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World Heritage List New Inscribed Properties

New Inscribed Properties
1996

31
New Inscribed Properties
26
Cultural
3
Natural
2
Mixed
1
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Image World Heritage nomination States Parties Category Criteria Dossier
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata Mauritania inscribed Cultural (iii)(iv)(v) 750
Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina) Greece inscribed Cultural (i)(iii) 780
Canal du Midi France inscribed Cultural (i)(ii)(iv)(vi) 770
Castel del Monte Italy inscribed Cultural (i)(ii)(iii) 398rev
Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå Sweden inscribed Cultural (ii)(iv)(v) 762
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna Italy inscribed Cultural (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) 788
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) Japan inscribed Cultural (vi) 775
Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar Portugal inscribed Cultural (iv) 755
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza Italy inscribed Cultural (i)(ii)(iv) 789
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg Austria inscribed Cultural (ii)(iv)(vi) 784
Historic City of Meknes Morocco inscribed Cultural (iv) 793
Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro Mexico inscribed Cultural (ii)(iv) 792
Historic Walled Town of Cuenca Spain inscribed Cultural (ii)(v) 781
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Japan inscribed Cultural (i)(ii)(iv)(vi) 776
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia Spain inscribed Cultural (i)(iv) 782
Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape Czechia inscribed Cultural (i)(ii)(iv) 763
Lushan National Park China inscribed Cultural (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) 778
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg Germany inscribed Cultural (iv)(vi) 783
Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment Hungary inscribed Cultural (iv)(vi) 758
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn Austria inscribed Cultural (i)(iv) 786
Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal Mexico inscribed Cultural (i)(ii)(iii) 791
Sangiran Early Man Site Indonesia inscribed Cultural (iii)(vi) 593
Sceilg Mhichíl Ireland inscribed Cultural (iii)(iv) 757
The Trulli of Alberobello Italy inscribed Cultural (iii)(iv)(v) 787
Upper Svaneti Georgia inscribed Cultural (iv)(v) 709
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill Finland inscribed Cultural (iv) 751
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System Belize inscribed Natural (vii)(ix)(x) 764
Lake Baikal Russian Federation inscribed Natural (vii)(viii)(ix)(x) 754
Okapi Wildlife Reserve Democratic Republic of the Congo inscribed Natural (x) 718
Laponian Area Sweden inscribed Mixed (iii)(v)(vii)(viii)(ix) 774
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area China inscribed Mixed (iv)(vi)(x) 779
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto Italy Significant modifications to the boundaries
 Cultural (i)(ii) 712bis
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