The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B2,
Approves the extension of the W National Park of Niger, Niger, to become the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex, Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ix) and (x);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
The W-Arly-Pendjari Complex is a transnational property shared between the Republic of Niger, Burkina Faso and the Republic of Benin in West Africa. Located in the transition zone between the savannas of the ...
Sites: W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
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Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Germany, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine)
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B2,
Approves the extension of Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany, Slovakia, Ukraine and Germany, to become Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Germany, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain and Ukraine, on the World Heritage List, on the basis of criterion (ix);
Takes note of the following provisional Statement of Outstanding Universal Value: ...
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 ...
The World Heritage Committee,
Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
Approves the extension of the Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau, to include the Houses with Balcony Access in Dessau and the ADGB Trade Union School in Bernau and to become the Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau, Germany, on the basis of criteria (ii), (iv) and (vi);
Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Between 1919 and 1933, the Bauhaus School, based first in Weimar and then in Dessau, revolutionized architectural ...