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2004-2005 World Heritage WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION Convention concerning Each State Party to this Convention the Protection of the recognizes that the duty of ensuring World Cultural and Natural Heritage, the identification, protection, adopted by the United Nations conservation, presentation and Educational, Scientific and Cultural transmission to future generations Organization, at its General of the cultural and natural heritage… Conference, belongs primarily to that State. Paris, 16 November 1972 4 An Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of the Cultural GREENLAND EXTRACTS and Natural Heritage of Outstanding 2 (DENMARK) 6 … deterioration or disappearance Universal Value, called “the World 1 of… the cultural or natural heritage Heritage Committee”, constitutes a harmful is… established within UNESCO. CANADA impoverishment of the heritage Nemrut Dag (Turkey) 4 of all the nations of the world. … the Committee shall establish… 7 1 5 3 9 under the title of “World Heritage 2 11 … protection of this heritage List”, a list of properties forming part 8 8 THE at the national level often remains of the cultural heritage and natural 2 10 incomplete because of the scale heritage… which it considers as The approximate 6 12 of the resources which it requires. having outstanding universal value… UNITED STATES 9 5 OF AMERICA locations 13 1 7 15 17 … parts of the cultural or natural The Committee shall establish… 3 14 10 of the 788 under the title of “List of World 19 St George, Bermuda (UK) heritage are of outstanding interest 18 properties - and therefore need to be preserved Heritage in Danger”, a list WORLD Mahabodhi Temple 18 Complex at Bodh 611 cultural, as part of the world heritage of the property appearing Gaya (India) 11 13 MEXICO of humankind as a whole. in the World Heritage List for 4 154 natural 12 the conservation of which major 1 7 23 10 5 … [with] the magnitude and gravity operations are necessary… 17 2 DOMINICAN and 23 mixed 16 4 6 15 8 CUBA 4 9 3 24 22 3 6 7 REP. 16 Hawaï (USA) 14 1 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS of the new dangers threatening… 20 19 21 JAMAICA 1 1 11 - inscribed on the 5 2 1 1 BELIZE HAITI Porto-Rico 1 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [the world’s heritage], it is Any State Party to this Convention DOMINICA HONDURAS (USA) 1 HERITAGE 3 Willemstad 2 1 2 SAINT LUCIA World Heritage incumbent on the international may request international GUATEMALA (NETHERLANDS) 1 1 NICARAGUA GRENADA BARBADOS EL SALVADOR 4 community as a whole to participate assistance for property forming part 1 1 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES List in 134 States 1 3 2 1 in the protection of the cultural of the cultural or natural heritage COSTA RICA 1 3 3 2 2 VENEZUELA SURINAM Parties are shown Cocos Island National Park 1 PANAMA 2 and natural heritage of outstanding of outstanding universal value situated 2 COLOMBIA 1 on this map. universal value… within its territory. GUYANA 4 5 Galapagos Islands (ECUADOR) 1 ECUADOR 2 8 4 3 15 2004-2005 12 BRAZIL 2 7 5 8 4 3 PERU 14 3 7 6 2 BOLIVIA 6 9 9 1 16 6 11 10 13 5 2 1 3 4 4 1 PARAGUAY 10 12 Henderson Island 7 (UK) 1 5 2 1 Rapa Nui (CHILE) 1 5 6 URUGUAY 3 1 CHILE 4 THE ARGENTINA 3 2 7 4 1 5 8 AMERICAS ICELAND 1 SWEDEN 5 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1983 GUATEMALA 1979 Garamba National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) ◆ ●1 Tikal National Park. 3 10 FINLAND ◆2 Antigua Guatemala. ARGENTINA 1978 1 3 ◆3 Archaeological Park and Ruins 2 9 ●1 Los Glaciares. of Quirigua. NORWAY 5 ●2 Iguazu National Park. 2 12 1 4 ●3 Península Valdés. 3 2 4 GUYANA 1977 18 15 ◆ Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas. 2 5 1 ●5 Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural 1 1 7 Parks. HAITI 1980 4 ESTONIA 6 ◆1 National History Park - Citadel, 4 ◆ Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba. 6 7 Sans Souci, Ramiers. 13 AFRICA / ARAB STATES ◆ Quebrada de Humahuaca. EUROPE DENMARK 15 1 LATVIA 23 1 11 1 3 9 ●3 Arabian Oryx Sanctuary. HONDURAS 1979 ◆25 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion. ◆13 Castel del Monte. 10 2 ALGERIA 1974 CONGO 1987 ARGENTINA and BRAZIL ALBANIA 1989 2 LITHUANIA 7 ◆4 Frankincense Trail. ◆1 Maya Site of Copan. ◆26 Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire ◆14 The Trulli of Alberobello. 6 1 ◆1 Butrint. 1 ◆1 Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad. ◆ Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis. 2 3 ● Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve. and Chalonnes. ◆15 Early Christian Monuments 26 4 2 1 2 1 18 8 ◆● Tassili n’Ajjer. CÔTE D’IVOIRE 1981 22 8 26 7 14 QATAR 1984 ◆27 Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs. of Ravenna. IRELAND NETHERLANDS 3 ●1 BARBADOS 2002 ANDORRA 1997 6 24 UNITED ◆ M’Zab Valley. Taï National Park. JAMAICA 1983 16 3 29 1 ◆ Historic Centre of Pienza. KINGDOM 5 1 ◆4 Djémila. ●2 Comoé National Park. ◆ Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley. 2 6 2 1 6 6 ◆17 Royal Palace and the Park of Caserta, 9 22 RWANDA 2000 FRANCE and SPAIN 20 9 8 11 3 7 GERMANY BELARUS ◆5 Tipasa. BELIZE 1990 17 BELGIUM 19 RUSSIAN FEDERATION MEXICO 1984 ◆●1 Pyrénées - Mont Perdu. the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, 5 13 14 11 18 POLAND 4 ◆6 Timgad. 1 ARMENIA 1993 25 5 4 25 14 24 28 1 1 CÔTE D’IVOIRE and GUINEA ● Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System. 1 21 2 SAUDI ARABIA 1978 ● Sian Ka’an. and San Leucio. 8 1 1 5 ◆7 Kasbah of Algiers. ●1 ◆1 Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin. 6 21 20 9 Mount Nimba Strict Nature 2 18 3 17 ◆ Pre-Hispanic City GEORGIA 1992 ◆ Residences of the Royal House 7 7 16 CZECH REP. 5 ◆2 Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin 27 3 12 Reserve. BOLIVIA 1976 of Savoy. 1 7 10 1 5 9 1 SENEGAL 1976 and National Park of Palenque. ◆1 City-Museum Reserve of Mtskheta. 2 3 1 ANGOLA 1991 1 and the Archaeological Site 17 18 LUX. 15 4 10 8 2 ◆ City of Potosi. 3 ◆19 Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), 1 13 11 8 2 1 ◆ Historic Centre of Mexico City ◆2 Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati 2 3 6 27 12 7 3 10 4 ◆ Island of Gorée. 2 of Zvartnots. 16 2 12 6 1 3 DEM. REP. OF THE CONGO 1974 ◆ Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos. and Xochimilco. Padua. 26 ●2 Niokolo-Koba National Park. ◆3 Monastery of Geghard Monastery. 6 7 2 1 SLOVAKIA UKRAINE BAHRAIN 1991 ●1 Virunga National Park. ◆3 Historic City of Sucre. 4 20 FRANCE 4 23 1 ●3 ◆ Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan. ◆3 Upper Svaneti. ◆ Cathedral, Torre Civica 10 4 2 1 2 6 2 Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary. and the Upper Azat Valley. 19 1 3 4 ● Garamba National Park. ◆4 Fuerte de Samaipata. ◆5 Historic Centre of Oaxaca and and Piazza Grande, Modena. 11 3 3 1 4 ◆4 Island of Saint-Louis. 13 SWITZERLAND 5 2 AUSTRIA 5 7 4 ●3 Kahuzi-Biega National Park. ◆5 Tiwanaku. 21 4 HUNGARY BENIN 1982 Archaeological Site of Monte Alban. ◆ Pompei, Herculanum 23 6 GERMANY 1976 5 1 SLOVENIA 1 ●4 Salonga National Park. ●6 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park. 6 AUSTRIA 1992 25 36 8 5 REPUPLIC OF ◆ Royal Palaces of Abomey. ◆ Historic Centre of Puebla. 1 and Torre Annunziata. 2 11 31 27 6 SEYCHELLES 1980 1 ◆ Aachen Cathedral. 18 19 4 1 MOLDAVIA ●5 Okapi Wildlife Reserve. 7 ◆ Historic Centre of Salzburg. 22 5 2 Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba (Togo) ◆ Historic Town of Guanajuato. 2 ◆ Villa Romana del Casale. 12 4 ●1 Aldabra Atoll. 2 ◆ Speyer Cathedral. 8 20 3 BRAZIL 1977 8 ◆ Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn. 23 20 8 24 15 20 15 SAN ROMANIA BOTSWANA 1998 ◆ Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza. 3 ◆ Su Nuraxi di Barumini. 33 6 9 24 MARINO CROATIA 1 ●2 Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve. 3 ◆ Würzburg Residence. 9 21 3 SERBIA AND 1 EGYPT 1974 1 9 ◆ Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut 24 24 22 5 3 ◆ Tsodilo. ◆ Historic Town of Ouro Preto. ◆ Historic Centre of Morelia. 4 ◆ Portovenere, Cinque Terre, Palmaria, 35 1 MONACO 6 9 29 6 BOS. MONTENEGRO LEBANON 1983 ◆ Pilgrimage Church of Wies. 3 1 33 5 4 7 1 GAMBIA 1987 2 10 Cultural Landscape. 12 26 ANDORRA 38 2 HERZ. 13 ◆ Memphis and its Necropolis ◆ Historic Centre of the Town ◆ El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City. 5 Tino and Tinetto. 16 3 1 9 1 1 4 ◆ Castles of Augustusburg and 8 11 34 14 ITALY 2 ◆ James Island and Related Sites. ◆ Anjar. SOUTH AFRICA 1997 11 ◆ Semmering Railway. 25 16 7 25 37 4 BURKINA FASO 1987 with the Pyramid Fields. of Olinda. ● Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino. ◆ Costiera Amalfitana. PORTUGAL 9 10 17 5 30 1 1 3 ◆2 Baalbek. ●1 5 Falkenlust at Brühl. 4 28 31 34 2 5 5 3 ◆2 Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis. Greater St Lucia Wetland Park. 3 12 ◆ City of Graz – Historic Centre. 26 3 1 1 F.Y.R.O.M. 6 GEORGIA ◆ Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia. ◆ Historic Centre of Zacatecas. 6 ◆ Archaeological Area of Agrigento. 4 12 36 11 BULGARIA 2 ◆3 Byblos. 2 6 ◆ St Mary’s Cathedral and St Michael’s 6 22 HOLY 17 13 8 17 ◆3 Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel GHANA 1975 ◆ Robben Island. ◆4 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do 13 ◆ Wachau Cultural Landscape. 27 7 14 19 1 1 BURUNDI 1982 ◆ Rock Paintings of the Sierra ◆ Archaeological Area and 2 27 SEE 10 7 14 1 ◆4 Tyre.
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