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IRELAND 23 26 7 T 2 List of World Heritage in Danger 6 25 8 2 27 21 NETHERLANDS 35 Dotted line represents approximately the Line of 3 X 6 A See country index on back side of map for site listings. 5 28 Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by 6 1 22 4 Number indicates site order by year of inscription 19 8 28 V 9 30 India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu 1012 9 7 6 POLAND 1 within each country. 9 3 31 2419 and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by 5 2416 8 34 11 14 S 13 25 5 Letters are assigned to transnational properties in 20 4 AF 2 33 18 9 11 the parties. 26 7 1 17 21 UKRAINE the order of their inscription on the List. 9 5 1 5 20 T 35103 G CZECHIA 1 2 M 6 BELGIUM 38 2 10 Only States Parties to the World Heritage Convention Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan 7 27 16 1 9 AC 28 12 32 10 4 are labeled on this map. LUXEMBOURG 1 7 10 3 5 T and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet 18 15 12 11 8 1 3 V 3 17 1 17 2 35 REPUBLIC OF United Nations (UN) country boundaries shown been determined. 3 38 13 29 7 4 6 SLOVAKIA I 2 27 12 AF 2 2 6 4 MOLDOVA as of October 2016. 6 16 6 7 7 2 2 13 3 23 Y Y 4 http://whc.unesco.org 26 10 4 1 4 P 3 1 1 4 3 2 http://www.nationalgeographic.com 19 SWITZ. 1 HUNGARY 6 4 37 11 8 AUSTRIA 5 2 GEORGIA 1 13 Y 3 7 2 1 30 FRANCE SLOVENIA ROMANIA ARMENIA © 2016 UNESCO Printed December 2016 6AF 5 4 W 42 5 5 3 AF 43 ZY 3 16 2 23 Y Q 36 1 27 11 Y 8 1 CROATIA 2925 5 2 31 194 4 7 40 18 41 3 BOSNIA 9 12 & SERBIA 4 9 20 8 46 20 HERZEGOVINA 4 2 33 6 34 368 40 15 AG 24 33 15 SAN 2 BULGARIA 5 38 21 20 24 1 2 24 9 443 MARINO 6 2AG 3 8 5 29 5 1 2 1 1 3 35 K 22 MONACO 69 7 AG AG 11 3 26 ANDORRA 16 33 3 10 4 Longitude West Longitude East 8 34 38 1 1 6 1 15 150° 120° 90° 60° 30° 0° 30° 60° 90° 120° 150° 10 1 ITALY 8 PORTUGAL (France) 14 MONTENEGRO F.Y.R.O.M. TURKEY 5 14 L 16 371 34 18 12 10 7 17 5 30 ALBANIA 1 2 ARCTIC OCEAN 3 4 31 25 HOLY SEE C 6 6 4 28 17 13 14 4 9 36 11 10 14 7 14 19 12 22 2125 7 2 2 13 13 11 SYRIAN 5 18 SPAIN 27 28 1 5 GREECE 4 ARAB Z 23 41 17 7 6 (Italy) 23 14 REPUBLIC 212 1 29 (Spain) 13 3 37 32 3 5 15 15 11 16 21 32 10 7 6 CYPRUS 42 2 47 1 8 5 45 9 2 3 3 2 (Italy) 39 1 1 1 29 26 22 LEBANON 19 35 4 (Russian 2 Federation) GREENLAND 2 9 (Denmark) 3 2 674 Polish National 4 21 1 ISRAEL 2 Commission Meridian of Greenwich MALTA 3 1 5 PALESTINE 3 for UNESCO ARCTIC CIRCLE ARCTIC CIRCLE 1 8 1 United Nations 2 JORDAN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 9 5 1 4 Nestled along a gentle curve of Vistula River, the Historic Centre of Kraków is a cultural, B 2 economic, and political capital where Poland’s kings were crowned from the 14th to RUSSIAN FEDERATION 22 the 18th century. The royal Wawel Castle still stands as a museum on a hill above 60° 60° the city, welcoming visitors to the city’s Gothic cathedrals, synagogues, and 6 museums. In the great market square, the largest of medieval Europe, locals CANADA Albers Conic Equal-Area Projection and tourists pause on the hour to listen to a bugle call from the tower of 0 mi 400 Area enlarged 11 St. Mary’s Basilica—a song played as the city’s anthem for centuries. The World Heritage Cities Programme seeks at top right 0 km 400 Title photo: Michal Krakowiak to protect living historic city centres and their cultural and architectural her- 10 4 15 7 1 itage from threats such as uncontrolled 3 3 development or inappropriate construction. EUROPE 12 R 5 NORTH 9 J KAZAKHSTAN 2 3 8 11 The OUR PLACE World Heritage photobank is 1 8 developed in partnership with the UNESCO 16 MONGOLIA World Heritage Centre. The OUR PLACE team The World Heritage emblem symbolizes AMERICA 13 AE 12 14 ASIA 16 has now photographed nearly 400 World the interdependence of the world’s natural 2 10 Heritage sites in more than 90 countries. AH 2 13 1 Visit: www.ourplaceworldheritage.com and cultural diversity. The central square UZBEKISTAN AE 45 42 2 1 AH 3 represents the achievements of human skill 6 AH KYRGYZSTAN 27 UNITED STATES AZERBAIJAN 11 30 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S 12 1 1 2 4 and inspiration, and the circle celebrates 5 2 4 4 28 21 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 2 6 20 the gifts of nature. The emblem is round, 9 TURKMENISTAN 1 2 38 16 9 12 1 3 1 OF AMERICA 15 11 3 TAJIKISTAN 2 4 like the world, a symbol of global protec- 13 (Portugal) 12 1 3 REPUBLIC 1 7 4 14 17 11 9 7 12 5 5 OF KOREA 10 tion for the heritage of all humankind. 17 5 4 8 4 4 7 1 1210 6 JAPAN 3 14 1 6 16 CHINA 33 2 6 18 AF 10 6 6 7 1 2 12 1 17 3 2 46 7 14 5 19 2 19 9 5 3 8 20 1 3 AE5 4026 87 The Small Islands Programme focuses on 41 TUNISIA IRAN (ISLAMIC 2 12 8 AFGHANISTAN 8 8 (Portugal) 9 2 3 15 6 preserving heritage on the islands of the 32 20 18 (UK) MOROCCO 3 1 IRAQ 18 3 9 13 18 110 REPUBLIC OF) 32 7 2 5 5 49 18 Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic, Pacific 3 5 AF 3224 18 5 21 17 18 7 41 3 and Indian Oceans. 5 4 13 2 19 30°N 1 KUWAIT 14 16 23 15 25 30°N 21 30 7 6 20 10 (Spain) 6 PAKISTAN 27 47 37 1339 4 21 NEPAL 29 39 11 1325 2 1 BHUTAN 22 The World Heritage Marine Programme ALGERIA 1 9 4 3 4 3 34 15 1 BAHRAIN 1 28 13 8 7 19 The Earthen Architecture Conservation LIBYA EGYPT 2 11 helps countries nominate marine sites and 2 1 QATAR 22 19 4 2 33 35 Programme works toward conserving and 4 4 30 11 2 36 BAHAMAS manage them effectively to ensure that they 2 UNITED 1 23 43 TROPIC OF CANCER revitalizing earthen architecture, which is MEXICO SAUDI ARAB 31 BANGLADESH TROPIC OF CANCER 19 44 1 will thrive for future generations. There EMIRATES 21 4 24 34 threatened by natural disasters and indus- 1230 5 3 ARABIA 25 1 1 8 CUBA 173 48 31 2 are currently 49 marine sites on the World 3 trialization. Currently, some one hundred 26 728 23 9 INDIA MYANMAR 6 17 16 8 2 1 LAO P.D.R. 2 (USA) 10 15 7 DOMINICAN Heritage List. 1 7 8 16 properties on the World Heritage List are 9 24334 21 4 36 3 2 5 1 273 1 1 REPUBLIC MAURITANIA 29 6 (USA) 1 OMAN 2615 partially or totally built with earth. 34 20 14 19 HAITI 1 11 1 PACIFIC 22 1 MALI 1 3 BELIZE JAMAICA ANTIGUA CABO VERDE 4 5 5 2 1 3 531 1 1 1 AND BARBUDA 2 NIGER 2 2 1 3 ST KITTS AND NEVIS 3 4 1 4 ERITREA 1 14 THAILAND 3 3 2 1 DOMINICA SUDAN 10 4 HONDURAS SENEGAL CHAD 2 YEMEN 12 3 PHILIPPINES OCEAN 2 1 1 1 2 VIET 2 5 3 6 3 2 5 2 GUATEMALA 1 1 SAINT LUCIA U 1 NAM ST VINCENT AND GAMBIA 1 1 EL SALVADOR 2 THE GRENADINES 1 BARBADOS 2 2 1 (Yemen) 1 NICARAGUA 6 3 4 6 CAMBODIA 4 (Netherlands) GRENADA GUINEA- BURKINA FASO AFRICA 2 DJIBOUTI 22 1 1 BISSAU 4 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO GUINEA BENIN 1 16 MARSHALL 2 1 3 1 1 4 (Philippines) F 1 NIGERIA ISLANDS COSTA 3 3 3 ATLANTIC 2 1 ETHIOPIA 8 1 World Heritage sites are inscribed on the SIERRA TOGO 5 29 1 RICA PANAMA 2 LEONE COTEˆ SOUTH 3 2 D GHANA 2 7 2 PALAU List on the basis of their merits as forming 4 VENEZUELA 1 CENTRAL 5 8 SRI 1 D'IVOIRE SUDAN LANKA 6 1 LIBERIA 4 1 a significant contribution to the cultural GUYANA 2 AFRICAN REPUBLIC 6 PACIFIC 1 (Costa Rica) OCEAN 1 3 2 9 BRUNEI MICRONESIA 7 2 1 CAMEROON 7 4 DARUSSALAM and natural heritage of the world. Their (FEDERATED STATES OF) 6 1 (Colombia) COLOMBIA 2 MALDIVES 3 2 outstanding universal value is considered SURINAME EQUATORIAL 1 2 MALAYSIA OCEAN 4 GUINEA AA KIRIBATI to go beyond national boundaries and to 5 5 SAO TOME UGANDA 1 AD AND PRINCIPE 1 SINGAPORE EQUATOR be of importance for future generations. AD 3 KENYA EQUATOR 2 2 5 1 0° 1 CONGO DEMOCRATIC 0° ECUADOR 1 (Ecuador) 1 GABON 3 4 RWANDA 12 3 3 3 INDIAN 4 8 REPUBLIC 7 INDONESIA BURUNDI 1 5 6 1 (Brazil) 15 S KIRIBATI 4 E 2 L L 7 E 6 OF THE CONGO H OCEAN SOUTH C 1 UNITED REP. 6 Y E 2 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 8 Cultural heritage refers to monuments, OF TANZANIA S 145 SOLOMON 5 2 8 7 buildings and sites with historical, aesthetic, 3 ISLANDS 4 4 2 1 Conserving the diversity of life on Earth is 3 AMERICA archaeological, scientific, ethnological or 11 PERU 17 COMOROS critical to global human welfare. With the BRAZIL anthropological value. Natural heritage 1 7 6 ANGOLA support of the World Heritage Convention, refers to outstanding physical, biological or The World Heritage Sustainable Tourism 1 2 1 3 MALAWI SAMOA AD 14 1 the most important biodiversity sites 6 geological features and includes habitats of ZAMBIA 2 3 Programme helps visitors discover World 9 E 1 receive international recognition as well as threatened species, as well as areas with U Heritage sites while encouraging respect of 8 BOLIVIA 2 16 6 VANUATU 10 AD 9 1 Q COOK ISLANDS technical and financial assistance to deal 5 (PLURINATIONAL scientific, environmental or aesthetic I the environment and local cultures and FIJI STATE OF) 13 B 15 1 1 with threats such as agricultural encroach- AD 4 11 value. Mixed sites have both cultural H enhancing community livelihoods. 2 NIUE 1 ZIMBABWE M 1 2 3 2 A 11 ment, alien species and poaching. 1 19 and natural values. 3 Z MADAGASCAR 1 4 41 1 4 2 MAURITIUS 2 31 TONGA O (France) 32 (France) NAMIBIA BOTSWANA M 19 PARAGUAY 18 4 TROPIC OF CAPRICORN 7AD AUSTRALIA TROPIC OF CAPRICORN 11 (UK) 10 3 5 2 9 7 10 2 Robinson Projection SWAZILAND 1 (Chile) 1 6 SCALE 1:43,720,000 AUSTRALIA 1 0 mi 1000 E 7 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by the SOUTH AB 0 km 1000 30°S United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, at its General Conference, Paris, 16 November 1972. 5 AFRICA LESOTHO 30°S CHILE The reduced scale of the maps and the cartographic 6 projections have resulted in approximate locations 5 (Australia) of some properties. 6 3 2 URUGUAY 18 EXTRACTS 2 Land cover data: 14 17 5 1 5 3 … parts of the cultural or natural heritage are of out- An Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection AF Tom Patterson, US National Park Service standing interest and therefore need to be preserved as of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Outstanding Text: Shelley Sperry 11 Design and production by National Geographic Maps part of the world heritage of humankind as a whole. Universal Value, called “the World Heritage ARGENTINA Committee”, is… established within UNESCO. 16 … [with] the magnitude and gravity of the new dan- NEW 2 (UK) gers threatening… [the world’s heritage], it is incum- ... the Committee shall establish… under the title 15 ZEALAND bent on the international community as a whole to of “World Heritage List”, a list of the properties 4 Agua Volcano looms above the elegant stucco arch of Santa Catalina participate in the protection of the cultural and natural forming part of the cultural heritage and natural Three shallow, alkaline lakes in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley sustain 2 3 Medina of Tunis frames the restored Al-Zaytuna Mosque, founded in convent in Antigua, Guatemala. Originally called Santiago, the city heritage of outstanding universal value… heritage... which it considers as having outstanding dozens of species, including cheetahs, giraffes, and white pelicans. 698 A.D. Some 700 palaces, madrasas, mosques, and other monu- ments spanning the 7th to the 20th century preserve and honor one of ruled Spanish lands in Central America from the 16th to the 18th universal value... Geothermal activity in the form of hot springs and geysers helps 1 century, until earthquakes devastated the area in 1773. Franciscan nourish green algae to feed up to a million lesser pink flamingos the most spectacular cities in North Africa. and Baroque structures survived to tell the story. each year. 4

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UNESCO adopted the Convention 2* Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret w Ellora Caves k Residences of the Royal House of Savoy City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol AG Ste´cci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards l N Curonian Spit 2( Bordeaux, Port of the Moon e Agra Fort Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua MADAGASCAR 1983 r Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural ; q R Uvs Nuur Basin CUBA 1981 3) Fortifications of Vauban r Taj Mahal Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve t Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore z w T Struve Geodetic Arc Heritage in 1972. Since then, 192 countries have ratified the q Old Havana and its Fortification System 3! Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and t Sun Temple, Konârak Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Royal Hill of Ambohimanga y Rohtas Fort w Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios Associated Ecosystems y Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Torre Annunziata e Rainforests of the Atsinanana RWANDA 2000 PALAU 2002 treaty, and at present 1052 properties are inscribed on the e San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba 3@ Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island u Kaziranga National Park 2@ Villa Romana del Casale MALAWI 1982 2# Su Nuraxi di Barumini 1 Rock Islands Southern Lagoon SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 1986 List — 814 of which are cultural, 203 natural and 35 mixed r Desembarco del Granma National Park 3# Episcopal City of Albi i Manas Wildlife Sanctuary q Lake Malawi National Park q Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park t Viñales Valley 3$ The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean o Keoladeo National Park 2$ Portovenere, Cinque Terre and the Islands (Palmaria, w Chongoni Rock-Art Area PALESTINE 2011 (a combination of the two). They are noted here in alphabetical y Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape p Churches and Convents of Goa Tino and Tinetto) 1 Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the SAINT LUCIA 1991 Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley), Egypt Plantations in the South-East of Cuba 3% Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin a Khajuraho Group of Monuments 2% Costiera Amalfitana MALAYSIA 1988 Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem q Pitons Management Area order by country and in the order they were listed. Éditions Gelbart 2^ Archaeological Area of Agrigento q Kinabalu Park u Alejandro de Humboldt National Park 3^ Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte s Group of Monuments at Hampi 2 Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines — Cultural SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 2003 i Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche d Fatehpur Sikri 2& Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of w Gunung Mulu National Park Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir Aquileia e Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the SAMOA 2001 o Historic Centre of Camagüey 3& The Climats, Terroirs of Burgundy f Group of Monuments at Pattadakal PANAMA 1978 BANGLADESH 1983 CANADA 1976 3* Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars g Elephanta Caves 2* Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Straits of Malacca SAN MARINO 1991 KEY q Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat q L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site CYPRUS 1975 Archaeological Sites of Paestum and Velia and the r Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley 1 Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: q K Pyrénées — Mount Perdu h Great Living Chola Temples q San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano Cultural property w Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur w Nahanni National Park q Paphos Certosa de Padula Portobelo-San Lorenzo q M Belfries of Belgium and France j Sundarbans National Park MALDIVES 1986 Natural property e The Sundarbans e Dinosaur Provincial Park w Painted Churches in the Troodos Region 2( Historic Centre of Urbino w Darien National Park SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 2006 q (cultural and natural) Y Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps k Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks Mixed property r SG_ang Gwaay e Choirokoitia 3) Villa Adriana (Tivoli) MALI 1977 e Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic A Transnational property BARBADOS 2002 AF The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding l Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi SAUDI ARABIA 1978 t Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump x City of Verona 1 Old Towns of Djenné District of Panamá (Thirty-four properties are nominated and q Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison CZECHIA 1993 Contribution to the Modern Movement ; Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi q Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) y Wood Buffalo National Park 3@ 2 Timbuktu r Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine managed by more than one State Party) q Historic Centre of Prague z Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) w At-Turaif District in ad-Dir’iyah BELARUS 1988 u Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks GABON 1986 3# e Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) Protection q Property in danger w Historic Centre of Cesk´ˇ y Krumlov 2@ Mountain Railways of India Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and other e Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah q Mir Castle Complex i Historic District of Old Québec q Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé- 4 Tomb of Askia F Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / e Historic Centre of Telˇc Franciscan Sites r Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia w Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Okanda 2# Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya La Amistad National Park 1979 Year in which each of the 192 o Gros Morne National Park r Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená 2$ 3$ Villa d’Este, Tivoli MALTA 1978 Radziwill Family at Nesvizh Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka _ SENEGAL 1976 States Parties adhered to the p Old Town Lunenburg Hora GAMBIA 1987 2% Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park 3% Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern q Hal Saflieni Hypogeum PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1997 A Białowie˙za Forest a Miguasha National Park q Island of Gorée World Heritage Convention t Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of q Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites 2^ Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Sicily) w City of Valletta q Kuk Early Agricultural Site T Struve Geodetic Arc 2 Niokolo-Koba National Park s Rideau Canal 3^ Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sedlec U Stone Circles of Senegambia Terminus) Station e Megalithic Temples of Malta e A variety of dangers due to natural causes or human d Joggins Fossil Cliffs 3& Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia PARAGUAY 1988 Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, United States Franz Lanting / Mint Images / Getty Images BELGIUM 1996 y Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape GEORGIA 1992 2& Red Fort Complex MARSHALL ISLANDS 2002 q Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná r Island of Saint-Louis intervention are constantly threatening World Heritage. q La Grand-Place, Brussels f Landscape of Grand Pré 2* Jantar Mantar, Jaipur 3* Val d’Orcia As a result, 55 properties (in bold on the list) are currently q Historical Monuments of Mtskheta 3( Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica q Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site and Jesús de Tavarangue t Saloum Delta w Historic Inner City of Paramaribo w Flemish Béguinages w Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery 2( Western Ghats y Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural 2& Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger and are 4) Genoa: The Strade Nuove and the system of the MAURITANIA 1981 PERU 1982 SWAZILAND 2005 e The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their e Upper Svaneti 3) Hill Forts of Rajasthan Landscapes 2* The Forth Bridge thus entitled to particular attention and emergency Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault) x Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat Palazzi dei Rolli q Banc d’Arguin National Park q City of Cuzco 2( Gorham’s Cave Complex conservation action. U Stone Circles of Senegambia SWEDEN 1985 r Historic Centre of Brugge GERMANY 1976 3@ Great Himalayan National Park 4! Mantua and Sabbioneta w Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and w Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu q Royal Domain of Drottningholm G Frontiers of the Roman Empire

t Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta q 3# Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda 4@ The Dolomites Oualata e Chavin (Archaeological Site) SERBIA 2001 w Birka and Hovgården AFGHANISTAN 1979 (Brussels) w 4# The Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568- r Huascarán National Park q Stari Ras and Sopo´cani UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 1977 University) at Nalanda, Bihar MAURITIUS 1995 e Engelsberg Ironworks q Ngorongoro Conservation Area q Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam y Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) e Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and 3$ Khangchendzonga National Park 774 A.D.) t Chan Chan Archaeological Zone w Studenica Monastery q Aapravasi Ghat r Rock Carvings in Tanum w Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara w Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of u Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai Residence Square AF The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding 4$ Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany y Manú National Park 3 Medieval Monuments in Kosovo w Le Morne Cultural Landscape t Skogskyrkogården e Serengeti National Park the Bamiyan Valley i Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex r Pilgrimage Church of Wies Contribution to the Modern Movement 4% Mount Etna u Historic Centre of Lima r Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius y Hanseatic Town of Visby t Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl 4^ MEXICO 1984 i Río Abiseo National Park AG 4 Selous Game Reserve ALBANIA o Stoclet House The Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero Ste´cci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards u Laponian Area 1989 y INDONESIA 1989 q Sian Ka’an o t Kilimanjaro National Park q Butrint p Major Mining Sites of Wallonia St Mary’s Cathedral and St Michael’s Church at and Monferrato Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa SEYCHELLES i Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå q Borobudur Temple Compounds w Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque p 1980 y Stone Town of Zanzibar w Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra M Belfries of Belgium and France 4& Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa q o Naval Port of Karlskrona w Ujung Kulon National Park e Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco Aldabra Atoll u Kondoa Rock-Art Sites AF The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding u Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church Cefalú and Monreale a Sacred City of Caral-Supe p ALGERIA 1974 e Komodo National Park r Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan w Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland Contribution to the Modern Movement of Our Lady in C Historic Centre of Rome AD Qhapac Ñan, Andean Road System a Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1973 q Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad i Hanseatic City of Lübeck r Prambanan Temple Compounds Q Monte San Giorgio t Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of SIERRA LEONE 2005 q Mesa Verde National Park BELIZE 1990 PHILIPPINES 1985 s Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg w Tassili n’Ajjer o Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin t Sangiran Early Man Site W Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscape Monte Albán w Yellowstone National Park q Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System y Lorentz National Park q Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park SINGAPORE 2012 d Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland e M’Zab Valley p Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch Y Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps y Historic Centre of Puebla e Grand Canyon National Park u w Baroque Churches of the Philippines q Singapore Botanic Gardens O High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago r Djémila a Mines of , Historic Town of and Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra u Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines BENIN 1982 e Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras T Struve Geodetic Arc r Everglades National Park t Tipasa i Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System JAMAICA 1983 i Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza SLOVAKIA 1993 q Royal Palaces of Abomey Upper Harz Water Management System q Blue and John Crow Mountains r Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park t Independence Hall y Timgad s Town of as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy o Historic Centre of Morelia q Vlkolínec SWITZERLAND 1975 BHUTAN 2001 t Historic City of Vigan ˇ y Redwood National Park u Kasbah of Algiers d Complex IRAN (Islamic Republic of) 1975 JAPAN 1992 p El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City w Historic Town of Banská Stiavnica and the Technical q Abbey of St Gall u Mammoth Cave National Park y Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary Monuments in its Vicinity ANDORRA 1997 BOLIVIA (Plurinational State of) 1976 f Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of q Tchogha Zanbil q Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area a Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino w Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair i Olympic National Park q City of Potosí g Völklingen Ironworks w Himeji-jo s Historic Centre of Zacatecas POLAND 1976 e Levoˇca, Spiˇssk´y Hrad and the Associated Cultural e Old City of Berne q Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley w Persepolis o Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site w Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos h Fossil Site e Meidan Emam, Esfahan e Yakushima d Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco q Historic Centre of Kraków Monuments r Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the p Great Smoky Mountains National Park ANGOLA 1991 e Historic City of Sucre j r Takht-e Soleyman r Shirakami-Sanchi f Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of w Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines r Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve Market-Town of Bellinzona a La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in t ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1983 r Fuerte de Samaipata Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras ICF - Marcio Martínez k and its Sites in and Dessau t Pasargadae t Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Popocatepetl e Auschwitz Birkenau Wooden Churches of the Slovak Part of the t Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch Puerto Rico q Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological t Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the l Luther Memorials in and y Bam and its Cultural Landscape Otsu Cities) g Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Carpathian Mountain Area y Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces s Statue of Liberty Tiwanaku Culture g Red Bay Basque Whaling Station ; y Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama h Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro (1940-1945) I Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst u Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona Sites u Hola ˇs ovice Historical Village Classical Weimar u Soltaniyeh d Yosemite National Park y Noel Kempff Mercado National Park h Mistaken Point z Castle i u Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) j Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara r Historic Centre of Warsaw V Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the i La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town f ARGENTINA 1978 i Gardens and Castle at Kromˇeˇríˇz Bisotun Chaco Culture AD Qhapac Ñan, Andean Road System B Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / o 2@ Museumsinsel (), Berlin o Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran i Itsukushima Shinto Shrine k Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes t Old City of Zamo´s´c Ancient Beech Forests of Germany Planning g Monticello and the University of Virginia in q Los Glaciares National Park Litomyˇsl Castle Tatshenshini-Alsek p Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc 2# Monastic Island of Reichenau p Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System o Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara l Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan y Medieval Town of Toru´n Q Monte San Giorgio Charlottesville w Iguazu National Park BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1993 SLOVENIA 1992 J Waterton Glacier International Peace Park a Tugendhat Villa in Brno 2$ Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz a Sheikh Safi al-din Kh¯aneg¯ah and Shrine Ensemble p Shrines and Temples of Nikko ; Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco u Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork q ˇ W Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscape h Hawaii Volcanoes National Park e Península Valdés q Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar Skocjan Caves s Jewish Quarter and St Procopius’ Basilica in Tˇrebíˇc 2% Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen in Ardabil a Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the z Historic Fortified Town of Campeche i Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural Y Y Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps j Taos Pueblo r Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas w Mehmed Paˇsa Sokolovic´ Bridge in Viˇsegrad CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1980 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps 2^ Historic Centres of and s Kingdom of Ryukyu 2@ Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park AF The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding k t Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks AG Ste´cci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards q Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park DEM. PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA Tabriz Historical Bazaar Complex Z Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija Carlsbad Caverns National Park 1998 2& Upper Middle Rhine Valley d s Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Calakmul, Campeche o Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica Contribution to the Modern Movement 1( y Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba AA Sangha Trinational q Complex of Koguryo Tombs The Persian Garden Papah¯anaumoku¯akea BOTSWANA 1998 2* Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen f Mountain Range 2# Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro p Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska SOLOMON ISLANDS 1992 ; u Quebrada de Humahuaca w Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong Gonbad-e Qˉabus 1 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 1975 Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point q Tsodilo CHAD 1999 2( Old Town of with Stadtamhof g d Shiretoko 2$ Luis Barragán House and Studio a Centennial Hall in Wroclaw East Rennell z E Masjed-e Jˉamé of Isfahan 1 Ancient City of Damascus San Antonio Missions Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis w Okavango Delta q Lakes of Ounianga DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 3) Berlin Modernism Housing Estates f Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape 2% Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California A Białowie˙za Forest 1974 1^ Golestan Palace SOUTH AFRICA 1997 w Ancient City of Bosra B Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / AD Qhapac Ñan, Andean Road System w Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape g Ogasawara Islands 2^ S Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski BRAZIL 1977 q Virunga National Park 3! in Alfeld j Shahr-i Sokhta Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of q iSimangaliso Wetland Park 3 Tatshenshini-Alsek AF The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Site of Palmyra q Historic Town of Ouro Preto CHILE 1980 w Garamba National Park 3@ Bayreuth k Susa h Hiraizumi — Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Tequila 4 J Waterton Glacier International Peace Park Contribution to the Modern Movement Ancient City of Aleppo w Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda q Rapa Nui National Park e Kahuzi-Biega National Park 3# Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe l Cultural Landscape of Maymand Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land 2& Central University City Campus of the Universidad 5 Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din URUGUAY 1989 ARMENIA 1993 e Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia w Churches of Chiloé r Salonga National Park 3$ Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey ; The Persian Qanat 1& Fujisan, Sacred Place and Source of Artistic Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) 6 Ancient Villages of Northern Syria q Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento q Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin r Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Congonhas e Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso t Okapi Wildlife Reserve 3% and Kontorhaus District with z Lut Desert Inspiration 2* Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of w Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape w Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the t Iguaçu National Park r Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works G Frontiers of the Roman Empire k Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco TAJIKISTAN 1992 DENMARK 1979 IRAQ 1974 Archaeological Site of Zvartnots y Brasilia t Sewell Mining Town S Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski l Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and 2( Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve q Proto-urban Site of Sarazm UZBEKISTAN 1993 q Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church q Hatra e Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley u Serra da Capivara National Park AD Qhapac Ñan, Andean Road System V Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining 3) Camino Real de Tierra Adentro w Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs) q Itchan Kala w Roskilde Cathedral w Ashur (Qal’at Sherqat) AF The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding 3! Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central w i Historic Centre of São Luís e Kronborg Castle Ancient Beech Forests of Germany THAILAND 1987 Historic Centre of Bukhara AUSTRALIA 1974 CHINA 1985 X e Samarra Archaeological City Contribution to the Modern Movement Valley of Oaxaca e q Kakadu National Park o Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves r Ilulissat Icefjord q Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz q Mount Taishan Y r Erbil Citadel 3@ El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere r w Great Barrier Reef p Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves t Stevns Klint Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps JERUSALEM (Site proposed by Jordan) Towns Samarkand — Crossroad of Cultures w The Great Wall AF The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding t The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and Reserve AH Western Tien-Shan e Willandra Lakes Region a Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina e Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in y Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities q Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls w Historic City of Ayutthaya s Central Amazon Conservation Complex Contribution to the Modern Movement 3# Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System e Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries r Tasmanian Wilderness Beijing and Shenyang u The Par Force Hunting Landscape in North Zealand JORDAN 1975 3$ Archipiélago de Revillagigedo VANUATU 2002 t Lord Howe Island Group d Pantanal Conservation Area X Wadden Sea GHANA 1975 IRELAND 1991 r Ban Chiang Archaeological Site q Chief Roi Mata’s Domain r Mogao Caves q q Petra y Gondwana Rainforests of Australia f Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and q Forts and Castles, Volta Greater Accra, Central and Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend MICRONESIA (Fed. States of) 2002 t Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai Forest Complex t Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor DJIBOUTI 2007 of the Boyne w Quseir Amra VENEZUELA 1990 u Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Emas National Parks y Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian Western Regions q Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia TOGO 1998 w Sceilg Mhichíl e Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa’a) q Coro and its Port i ¯ ¯ g Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and DOMINICA 1995 w Asante Traditional Buildings Wet Tropics of Queensland u Mount Huangshan r Wadi Rum Protected Area MONACO q Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba w Atol das Rocas Reserves 1978 Canaima National Park i Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area q Morne Trois Pitons National Park ISRAEL 1999 t GREECE 1981 Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” MONGOLIA 1990 TONGA 2004 e Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas o Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1985 q Masada (Al-Maghtas) q Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae q Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape VIET NAM 1987 p Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area q Colonial City of Santo Domingo w Archaeological Site of Delphi w Old City of Acre TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2005 e KAZAKHSTAN 1994 w Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai q Complex of Hué Monuments a Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde e Acropolis, Athens White City of Tel-Aviv — the Modern Movement TUNISIA 1975 s Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong ECUADOR 1975 r Biblical Tels — Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba q Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi e Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding w Ha Long Bay q r Mount Athos w q Medina of Tunis Family Mansion in Qufu Galápagos Islands t Incense Route — Desert Cities in the Negev Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of sacred landscape e Hoi An Ancient Town w t Meteora R w Archaeological Site of Carthage d Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains City of Quito y Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee Tamgaly Uvs Nuur Basin r My Son Sanctuary y Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of e e Amphitheatre of El Jem f Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa e Sangay National Park u Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Saryarka — Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan MONTENEGRO 2006 t Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park r Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca Thessalonika AE Silk Roads: Initial Section of the Silk Roads, the r Ichkeul National Park y Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang g Lushan National Park u Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves q Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor t Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis AD Qhapac Ñan, Andean Road System i Routes Network of the Tian-shan Corridor Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia Amos Chapple / Getty Images Long — Hanoi 1^ Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant i Medieval City of Rhodes Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean w Durmitor National Park y Medina of Sousse Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves AH Western Tien-Shan u Citadel of the Ho Dynasty Buddha Scenic Area EGYPT 1974 o Archaeological Site of Mystras AG Ste´cci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards AC Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland w Robben Island u Kairouan j Ancient City of Ping Yao q Memphis and its Necropolis — the Pyramid Fields o Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish KENYA i Trang An Landscape Complex p Archaeological Site of Olympia 1991 MOROCCO 1975 and Ukraine e Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa i Dougga / Thugga k Classical Gardens of Suzhou from Giza to Dahshur a Renewal q Mount Kenya National Park / Natural Forest YEMEN 1980 Delos q Medina of Fez PORTUGAL 1980 r Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape TURKEY 1983 l Old Town of Lijiang w Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis s Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni ITALY 1978 w Lake Turkana National Parks q Old Walled City of Shibam w Medina of Marrakesh q Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the t Cape Floral Region Protected Areas q Historic Areas of Istanbul ; Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in e Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae of Chios q Rock Drawings in Valcamonica e Lamu Old Town w Old City of Sana’a e Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou Azores y Vredefort Dome w Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Beijing r Historic Cairo d Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos w Church and Domincan Convent of Santa Maria delle r Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests e Historic Town of Zabid r Historic City of Meknes w Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém u Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape Cappadocia z Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing t Abu Mena f t Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley r Socotra Archipelago Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina) Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci t Archaeological Site of Volubilis AB Maloti-Drakensberg Park 2@ Mount Wuyi y y in Lisbon e Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriˇgi Saint Catherine Area Fort Jesus, Mombasa y Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) 2# Dazu Rock Carvings u e Monastery of Batalha SOUTH SUDAN 2016 r Hattusha: the Hittite Capital ZAMBIA 1984 Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) KIRIBATI 2000 u Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) 2$ Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System r Convent of Christ in Tomar t Nemrut Daˇg H Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls EL SALVADOR q Phoenix Islands Protected Area i Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) SPAIN 1982 2% Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui — Xidi and Hongcun 1991 t Historic Centre of ´Evora y Xanthos-Letoon q Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site o Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared q Historic Centre of Cordoba ZIMBABWE 1982 2^ Longmen Grottoes KUWAIT 2002 y Monastery of Alcobaça u Hierapolis-Pamukkale q Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Heritage u Cultural Landscape of Sintra w Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada i City of Safranbolu 2& Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties EQUATORIAL GUINEA 2010 KYRGYZSTAN 1995 e Burgos Cathedral Safari Areas 2* Yungang Grottoes MOZAMBIQUE 1982 i Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery o Archaeological Site of Troy w Great Zimbabwe National Monument ERITREA 2001 q Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain of Serra do Pilar r Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid p Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex 2( Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas AE Silk Roads: Initial Section of the Silk Roads, the q Island of Mozambique t Works of Antoni Gaudí e Khami Ruins National Monument 3) Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo ESTONIA 1995 o Laurisilva of Madeira a Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük r Matobo Hills Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela, Ethiopia Vincent Ko Hon Chiu q Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn Routes Network of the Tian-shan Corridor MYANMAR 1994 p Alto Douro Wine Region y 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