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The nomination of Historical and Archaeological Site of La Isabela, Dominican Republic, was withdrawn at the request of the State Party.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.
44 COM 8B.43
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.
44 COM 8B.47
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 ...