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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Resumption of mining activities Inappropriate developments (note that the previously raised issue of the new supermarket built at Hayle Harbour has since been resolved) Potential impact of new development projects Management and institutional factors / Improvements to the planning tools and approval processes not yet ...

The historic urban site of Počitelj is located on the left bank of the river Neretva, on the main Mostar to Metković road, to the south of Mostar, in the territory of Čapljina Municipality.In the middle ages, Počitelj was the administrative centre and centre of governance of Dubrava župa (county), and its westernmost point, which gave it major strategic importance.  It is ...

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Resumption of mining activities Inappropriate developments (particularly a new supermarket built at Hayle Harbour) Potential impact of new development projects Management and institutional factors / Improvements to the planning tools and approval processes not yet completed and implemented  Social/cultural uses of ...

Georgia,,Previous deliberations: None   New information: Upon request from the Government of Georgia, a consultant prepared in 1997 a preliminary study for a Master Plan for the heritage and tourist policy for the World Heritage site City Museum Reserve of Mtskheta. In 1999, the major elements of this study were presented in the form of "Terms of References for 9 ...

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Factors identified at the time of inscription of the property : quarrying activities energy transportation viability of the shepherding tradition risk preparedness depopulation ,On 16 December 2021, at the request of the World Heritage Centre to address concerns about potential adverse impacts of practices and planned ...

The Jurassic Coast Earth Festival 2012 was a celebration of England’s only natural World Heritage Site – the Dorset and EastDevonCoast, commonly known as the JurassicCoast.  The 95 miles of coastline from Exmouth to StudlandBay tells the story of 185 million years of the earth’s history through its geological exposures and landforms, and is inscribed ...

Ordubad, being an ancient Azerbaijan and Caucasus city is interesting with its structure and architectural monuments. The building plan of the city gives the opportunity to get acquainted with the city built culture of the eastern feudals. Ordubad was one of the most important trade cities, with caravans passing from China, Europe and India. Many fruits, agricultural ...

City of Gremi, capital of vanished Kachetian Kingdom of Georgia, located on the Gilian-Shemakha branch of the Great Silk Road, was destroyed by the army of Shah Abbas in XVI c. and never been restored since then. The ruins of Gremi city are now important Late Medieval archaeological site with ruins of churches, trading arcades, baths and dwellings. Gremi attracts visitors ...

The archaeological remains of the Harappa port-town of Lothal is located along the Bhogava river, a tributary of Sabarmati, in the Gulf of Khambat. Measuring about 7 HA, Lothals thick (12-21 meter) peripheral walls were designed to withstand the repeated tidal flood, which probably resulted in the bringing the city to an end. Within the quadrangular fortified layout, ...

The area being proposed for inscription into the World Heritage List covers an area of 1,252 m² encompassing savanna, rain forest, wet land and mangrove swamp with several small streams that flow into the mangrove resulting in steep ridges. In the middle of the area are four mountains namely Etiruir, Tmerou, Sechedui and Ngeruach collectively they form the highest point in ...

Beçin is located 5 km South of the Milas District, in the Muğla Province, southwest of Turkey. The city hosted many civilizations during the Geometric, Archaic, Classical periods, and also hosted the Romans, Byzantines, Menteşeoğulları Sultanate and Ottomans. However, it was not a prominent city in ancient times or during the Byzantine period. It has become ...

Stratonikeia is located in the borders of the Village of Eskihisar, 7 kilometers west of the district of Yatağan in the province of Muğla. It lies on Kadıkule Hill in the west of the fertile Yatağan Plain at the crossroads of main routes that connect western, central and southern Anatolia with each other. Stratonikeia, inhabited continuously from the Late Bronze Age (1500 ...

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وآيرلندا الشمالية 大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The ancient city of Kibyra is located in township of Gölhisar on southwestern part of the province of Burdur, at a distance of ca. 110 km from the provincial center. The settlement is situated on hills just to the west of modern town. To the west of the city are broad pasturages and Akdağ mountains while the fertile plain of Gölhisar extends to the east, with the stream ...

Elbow Reef, Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas               26 31 59          76 57 41 Elbow Cay (Cay Sal), Bahamas                                 23 42               80 24 Hole in the Wall, Abaco, Bahamas                            25 51 43          77 11 59 Gun Cay, Bimini, Bahamas                                        25 34 13          79 17 51 San Salvador, ...

Cajamarca is the setting of the encounter between the culture of Spain and the Andean world. The layout of the city and its buildings, both civil and religious, built of adobe and volcanic stone within the Historic Centre of Cajamarca, offer an exceptional testimony of Spanish-Andean culture. The architecture, which is unique and covers every century from the 16th to the ...

The Western Area Peninsula and the adjacent Banana Islands have lush rainforest, pristine beaches, breath-taking, steep mountains, a unique and long-standing culture and great history. The Western Area Peninsula, which is part of the Upper Guinean Forest Ecosystem, is located on the west coast of the country and is home to roughly 1 to 1. 5 million people (20% of the ...

Bunce is a 1600 feet uninhabitted island lying approximately 20 miles up the Sierra Leone River from Freetown, the Capital city of Sierra Leone. Bunce Island was established as a slave trading station in 1670. From 1670 to 1728 two companies- the Gambia Adventurers and the Royal African Company of England ran Bunce Island one after the other.  Bunce Island’s ...

China, Underground transport infrastructure (Proposed high-speed railway between Beijing and Zhangjiakou, with station at Guntiangou) Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Materials and techniques used in restoration works undertaken in Suizhong County, Liaoning Province (issue resolved) Partial collapse of some platforms (issue ...

Cultural landscape of Bač and its surroundings belongs to Danube regions in Serbia (the Vojvodina Province) and it is situated on the borders of the Pannonia plain. Cultural landscape of Bač and its surroundings is containing numerous cultural and natural sites and monuments, which witnesses at least 8 millennium long cohabitation of man and nature. This territory is ...

Golconda Fort N17 23 07.37 E78 24 14.87 Qutb Shahi Tombs N17 23 43.73 E78 23 47.79 Charminar N17 21 41.13 E78 28 28.00 Located in the city of Hyderabad, capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh, Golconda Fort, Qutb Shahi Tombs and Charminar are the landmarks that symbolize the Qutb Shahi Dynasty. Golconda Fort lies 11 km to the west of city of Hyderabad, while the Qutb Shahi ...

The city of Gaziantep is located on the edge of the Alleben Stream and the settlement history of the city dates to end of the 5th century. The stream flows by winding the settlement area in C shape. However, Alleben Stream is low in water and the water level is further reduced by increasing summer temperature. The Gaziantep Plateau also has a small number of streams. ...

Ritigala Archaeological SiteN8 7 1.164 E80 39 57.5604Manakanda Archaeological SiteN8 7 15.4308 E80 32 26.25Arankale Archaeological SiteN7 38 37.5612 E80 25 1.524Maligatenna Archaeological SiteN7 45 42.7788 E80 25 27.5736 The proposed property, Buddhist Meditation Monasteries of Ancient Sri Lanka, consists of four serial component parts, namely Ritigala, Manakanda, ...