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Date end:1998close
Aksum (1998)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada (1998)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains (1998)
States Parties: China
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Ancient City of Damascus (1998)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Management activities
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa (1998)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Ancient City of Sigiriya (1998)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (1998)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities
Angkor (1998)
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3A,WHC-98/CONF.203/7
Threats*: Human resources Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Urgent problems of conservation
Danger List:  Yes
Anjar (1998)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Military training
Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua (1998)
States Parties: Guatemala
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Storms Water (rain/water table) Wind
Auschwitz Birkenau
German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) (1998)
States Parties: Poland
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Baalbek (1998)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Bahla Fort (1998)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3A,WHC-98/CONF.203/7
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Degradation of the structures
Danger List:  Yes
Baroque Churches of the Philippines (1998)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Housing Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Water (rain/water table)
Burgos Cathedral (1998)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Governance Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for restoration works
Butrint (1998)
States Parties: Albania
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3A,WHC-98/CONF.203/7
Threats*: Financial resources Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for monitoring of the situation at the site
Danger List:  Yes
Byblos (1998)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims (1998)
States Parties: France
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores (1998)
States Parties: Portugal
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Marine transport infrastructure
Chan Chan Archaeological Zone (1998)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3A,WHC-98/CONF.203/7
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fragility of the abdobe structures
Danger List:  Yes
Chavin (Archaeological Site) (1998)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts
Other Threats: Deterioration of the site
City of Cuzco (1998)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
City of Quito (1998)
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Earthquake Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Financial resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Volcanic eruption
Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg (1998)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Colonial City of Santo Domingo (1998)
States Parties: Dominican Republic
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Storms
Other Threats: Collapse of buildings due to lack of maintenance
Complex of Hué Monuments (1998)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Storms
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions (1998)
States Parties: Ghana
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Financial resources Housing Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Water (rain/water table) Wind
Other Threats: Salt-laden atmosphere
Historic Areas of Istanbul (1998)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need to monitor movements which could affect the structure of the building
Historic Cairo (1998)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn (1998)
States Parties: Estonia
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Historic Centre of Bukhara (1998)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Management activities
Historic Centre of Florence (1998)
States Parties: Italy
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Major linear utilities
Historic Centre of Lima (1998)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need to improve the environment of the convent; Notorious state of degradation; Fire
Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar (1998)
States Parties: Portugal
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Water infrastructure
Historic Centre of Puebla (1998)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Commercial development Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox (1998)
States Parties: Colombia
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Other Threats: Fire in the centre of Mompox in 1998
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (1998)
States Parties: China
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses
Historic Town of Zabid (1998)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Management activities Relative humidity Solid waste
Historic Walled Town of Cuenca (1998)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Cybernetic fountain; Panaromic lifts to serve the inscribed part from other quarters of the town
Island of Gorée (1998)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Solid waste
Other Threats: Dilapidated state of some buildings
Island of Mozambique (1998)
States Parties: Mozambique
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Storms
Other Threats: Precarious state of conservation of the stone
Itchan Kala (1998)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Management activities
Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site (1998)
States Parties: El Salvador
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Flooding Management systems/ management plan Storms
Kathmandu Valley (1998)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.202/INF.6,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for restoration/consolidation works
Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (1998)
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Maya Site of Copan (1998)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan Storms
Other Threats: Attention to be paid to the conservation of stone and stuccos
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1998)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Deterioration of the stones
Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde (1998)
States Parties: China
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Air pollution Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Many buildings in a bad state of conservation
Old City of Berne (1998)
States Parties: Switzerland
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Other Threats: Fire in January 1997
Old City of Dubrovnik (1998)
States Parties: Croatia
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3A,WHC-98/CONF.203/7
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Old City of Sana'a (1998)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Increasing number of dilapidated buildings
Old Towns of Djenné (1998)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Old Walled City of Shibam (1998)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Flooding Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Poor maintenance
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (1998)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.202/INF.7,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Petra (1998)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Conservation of antiquities
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan (1998)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Commercial development Management systems/ management plan
Quseir Amra (1998)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Rapa Nui National Park (1998)
States Parties: Chile
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: High impact research / monitoring activities Marine transport infrastructure
Rock Carvings in Tanum (1998)
States Parties: Sweden
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (1998)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (1998)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Housing
Royal Palaces of Abomey (1998)
States Parties: Benin
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/7
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Sacred City of Anuradhapura (1998)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Site of Palmyra (1998)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Temperature Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (1998)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Sun Temple, Konârak (1998)
States Parties: India
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Storms
Other Threats: Gradual deterioration and the structural instability
Tchogha Zanbil (1998)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Management activities Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: absence of a viable method for sustainable conservation of the mud-brick structures; structural problems
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu (1998)
States Parties: China
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Town of Luang Prabang (1998)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Tyre (1998)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Commercial development Erosion and siltation/ deposition Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Vilnius Historic Centre (1998)
States Parties: Lithuania
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines (1998)
States Parties: Poland
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/7
Threats*: Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Gradual degradation
Danger List:  Yes
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Albania Benin Cambodia Chile China Colombia Croatia Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia France Germany Ghana Guatemala Honduras India Iran (Islamic Republic of) Italy Jordan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lithuania Mali Mexico Mozambique Nepal Oman Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Senegal Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Uzbekistan Viet Nam Yemen
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 45 Housing 18 Management activities 16 Ground transport infrastructure 9 Water (rain/water table) 8 Storms 7 Legal framework 7 Solid waste 6 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 6 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 5 Relative humidity 5 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 5 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 5 Commercial development 4 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 4 Illegal activities 4 Financial resources 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Marine transport infrastructure 3 Human resources 3 Major linear utilities 2 Air pollution 2 Land conversion 2 Wind 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Flooding 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Localised utilities 1 Water infrastructure 1 Temperature 1 Military training 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Earthquake 1 Volcanic eruption 1 Governance 1

* : The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).

** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.


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