World Heritage 43 COM

WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B3 Paris, 20 May 2019 Original: English

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION

CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE

WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE

Forty-third session

Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan 30 June - 10 July 2019

Item 8 of the Provisional Agenda: Establishment of the World Heritage List and of the List of World Heritage in Danger

INF.8B3: List of nominations received by 1 February 2019 including those for examination by the Committee at its 44th session in 2020

List of World Heritage Nominations received between 2 February 2018 and 1 February 2019 (Presented by region and in alphabetical order by State Party)

Total number of nominations received by the annual deadline: 29 (Cultural 23, Natural 5, Mixed 1)

Total number of complete nominations after the Completeness Check: 231 (Cultural 17, Natural 5, Mixed 1)

Actual date Criteria Cultural Compo Complete STATE PARTY PROPOSED WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTY2 ID_NO received Landscape nent or Parts Incomplete

AFRICA (2/3) (Cultural 1/2, Natural 0/0, Mixed 1/1) Ethiopia Dirre Sheikh Hussein Religious, Cultural and Historical Site 1515 29/01/2019 (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) YES 1 INCOMPLETE Ethiopia Holqa Sof Umar: Natural and Cultural Heritage (Sof Umar: 1516 29/01/2019 (iii)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii) NO 1 COMPLETE Caves of Mystery) Rwanda Sites mémoriaux du génocide : Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi 1586 29/01/2019 (iii)(vi) NO 4 COMPLETE et Bisesero [in compliance with Decision 42 COM 83, the evaluation of this nomination is on hold] ON HOLD

ARAB STATES (1/2) (Cultural 1/2, Natural 0/0, Mixed 0/0) Jordan As-Salt: The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality 689 Rev 30/01/2019 (ii)(iii) NO 1 INCOMPLETE Saudi Arabia Cultural Rock Arts in Himã Najrãn 1619 29/01/2019 (i)(ii)(iii)(v) NO 6 COMPLETE

ASIA-PACIFIC (5/7) (Cultural 3/5, Natural 2/2, Mixed 0/0) India The Glorious Kakatiya Temples and Gateways – 1570 01/02/2018 (i)(ii)(iii) NO 1 COMPLETE Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Palampet, Jayashankar Bhupalpally District, Telangana State Islamic Republic Trans-Iranian Railway 1585 25/01/2019 (ii)(iv) NO 1 COMPLETE of Iran Japan Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part 1574 01/02/2019 (x) NO 5 COMPLETE of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island Deer Stone Monuments and Related Sites, the Heart of 1621 29/01/2019 (i)(iii)(iv) NO 3 COMPLETE Culture Pakistan Port of Banbhore 1626 31/01/2019 (i)(ii)(iii) NO 1 INCOMPLETE Republic of Korea Getbol, Korean Tidal Flat 1591 28/01/2019 (viii)(ix)(x) NO 4 COMPLETE Tajikistan Medieval Town of Khulbuk 1627 01/02/2019 (ii)(iii) YES ? INCOMPLETE

EUROPE / NORTH AMERICA (10/11) (Cultural 8/9, Natural 2/2, Mixed 0/0) Austria / Belgium / The Great Spas of Europe 1613 23/01/2019 (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) NO 11 COMPLETE / France / / Italy / United Kingdom France Le phare de Cordouan 1625 31/01/2019 (i)(iv) NO 1 COMPLETE Georgia Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands 1616 28/01/2019 (ix)(x) NO 7 COMPLETE Germany Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 1614 23/01/2019 (ii)(iv) NO 2 COMPLETE Greece Fortress of Spinalonga 1617 28/01/2019 (iv)(vi) NO 1 COMPLETE Italy Padova Urbs picta, Giotto’s Scrovegni Chapel and Padua’s 1623 30/01/2019 (i)(ii)(iii) NO 4 COMPLETE fourteenth-century fresco cycles Netherlands Dutch Water Defence Lines [extension of “Defence Line of 759 Bis 28/01/2019 (ii)(iv)(v) NO 11 COMPLETE Amsterdam”, inscribed in 1996, criteria (ii)(iv)(v)] Poland The Gdańsk Shipyard – the birthplace of “Solidarity” and 1629 01/02/2019 (iv)(vi) NO 1 INCOMPLETE the symbol of the fall of Communism in East-Central Europe Slovenia Classical Karst 1615 25/01/2019 (vii)(viii)(ix)(x) NO 1 COMPLETE Spain Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and 1618 28/01/2019 (ii)(iv)(vi) YES 1 COMPLETE Sciences Turkey Arslantepe Mound 1622 30/01/2019 (ii)(iii)(iv) NO 1 COMPLETE

LATIN AMERICA / CARIBBEAN (5/6) (Cultural 4/5, Natural 1/1, Mixed 0/0) Brazil Lençóis Maranhenses National Park 1611 02/01/2019 (vii)(viii)(x) NO 1 COMPLETE [In compliance with paragraph 61 of the Operational Guidelines, Brazil has indicated its wish to prioritize the nomination “Sítio Roberto Burle Marx”] Brazil Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 1620 29/01/2019 (ii)(iv) YES 1 COMPLETE

1 This total includes the nomination “Lençóis Maranhenses National Park (Brazil), received 02/01/2019, the examination of which, in compliance with paragraph 61 of the Operational Guidelines, was postponed to a future session of the Committee. 2 The names of properties are presented in the language in which they were submitted by the State(s) Party(ies). 3 In compliance with Decision 42 COM 8, the evaluation of “sites associated with recent conflicts” shall be undertaken once a comprehensive reflection has taken place and the Committee at its 44th session has discussed and decided how these sites might relate to the purpose and scope of the World Heritage Convention and its Operational Guidelines.

List of nominations received by 1 February 2019 WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B3, p. 1

Actual date Criteria Cultural Compo Complete STATE PARTY PROPOSED WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTY2 ID_NO received Landscape nent or Parts Incomplete Dominican Historical and Archaeological Site of La Isabela 1628 01/02/2019 (ii)(v) NO 1 COMPLETE Republic Mexico Franciscan Ensemble of the Monastery and Cathedral of 702 Bis 01/02/2019 (ii)(iv)(vi) NO 1 INCOMPLETE Our Lady of the Assumption, Tlaxcala [extension of “Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl”, inscribed in 1994, criteria (ii)(iv)] Peru Chankillo Solar Observatory and ceremonial center 1624 30/01/2019 (i)(v) YES 2 COMPLETE Uruguay L’œuvre de l’ingénieur Eladio Dieste : église d’Atlántida 1612 21/01/2019 (iv) NO 1 COMPLETE

List of nominations received by 1 February 2019 WHC/19/43.COM/INF.8B3, p. 2