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WHC.99/3 Jan 1999

PROPERTIES INCLUDED IN THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST

UNESCOUNESCO 19721972

CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLDWORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGEHERITAGE

WORLD HERITAGE CENTRECENTRE The World Heritage List, the Operational Guidelines (in English and French), the text of the World Heritage Convention (in five languages), and other documents and information concerning World Heritage are available from the Secretariat :

UNESCO World Heritage Centre 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 07 SP

Tel: +33 (0)1 45 68 15 71 Fax: +33(0)1 45 68 55 70 E-mail : wh-info@.org http://www.unesco.org/whc/heritage.htm ftp://ftp.unesco.org/pub/world_heritage/heritage.doc (MS Word) ftp://ftp.unesco.org/pub/world_heritage/heritage.mdb (MS Access database) 582 properties inscribed: 445 cultural sites, 117 natural sites and 20 mixed sites in 114 States Parties

Contracting State Party having submitted the Lord Howe Island Group nomination of the property in accordance with the 186 1982 N (iii)(iv) Central Eastern Australian Rainforest Reserves Convention 368 bis 1986-1994 (Note 9) N (i)(ii)(iv) Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Name of Property 447 rev 1987-1994 (Note 10) N (ii)(iii) C (v)(vi) Wet Tropics of Queensland N: Natural Property and / or 486 1988 N (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) C: Cultural Property Shark Bay, Western Australia 578 1991 N (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Id. No. Year of inscription Criteria Fraser Island 630 1992 N (ii)(iii) Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh/ Naracoorte) 698 1994 N (i)(ii) Butrinti Heard and McDonald Islands 570 rev 1992 C (iii) 577 1997 N (i)(ii) Macquarie Island ALGERIA 629 1997 N (i)(iii) Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad 102 1980 C (iii) Tassili n'Ajjer Historic Centre of the of Salzburg 179 1982 N (ii)(iii) C (i)(iii) 784 1996 C (ii)(iv)(vi) M'Zab Valley Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn 188 1982 C (ii)(iii)(v) 786 1996 C (i)(iv) Djémila Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape 191 1982 C (iii)(iv) 806 1997 C (iii)(iv) Tipasa Semmering Railway 193 1982 C (iii)(iv) 785 1998 C (ii)(iv) Timgad 194 1982 C (ii)(iii)(iv) BANGLADESH Kasbah of 565 1992 C (ii)(v) Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat 321 1985 C (iv) Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur 322 1985 C (i)(ii)(vi) Los Glaciares The Sundarbans 145 1981 N (ii)(iii) 798 1997 N (ii)(iv) Iguazu National Park 303 1984 N (iii)(iv) and Belovezhskaya Pushcha /Bialowieza Forest ARGENTINA and 33-627 1979-1882 N (iii) Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis : San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) Flemish Béguinages 855 1998 C (ii)(iii)(iv) 275-291 1983-1984 C (iv) The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault) ARMENIA 856 1998 C (iii)(iv) Monastery of Haghpat La Grand-Place de 777 1996 C (ii)(iv) 857 1998 C (ii)(iv)

AUSTRALIA BELIZE Kakadu National Park Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System 147 1981-1987-1992 N (ii)(iii)(iv) C (i)(vi) 764 1996 N (ii)(iii)(iv) Great Barrier Reef 154 1981 N (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) BENIN Willandra Lakes Region 167 1981 N (i) C (iii) Royal Palaces of Abomey Tasmanian Wilderness 323 1985 C (iii)(iv) 181 rev 1982-1989 N (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) C (iii)(iv)(vi)

1 Anthony Island 157 1981 C (iii) City of Potosi Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Complex 420 1987 C (ii)(iv)(vi) 158 1981 C (vi) Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos Wood Buffalo National Park 529 1990 C (iv)(v) 256 1983 N (ii)(iii)(iv) Historic City of Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 566 1991 C (iv) 304 1984 (note 1) N (i)(ii)(iii) Fuerte de Samaipata Quebec (Historic area) 883 1998 C (ii)(iii) 300 1985 C (iv)(vi) Gros Morne National Park 419 1987 N (i)(iii) BRAZIL Lunenburg Historic Town of Ouro Preto 741 1995 C (iv)(v) 124 1980 C (i)(iii) Historic Centre of the Town of CANADA and the UNITED STATES 189 1982 C (ii)(iv) OF AMERICA Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia 309 1985 C (iv)(vi) Tatshenshini-Alsek/Kluane National Park/Wrangell-St. Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas Elias National Park and Reserve and Glacier Bay 334 1985 C (i)(iv) National Park Iguacu National Park 72 bis rev 1979-1992-1994 (cf note 6) N (ii)(iii)(iv) 355 1986 N (iii)(iv) Waterton Glacier International Peace Park Brasilia 354 rev 1995 N (ii) (iii) 445 1987 C (i)(iv) Serra da Capivara National Park CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 606 1991 C (iii) Historic Centre of São Luís Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park 821 1997 C (iii)(iv)(v) 475 1988 N (ii)(iv)

BULGARIA Boyana Church Rapa Nui National Park 42 1979 C (ii)(iii) 715 1995 C (i)(iii)(v) Madara Rider 43 1979 C (i)(iii) CHINA Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak 44 1979 C (i)(iii)(iv) Mount Taishan Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 437 1987 N (iii) C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi) 45 1979 C (ii)(iii) The Great Wall Ancient City of Nessebar 438 1987 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) 217 1983 C (iii)(iv) Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties Rila Monastery 439 1987 C (iii)(iv) 216 1983 C (vi) Mogao Caves Srebarna Nature Reserve 440 1987 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi) 219 1983 N (iv) Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor Pirin National Park 441 1987 C (i)(iii)(iv)(vi) 225 1983 N (i)(ii)(iii) Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari 449 1987 C (iii)(vi) 359 1985 C (i)(iii) Mount Huangshan 547 1990 N (iii)(iv) C (ii) CAMBODIA Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area 637 1992 N (iii) Angkor Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area 668 1992 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) 638 1992 N (iii) Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area CAMEROON 640 1992 N (iii) Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde Dja Faunal Reserve 703 1994 C (ii)(iv) 407 1987 N (ii)(iv) Temple and Cemetery of Confucius, and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu CANADA 704 1994 C (i)(iv)(vi) Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Park 705 1994 C (i)(ii)(vi) 4 1978 C (vi) Potala Palace, Lhasa Nahanni National Park 707 1994 C (i)(iv)(vi) 24 1978 N (ii)(iii) Lushan National Park Dinosaur Provincial Park 778 1996 C (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) 71 1979 N (i)(iii)

2 Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area CYPRUS 779 1996 N (iv) C (iv)(vi) Old Town of Lijiang Paphos 811 1997 C (ii)(iv) 79 1980 C (iii)(vi) Ancient City of Ping Yao Painted Churches in the Troodos Region 812 1997 C (ii)(iii)(iv) 351 1985 C (ii)(iii)(iv) Classical Gardens of Choirokoitia 813 1997 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v) 848 1998 C (ii)(iii)(iv) Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in 880 1998 C (i)(ii)(iii) CZECH REPUBLIC Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial in Beijing 881 1998 C (i)(ii)(iii) Historic Centre of 616 1992 C (ii)(iv)(vi) Historic Centre of Cesky Krumlov 617 1992 C (iv) Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Carthagena Historic Centre de Telc 285 1984 C (iv)(vi) 621 1992 C (i)(iv) Los Katios National Park Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelena 711 1994 N (ii)(iv) Hora Historic Centre of 690 1994 C (iv) 742 1995 C (iv)(v) Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of National Archaeological Park of St Barbara and the of Our Lady at Sedlec 743 1995 C (iii) 732 1995 C (ii)(iv) San Agustín Archaeological Park Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 744 1995 C (iii) 763 1996 C (i)(ii)(iv) Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz COSTA RICA 860 1998 C (ii)(iv) Holašovice Historical Village Reservation Cocos Island National Park 861 1998 C (ii)(iv) 820 1997 N (ii)(iv) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE COSTA RICA and PANAMA CONGO Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves/La Amistad Virunga National Park National Park 63 1979 N (ii)(iii)(iv) 205 - 552 1983 -1990 N (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Garamba National Park 136 1980 N (iii)(iv) CÔTE D'IVOIRE Kahuzi-Biega National Park 137 1980 N (iv) Taï National Park Salonga National Park 195 1982 N (iii)(iv) 280 1984 N (ii)(iii) Comoé National Park Okapi Wildlife Reserve 227 1983 N (ii)(iv) 718 1996 N (iv)

CROATIA DENMARK Old City of Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church 95 1979-1994 (cf. Note 11) C (i)(iii)(iv) 697 1994 C (iii) Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian Roskilde Cathedral 97 1979 C (ii)(iii)(iv) 695 rev 1995 C (ii)(iv) Plitvice Lakes National Park 98 1979 N (ii)(iii) Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the DOMINICA Historic Centre of Porec Morne Trois Pitons National Park 809 1997 C (ii)(iii)(iv) 814 1997 N (i)(iv) Historic City of Trogir 810 1997 C (ii)(iv) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Colonial City of 526 1990 C (ii)(iv)(vi) Old and its Fortifications 204 1982 C (iv)(v) Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 460 1988 C (iv)(v) Galapagos Islands San Pedro de la Roca Castle, de Cuba 1 1978 N (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) 841 1997 C (iv)(v) City of 2 1978 C (ii)(iv) Sangay National Park 260 1983 N (ii)(iii)(iv) 3 EGYPT Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from 163 1981 C (iii)(vi) Giza to Dahshur Roman and Romanesque Monuments of 86 1979 C (i)(iii)(vi) 164 1981 C (ii)(iv) Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis Cistercian 87 1979 C (i)(iii)(vi) 165 1981 C (iv) Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 88 1979 C (i)(iii)(vi) 203 1982 C (i)(ii)(iv) Islamic , Place de la Carrière and Place 89 1979 C (i)(v)(vi) d'Alliance in Nancy Abu Mena 229 1983 C (i)(iv) 90 1979 C (iv) Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 230 1983 C (i)(iii) EL SALVADOR Cape Girolata, Cape , and the Piana Calanches in Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site 258 1983 N (ii)(iii)(iv) 675 1993 C (iii)(iv) (Roman Aqueduct ) 344 1985 C (i)(iii)(iv) ESTONIA - Grande île 495 1988 C (i)(ii)(iv) Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn Paris, Banks of the 822 1997 C (ii)(iv) 600 1991 C (i)(ii)(iv) Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi ETHIOPIA and , Simen National Park 601 1991 C (i)(ii)(vi) 9 1978 N (iii)(iv) Cathedral Rock-hewn Churches, Lalibela 635 1992 C (i)(iv) 18 1978 C (i)(ii)(iii) Historic Centre of Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region 228 rev 1995 C (i)(ii)(iv) 19 1979 C (ii)(iii) Le Lower Valley of the Awash 770 1996 C (i)(ii)(iv)(vi) 10 1980 C (ii)(iii)(iv) Historic Fortified City of Tiya 345 1997 C (ii)(iv) 12 1980 C (i)(iv) Routes of in France Aksum 868 1998 C (ii)(iv)(vi) 15 1980 C (i)(iv) Historic Site of Lower Valley of the Omo 872 1998 C (ii)(iv) 17 1980 C (iii)(iv) FRANCE and FINLAND Pyrénées - Mont Perdu Old Rauma 773 1997 N (i)(iii) C (iii)(iv)(v) 582 1991 C (iv)(v) Fortress of Suomenlinna GEORGIA 583 1991 C (iv) City-Museum Reserve of Mtskheta Petäjävesi Old Church 708 1994 C (iii)(iv) 584 1994 C (iv) Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 710 1994 C (iv) 751 1996 C (iv) Upper Svaneti 709 1996 C (iv)(v) FRANCE Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay 80 1979 C (i)(iii)(vi) Cathedral 3 1978 C (i)(ii)(iv)(vi) 81 1979 C (i)(ii)(iv) Cathedral Palace and Park of Versailles 168 1981 C (ii) 83 1979 C (i)(ii)(vi) Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Vézelay, Church and Hill Residence Square 84 1979 C (i)(vi) 169 1981 C (i)(iv) Decorated Grottoes of the Vézère Valley Pilgrimage Church of Wies 85 1979 C (i)(iii) 271 1983 C (i)(iii) Palace and Park of Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl 160 1981 C (ii)(vi) 288 1984 C (ii)(iv) Chateau and Estate of Chambord St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at 161 1981 C (i) Cathedral 187 rev 1985 C (i)(ii)(iii) 162 1981 C (i)(ii) 4 Roman Monuments, Cathedral and Liebfrauen-Church Archaeological Site of Vergina in 780 1996 C (i)(iii) 367 1986 C (i)(iii)(iv)(vi) Hanseatic City of Lübeck GUATEMALA 272 rev 1987 C (iv) Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Tikal National Park 532 bis 1990 -1992 (note 5) C (i)(ii)(iv) 64 1979 N (ii)(iv) C (i)(iii)(iv) Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 515 rev 1991 C (iii)(iv) 65 1979 C (ii)(iii)(iv) Mines of and Historic Town of Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua 623 1992 C (i)(iv) 149 1981 C (i)(ii)(iv) Town of 624 1993 C (ii)(iv) GUINEA and CÔTE D’IVOIRE Monastery Complex 546 rev 1993 C (ii)(iv) Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of 155 1981 N (ii)(iv) 535 rev 1994 C (iv) Völklingen Ironworks HAITI 687 1994 C (ii)(iv) Fossil Site National History Park - Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers 720 1995 N (i) 180 1982 C (iv)(vi) Cathedral 292 rev 1996 C (i)(ii)(iv) and its Sites in and Dessau 729 1996 C (ii)(iv)(vi) Vatican City Luther Memorials in and 286 1984 C (i)(ii)(iv)(vi) 783 1996 C (iv)(vi) Classical Weimar HONDURAS 846 1998 C (iii)(vi) Maya Site of Copan 129 1980 C (iv)(vi) GHANA Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve Forts and Castles, Volta Greater , Central and 196 1982 N (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Western Regions 34 1979 C (vi) HUNGARY Ashanti Traditional Buildings , the Banks of the Danube and the Castle Quarter 35 1980 C (v) 400 1987 C (ii)(iv) Hollokö GREECE 401 rev 1987 C (v) Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae Millenary Benedictine Monastery of Pannonhalma and 392 1986 C (i)(ii)(iii) its Natural Environment Archaeological Site of Delphi 758 1996 C (iv)(vi) 393 1987 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) Acropolis, Athens HUNGARY and 404 1987 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) Caves of the Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst Mount Athos 725 1995 N (i) 454 1988 N (iii) C (i)(ii)(iv)(v)(vi) Meteora 455 1988 N (iii) C (i)(ii)(iv)(v) INDIA Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Ajanta Caves Thessalonika 242 1983 C (i)(ii)(iii)(vi) 456 1988 C (i)(ii)(iv) Ellora Caves Archaeological Site of Epidaurus 243 1983 C (i)(iii)(vi) 491 1988 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) Fort Medieval City of Rhodes 251 1983 C (iii) 493 1988 C (ii)(iv)(v) Taj Mahal Mystras 252 1983 C (i) 511 1989 C (ii)(iii)(iv) Sun Temple, Konarak Archaeological Site of Olympia 246 1984 C (i)(iii)(vi) 517 1989 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Delos 249 1984 C (i)(ii)(iii)(vi) 530 1990 C (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) Kaziranga National Park Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas and Nea Moni 337 1985 N (ii)(iv) of Manas Wildlife Sanctuary 537 1990 C (i)(iv) 338 1985 N (ii)(iii)(iv) Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos 595 1992 C (ii)(iii)

5 Keoladeo National Park Historic Centre of Florence 340 1985 N (iv) 174 1982 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) Churches and Convents of and its Lagoon 234 1986 C (ii)(iv)(vi) 394 1987 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi) Khajuraho Group of Monuments Piazza del Duomo, Pisa 240 1986 C (i)(iii) 395 1987 C (i)(ii)(iv)(vi) Group of Monuments at Hampi Historic Centre of 241 1986 C (i)(iii)(iv) 550 1990 C (i)(iii)(iv) Fatehpur Sikri I 255 1986 C (ii)(iii)(iv) 670 1993 C (iii)(iv)(v) Group of Monuments at Pattadakal City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto 239 rev 1987 C (iii)(iv) 712 bis 1994-1996 C (i)(ii) Elephanta Caves Historic Centre of 244 rev 1987 C (i)(iii) 717 1995 C (i)(ii)(iv) Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur Historic Centre of 250 rev 1987 C (ii)(iii) 726 1995 C (ii)(iv) Sundarbans National Park Crespi d'Adda 452 1987 N (ii)(iv) 730 1995 C (iv)(v) Nanda Devi National Park : City of the Renaissance 335 1988 N (iii)(iv) 733 1995 C (ii)(iv)(vi) Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Castel del Monte 524 1989 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) 398 rev 1996 C (i)(ii)(iii) Humayun's Tomb, Delhi The trulli of 232 1993 C (ii)(iv) 787 1996 C (iii)(iv)(v) Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi Early Christian Monuments of 233 1993 C (iv) 788 1996 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Historic Centre of the City of INDONESIA 789 1996 C (i)(ii)(iv) 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, Borobudur Temple Compounds the , and the Complex 592 1991 C (i)(ii)(vi) 549 1997 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Ujung Kulon National Park Residences of the Royal House of 608 1991 N (iii)(iv) 823 1997 C (i)(ii)(iv)(v) Komodo National Park Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), 609 1991 N (iii)(iv) 824 1997 C (ii)(iii) Prambanan Temple Compounds Portovenere, , and the Islands (, 642 1991 C (i)(iv) and ) Sangiran Early Man Site 826 1997 C (ii)(iv)(v) 593 1996 C (iii)(vi) Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, 827 1997 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) IRAN, islamic Republic of Archaeological Areas of , , and Torre Annunziata Tchogha Zanbil 829 1997 C (iii)(iv)(v) 113 1979 C (iii)(iv) Costiera Amalfitana Persepolis 830 1997 C (ii)(iv)(v) 114 1979 C (i)(iii)(vi) Archaeological Area of Agrigento Meidan Emam, Esfahan 831 1997 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) 115 1979 C (i)(v)(vi) 832 1997 C (i)(ii)(iii) IRAQ di Barumini 833 1997 C (i)(iii)(iv) Hatra Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of 277 rev 1985 C (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) 825 1998 C (iii)(iv)(vi) IRELAND Historic Centre of 828 1998 C (ii)(iv) Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne and National Park with the 659 1993 C (i)(iii)(iv) Archeological sites of and , and the Skellig Michael 757 1996 C (iii)(iv) 842 1998 C (iii)(iv)

ITALY and the HOLY SEE Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (each according to its jurisdiction) 94 1979 C (iii)(vi) The Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria Historic centre of , the Properties of the Holy See delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Vinci Paolo Fuori le Mura 93 1980 C (i)(ii) 91-91 bis 1980-1990 (note 3) C (i)(ii)(iii)(vi)

6 Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the JAPAN Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) 850 1998 C (iii)(iv) Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area 660 1993 C (i)(ii)(iv)(vi) Himeji-jo LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA 661 1993 C (i)(iv) Yakushima Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna 662 1993 N (ii)(iii) 183 1982 C (i)(ii)(iii) Shirakami-Sanchi Archaeological Site of Sabratha 663 1993 N (ii) 184 1982 C (iii) Historic Monuments of Ancient (Kyoto, Uji and Archaeological Site of Cyrene Otsu ) 190 1982 C (ii)(iii)(vi) 688 1994 C (ii)(iv) Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 287 1985 C (iii) 734 1995 C (iv)(v) Old Town of Ghadames Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) 362 1986 775 1996 C (vi) Itsukushima Shinto Shrine LITHUANIA 776 1996 C (i)(ii)(iv)(vi) Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara 870 1998 C (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) Historic Centre 541 1994 C (ii)(iv) (Site proposed byJordan) LUXEMBOURG Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls 148 1981 C (ii)(iii)(vi) City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications JORDAN 699 1994 C (iv) Petra 326 1985 C (i)(iii)(iv) MACEDONIA, Former Yugoslav Quseir Amra Republic of 327 1985 C (i)(iii)(iv)

Ohrid Region with its Cultural and Historical Aspect and KENYA its Natural Environment 99 1980 N (iii) C (i)(iii)(iv)

Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest 800 1997 N (ii)(iii) Sibiloi/Central Island National Parks 801 1997 N (i)(iv) Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve 494 rev 1990 N (iii)(iv) LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC MALAWI Town of Luang Prabang 479 rev 1995 C (ii)(iv)(v) Lake Malawi National Park LATVIA 289 1984 N (ii)(iii)(iv)

Historic Centre of MALI 852 1997 C (i)(ii)

LEBANON Old Towns of Djenné 116 rev 1988 C (iii)(iv) Timbuktu Anjar 119 rev 1988 C (ii)(iv)(v) 293 1984 C (iii)(iv) Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) Baalbek 516 1989 N (iii) C (v) 294 1984 C (i)(iv) Byblos 295 1984 C (iii)(iv)(vi) Tyre 299 1984 C (iii)(vi)

7 MALTA MOROCCO

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum Medina of Fez 130 1980 C (iii) 170 1981 C (ii)(v) City of Medina of Marrakesh 131 1980 C (i)(vi) 331 1985 C (i)(ii)(iv)(v) Megalithic Temples of Malta Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou 132 bis 1980-1992 (Note 7) C (iv) 444 1987 C (iv)(v) Historic City of Meknes 793 1996 C (iv) MAURITANIA Archaeological Site of Volubilis 836 1997 C (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) Banc d' National Park 837 1997 C (ii)(iv)(v) 506 1989 N (ii)(iv) Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata MOZAMBIQUE 750 1996 C (iii)(iv)(v) Island of Mozambique 599 1991 C (iv)(vi) MEXICO NEPAL Sian Ka'an 410 1987 N (iii)(iv) Sagarmatha National Park Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque 120 1979 N (iii) 411 1987 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Valley Historic Centre of and Xochimilco 121 1979 C (iii)(iv)(vi) 412 1987 C (ii)(iii)(iv)(v) Royal Chitwan National Park Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan 284 1984 N (ii)(iii)(iv) 414 1987 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) , the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha Historic Centre of and Archaeological Site of 666 1997 C (iii)(vi) Monte Alban 415 1987 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Historic Centre of NETHERLANDS 416 1987 C (ii)(iv) Schokland and Surroundings Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines 739 1995 C (iii)(v) 482 1988 C (i)(ii)(iv)(vi) Defence Line of Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen - Itza 759 1996 C (ii)(iv)(v) 483 1988 C (i)(ii)(iii) Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout Historic Centre of 818 1997 C (i)(ii)(iv) 585 1991 C (ii)(iv)(vi) Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City, and Harbour, El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City Netherlands Antilles 631 1992 C (iii)(iv) 819 1997 C (ii)(iv)(v) Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping 554 bis 1993 N (iv) Station) Historic Centre of Zacatecas 867 1998 C (i)(ii)(iv) 676 1993 C (ii)(iv) Rock Paintings of the Sierra de NEW ZEALAND 714 1993 C (i)(iii) Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand Popocatepetl 551 1990 (note 2) N (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) 702 1994 C (ii)(iv) Tongariro National Park Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal 421 rev 1990-1993 N (ii)(iii) C (vi) 791 1996 C (i)(ii)(iii) New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro 877 1998 N (ii)(iv) 792 1996 C (ii)(iv) Hospicio Cabañas, NIGER 815 1997 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves 560 rev 1998 C (iii)(iv) 573 1991 N (ii)(iii)(iv) Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan W National Park of Niger 862 1998 C (ii)(iv) 749 1996 N (ii)(iv)

8 NORWAY 548 1990-1992 N (ii)(iii)(iv) C (iii) Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana Urnes Stave Church 700 1994 C (i)(iii)(iv) 58 1979 C (i)(ii)(iii) Bryggen PHILIPPINES 59 1979 C (iii) Røros Tubbataha Reef Marine Park 55 1980 C (iii)(iv)(v) 653 1993 N (ii)(iii)(iv) Rock Drawings of Alta Churches of the Philippines 352 1985 C (iii) 677 1993 C (ii)(iv) Rice Terraces of the Philippines Cordilleras OMAN 722 1995 C (iii)(iv)(v) Bahla Fort POLAND 433 1987 C (iv) Archaeological sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn Cracow's Historic Centre 434 1988 C (iii)(iv) 29 1978 C (iv) Arabian Oryx Sanctuary 654 1994 N (iv) 32 1978 C (iv) Auschwitz Concentration Camp PAKISTAN 31 1979 C (vi) Historic Centre of Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro 30 1980 C (ii)(vi) 138 1980 C (ii)(iii) Old City of Zamosc Taxila 564 1992 C (iv) 139 1980 C (iii)(vi) Medieval Town of Torun Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City 835 1997 C (ii)(iv) Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork 140 1980 C (iv) 847 1997 C (ii)(iii)(iv) Historical Monuments of Thatta 143 1981 C (iii) Fort and Shalamar Gardens in 171-172 1981 C (i)(ii)(iii) Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Rohtas Fort 586 1997 C (ii)(iv) 206 1983 C (iv)(vi) Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belem in PANAMA 263 1983 C (iii)(vi) Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Monastery of Batalha Portobelo-San Lorenzo 264 1983 C (i)(ii) 135 1980 C (i)(iv) Convent of Christ in Tomar Darien National Park 265 1983 C (i)(vi) 159 1981 N (ii)(iii)(iv) Historic Centre of Evora Historic District of Panamá, with the Salón Bolivar 361 1986 C (ii)(iv) 790 1997 C (ii)(iv)(vi) Monastery of Alcobaça 505 1989 C (i)(iv) PARAGUAY Cultural Landscape of Sintra 723 1995 C (ii)(iv)(v) Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Parana and Historic Centre of Oporto Jesus de Tavarangue 755 1996 C (iv) 648 1993 C (iv) Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley 866 1998 C (i)(iii) City of Cuzco REPUBLIC OF 273 1983 C (iii)(iv) Sokkuram Grotto Historic Sanctuary of 736 1995 C (i)(iv) 274 1983 N (ii)(iii) C (i)(iii) Temple Changgyong P'ango, the Depositories Chavin (Archaeological Site) for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks 330 1985 C (iii) 737 1995 C (iv)(vi) Huascaran National Park Chongmyo Shrine 333 1985 N (ii)(iii) 738 1995 C (iv) Archaeological Zone Ch'angdokkung Palace Complex 366 1986 C (i)(iii) 816 1997 C (ii)(iii)(iv) Manu National Park Hwasong Fortress 402 1987 N (ii)(iv) 817 1997 C (ii)(iii) Historic Centre of 500 bis 1988-1991 (note 8) C (iv) 9 SOLOMON ISLANDS Danube Delta East Rennell 588 1991 N (iii)(iv) 854 1998 N (ii) Biertan and its Fortified Church 596 1993 C (iv) SPAIN Monastery of Horezu 597 1993 C (ii) Historic Centre of Cordoba Churches of Moldavia 313 bis 1984-1994 (note 12) C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) 598 1993 C (i)(iv) , and Albayzin, 314 bis 1984-1994 (note 13) C (i)(iii)(iv) RUSSIAN FEDERATION Cathedral 316 1984 C (ii)(iv)(vi) Historic Centre of and Related Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Groups of Monuments 318 1984 C (i)(ii)(vi) 540 1990 (note 4) C (i)(ii)(iv)(vi) Parque Güell, Palacio Güell and Casa Mila in Kizhi Pogost 320 1984 C (i)(ii)(iv) 544 1990 (note 4) C (i)(iv)(v) Altamira Cave Kremlin and Red Square, 310 1985 C (i)(iii) 545 1990 (note 4) C (i)(ii)(iv)(vi) Old Town of and its Aqueduct Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings 311 rev 1985 C (i)(iii)(iv) 604 1992 C (ii)(iv)(vi) Monuments of and the Kingdom of the Asturias Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky 312 bis 1985 -1998 (note 14) C (i)(ii)(iv) Islands Santiago de Compostela (Old town) 632 1992 C (iv) 347 1985 C (i)(ii)(vi) White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal Old Town of Avila with its Extra-Muros Churches 633-644 1992 C (i)(ii)(iv) 348 rev 1985 C (iii)(iv) Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Mudejar Architecture of Teruel Sergiev Posad 378 1986 C (iv) 657 1993 C (ii)(iv) Historic City of Toledo Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 379 1986 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) 634 rev 1994 C (ii) Garajonay National Park Virgin Komi Forests 380 1986 N (ii)(iii) 719 1995 N (ii)(iii) Old Town of Caceres Lake Baikal 384 1986 C (iii)(iv) 754 1996 N (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Cathedral, Alcazar and Archivo de Indias in Volcanoes of Kamchatka 383 rev 1987 C (i)(ii)(iii)(vi) 765 1996 N (i)(ii)(iii) Old City of Golden Mountains of Altai 381 rev 1988 C (i)(ii)(iv) 768 rev 1998 N (iv) Poblet Monastery 518 rev 1991 C (i)(iv) SENEGAL Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida 664 1993 C (iii)(iv) Island of Gorée Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe 26 1978 C (vi) 665 1993 C (iv)(vi) Niokolo-Koba National Park Route of Santiago de Compostela 153 1981 N (iv) 669 1993 C (ii)(iv)(vi) Djoudj National Sanctuary Doñana National Park 25 1981 N (iii)(iv) 685 1994 N (ii)(iii)(iv) Historic Walled Town of Cuenca SEYCHELLES 781 1996 C (ii)(v) La Lonja de la Seda de Aldabra Atoll 782 1996 C (i)(iv) 185 1982 N (ii)(iii)(iv) Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve 803 1997 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) 261 1983 N (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) The Palau de la Música Catalana and the , Barcelona SLOVAKIA 804 1997 C (i)(ii)(iv) San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries Vlkolinec 805 1997 C (ii)(iv)(vi) 622 rev 1993 C (iv)(v) Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Banska Stiavnica Peninsula 618 rev 1993 C (iv)(v) 874 1998 C (iii) Spissky Hrad and its Associated Cultural Monuments University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares 620 rev 1993 C (iv) 876 1998 C (ii)(iv)(vi) Skocjan Caves 390 1986 N (ii)(iii) 10 SRI LANKA TUNISIA Sacred City of Anuradhapura Medina of Tunis 200 1982 C (ii)(iii)(vi) 36 1979 C (ii)(iii)(v) Ancient City of Polonnaruva Site of Carthage 201 1982 C (i)(iii)(vi) 37 1979 C (ii)(iii)(vi) Ancient City of Sigiriya Amphitheatre of El Jem 202 1982 C (ii)(iii)(iv) 38 1979 C (iv)(vi) Sinharaja Forest Reserve Ichkeul National Park 405 1988 N (ii)(iv) 8 1980 N (iv) Sacred City of Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis 450 1988 C (iv)(vi) 332 1985-1986 C (iii) Old Town of and its Fortifications Medina of Sousse 451 1988 C (iv) 498 1988 C (iii)(iv)(v) Golden Temple of Dambulla Kairouan 561 1991 C (i)(vi) 499 1988 C (i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi) Dougga / Thugga SWEDEN 794 1997 C (ii)(iii) Royal Domain of Drottningholm TURKEY 559 1991 C (iv) Birka and Hovgården Historic Areas of 555 1993 C (iii)(iv) 356 1985 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Engelsberg Ironworks Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of 556 rev 1993 C (iv) Cappadocia Rock Carvings in Tanum 357 1985 N(iii) C(i)(iii)(v) 557 rev 1994 C (i)(iii)(iv) Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi Skogskyrkogården 358 1985 C (i)(iv) 558 rev 1994 C (ii)(iv) Hattusha Hanseatic Town of Visby 377 1986 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) 731 1995 C (iv)(v) Nemrut Dag Laponian Area 448 1987 C (i)(iii)(iv) 774 1996 N (i)(ii)(iii) C (iii)(v) Xanthos-Letoon Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå 484 1988 C (ii)(iii) 762 1996 C (ii)(iv)(v) Hierapolis - Pamukkale Naval Port of Karlskrona 485 1988 N(iii) C(iii)(iv) 871 1998 C (ii)(iv) City of Safranbolu 614 1994 C (ii)(iv)(v) Archaeological Site of Troy 849 1998 C (ii)(iii)(vi) Old City of Berne 267 1983 C (iii) UGANDA Convent of St Gall 268 1983 C (ii)(iv) Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 269 1983 C (iii) 682 1994 N (iii)(iv) Rwenzori Mountains National Park SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 684 1994 N (iii)(iv) Ancient City of 20 1979 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) Ancient City of Bosra Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic 22 1980 C (i)(iii)(vi) Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Site of Palmyra 527 1990 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) 23 1980 C (i)(ii)(iv) L'viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Centre Ancient City of 865 1998 C (ii)(v) 21 1986 C (iii)(iv) UNITED KINGDOM THAILAND Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic 369 1986 N (i)(iii) Towns Durham Castle and Cathedral 574 1991 C (i)(iii) 370 1986 C (ii)(iv)(vi) Historic City of Ayutthaya and Associated Historic Ironbridge Gorge Towns 371 1986 C (i)(ii)(iv)(vi) 576 1991 C (iii) Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Thungyai - Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries Abbey 591 1991 N (ii)(iii)(iv) 372 1986C (i)(iv) Ban Chiang Archaeological Site Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites 575 1992 C (iii) 373 1986 C (i)(ii)(iii) 11 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd Monticello and University of in Charlottesville 374 1986 C (i)(iii)(iv) 442 1987 C (i)(iv)(vi) St Kilda Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 387 1986 N (iii)(iv) 409 1987 N (ii) Blenheim Palace Pueblo de Taos 425 1987 C (ii)(iv) 492 rev 1992 C (iv) City of Bath Carlsbad Caverns National Park 428 1987 C (i)(ii)(iv) 721 1995 N (i)(iii) Hadrian's Wall 430 1987 C (ii)(iii)(iv) Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento 426 1987 C (i)(ii)(iv) 747 1995 C (iv) Henderson Island 487 1988 N (iii)(iv) UZBEKISTAN Tower of London 488 1988 C (ii)(iv) Itchan Kala Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey and St 543 1990 C (iii)(iv)(v) Martin's Church Historic Centre of Bukhara 496 1988 C (i)(ii)(vi) 602 rev 1993 C (ii)(iv)(vi) Old and New Towns of 728 1995 C (ii)(iv) VENEZUELA Gough Island Wildlife Reserve 740 1995 N (iii)(iv) Coro and its Port Maritime Greenwich 658 1993 C (iv)(v) 795 1997 C (i)(ii)(iv)(vi) Canaima National Park 701 1994 N (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA VIET NAM Ngorongoro Conservation Area 39 1979 N (ii)(iii)(iv) Complex of Hué Monuments Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara 678 1993 C (iii)(iv) 144 1981 C (iii) Ha Long Bay Serengeti National Park 672 1994 N (iii) 156 1981 N (iii)(iv) Selous Game Reserve YEMEN 199 1982 N (ii)(iv) Kilimanjaro National Park Old Walled City of Shibam 403 1987 N (iii) 192 1982 C (iii)(iv)(v) Old City of Sana'a 385 1986 C (iv)(v)(vi) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Historic Town of Zabid Mesa Verde 611 1993 C (ii)(iv)(vi) 27 1978 C (iii) Yellowstone YUGOSLAVIA 28 1978 N (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Grand Canyon National Park Stari Ras and Sopocani 75 1979 N (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) 96 1979 C (i)(iii) Everglades National Park Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor 76 1979 N (i)(ii)(iv) 125 1979 C (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Independence Hall Durmitor National Park 78 1979 C (vi) 100 1980 N (ii)(iii)(iv) Redwood National Park Studenica Monastery 134 1980 N (ii)(iii) 389 1986 C (i)(ii)(iv)(vi) Mammoth Cave National Park 150 1981 N (i)(iii)(iv) ZAMBIA and ZIMBABWE Olympic National Park Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls 151 1981 N (ii)(iii) 509 1989 N (ii)(iii) Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site 198 1982 C (iii)(iv) Great Smoky Mountains National Park ZIMBABWE 259 1983 N (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari La and San Juan Historic Site in Puerto Rico Areas 266 1983 C (vi) 302 1984 N (ii)(iii)(iv) Statue of Liberty Great Zimbabwe National Monument 307 1984 C (i)(vi) 364 1986 C (i)(iii)(vi) Yosemite National Park Khami Ruins National Monument 308 1984 N (i)(ii)(iii) 365 1986 C (iii)(iv) Chaco Culture National Historical Park 353 rev 1987 C (iii) 12 Notes: Sessions of the

(1) The Burgess Shale Site, which was previously 1st Session: Paris, France 27/6 - 1/7/1977 inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the 2nd Session: Washington, U.S.A 5-8/9/1978 Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks. 3rd Session: Luxor, Egypt 22-26/10/1979 4th Session: Paris, France 1-5/9/1980 (2) The Westland and Mount Cook National Park and 5th Session: , Australia 26-30/10/1981 the Fiordland National Park, which were previously 6th Session: Paris, France 13-17/12/1982 inscribed on the World Heritage List, are part of 7th Session: Florence, Italy 5-9/12/1983 the Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand. 8th Session: , Argentina 29/10- 2/11/1984 9th Session: Paris, France 2-6/12/1985 (3) At the time the site was extended, criterion (iv) was 10th Session: Paris, France 24-28/11/1986 also found applicable. 11th Session: Paris, France 7-11/12/1987 12th Session: Brasilia, Brazil 5-9/12/1988 (4) The nominations related to these cultural sites 13th Session: Paris, France 11-15/12/1989 were submitted in 1989 by the U.S.S.R. 14th Session: Banff, Canada 7-12/12/1990 15th Session: Carthage, Tunisia 9-13/12/1991 (5) The site is extended to include the Park with 16th Session: Santa Fe, U.S.A. 7-14/12/1992 Sacrow Castle and Sauveur Church. 17th Session: Cartagena, Colombia 6-11/12/1993 18th Session: Phuket, Thailand 12-17/12/1994 (6) Extension of the Glacier Bay/Wrangell/St. 19th Session: Berlin, Germany 4-9/12/1995 Elias/Kluane site. 20th Session: Mérida, Mexico 2-7/12/1996 21st Session: Naples, Italy 1-6/12/1997 (7) The Committee decided to extend the existing 22nd Session: Kyoto, Japan 30/11- 5/12/1998 cultural property, the Temple of Ggantija, to include the five prehistoric temples situated on the islands 1st Extraordinary Session: Paris, France 10-11/09/1981 of Malta and and to rename the site as "The Megalithic Temples of Malta".

(8) The former Convent Ensemble of San Francisco de Lima is included in the .

(9) Extension of the Australian East Coast Temperate and Subtropical Rainforest Park

(10) Renomination of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park under cultural criteria.

(11) Extension.

(12) Extension of the Mosque of Cordoba.

(13) Extension of the Alhambra and the Generalife, Granada, to include the Albayzin quarter.

(14) Extension of the Churches of the Kingdom of the Asturies, to include Monuments in the city of Oviedo.

13 Criteria for the inclusion of cultural properties in the of outstanding universal significance (the World Heritage List Committee considers that this criterion should justify inclusion in the List only in The criteria for the inclusion of cultural properties in the exceptional circumstances and in World Heritage List should always be seen in relation to conjunction with other criteria cultural or one another and should be considered in the context of natural); the definition set out in Article 1 of the Convention which is reproduced below: Criteria for the inclusion of natural properties in the "monuments: architectural works, works of World Heritage List monumental sculpture and painting, elements or structures of an archaeological nature, In accordance with Article 2 of the Convention, the inscriptions, cave dwellings and combinations of following is considered as "natural heritage": features, which are of outstanding universal value from the point of view of history, art or science; "natural features consisting of physical and biological formations or groups of such groups of buildings: groups of separate or formations, which are of outstanding universal connected buildings which, because of their value from the aesthetic or scientific point of architecture, their homogeneity or their place in view; the landscape, are of outstanding universal value from the point of view of history, art or science; geological and physiographical formations and precisely delineated areas which constitute the sites: works of man or the combined works of habitat of threatened species of animals and nature and of man, and areas including plants of outstanding universal value from the archaeological sites which are of outstanding point of view of science or conservation; universal value from the historical, aesthetic, ethnological or anthropological points of view." natural sites or precisely delineated natural areas of outstanding universal value from the A monument, group of buildings or site - as defined above point of view of science, conservation or natural - which is nominated for inclusion in the World Heritage beauty." List will be considered to be of outstanding universal value for the purpose of the Convention when the Committee A natural heritage property - as defined above - which is finds that it meets one or more of the following criteria submitted for inclusion in the World Heritage List will be and the test of authenticity. Each property nominated considered to be of outstanding universal value for the should therefore: purposes of the Convention when the Committee finds that it meets one or more of the following criteria and (i) represent a masterpiece of human fulfils the conditions of integrity set out below. Sites creative genius; or nominated should therefore:

(ii) exhibit an important interchange of human (i) be outstanding examples representing values, over a span of time or within a major stages of earth's history, including cultural area of the world, on the record of life, significant on-going developments in architecture or geological processes in the development technology monumental arts or of land forms, or significant geomorphic or town-planning and landscape design; or physiographic features; or

(iii) bear a unique or at least exceptional (ii) be outstanding examples representing testimony to a cultural tradition or to a significant on-going ecological and civilization which is living or which has biological processes in the evolution and disappeared; or development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and (iv) be an outstanding example of a type of communities of plants and animals; or building or architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (iii) contain superlative natural phenomena or [a) significant stage(s) in human history; or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance; or (v) be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement or land-use which is (iv) contain the most important and significant representative of a culture (or cultures), natural habitats for in-situ conservation of especially when it has become vulnerable biological diversity, including those under the impact of irreversible change; or containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point (vi) be directly or tangibly associated with of view of science or conservation. events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works

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