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206.
Stolac is located in the area known as Herzegovina Humina, on the tourist route crossing Herzegovina linking the mountainous hinterland in Bosnia with the coastal regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dubrovnik and Montenegro. This road, which runs from Sarajevo via Mostar, Stolac, Ljubinje and Trebinje, enables one to reach Dubrovnik in less than four hours. Another route ...
207.
In Europe the limes was established under Augustus was moved ahead under Domitian, Trajan, Hadrian and Antoninus Pius between the rivers Rhine and Danube, in the territory of the United Kingdom and Romania, was moved back under Gallienus and Aurelian in the 3rd century, and given up in the course of the 5th century. The boundary of this late Roman sector is in the Balkan, ...
208.
Lebanon,
Need for an international safeguarding campaign (issue resolved)
Construction of a tourist complex (land fill) (issue resolved)
Construction project of a large fish market (issue resolved)
Construction project of a coastal motorway (issue resolved)
Uncontrolled construction (issue resolved)
Project to build a new tourist marina (issue resolved)
Road construction ...
209.
Orchha is a historical town in the Niwari district of Madhya Pradesh, India with a total population of around 12,000 inhabitants. The town encompasses a very dense collection of the historical buildings, gardens and traditional housings. It was the seat of an eponymous former princely state of central India, in the Bundelkhand region. The historical settlement derived its ...
210.
,The 10th Anniversary of the 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL Recommendation) serves as a catalyst for greater adoptions of the HUL approach.
Serving as a platform to share lessons learned from COVID-19 and to resume discussions on the future of urban management, topics such as public space, renovations, tourism, infrastructure and ...
211.
Georgia,a) Lack of a management mechanism;
b) Insufficient coordination between the Georgian Church and the national authorities;
c) Need to re-define core and buffer zones;
d) Loss of authenticity in recent works carried out by the Church. ,The World Heritage Committee, at its 29th session (Durban, 2005), expressed “serious concern over the state of ...
212.
Zerzevan Castle is located in Diyarbakır Province in the southeast part of Turkey. Its location was at a strategic point on the way from Amida (Diyarbakır) to Dara (Mardin), from Edessa (Şanlıurfa) to Nisibis (Nusaybin) in the ancient period.Existence of a castle named Kinabu on the edge of the ancient road which was used for commercial and military purposes is first ...
213.
The word `Sikh' itself is derived from the Sanskrit word `sishya' (of which the vernacular form is sikhya) meaning disciple/¬devoted follower. The same principle of universal participation is extended to planning and execution of the complex. In the center of the amrit-sass (pool of nectar) is the Harimandir (sanctum sanctorum), which is connected by the ...
214.
The property, Tushpa/Van Fortress, the Mound and the Old City of Van, is located within the borders of İpekyolu District of the Province of Van and covers an area of 97 hectares. Van Fortress or Tushpa (Assyrian: Turušpa, Urartian: Tušpa, Turkish: Tuşpa) was the capital city of the Urartians, the founders of the Urartian Kingdom centred at the Lake Van Basin between the ...
215.
Khan Palace: N44 34 55 E33 52 55
Chufut-Kale: N44 44 27 E33 55 55
The Bakhchysarai valley has been inhabited by different nationalities and tribes since the ancient times. The oldest cave sites of the Mousterian epoch (50-40 thousand years ago) were located in the territory of Staroselye-Salachik. There are several monuments of the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in the ...
216.
Site # 1: The Qattara Depression
The Qattara Deperssion in the noerthern part of the Western Desert is the largest natural closed depression of the Eastern Sahara. It is a region where salt weathering appears to be particularly effective. In spite of earlier research in the 1940’s and 1950’s, the origin of this Depression is still a geological puzzle. A common origin ...
217.
The San Fernando Fortress is located in the bay of Omoa on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. In the municipality of Omoa, there are altitudinal differences that go from zero at sea level to 2,242 meters above sea level in the Sierra de Omoa, which causes climatic variations in precipitation, temperature and relative humidity1.
This region is part of the Sula Valley, which, ...
218.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,a) Urban development pressure;
b) New constructions in the area surrounding the property;
c) Lack of strategic plans for future development that set out clear strategies for the overall townscape and for the skyline and river front taking into account the townscape characteristics and important views related to the ...
219.
Located in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region, at an elevation of over 4,500 m, Scenic and historic area of Sacred Mountains and Lakes is adjacent to Zanda County, Gar County and Gya'gya County, bordering on India and Nepal. ‘Two peaks perching to the north and south, two lakes reflecting with each other in the east and west’ describes the basic ...
220.
Balkans had always been attached strategic importance due to its position as outpost area and served as technologic, information and communicational bridge between Europe and the Ottoman Empire. The road alignments connecting Anatolia to the Balkans and Central Europe have always been of particular importance due to the strategic emphasis on Balkans.
Uzunköprü (Long ...
221.
Kazakhstan,
Management System/Management Plan (Newly developed Master Plan; Conservation and Management Plan)
Buildings and Development (Urban high rise/changes to skyline; Construction of a new mosque)
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Interpretative and visitation facilities
Housing
,On 31 January 2020, the State Party submitted a state of ...
222.
The city of Tigre is located 30 Km northwest from Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, in the area of encounter of two geographic systems: the plains known as “pampa ondulada” (undulated pampa) and the delta of the Parana River. In relation with the former, Tigre is located in the low lands crossed by water streams that flow into the Plata River; all this ...
223.
Port Royal, Jamaica, commonly referred to as "the wickedest city on earth" conjures images of marauding pirates, daring naval conquests, looting, riches, destruction and devastation. It boats an intriguing and turbulent history as it rapidly grew to become the most important trading post in the New World. At the height of its glittering wealth, on June 7, 1692, Port Royal ...
224.
Tunisia,
Land development and infrastructures within the property
Legal framework
Habitat
Management system / management plan
,On 9 April 2018, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/37/documents/. Progress achieved regarding a certain number of conservation problems treated by the ...
225.
“Vicente was reviewing the large stones Quixadá that stood out sharply on the arranhenta vastness of the savanna, lifting, sky above, the huge granite cliffs.
The light gave off strange gradations from the metallic gray and blue color of the sky, and another violet pale blue, to the black mud that flowed in large lists, vanishing in the crevices, chamalotando the rough ...
226.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Need for information on the management (issue resolved)
Site Museum project (issue resolved)
Risks of collapse of Silbury Hill (issue resolved)
Lack of visitor management (issue resolved)
Upgrading of the A303 trunk road project
Infrastructure development pressure
Proposals for sections of dual carriageway and ...
227.
"The Rise of Systematic Biology" is a tentative serial nomination of thirteen sites in eight countries (see Table 1), suggested by Sweden, representing the foundation of the science of systematic biology. The sites together form the arena where the science developed strongly due to the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) and his international scientific network. ...
228.
SITE
REGION
REGIONAL UNIT
COORDINATES
Corfu
Ionian islands
Corfu
19.928385 E, 39.624538 N
Zakynthos
Ionian islands
Zakynthos
20.891944 E, 37.789444 N
Koroni
Peloponnese
Messinia
21.961826 E, 36.794382 N
Methoni
Peloponnese
Messinia
21.700 E, 36.8150 N
Bourtzi-
Palamidi-
Akronafplia
Peloponnese
...
229.
The Archaeological Site of Priene is located within the borders of the modern Village Güllübahçe, 15 kilometers southwest of the town of Söke in the province of Aydın, in southwestern Turkey. It is about 500 m north of the Menderes (Maeander) River, 15 km inland from the Aegean Sea and on the south slopes of Mycale (Mount Samsun).
According to Pausanias (7,2,10), Priene ...
230.
Amasya is located in the north of Anatolia, in the inner part of the Middle Black Sea Region, at the junction point of the roads which connect Black Sea Coast to the rest of Anatolia. Amasya has been founded in a deep valley formed by Yeşilırmak River which flows between two-thousand-metre-high mountains extending in the east-west direction. The limestone stack ...
231.
Qoqon - is one of the cultural centers of Ancient East. It is located in the western part of Ferghana valley in the lower stream of Sokh. Historical Center of Qoqon consisting of following cultural objects: Komol-Kozi Madrasah, Dahman Shahon, Madarihon Madrasah, Norbutabiy Madrasah, Gishtlik Mosque, apartment houses. The most ancient data about Qoqon date back to the II ...
232.
Iraq,
Interpretation facilities for visitors (issue resolved)
Management system / management plan (issue resolved)
Lack of survey, documentation and mapping of surviving surface buried archaeological remains of all types (issue resolved)
Slopes of the archaeological mound non stabilized
Location and/or architectural design of the Kurdistan National Museum not ...
233.
This site has the remains of monuments such as the Roman city of Aquincum and the Gothic castle of Buda, which have had a considerable influence on the architecture of various periods. It is one of the world's outstanding urban landscapes and illustrates the great periods in the history of the Hungarian capital. 400Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda ...
234.
The medieval towns of Wismar and Stralsund, on the Baltic coast of northern Germany, were major trading centres of the Hanseatic League in the 14th and 15th centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries they became Swedish administrative and defensive centres for the German territories. They contributed to the development of the characteristic building types and techniques of ...
235.
The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Worlitz is an exceptional example of landscape design and planning of the Age of the Enlightenment, the 18th century. Its diverse components - outstanding buildings, landscaped parks and gardens in the English style, and subtly modified expanses of agricultural land - serve aesthetic, educational, and economic purposes in an exemplary manner. ...
236.
The Cultural Landscape of the Complex of Las Huaringas Lagoons, is located in the highlands of the department of Piura, in the provinces of Huancabamba and Ayabaca, above the 1750 and 3650 m.a.s.l., it develops in a close physiographic space, wide towards the south and constrained in the far north; its relief was modelled due to the union of the eastern mountain range with ...
237.
Nanumea 5°40’30”S 176°06’56”E
Nuitao 6°06’34”S 177°20’03”E
Nanumanga 6°17’11”S 176°18’55”E
Nui 7°14’44”S 177°08’45”E
Vaitupu 7°29’21”S 178°40’47”E
Nukafetau 8°01’36”S 178°18’50”E
Funafuti 8°31’28”S ...
238.
The Wudalianchi is one of the first batch of state scenic spots areas approved though the State Council in 1982, and a state-level nature reserve approved in 1996. There are the most typical and perfect vestiges of modern volcanic eruption in China, and the world- known volcano-related mineral spring water. The Wudalianchi volcanic cluster is situated in the E-W tectonic ...
239.
Syrian Arab Republic,Since March 2011:
Damage of historic buildings due to the conflict
Illegal constructions following the start of the conflict
,On 5 February 2016, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report for the six World Heritage properties in Syria, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/22/documents. This report includes an aerial view ...
240.
Türkiye,
Commercial development
Ground/underground transport infrastructure
Low impact research/monitoring activities
Management systems/management plan
Loss of integrity and authenticity: decay and loss of Ottoman/vernacular architecture
,On 1 December 2021, the State Party submitted a detailed progress report in response to Decision 44 COM 7B.58, and on 2 February 2022, ...
241.
Grobiņa archaeological ensemble is situated in the western part of Latvia not far from the Baltic Sea and City of Liepāja, in the territory of Grobiņa town and its vicinity. The first inhabitation of Grobiņa is connected with the Stone Age, later in the first millennium AD Grobiņa became a centre of the West Baltic tribe Curonians. In the 7th century Norsemen appeared in ...
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No.
Name of Property
State, Province or Region
Area (ha.)
Geographic (lat/long) or UTM Coordinates of approximate centre point
1.
Ruins of Ancient Vaishali
Bihar
Vaishali
2.77 (Vaishali)
7.30 (Kolhua)
25 59 N 85 6 E
2.
Remains of Vikramshila Ancient University
Bihar
Bhagalpur
42.35
25 19 N 87 17 E
3.
Buddhist remains of ...
243.
Lebanon,
Need for an international safeguarding campaign (issue resolved)
Construction of a tourist complex (land fill) (issue resolved)
Construction project of a large fish market (issue resolved)
Construction project of a coastal motorway (issue resolved)
Uncontrolled construction (issue resolved)
Project to build a new tourist marina (issue resolved)
Road construction ...
244.
Uzbekistan,
Lack of a comprehensive conservation and management plan
,On 13 January 2016, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/885/documents. A joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission was carried out from 28 to 31 March 2016. The mission report is also available ...
245.
Sudan,Factors identified at the time of inscription of the property:
Land conversion (Development and agriculture pressure)
Mining (mining project/ associated infrastructure and increased traffic)
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation
Local conditions affecting physical fabric (Flooding, desertification and windblown sand erosion)
Management systems / conservation ...
246.
Yoros Fortress
41°10'49.41" N - 29°05'46.89" E
Galata Tower
41°01'35.85" N - 28°58'26.88" E
Foça Fortress
38°40'09.25" N - 26°45'02.78" E
Çandarlı Fortress
38°56'01.69" N - 26°56'01.50" E
Çeşme Fortress
38°19´24.60" N - 26°18´12.49" E
Amasra Fortress
41°45'02.84" N - 32°23'03.83" E
Akçakoca ...