassador, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Hungary to UNESCO
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Hungarian National Commission for UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.hu (in Hungarian)
  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)