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Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1985 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain ES C EUR 0 310
1999 Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas AR C LAC 600 936
2003 Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley AF C APA 159 208
2014 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche FR C EUR 9 1426
1979 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley FR C EUR 106 85
1991 Serra da Capivara National Park BR C LAC 130,600 606
1982 Tassili n'Ajjer # DZ M ARB 7,200,000 179
2001 Yungang Grottoes CN C APA 349 1039

#: As for 19 Natural and Mixed Properties inscribed for geological values before 1994, criteria numbering of this property has changed. See Decision 30.COM 8D.1

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