Slovakia

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (7)

Cultural

• Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve (2000)
• Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity (1993)
• Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments (1993)
• Vlkolínec (1993)
• Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area (2008)

Natural

• Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (1995)
• Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany (2007)

Properties submitted on the Tentative List (14)

• Gemer and Abov churches with the medieval wall paintings (1995)
• Tokaj Wine Region (2002)
• Original Meadow - Pasture Sites of Slovakia (2002)
• The Memorial of Chatam Sófer (2002)
• Limes Romanus - The Roman antique monuments on the Middle Danube (2002)
• System of Fortifications at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno - Komárom (2002)
• The concept of the lenticular historical town core of Košice City (2002)
• Extension of the location of Spišský hrad and its associated cultural monuments with Levoča and the work of Master Paul in Spiš (2002)
• Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain (2002)
• Karst Valleys of Slovakia (2002)
• Natural and Cultural Landscape of Danube Region (2002)
• Fungal Flora of Bukovské Hills (2002)
• Geyser in Herlany (2002)
• Sites of Great Moravia: Slavonic Fortified Settlement at Mikulčice – Church of St. Margaret at Kopčany (2007)

Activities

• World Heritage Youth Forum (2002) Sub-regional, First Central European Meeting

News

• Presentation ceremony held to recognize tri-national World Heritage site Friday, November 18, 2011
• Barbados enters World Heritage List with Bridgetown and its Garrison; Hiraizumi (Japan) and Germany’s Beech Forests also inscribed Saturday, June 25, 2011
• Message from the Director of the World Heritage Centre on the toxic spill in Hungary Friday, October 8, 2010
• Cities of Caral-Supe (Peru) and Levoča (Slovakia) added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List Sunday, June 28, 2009
• Eight new sites, from the Straits of Malacca, to Papua New Guinea and San Marino, added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List Monday, July 7, 2008

• H. E. Mr Igor Grexa
  Ambassador, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of Slovakia to UNESCO
  
• Slovak Commission for UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.sk