8246 Decisions
149 Resolutions
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41 COM 8B.13
As-Salt Eclectic Architecture (1865-1925), Origins and Evolution of an Architectural Language in the Levant (Jordan)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Defers the examination of the nomination of As-Salt Eclectic Architecture (1865-1925), Origins and Evolution of an Architectural Language in the Levant, Jordan, 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:
Develop a comparative analysis including similar properties in the Levant and in the area of influence of the Ottoman Empire,
Redefine the criteria, in order to demonstrate what makes this ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Refers the nomination of Khor Dubai, a Traditional Merchants’ Harbour, United Arab Emirates, back to the State Party in order to further clarify:
The attributes that justify the potential Outstanding Universal Value of the nominated property,
The ongoing revitalization plan in Shindagha,
The nominated property limits in Shindagha;
Encourages the State Party and ICOMOS to develop a coordination mechanism by which they ensure regular consultation in the preparation of the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura, Cambodia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii) and (vi);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value: [Text available only in French]
Requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 December 2017, an updated map of the boundaries of the inscribed property and the buffer zone;
Recommends the State Party, with the ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Kulangsu, a Historic International Settlement, China, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Kulangsu Island is located on the estuary of Chiu-lung River facing the city of Xiamen across the 600-meter-wide Lujiang Strait. With the opening of Xiamen as a commercial port in 1843, and Kulangsu as an international settlement in 1903, the island of the southern coastal ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Historic City of Ahmadabad, India, 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 entire walled city is taken into consideration in the preparation of the nomination due to its potential outstanding universal value to humanity. The old city is considered as an archaeological entity with its plotting which has largely survived over centuries. Its urban ...
Sites: Historic City of Ahmadabad
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Historic City of Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran, 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 City of Yazd is located in the deserts of Iran close to the Spice and Silk Roads. It is a living testimony to intelligent use of limited available resources in the desert for survival. Water is brought to the city by the qanat system. Each district of the ...
Sites: Historic City of Yazd
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region, Japan, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iii);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Located 60 km off the western coast of Kyushu Island, the Island of Okinoshima is an exceptional repository of records of early ritual sites, bearing witness to early worship practices associated with maritime safety, which ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Refers the nomination of the Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace, Azerbaijan, back to the State Party in order to further advance conservation and preservation mechanisms with a view for their better implementation;
Recommends the State Party to prepare the Action Plan for conservation and preservation of the nominated property in close consultation with the World Heritage Centre and ICOMOS;
Invites the State Party to give consideration to the following:
to strengthen ...
41 COM 8B.21
Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar (Croatia, Italy, Montenegro)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra – western Stato da Mar, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, namely six of the fifteen nominated serial components: the Fortified City of Bergamo, the Fortified City of Peschiera del Garda and the City Fortress of Palmanova (Italy), the Defensive System of Zadar and the Fort of St Nikola at Šibenik-Knin County (Croatia), and the City of Kotor (Montenegro), on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap, Denmark, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criterion (v);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap is located in the municipality of Kujalleq in South Greenland. The nominated property is made up of five component parts which together represent ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Taputapuātea, France, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (iii), (iv) and (vi);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Taputapuātea is a cultural landscape and seascape on Raiatea Island. Raiatea is at the centre of the “Polynesian Triangle,” a vast section of the Pacific Ocean dotted with islands, the last part of the globe to be settled by humans. At the heart of the property is the ...
Sites: Taputapuātea
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura, Germany, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (iii);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Modern humans first arrived in Europe 43,000 years ago during the last ice age. One of the areas where they took up residence was the Swabian Jura in southern Germany. Here, ancient peoples lived in and among a series of caves which are now archaeological sites. Excavated from the ...
41 COM 8B.25
Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System (Poland)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System, Poland, 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
Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System is located in the Silesian plateau of southern Poland, in one of Europe’s classic metallogenic provinces. It is the largest, most ...
41 COM 8B.26
Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk (Russian Federation)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes the Assumption Cathedral of the town-island of Sviyazhsk, Russian Federation, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Assumption Cathedral is located in the town–island of Sviyazhsk and is part of the homonymous monastery. Situated at the confluence of the Volga, the Sviyaga and the Shchuka Rivers, at the crossroads of the Silk and Volga routes, Sviyazhsk was ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Defers the examination of the nomination of Talayotic Minorca, Spain, on the World Heritage List in order to allow the State Party, with the advice of ICOMOS and the World Heritage Centre, if requested, to:
Clarify the definition of 'Talayotic' and its reference to a 'culture' or a 'period.’ In addition to the focus on monuments and architecture, a wider range of archaeological evidence, including stone and metal tools, ceramic vessels and other equipment, as well as faunal data and ...
Sites: Talayotic Menorca
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes Aphrodisias, Turkey, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief Synthesis
Aphrodisias is located in southwestern Turkey, in the fertile valley formed by the Morsynus River, in the ancient region of Caria. The history of the area comprising Aphrodisias dates back to the Late Chalcolithic Period. The city was founded in the 2nd century BC, during the ...
Sites: Aphrodisias
41 COM 8B.29
Naumburg Cathedral and related sites in the Cultural Landscape of the Rivers Saale and Unstrut (Germany)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Refers the nomination of Naumburg Cathedral and related sites in the Cultural Landscape of the Rivers Saale and Unstrut, Germany, back to the State Party in order to allow it, with the advice of ICOMOS and the World Heritage Centre, if requested, to:
Re-scope the nomination by focusing on the given Outstanding Universal Value of Naumburg Cathedral,
Adjust the boundaries of the nominated property and the management plan,
Review the Statement of Outstanding Universal Value of ...
Sites: Naumburg Cathedral
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Inscribes The English Lake District, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of criteria (ii), (v) and (vi);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The English Lake District is a self-contained mountainous area in North West England of some 2,292 square kilometres. Its narrow, glaciated valleys radiating from the central massif with their steep hillsides and slender ...
Sites: The English Lake District
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B.Add and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
Recalling Decision 37 COM 7A.32 adopted at its 37th session (Phnom Penh, 2013) which “Requests the State Party to submit, by 1 February 2014, a request for a major boundary modification for the property to allow Gelati Monastery to justify the criterion on its own”;
Approves the significant boundary modification of Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery, Georgia to exclude Bagrati Cathedral, to become Gelati Monastery, Georgia;
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding ...
Sites: Gelati Monastery
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Approves the extension of Strasbourg – Grande île to include the Neustadt and thus become Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt, France, on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The Grande-Île and the Neustadt form an urban ensemble that is characteristic of Rhineland Europe, with a structure that centres on the cathedral, a major masterpiece of Gothic art. Its distinctive silhouette dominates the ancient ...