The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8B, WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B1 and WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B4,
Refers the nomination of Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene, Italy, back to the State Party, taking note of a potential of the proposed property to meet criteria (iv) and (v) to:
Redefine the nomination refocusing the potential Outstanding Universal Value on criteria (iv) and (v),
Redefine the boundaries and buffer zones of the nominated property,
Completing the adoption process by the 28 concerned municipalities of the tool “Technical ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8B and WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B1,
Taking note of the Advisory Body’s evaluation whereby the nominated property justifies Outstanding Universal Value on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv), and meets the conditions of integrity and authenticity;
Acknowledges the official request for referral made by the submitting State Party due to ongoing international arbitration;
In compliance with paragraph 159 of the Operational Guidelines, refers the nomination of Roșia Montană Mining Landscape, Romania, back to the State ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8B and WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Caliphate City of Medina Azahara, Spain, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Caliphate City of Medina Azahara is an archaeological site of a newly-founded city built in the mid-10th century CE by the western Umayyad dynasty as the seat of the Caliphate of Cordoba. The city was destroyed shortly afterwards, and from that time remained hidden until its ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8B and WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Göbekli Tepe, Turkey, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (i), (ii) and (iv);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Göbekli Tepe is located in Upper Mesopotamia, a region which saw the emergence of the most ancient farming communities in the world. Monumental structures, interpreted as enclosures, were erected by groups of hunter-gatherers in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period (10th-9th millennia BC). ...
Sites: Göbekli Tepe
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8B.Add and WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Recalling Decisions 39 COM 8B.26 and 41 COM 8B.29 adopted at its 39th (Bonn, 2015) and 41st (Krakow, 2017) sessions respectively,
Inscribes Naumburg Cathedral, Germany, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (i) and (ii);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief Synthesis
Naumburg Cathedral, located in the heart of Germany in the south of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, is a unique testimony to medieval art and ...
Sites: Naumburg Cathedral
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8B.Add and WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B2.Add,
Recalling Decision 31 COM 8B.12 adopted at its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007),
Approves the proposed minor boundary modification for the Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes, Republic of Korea, namely to add the new Upper Geomunoreum Lava Tube System component parts to the property;
Does not approve the addition of the other three proposed component parts as a minor boundary modification to the Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes, Republic of Korea, namely Suwolbong Tuff ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8B.Add and WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Approves the proposed buffer zone for the Old City of Dubrovnik, Croatia;
Recommends that the State Party give consideration to the following:
Taking into account the fact that development outside the buffer zone may still have an adverse impact on the property, including development on the Srđ plateau and within Bosanka, consistent with paragraph 112 of the Operational Guidelines,
Finalising, approving and implementing the Management Plan for the property to ensure that ...
Sites: Old City of Dubrovnik
42 COM 8B.38
Venetian Works of Defence between 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar (Croatia, Italy, Montenegro)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8B.Add and WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Does not approve the proposed minor modification to the boundary of the Fortified City of Kotor, Montenegro, component part of the serial property of the Venetian Works of Defence between 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar, Croatia, Italy and Montenegro.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8B.Add and WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Approves the proposed minor modification to the boundaries and the proposed buffer zone of the Jewish Quarter and St Procopius’ Basilica in Třebíč, Czechia;
Recommends that the State Party give consideration to the following:
Completing the draft memorandum to provide a formal framework for cooperation between the administrators of the three components of the property,
Include the entire former monastery in the management plan when next ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8B.Add and WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Approves the proposed minor modification to the boundaries and the proposed buffer zone of Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church, Denmark.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8B.Add and WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Approves the proposed buffer zone for Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay, France;
Recommends that the State Party give consideration to the following:
Completing the designation of relevant municipal territories as remarkable heritage resources,
Submitting the Management Plan, when available, to the World Heritage Centre for consideration.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8B.Add and WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Approves the proposed buffer zone for the Archaeological Area and Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia, Italy.
42 COM 8B.43
Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (Ukraine)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8B.Add and WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Refers the proposed minor modification to the buffer zone of Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
Consider creating a single buffer zone for the property surrounding all components,
In the case of the Saint-Sophia Cathedral component, amend the proposed buffer zone in order to:
ensure that the boundary is running behind the first row of buildings on the other side of the ...
42 COM 8B.44
Statements of Outstanding Universal Value of Properties Inscribed at Previous Sessions and Not Adopted by the World Heritage Committee
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/8B.Add,
Adopts the Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for the following World Heritage properties inscribed at previous sessions of the World Heritage Committee:
Denmark, Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap;
India, Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda University) at Nalanda, Bihar;
India, Historic City of Ahmadabad;
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Historic City of Yazd;
Japan, Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region;
Poland, ...
Sites: Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar Historic City of Ahmadabad Historic City of Yazd Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/8D,
Recalling Decision 41 COM 8D, adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
Acknowledges the excellent work accomplished by States Parties in the clarification of the boundaries of their World Heritage properties and commends them for their efforts to improve the credibility of the World Heritage List;
Recalls that the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies are not able to examine proposals for minor or significant modifications to boundaries of World Heritage properties whenever the delimitations of such ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8E and WHC/18/42.COM/8E.Add,
Commends the States Parties for the work accomplished in the elaboration of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for World Heritage properties located within their territories;
Adopts the retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value, as presented in the Annexes of Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8E and WHC/18/42.COM/8E.Add, for the following World Heritage properties:
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Sri Lanka, Golden Temple of Dambulla
EUROPE AND NORTH ...
Sites: Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe Alto Douro Wine Region Amiens Cathedral Great Smoky Mountains National Park Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret Mammoth Cave National Park Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay Nahanni National Park Olympic National Park Palace and Park of Versailles Piazza del Duomo, Pisa Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple Residences of the Royal House of Savoy The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes Villa Adriana (Tivoli) Villa d'Este, Tivoli Yellowstone National Park Yosemite National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/8,
Recalling Decision 42 COM 8, adopted at its 42nd session (Manama, 2018),
Reaffirming the overriding necessity to continue to work towards bringing greater convergence between the decisions taken by the Committee and the recommendations of the Advisory Bodies;
Expresses its appreciation for the work of the ad-hoc Working Group, the experts that have participated in the Tunis Meeting, the Advisory Bodies and the World Heritage Centre for their work on the ongoing reflection on the revision of the nomination ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/8B,
Approves the name change to the Golden Temple of Dambulla as proposed by the Sri Lankan authorities. The name of the property becomes Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple in English and Temple troglodyte de Rangiri Dambulla in French.
Sites: Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/8B,
Approves the name change to the Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra as proposed by the Ukrainian authorities. The name of the property becomes Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in English and Kyiv : Cathédrale Sainte-Sophie et ensemble des bâtiments monastiques et Laure de Kyiv-Petchersk in French.
43 COM 8B.3
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I) (China)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2,
Inscribes the Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I), China, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (x);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief Synthesis
The Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of the Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I) is situated in the largest intertidal wetland system in the world and one of the most biologically diverse. The property is an ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2,
Recalling Decision 30 COM 8B.24 adopted at its 30th session (Vilnius, 2006),
Inscribes the Hyrcanian Forests, Islamic Republic of Iran, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (ix);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Hyrcanian Forests form a green arc of forest, separated from the Caucasus to the west and from semi-desert areas to the east: a unique forested massif that extends from south-eastern Azerbaijan eastwards to ...
Sites: Hyrcanian Forests
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2.Add,
Recalling Decisions 39 COM 8B.5 and 40 COM 8B.11 adopted at its 39th (Bonn, 2015) and 40th (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016) sessions respectively,
Noting the efforts of the State Party to address the matters identified by the Committee at its 39th and 40th sessions;
Taking note of the technical agreement reached by the States Parties of Thailand and Myanmar on the delineation of the boundary of the nominated area based on the Technical Meeting between the two concerned States Parties ...
Sites: Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex
Decision: 43 COM 8B.6
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2,
Inscribes the French Austral Lands and Seas, France, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (vii), (ix) and (x);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Located between the 37th and 50th parallels south, the French Austral Lands and Seas comprise the largest of the rare emerged lands of the southern Indian Ocean, including Crozet Archipelago, the Kerguelen Islands and Saint-Paul and Amsterdam Islands. ...
The nomination of Alpi del Mediterraneo - Alpes de la Méditerranée, France, Italy and Monaco, was withdrawn at the request of the States Parties.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2,
Inscribes Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice, Iceland, including the area of the nominated property up to and including Herðubreiðarlindir Nature Reserve, thus not including at this stage the Jökulsá á Fjöllum River corridor and the northern Dettifoss - Ásbyrgi part of Vatnajökull National Park, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (viii);
Refers back to the State Party the elements of the nominated property situated to the north of the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B, WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1 and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2,
Inscribes Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity, Brazil, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (v) and (x);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The property, Paraty and Ilha Grande - Culture and Biodiversity, is a serial property comprising six component parts, including four protected areas: Serra da Bocaina National Park, Environmental Protected Area of Cairuçu, Ilha ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii), (iv) and (vi);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The five components of the property bear witness to the ancient nature and importance of iron production, and its impact on pre-colonial societies in the Sahelian zone of Burkina Faso. Dated to the 8th century BCE, Douroula bears the most ancient testimony ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Dilmun Burial Mounds, Bahrain, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Dilmun Burial Mounds is a serial property formed by 21 archaeological sites located in the western part of the island of Bahrain. Six of the selected site components are burial mound fields consisting of some dozen to several thousand tumuli. Together they comprise about 11,774 burial ...
Sites: Dilmun Burial Mounds
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Babylon, Iraq, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (vi);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Babylon is an archaeological site which stands out as a unique testimony to one of the most influential empires of the ancient world. One of the largest, oldest settlements in Mesopotamia and the Middle East, it was the seat of successive powerful empires under such famous rulers as Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar. As ...
Sites: Babylon
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, Australia, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (iii) and (v);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is located in the traditional Country of the Gunditjmara Aboriginal people in south-eastern Australia. The three serial components of the property contain one of the world’s most extensive and oldest aquaculture systems. The Budj Bim ...
Sites: Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City, China, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City was the centre of power and belief of an early regional state in the Circum-Taihu Lake Area. It is located on a plain criss-crossed by river networks in the eastern foothills of the Tianmu Mountains in the Yangtze River Basin on the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Jaipur City, Rajasthan, India, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), (iv) and (vi);
Takes note of the provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The City of Jaipur is an exceptional urban example in indigenous city planning and construction in South Asia. In a remarkable difference from the existing medieval practices where settlements developed in a more organic manner (that grew over a longer period of time, in layers, in ...
Sites: Jaipur City, Rajasthan
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto, Indonesia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto is an outstanding example of a pioneering technological ensemble planned and built by European engineers in their colonies designed to extract strategic coal resources. The technological developments demonstrate both European ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan, Japan, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Located on a plateau above the Osaka Plain, the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group is a serial property of 45 components which contains 49 kofun (‘old mound’), a large and distinctive type of burial mound. The selected kofun are found in two major clusters, and are the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iii);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
More than 2100 tubular-shaped megalithic stone jars used for funerary practices in the Iron Age give the Plain of Jars its name. This serial property of 15 components contains 1325 of these large carved stone jars, stone discs (possibly lids for ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Bagan, Myanmar, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii), (iv) and (vi);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Bagan is a sacred landscape which features an exceptional array of Buddhist art and architecture, demonstrates centuries of the cultural tradition of the Theravada Buddhist practice of merit making (Kammatic Buddhism), and provides dramatic evidence of the Bagan Period (Bagan Period 11th – 13th centuries), ...
Sites: Bagan
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies, Republic of Korea, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iii);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies is a serial property which comprises nine seowon representing a type of Neo-Confucian academy of the Joseon Dynasty (from the mid-16th to mid-17th centuries CE). It is an exceptional testimony to cultural traditions associated with ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Defers the examination of the nomination of the Groβglockner High Alpine Road, Austria, to the World Heritage List in order to allow the State Party, with the advice of ICOMOS and the World Heritage Centre, if requested, to reconsider if a robust case can be made based on a global thematic framework of designed scenic routes in a global context and in a range of environmental contexts which underpins a thorough and compelling comparative analysis, in order to bring into focus the ...
43 COM 8B.23
Frontiers of the Roman Empire – the Danube Limes (Western Segment) (Austria, Germany, Hungary and Slovakia)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Refers the nomination of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire – the Danube Limes (Western Segment), Austria, Germany, Hungary and Slovakia, back to the States Parties in order to allow them to take appropriate measures with regard to component part 1608-133 (WHC/19/43.COM/8B, p.60), previous component part 70a;
Recommends the States Parties to invite the Advisory Body (ICOMOS) to review the situation with an advisory mission to Hungary to take place before the end of ...
The nomination of Hoge Kempen Rural-Industrial Transition Landscape, Belgium, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi, Canada, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criterion (iii);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai'pi is a sacred site in a mixed grassland prairie region on the northern edge of the Great Plains. The Milk River Valley and several “coulees” dominate the topography of this cultural landscape, whose geological features include a concentration of ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region, Czechia and Germany, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief description
The mining region of Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří (Ore Mountains) is located between Saxony (Germany) and the Czechia. The transboundary serial property comprises 22 component parts that represent the spatial, functional, historical and ...
43 COM 8B.27
Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem (Czechia)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem, Czechia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iv) and (v);
Takes note of the provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Landscape is situated in the Střední Polabí area, in the Polabská nížina (Elbe Lowland) geological and economic region. The geological and morphological features of the area facilitated horse breeding and helped in ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Water Management System of Augsburg, Germany, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Water Management System of Augsburg is a sustainable system of water management that evolved in successive phases through the City’s application of innovative hydraulic engineering, demonstrating an exemplary use of water resources over the course of more than seven ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region, Poland, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Krzemionki prehistoric striped flint mining region (in short: Krzemionki) is located in the north-eastern fringe of the Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains in central Poland on both sides of Kamienna River. It is a serial property comprised of four ...
43 COM 8B.30
Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada) (Portugal)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada), Portugal, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iv);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Royal Building of Mafra, today also designated as National Palace of Mafra, consists of a Palace, which integrates a Basilica, with its axial frontispiece uniting the King and the Queen wings, a Convent, the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga, Portugal, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criterion (iv);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Located in the city of Braga, in the North of Portugal, the sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte is built facing west and has expansive views, at times of the ocean itself, overlooking the whole city of Braga, the Bracara Augusta founded in roman ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture, Russian Federation, namely 10 of the 18 nominated serial components: 2.2 “Cathedral of Ioann Predtecha (John the Precursor) of the Ivanovsky Monastery”; 2.3 “Ensemble of the Spaso-Mirozhsky Monastery: the Transfiguration Cathedral”; 2.4 “Ensemble of the Snetogorsky Monastery: the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God”; 2.5 “Church of the Archangel Michael with a bell tower”; 2.6 “Church of Pokrova (Intercession) ot ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape, Spain, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (iii) and (v);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape encompasses a huge central mountainous area on Gran Canaria island, sheltered by the Caldera de Tejeda, and formed of cliffs and ravines, in an area of ...
The nomination of Priorat-Montsant-Siurana, Mediterranean mosaic, agrarian cultural landscape, Spain, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Jodrell Bank Observatory, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (i), (ii), (iv) and (vi);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Jodrell Bank Observatory was important in the pioneering phase and later evolution of radio astronomy. It reflects scientific and technical achievements and interchanges related to the development of entirely new fields of scientific ...
Sites: Jodrell Bank Observatory
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Recalling Decision 41 COM 8B.20 adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
Inscribes the Historic centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace, Azerbaijan, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (v);
Takes note of the provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value;
Brief synthesis
The historic town of Sheki, located in the northern part of modern Azerbaijan, has ancient origins as part of the Caucasian Albania, dating from the 6th century BCE. The ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Inscribes Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene, Italy, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criterion (v);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene in northeast Italy is an area characterised by distinctive hogback morphological system which provides a distinctive mountain character with scenic vistas, and an organically evolved and ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Inscribes The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, United States of America, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (ii);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright focusses upon the influence that the work of this architect had, not only in his country, the United States of America, but more importantly, on architecture of the 20th century and upon the recognized ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Defers the examination of the nomination of The Sunken City of Port Royal – A Relict and Continuing Cultural Landscape, Jamaica, to the World Heritage List in order to allow the State Party, with the advice of ICOMOS and the World Heritage Centre, if requested, to:
Consider the site as a single entity and a relict archaeological landscape which include all the attributes related to 17th century archaeological vestiges, both underwater and terrestrial, of the town destroyed by the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1,
Defers the examination of the nomination of The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá, Panama, in order to allow the State Party, with the advice of ICOMOS and the World Heritage Centre, if requested, to:
Enable the presentation of a revised first stage of the proposal which can meet the requirements of Outstanding Universal Value, and, in particular, to:
Fully implement and operationalise the management system, including the allocation of funds for the planned conservation, ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2.Add,
Recalling Decision 28 COM 14B.8 adopted at its 28th session (Suzhou, 2004),
Approves the proposed minor boundary modification for the Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark;
Requests the State Party to provide further details to the World Heritage Centre by 1 February 2020, for review by IUCN, to clarify the policies that will apply to the local and recreational buffer zones, in particular regarding the scope of development that is anticipated to be permitted;
Also requests the State ...
Sites: Ilulissat Icefjord
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B2.Add,
Recalling Decisions 37 COM 7B.29, 39 COM 7B.27, 40 COM 7B.71 and 41 COM 7B.10 adopted at its 37th (Phnom Pen, 2013), 39th (Bonn, 2015), 40th (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016) and 41st (Krakow, 2017) sessions respectively,
Approves the proposed minor boundary modification for Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks, Brazil, however, does not approve the excision of the area at the centre of the Chapada dos Veadeiros component of the property;
Takes note of ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Refers the proposed buffer zone for Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments, France, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
Provide a clear rationale regarding the delineation of the buffer zone, and the reason why some areas are included and others are not,
Provide specific documentation and details regarding building regulations, and how they prevent new buildings to disrupt the historical skyline of the World Heritage property,
Provide the Heritage Impact ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Approves the proposed minor boundary modification for the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz, Germany;
Also approves the proposed buffer zone for the Palace Mosigkau component part of the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz, Germany.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Approves the proposed minor boundary modification for Maulbronn Monastery Complex, Germany;
Also approves the proposed buffer zones for Maulbronn Monastery Complex, Germany;
Requests the State Party to provide a clear table detailing each component part of the property, as well as the two buffer zones, as prescribed by the Operational Guidelines.
Sites: Maulbronn Monastery Complex
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Refers the proposed buffer zone for Venice and its Lagoon, Italy, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
Provide clarification as to why one of the water bodies has been excluded from the proposed buffer zone and reconsider the exclusion of this part of the southern coastal strip from the proposed buffer zone,
Sign a Programme Agreement in order to put in place officially the governance system for the coordinated management, enhancement and sustainable development ...
Sites: Venice and its Lagoon
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Refers the proposed buffer zone for Bryggen, Norway, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
Extend the buffer zone to include a wider area in the northeast part of the property, as it could prevent urban pressure to directly impact the World Heritage property; or to provide a clear and solid rationale for the exclusion of this area,
Undertake a Heritage Impact Assessment regarding the future tram track that will pass in the buffer zone, to assess the potential ...
Sites: Bryggen
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Approves the proposed minor boundary modification for the University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia, Portugal;
Recommends that the State Party give consideration to the following:
Drawing up a master plan for the Machado de Castro Museum,
Submitting the management plan, once finalised, to the World Heritage Centre.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Approves the proposed buffer zone for the Royal Domain of Drottningholm, Sweden;
Recommends that the State Party develop a new integrated management plan for the World Heritage property and the buffer zone, including a Spatial Development Plan, in cooperation with the County Administrative Board and Ekerö municipality, as well as a comprehensive mobility plan.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Refers the proposed buffer zone for the City of Potosí, Plurinational State of Bolivia, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
Elaborate a clear description of:
the limits of the buffer zone,
the limits of the area of environmental influence,
Clarify the rationale for the delineation of these boundaries, by taking into account the protection of the visually sensitive areas around the property, as mentioned by the Decision 38 COM 7B.38,
Provide explicit ...
Sites: City of Potosí
Decision: 43 COM 8B.51
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Approves the proposed minor modification to the boundaries of the buffer zones for the six components: Chelín, Colo, Detif, Ichuac, Nercón and Villipulli of the serial property Churches of Chiloé, Chile;
Refers the proposed minor modification to the boundaries of the buffer zones of the following components of the serial property Churches of Chiloé, Chile, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
Chonchi: extend the proposed buffer zone to ...
Sites: Churches of Chiloé
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Approves the proposed buffer zone for Humberstone and Santa Laura Salpeter Works, Chile.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add and WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Refers the proposed buffer zone for the Maya Site of Copan, Honduras, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
Complete the map showing the proposed buffer zone with a comprehensive legend and the localisation of the area of influence and the eleven protective enclaves,
Provide more detailed information on the legislation regulating the property, the buffer zone and the area of influence,
Specify how the regulation of the buffer zone will be enforced and how and ...
Sites: Maya Site of Copan
43 COM 8B.54
Statements of Outstanding Universal Value of properties inscribed at previous sessions and not adopted by the World Heritage Committee
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add,
Adopts the Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for the following World Heritage properties inscribed at previous sessions of the World Heritage Committee:
China, Fanjingshan;
Germany, Naumburg Cathedral;
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region;
Iraq, The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities;
Italy, Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century;
Mexico, Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of ...
Sites: Ancient City of Qalhat Aphrodisias Fanjingshan Göbekli Tepe Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century Naumburg Cathedral Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/8B.Add,
Recalling Decision 41 COM 7B.38 adopted at its 41st session (Krakow, 2017),
Adopts the slightly updated Statement of Outstanding Universal Value of Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Lesotho and South Africa.
Sites: Maloti-Drakensberg Park
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/19/43.COM/8D,
Recalling Decision 42 COM 8D, adopted at its 42nd session (Manama, 2018),
Acknowledges the excellent work accomplished by States Parties in the clarification of the boundaries of their World Heritage properties and commends them for their efforts to improve the credibility of the World Heritage List;
Recalls that the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies are not able to examine proposals for minor or significant modifications to boundaries of World Heritage properties whenever the delimitations of such ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/19/43.COM/8E and WHC/19/43.COM/8E.Add,
Commends the States Parties for the work accomplished in the elaboration of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for World Heritage properties located within their territories;
Adopts the retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value, as presented in the Annex of Document WHC/19/43.COM/8E and WHC/19/43.COM/8E.Add, for the following World Heritage properties:
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
India, Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
India, Churches and Convents ...
Sites: Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Canal du Midi Carlsbad Caverns National Park Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Churches and Convents of Goa Ellora Caves Everglades National Park Fatehpur Sikri Grand Canyon National Park Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Historic Centre of Urbino Khajuraho Group of Monuments Plitvice Lakes National Park Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs Redwood National and State Parks Val d'Orcia Vézelay, Church and Hill
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8,
Recalling Decisions 35 COM 9A, 40 COM 11, 42 COM 5A, 42 COM 8, 42 COM 8B.24, 43 COM 8 and 43 COM 12 adopted at its 35th (UNESCO Headquarters, 2011), 40th (Istanbul/UNESCO Headquarters, 2016), 42nd (Manama, 2018) and 43rd (Baku, 2019) sessions respectively, as well as Resolutions 18 GA 8 and 22 GA 9 adopted by the General Assembly at its 18th (UNESCO, 2011) and 22nd (UNESCO, 2019) sessions respectively,
REFLECTION ON SITES ASSOCIATED WITH MEMORIES OF RECENT CONFLICTS AND OTHER NEGATIVE AND DIVISIVE ...
44 COM 8A
Tentative Lists submitted by States Parties as of 15 April 2021, in conformity with the Operational Guidelines
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8A,
Stressing the importance of the process of revision and updating of Tentative Lists, as a tool towards regional harmonisation of the World Heritage List and long-term planning;
Encourages States Parties to seek as early as possible upstream advice from the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies during the development or revision of their Tentative Lists as appropriate;
Commends the World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS, IUCN, and ICCROM for the preparation of a guidance document for States Parties on the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8B,
Approves the name change to Fraser Island as proposed by the Australian authorities. The name of the property becomes K’gari (Fraser Island) in English and K’gari (Île Fraser) in French.
Sites: K’gari (Fraser Island)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8B,
Approves the name change to the Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly as proposed by the Kazakh authorities. The name of the property becomes Petroglyphs of the Archaeological Landscape of Tanbaly in English and Pétroglyphes du paysage archéologique de Tanbaly in French.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8B,
Approves the name change to the Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) as proposed by the Saudi Arabian authorities. The name of the property becomes Hegra Archaeological Site (al-Hijr / Madā ͐ in Ṣāliḥ) in English and Site archéologique de Hegra (al-Hijr / Madā ͐ in Ṣāliḥ) in French.
44 COM 8B.5
Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (Japan)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B2,
Taking note of the Note Verbale dated 9 June 2021 issued in Paris by the State Party and the supplemental information in the form of a non-paper dated 15 July 2021 provided by the State Party to all the State members of the World Heritage Committee and the UNESCO Secretariat on the submission made by Japan for inscription on the World Heritage List under the name of property “Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island”;
Inscribes ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B2,
Inscribes Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats, Republic of Korea, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (x);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The “Getbol” is a natural serial property, comprising four components in the first phase, located on the eastern shoreline of the Yellow Sea on the southwestern coast of the Korean Peninsula. The Yellow Sea, lying between the Korean Peninsula and China, hosts one of the ...
Sites: Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B.Add and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B2.Add,
Recalling Decisions 39 COM 8B.5, 40 COM 8B.11 and 43 COM 8B.5 adopted at its 39th (Bonn, 2015), 40th (Istanbul/UNESCO Headquarters, 2016) and 43rd (Baku, 2019) sessions respectively,
Inscribes Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex, Thailand, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (x);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (KKFC) lies in the Tenasserim Range near the border area ...
Sites: Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B2,
Inscribes the Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands, Georgia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ix) and (x);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The property is situated in Georgia, within the Autonomous Republic of Adjara as well as the regions of Guria and Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. It comprises a series of seven component parts, which are located close to each other within an 80 km long corridor along the warm-temperate and ...
The nomination of Classical Karst, Slovenia, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
The nomination of Holqa Sof Umar: Natural and Cultural Heritage (Sof Umar: Caves of Mystery), Ethiopia, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Ḥimā Cultural Area, Saudi Arabia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iii);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Ḥimā Cultural Area is located in southwest Saudi Arabia on one of the ancient caravan routes of the Arabian Peninsula. The region contains some of the most significant desert wells in the Middle East, if not the world. The passage of vast armies and myriad caravans through the region ...
Sites: Ḥimā Cultural Area
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana, India, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (i) and (iii);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Great Living Rudreshwara Temple, popularly known as Ramappa Temple, is located in the village of Palampet, approximately 200km north-east of Hyderabad, in the State of Telangana. Rudreshwara is the main Shiva temple in a larger walled temple ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Trans-Iranian Railway, Islamic Republic of Iran, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The 1394-km-long Trans-Iranian Railway, TIR, connects the Caspian Sea in the north to the southern shores of Iran. Opened fully in 1938, the railway is a busy main line of standard track gauge 1435 mm.
The TIR exhibits exceptional scale as a major mountain ...
Sites: Trans-Iranian Railway
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Refers the nomination of Deer Stone Monuments and Related Sites, the Heart of Bronze Age Culture, Mongolia, back to the State Party to allow it to:
Revise the overall narrative of the nominated property to reflect the whole of the archaeological complexes, portraying a greater balance regarding deer stones and the other substantial attributes notably the khirgisuurs,
Consolidate the information provided for the comparative analysis with clear criteria used consistently, and with ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China, China, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Located on the southeast coast of China, the serial property Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song–Yuan China reflects in an exceptional manner the spatial structure that combined production, transportation and marketing and the key institutional, social and cultural factors ...
44 COM 8B.16
The Great Spas of Europe (Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes The Great Spas of Europe, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iii);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Great Spas of Europe bear an exceptional testimony to the European spa phenomenon, which gained its highest expression from around 1700 to the 1930s. This transnational serial property comprises ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Cordouan Lighthouse, France, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (i) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Erected in the open sea on a rocky plateau where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Gironde Estuary, in a highly exposed and hostile environment that is hazardous for shipping, which is also its raison-d’être, Cordouan Lighthouse has been a beacon for ships engaged in trade between Bordeaux and the rest ...
Sites: Cordouan Lighthouse
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Germany, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt is an outstanding early-twentieth century ensemble of experimental buildings and designed landscapes that represents a prototype of Modernism. The place of residence and exhibition grounds of an artists’ colony – a forerunner of permanent international ...
Sites: Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
The nomination of the Fortress of Spinalonga, Greece, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
44 COM 8B.20
‘Padova Urbs picta’, Giotto’s Scrovegni Chapel and Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles (Italy)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes ‘Padova Urbs picta’, Giotto’s Scrovegni Chapel and Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles, Italy, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (ii);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The fresco cycles housed in eight complexes of buildings within the old city centre of Padua illustrate how, over the course of the 14th century, different artists, starting with Giotto, introduced important stylistic developments in the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences, Spain, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), (iv) and (vi);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences is located at the urban heart of Madrid. It was the prototype of a Hispanic alameda (tree-lined avenue) from the 16th century, a public space based on the presence of ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Arslantepe Mound, Turkey, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iii);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Arslantepe Mound is an archaeological tell of about 4.5 ha in extension, and 30 m high, at the heart of the fertile Malatya plain, 15 kilometres from the right bank of the Euphrates. The archaeological evidence of the site testifies to its occupation from at least the 6th millennium BCE up ...
Sites: Arslantepe Mound
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Approves the significant boundary modification of the Defence Line of Amsterdam to include the New Dutch Waterline and become the Dutch Water Defence Lines, Netherlands, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (ii), (iv) and (v);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Dutch Water Defence Lines represents a defence system extending over 200 km along the edge of the administrative and ...
Sites: Dutch Water Defence Lines
44 COM 8B.24
Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment) (Austria, Germany, Slovakia)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Taking into account the Nomination strategy for the remainder of the serial transnational property Frontiers of the Roman Empire acknowledged by Decision 41 COM 8B.50,
Inscribes the Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment), Austria, Germany and Slovakia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii) and (iv);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Frontiers of the Roman Empire ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Colonies of Benevolence, Belgium and the Netherlands, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Colonies of Benevolence were an Enlightenment experiment in social reform which demonstrated an innovative, highly influential model of pauper relief and of settler colonialism – the agricultural domestic colony. Beginning in 1818, the Society of ...
Sites: Colonies of Benevolence
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Roșia Montană Mining Landscape, Romania, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief Synthesis
Roșia Montană Mining Landscape contains the most significant, extensive and technically diverse underground Roman gold mining complex currently known in the world, dating from the Roman occupation of Dacia (106-271 CE). Roșia Montană is situated in ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Sítio Roberto Burle Marx, Brazil, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx, located in the west zone of the City of Rio de Janeiro, comprises extensive landscape gardens and buildings set between mangroves and native Atlantic forest in a mountainous area of the district of Barra de Guaratiba.
The property was a ...
Sites: Sítio Roberto Burle Marx
The nomination of Historical and Archaeological Site of La Isabela, Dominican Republic, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Chankillo Solar Observatory and ceremonial center, Peru, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (i) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Chankillo Solar Observatory and ceremonial center is a prehistoric site, located on the north-central coast of Peru, in the Casma Valley, comprising a set of constructions in a desert landscape that, together with natural features, functioned as a calendrical ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes The work of engineer Eladio Dieste: Church of Atlántida, Uruguay, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Church of Atlántida of engineer Eladio Dieste with its belfry and underground baptistery is located in Estación Atlántida, a low-density locality, 45 km away from Montevideo. Inspired by Italian paleo-Christian and medieval religious architecture, the Church with its ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B2,
Inscribes Ivindo National Park, Gabon, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ix) and (x);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Ivindo National Park (INP) is the main protected area representative of the forests of the interior plateaus of Gabon. It is characterized by the Ivindo and Djidji wetlands, which form a highly "picturesque" complex of waterfalls, rapids, and quiet reaches with deep black water, ...
Sites: Ivindo National Park
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B.Add and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B2.Add,
Recalling decisions 31 COM 8B.16, 35 COM 8B.13, 41 COM 8B.7, 42 COM 7B.71 and 43 COM 7B.13 adopted at its 31st (Christchurch, 2007), 35th (UNESCO Headquarters, 2011), 41st (Krakow, 2017), 42nd (Manama, 2018) and 43rd (Baku, 2019) sessions respectively,
Approves the significant boundary modification of the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire, Côte d’Ivoire, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The property consists of eight Sudanese-style mosques located in Tengréla, Kouto, Sorobango, Samatiguila, Nambira, Kong and Kaouara. They cover an area of 0.12977 ha in terms of protection perimeter and 2.32934 ha of buffer zone. The Sudanese ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B.Add and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Inscribes As-Salt – The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality, Jordan, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iii);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The city of As-Salt became the capital of Transjordan and a thriving trade centre during the late Ottoman period, experiencing a ‘Golden Age’ between the 1860s and the 1920s. The effects of the Ottoman ‘Tanzimat’ reforms brought enhanced security, ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B.Add and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Inscribes Dholavira: a Harappan City, India, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Dholavira: a Harappan city, is one of the very few well preserved urban settlements in South Asia dating from the 3rd to mid-2nd millennium BCE. Being the 6th largest of more than 1,000 Harappan sites discovered so far, and occupied for over 1,500 years, Dholavira not only witnesses the ...
Sites: Dholavira: a Harappan City
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Cultural Landscape of Hawraman/Uramanat, Islamic Republic of Iran, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (iii) and (v);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Cultural Landscape of Hawraman/Uramanat is located at the heart of the Zagros Mountains in the provinces of Kurdistan and Kermanshah along the western border of Iran. It is comprised of two component parts: the Central-Eastern Valley ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera, France, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (ii);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
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Requests the State Party to revise the boundaries of the property to reflect the historical timeframe between 1760 and the 1930s, and the mapping of the key attributes that significantly express the interchange of influences, mainly in relation to ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz, Germany, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii) and (vi);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz are located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a serial property of four component parts, which are located in the Upper Rhine cathedral cities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz: Speyer Jewry-Court, Worms Synagogue Compound, ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes, Germany and the Netherlands, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes ran for 400 km along the Lower Rhine, along the north-eastern boundary of the Roman frontier province of Germania Inferior (Lower Germany), from the Rhenish Massif south of Bonn ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes The Porticoes of Bologna, Italy, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iv);
Takes noteof the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The serial property of The porticoes of Bologna is the one with the most representative porticoed system in the world. It is a catalogue representing all the historical and consequently architectural phases that have taken place, of which the selected 12 components are the most notable ...
Sites: The Porticoes of Bologna
The nomination of Grobiņa archaeological ensemble, Latvia, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
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Gdańsk Shipyard – the birthplace of “Solidarity” and the symbol of the Fall of the Iron Curtain in Europe (Poland)
The World Heritage Committee,
Decides to adjourn the debate on this agenda item sine die.
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea, Russian Federation, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iii);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea are located in the north-west of Russia in the Republic of Karelia and include two component parts located 300 km from each other: the petroglyphs of Lake Onega in the south-east part of the Republic of ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design, Slovenia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The urban design for Ljubljana was conceived by Architect Jože Plečnik (1872–1957) in the period between the two World Wars. Following World War I and the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a desire to create independent nation states triggered ...
The nomination of Ribeira Sacra, Spain, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
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The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales is located in the United Kingdom, in the mountains of Snowdon massif. Six areas together represent an exceptional example of an industrial landscape which was profoundly ...
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Settlement and Artificial Mummification of the Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region (Chile)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B.Add and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Inscribes the Settlement and Artificial Mummification of the Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (v);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The northern coast of the Atacama Desert, an arid and hostile habitat in northernmost Chile, was home to the Chinchorro, a society of marine hunter-gatherers who lived here from ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B.Add and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Approves the significant boundary modification of Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl, Mexico, to include the Franciscan Ensemble of the Monastery and Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Tlaxcala, on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl is a serial property with 15 component parts located in the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B2,
Recalling Decision 40 COM 8B.7 adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO Headquarters, 2016),
Approves the proposed minor boundary modification for Hubei Shennongjia, China;
Encourages the State Party to continue enhancing connectivity conservation measures, so as to fully implement Decision 40 COM 8B.7, and including in particular the connection between the two component parts of the property;
Recalling its request to the State Party on relocation from the property made in ...
Sites: Hubei Shennongjia
The minor boundary modification request Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russian Federation, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.
Sites: Volcanoes of Kamchatka
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Approves the proposed minor boundary modification of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Canada.
Sites: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Refers the proposed buffer zone for the Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe, France, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
Provide a map of the revised buffer zone boundaries at a more appropriate scale, in accordance with the Operational Guidelines,
Provide a timetable for taking the enlarged buffer zone into account in the tools for planning and heritage / landscape protection,
Clarify the way in which the buffer zone will be managed and how coordination with the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Does not to approve the proposed minor modification to the boundary of Paris, Banks of the Seine, France;
Refers the proposed buffer zone for Paris, Banks of the Seine, France, back to the State Party in order to allow it to set out more clearly the rationale for the delineation of buffer zone boundaries, in relation to views, potential threats, and to how they might support the Outstanding Universal Value of the property;
Recommends that before any new proposals are submitted, either ...
Sites: Paris, Banks of the Seine
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Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (Holy See, Italy)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Refers the proposed buffer zone of the Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura, Holy See and Italy, back to the States Parties in order to allow them to:
Consider extension of the proposed boundary of the buffer zone based on further examination of the conceptual and physical interconnections between the property and its immediate setting,
Provide further details on the mechanisms in place in ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Approves the proposed minor modification to the boundary of the Historic Centre of Florence, Italy.
Sites: Historic Centre of Florence
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Approves the proposed minor modification to the boundary of Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century, Italy;
Requests the State Party to provide the surface areas of the inscribed property and its buffer zone in number of hectares following the minor boundary modification;
Recommends that the State Party provide maps with updated cadastral information that show the existing building stock of the inscribed property and its buffer ...
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Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (Ukraine) (C 527bis)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Approves the proposed buffer zone for Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine;
Recommends that the State Party gives consideration to the following:
Updating the management plan as soon as possible, and submitting it to the World Heritage Centre for examination,
Implementing the rules of the buffer zone and ensuring that the protection and management provisions are strictly implemented and enforced,
Ensuring that the effectiveness ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Refers the proposed minor modification of the boundaries of the Durham Castle and Cathedral, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
Consider an extension to the proposed limits on the outer riverbanks of the Wear so as to include not only the wooded areas but also the spaces in between,
Clarify the protection measures to be applied to the enlarged area;
Recommends that the State Party give consideration to creating ...
Sites: Durham Castle and Cathedral
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Approves proposed buffer zone for the Maya Site of Copan, Honduras;
Recommends that the State Party give consideration to the following:
Closely working with the private owners of the land included in zone 2 in order to achieve the best possible protection of the World Heritage property and its value,
Applying as strictly as possible the Law for the Protection of Cultural Heritage with the aim to protect all relevant elements pertaining to the National Monument within the Copan ...
Sites: Maya Site of Copan
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Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem (Czechia)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B.Add and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Approves the proposed buffer zone for the Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem, Czechia;
Recommends that the State Party considers setting up as matter of urgency appropriate Heritage Impact Assessment mechanisms able to assess whether any type of project, within the property, its buffer zone and wider setting, can result in negative impact on the attributes supporting the Outstanding Universal Value of the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B.Add and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Refers the proposed buffer zone for Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley, France, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
Provide a timeframe for the municipal and/or inter-municipal approvals of the regulatory measures associated with the proposed buffer zone, and their incorporation in local town planning documents, in order to render them operational,
Provide a timeframe for the finalisation, adoption and implementation of the management ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B.Add and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Refers the proposed buffer zones for Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France, France, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
Revise the buffer zone boundary of component part 017, Pons,
Ensure that all buffer zones of the property are covered by appropriate protection mechanisms, so that the entirety of each buffer zone is protected by the protection systems in place, in particular for the following component parts: 010, L’Epine; 011, Compiègne; 013, Folleville; ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B.Add and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Refers the proposed buffer zones for Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata, Italy, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
Explain the methodology used to delineate the boundaries of the proposed buffer zones, and clarify how the areas of cultural interest, historical spaces of significance, and other elements of the historic urban landscape included in the proposed buffer zones are functionally important as a support to the property and ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B.Add and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Approves the proposed buffer zone for Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto), Italy;
Recommends that the State Party gives consideration to the following:
Finalising and implementing the management plan of Cinque Terre National Park, which should consider within its aims, the maintenance of the property’s Outstanding Universal Value with adequate provisions reflecting this aim,
Including the perimeter of the buffer zone in all existing ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B.Add and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Refers the proposed buffer zone of the City of Potosí, Plurinational State of Bolivia, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
Elaborate a clear description of the limits of the buffer zone and clarify the rationale for the delineation of these boundaries, by taking into account the protection of the visually sensitive areas around the property, as mentioned in the Decision 38 COM 7B.38 (Doha, 2014),
Provide clear information on the legal and management aspects, ...
Sites: City of Potosí
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Statements of Outstanding Universal Value of properties inscribed at previous sessions and not adopted by the World Heritage Committee
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8B.Add,
Adopts the Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for the following World Heritage properties inscribed at previous sessions of the World Heritage Committee:
Azerbaijan, Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace;
Cambodia, Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura;
China, Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I);
Czechia, Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad ...
Sites: Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains Central Sikhote-Alin Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace Jaipur City, Rajasthan Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada) Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8D,
Recalling Decision 43 COM 8D, adopted at its 43rd session (Baku, 2019),
Acknowledges the excellent work accomplished by States Parties in the clarification of the boundaries of their World Heritage properties and commends them for their efforts to improve the credibility of the World Heritage List;
Recalls that the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies are not able to examine proposals for minor or significant modifications to boundaries of World Heritage properties whenever the delimitations of such ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Document WHC/21/44.COM/8E,
Commends the States Parties for the work accomplished in the elaboration of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for World Heritage properties located within their territories;
Adopts the retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value, as presented in Annex 1 of Document WHC/21/44.COM/8E, for the following World Heritage properties:
ARAB STATES
Libya, Old Town of Ghadamès
Oman, Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Australia, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National ...
Sites: Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman Ajanta Caves Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain Costiera Amalfitana Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia Las Médulas Maulbronn Monastery Complex Old Town of Ghadamès Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona Palmeral of Elche Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Vizcaya Bridge
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/23/45.COM/8B.Add and WHC/23/45.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Inscribes Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front), Belgium, France, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii), (iv) and (vi);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Value:
Brief synthesis
The funerary and memory sites selected form the component parts of the series proposed for inscription. They bear witness to an entirely new relationship to the death of the soldier in combat. For the first time, these ...
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ESMA Museum and Site of Memory - Former Clandestine Centre of Detention, Torture and Extermination, Argentina
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/23/45.COM/8B.Add and WHC/23/45.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Inscribes ESMA Museum and Site of Memory - Former Clandestine Centre of Detention, Torture and Extermination, Argentina, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (vi);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
ESMA Museum and Site of Memory - Former Clandestine Centre of Detention, Torture and Extermination is located on the grounds of what was once the Officers’ Quarters of the Navy School of Mechanics (ESMA), in the city of ...