EN_WH mapside_08-09.qsd 10/23/08 2:23 PM Page 1
D 4 D D D D rom the vast plains of the Serengeti to historic D D 7 cities such as Vienna, Lima and Kyoto; from the ICELAND D 1 D 5 D D prehistoric rock art on the Iberian Peninsula to 2 8 the Statue of Liberty; from the Kasbah of Algiers 5
2 to the Imperial Palace in Beijing — all of these places, FINLAND J as varied as they are, have one thing in common. All are 3 3 D 15 6 SWEDEN World Heritage sites of outstanding cultural or natural 4 1 5 D 1 1 14 DD value to humanity and are worthy of protection for NORWAY 11 2 D 20 RUSSIAN 2 3 1 DD 4 FEDERATION future generations to know and enjoy. 17 1 ESTONIA 2 5 D 6 7 7 4 183 LATVIA 8 6 1 D D Key 12 D 14 10 1 Cultural property The designations employed and the presentation 1 22 DENMARK 9 LITHUANIA 3 R 1 of material on this map do not imply the expres- N 1 2 2 D Natural property UNITED 1 D sion of any opinion whatsoever on the part of KINGDOM 2 D BELARUS World Heritage 1 Mixed property (cultural and natural) UNESCO and National Geographic Society con- 1 4 1 Convention A cerning the legal status of any country, territory, IRELAND 23 26 7 D 2 Transnational property 6 25 8 city or area or of its authorities, or concerning 21 1 Property currently inscribed on the 2 NETHERLANDS 6 D the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. 3 29 C D 5 D List of World Heritage in Danger 6 1 22 4 19 8 2 9 31 POLAND Number indicates site order by year of inscription Dotted line represents approximately the Line of 1012 7 6 1 9 2416 3 11 2419 5 13 25 14 M within each country. Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by 20 4 8 5 26 2 17 18 28 9 11 UKRAINE See country index on back side of map for site listings. India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu 1 1 21 20 7 35 5 CZECH 2 D and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by 6 BELGIUM N GERMANY 1 D E 38 2 10 D Only States Parties to the World Heritage Convention 7 27 16 1 9 are labeled on this map. the parties. 28 LUXEMBOURG 7 3 12 REPUBLIC 10 4 T 1 15 10 5 D 18 2 3512 11 8 1 3 17 United Nations (UN) country boundaries shown 1 17 7 4 SLOVAKIA REPUBLIC OF 3 13 30 2 6 P 4 MOLDOVA as of October 2006 2 6 27 12 16 2 6 7 6 7 2 2 4 13 3 http://whc.unesco.org 23 1 B 3 1 1 26 4 10 4 3 4 http://www.nationalgeographic.com SWITZ. 1 2 19 AUSTRIA 5 HUNGARY 6 GEORGIA 11 3 2 D 1 30 13 FRANCE 8 2 ROMANIA 1 ARMENIA 7 5 4 Q SLOVENIA 5 5 2 3 36 1 3 23 6 27 1 CROATIA 5 211 31 8 4 2925 19 4 BOSNIA 7 18 41 3 SERBIA 9 12 & 4 2 9 33 8 20 HERZEGOVINA 4 6 8 40 15 SAN BULGARIA © 2008 UNESCO Printed October 2008 38 24 15 24 2 5 24 21 20 1 MARINO 6 2 8 20 9 5 3 29 52 1 1 3 K 22 MONACO 6 7 2 1 3 12 33526 ANDORRA 916 3 4 150° 120° 90° 60° 30° 0° 30° 60° 90° 120° 150° 8 34 38 33 1 6 Longitude West Longitude East 11 1 1 1 9 ITALY MONTENEGRO F.Y.R.O.M. 8 TURKEY 5 PORTUGAL 16 (France) 14 37 1 34 2 ARCTIC OCEAN 10 7 17 5 30 ALBANIA 1 3 4 31 25 HOLY SEE O 6 6 4 28 17 13 4 9 14 14 7 14 1236 22 11 1021 7 2 19 SPAIN 25 2 SYRIAN 5 18 27 28 1 5 GREECE 4 ARAB 23 17 (Italy) 23 7 REPUBLIC 2 1 29 (Spain) 12 13 3 37 32 3 5 15 15 11 16 21 32 10 7 6 CYPRUS 2 1 8 5 (Italy) 9 23 3 2 39 1 LEBANON 1 1 26 22 19 35 4 (Russian 2 Federation) GREENLAND 2 3 2 6 4 4 (Denmark) 1 MALTA ISRAEL 2 Meridian of Greenwich 3 1 3 ARCTIC CIRCLE ARCTIC CIRCLE 1 JORDAN 9 5 1 Conquerors from northern Africa built the magnificent complex of Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín in Spain, beginning with a fortress in the 9th century, later adding ornate palaces and mosques, and finally constructing the vast irrigated garden playground of F 2 RUSSIAN FEDERATION Generalife in the 14th century. This region of Granada, at the foot of the Sierra 60° 60° Nevada, remained a centre of Moorish culture in Europe until 1491. 6 Title photo: iStockphoto.com / Rafael Ramirez Lee CANADA Albers Conic Equal-Area Projection 0 mi 400 Area enlarged 11 The World Heritage Cities Programme at top right 0 km 400 seeks to protect living historic city centres and their cultural and architectural her- 10 4 7 1 itage from threats such as uncontrolled EUROPE 3 3 NORTH development or inappropriate construction. 12 S 5 9 The OUR PLACE World Heritage photobank is developed G KAZAKHSTAN in partnership with UNESCO's World Heritage Centre. 8 11 The OUR PLACE team has now photographed more 1 than 250 World Heritage sites in over 70 countries. AMERICA 8 MONGOLIA Visit: www.ourplaceworldheritage.com The World Heritage emblem symbolizes 13 ASIA 12 16 the interdependence of the world’s natural 2 10 2 13 and cultural diversity. The central square UZBEKISTAN 1 represents the achievements of human skill 2 1 KYRGYZSTAN 3 27 6 UNITED STATES AZERBAIJAN 11 30 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S and inspiration, and the circle celebrates 12 1 2 4 5 2 4 28 21 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 2 4 6 20 the gifts of nature. The emblem is round, 9 TURKMENISTAN 3 TAJIKISTAN OF AMERICA 9 13 1 1 15 3 like the world, a symbol of global protec- 13 (Portugal) 1 3 4 REPUBLIC 1 7 4 17 5 OF KOREA 7 125 10 JAPAN tion for the heritage of all humankind. 17 5 4 8 4 7 CHINA 1 6 3 14 1 6 33 2 6 10 6 6 7 1 2 12 1 3 2 7 14 2 5 9 5 3 8 1 3 5 26 87 1 The Small Islands Programme focuses on 41 TUNISIA IRAN (ISLAMIC 2 12 8 AFGHANISTAN 8 8 (Portugal) 10 2 3 6 preserving heritage on the islands of the 18 (UK) MOROCCO 3 1 IRAQ 3 9 13 18 1 REPUBLIC OF) 7 2 5 18 Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic, Pacific 3 5 3224 18 5 18 7 3 and Indian oceans. 30°N 5 14 2 25 30°N 7 KUWAIT 14 16 23 10 15 30 6 PAKISTAN 20 37 (Spain) 6 27 NEPAL 1339 21 29 11 1325 ALGERIA LIBYAN 2 1 BHUTAN 22 1 9 4 3 4 3 The Earthen Architecture Conservation ARAB 1 1 13 8 7 19 Cultural heritage refers to monuments, EGYPT BAHRAIN 22 11 4 2 JAMAHIRIYA 2 QATAR Programme works toward conserving and buildings and sites with historical, aesthetic, 4 2 35 UNITED 4 11 23 36 MEXICO SAUDI ARAB BANGLADESH TROPIC OF CANCER revitalizing earthen architecture, which is archaeological, scientific, ethnological or 19 TROPIC OF CANCER 1 EMIRATES 2 4 34 12 5 ARABIA 1 24 1 threatened by natural disasters and indus- CUBA anthropological value. Natural heritage 3 25 31 82 173 trialization. Currently, some one hundred 28 23 9 INDIA MYANMAR 26 7 8 refers to outstanding physical, biological or 2 LAO P.D.R. 2 17 16 10 15 7 DOMINICAN 1 1 16 (USA) 4 21 4 36 2 5 1 properties on the World Heritage List are 9 24 3 1 1 REPUBLIC geological features and includes habitats of MAURITANIA 29 27 6 HAITI OMAN 15 partially or totally built with earth. 20 14 19 1 11 (USA) 1 26 PACIFIC 22 JAMAICA threatened species, as well as areas with MALI 1 3 BELIZE ANTIGUA CAPE VERDE 5 2 1 AND BARBUDA 4 5 5 1 ST KITTS AND NEVIS 1 scientific, environmental or aesthetic 2 NIGER 1 3 3 4 14 1 2 value. Mixed sites have both cultural 4 ERITREA 1 THAILAND 3 OCEAN 3 HONDURAS 1 DOMINICA CHAD 2 YEMEN 10 12 3 4 PHILIPPINES 2 1 1 SENEGAL 2 VIET 2 GUATEMALA SAINT LUCIA and natural values. 3 6 3 2 5 2 1 ST VINCENT AND 1 L 1 NAM EL SALVADOR BARBADOS GAMBIA 1 SUDAN 1 1 NICARAGUA THE GRENADINES 2 2 AFRICA (Yemen) 1 3 4 6 CAMBODIA 4 (Netherlands GRENADA GUINEA- BURKINA FASO 2 DJIBOUTI 1 Antilles) BISSAU 22 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO GUINEA BENIN 1 4 2 1 3 16 1 4 (Philippines) COSTA H 1 ATLANTIC NIGERIA ETHIOPIA MARSHALL 3 3 2 1 8 1 World Heritage sites are inscribed on the RICA SIERRA TOGO 1 ISLANDS PANAMA 2 LEONE COTEˆ 5 3 2 VENEZUELA GHANA 2 7 2 PALAU List on the basis of their merits as forming 4 I 1 CENTRAL 5 SRI D'IVOIRE LANKA GUYANA LIBERIA AFRICAN REPUBLIC 4 1 PACIFIC a significant contribution to the cultural 1 (Costa Rica) 2 OCEAN 1 6 MICRONESIA 2 21 CAMEROON and natural heritage of the world. Their 7 (FEDERATED STATES OF) 6 COLOMBIA 1 (Colombia) 2 MALDIVES 3 MALAYSIA 2 outstanding universal value is considered SURINAME 1 2 OCEAN 4 KIRIBATI to go beyond national boundaries and to 5 5 SAO TOME UGANDA AND PRINCIPE EQUATOR be of importance for future generations. 1 KENYA EQUATOR 0° 2 2 3 0° 1 CONGO DEMOCRATIC 1 ECUADOR 1 (Ecuador) 1 GABON 3 4 RWANDA INDIAN 12 3 3 3 4 8 REPUBLIC 7 INDONESIA BURUNDI 1 5 (Brazil) 15 4 S L E 2 L 6 SOUTH OF THE CONGO 7 E OCEAN Worldwide, 97 World Heritage forests H UNITED REP. C 1 6 Y protect more than 73 million hectares E 2 PAPUA NEW GUINEA OF TANZANIA S 1 5 SOLOMON 5 8 2 of woodland. This accounts for 1.9 4 7 3 AMERICA 2 ISLANDS 4 percent of the global forest cover and 4 1 Conserving the diversity of life on Earth is 3 PERU about 13 percent of the surface area of COMOROS critical to global human welfare. With the BRAZIL 1 support of the World Heritage Convention, 7 6 all protected forests on the planet. ANGOLA The World Heritage Sustainable Tourism 2 3 MALAWI 1 1 SAMOA the most important biodiversity sites 14 1 Programme helps visitors discover World 6 ZAMBIA 2 3 9 E 1 receive international recognition as well as U Heritage sites while encouraging respect of 8 2 16 6 1 VANUATU 10 5 9 Q FIJI technical and financial assistance to deal BOLIVIA I the environment and local cultures and 13 B 15 1 with threats such as agricultural encroach- 4 11 U enhancing community livelihoods. 2 M 1 NIUE 3 1 ZIMBABWE 2 11 ment, alien species and poaching. 1 A 3 MADAGASCAR 1 4 1 2 Z MAURITIUS TONGA 4 1 4 2 31 O (France) NAMIBIA BOTSWANA PARAGUAY 5 M AUSTRALIA TROPIC OF CAPRICORN 7 TROPIC OF CAPRICORN 11 (UK) 10 3 5 9 7 10 2 Robinson Projection SWAZILAND SCALE 1:43,720,000 1 (Chile) 1 7 AUSTRALIA 1 0 mi 1000 A 8 30°S Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by the The World Heritage Marine Programme SOUTH 4 0 km 1000 30°S United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, at its General Conference, Paris, 16 November 1972. 5 AFRICA LESOTHO CHILE helps countries nominate marine sites and The reduced scale of the maps and the cartographic 6 manage them effectively to ensure that they projections have resulted in approximate locations 5 (Australia) of some properties. 6 EXTRACTS 3 URUGUAY will thrive for future generations. There are 2 6 Land cover data: 3 14 17 … parts of the cultural or natural heritage are of out- An Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection 5 1 currently 33 marine sites on the World Tom Patterson, US National Park Service standing interest and therefore need to be preserved as of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Outstanding Heritage List. Text: Shelley Sperry 11 part of the world heritage of humankind as a whole. Universal Value, called “the World Heritage Committee”, ARGENTINA Design and production by National Geographic Maps is… established within UNESCO. 16 … [with] the magnitude and gravity of the new dan- NEW 2 gers threatening… [the world’s heritage], it is incum- ... the Committee shall establish… under the title 15 (UK) ZEALAND bent on the international community as a whole to of "World Heritage List", a list of the properties 4 Four great plazas anchor Old Havana, including Cathedral Plaza, participate in the protection of the cultural and natural forming part of the cultural heritage and natural 2 3 where the baroque, asymmetrical Cathedral of Saint Christopher heritage of outstanding universal value… heritage... which it considers as having outstanding A tiny island 32 km off the coast of Iceland, Surtsey has served as An octagonal pool outside the Jahangir Palace at the Agra Fort in India dominates the scene. Founded by Spanish colonizers in 1519, the an ideal laboratory for studying the arrival and colonization of species features the geometric precision of Mughal architecture. Capital of the 1 provincial capital’s magnificent harbor became a shipbuilding center universal value... since its birth in volcanic eruptions in the 1960s. After only 40 years, Mughal Empire in India from the 16th to the 19th century, the fort is for the New World. the rocky hills are home to hundreds of plants and animals. named for the ruddy sandstone cladding its ornate structures. 4
1 (New Zealand) 3
(Australia) 12 13 (Australia)
60°
ANTARCTIC CIRCLE Our Place World Heritage Collection Heritage World Our Place Collection Heritage World Our Place / IUCN Wood Chr i s Collection Heritage World Our Place Collection Heritage World Our Place Collection Heritage World Our Place Collection Heritage World Our Place Xiaofeng Wang Collection Heritage World Our Place Cocky yellow-plumed northern rockhopper penguins thrive on Gough and Inaccessible Islands (United Natural dams of travertine deposited over thousands of years created a series of colorful Among the oldest preserved cities in the world, Sana’a blos- The image and teachings of the Buddha are integral to life in Luang Prabang, capital of Graceful granite pillars rise up in a fairy-tale landscape of mist-covered forests, The steel and brick skeleton of a former exhibit hall, the Hiroshima Peace Kingdom), a virtually undisturbed sanctuary for one of the world’s largest sea bird colonies. The rocky lakes, waterfalls, and caves that are now protected—along with forest wildlife—in Croatia’s somed as Islam expanded in the 7th and 8th centuries. Within the Kingdom of Laos from the 14th to the 20th century. Dozens of monasteries—with waterfalls, and lakes in China’s Mount Sanqingshan National Park. Suspended trails Memorial, Genbaku Dome, was the only structure left standing after the shores of these South Atlantic volcanic islands also shelter breeding seals. Plitvice Lakes National Park. the Yemeni capital are towering homes of basalt stone and unique multi-layered roofs that distinguish the city’s architecture—send monks among provide visitors intimate views of rock sculptures and the spectacular refraction of August 1945 atomic blast. Rather than a monument to destruction, the baked brick, a 1,000-year-old salt market, and more than the people each day to inspire piety and receive alms. light through layers of clouds. dome stands as a symbol of hope for world peace. 100 mosques. UNESCO_list_08_EN.qsd 10/23/08 9:56 AM Page 1
r Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in 2@ Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne u Kaziranga National Park POLAND 1976 SOUTH AFRICA 1997 TURKEY 1983 the Historic Centre of Poreˇc 2# Historic Site of Lyons i Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Cracow’s Historic Centre iSimangaliso Wetland Park Historic Areas of Istanbul Transnational Sites q q q Twenty properties are nominated and managed by t Historic City of Trogir 2$ Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France o Keoladeo National Park w Wieliczka Salt Mine w Robben Island w Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of y Cathedral of St James in ˇSibenik 2% Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion p Churches and Convents of Goa e Auschwitz Birkenau e Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Cappadocia more than one State Party. u Stari Grad Plain 2^ Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes a Khajuraho Group of Monuments German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Kromdraai and Environs e Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriˇgi ARGENTINA and BRAZIL r 2& Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs s Group of Monuments at Hampi Camp (1940-1945) uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park r Hattusha: the Hittite Capital A Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis CUBA 1981 2* Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret d Fatehpur Sikri r Historic Centre of Warsaw t Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape t Nemrut Daˇg q Old Havana and its Fortifications 2( Bordeaux, Port of the Moon f Group of Monuments at Pattadakal t Old City of Zamo´s´c y Cape Floral Region Protected Areas y Xanthos-Letoon AUSTRIA and HUNGARY w Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 3) Fortifications of Vauban g Elephanta Caves y Medieval Town of Toru´n u Vredefort Dome u Hierapolis-Pamukkale B Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape e San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba 3! Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and h Great Living Chola Temples u Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork i Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape i City of Safranbolu r Desembarco del Granma National Park Associated Ecosystems j Sundarbans National Park i Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architecture o Archaeological Site of Troy BELARUS and POLAND t Viñales Valley k Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park SPAIN 1982 C Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowie˙⁄ za Forest y Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee GABON 1986 l Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi o Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica q Historic Centre of Cordoba TURKMENISTAN 1994 q BELARUS / ESTONIA / FINLAND / LATVIA / Plantations in the South-East of Cuba Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé- ; Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland w Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada q State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv” p LITHUANIA / NORWAY / REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / u Alejandro de Humboldt National Park Okanda z Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi Centennial Hall in Wroclaw e Burgos Cathedral w Kunya-Urgench a RUSSIAN FEDERATION / SWEDEN / UKRAINE i Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos Mountain Railways of India r Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid e Parthian Fortresses of Nisa GAMBIA 1987 2@ D Struve Geodetic Arc o Historic Centre of Camagüey 2# Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya PORTUGAL 1980 t Works of Antoni Gaudí World Heritage q James Island and Related Sites UGANDA 1987 Convention Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka q Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in y Cave of Altamira and Palaeolithic Cave Art of CYPRUS 1975 2$ q Bwindi Impenetrable National Park BELGIUM and FRANCE Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park the Azores Northern Spain q Paphos GEORGIA 1992 2% w Rwenzori Mountains National Park E Belfries of Belgium and France Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria w Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém u Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct w Painted Churches in the Troodos Region q Historical Monuments of Mtskheta 2^ e Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi Terminus) Station in Lisbon i Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the CANADA and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA he United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural e Choirokoitia w Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery e Upper Svaneti 2& Red Fort Complex e Monastery of Batalha Asturias UKRAINE 1988 F Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Organization (UNESCO) works with countries around CZECH REPUBLIC 1993 r Convent of Christ in Tomar o Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) q Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Tatshenshini-Alsek GERMANY 1976 INDONESIA 1989 t Historic Centre of ´Evora p Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches G the world to identify and protect cultural and natural q Historic Centre of Prague Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Waterton Glacier International Peace Park w Historic Centre of Cesk´ˇ y Krumlov q Aachen Cathedral q Borobudur Temple Compounds y Monastery of Alcobaça a Mudejar Architecture of Aragon places that merit recognition as part of the common e Historic Centre of Telˇc w Speyer Cathedral w Ujung Kulon National Park u Cultural Landscape of Sintra s Historic City of Toledo r Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená e Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and e Komodo National Park Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Our Place World Heritage Collection i Historic Centre of Oporto d Garajonay National Park heritage of humankind. UNESCO adopted the Convention Residence Square r Prambanan Temple Compounds Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks, Rep. of Korea o Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley f Old Town of Cáceres Hora Querétaro Pilgrimage Church of Wies t Sangiran Early Man Site p Laurisilva of Madeira g Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural t Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church r Luis Barragán House and Studio Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl y Lorentz National Park s Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii 2$ a Alto Douro Wine Region h Old City of Salamanca of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady of t Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of Heritage in 1972. Since then, 185 countries have ratified the St Mary’s Cathedral and St Michael’s Church at u Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra Mountain Range 2% s Historic Centre of Guimarães j Poblet Monastery Sedlec y California Hildesheim d Shiretoko d Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture k Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida treaty, and at present 878 properties are inscribed on the y Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and IRAN (Islamic Republic of) 1975 f Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural 2^ l Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe u Holaˇsovice Historical Village Reservation u of Tequila List — 679 of which are cultural, 174 natural and 25 mixed (a Church of Our Lady in Trier q Tchogha Zanbil Landscape QATAR 1984 ; Route of Santiago de Compostela i Gardens and Castle at Kromˇeˇríˇz Central University City Campus of the Universidad Hanseatic City of Lübeck w Persepolis 2& z Doñana National Park combination of the two). They are noted here in alphabetical o Litomyˇsl Castle i JERUSALEM (Site proposed by Jordan) Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) REPUBLIC OF KOREA 1988 o Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin e Meidan Emam, Esfahan 2@ Historic Walled Town of Cuenca Galápagos Islands, Ecuador p Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc q Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls 2* Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of q Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple order by country and in the order they were listed. Our Place World Heritage Collection p Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch r Takht-e Soleyman 2# La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia a Tugendhat Villa in Brno Pasargadae Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco w Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the a Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar t JORDAN 1975 2$ Las Médulas s Jewish Quarter and St Procopius’ Basilica in Tˇrebíˇc y Bam and its Cultural Landscape 2( Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks s Town of Bamberg q Petra e Jongmyo Shrine 2% Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant BANGLADESH u Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks u Soltaniyeh 1983 DEM. PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 1998 d Maulbronn Monastery Complex w Quseir Amra MICRONESIA (Fed. States of) 2002 r Changdeokgung Palace Complex Pau, Barcelona q Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat i Historic District of Old Québec i Bisotun KEY q Complex of Koguryo Tombs f Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of e Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa’a) t Hwaseong Fortress 2^ San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries w Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur o Gros Morne National Park o Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran MONACO q Cultural property Quedlinburg 1978 y Gyeongju Historic Areas 2& Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian q Natural property e The Sundarbans p Old Town Lunenburg DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 1974 g Völklingen Ironworks KAZAKHSTAN 1994 Peninsula q IRAQ 1974 MONGOLIA 1990 u Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites q Mixed property (cultural and natural) a Miguasha National Park Virunga National Park h Messel Pit Fossil Site q Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 2* University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de BARBADOS 2002 w q Hatra q Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape i Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes A s Rideau Canal Garamba National Park j Cologne Cathedral w Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Henares Transnational property e w Ashur (Qal’at Sherqat) d Joggins Fossil Cliffs Kahuzi-Biega National Park k Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau Tamgaly REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 2002 29 Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture q Property in danger BELARUS 1988 r e Samarra Archaeological City MONTENEGRO 2006 Salonga National Park l Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg e Saryarka — Steppe and Lakes of Northern 3) San Cristóbal de La Laguna q Mir Castle Complex CAPE VERDE 1988 t Okapi Wildlife Reserve Kazakhstan q Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor ROMANIA 1990 1979 Year in which each of the 185 w Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of ; Classical Weimar IRELAND 1991 w Durmitor National Park x Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco q Danube Delta Palmeral of Elche States Parties adhered to the the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1980 DENMARK 1979 z Wartburg Castle q Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne KENYA 1991 3@ Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin Skellig Michael MOROCCO w Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania 3# Roman Walls of Lugo World Heritage Convention q Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park q Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church 2@ w q Mount Kenya National Park / Natural Forest 1975 BELGIUM 1996 Monastic Island of Reichenau Medina of Fez e Monastery of Horezu 3$ Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí A variety of dangers due to natural causes or 2# w Lake Turkana National Parks q q La Grand-Place, Brussels Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz ISRAEL 1999 Medina of Marrakesh r Churches of Moldavia 3% Archaeological Site of Atapuerca human intervention are constantly threatening 2$ e Lamu Old Town w Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast, United Kingdom Our Place World Heritage Collection w Flemish Béguinages 2% Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen q Masada e Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou t Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains 3^ Aranjuez Cultural Landscape World Heritage. As a result, 30 properties (in bold on w Old City of Acre r Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests y Historic Centre of Sighi¸soara COSTA RICA and PANAMA e The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their 2^ Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar r Historic City of Meknes 3& Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda w L’viv — the Ensemble of the Historic Centre the list) are currently inscribed on the List of World Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault) Upper Middle Rhine Valley e White City of Tel-Aviv — the Modern Movement Archaeological Site of Volubilis u Wooden Churches of Maramure¸s and Baeza H Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / Heritage in Danger and are thus entitled to particular 2& KIRIBATI 2000 t r Historic Centre of Brugge 28 Dresden Elbe Valley r Biblical Tels — Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba y Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) 3* Vizcaya Bridge UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2001 La Amistad National Park attention and emergency conservation action. RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1988 t Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of t Incense Route — Desert Cities in the Negev KUWAIT 2002 Medina of Essaouira (Ancient Mogador) 3( Teide National Park 2( u q Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related CÔTE D’IVOIRE and GUINEA (Brussels) Bremen y Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND KYRGYZSTAN 1995 i Groups of Monuments I Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve AFGHANISTAN 1979 y Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) 3) Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof SRI LANKA 1980 NORTHERN IRELAND 1984 ITALY 1978 MOZAMBIQUE 1982 w Kizhi Pogost q Sacred City of Anuradhapura Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast q Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam u Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 3! Berlin Modernism Housing Estates LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 1987 q FINLAND and SWEDEN q Rock Drawings in Valcamonica q Island of Mozambique e Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow w Ancient City of Polonnaruwa w Durham Castle and Cathedral w Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains i Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum q Town of Luang Prabang J High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago GHANA 1975 w Church and Domincan Convent of Santa Maria r Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings e Ancient City of Sigiriya e Ironbridge Gorge of the Bamiyan Valley Complex w Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements q Forts and Castles, Volta Greater Accra, Central and delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo MYANMAR 1994 t Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky r Sinharaja Forest Reserve Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains within the Champasak Cultural Landscape r FRANCE and SPAIN ALBANIA 1989 BELIZE 1990 Western Regions da Vinci Islands t Sacred City of Kandy Abbey K Pyrénées — Mount Perdu e Historic Centre of Florence NAMIBIA 2000 White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal q Butrint q Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System w Asante Traditional Buildings LATVIA 1995 y y Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications t Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites r Venice and its Lagoon q Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes u Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra w Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra q Historic Centre of Riga u Golden Temple of Dambulla y Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd GAMBIA and SENEGAL BENIN 1982 GREECE 1981 t Piazza del Duomo, Pisa NEPAL 1978 in Sergiev Posad u St Kilda L Stone Circles of Senegambia SUDAN 1974 ALGERIA 1974 q Royal Palaces of Abomey q Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae y Historic Centre of San Gimignano LEBANON 1983 q Sagarmatha National Park i Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye i Blenheim Palace q Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region GERMANY and POLAND q Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad w Archaeological Site of Delphi u The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian q Anjar w Kathmandu Valley o Virgin Komi Forests o City of Bath w BHUTAN 2001 M Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski Tassili n’Ajjer e Acropolis, Athens Churches of Matera w Baalbek e Royal Chitwan National Park p Lake Baikal p Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint M’Zab Valley r Mount Athos i City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Volcanoes of Kamchatka SURINAME 1997 e BOLIVIA 1976 e Byblos r Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha a Margaret’s Church GERMANY and UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT Djémila t Meteora Veneto Golden Mountains of Altai q Central Suriname Nature Reserve r q City of Potosí r Tyre s a Henderson Island BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND Tipasa y Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of o Historic Centre of Siena Western Caucasus w Historic Inner City of Paramaribo t w Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos t Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of NETHERLANDS 1992 d s Tower of London N Frontiers of the Roman Empire y Timgad e Historic City of Sucre Thessalonika p Historic Centre of Naples the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) q Schokland and Surroundings f Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan SWAZILAND 2005 d Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey and u Kasbah of Algiers r Fuerte de Samaipata u Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus a Crespi d’Adda w Defence Line of Amsterdam Kremlin St Martin’s Church HOLY SEE and ITALY i Medieval City of Rhodes s Ferrara, City of the Renaissance and its Po Delta LESOTHO 2003 e Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout g Ensemble of Ferapontov Monastery SWEDEN 1985 O Historic Centre of Rome ANDORRA 1997 t Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the f Old and New Towns of Edinburgh Tiwanaku Culture o Archaeological Site of Mystras d Castel del Monte r Historical Area of Willemstad, Inner City and h Central Sikhote-Alin q Royal Domain of Drottningholm g Gough and Inaccessible Islands q Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley LIBERIA 2002 HUNGARY and SLOVAKIA y Noel Kempff Mercado National Park p Archaeological Site of Olympia f The trulli of Alberobello Harbour, Netherlands Antilles j Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of w Birka and Hovgården h Maritime Greenwich Angkor, Cambodia Our Place World Heritage Collection P Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst ANGOLA 1991 a Delos g Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA 1978 t Ir.D.F.Woudagemaal (D.F.Wouda Steam Pumping Derbent e Engelsberg Ironworks j Heart of Neolithic Orkney BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1993 s Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea h Historic Centre of the City of Pienza Station) k Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent r Rock Carvings in Tanum CHAD 1999 q Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna k Historic Town of St George and Related ITALY and SWITZERLAND ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1983 q Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar w Roskilde Cathedral Moni of Chios j 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the y Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) l Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve t Skogskyrkogården w Archaeological Site of Sabratha Fortifications, Bermuda Q Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina w Mehmed Paˇsa Sokolovi´c Bridge in Viˇsegrad CHILE 1980 e Kronborg Castle d Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and San Leucio e Archaeological Site of Cyrene u Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder ; Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl y Hanseatic Town of Visby l Blaenavon Industrial Landscape ARGENTINA 1978 u Landscape q Rapa Nui National Park r Ilulissat Icefjord f Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina) Complex r Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus House) Laponian Area ; Dorset and East Devon Coast q Los Glaciares BOTSWANA 1998 RWANDA 2000 w Churches of Chiloé g Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns k Residences of the Royal House of Savoy t Old Town of Ghadamès i Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå z Derwent Valley Mills LITHUANIA and RUSSIAN FEDERATION w Iguazu National Park q Tsodilo DJIBOUTI 2007 NEW ZEALAND 1984 e Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso h Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of l Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 1986 o Naval Port of Karlskrona 2@ New Lanark R Curonian Spit e Península Valdés Saint John “the Theologian” and the Cave of the ; Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena LITHUANIA 1992 q Te Wahipounamu — South-West New Zealand p Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland BRAZIL 1977 r Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works DOMINICA 1995 q Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park 2# Saltaire r Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos z Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculanum and q Vilnius Historic Centre w Tongariro National Park a Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in MONGOLIA and RUSSIAN FEDERATION q Historic Town of Ouro Preto t Sewell Mining Town q Morne Trois Pitons National Park 2$ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew t Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks j Old Town of Corfu Torre Annunziata w Kernav˙e Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of e New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands Falun S Uvs Nuur Basin w Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda SAINT LUCIA 1991 2% Liverpool — Maritime Mercantile City y Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba CHINA 1985 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2@ Villa Romana del Casale Kernav˙e) s Varberg Radio Station e Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia 1985 NICARAGUA 1979 q Pitons Management Area 2^ Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape u Quebrada de Humahuaca q Mount Taishan q Colonial City of Santo Domingo GRENADA 1998 2# Su Nuraxi di Barumini SLOVAKIA and UKRAINE r Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas q Ruins of León Viejo T w The Great Wall 2$ Portovenere, Cinque Terre and the Islands LUXEMBOURG 1983 SWITZERLAND 1975 UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 1977 Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians ARMENIA 1993 t Iguaçu National Park GUATEMALA 1979 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 2003 e Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties ECUADOR 1975 (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) q City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and q Convent of St Gall q Ngorongoro Conservation Area q Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin y Brasilia q Tikal National Park NIGER 1974 ZAMBIA and ZIMBABWE in Beijing and Shenyang q Galápagos Islands 2% Costiera Amalfitana Fortifications q w Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara w Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the u Serra da Capivara National Park w Antigua Guatemala Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves U Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls r Mogao Caves w City of Quito 2^ Archaeological Area of Agrigento e Serengeti National Park Archaeological Site of Zvartnots i Historic Centre of São Luís e Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF w W National Park of Niger t Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor e Sangay National Park 2& Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of r Selous Game Reserve e Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley o Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves (F.Y.R.O.M.) 1997 y Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian r Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca Aquileia NIGERIA 1974 t Kilimanjaro National Park p Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves GUINEA 1979 q Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region u Mount Huangshan 2* Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the q Sukur Cultural Landscape y Stone Town of Zanzibar AUSTRALIA 1974 a Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina EGYPT 1974 q i Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area GUINEA-BISSAU 2006 Archaeological Sites of Paestum and Velia and the w Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove u Kondoa Rock-Art Sites Kakadu National Park s Central Amazon Conservation Complex q Memphis and its Necropolis — the Pyramid Fields MADAGASCAR 1983 Donations to the o Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area Certosa de Padula Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve w Great Barrier Reef d Pantanal Conservation Area from Giza to Dahshur GUYANA 1977 q NIUE 2001 e p Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area 2( Historic Centre of Urbino UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1973 World Heritage Fund Willandra Lakes Region f Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros w Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis w Royal Hill of Ambohimanga a Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde 3) Villa Adriana (Tivoli) q Mesa Verde National Park r Tasmanian Wilderness and Emas National Parks e Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae HAITI 1980 e Rainforests of the Atsinanana NORWAY 1977 s Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong x City of Verona w Yellowstone National Park The granting of international assistance t Lord Howe Island Group Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha r Historic Cairo q National History Park — Citadel, Sans Souci, q Urnes Stave Church g Family Mansion in Qufu Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) MALAWI 1982 e Grand Canyon National Park from the World Heritage Fund to finance World y Gondwana Rainforests of Australia and Atol das Rocas Reserves t Abu Mena Ramiers 3@ w Bryggen d Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang 3# Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and other q Lake Malawi National Park r Everglades National Park Heritage conservation projects is an important u Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás y Saint Catherine Area e Røros Mining Town ¯ ¯ h Mountains HOLY SEE 1982 Franciscan Sites w Chongoni Rock-Art Area t Independence Hall tool established by the Convention. i Wet Tropics of Queensland u Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) r Rock Art of Alta f Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa q Vatican City Villa d’Este, Tivoli y Redwood National Park o Shark Bay, Western Australia BULGARIA 1974 3$ MALAYSIA 1988 t Vegaøyan — The Vega Archipelago If you would like to participate in conserving g Lushan National Park Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South- u Mammoth Cave National Park p Fraser Island q Boyana Church EL SALVADOR 1991 3% Kinabalu Park y West Norwegian Fjords — Geirangerfjord and h Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant HONDURAS 1979 Eastern Sicily) q i Olympic National Park World Heritage, please send a contribution. q Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site w Gunung Mulu National Park Nærøyfjord Buddha Scenic Area q Maya Site of Copan 3^ Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy o Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site e Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Donations in USD should be made to: j Ancient City of Ping Yao ERITREA 2001 w Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve 3& Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia OMAN 1981 p Great Smoky Mountains National Park Straits of Malacca UNESCO account: 949-1-191558 k Classical Gardens of Suzhou 3* Val d’Orcia q Bahla Fort a La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in ESTONIA 1995 HUNGARY 1985 Puerto Rico CHASE JP MORGAN BANK l Old Town of Lijiang Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the 3( Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica MALDIVES 1986 w Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn q Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn q s Statue of Liberty International Money Transfer Division ; Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue 4) Genoa: The Strade Nuove and the system of the e Land of Frankincense d Yosemite National Park 4 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn Beijing ETHIOPIA 1977 Old Village of Hollók˝o and its Surroundings Palazzi dei Rolli MALI 1977 r Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman w f Chaco Culture New York, NY 11245, USA z Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing q Simien National Park e Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and 4! Mantua and Sabbioneta q Old Towns of Djenné 22 PAKISTAN 1976 g Monticello and the University of Virginia in Swift code: CHASUS 33-ABA: 0210-0002-1 Mount Wuyi w Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela its Natural Environment w Timbuktu JAMAICA 1983 e q Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro Charlottesville 2# Dazu Rock Carvings e Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) w Taxila h Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Donations in EUR should be made to: 2$ Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation r Lower Valley of the Awash r Tomb of Askia e Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring j Pueblo de Taos System t Tiya UNESCO account: MALTA 1978 City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol Vredefort Dome, South Africa Our Place World Heritage Collection k Carlsbad Caverns National Park 2% Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui — Xidi and y Aksum 30003-03301-00037291909-97 Hongcun q Hal Saflieni Hypogeum r Historical Monuments of Thatta SAMOA 2001 SOCIETE GENERALE u Lower Valley of the Omo t URUGUAY 1989 2^ Longmen Grottoes w City of Valletta Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore w Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair Paris Seine Amont i Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historical Town SAN MARINO 1991 q Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del 2& Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties e Megalithic Temples of Malta y Rohtas Fort e Old City of Berne 10 rue Thénard q San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano r Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Sacramento 2* Yungang Grottoes FIJI 1990 MARSHALL ISLANDS 2002 PALAU 2002 75005 PARIS, France 2( Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas Market-Town of Bellinzone UZBEKISTAN 1993 Swift code: SOGEFRPPAFS FINLAND 1987 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 2006 3) Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo MAURITANIA 1981 PANAMA 1978 t Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch q Itchan Kala q Old Rauma Kingdom q Banc d’Arguin National Park q Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: SAUDI ARABIA 1978 y Monte San Giorgio w Historic Centre of Bukhara Please indicate that the contribution is a donation to w Fortress of Suomenlinna x Historic Centre of Macao w Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Portobelo-San Lorenzo q Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) u Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces e Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz the World Heritage Fund. e Petäjävesi Old Church 3@ Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuary — Wolong, Oualata w Darien National Park i Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona r Samarkand — Crossroads of Cultures r Verla Groundwood and Board Mill SENEGAL 1976 Mt Siguniang, and Jiajin Mountains e Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 1975 3# Yin Xu t Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki MAURITIUS 1995 q Island of Gorée VANUATU 2002 District of Panamá 2 q Ancient City of Damascus 3$ Kaiping Diaolou and Villages q Aapravasi Ghat Niokolo-Koba National Park q Chief Roi Mata’s Domain UNESCO World FRANCE 1975 r Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of w Ancient City of Bosra 3% South China Karst w Le Morne Cultural Landscape e Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary Historic City of Sucre, Bolivia Our Place World Heritage Collection q Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay Marine Protection e Site of Palmyra VENEZUELA 1990 Heritage Centre 3^ Fujian Tulou r Island of Saint-Louis w Chartres Cathedral MEXICO 1984 r Ancient City of Aleppo q Coro and its Port 3& Mount Sanqingshan National Park PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1997 The map of World Heritage properties is a Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / w Madara Rider e Palace and Park of Versailles q Sian Ka’an SERBIA 2001 t Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din w Canaima National Park Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak q Kuk Early Agricultural Site produced each year by the UNESCO World Naracoorte) e COLOMBIA 1983 r Vézelay, Church and Hill w Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque q Stari Ras and Sopo´cani e Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas Heritage Centre. s Heard and McDonald Islands r Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo TAJIKISTAN 1992 q Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, t Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the e Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco PARAGUAY 1988 w Studenica Monastery d Macquarie Island t Ancient City of Nessebar 3 Medieval Monuments in Kosovo VIET NAM 1987 Cartagena Vézère Valley r Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan q Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná THAILAND 1987 If you would like to receive more information f Greater Blue Mountains Area y Rila Monastery y Palace and Park of Fontainebleau r Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius q Complex of Hué Monuments w Los Katios National Park t Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site and Jesús de Tavarangue q Historic Town of Sukhothai about the World Heritage Convention and World g Purnululu National Park u Srebarna Nature Reserve u Amiens Cathedral w Ha Long Bay e Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox of Monte Albán w Historic City of Ayutthaya Heritage conservation, please contact: h Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens i Pirin National Park i Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the PERU 1982 SEYCHELLES 1980 e Hoi An Ancient Town r National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro y Historic Centre of Puebla e Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries j Sydney Opera House o Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari “Triumphal Arch” of Orange q City of Cuzco q Aldabra Atoll r My Son Sanctuary t San Agustín Archaeological Park u Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines r Ban Chiang Archaeological Site UNESCO World Heritage Centre o Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments Pre-Hispanic City of Chichén-Itzá w Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu w Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve t Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park AUSTRIA 1992 BURKINA FASO 1987 y Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary i t Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai Forest Complex 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP,FRANCE p Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay Petra, Jordan Our Place World Heritage Collection o Historic Centre of Morelia e Chavin (Archaeological Site) q Historic Centre of Salzburg SIERRA LEONE 2005 YEMEN 1980 Telephone: + 33 (0)1 45 68 18 76 COMOROS 2000 a Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans p El Tajín, Pre-Hispanic City r Huascarán National Park w Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn BURUNDI 1982 TOGO 1998 q Old Walled City of Shibam Fax: + 33 (0)1 45 68 55 70 s Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place r Hortobágy National Park — the Puszta a Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaíno t Chan Chan Archaeological Zone SLOVAKIA 1993 Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural q Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba Old City of Sana’a E-mail: wh-info@unesco.org e CAMBODIA 1991 CONGO 1987 d’Alliance in Nancy t Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) JAPAN 1992 Historic Centre of Zacatecas y Manú National Park Vlkolínec w Landscape s q e Historic Town of Zabid q Angkor d Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe y Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape q Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area d Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco u Historic Centre of Lima w Historic Town of Banská Stiavnicaˇ and the Technical TONGA 2004 Explore World Heritage sites on the Internet at r Semmering Railway COSTA RICA 1977 r Socotra Archipelago w Temple of Preah Vihear f Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, w Himeji-jo f Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of i Río Abiseo National Park Monuments in its Vicinity http://whc.unesco.org t City of Graz — Historic Centre q Cocos Island National Park ICELAND 1995 Yakushima TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2005 Scandola Reserve e Popocatepetl o Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de e Spiˇssk´y Hrad and its Associated Cultural ZAMBIA y Wachau Cultural Landscape CAMEROON 1982 w Area de Conservación Guanacaste q l)ingvellir National Park Shirakami-Sanchi 1984 g Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) r g Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal Jumana Monuments TUNISIA World Heritage donations online: new and easy u Historic Centre of Vienna q Dja Faunal Reserve w Surtsey Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji 1975 CÔTE D’IVOIRE 1981 h Strasbourg — Grande Île t h Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro p Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa r Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve Medina of Tunis ZIMBABWE 1982 http://whc.unesco.org/en/donation/ and Otsu Cities) q AZERBAIJAN 1993 q Taï National Park j Paris, Banks of the Seine j Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara t Wooden Churches of the Slovak Part of the w Site of Carthage q Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore CANADA 1976 INDIA 1977 y Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama PHILIPPINES 1985 q Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah’s Palace w Comoé National Park k Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of k Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes Carpathian Mountain Area e Amphitheatre of El Jem Safari Areas United Nations Foundation q L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site q Ajanta Caves u Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) q Tubbataha Reef Marine Park and Maiden Tower Nahanni National Park Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims Ellora Caves l Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpán r Ichkeul National Park w Great Zimbabwe National Monument http://www.unfoundation.org/friendsofworld w CROATIA 1992 w i Itsukushima Shinto Shrine w Baroque Churches of the Philippines SLOVENIA 1992 heritage w Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape e Dinosaur Provincial Park l Bourges Cathedral e Agra Fort ; Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco e t Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis e Khami Ruins National Monument q Old City of Dubrovnik o Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras q Skocjanˇ Caves r SG_ang Gwaay ; Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, r Taj Mahal z Historic Fortified Town of Campeche y Medina of Sousse r Matobo Hills BAHRAIN 1991 w Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of p Shrines and Temples of Nikko r Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park t Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge t Sun Temple, Konârak 2@ Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche SOLOMON ISLANDS 1992 u Kairouan © 2008 UNESCO Qal’at al-Bahrain — Ancient Harbour and Capital of Diocletian a Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the t Historic Town of Vigan q y Wood Buffalo National Park z Canal du Midi y Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram 2# Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of East Rennell i Dougga / Thugga Printed October 2008 Dilmun e Plitvice Lakes National Park Kingdom of Ryukyu q