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KEYq Cultural propertyq q Natural propertyq Mixed property (cultural and natural)A Transnational propertyq Property in danger
1979 Year in which each of the 180States Parties adhered to the World Heritage Convention
A variety of dangers due to natural causes or human intervention are constantly threatening
World Heritage. As a result, 34 properties (in bold onthe list) are currently inscribed on the List of World
Heritage in Danger and are thus entitled to particularattention and emergency conservation action.
AFGHANISTAN 1979q Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jamw Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains
of the Bamiyan Valley
ALBANIA 1989q Butrintw Museum-City of Gjirokastra
ALGERIA 1974q Al Qal’a of Beni Hammadw Tassili n’Ajjer e M’Zab Valley r Djémila t Tipasay Timgad u Kasbah of Algiers
ANDORRA 1997q Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
ANGOLA 1991
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1983
ARGENTINA 1978q Los Glaciaresw Iguazu National Parke Península Valdésr Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturast Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parksy Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdobau Quebrada de Humahuaca
ARMENIA 1993q Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahinw Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the
Archaeological Site of Zvartnotse Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley
AUSTRALIA 1974q Kakadu National Park w Great Barrier Reef e Willandra Lakes Region
r Tasmanian Wilderness t Lord Howe Island Group y Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)u Ulu
¯ru-Kata Tju
¯ta National Park
i Wet Tropics of Queensland o Shark Bay, Western Australia p Fraser Island a Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh /
Naracoorte)s Heard and McDonald Islands d Macquarie Island f Greater Blue Mountains Area g Purnululu National Park h Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
AUSTRIA 1992q Historic Centre of Salzburgw Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunne Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural
Landscaper Semmering Railwayt City of Graz — Historic Centrey Wachau Cultural Landscapeu Historic Centre of Vienna
AZERBAIJAN 1993q Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah’s
Palace and Maiden Tower© 2006 UNESCOPrinted January 2006
Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, SwitzerlandO. Alamany & E. Vicens / CORBIS
he United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)works with countries around the world to identify and protect cultural andnatural places that merit recognition as part of the common heritage ofhumankind. UNESCO adopted the Convention concerning the Protection of the
World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 1972. Since then, 180 countries have ratifiedthe treaty, and at present 812 properties are inscribed on the list — 628 of which arecultural, 160 natural and 24 mixed (a combination of the two). They are noted here inalphabetical order by country and in the order they were listed.
CANADA 1976q L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Sitew Nahanni National Parke Dinosaur Provincial Parkr SG_aang Gwaii (Anthony Island)t Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump y Wood Buffalo National Parku Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
i Historic District of Québeco Gros Morne National Parkp Old Town Lunenburga Miguasha National Park
CAPE VERDE 1988
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1980q Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
CHAD 1999
CHILE 1980q Rapa Nui National Parkw Churches of Chiloée Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaísor Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
CHINA 1985q Mount Taishan w The Great Wall e Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
in Beijing and Shenyang r Mogao Caves t Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor y Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian u Mount Huangshan i Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest
Areao Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Areap Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area a Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples,
Chengde s Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong
Family Mansion in Qufu d Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang
Mountains f Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa g Lushan National Park h Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant
Buddha Scenic Area j Ancient City of Ping Yao k Classical Gardens of Suzhou l Old Town of Lijiang ; Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in
Beijing z Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing 22 Mount Wuyi 2# Dazu Rock Carvings 2$ Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation
System 2% Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui — Xidi and
Hongcun 2^ Longmen Grottoes 2& Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties 2* Yungang Grottoes 2( Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas 3) Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo
Kingdomx Historic Centre of Macao
COLOMBIA 1983q Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments,
Cartagenaw Los Katios National Parke Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompoxr National Archaeological Park of Tierradentrot San Agustín Archaeological Park
COMOROS 2000
CONGO 1987
COSTA RICA 1977q Cocos Island National Parkw Area de Conservación Guanacaste
CÔTE D’IVOIRE 1981q Taï National Park w Comoé National Park
CROATIA 19921992q Old City of Dubrovnikw Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of
Diocletiane e Plitvice Lakes National Parkr Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in
the Historic Centre of Porect Historic City of Trogiry Cathedral of St James in Sibenik
CUBA 19811981q Old Havana and its Fortificationsw Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingeniose San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cubarr Desembarco del Granma National Parkt Viñales Valleyy Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee
Plantations in the South-East of Cubauu Alejandro de Humboldt National Parki Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
CYPRUS 19751975q Paphosw Painted Churches in the Troodos Regione Choirokoitia
CZECH REPUBLIC 1993q Historic Centre of Praguew Historic Centre of Cesky Krumlove Historic Centre of Telcr Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at
Zelená Horat Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the
Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sedlec
y Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscapeu Holasovice Historical Village Reservationi Gardens and Castle at Kromerízo Litomysl Castlep Holy Trinity Column in Olomouca Tugendhat Villa in Brnos Jewish Quarter and St Procopius’ Basilica in
Trebíc
DEM. PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 1998q Complex of Koguryo Tombs
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 1974q Virunga National Park w Garamba National Park e Kahuzi-Biega National Park r Salonga National Park t Okapi Wildlife Reserve
DENMARK 1979q Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Churchw Roskilde Cathedrale Kronborg Castler Ilulissat Icefjord
DOMINICA 1995q Morne Trois Pitons National Park
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1985q Colonial City of Santo Domingo
ECUADOR 1975q Galápagos Islandsw City of Quitoe Sangay National Parkr Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de
Cuenca
EGYPT 1974q Memphis and its Necropolis — the Pyramid
Fields from Giza to Dahshurw Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis e Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae r Islamic Cairo t Abu Mena y Saint Catherine Area u Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
EL SALVADOR 1991q Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site
ERITREA 2001
ESTONIA 1995q Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn
ETHIOPIA 1977q Simien National Park w Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela e Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region r Lower Valley of the Awash t Tiya y Aksum u Lower Valley of the Omo
FIJI 1990
FINLAND 1987q Old Raumaw Fortress of Suomenlinnae Petäjävesi Old Churchr Verla Groundwood and Board Millt Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
FRANCE 1975q Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bayw Chartres Cathedrale Palace and Park of Versaillesr Vézelay, Church and Hillt Decorated Grottoes of the Vézère Valleyy Palace and Park of Fontainebleauu Amiens Cathedrali Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the
“Triumphal Arch” of Orangeo Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arlesp Cistercian Abbey of Fontenaya Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senanss Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place
d’Alliance in Nancyd Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempef Cape Girolata, Cape Porto, Scandola Nature
Reserve and the Piana Calanches in Corsica
g Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)h Strasbourg — Grande Îlej Paris, Banks of the Seinek Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of
Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reimsl Bourges Cathedral; Historic Centre of Avignonz Canal du Midi2@ Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne2# Historic Site of Lyons2$ Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France2% Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion2^ Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and
Chalonnes2& Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs2* Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
GABON 1986
GAMBIA 1987q James Island and Related Sites
GEORGIA 1992q Historical Monuments of Mtskhetaw Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monasterye Upper Svaneti
GERMANY 1976q Aachen Cathedralw Speyer Cathedrale Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens
and Residence Squarer Pilgrimage Church of Wiest Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühly St Mary’s Cathedral and St Michael’s Church at
Hildesheimu Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and
Church of Our Lady in Trieri Hanseatic City of Lübecko Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlinp Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorscha Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of
Goslars Town of Bambergd Maulbronn Monastery Complexf Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of
Quedlinburgg Völklingen Ironworksh Messel Pit Fossil Sitej Cologne Cathedralk Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessaul Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg; Classical Weimarz Wartburg Castle2@ Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin2# Monastic Island of Reichenau2$ Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz2% Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen2^ Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar2& Upper Middle Rhine Valley2* Dresden Elbe Valley2( Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of
Bremen
GHANA 1975q Forts and Castles, Volta Greater Accra, Central
and Western Regions w Asante Traditional Buildings
GREECE 1981q Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassaew Archaeological Site of Delphie Acropolis, Athensr Mount Athost Meteoray Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of
Thessalonikau Archaeological Site of Epidaurusi Medieval City of Rhodeso Mystrasp Archaeological Site of Olympiaa Deloss Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas and Nea
Moni of Chiosd Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samosf Archaeological Site of Verginag Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tirynsh Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of
Saint John “the Theologian” and the Cave of theApocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
GRENADA 1998
GUATEMALA 1979q Tikal National Parkw Antigua Guatemalae Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
GUINEA 1979
GUYANA 1977
HAITI 1980q National History Park — Citadel, Sans Souci,
Ramiers
HOLY SEE 1982q Vatican City
HONDURAS 1979q Maya Site of Copanw Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
HUNGARY 1985q Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube,
the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue w Old Village of Hollók˝o and its Surroundingse Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma
and its Natural Environmentr Hortobágy National Park — the Pusztat Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae)y Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape
ICELAND 1995q l)ingvellir National Park
INDIA 1977q Ajanta Caves w Ellora Caves e Agra Fort r Taj Mahal
t Sun Temple, Konârak y Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram u Kaziranga National Park i Manas Wildlife Sanctuaryo Keoladeo National Park p Churches and Convents of Goa a Khajuraho Group of Monumentss Group of Monuments at Hampid Fatehpur Sikri f Group of Monuments at Pattadakal g Elephanta Caves h Great Living Chola Temples j Sundarbans National Park k Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks l Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi; Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi z Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi 2@ Mountain Railways of India 2# Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya 2$ Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 2% Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park 2^ Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria
Terminus) Station
INDONESIA 1989q Borobudur Temple Compounds w Ujung Kulon National Park e Komodo National Park r Prambanan Temple Compounds t Sangiran Early Man Site y Lorentz National Park u Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
IRAN (Islamic Republic of) 1975q Tchogha Zanbil w Persepolis e Meidan Emam, Esfahan r Takht-e Soleyman t Pasargadae y Bam and its Cultural Landscapeu Soltaniyeh
IRAQ 1974q Hatra w Ashur (Qal’at Sherqat)
IRELAND 1991q Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the
Boynew Skellig Michael
ISRAEL 1999q Masadaw Old City of Acree White City of Tel-Aviv — the Modern Movementr Biblical Tels — Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Shebat Incense Route — Desert Cities in the Negev
ITALY 1978q Rock Drawings in Valcamonicaw Church and Domincan Convent of Santa Maria
delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardoda Vinci
e Historic Centre of Florencer Venice and its Lagoont Piazza del Duomo, Pisay Historic Centre of San Gimignanou I Sassi di Materai City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the
Venetoo Historic Centre of Sienap Historic Centre of Naplesa Crespi d’Addas Ferrara, City of the Renaissance and its Po Deltad Castel del Montef The trulli of Alberobellog Early Christian Monuments of Ravennah Historic Centre of the City of Pienzaj 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the
Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and San LeucioComplex
k Residences of the Royal House of Savoyl Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua; Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande,
Modenaz Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculanum
and Torre Annunziata 2@ Villa Romana del Casale2# Su Nuraxi di Barumini2$ Portovenere, Cinque Terre and the Islands
(Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)2% Costiera Amalfitana2^ Archaeological Area of Agrigento2& Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica
of Aquileia2* Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the
Archaeological Sites of Paestum and Velia and the Certosa de Padula
2( Historic Centre of Urbino3) Villa Adriana (Tivoli)x City of Verona3@ Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)3# Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and other
Franciscan Sites3$ Villa d’Este, Tivoli3% Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-
Eastern Sicily)3^ Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy3& Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia3* Val d’Orcia3( Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
JAMAICA 1983
JAPAN 1992q Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area w Himeji-joe Yakushimar Shirakami-Sanchi t Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji
and Otsu Cities) y Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama u Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)i Itsukushima Shinto Shrine o Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara p Shrines and Temples of Nikko a Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the
Kingdom of Ryukyus Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii
Mountain Ranged Shiretoko
JERUSALEM (Site proposed by Jordan)q Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
JORDAN 1975q Petra w Quseir Amra e Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa’a)
KAZAKHSTAN 1994q Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi w Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape
of Tamgaly
KENYA 1991q Mount Kenya National Park / Natural Forest w Lake Turkana National Parks e Lamu Old Town
KIRIBATI 2000
KUWAIT 2002
KYRGYZSTAN 1995
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 1987q Town of Luang Prabang w Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements
within the Champasak Cultural Landscape
LATVIA 1995q Historic Centre of Riga
LEBANON 1983q Anjar w Baalbek e Byblos r Tyre t Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest
of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
LESOTHO 2003
LIBERIA 2002
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA 1978q Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna w Archaeological Site of Sabratha e Archaeological Site of Cyrene r Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus t Old Town of Ghadamès
LITHUANIA 1992q Vilnius Historic Centrew Kernave Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of
Kernave)
LUXEMBOURG 1983q City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and
Fortifications
MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF (F.Y.R.O.M.) 1997q Ohrid Region with its Cultural and Historical
Aspect and its Natural Environment
MADAGASCAR 1983q Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve w Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
MALAWI 1982q Lake Malawi National Park
MALAYSIA 1988q Kinabalu Park w Gunung Mulu National Park
MALDIVES 1986
MALI 1977q Old Towns of Djenné w Timbuktu e Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) r Tomb of Askia
MALTA 1978q Hal Saflieni Hypogeumw City of Vallettae Megalithic Temples of Malta
MARSHALL ISLANDS 2002
MAURITANIA 1981q Banc d’Arguin National Park w Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt
and Oualata
MAURITIUS 1995
MEXICO 1984q Sian Ka’anw Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenquee Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilcor Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacant Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological
Site of Monte Albány Historic Centre of Pueblau Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Minesi Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itzao Historic Centre of Moreliap El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic Citya Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcainos Historic Centre of Zacatecasd Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Franciscof Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes
of Popocatepetlg Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmalh Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaroj Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajarak Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandesl Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan; Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalcoz Historic Fortified Town of Campeche2@ Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche2# Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of
Querétaro2$ Luis Barragán House and Studio2% Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of
California
MICRONESIA (Fed. States of) 2002
MONACO 1978
MONGOLIA 1990q Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
MOROCCO 1975q Medina of Fez w Medina of Marrakesh e Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou r Historic City of Meknes t Archaeological Site of Volubilis y Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)u Medina of Essaouira (Ancient Mogador)i Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)
MOZAMBIQUE 1982q Island of Mozambique
MYANMAR 1994
NAMIBIA 2000
NEPAL 1978q Sagarmatha National Park w Kathmandu Valley e Royal Chitwan National Park r Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
NETHERLANDS 1992q Schokland and Surroundingsw Defence Line of Amsterdame Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshoutr Historical Area of Willemstad, Inner City and
Harbour, Netherlands Antillest Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping
Station)y Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)u Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder
House)
NEW ZEALAND 1984q Te Wahipounamu — South-West New Zealandw Tongariro National Park e New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
NICARAGUA 1979q Ruins of León Viejo
NIGER 1974q Air and Ténéré Natural Reservesw W National Park of Niger
NIGERIA 1974q Sukur Cultural Landscape w Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
NIUE 2001
NORWAY 1977q Urnes Stave Churchw Bryggene Rørosr Rock Drawings of Altat Vegaøyan — The Vega Archipelagoy West Norwegian Fjords — Geirangerfjord and
Nærøyfjord
OMAN 1981q Bahla Fort w Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn e Arabian Oryx Sanctuary r Land of Frankincense
PAKISTAN 1976q Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro w Taxila e Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring
City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol r Historical Monuments of Thatta t Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahorey Rohtas Fort
PALAU 2002
PANAMA 1978q Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama:
Portobelo-San Lorenzow Darien National Parke Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic
District of Panamár Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of
Marine Protection
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1997
PARAGUAY 1988q Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de
Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue
PERU 1982q City of Cuzcow Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchue Chavin (Archaeological Site)r Huascarán National Parkt Chan Chan Archaeological Zoney Manú National Parku Historic Centre of Limai Río Abiseo National Parko Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de
Jumanap Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa
PHILIPPINES 1985q Tubbataha Reef Marine Park w Baroque Churches of the Philippines e Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras r Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National
Park t Historic Town of Vigan
POLAND 1976q Cracow’s Historic Centrew Wieliczka Salt Minee Auschwitz Concentration Campr Historic Centre of Warsawt Old City of Zamoscy Medieval Town of Torunu Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malborki Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist
Architecture and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park
o Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnicap Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland
PORTUGAL 1980q Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo
in the Azoresw Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of
Belém in Lisbone Monastery of Batalhar Convent of Christ in Tomart Historic Centre of Evoray Monastery of Alcobaçau Cultural Landscape of Sintrai Historic Centre of Oportoo Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valleyp Laurisilva of Madeiraa Alto Douro Wine Regions Historic Centre of Guimarãesd Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
QATAR 1984
REPUBLIC OF KOREA 1988q Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple w Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the
Depositories for the Tripitaka KoreanaWoodblocks
e Jongmyo Shrine r Changdeokgung Palace Complex t Hwaseong Fortress y Gyeongju Historic Areas u Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 2002
ROMANIA 1990q Danube Deltaw Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvaniae Monastery of Horezur Churches of Moldaviat Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountainsy Historic Centre of Sighisoarau Wooden Churches of Maramures
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1988q Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related
Groups of Monumentsw Kizhi Pogoste Kremlin and Red Square, Moscowr Historic Monuments of Novgorod and
Surroundingst Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky
Islandsy White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdalu Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius
Lavra in Sergiev Posadi Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoyeo Virgin Komi Forestsp Lake Baikala Volcanoes of Kamchatkas Golden Mountains of Altaid Western Caucasusf Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan
Kremling Ensemble of Ferapontov Monasteryh Central Sikhote-Alinj Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of
Derbentk Ensemble of the Novodevichy Conventl Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve; Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl
RWANDA 2000
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 1986q Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
SAINT LUCIA 1991q Pitons Management Area
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 2003
SAMOA 2001
SAN MARINO 1991
SAUDI ARABIA 1978
SENEGAL 1976q Island of Gorée
w Niokolo-Koba National Park e Djoudj National Bird Sanctuaryr Island of Saint-Louis
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 2001q Stari Ras and Sopocaniw Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotore Durmitor National Parkr Studenica Monasteryt Decani Monastery
SEYCHELLES 1980q Aldabra Atoll w Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve
SIERRA LEONE 2005
SLOVAKIA 1993q Vlkolínecw Banská Stiavnicae Spissky Hrad and its Associated Cultural
Monumentsr Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve
SLOVENIA 1992q Skocjan Caves
SOLOMON ISLANDS 1992q East Rennell
SOUTH AFRICA 1997q Greater St Lucia Wetland Park w Robben Island
e Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans,Kromdraai and Environs
r uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park t Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape y Cape Floral Region Protected Areas u Vredefort Dome
SPAIN 1982q Historic Centre of Cordobaw Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granadae Burgos Cathedralr Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madridt Works of Antoni Gaudíy Altamira Caveu Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueducti Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the
Asturiaso Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)p Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churchesa Mudejar Architecture of Aragons Historic City of Toledod Garajonay National Parkf Old Town of Cáceresg Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in
Sevilleh Old City of Salamancaj Poblet Monasteryk Archaeological Ensemble of Méridal Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe; Route of Santiago de Compostelaz Doñana National Park2@ Historic Walled Town of Cuenca2# La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia2$ Las Médulas2% Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de
Sant Pau, Barcelona2^ San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries2& Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the
Iberian Peninsula2* University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de
Henares29 Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture3) San Cristóbal de La Lagunax Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco3@ Palmeral of Elche3# Roman Walls of Lugo3$ Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de
Boí3% Archaeological Site of Atapuerca3^ Aranjuez Cultural Landscape3& Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda
and Baeza
SRI LANKA 1980q Sacred City of Anuradhapura w Ancient City of Polonnaruwa e Ancient City of Sigiriya r Sinharaja Forest Reserve t Sacred City of Kandy y Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications u Golden Temple of Dambulla
SUDAN 1974q Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan
Region
SURINAME 1997q Central Suriname Nature Reservew Historic Inner City of Paramaribo
SWEDEN 1985q Royal Domain of Drottningholmw Birka and Hovgårdene Engelsberg Ironworksr Rock Carvings in Tanumt Skogskyrkogårdeny Hanseatic Town of Visbyu Laponian Areai Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleåo Naval Port of Karlskronap High Coasta Agricultural Landscape of Southern Ölands Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in
Falund Varberg Radio Station
SWITZERLAND 1975q Convent of St Gallw Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstaire Old City of Berne
r Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzone
t Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorny Monte San Giorgio
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 1975q Ancient City of Damascus w Ancient City of Bosra e Site of Palmyra r Ancient City of Aleppo
TAJIKISTAN 1992
THAILAND 1987q Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated
Historic Townsw Historic City of Ayutthaya and Associated Historic
Townse Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries r Ban Chiang Archaeological Sitet Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai Forest Complex
TOGO 1998q Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba
TONGA 2004
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2005
TUNISIA 1975q Medina of Tunis w Site of Carthage e Amphitheatre of El Jem
r Ichkeul National Parkt Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis y Medina of Sousse u Kairouan i Dougga / Thugga
TURKEY 1983q Historic Areas of Istanbulw Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of
Cappadociae Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigir Hattushat Nemrut Dagy Xanthos-Letoonu Hierapolis-Pamukkalei City of Safranboluo Archaeological Site of Troy
TURKMENISTAN 1994q State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”w Kunya-Urgench
UGANDA 1987q Bwindi Impenetrable National Park w Rwenzori Mountains National Park e Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi
UKRAINE 1988q Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related
Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
w L’viv — the Ensemble of the Historic Centre
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2001
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN ANDNORTHERN IRELAND 1984q Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coastw Durham Castle and Cathedrale Ironbridge Gorger Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of
Fountains Abbeyt Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sitesy Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in
Gwyneddu St Kildai Blenheim Palaceo City of Bathp Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and
Saint Margaret’s Church a Henderson Islands Tower of Londond Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey and
St Martin’s Church f Old and New Towns of Edinburghg Gough and Inaccessible Islandsh Maritime Greenwichj Heart of Neolithic Orkney k Historic Town of St George and Related
Fortifications, Bermudal Blaenavon Industrial Landscape; Dorset and East Devon Coastz Derwent Valley Mills2@ New Lanark 2# Saltaire 2$ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2% Liverpool — Maritime Mercantile City
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 1977q Ngorongoro Conservation Area w Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo
Mnarae Serengeti National Park r Selous Game Reserve t Kilimanjaro National Park y Stone Town of Zanzibar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1973q Mesa Verdew Yellowstone e Grand Canyon National Parkr Everglades National Parkt Independence Hally Redwood National Parku Mammoth Cave National Parki Olympic National Parko Cahokia Mounds State Historic Sitep Great Smoky Mountains National Parka La Fortaleza and San Juan Historic Site in
Puerto Ricos Statue of Libertyd Yosemite National Parkf Chaco Culture National Historical Parkg Monticello and the University of Virginia in
Charlottesvilleh Hawaii Volcanoes National Parkj Pueblo de Taosk Carlsbad Caverns National Park
URUGUAY 1989q Historic Quarter of Colonia del Sacramento
UZBEKISTAN 1993q Itchan Kala w Historic Centre of Bukhara e Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz r Samarkand — Crossroads of Cultures
VANUATU 2002
VENEZUELA 1990q Coro and its Portw Canaima National Parke Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas
VIET NAM 1987q Complex of Hué Monuments w Ha Long Bay e Hoi An Ancient Town r My Son Sanctuary t Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
YEMEN 1980q Old Walled City of Shibamw Old City of Sana’ae Historic Town of Zabid
ZAMBIA 1984
ZIMBABWE 1982q Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore
Safari Areas w Great Zimbabwe National Monument e Khami Ruins National Monument r Matobo Hills
Transnational SitesSeventeen properties are nominated and managed by more than one State Party.
ARGENTINA and BRAZILA Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
AUSTRIA and HUNGARYB Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
BELARUS and POLANDC Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bia ⁄lowieza Forest
BELARUS / ESTONIA / FINLAND / LATVIA /LITHUANIA / NORWAY / REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / RUSSIAN FEDERATION / SWEDEN /UKRAINED Struve Geodetic Arc
BELGIUM and FRANCEE Belfries of Belgium and France
CANADA and UNITED STATES OF AMERICAF Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay /
Tatshenshini-AlsekG Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
COSTA RICA and PANAMAH Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La
Amistad National Park
CÔTE D’IVOIRE and GUINEAI Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
FRANCE and SPAINJ Pyrénées — Mount Perdu
GERMANY and POLANDK Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski
GERMANY and UNITED KINGDOM OF GREATBRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELANDL Frontiers of the Roman Empire
HOLY SEE and ITALYM Historic Centre of Rome
HUNGARY and SLOVAKIAN Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
LITHUANIA and RUSSIAN FEDERATIONO Curonian Spit
MONGOLIA and RUSSIAN FEDERATIONP Uvs Nuur Basin
ZAMBIA and ZIMBABWEQ Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
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BAHRAIN 19911991q Qal’at al-Bahrain Archaeological Site
BANGLADESH 1983q Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat w Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur e The Sundarbans
BARBADOS 2002
BELARUS 1988q Mir Castle Complexw Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex
of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh
BELGIUM 1996q La Grand-Place, Brusselsw Flemish Béguinagese The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their
Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault)r Historic Centre of Brugget Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta
(Brussels)y Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)u Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournaii Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum
Complex
BELIZE 1990q Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
BENIN 1982q Royal Palaces of Abomey
BHUTAN 2001
BOLIVIA 1976q City of Potosíw Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitose Historic City of Sucrer Fuerte de Samaipatat Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the
Tiwanaku Culturey Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1993q Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
BOTSWANA 1998q Tsodilo
BRAZIL 1977q Historic Town of Ouro Pretow Historic Centre of the Town of Olindae Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahiar Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhast Iguaçu National Park y Brasiliau Serra da Capivara National Parki Historic Centre of São Luíso Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reservesp Atlantic Forest South-East Reservesa Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantinas Central Amazon Conservation Complex
d Pantanal Conservation Areaf Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos
Veadeiros and Emas National Parksg Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha
and Atol das Rocas Reservesh Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás
BULGARIA 1974q Boyana Churchw Madara Ridere Thracian Tomb of Kazanlakr Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovot Ancient City of Nessebary Rila Monasteryu Srebarna Nature Reservei Pirin National Parko Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari
BURKINA FASO 1987
BURUNDI 1982
CAMBODIA 1991q Angkor
CAMEROON 1982q Dja Faunal Reserve
Islamic Cairo, Egypt
Historic Centre of Lima, Peru
Skocjan Caves, Slovenia
Lake Malawi National Park, Malawi
Statue of Liberty, United States of America
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, Japan
Royalty-Free / CORBIS
Michael Freeman / CORBIS
Anthony Bannister, Gallo Images / CORBIS
B. Strugar / San Marcos
F. Damm / zefa / CORBIS
Paul Chesley / National Geographic Image Collection
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