The World Heritage List
UNESCO
World Heritage
WORLD HERITAGE LIST
The 506 properties which the World Heritage Committee
has inscribed on the World Heritage List
(380 cultural, 107 natural and 19 mixed properties in 107 States Parties)
The World Heritage Committee has inscribed the following properties on the WorldHeritage List. The List, arranged alphabetically by nominating country, is current as of December 1996.
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ALBANIA:
1992 Butrinti
ALGERIA:
1980 Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
1982 Tassili N'Ajjer
1982 M'Zab Valley
1982 Djйmila
1982 Tipasa
1982 Timgad
1992 Kasbah of Algiers
ARGENTINA:
1981 Los Glaciares
1984 Iguazu National Park
ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL:
1984 Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis:
San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Senora
de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina),
Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil)
ARMENIA:
1996 The Monastery of Haghpat
AUSTRALIA:
1981 Great Barrier Reef
1981 Kakadu National Park
1981 Willandra Lakes Region
1982 Tasmanian Wilderness
1982 Lord Howe Island Group
1987 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
1987 Central Eastern Australian Rainforest
1988 Wet Tropics of Queensland
1991 Shark Bay, Western Australia
1992 Fraser Island
1994 Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
(Riversleigh/Naracoorte)
AUSTRIA:
1996 The Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
1996 The Palace and Gardens of Schцnbrunn
BANGLADESH:
1985 Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
1985 Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
BELARUS/POLAND:
1992 Beloveshskaya Pushcha/Bialowieza Forest
BELIZE:
1996 Belize Barrier-Reef Reserve System
BENIN:
1985 Royal Palaces of Abomey
BOLIVIA:
1987 City of Potosi
1990 Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
1991 Historic City of Sucre
BRAZIL:
1980 Historic Town of Ouro Preto
1982 Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda
1984 Iguacu National Park
1985 Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
1985 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
1987 Brasilia
1991 Serra da Capivara National Park
BULGARIA:
1979 Boyana Church
1979 Madara Rider
1979 Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
1979 Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
1983 Ancient City of Nessebar
1983 Srebarna Nature Reserve
1983 Pirin National Park
1983 Rila Monastery
1985 Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari
CAMBODIA:
1992 Angkor
CAMEROON:
1987 Dja Faunal Reserve
CANADA:
1978 L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Park
1978 Nahanni National Park
1979 Dinosaur Provincial Park
1981 Anthony Island
1981 Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Complex
1983 Wood Buffalo National Park
1984 Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks*
1985 Quebec (Historic Area)
1987 Gros Morne National Park
1995 Lunenburg Old Town
*The Burgess Shale Site, previously inscribed on the
WHL, is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks.
CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
1979 Tatshenshini-Alsek/ Kluane National Park/
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Reserve and
Glacier Bay National Park
1995 Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC:
1988 Parc National du Manovo-Gounda St. Floris
CHILE:
1995 Rapa Nui National Park
CHINA:
1987 The Great Wall
1987 Mount Taishan
1987 Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
1987 Mogao Caves
1987 Mausoleum of the First Qin Emporer
1987 Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
1990 Mount Hungshan
1992 Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest
Area
1992 Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
1992 Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
1994 The Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples,
Chengde
1994 Temple of Confucius, Cemetery of Confucius, and
Kong Family Mansion in Qufu
1994 Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains
1994 The Potala Palace, Lhasa
1996 Lushan National Park
1996 Mt. Emei and Leshan Giant Buddha
COLOMBIA:
1984 Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
1994 Los Katios National Park
1995 Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox
1995 National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro
1995 San Agustin Archaeological Park
COSTA RICA/PANAMA:
1983 Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves/ La Amistad
National Park
COTE D'IVOIRE:
1982 Taп National Park
1983 Comoй National Park
CROATIA:
1979 Old City of Dubrovnik
1979 Historic Complex of Split with the Palace of
Diocletian
1979 Plitvice Lakes National Park
CUBA:
1982 Old Havana and its Fortifications
1988 Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
CYPRUS:
1980 Paphos
1985 Painted Churches in the Troodos Region
CZECH REPUBLIC:
1992 Historic Centre of Prague
1992 Historic Centre of Cesky Krumlov
1992 Historic Centre of Telc
1994 Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk at Zelena
Hora
1995 Kutna Hora - the Historical Town Centre with the
Church of Saint Barbara and the Cathedral of our Lady
at Sedlec
1996 The Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
DENMARK:
1994 Jellings Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
1995 Roskilde Cathedral
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
1990 Colonial City of Santo Domingo
ECUADOR:
1978 Galapagos National Park
1978 Old City of Quito
1983 Sangay National Park
EGYPT:
1979 Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
1979 Islamic Cairo
1979 Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields
from Giza to Dahshur
1979 Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
1979 Abu Mena
EL SALVADOR:
1993 Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site
ETHIOPIA:
1978 Rock-hewn Churches of Lalibela
1978 Simien National Park
1979 Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
1980 Aksum
1980 Lower Valley of the Awash
1980 Lower Valley of the Omo
1980 Tiya
FINLAND:
1991 Old Rauma
1991 Fortress of Suomenlinna
1994 Petдjдvesi Old Church
1996 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF MACEDONIA
1979 Ohrid Region, including its cultural and historic
aspects, and its natural environment
FRANCE:
1979 Chartres Cathedral
1979 Decorated Grottoes of the Vйzиre Valley, including
the Grotto of Lascaux
1979 Mont-St. Michel and its Bay
1979 Palace and Park of Versailles
1979 Vйzelay, Church and Hill
1981 Amiens Cathedral
1981 Chateau and Estate of Chambord
1981 Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
1981 Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
1981 Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles
1981 The Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the
Triumphal Arch of Orange
1982 The Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
1983 Place Stanislas, Place de la Carriиre, and Place
d'Alliance, Nancy
1983 Church of Saint-Savin-sur Gartempe
1983 Cape Girolata, Cape Porto, Scandola Natural
Reserve, and the Piano Calanches in Corsica
1985 Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
1988 Strasbourg, Grande Isle
1991 Paris, Banks of the Seine
1991 Cathedral of Notre-Dame, former Abbey of
Saint-Remi and Tau Palace, of Reims
1992 Bourges Cathedral
1995 Historic Centre of Avignon
1996 Le Canal du Midi
GEORGIA:
1994 The City-Museum Reserve of Mtskheta
1994 Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati
1996 Upper Svaneti
GERMANY:
1978 Aachen Cathedral
1981 Speyer Cathedral
1981 Wьrzburg Residence, including the Court Gardens
and Residence Square
1983 Pilgrimage of Church of Wies
1984 The Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at
Brьhl
1985 St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church,
Hildesheim
1986 Roman Monuments, Cathedral and Liebfrauen-Church
in Trier
1987 Hanseatic City of Lьbeck
1990 Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
1991 Abbey and Altenmьnster of Lorsch
1992 Mines of Rammelsberg and the Historic Town of
Goslar
1993 Town of Bamberg
1993 Maulbronn Monastery Complex
1994 The Collegiate Church, Castle, and old Town of
Quedlinburg
1994 Vцlklingen Ironworks
1995 Messel Pit Fossil site
1996 Cologne Cathedral
1996 The Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar and Dessau
1996 The Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
GHANA:
1979 Forts and Castles, Volta Greater Accra, Central
and Western Regions
1980 Ashante Traditional Buildings
GREECE:
1986 Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
1987 Archaeological Site of Delphi
1987 The Acropolis, Athens
1988 Mount Athos
1988 Meteora
1988 Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of
Thessalonika
1988 Archaeological Site of Epidaurus
1988 Medieval City of Rhodes
1989 Archaeological Site of Olympia
1989 Mystras
1990 Delos
1990 Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas and Nea Moni
of Chios
1992 Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
1996 The Archaeological Site of Vergina
GUATEMALA:
1979 Antigua Guatemala
1979 Tikal National Park
1981 Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
GUINEA AND COTE D'IVOIRE:
1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
HAITI:
1982 Citadel, Sans-Souci Palace, and Ramiers National
Historic Park
HOLY SEE:
1984 Vatican City
HONDURAS:
1980 Maya Site of Copan
1982 Rнo Platano Biosphere Reserve
HUNGARY:
1987 Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube with
the district of Buda Castle
1987 Hollуkц
1996 The Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and
its Natural Environment
HUNGARY AND SLOVAKIA:
1995 Caves of Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
INDIA:
1983 Ajanta Caves
1983 Ellora Caves
1983 Agra Fort
1983 Taj Mahal
1984 Sun Temple, Konarak
1985 Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
1985 Kaziranga National Park
1985 Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
1985 Keoladeo National Park
1986 Churches and Convents of Goa
1986 Group of Monuments at Khajuraho
1986 Group of Monuments at Hampi
1986 Fatehpur Sikri
1987 Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
1987 Elephanta Caves
1987 Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur
1987 Sundarbans National Park
1988 Nanda Devi National Park
1989 Buddhist Monastery at Sanchi
1993 Humayun's Tomb
1993 Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
INDONESIA:
1991 Komodo National Park
1991 Ujung Kulon National Park
1991 Borobudur Temple compound
1991 Prambanan Temple compound
1996 Sangiran Early Man Site
IRAN:
1979 Persepolis
1979 Tchoga Zanbil Ziggurat and Complex
1979 Meidan Emam, Esfahan
IRAQ:
1985 Hatra
IRELAND:
1993 Archaeological ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne
1996 Skellig Michael
ITALY:
1979 Rock Drawings in Valcamonica near Bresica
1980 Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle
Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci
1982 Historic Centre of Florence
1987 Venice and its Lagoon
1987 Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
1990 Historic Centre of San Gimignano
1993 I Sassi di Matera
1994 The City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of
the Veneto
1995 Historic Centre of Siena
1995 Historic Centre of Naples
1995 Crespi d'Adda
1995 Ferrara, City of the Renaissance
1996 Castel del Monte
1996 The Trulli of Alberobello
1996 The Early Christian Monuments and Mosaics of
Ravenna
1996 The Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
ITALY/HOLY SEE:
1980 Historic Centre of Rome, the properties of the
Holy See in that city enjoying extraterritorial rights,
and San Paolo fuori le Mura
JAPAN:
1993 Himeji-jo
1993 Buddhist Monuments in the Horyuji Area
1993 Yakushima
1993 Shirakami-Sanchi
1994 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji
and Otsu Cities)
1995 Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
1996 Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
1996 Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
JERUSALEM
1981 The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (site
proposed by Jordan)
JORDAN:
1985 Petra
1985 Quseir Amra
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC:
1995 Town of Luang Prabang
LEBANON:
1984 Anjar
1984 Baalbek
1984 Byblos
1984 Tyre
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA:
1982 Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
1982 Archaeological Site of Sabratha
1982 Archaeological Site of Cyrene
1985 Rock-art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
1988 Old Town of Ghadamиs
LITHUANIA:
1994 Vilnius Historic Centre
LUXEMBOURG:
1994 The City of Luxembourg,its old quarters and
fortifications
MADAGASCAR:
1990 Tsingy Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
MALAWI:
1984 Lake Malawi National Park
MALI:
1988 Old Towns of Djennй
1988 Timbuktu
1989 Cliffs of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
MALTA:
1980 City of Valetta
1980 Megalithic Temples
1980 Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
MAURITANIA:
1989 Banc D'Arguin National Park
1996 The Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt
and Oualata
MEXICO:
1987 Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
1987 Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
1987 Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
1987 Historic Centre of Oaxaca and the Archaeological
Site of Monte Alban
1987 Historic Centre of Puebla
1987 Sian Ka'an
1988 Historic Town of Guanajuato and adjacent mines
1988 Pre-Hispanic City of Chichйn-Itza
1991 Historic Centre of Morelia
1992 El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City
1993 Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
1993 Historic Centre of Zacatecas
1993 Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
1994 The Earliest 16th Century Monasteries on the
slopes of Popocatepetl
1996 The Prehispanic Town of Uxmal
1996 The Historic Monuments Zone of Querйtaro
MOROCCO:
1981 Medina of Fez
1985 Medina of Marrakesh
1987 Ksar of Aпt-Ben-Haddou
1996 The Historic City of Meknes
MOZAMBIQUE:
1991 Island of Mozambique
NEPAL:
1979 Kathmandu Valley
1979 Sagarmatha National Park, including Mt. Everest
1984 Royal Chitwan National Park
NETHERLANDS:
1995 Schokland and its surroundings
1996 The Defense Line of Amsterdam
NEW ZEALAND:
1990 Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand
(Westland/Mount Cook National Park and Fiordland
National Park, previously inscribed on the World
Heritage List, are part of this site)
1990 Tongariro National Park
NIGER:
1991 Air and Tйnйrй Natural Reserves
1996 "W" National Park
NORWAY:
1979 Urnes Stave Church
1979 Bryggen
1980 Rшros Mining Town
1985 Rock Drawings of Alta
OMAN:
1987 Bahla Fort
1988 Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
1994 Arabian Oryx Sanctuary
PAKISTAN:
1980 Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro
1980 Buddhist Ruins at Takht-i-Bahi and Neighboring
City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol
1980 Taxila
1981 Fort and Shalamar Gardens at Lahore
1981 Historic Monuments of Thatta
PANAMA:
1980 Fortifications of Portobelo and San Lorenzo
1981 Darien National Park
PARAGUAY:
1993 Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Parana
and Jesus de Tavarangue
PERU:
1983 City of Cuzco
1983 Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
1985 Chavin (Archaeological site)
1985 Huascarбn National Park
1987 Manu National Park
1988 Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
1990 Rio Abiseo National Park
1991 Historic Centre of Lima
1994 The Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de
Juma
PHILIPPINES:
1993 Baroque Churches of the Philippines
1993 Tubbataha Reef Marine Park
1995 Rice Terrasses of the Philippines Cordilleras
POLAND:
1978 Historic Centre of Cracow
1978 Wieliczka Salt Mines
1979 Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1980 Historic Centre of Warsaw
1992 Old City of Zamosc
PORTUGAL:
1983 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in
the Azores
1983 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belйm,
Lisbon
1983 Monastery of Batalha
1983 Convent of Christ in Tomar
1988 Historic Centre of Evora
1989 Monastery of Alcobaзa
1995 Cultural Landscape of Sintra
1996 The Historic Centre of Oporto
REPUBLIC OF KOREA:
1995 Sokkuram Grotto and Pulguksa Temple
1995 Haiensa Temple Changgyong P'ango, the Depositories
for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks
1995 The Chongmyo Shrine
ROMANIA:
1991 Danube Delta
1993 Biertan and its Fortified Church
1993 Monastery of Horezu
1993 Churches of Moldavia
RUSSIAN FEDERATION:
1990 Historic Centre of St. Petersburg and related
groups of monuments
1990 Khizi Pogost
1990 Kremlin and the Red Square
1992 Historic Monuments of Novgorod and surroundings
1992 Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky
Islands
1992 The White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
1993 Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius
Lavra in Sergiev Posad
1994 The Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
1995 Virgin Komi Forests
1996 Lake Baikal
1996 Volcanoes of Kamchatka
SENEGAL:
1978 Island of Gorйe
1981 Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
1981 Niokolo-Koba National Park
SEYCHELLES:
1982 Aldabra Atoll
1983 Vallйe de Mai Nature Reserve
SLOVAKIA:
1993 Vlkolinec
1993 Spissky Hrad and its Associated Cultural Monuments
1993 Banska Stiavnica
SLOVENIA:
1988 Skocjan Caves
SPAIN:
1984 The Historic Centre of Cуrdoba
1984 Alhambra, Generalife, and Albayzin, Granada
1984 Burgos Cathedral
1984 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
1984 Parque Gьell, Palacio Gьell and Casa Mila,
Barcelona
1985 Altamira Cave
1985 Old Town of Segovia, including its aqueduct
1985 Churches of the Kingdom of the Asturias
1985 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)
1985 Old Town of Avila, including its Extra Muros
churches
1986 Mudejar Architecture of Teruel
1986 Historic City of Toledo
1986 Garajonay National Park
1986 Old Town of Caceres
1987 Cathedral, the Alcazar and Archivo de Indias,
Seville
1988 Old City of Salamanca
1991 Poblet Monastery
1993 Archaeological Ensemble of Mйrida
1993 Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe
1993 The Route of Santiago de Compostela
1994 Doсana National Park
1996 The Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
1996 "La Lonja de la Seda" of Valencia
SRI LANKA:
1982 Sacred City of Anuradhapura
1982 Ancient City of Polonnaruva
1982 Ancient City of Sigiriya
1988 Sinharaja Forest Reserve
1988 Sacred City of Kandy
1988 Old Town of Galle and its fortifications
1991 Golden Temple of Dambulla
SWEDEN:
1991 Royal Domain of Drottningholm
1993 Birka and Hovgеrden
1993 Engelsberg Ironworks
1994 Rock Carvings of Tanum
1994 Skogskyrkogеrden
1995 Hanseatic Town of Visby
1996 The Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleе
1996 The Laponian Area
SWITZERLAND:
1983 Convent of St. Gall
1983 Benedictine Convent of St. John at Mьstair
1983 Old City of Berne
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC:
1979 Ancient City of Damascus
1980 Site of Palmyra
1980 Ancient City of Bosra
1988 Ancient City of Aleppo
THAILAND:
1991 Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries
1991 Historic Town of Sukhothai and associated historic
towns
1991 Historic City of Ayutthaya and associated historic
towns
1992 Ban Chiang Archaeological Site
TUNISIA:
1979 Amphitheater of El Djem
1979 Site of Carthage
1979 Medina of Tunis
1980 Ichkeul National Park
1985 Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
1988 Medina of Sousse
1988 Kairouan
TURKEY:
1985 Historic Areas of Istanbul
1985 Gцreme National Park and the Rock Sites of
Cappadocia
1985 Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi
1986 Hattusha
1987 Nemrut Dag
1988 Xanthos-Letoon
1988 Hierapolis-Pamukkale
1994 City of Safranbolu
UGANDA:
1994 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
1994 Rwenzori Mountains National Park
UKRAINE:
1990 Kiev: St Sophia Cathedral and related monastic
buildings, and Lavra of Kiev-Pechersk
UNITED KINGDOM:
1986 The Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
1986 Durham Castle and Cathedral
1986 Ironbridge Gorge
1986 Studley Royal Park, including the Ruins of
Fountains Abbey
1986 Stonehenge, Avebury and associated sites
1986 The Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in
Gwynedd
1986 St. Kilda
1987 Blenheim Palace
1987 City of Bath
1987 Hadrian's Wall
1987 Palace of Westminster, Abbey of Westminster, and
St. Margaret's Church
1988 Henderson Island
1988 The Tower of London
1988 Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey, and
St. Martin's Church
1995 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
1995 Gough Island Wildlife Reserve
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA:
1979 Ngorongoro Conservation Area
1981 Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
1981 Serengeti National Park
1982 Selous Game Reserve
1987 Kilimanjaro National Park
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
1978 Mesa Verde National Park
1978 Yellowstone National Park
1979 Everglades National Park
1979 Grand Canyon National Park
1979 Independence Hall
1980 Redwood National Park
1981 Mammoth Cave National Park
1981 Olympic National Park
1982 Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
1983 Great Smokey Mountains National Park
1983 San Juan National Historic Site and La Fortaleza
1984 The Statue of Liberty
1984 Yosemite National Park
1987 Monticello, and the University of Virginia,
Charlottesville
1987 Chaco Culture National Historic Park
1987 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
1992 Pueblo de Taos
1995 Carlsbad Caverns National Park
URUGUAY:
1995 Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del
Sacramento
UZBEKISTAN:
1990 Itchan Kala
1993 The Historic Centre of Bukhara
VENEZUELA:
1993 Coro
1994 Canaima National Park
VIET NAM:
1993 Huй (Complex of Monuments)
1994 Ha Long Bay
YEMEN:
1982 Old Walled City of Shibam
1988 Old City of Sana'a
1993 Historic Town of Zabid
YUGOSLAVIA:
1979 Natural and Culturo-Historic Region of Kotor
1979 Stari Ras and Sopocani Monastery
1980 Durmitor National Park
1988 Studenica Monastery
ZAIRE:
1979 Virunga National Park
1981 Kahuzi-Biega National Park
1980 Garamba National Park
1984 Salonga National Park
1996 Okapi Faunal Reserve
ZAMBIA/ZIMBABWE:
1989 Victoria Falls/Mosi-oa-Tunya
ZIMBABWE:
1984 Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari
Areas
1988 Great Zimbabwe National Monument
1988 Khami Ruins National Monument
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The World Heritage List was established under terms of The Convention Concerning the Protection of World Culture and Natural Heritage adopted in November, 1972 at the 17th General Conference of UNESCO.
The Convention states that a World Heritage Committee "will establish, keep up-to-date and publish" a World Heritage List of cultural and natural properties, submitted by the States and considered to be of outstanding universal value.
One of the main responsibilities of this Committee is to provide technical co-operation under the World Heritage Fund for the safeguarding of World Heritage Sites to States Parties whose resources are insufficient.
States Parties can request international assistance under the Fund for expert missions, training of specialized staff, and supply of equipment when appropriate; they can also apply for long-term loans and, in special cases, non-repayable grants. Requests must concern work necessary for the preservation of cultural or natural sites included in the World Heritage List or assistance to national or regional training centres.
Emergency assistance is also available under the Fund in the case of properties severely damaged by specific natural or man-made disasters or threatened with imminent destruction.
As of December 1996, 147 Member States had ratified the Convention, the United States being the first to do so. As of December 1996, the number of sites on the World Heritage List stood at 506. The Committee named 12 sites in 1978, 45 in 1979, 28 in 1980, 26 in 1981, 24 in 1982, 29 in 1983, 23 in 1984, 30 in 1985, 31 in 1986, 41 in 1987, 27 in 1988, 7 in 1989, 17 in 1990, 22 in 1991, 20 in 1992, 33 in 1993, 29 in 1994, 29 in 1995, and 37 in 1996.
* Small discrepancies in numbers may be due to different methods of numbering sites, and overlapping of sites into two countries.
Inquiries should be sent to :
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
7 Place de Fontenoy
75352 Paris 07 SP, France
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Update: 20 February 1997
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