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FAQ 81
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Tentative Lists 850
World Heritage Properties 57
5935.
Côte d'Ivoire,a) Poaching;
b) Agricultural encroachment;
c) Artisanal gold mining.,With the political crisis in the country in 2002, fears existed that commercial poaching, agricultural encroachment and artisanal gold mining would increase substantively. In June 2006, following a return of security, a World Heritage Centre / IUCN monitoring mission visited the World ...
5936.
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
...
5937.
Object
Name
Country
(province, region)
Area (ha)
Geography (width/longitude) or coordination of the center (approximately)
1
Ancient Penjikent
Penjikent town
23
N39°29'13", E67°37'10"
2
Ancient town Bunjikat
Shahristan district
20
N39°54’58.47”
E69°0’26.55”
3
Hissar Castle
Hisor ...
5938.
Kutná Hora developed as a result of the exploitation of the silver mines. In the 14th century it became a royal city endowed with monuments that symbolized its prosperity. The Church of St Barbara, a jewel of the late Gothic period, and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec, which was restored in line with the Baroque taste of the early 18th century, were to influence the ...
5939.
Nasca Aqueducts are located in the province of Nasca, department of Ica, in the basin of Rio Grande, characterized by being a hydrographic system that only starts based on the rainfall that occurs in the mountains of the upper part of the basin, in the foothills of the central Andes, which give rise to intermittent water courses, which usually last only between three and ...
5940.
Since 2001, with the support of the UNESCO/Republic of Korea Funds-in-Trust, the World Heritage Centre coordinates conservation and capacity building activities in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to safeguard Koguryo-era burial sites.
With a special emphasis on conservation of mural paintings, this project has achieved significant results and led not only to the ...
5941.
Theatre of Dionysos in Athens: Region of Attica, Regional Unit of Central Attica 23.727730E, 37.970383N
Theatre of the Amphiareion: Region of Attica, Regional Unit of Eastern Attica 23.845344E, 38.291581N
Theatre of Epidaurus: Region of Peloponnese, Regional Unit of Argolis 23.079200E, 37.596000N
Theatre of Megalopolis: Region of Peloponnese, Regional Unit of Arcadia ...
5942.
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 ...
5943.
S. No.
State, Province or Region:
Names of the component parts:
Latitude and Longitude, or UTM coordinates:
1.
Maharashtra
Kasheli
16˚ 46ʹ 0.3ʺ N; 73˚ 18ʹ 31.60ʺE
2.
Maharashtra
RundhyeTali
16˚44ʾ16.9ʺ N; 73˚30ʹ58.2768ʺE
3.
Maharashtra
DevacheGothane
17˚ 5ʹ 53.80ʺ N; 73˚ 22ʹ 36.12ʺ E
4.
Maharashtra
Barsu
16˚38ʾ58.54ʺ N; ...
5944.
Latitude and Longitude, or UTM coordinates:
Name
Zone
Easting
Northing
Halat Ammar Post
37 R
215960.00 m E
3226871.00 m N
B. bin Hermas Station
37 R
233625.87 m E
3195119.35 m N
Al-Haradha Bridge
37 R
235412.48 m E
3188345.31 m N
Al-Hazm Station
37 R
241011.16 m E
3174058.10 m N
Al-Mohtatib Station
37 R
252566.95 m ...
5945.
İnce Minareli Madrasah 37°52'22.40"N- 32°29'23.96"E
Karatay Madrasah 37°52'29.91"N- 32°29' 34.27"E
Erzurum Çifte Minareli Madrasah 39°54'20.20"N- 41°16'42.16"E
Yakutiye Madrasah 39°54'23.10"N- 41°16'19.47"E
Buruciye Madrasah 39°44'56.76"N- 37° 0'55.13"E
Sivas Çifte Minareli Madrasah 39°44'54.09"N- 37° ...
5946.
Latitude and Longitude, or UTM coordinates:
The Road starts form the Town of Haqel on the Gulf of Aqaba
Name
Zone
Easting
Northing
Magha’ir Su’aib in Al-Bide’
36 R
695650.71 m E
3152942.30 m N
Median Wells in Al-Bide’
36 R
697620.02 m E
3152641.60 m N
Ainouna Wells
36 R
716331.00 m E
3109849.00 m N
Sharma
36 R
718481.63 m ...
5947.
The site of Unakoti is located in the northeastern part of Tripura, about 8 km from Kailasahar and 185 km from the State capital Agartala. The vertical surface of the Unakoti hills was used by the ancient people to carve various mythological scenes such as the different iconographic forms of Siva, Ganesha, Uma-Maheshwara, etc. Unakoti is famous for its colossal rock cut ...
5948.
The Peruvian Central Railway is an extraordinary railway construction that started in the second half of the 19th century (1869-1893) and concluded in the first decade of the 20th century. It was destined to connect the port of Callao and Lima, the capital of Peru, with towns, cities and mining centers located in the Central Mountain Range of the Andes, at altitudes higher ...
5949.
Historic town of Kemaliye (or Eğin) is located in the northwest of the Eastern Anatolian Region, and to the southwest of the Erzincan province which lies in the Upper Euphrates. The east, west, north and south of the Kemaliye settlement are surrounded by mountains. The Karasu tributary of the Euphrates, which is the longest river of the Southwest Asia, flows through the ...
5950.
Natural heritage
"Hulun Buir Landscape & Birthplace of Ancient Minority" located in Hulun Buir prefecture, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The natural part of the property is composed of 6 pieces of relatively independent area which are Hanma Nature Reserve, Ergun Nature Reserve & Ergun Wetland Park & Ergun Scenic Area, Hulun Lake Nature Reserve, Huihe Nature ...
5951.
Geographical and Natural Characteristics of the Region:
Ayvalık is a province of Balıkesir, which is located in north-western Turkey, and bordered by Burhaniye in the north, Dikili in the south and Bergama in the east. Ayvalık, which is located in the western edge of an inner sea created by Anatolia and Lesbos in the northern Aegean Sea, is a unity composed of a collection ...
5952.
1
Raigad fort
Lat. 18° 14’, Long. 73° 26’
2
Rajgad Fort
Lat. 18° 14’, Long. 73° 40’
3
Shivneri Fort
Lat. 19° 12’, Long. 73° 52’
4
Torna Fort
Lat. 18° 16’, Long. 73° 37’
5
Lohagad
Lat. 18° 42’, Long. 73° 28’
6
Salher Fort
Lat. 20° 72’, Long. 73° 94’
7
Mulher Fort
Lat. 20° 46’, Long. 74° 03'
8
Rangana Fort
Lat. 16° ...
5953.
NetherlandsFunds-in-Trust
The UNESCO/Netherlands Funds-in-Trust (NFiT) co-operation to support the World Heritage Centre was established in 2001 by the Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences with the aim of reinforcing the implementation of the 1972 "Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage".
Under this Funds-in-Trust ...
5954.
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 ...
5955.
The Kornati archipelago is an isolated island group situated in the central region of the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea. The Kornati archipelago occupies an area of about 320 sq km and includes about 150 islands, islets and rocks. This most indented island group in the Adriatic Sea includes as many as 12% of the total number of islands found in the Croatian part of the ...
5956.
The proposal envisages the nomination of more than 130 individual component parts on the territory of four countries (Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania). These include: 7 legionary fortresses: Singidunum, Viminacium, Ratiaria, Oescus, Novae, Durostorum, Troesmis and nearly 120 auxiliary forts and smaller fortifications; civil settlements, cemeteries, production ...
5957.
United Republic of Tanzania,
Geothermal energy development project (issue resolved)
Buildings and Development (potential impact of a lodge development project on the crater rim, proposed museum building at Laetoli)
Transportation infrastructure (impact of the project for upgrading Lodoare Gate to Golini Main Road, construction of the southern bypass road and access road to ...
5958.
The dynamic, active and changing deltaic landscape and cultural activities
The southwestern or lower part of Bangladesh (and West Bengal, India) is characterized by the unique, continuously metamorphosing, and comparatively unstable part of the active Ganges Delta (a delta is a landform created by the sediments deposited by the rivers, and water flows often in an area ...
5959.
1. Ancient Building Cluster in Dingcun VillageDingcun sits with Mountain Cong in the east and Fen River in the west. Dingcun and Mountain Ba, which was written in the county annals of the ancient Taiping, face each other across the river. In the village, well-preserved civilian residential houses built in picturesque disorder during Ming and Qing dynasties are peaceful and ...
5960.
The battle of Ayacucho (from quechua “corner of the dead”) was the last great confrontation within the land campaigns of the Spanish American Wars of Independence (1809-1826), where the countries under Spanish domination fought for their freedom in large confrontations. The battle took place at Pampa de Ayacucho, also known as Pampa de la Quinua (from quechua “quenua” ...
5961.
The Royal Residences of Sinaia were born as a result of political will combined with a well-grounded artistic education of Carol I, the first King of Romania. Member of the German Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen family, Carol I was chosen in 1866 by the Government of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia to rule the young country and was elected King of Romania in ...
5962.
Movile Cave (Mangalia, Romania) represents the access to the first terrestrial self-sustained ecosystem dependent on chemoautotrophically fixed carbon (Kumaresan, 2014; Sarbu, 1996; Sarbu, 1994), ever discovered.
Movile Cave is the hot spot of the sulphurous aquifer located in South Dobrogea, around Mangalia Municipality. The cave is the only human-accessible entrance ...
5963.
United Republic of Tanzania,
Geothermal energy development project (issue resolved)
Buildings and Development (potential impact of a lodge development project on the crater rim, proposed museum building at Laetoli)
Transportation infrastructure (impact of the project for upgrading Lodoare Gate to Golini Main Road, construction of the southern bypass road and access road to ...
5964.
La ville est située dans une vaste vallée appartenant aux États de Puebla et de Tlaxcala, à la latitude de 19°02' nord et à la longitude de 98°15' ouest par rapport au méridien de Greenwich. À l'ouest, le paysage naturel est marqué par les reliefs volcaniques de la Sierra Nevada, avec comme plus hauts sommets le Popocatepetl, qui atteint 5 452 mètres et l'Iztacihuatl, ...
5965.
Historical background of temples in Bangladesh
Temples are not only monuments or monumental remains in the context of the history of society, cultures, religions and regions in Bangladesh (and in South Asia). Brahmanical (or Hindu), Buddhist, Jain, and various other religious traditions have manifested their heterogeneity and ritualistic performances through temples for ...
5966.
Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan),
Natural risk factors;
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 circulation.
,A report was provided to the World Heritage Centre by the Israeli Permanent ...
5967.
Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan),
Natural risk factors
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 circulation
,A report was provided to the World Heritage Centre by the Israeli Permanent ...
5968.
The property Mughal Forts in Fluvial Terrains in Dhaka consists of four sites associated with the Mughal military and administrative establishment in Bengal. The sites include three naval forts in the outskirts of Dhaka City: Hajiganj Fort, Sonakanda Fort and Idrakpur Fort, and one palace fort Lalbagh Fort in Dhaka City. The forts were established by the Mughal Subahdars ...
5969.
Tabriz has been a place of cultural exchange since antiquity and its historic bazaar complex is one of the most important commercial centres on the Silk Road. Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex consists of a series of interconnected, covered, brick structures, buildings, and enclosed spaces for different functions. Tabriz and its Bazaar were already prosperous and famous in ...
5970.
Spišský Hrad has one of the largest ensembles of 13th and 14th century military, political and religious buildings in eastern Europe, and its Romanesque and Gothic architecture has remained remarkably intact.
The extended site features the addition of the historic town-centre of Levoča founded in the 13th and 14th centuries within fortifications. Most of the ...
5971.
S. No.
State, Province or Region:
Names of the component parts:
Latitude and Longitude, or UTM coordinates:
1.
Punjab
Ancient Site and Buddhist Stupa (Sanghol) Fatehgarh Sahib
30° 47' 4'' N 76° 23' 18'' E
2.
Punjab
Ancient site in (Ropar) Rupnagar
30° 57' 57'' N 76° 31' 23'' E
3.
Punjab
Ancient site at Firozpur
30° 54' 59'' N 74° 35' ...
5972.
Sr. No
Name of the component
State, Province or Region
Latitude and Longitude
A
Aihole-group,
Aihole village, Hungund Taluka, Bagalkot District
16°01'11.5"N, 75°53’00"E
01
Ravanphadi complex
Ravanphadi Main Cave
16°01′16.4″N 75°53′01″E
2 Temples in Ravanaphadi Cave Premises
16°01′20.5″N ...
5973.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Poaching
Military conflict
Looting of the facilities
Godl mining
,Since the Committee session of June 2002, the political situation in DRC has been in constant and rapid change. A peace accord was signed in July 2002, which lead to a retreat of most foreign troops in October 2002. In April 2003 the new constitution was approved and ...
5974.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Poaching;
Managerment issues (issue resolved);
Civil unrest
,Since the Committee session of June 2002, the political situation in DRC has been in constant and rapid change. A peace accord was signed in July 2002, which lead to a retreat of most foreign troops in October 2002. In April 2003 the new constitution was approved and ...
5975.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Proposed construction of a highway (issue resolved)
Armed conflict
Uncontrolled arrival of refugees causing deforestation and poaching
,Since the Committee session of June 2002, the political situation in DRC has been in constant and rapid change. A peace accord was signed in July 2002, which lead to a retreat of most foreign troops in ...
5976.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Armed conflict in the region
Poaching
Illegal encroachment and housing construction
Need to design and implement small-scale projects benefiting local populations
,Since the Committee session of June 2002, the political situation in DRC has been in constant and rapid change. A peace accord was signed in July 2002, which lead to a ...
5977.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Political uncertainties,
New settlements in the Park,
Gold mining,
Livestock grazing,
Destruction of vegetation,
Poaching,
Agricultural encroachment,
Over-exploitation of fish populations,
Lack of financial resources
,Since the Committee session of June 2002, the political situation in DRC has been in constant and rapid change. A peace ...