30 COM 8B.38
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din)
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Inscribes the Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din, Syrian Arab Republic, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv): Criterion (ii): The crusader castles represent a significant development in the fortification systems, which substantially deferred from the European rather more passive defense systems, and which also contributed to the development of the castles in the Levant. Within the castles that have survived in the Near East from the Crusader ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Inscribes Yin Xu, China, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi): Criterion (ii): Yin Xu, capital of the Late Shang dynasty exhibits an exchange of important influences and the highest level of development in China's ancient bronze culture, including the system of writing. Criterion (iii): The cultural remains at Yin Xu provide exceptional evidence to cultural traditions in Late Shang Period, and are testimony to many scientific and technical ...
Sites: Yin Xu
30 COM 8B.40
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (River island of Majuli in midstream Brahmaputra River in Assam)
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Refers the nomination of the River island of Majuli in midstream Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, back to the State Party in order to: a) Assemble more information on the Sattras remaining on the island and on the way they have influenced and continue to influence landscape patterns and the overall interaction between people and nature in Majuli and further a field; b) Create an inventory of architecture and spatial patterns in the landscape associated with the Sattras and their ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Inscribes Bisotun, Islamic Republic of Iran, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iii): Criterion (ii): The monument created by Darius I The Great in Bisotun in 521 BC is an outstanding testimony to the important interchange of human values on the development monumental art and writing. The symbolic representation of the Achaemenid king in relation to his enemy reflects traditions in monumental bas-reliefs that date from ancient Egypt and the Middle East, and ...
Sites: Bisotun
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Noting the information provided by the UNESCO mission in June 2006 and in particular the updated proposal submitted by the State Party for the modification to the boundaries; 3. Considers that this updated proposal for the modification to the boundaries of the seven monument zones of the property reflects the remaining outstanding universal value justified for criteria (iii)(iv)(vi) from the time of its inscription; 4. Approves the proposed modification to the boundaries of the ...
Sites: Kathmandu Valley
30 COM 8B.43
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Renaissance Houses at Slavonice)
This nomination was withdrawn at the request of the concerned State Party (Decision 30 COM 8B.20).
30 COM 8B.44
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (The Causses and the Cévennes)
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Refers the nomination of The Causses and the Cévennes, France, back to the State Party.
30 COM 8B.45
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof)
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Inscribes the Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof, Germany, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii),(iii) and (iv): Criterion (ii): The architecture of Regensburg represents the city's role as a medieval trading centre and its influence in the region north of the Alps. Regensburg was an important transition point on continental trade routes to Italy, Bohemia, Russia and Byzantium. It also had multiple connections with the transcontinental Silk Roads. As such, the ...
30 COM 8B.46
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli)
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Inscribes Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli, Italy, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv): Criterion (ii): The ensemble of the Strade Nuove and the related palaces exhibit an important interchange of values on the development of architecture and town planning, in the 16th and 17th centuries. Through the architectural treatises of the time, these examples were publicized making the Strade Nuove and the late-Renaissance palaces ...
30 COM 8B.47
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Centennial Hall in Wroclaw)
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Inscribes the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (i), (ii) and (iv):Criterion (i): The Centennial Hall of Wroclaw is a creative and innovative example in the development of construction technology in large reinforced concrete structures. The Centennial Hall occupies a key position in the evolution of methods of reinforcement in architecture, and one of the climax points in the history of the use of metal in structural ...
Sites: Centennial Hall in Wrocław
This nomination was withdrawn at the request of the concerned State Party (Decision 30 COM 8B.20).
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Inscribes the Vizcaya Bridge, Spain, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (i) and (ii): Criterion (i): The Vizcaya Bridge is a dramatic and aesthetically pleasing addition to the river estuary and an exceptional expression of technical creativity, reflecting an entirely satisfactory relationship between form and function. Criterion (ii): Vizcaya Bridge, through the development of the hanging transporter mechanism and its fusion of iron working technology with new steel ...
Sites: Vizcaya Bridge
30 COM 8B.50
Nominations of Properties to the World Heritage List (Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape)
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Inscribes the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, United Kingdom, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii) and (iv): Criterion (ii): The development of industrialised mining in Cornwall and West Devon between 1700 and 1914, and particularly the innovative use of the beam engine, led to the evolution of an industrialised society manifest in the transformation of the landscape through the creation of new towns and villages, smallholdings, railways, canals, ...
30 COM 8B.51
Extension of Properties Inscribed on the World Heritage List (Schloss Eggenberg - extension to City of Graz - Historic Centre )
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Defers the examination of the extension of the City of Graz - Historic Centre to include Schloss Eggenberg, Austria, on the World Heritage List to allow the State Party to improve the management system and relevant plans for the whole property in question and in order to reinforce the link between the Castle and the City.
30 COM 8B.52
Extension of Properties Inscribed on the World Heritage List (Church of Agios Sozomenos, Galata and Church of Agios Mamas, Louvaras - Extension to the “Painted Churches in the Troodos Region”)
This nomination was withdrawn at the request of the concerned State Party (Decision 30 COM 8B.20).
30 COM 8B.53
Extension of Properties Inscribed on the World Heritage List (Medieval Monuments in Kosovo)
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Approves the extension of the Dečani Monastery to include the Patriarchate of Peć Monastery, Gračanica Monastery and the Church of the Virgin of Ljeviša, Serbia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii) and (iv): Criterion (ii): The Patriarchate of Peć Monastery, the Gračanica Monastery and the Church of the Virgin of Ljeviša played a decisive role in the development of ecclesiastical building and mural painting in the Balkans between the 14th to the 16th ...
Sites: Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, and recalling Decision 30 COM 8B.53 on the extension of the Dečani Monastery to include the Patriarchate of Peć Monastery, Gračanica Monastery and the Church of the Virgin of Ljeviša, Serbia, 2. Notes, in compliance with Article 11.4 of the Convention concerning the protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage and Operational Guidelines, paragraph 179, and in conformity with Decision 29 COM 7C, a) The need for a legal status for the protection of the property; b) The lack of ...
Sites: Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
This nomination was withdrawn at the request of the concerned State Party (Decision 30 COM 8B.20).
30 COM 8B.56
Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Incallajta: the fundamental rock of the Inca power in the Collasuyo)
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Defers the examination of the nomination of the Incallajta: the fundamental rock of the Inca power in the Collasuyo, Bolivia, on the World Heritage List to allow the State Party to: a) Continue with its research to establish the wider significances of Incallajta in relation to Inca routes and other parts of the Inca Empire, b) Determine whether or not the site was the fundamental rock of Inca power in the Collasuyo, c) Evaluate the appropriateness to integrate Incallajta into the ...
The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Inscribes the Sewell Mining Town, Chile, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (ii): Criterion (ii): Sewell town in its hostile environment is an outstanding example of the global phenomena of company towns, established in remote parts of the world through a fusion of local labour with resources from already industrialised nations, to mine and process high value copper. The town contributed to the global spread of large-scale mining technology. 3. Recommends that, ...
Sites: Sewell Mining Town