Search
Take advantage of the search to browse through the World Heritage Convention information.
4438 Results
Search
Kenya monuments close
Time
2.916s
Categories
Activities 66
Committee 6
Documents 1647
Events 160
FAQ 13
News 459
Pages 17
Partners 6
Publications 25
State of Conservation 1193
States Parties 24
Tentative Lists 732
World Heritage Properties 90
3801.
Le lac Tchad est une vaste étendue d’eau douce peu profonde au milieu d'un massif dunaire qui couvre 4 pays, à savoir : le Cameroun, le Niger, le Nigeria et le Tchad.
La paléogéographie nous renseigne que le lac Tchad a été en constante évolution en rapport avec les conditions climatiques. Sa superficie a connu des variations dont l’interprétation a fait l’objet de ...
3802.
Dept
Province
District
Temple
Latitude (Degrees, Min, Sec)
Longitude (Degrees, Min, Sec)
Puno
MELGAR
AYAVIRI
SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS
S14 52 51.8
W70 35 23.0
Puno
AZANGARO
ASILLO
SAN GERONIMO
S14 47 12.5
W70 21 17.2
Puno
LAMPA
LAMPA
SANTIAGO APOSTOL
S15 21 53.7
W70 22 01.0
Puno
PUNO
PUNO
SAN CARLOS (MINOR BASILICA CATHEDRAL)
S15 50 27.2
W70 01 ...
3803.
The nature of the South Urals is beautiful! The dense forests on the mountain slopes alternate with sunny valleys filled with honey aroma, fast, clean rivers cut through deep canyons in white limestone massifs. Since ancient times, people have chosen this wonderful country. It was inhabited already in the Paleolithic age, and here developed one of the most ancient and ...
3804.
No.
Name of property
State, Province or Region
Area (ha)
Geographic (lat/long) or UTM Coordinates of approximate centre point
I. ROUTE: AMUL - MERV
1
Amul
Lebap velayat
5
At the outskirts of the modern Turkmenabat city
2
Akcha-gala
Bayramaly etrap, Mary velayat
1.2
Approximately 8 km to the north-east of Merv, at the Akcha-gala deserted ...
3805.
Hisham’s Palace/ Khirbet al- Mafjar is one of the most significant early Islamic sites in Palestine. It was built between 724 and 743 AD during the Umayyad period, the first Islamic dynasty. The property is located on the northern bank of Wadi Nueima, approximately 4km north of Jericho city (Ariha) in the Jordan Valley. On the basis of epigraphic materials, archaeologists ...
3806.
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 ...
3807.
Mousa: HU 457 236
Old Scatness: HU 389 106
Jarlshof: HU 398 095
The Iron Age in Europe was a time of dramatic cultural change but is not directly represented on the World Heritage List. Iron technology complemented bronze tools and weapons and society became proto-urban. Across Europe people built in timber, but in treeless areas of Scotland they developed their already ...
3808.
Austria,
Housing: High-rise construction projects in Central Vienna (proposed Vienna Ice-Skating Club – Intercontinental Hotel – Vienna Konzerthaus project)
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure: High-rise construction project of Vienna Main Train Station
Legal framework: Lack of effectiveness of the overall governance of the property
Legal framework: ...
3809.
The property being proposed for inclusion on Spain’s Tentative List is an ex novo sector of the Roman city of Italica, referring to an urban planning project dating back to Hadrian’s era. This project significantly extended the limits of the city and completely changed its urban space. This autonomous sector of Italica is located in the northern area of the site, declared ...
3810.
The Banwari Trace deposit is to be found on the southern edge of the Oropuche Lagoon in southwest Trinidad, just west of the Coora River. The site occupies the top of a Miocene hillock, originally covered with deciduous seasonal forest, which rises above the swamp. All of the Archaic sites in the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico, including Banwari trace, belong to the ...
3811.
The first management planning workshop in a series of five will take place on 25 and 26 March 2015 in the Korca region, Albania. The workshop is carried out in the framework of the 36-month European Union-funded project “Towards strengthened governance of the shared transboundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid region”.
The project is designed to address ...
3812.
The Albanian government has joined the EU in supporting UNESCO’s project aimed at the sustainable development of the Lake Ohrid region, a transboundary region in Albania and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Two-thirds of Lake Ohrid is inscribed as a World Heritage site on the Macedonian side of the lake. The protection of this site would be further reinforced by ...
3813.
N°
Name of the Component
Coordinates
01
Rajajil standing stones
29°48'46.33"N
40°13'10.83"E
02
Harrat Khaybar
25°20'15.29"N
39°20'25.01"E
03
Harrat Rahat (Madinah Region)
23°46'21.55"N
40°2'10.95"E
04
Harrat Kishb
23°23'56.40"N
39°50'58.56"E
05
Harrat Lunayyir
25°16'8.58"N
37°31'38.96"E
06
Rohab (Tabuk ...
3814.
Historical background
The area was occupied by the populations of el-Amra, then of Nagada who built a prehistoric and protodynastic village which later became the city of Abdjou (Abydos is the transcription of the Egyptian name) with protodynastic kings (the Horus) and the Thinites (1st and IInd dynasty), whose capital (This) was slightly further north and whose main ...
3815.
The Baha’i House of Worship in New Delhi is the Mother Temple of Baha’i faith in the Indian subcontinent. It is an edifice eminently and elegantly distinctive in its design, and uniquely inspirational in its purpose: to represent the Oneness of God, the Oneness of all Religions, and the Oneness of Mankind, the guiding tenets of Baha’i faith.
Expressionist ...
3816.
Khuduu Aral of Kherlen river and surrounding cultural landscape covers the most part of Delgerkhaan soum of Khentii province and lays between Kherlen river (from west and south), and Tsenkher river (from east) and covers over 100.000 hectare area.
The cultural landscape of Khuduu Aral draws boundary between mountainous zone and dry steppe zone. This area is very famous ...
3817.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a submarine mountain chain forming the boundary between the North and South American Plates and the European and African Plates. The continents are moving away from each other and volcanic activity has created a submarine ridge stretching from the Norwegian Sea to the southern Atlantic Ocean. In places the ridge rises above sea level, creating ...
3818.
The city of Tanais was founded in the first quarter of the 3rd century by Greek colonists who came from Bosporon to the mouth of the Tanais river (now Don) which was the area of habitation and migration of various tribes: Sarmatians, Macotians, Alans, Goth etc.
Tanais quickly developed into an emporium (trading settlement) at the farthest northeastern extension of the ...
3819.
The property within boundaries of District of Koycegiz is located in the face of Dalyan City and on the right shores of Dalyan Stream (Calbis) which connect Koycegiz Lake to Mediterranean. It was the capital of the ‘Kaunos Region’ between the Caria and Lycia until the beginning of the 4th BC.
The existence of Kaunos had known by the scholars but its location ...
3820.
The ancient city of Korykos extends east-west alongside the highway at a distance of 65 km from Mersin and 25 km from Silifke. It sits on the slopes of the mountain where it reaches the coast. As the mountain approaches the sea, two small bays are formed. The city lies alongside northeast and southwest axis reaching Elaiussa-Sebaste at the east and Hell-Heaven Caves at the ...
3821.
Birgi is located within the Aegean Region, 121 km away from the Province of Izmir, 10 km away from the District of Ödemiş. Birgi and its vicinity, which were located within the Lydia Region during the Ancient Period, fell respectively under the hegemonies of the Phrygian Civilization (750-680 BC), the Lydian Civilization (680-546 BC.), the Persian Regency, the ...
3822.
The site of Mleiha is located in the Central Region of Sharjah, UAE, to the east of Jebel Faya. The region is distinguished by a rich assemblage of archaeological sites ranging in date from the Paleolithic to the Islamic period, as well as an uninterrupted occupation since the Neolithic.
The area of Mleiha in particular shows Neolithic and Bronze Age occupations, ...
3823.
Since South Sudan’s ratification of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention in March 2016, UNESCO has been working closely with the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to support the development of the newest African country’s first Tentative List of potential World Heritage sites.
A ‘Tentative List’ is a detailed inventory of natural, cultural or mixed (both natural ...
3824.
Krakow, Poland, 9 July—The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Krakow since 2 July, this afternoon ended the inscription of sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List with the final addition of three cultural sites in Brazil, Turkey and the United Kingdom, and the approval of the extensions of Strasbourg: from Grande-ile to Neustadt, a European urban scene (France) and The ...
3825.
The 16th of November marks the 48th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. This Convention protects the world’s most outstanding places, belonging to us all.
Where it all began
The idea of creating an international movement for protecting heritage emerged after World War I. The 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural ...
3826.
The 16th of November marks the anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. The Convention has preserved UNESCO World Heritage, natural and cultural for 49 years.
This common heritage belonging to us all is the best of our world, and the best of who we are. However the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) made it clear that if we do not adequately ...
3827.
Mali,On 22 March 2012 a military coup d’etat ousted the President of the Republic of Mali. The cause of this uprising was the difficulties linked to the conflict in the north of the country that, since mid-January 2012, opposed the Mali army to the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), mainly supported by the Islamic groups Ansar Dine and Al ...
3828.
Germany,Four-lane bridge construction project in the property,At its 30th session (Vilnius, 2006), the World Heritage Committee had expressed great concern about a bridge project, as approved by the City Council, considering that its construction would “irreversibly damage the values and integrity of the property”, based on an independent visual impact study conducted by ...
3829.
Chile,a) Extremely fragile nature of the industrial buildings that were constructed using local materials such as timber for frames, corrugated iron sheets for roofs and some walls, in addition to stucco and lightweight construction;
b) Lack of maintenance over the past 40 years as well as vandalism at the property;
c) Corrosion of metal cladding and dismantlement of some ...
3830.
Greece,
Forest fire in 1990 (issue resolved)
Overgrazing (issue resolved)
Chemical pollution (issue resolved)
Proposed hydrodam construction (issue resolved)
Need for a forest management plan (issue resolved)
Devastating fire at the Hilandry Monastery on Mount Athos in March 2004
Lack of overall management plan;
Excessive road construction;
Timber extraction
Lack of ...
3831.
France,,The property of Bordeaux, Port of the Moon was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee at its 31st session (Christchurch 2007). However, very shortly afterwards, two major river crossing problems arose, threatening the outstanding universal value of the property : the first concerns one of the wet docks of the Port due to the ...
3832.
Pakistan,a) Urban Pressure;
b) Insufficient management mechanism (including incomplete legislation, lack of financial resources).,On 5 April 2006, the World Heritage Centre received a state of conservation report, dated 31 March 2006, with a copy of the two draft master plans from the State Party, one for Lahore Fort and the other for Shalamar Gardens. This report ...
3833.
Algeria,a) Development linked to socio-economic changes and population growth, causing strong urban pressure;
b) Deterioration of the environment, uncontrolled urban growth in the palm groves and the bed of the wadi, visual impact impaired by new construction on the hills;
c) Lack of a legal protection framework and safeguarding plan;
d) Loss of craftsmanship ...
3834.
Czechia,,In the 1950s a removable revolving audience (hereafter: 'revolving theatre') with 80 seats has been installed inside of the 17th century garden in front of the rococo summerhouse Bellaria in order to use this historic setting as a backdrop for the theatre. The theatre expanded in the 1960s and in 1998 to become a permanent construction with a present seating ...
3835.
Azerbaijan,Urban Pressure; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation),Since the inscription of the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2003, the World Heritage Centre has been preparing an Action Plan in consultation with UNESCO’s Cultural Heritage Division, ICOMOS, ICCROM and the national authorities. One of the first steps foreseen in the ...
3836.
Lebanon,
Absence of legislative framework and comprehensive management plan;
Absence of coordination mechanisms;
Illegal constructions and encroachments;
Degradation of the mural paintings and buildings;
Uncontrolled tourist development and absence of visitor management.
,On 5 March 2014, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report. This brief report ...
3837.
Mali,
Occupation of the property by armed groups
Lack of management structure at the site
Armed conflict
,On 18 February 2015, the State Party submitted a brief report on the state of conservation of the property, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/119/documents/. The State Party reports the following:
15 of the 16 mausoleums in the serial World Heritage ...
3838.
Chile,
Insufficient delimitation of boundaries
Construction of a shopping mall in the vicinity of the Castro Church
,On 9 February 2015, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, a summary of which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/971/documents/. Implementation of actions is reported as follows:
The legal text establishing the new Ministry ...
3839.
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of),
Serious deterioration of materials and structures
Deterioration of the architectural and urban coherence and integrity of the property
Lack of adequate management, planning and conservation mechanisms
Absence of detailed and technical information on the state of conservation of the property since 2007
Flooding and water damage
,On 10 ...
3840.
Peru,
Deliberate demolition of historic buildings
Ground transport infrastructure
Planned and ongoing development projects
Management systems (lack of a Risk Preparedness Plan)
Lack of management plan (issue resolved)
Uncontrolled urban development
,On 13 February 2015 and 27 January 2016, the State Party submitted annual reports on its actions in 2014 and 2015 ...
3841.
Russian Federation,
Lack of joint management system between national, local and religious authorities (issue resolved)
Lack of monitoring mechanisms
Lack of appropriate legal measures and rules for conservation, restoration, management and use of World Heritage properties of religious interest
,On 23 December 2015, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, ...
3842.
Ukraine,
Urban development pressure
High-rise buildings that could compromise the panorama of the historical monastic Dnieper river landscape (built)
Lack of legal protection and planning mechanisms
Lack of management system and mechanisms of coordination between all stakeholders including the City Municipality
,On 29 January 2016, the State Party submitted a report on the ...
3843.
Chile,
Extremely fragile nature of the industrial buildings that were constructed using local materials such as timber for frames, corrugated iron sheets for roofs and some walls, in addition to stucco and lightweight construction
Lack of maintenance over the past 40 years as well as vandalism at the property
Corrosion of metal cladding and dismantlement of some of the ...
3844.
Libya,
Deliberate destruction of heritage (Inadequate protection leading to threat to rock-hewn monumental tombs, vandalism and the development of agricultural activities in the rural zone)
Governance
Housing (Urban encroachment and uncontrolled building construction leading to destruction of archaeological areas)
Interpretative and visitation facilities (Need for a ...
3845.
Austria,
Water infrastructure (hydroelectric power station Salzburg-Lehen) (issue resolved)
Ground transport infrastructure (train station project outside the buffer zone) (issue resolved)
Housing (urban development pressure, high-rise projects)
Management systems/ management plan (integrated approach towards management; apparent lack of legislative and planning ...
3846.
Brazil,
Urban pressure that may affect the original city plan (Plano Piloto) that warranted inscription in the World Heritage List
Lack of a Master Plan
,On 1 December 2016, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/445/documents and presents the following information:
A working group of the Federal ...
3847.
Poland,
Lack of Management Plan
Slow process of consultation with local communities
Ground transport infrastructure
,On 24 November 2017, the State Party submitted a report, available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/31/documents concerning the implementation of the recommendations of the Committee at its 40th session, as follows:
Following receipt of the ICOMOS ...
3848.
Bolivia (Plurinational State of),
Management systems/management plan
Mining
Surface water pollution
Potential degradation of the historic site by continued and uncontrolled mining operations in the Cerro Rico Mountain
Instability and risk of collapse of the Cerro Rico
Deficiencies in conservation: special attention required for the restoration and upgrading of structures ...
3849.
Mali,
Occupation of the property by armed groups
Lack of management structure at the site
Armed conflict
,On 31 January 2018, in response to Decision 41 COM 7A.30, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, supplemented by a report submitted on 3 March 2018; these reports are available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/119/documents/, ...
3850.
Cambodia,Factors identified at the time of inscription of the property:
Need to clarify the attributes of the Outstanding Universal Value with regards to the boundaries of the temples zone and the buffer zone
Necessity to augment the Conservation Plan, to refine the Management Plan and to complement the monitoring program
Need to address a number of tourism-related ...
3851.
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 ...
3852.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Interpretative and visitation facilities (Construction proposals in the immediate vicinity of the property that could have an adverse impact on the setting, related vistas and integrity of the property)
Buildings and Development (Continuous development pressure for high-rise buildings that pose changes to skyline and ...
3853.
Honduras,
The foreseen construction of an airport in the vicinity of the World Heritage property in a national protected area (issue resolved)
Deterioration of construction materials due to natural decay phenomena
High impact research / monitoring activities (Risk of structural failure of archaeological complexes resulting from tunnels excavated for archaeological ...
3854.
Ghana,
Erosion (issue resolved in 1998 but significant again in 2019)
Housing (issue resolved in 1998 but significant again in 2019)
Management systems/ management plan (issue resolved in 1998 but significant again in 2019)
Heavy rain (issue resolved in 1998 but significant again in 2019)
Wind (issue resolved in 1998 but significant again in 2019)
Salt-laden atmosphere ...
3855.
Mali,
No management and conservation plan
Pressure from urban development
Deterioration of dwellings
Waste disposal problems
Encroachment of the archaeological sites
Instable security situation
,On 28 January 2020, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report on the property, available at https://whc.unesco.org/, followed by additional information on 26 ...
3856.
Nigeria,
Damage to the Hidi Palace, the Palace Square, the Black Smith Homestead, paved walkways and ritual structures by insurgents
Civil unrest
Illegal activities
,On 7 September 2019, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, and additional updated information was provided on 16 March 2020, which is available at ...
3857.
Lao People's Democratic Republic,
Ground transport infrastructure (New infrastructure construction, including new proposed roads)
Housing (New constructions contributing to the haphazard densification of the main monumental complex)
Management systems/Management Plan (Lack of a coordinated management mechanism)
Impacts of tourism/visitors/recreation
Interpretative and ...
3858.
Brazil,
Housing (urban pressure that may affect the original city plan (Plano Piloto) that warranted inscription on the World Heritage List)
Management systems/ management plan (lack of a Master Plan)
,On 30 November 2022, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/445/documents/. Progress in a number of ...
3859.
Panama,
Erosion and siltation/ deposition
Housing (encroachments and urban pressure)
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation (tourism pressure -particularly at Portobelo)
Land conversion
Management systems/ management plan (absence of a conservation and management plan)
Fragile state of the property and accelerated degradation by environmental factors, lack of ...
3860.
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 ...
3861.
Pakistan,
Lack of appropriate conservation work;
Deterioration of structures;
Suspension of management system;
Issues linked to water (drainage, water stagnation, flooding)
Damage arising from the 2022 monsoon
,On 20 January 2024, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/138/documents. Progress in ...
3862.
Türkiye,a) Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected zones (particularly Ottoman-period timber houses in the Zeyrek and Süleymaniye core areas);
b) Quality of repairs and reconstruction of the Roman and Byzantine Walls and associated palace structures, including Tekfur Saray and the ‘Anemas Dungeon’ (Blachernae Palace);
c) ...
3863.
Created in 2003 within the framework of the Global Strategy for the balanced, representative and credible World Heritage List, as a pilot activity for the identification of the sites connected with astronomy, the Thematic Initiative on Astronomy and World Heritage, aims to establish a link between Science and Culture towards recognition of the monuments and sites connected ...
3864.
Madagascar,
Encroachment
Fire
Hunting and poaching
Artisanal mining
Illegal logging
Governance
,On 29 January 2015, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1257/documents/. The mission to the property, requested by the Committee at its 38th session (Doha, 2014), is postponed until ...
3865.
Ihavandhoo Friday Mosque, N6° 57′ 17.45″, E72° 55′ 38.27″ Meedhoo Friday Mosque, N5° 27′ 27.84″, E72° 57′ 16.41″ Malé Friday Mosque, N4° 10′ 40.79″, E73° 30′ 44.56″ Malé Eid Mosque, N4° 10′ 29.41″, E73° 30′ 15.13″ Fenfushi Friday Mosque, N3° 29′ 21.65″, E72° 47′ 1.61″ Isdhoo Old Mosque, N2° 12′ 96.55″, E73° 58′ 00.74″
The Maldives lies in the middle of the Indian Ocean. ...
3866.
N°
Name of the Component
Coordinates
01
Sadd Al-Bint (also called Sadd Qusaybah)
25°29’6.04”N
39°21’46.38”E
02
Sadd Al-Hasid – Ancient Dam; Restored Dam
25°32’41.74”N
39°23’10.67”E
03
Sadd Al-Khanaq (also called Mu’awiyah) – Dam 1; Dam 2
24°26’34.28”N
39°55’7.33”E
04
Sadd Samallaqi
21°7’45.60”N
40°30’44.32”E
05
Sadd ...
3867.
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 ...
3868.
Located 60 km outside of Asuncion, Templo San Buenaventura in the historical town Yaguaron is a well-preserved example of the colonial Franciscan Reductions of Paraguay. The Franciscan reductions, or missions, were some of the first Catholic institutions in the region and their effects can still be seen today. Their towns "reduced" the originally nomadic natives to fixed ...
3869.
Beypazarı is a district of the capital city, Ankara, and located in Central Anatolia 98 km west of the capital. Beypazarı has been settled since ancient times, and holds symbols of ancient traditions with rich historical and natural resources. Though the district has been ruled by the Hittites, Phrygia, Galatia, Rome, Byzantine, Anatolia Seljuk, and Ottoman dynasties, it ...
3870.
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 ...
3871.
The small town of Hatta is situated at the foot of the Hajar Mountains, a chain that stretch out the south-eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, along the Gulf of Oman. This mountain range, shared by Oman and the United Arab Emirates, features the Samail ophiolite, the largest and best-preserved ophiolite complex in the world. The landscape of the region is characterized ...
3872.
The name "makhalla" (community), derives from the word "mahal", meaning "place" and "time, moment". This duality has always been characteristic of the makhalla. A makhalla is not only a territorial and administrative unit, a community of people living in a certain territory in a city or district, but also a way of life, a type of thinking and a centuries-old ...
3873.
Recent events in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Mali have highlighted the multiple threats to cultural heritage during crisis, including deliberate attacks, destruction as collateral damage in fighting, the greed of unscrupulous traders and collectors, vandalism of factions that seek to erase the achievements of past cultures.These events have shown the complexity of any ...
3874.
Colombia,a) Construction of TRANSCARIBE, a new public transportation system and its impact on the wall;
b) Lack of a regulatory conservation management system of the property;
c) Impact of the harbour public works on the fortifications of Cartagena;
d) Need of urban regulations for the protected area;
e) Lack of a Management Plan.,The World Heritage Centre received the ...
3875.
Iraq,
Major looting of Iraqi archaeological sites
Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict
,On 11 February 2019, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/277/documents. Progress in a number of conservation issues addressed by the Committee at its previous sessions is presented in this report, as ...
3876.
Ghana,
Erosion (issue resolved in 1998 but significant again in 2019)
Housing, (issue resolved in 1998 but significant again in 2019)
Commercial development
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Illegal construction
Interpretative and visitation facilities
Ground transport infrastructure
Ground Water Pollution
Solid waste
Management systems/management ...
3877.
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 ...
3878.
Uzbekistan,
Ground Transport Infrastructure (Roads)
High impact research / monitoring activities
Housing, Development (Use of new building material and methods, inappropriate restoration and reconstruction methods; utilities or service infrastructure)
Management deficiency (Lack of coordination with regard to the conservation and restoration activities carried out as part ...
3879.
Czechia,
Development of high-rise constructions on the Pankrác Plain
Lack of effectiveness of existing planning, management, and conservation measures for the property, particularly lack of specific regulations for high-rise developments
Lack of Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) for proposed projects which may affect the OUV of the property
Lack of a finalized Management ...
3880.
Workers’ Assembly Halls is a proposed transnational serial nomination that is representative of the global phenomenon of mass organisation of workers by the international democratic labour movement in the context of industrialisation during the formative period of working-class internationalism from 1850 to 1950. Purpose-built and established by international democratic ...
3881.
L’île monastique de l’archipel de Lérins, Saint-Honorat, est située au large de Cannes, dans le sud-est de la France. Par ses vestiges et les éléments remarquables des différentes étapes de son histoire, elle atteste de manière exceptionnelle de la tradition religieuse et culturelle d’un espace insulaire, de l’Antiquité tardive à nos jours.
Foyer spirituel chrétien depuis ...
3882.
The Church of Mor Sobo
37°28'38.46"N - 41°36'33.04"E
Yoldath Aloho (Meryem Ana)
37°28'29.67"N - 41°36'34.23"E
The Monastery of Deyrul Zafaran
37°17'56.51"N - 40°47'33.27"E
The Monastery of Mor Gabriel
37°19'18.53"N - 41°32'18.29"E
The Monastery of Mor Abai
37°33'23.70"N - 40°57'35.12"E
The Monastry of Mor Loozor
37°28'21.88"N - ...
3883.
Czechia,a) Development of high rise constructions on the Pankrác plain;
b) Lack of effectiveness of existing planning, management and conservation measures for the property.,On 8 January 2010 a report on the state of conservation of the Historic Centre of Prague was submitted by the State Party as well as two letters on high-rise developments and the restoration of ...
3884.
Türkiye,a) Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected areas (mainly the Ottoman period timber houses in the district of Zeyrek and Süleymaniye);
b) Quality of repairs and reconstruction of the Roman and Byzantine Walls;
c) Uncontrolled development and absence of a World Heritage management plan;
d) Lack of coordination between national ...
3885.
Syrian Arab Republic,Since March 2011:
Damage of historic buildings due to the conflict
Illegal constructions following the start of the conflict
,On 14 January 2015, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report for the six World Heritage properties in Syria, and on 9 April 2015 an update on the Ancient City of Bosra; which are available at ...
3886.
The urban morphology of the two small cities of Ubeda and Baeza in southern Spain dates back to the Moorish 9th century and to the Reconquista in the 13th century. An important development took place in the 16th century, when the cities were subject to renovation along the lines of the emerging Renaissance. This planning intervention was part of the introduction into Spain ...
3887.
The World Heritage Committee, meeting for its 32nd session, inscribed 13 new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in the afternoon and evening of 7 July. The nomination of new sites for inscription on the World Heritage List will continue tomorrow morning, 8 July.The new sites inscribed are:
Preah Vihear Temple (Cambodia). Situated on the edge of a plateau that ...
3888.
Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Management System/Management Plan (Lack of conservation and/or management plans)
Management activities (Inappropriate restoration works)
Housing (Urban encroachment)
Quarrying (Exploitation of quarries within the perimeter of World Heritage properties)
Since 2011:
War (Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict)
Major ...
3889.
No.
Name of the component
District
Coordinates (Central Point)
Area of the property component (Ha)
RDN* No.
01
Kuelap
Tingo
840435 E, 9289833 N
136.88
196
02
Ollape
La Jalca
187547 E, 9282272 N
5
196
03
Yalape
Levanto
180231 E, 9303207 N
45.6
196
04
Macro
Magdalena
177232 E, 9295451 ...
3890.
Villa La Isabela Archaeological Site includes, among other archaeological vestiges, the ruins of the buildings built in the first European settlement in America: the Villa of La Isabela.
The site has 2 hectares and is located on a calcareous cliff over the Atlantic Ocean, at the foot of the northern mountains rage, northwest of the Dominican Republic (north of the island ...
3891.
The Temple of Soleb is a pharaonic temple located 50 km between the second and the third cataracts on the west bank of the Nile. The area of Soleb had a long history of use; near the temple are prehistoric graves, a Nubian A-Group, Kerma Culture, New Kingdom Necropolis, and a Meroitic cemetery. The temple of Soleb, constructed during the reign of Amenhotep III (1378-1348 ...
3892.
Huffman Prairie Flying Field 84°4'16.229"W 39°48'28.067"NWright Cycle Company and Wright & Wright Printing 84°12'42.967"W 39°45'19.25"N Wright Hall 84°12'5.4"W 39°43'40.23"NHawthorn Hill 84°10'34.68"W 39°43'20.244"NThis proposed serial nomination includes the four above-named ...
3893.
European Union and UNESCO initiative: "Towards strengthened governance of the shared transboundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid Region"
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) is seeking to contract a consultant to develop and implement an integrated capacity-building programme with particular emphasis on management ...
3894.
India,Development project negatively impacting the World Heritage value of the properties of Taj Mahal and Agra Fort (‘Taj Heritage Corridor Project’). The project was suspended by the Indian authorities in 2004. ,No progress report has been received from the State Party, as requested by the Committee at its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007).
In August 2009, the World ...
3895.
Ghana,
Insufficient resources available for the conservation of fragile Ashanti buildings
Need for conservation and management plans for the entire site
Important restoration work carried out without any serious scientific, documented research
,Previous deliberation:
Twenty-first extraordinary session of the Bureau - Chapter III.C.c.
Satisfied with the results ...
3896.
India,Development project negatively impacting the World Heritage value of the properties of Taj Mahal and Agra Fort (‘Taj Heritage Corridor Project’). The project was suspended by the Indian authorities in 2004. ,No progress report has been received from the State Party, as requested by the Committee at its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007).
In August 2009, the World ...
3897.
India,Development project negatively impacting the World Heritage value of the properties of Taj Mahal and Agra Fort (‘Taj Heritage Corridor Project’). The project was suspended by the Indian authorities in 2004. ,No progress report has been received from the State Party, as requested by the Committee at its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007).
In August 2009, the World ...
3898.
At the end of the 19th Century, the difficult conditions, persecutions, pogroms and restrictive laws against Jewish communities in the Russian Empire led to emigration to seek freedom to practice their religion, language and social traditions. Argentina offered those conditions and thousands of Jews emigrated to that country. From 1891 on, the Jewish Colonization ...
3899.
Qohaito is a plateau located at an elevation of about 2,600 m and 2,700 m above sea level. Situated between the Wadi-Haddas and the Wadi-Komaile the high mountain range gives way to a flat plateau, which extends about 16km in the south-north direction and varies between 4km and 400 meters in the shorter direction east-west. The total area is 32 square kilometers and the ...
3900.
Lake Titicaca is the largest freshwater lake in South America and the highest of the world's large lakes. Titicaca is one of less than twenty ancient lakes on earth, and is thought to be three million years old. Lake Titicaca sits 3 810 m above sea level and is situated between Peru to the west and Bolivia to the east. Peruvian part is located in Puno department, in Puno ...
3901.
The World Heritage Committee today finalized this year's additions to UNESCO's World Heritage List with the inscription of three new sites: Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius (Serbia), Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (Azerbaijan), and Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico.The Late Roman fortified ...
3902.
Christchurch, New Zealand, 29 June - The World Heritage Committee inscribed 22 new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List during its ongoing session in Christchurch. The new inscriptions include 16 cultural, five natural and one mixed, cultural and natural property. In a decision unprecedented in the history of UNESCO's Convention concerning the Protection of the ...
3903.
The World Heritage Committee will consider the inscription of 36 sites on the World Heritage List during its next meeting from 24 June to 6 July, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
The forthcoming 36 th session of the Committee , an independent body of 21 States Parties to the 1972 World Heritage Convention , will be chaired by. Eleonora Mitrofanova, Ambassador ...
3904.
Qatar announces $10m donation for new heritage protection initiative.
Doha, 15 June —The Prime Minister of Qatar, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, today announced a $10 million donation to a new fund to protect World Heritage sites affected by conflict or natural disaster. The Prime Minister made the announcement during the opening ceremony of the annual ...
3905.
Bonn, 29 June—The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today launched the Global Coalition, Unite for Heritage, during the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Bonn, Germany. The campaign is designed to strengthen the mobilization of governments and all heritage stakeholders in the face of deliberate damage to cultural heritage, particularly in the ...
3906.
The World Heritage Committee this morning approved the inscription of six cultural sites on World Heritage List: Tusi Sites (China), Susa, Cultural Landscape of Maymand (both in the Islamic Republic of Iran), Singapore Botanic Gardens (Singapore), Baekje Historic Areas (Republic of Korea), Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape (Mongolia).
Tusi ...
3907.
The World Heritage Committee this afternoon approved the inscription of four cultural sites on the World Heritage List: Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining in Japan, Ephesus in Turkey, Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System in Mexico, and Fray Bentos Cultural-Industrial Landscape in Uruguay.
The Committee also ...
3908.
The World Heritage Committee will examine proposals to inscribe 29 sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during its 40th session (10 to 20 July), which will be chaired by Ambassador Lale Ulker, General Director for Overseas Promotion and Cultural Affairs at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The session will be held at the Istanbul Congress Centre.
The Committee will ...
3909.
The UNESCO Dolomites Foundation is the first Italian organisation to sign up to the Google Trekker Loan Program, so from today it will be possible to enjoy the Dolomites online, anywhere from New York to Calcutta, on Google Maps Street View.
The result of the combined effort put in by volunteer mapping team from the Dolomites regional mountaineering clubs, the UNESCO ...
3910.
On 3 October 2017, the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of South Sudan submitted three heritage sites to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre to be included on its first ever Tentative List of potential World Heritage sites: Sudd Wetlands (Mixed Natural/Cultural site); Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape (Natural site); and DeimZubier Slave Route Site ...
3911.
From 17 to 26 June 2020, UNESCO successfully organised its first World Heritage City Lab, an online innovation laboratory for analysis, assessment, learning, and development of strategies for the protection and management of World Heritage properties in the urban context.
Carried out in collaboration with the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Convention— the ...
3912.
“The Global Research and Action Agenda on Culture, Heritage, and Climate Change: Scientific Outcome of the International Co-Sponsored Meeting on Culture, Heritage, and Climate Change”, the result of collaboration between UNESCO and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), co-sponsored by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is now ...
3913.
World Heritage List Nominations
Only countries that have signed the World Heritage Convention, pledging to protect their natural and cultural heritage, can submit nomination proposals for properties on their territory to be considered for inclusion in UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
{{type6
Nominations proposedfor examination
security Only visible to Advisory Bodies ...
3914.
Peru,a) Need for a Master Plan officially approved and implemented;
b) Need for specific regulations for a risk-preparedness programme, traffic restriction studies and regulations for built heritage conservation;
c) Planned infrastructure projects (i.e. the Monastery Hotel, Commercial Centre Ima Sumaq and the Marriot Hotel),The State Party submitted a report on the state ...
3915.
Czechia,Revolving theatre located in the castle garden,On 31 January 2011, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, providing highly detailed information on current state of conservation issues identified by the national authorities, and responding to the requests for removal of the revolving theatre from its site in the Cesky ...
3916.
Egypt,a) Rise in the water table;
b) Impact on structures due to earth trembling and other forms of damage likely to result from the use of heavy earth-moving equipment;
c) Lack of conservation plan, defining short-, medium-, and long-term objectives and establishing technical parameters (materials, techniques, etc);
d) Need for a management plan, to include research, ...
3917.
Indonesia,a) Ineffectual legal and institutional framework for the management and protection of the property;
b) Impacts on the stone of Borobudur Temple from the use of epoxy resin, steam cleaning and water repellants.,The Borobudur Temple Compounds was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. At its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007), the World Heritage Committee ...
3918.
Mexico,Urban development pressures in areas surrounding the property.,The State Party did not submit the design, adoption and implementation of the integrated Archaeological Site Management Plan as requested by the World Heritage Committee in 2005. Over the last two years, the State Party has undertaken several initiatives to update the existing Management Plan that was ...
3919.
Russian Federation,a) Structural integrity of the Church of the Transfiguration as well as the overall restoration and conservation project to replace the scaffolding within the Church;
b) Tourism development pressures affecting the property;
c) The need to strengthen management of the property. ,The Russian Federation has submitted two reports to the World Heritage ...
3920.
Latvia,Regulations for building permissions and guidelines for new construction projects within Riga and its buffer zone; high-rise building project located in the buffer zone.,As requested by the Committee at its 28th session (Suzhou, 2004), the State Party provided a report on Riga, submitted in January 2005, which provided update information on the implementation of the ...
3921.
Albania,Lack of management mechanisms and tourism pressure; state of conservation of the property and implementation of the recommendations of the joint missions ,The inclusion of Butrint on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1997 was motivated by the fact that the property had been faced with serious deterioration of materials resulting in an important loss of ...
3922.
Algeria,,Intense development linked to socio-economic changes threatens the historic ksour of the M'Zab Valley. Several new houses have been built in areas that are not suitable for construction, such as the palm groves or the bed of the oued. Rain water has already caused damage. Furthermore, buildings erected on the hills surrounding the town cause a strong ...
3923.
Latvia,Urban Pressure.
Additional Details:
Construction of a skyscraper,The Latvian authorities have provided a report with update information on the implementation of the law adopted in 2003 and the construction project "Saules akmens" as requested by the Committee at its 27th session, including the:
(a) Draft preservation and development plan: To date the draft ...
3924.
Bulgaria,
Lack of a management plan (issue resolved);
Urban development pressure;
Lack of an urban master plan and of a conservation master plan of monuments and archaeological sites;
Illegal constructions.
,On 28 January 2013, the State Party submitted a detailed and comprehensive state of conservation report. An ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission visited the property ...
3925.
Algeria,
Progressive deterioration
Lack of a safeguarding legislative instrument
Absence of legal instruments for the application of the 98.04 Law for the protection of cultural heritage
Need for training
,WHC:
In September 2002, a WHC mission went to the site in order to assess the development of the situation, and had the opportunity to visit the Citadel, the Lower ...
3926.
Egypt,
Rising underground water level
Risks of flooding (Valleys of Kings and Queens)
Absence of a comprehensive Management Plan
Major infrastructure and development projects taking place or scheduled
Uncontrolled urban development
Housing and agricultural encroachment on the West Bank of the Nile
Demolitions in the villages of Gourna on the West Bank of the Nile and ...
3927.
Libya,
Deliberate destruction of heritage (Inadequate protection leading to threat to rock-hewn monumental tombs, vandalism and the development of agricultural activities in the rural zone)
Governance
Housing (Urban encroachment and uncontrolled building construction leading to destruction of archaeological areas)
Interpretative and visitation facilities (Need for a ...
3928.
Egypt,
Growing number of visitors (issue resolved)
Uncontrolled development of the nearby village (issue resolved)
Deterioration of the monuments (issue resolved)
Tunnel construction project
Urban encroachment
Infrastructure and tourism developments
Development and Urban Infrastructure projects (including Ring Road project)
Absence of a single integrated Plan of Management ...
3929.
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 ...
3930.
Yemen,
Financial resources
Human resources
Floods (issue previously reported as being resolved)
Poor maintenance (issue previously reported as being resolved)
Damage to historic buildings
Reduction in support and resources arising from political and socio-economic disturbances
Armed conflict situation since 2015
Threats from rain and floods
,On 1 February 2020, a report on ...
3931.
Côte d'Ivoire,
Management system to be strengthened (need to specify the limits of the property for the land parts by following the cadastral limits, to extend the limits of the unified buffer zone at the level of the Petit Paris district and the lighthouse, to strengthen the practical and operational dimension of the Conservation and Management Plan for the property, to ...
3932.
Uganda,
Mining (Kilembe mine)
Staffing and budgetary deficiencies (issue resolved)
Degradation of buffer zone (issue resolved)
Climate change
Management systems/ management plan
Impacts of tourism (cable car)
Fires
,On 2 October 2019, the State Party submitted the state of conservation report. A joint World Heritage Centre/IUCN Reactive Monitoring mission subsequently ...
3933.
Yemen,
Financial resources
Human resources
Floods (issue previously reported as being resolved)
Poor maintenance (issue previously reported as being resolved)
Damage to historic buildings
Reduction in support and resources arising from political and socio-economic disturbances
Armed conflict situation since 2015
Threats from rain and floods
,On 31 January 2022, the State ...
3934.
Chile,
Insufficient delimitation of boundaries
Construction of a shopping mall in the vicinity of the Castro Church
Insufficient legal definition of buffer zones and visually sensitive areas of each component
Commercial development
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure
Legal framework
Management activities
Management systems/ management plan
,On 2 ...
3935.
Nigeria,
Urban development close to the property
Road construction around the property
Pollution of the Osun River
Bush fires within the property
Adverse impact of the commercialisation of the annual festival
Fragility of spiritual, symbolic and ritual qualities of the Grove in the face of a growth in visitor numbers and the lack of a tourism management plan
Road through ...
3936.
Some 80 high-level participants, representing a wide range of fields, gathered at the International Conference on World Heritage in Young Hands - A Dialogue among Civilizations, held in Aswan/Cairo (Egypt) from 6-12 February 2002. In addition to experts from some 20 countries around the world, the Conference benefited from the participation of 20 Egyptian ...
3937.
From 1 to 10 September 2016, thousands of leaders and decision-makers from government, civil society, indigenous peoples, business and academia will gather together in Honolulu (Hawaii) to share ideas on how to improve the ways we manage the natural environment for human, social and economic development. Held every four years, the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC) ...
3938.
The Simien Mountains National Park (SMNP) is a world heritage property located some 800km north of Addis Ababa in Amhara National Regional State in the northern Ethiopia highland massif. The property area was only 136 square kilometers when it was originally established under the Negarit Gazetta No 4 of 31st October 1969, Order No 59 of 1969. More recently, the Simien ...
3939.
Shrines and sacred sites in Malawi have been in existence since 1500 A.D. They were used by our ancestors to offer sacrifices to their Mphambe (God) in times of drought or other calamities. These sites are spatially located in different areas throughout Malawi.
Khulubvi Sacred Shrine
Khulubvi sacred shrine is located in Nsanje District, in the lower Shire Valley in ...
3940.
Ethiopia,
Erosion and siltation/ deposition
Development projects
Housing
Industrial areas
Land conversion
,A joint UNESCO/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission was carried out from 13-19 April 2015 regarding the concerns expressed by the Committee in 2014 at the potential impacts of the Kuraz Sugar Cane project. The mission report is available at ...
3941.
The earliest reference to Podblagaj dates from 1447. The settlement was located at the foot of the Blagaj fort, where the road runs down from the fort and intersects with the Nevesinje road. There was too little trade for a commercial centre to emerge. In an agricultural environment of this kind the circumstances were not such as to give rise to an urban settlement, let ...
3942.
Panama,a) Severe deterioration of historic buildings that threaten the Outstanding Universal Value of the property;
b) Conflicting interests of different stakeholders with regard to the use, management and conservation of the Historic Centre;
c) Limited capacity for the rehabilitation and maintenance of historic structures;
d) Deficiencies in the implementation of the ...
3943.
Assisi, a medieval city built on a hill, is the birthplace of Saint Francis, closely associated with the work of the Franciscan Order. Its medieval art masterpieces, such as the Basilica of San Francesco and paintings by Cimabue, Pietro Lorenzetti, Simone Martini and Giotto, have made Assisi a fundamental reference point for the development of Italian and European art and ...
3944.
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 tunnel ...
3945.
Founded in 1519 by the conquistador Pedrarias Dávila, Panamá Viejo is the oldest European settlement on the Pacific coast of the Americas. It was laid out on a rectilinear grid and marks the transference from Europe of the idea of a planned town. Abandoned in the mid-17th century, it was replaced by a ‘new town’ (the ‘Historic District’), which has also preserved its ...
3946.
The cathedral and churches of Echmiatsin and the archaeological remains at Zvartnots graphically illustrate the evolution and development of the Armenian central-domed cross-hall type of church, which exerted a profound influence on architectural and artistic development in the region. 1011Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of ...
3947.
Macao, a lucrative port of strategic importance in the development of international trade, was under Portuguese administration from the mid-16th century until 1999, when it came under Chinese sovereignty. With its historic street, residential, religious and public Portuguese and Chinese buildings, the historic centre of Macao provides a unique testimony to the meeting of ...
3948.
During mid-19th and 20th centuries, settlements arose along the Gulf of Arauco, in a territory known as the Carbon Basin of the Biobio Region in Chile, due to and for the exploitation of submarine coal deposits, which, located down the coastline of the cities of Coronel, Lota, Curanilahue and Lebu, began a globalization process in South America that originated an intense ...
3949.
Tayrona National Park N11 16 0 W74 3 0
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Natural Park N10 52 0 W73 43 0
The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Natural Park has an area of 383,000 hectares, ranging from 0 meters above sea level to perpetual snows as high as 5,770 meters above sea level. It is located in the jurisdiction of the departments of Magdalena, ...
3950.
Ptolemais was one of the five major cities (the Pentapolis) in the Cyrenaica – Cyrene, Apollonia, Ptolemais, Taucheira, and Berenice/Euesperides. While closely linked to the cultural trends of the Graeco-Roman world, the five cities of the Pentapolis exemplify the distinctive regional cultural traditions created by the diverse ethnicities that made up the region’s social ...
3951.
Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan),
High impact research / monitoring activities
Housing
Natural risk factors
Management systems/management plan; lack of planning, governance and management processes
Alteration of the urban and social fabric
Impact of archaeological excavations
Deterioration of monuments
Urban environment and visual integrity
Traffic, access and ...
3952.
Albania,North Macedonia,
Management systems/ management plan
Buildings and development
Ground transport infrastructure
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure (proposed Galičica Ski Centre)
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
,A joint ICOMOS/IUCN Advisory mission visited the North Macedonia part of the property in December 2019 to consider road ...
3953.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,a) Armed conflict and political instability;
b) Poaching by nationals and Sudanese;
c) Ill-adapted management capabilities.,The State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property on 8 February 2010. This report contained information on progress accomplished in the implementation of the corrective measures. From 20 ...
3954.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,a) Extensive poaching of large mammals, in particular elephants;
b) Mining activities inside the property;
c) Uncontrolled migration into the villages located within the property;
d) Illegal timber exploitation in the Ituri Forest, which might affect the property in the near future;
e) Planned rehabilitation of the National Road RN4 ...
3955.
Over the course of the 12th century, Hiraizumi was a political and administrative center established in the northern part of Japan’s main island of Honshû, in what was then a borderland between the territories ruled by Japan’s central government and the regions farther to the north, and whose lively commerce with these regions served as its economic ...
3956.
China,The proposed high-rise buildings were threatening to affect the visual integrity of the property (issue resolved),The World Heritage Committee in Decision 33 COM 7B.67 noted, inter alia, the apparent inadequacy of the current management system and requested the State Party to develop a draft Statement of Outstanding Universal Value and appropriate legal and planning ...
3957.
France,Factors identified at the time of inscription of the property:
need to revise the boundaries
inventory of buildings and monitoring of slow changes
management coordination
,On 29 November 2022, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1635/documents/. Progress on a number of conservation issues ...
3958.
Seaweed houses:1. Museumsgården, Museumsvej 3. N57 15 47 – E11 01 572. Hedvigs Hus, Linievejen 36. N57 18 27 – E11 07 32
Sea-salt production cultural landscape:3. Rønnerne (nature- and sites and monuments-protected areas, approx. defined by the points:) N57 13 33 – E11 00 33, N57 14 16 - E11 03 27 and N57 11 48 E11 07 43 Additional component parts (Seaweed houses) to be ...
3959.
The Samaria Gorge is the acknowledged natural site and symbol of the island of Crete. It holds a unique and distinguished position in Cretan, Greek and Mediterranean history, as a place that has served throughout history as an ark for life and a haven of freedom. It is also identified with the unceasing production of the material and immaterial cultural heritage of Crete ...
3960.
The site the area of the "twin towns" of Komarom (H) and Komarno (SK) situated on the facing banks of the Danube - has since ancient times been an important cross point on the Danube. The Roman fortresses and towns Brigetio and Celamantia of the Pannonian Roman Limes were flourishing and active between the 1st and the 4th centuries AD, (partly excavated ruins are ...
3961.
Ali ibn Moosa (Ali the son of Moosa) known as Reza is of descendants of Muhammad, the holy prophet of Islam, cherished by the Muslims of the whole world for his high spiritual levels and importance whom born in Medina and moved to Thus in Iran after the order of Ma'mūn, the seventh Abbasid caliph, when the most significance part of Imam Reza’s life regarding his political ...
3962.
Kirkuk Citadel is located in the center of the city of Kirkuk, and considered one of the oldest parts of the urban city. Some historians believe that Gutians were the ones who built the Citadel, based on an old cuneiform tablet, and it can be said that this high settlement, now called Kirkuk Citadel, was famous since the middle of the second millennium BC as “Citadel of ...
3963.
Ahin Rice Terraces: 16°46' N, 120°56' E
Hingyon Rice Terraces Cluster (Cababuyan South, Northern Cababuyan, Mompolia, and Poblacion): 16°51' N, 121°5' E
Central Banaue Rice Terraces Cluster (Pula, Cambulo, Poitan, Tam-an, Amganad, Kinakin, Gohang, San Fernando, Uhaj, Bocos, and Viewpoint): 16°55' N, 121°3' E
Ducligan Rice Terraces: 16°54' N, 121°9' E
1) Ahin Rice Terraces, ...
3964.
Les Califes omeyyades de Damas (660 av. J.C – 750 av. J.C) se firent construire dans la steppe de magnifiques palais appelés «Châteaux du Désert » parce qu'ils se situaient sur la lisière du désert syrien, loin de la Capitale et de ses tracasseries ainsi que des regards indiscrets des habitants et où ils pouvaient s'adonner au plaisir de la ...
3965.
Budapest, Hungary. The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Budapest since June 24, has inscribed today 9 new sites on the World Heritage List. The List now numbers 730 sites of "outstanding universal value" in 125 countries. For the first time, a site from Afghanistan appears on the List. The 9 inscriptions this year include only cultural sites.Simultaneously with its ...
3966.
The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has inscribed sites in Saudi Arabia, Australia, India, Islamic Republic of Iran and, for the first time, a site in the Marshall Islands, as well as the Republic of Korea on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The latest sites inscribed include (in order of inscription):
At Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah (Saudi Arabia)
This ...
3967.
UNESCO and Panasonic Corporation announced the renewal of their strategic partnership agreement today. The new agreement will run for two years from June 2013 to May 2015.
The strategic framework agreement was signed by UNESCO Director-General, Ms. Irina Bokova and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Panasonic Corporation, Mr. Takumi Kajisha, on June 18, 2013, in Phnom ...
3968.
During the morning session of its current meeting, in Baku, the World Heritage Committee inscribed seven cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The sites added to the List are situated in Australia, Bahrain, China, India, Indonesia, Japan and People’s Democratic Republic of Lao. Inscriptions will continue through 7 July.
New sites, by order of inscription:
Dilmun ...
3969.
During its meeting in Baku this morning, the World Heritage Committee inscribed six cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The newly inscribed sites are located in Azerbaijan, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Spain, and the UK. Inscriptions will continue in the afternoon.
New sites, by order of inscription:
Royal Building of Mafra—Palace, Basilica, Convent, ...
3970.
Following the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Resolution on Aggression against Ukraine, and in light of the devastating escalation of violence, UNESCO is deeply concerned by developments in Ukraine and is working to assess damage across its spheres of competence (notably education, culture, heritage and information) and to implement emergency support ...
3971.
Lao People's Democratic Republic,a) New infrastructure construction including new proposed road
b) Lack of coordinated management mechanism
c) Parking lot and visitor centre
d) Lack of sufficient professional staff,By the time of writing the present report, the State Party had not submitted the state of conservation report, which was requested by the World Heritage ...
3972.
Mali,On 22 March 2012 a military coup d’etat ousted the President of the Republic of Mali. The cause of this uprising was the difficulties linked to the conflict in the north of the country that, since mid-January 2012, opposed the Mali army to the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), mainly supported by the Islamic groups Ansar Dine and Al ...
3973.
Poland,,Following the receipt of information and reportsfrom numerous NGOs and individuals, the World Heritage Centre requested the State Party to submit a state of conservation report, including clarifications regarding the modernisation and enlargement of the original Main Terrace Restaurant pavilion, all works carried out to protect the Szczytnicki Park and the Great ...
3974.
Spain,a) Urban development pressure
b) Lack of comprehensive management plan,At its 32nd session (Quebec City, 2008), the World Heritage Committee expressed its concern about the lack of progress made with the integrated management plan for the property and about the changes made to the “Huerto de las Adoratrices” project. It requested that the State Party ...
3975.
Senegal,a) Delay in the appointment of a site manager;
b) Risk of collapse of historic buildings;
c) Marine erosion;
d) Illegal occupation of historic buildings.,At its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007) the World Heritage Committee encouraged the State Parties of Senegal and Qatar to finalize an agreement to carry out a major rehabilitation work on for the coastal areas of ...
3976.
Türkiye,a) Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected areas (mainly the Ottoman period timber houses in the district of Zeyrek and Süleymaniye);
b) Quality of repairs and reconstruction of the Roman and Byzantine Walls;
c) Uncontrolled development and absence of a World Heritage management plan;
d) Lack of co-ordination between national ...
3977.
China,a) Urban development pressure;
b) Tourism pressure;
c) Lack of documentary evidence and clearly formulated principles to guide the conservation works. ,On 30 January 2007, the World Heritage Centre received the state of conservation reports of the World Cultural Heritage properties of the Imperial Palace in Beijing, the Temple of Heaven, and the Summer Palace from ...
3978.
Bangladesh,Lack of capacity in conservation techniques; Lack of management mechanism; Lack of monitoring system; Lack of human and financial resources.,According to a report from the Government of Bangladesh received by the World Heritage Centre on 3 February 2005, a number of steps have been taken by the State Party, in close cooperation with the World Heritage Centre, to ...
3979.
Morocco,Urban Pressure, Tourism Pressure; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of human or financial resources. ,The State Party sent a report to the Secretariat in January 2004 with regard to the decision taken at its 27th session, where the Committee expressed its concern with regard to the state of abandonment and degradation, the lack of ...
3980.
Senegal,
Lack of monitoring and control mechanism;
Lack of a conservation and management plan;
New construction and architectural modification and urban projects affecting authenticity and integrity;
Inappropriate housing restoration;
Environmental disorder due to the modification of the mouth of the Senegal River;
Extremely poor state of conservation of numerous derelict ...
3981.
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (State of Conservation 2007)
China,a) Urban development pressure;
b) Tourism pressure;
c) Lack of documentary evidence and clearly formulated principles to guide the conservation works. ,On 30 January 2007, the World Heritage Centre received the state of conservation reports of the World Cultural Heritage properties of the Imperial Palace in Beijing, the Temple of Heaven, and the Summer Palace from ...
3982.
China,a) Urban development pressure;
b) Tourism pressure;
c) Lack of documentary evidence and clearly formulated principles to guide the conservation works. ,On 30 January 2007, the World Heritage Centre received the state of conservation reports of the World Cultural Heritage properties of the Imperial Palace in Beijing, the Temple of Heaven, and the Summer Palace from ...
3983.
Georgia,
Lack of a management mechanism (issue resolved)
Lack of definition of the unified buffer zone (in progress)
Lack of Urban Master Plan of the City of Mtskheta
Insufficient coordination between the Georgian Church and the national authorities
Privatization of surrounding land
Natural erosion of stone
Loss of authenticity during previous works carried out by the ...
3984.
Argentina,Belgium,France,Germany,India,Japan,Switzerland,Threats identified at the time of inscription in 2016:
Management and institutional factors, including:
Need to introduce Heritage Impact Assessment procedures for proposed development at all component sites
Lack of monitoring indicators for all component sites and of agreed overall conservation approaches and ...
3985.
Georgia,
Lack of a management mechanism (issue resolved)
Lack of definition of the unified buffer zone (issue resolved)
Lack of Urban Master Plan of the City of Mtskheta
Insufficient coordination between the Georgian Church and the national authorities
Privatization of surrounding land
Natural erosion of stone
Loss of authenticity during previous works carried out by the ...
3986.
Russian Federation,
Management systems/ management plan (Lack of Management Plan)
Legal framework (Weakening of conservation controls and laws)
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation (Impacts of proposed tourism infrastructure development)
Ground transport infrastructure (Road construction)
Illegal activities (Deforestation)
,On 1 February 2018, the State Party ...
3987.
Egypt,
Natural decay and structural problems
Rising underground water level
Risks of flooding (Valleys of Kings and Queens)
Absence of a comprehensive Management Plan
Absence of strategy to manage and control tourism sustainably
Lack of a Conservation Plan for the property
Limited available technical and human resources
Major infrastructure and development projects taking ...
3988.
Bulgaria,
Lack of a Management Plan
Urban development pressure
Lack of an urban master plan and of a conservation master plan of monuments and archaeological sites
Illegal constructions
Housing
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation
Management Systems/Management plan
Marine transport infrastructure
,On 26 February 2021, the State Party submitted a report on the state of ...
3989.
Nepal,
Management Systems/Management Plan
Management activities
Legal framework
Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses
Commercial Development (Impact of the new structure of the Maya Devi Temple constructed in 2002 on the archaeological remains and the main sight lines of the property)
Interpretative and visitation facilities
Air pollution
Housing
Industrial ...
3990.
Hungary,
Large scale reconstruction
Building heights and regulations
Demolition and inappropriate development in the buffer zone known as the ‘Jewish Quarter’
Inappropriate use of public areas and street amenities
Lack of conservation of residential housing in the area inscribed as World Heritage
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure (increased traffic ...
3991.
Ukraine,
Housing
Legal framework
Management system/management plan
Urban development pressure
High-rise buildings that could compromise the panorama of the historical monastic Dniepro river landscape (built)
,On 10 January 2023, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/198253. The report provides ...
3992.
Georgia,
Lack of a management mechanism (issue resolved)
Lack of definition of the unified buffer zone (issue resolved)
Lack of Urban Master Plan of the City of Mtskheta
Insufficient coordination between the Georgian Church and the national authorities
Privatization of surrounding land
Natural erosion of stone
Loss of authenticity during previous works carried out by the ...
3993.
Iraq,
Deliberate destruction of heritage
Armed conflict
Illegal activities
Major looting of Iraqi archaeological sites (resolved at Hatra)
,On 30 January 2024, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/277/documents/. Progress in conservation issues addressed by the Committee at its previous sessions is ...
3994.
Yemen,
Threats arising from the armed conflict in Yemen
Deliberate destruction of heritage
Land conversion
Financial resources
Human resources
Management system / management plan
Serious degradation of the city’s heritage (many houses and the ancient souq are in an alarming state of deterioration)
Housing (Large percentage of the city's houses replaced by inappropriate ...
3995.
France,
Housing (high rise tower)
Weakness of the planning and management systems in place
,Between 2019 and 2023, a high-rise building was erected within the World Heritage property, without prior notification to the World Heritage Committee, as required by Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines. An Advisory mission took place on 31 May and 1 June 2023 and provided a ...
3996.
Portugal,
Legal framework (classify the whole site as a National Monument)
Management System/Management Plan (improve the documentation, update and supplement the Management Plan, improve the Action Plan, visitor management, improve institutional links between stakeholders)
Low impact research/monitoring activities (develop additional monitoring indicators and improve the ...
3997.
Türkiye,
Management: preparation of a conservation strategy and plan, extension of the management plan, strengthening of local management capacity, monitoring and risk and disaster management processes, clarification of extent of archaeological features and buffer zone delineation
Reconsidering the design of the proposed new roof shelter
,On 1 February 2024, the State ...
3998.
For 2,000 years, the high rice fields of the Ifugao have followed the contours of the mountains. The fruit of knowledge handed down from one generation to the next, and the expression of sacred traditions and a delicate social balance, they have helped to create a landscape of great beauty that expresses the harmony between humankind and the environment. 722Rice Terraces ...
3999.
,[in French only] Ville d’Albi
Concours d'illustrations inspirees par le texte de la Convention de 1972 ouvert a toute personne professionnel ou amateur, pratiquant les arts plastiques organise dans le cadre de la 9eme Foire internationale aux livres d'exception, mediatheque Pierre Amalric - (25 avril au 9 juin 2012)
Ville de Strasbourg
Journees europeennes du ...
4000.
Land Route of the Silk Roads
Province
City
Name of Property
Coordinates of the Central Point
1.
Shaanxi Province
City of Xi'an
Dagoba of Kumarajiva
N34 1630 E108 44 30
2.
Daqin Monastery Pagoda
N34 15 00 E108 31 00
3.
Xi'an Mosque
N34 06 34 E108 05 30
4.
City of Xianyang
Qian Imperial Mausoleum
N34 34 51 E108 12 ...