Rock Art Sites in the World Heritage List
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Content / Sommaire AFRICA / AFRIQUE ................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Botswana ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2001-Tsodilo ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 Gabon ................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 2007- Ecosystem and relict cultural landscape of Lopé-Okanda / Ecosystème et paysage culturel relique de Lopé- Okanda ................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Malawi ................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 2006 -Chongoni Rock-Art Area / Art rupestre de Chongoni ....................................................................................... 8 Namibia / Namibie ............................................................................................................................................................. 9 2007-Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes / Twyfelfontein ou /Ui-//aes ..................................................................................... 9 South Africa / Afrique Du Sud ........................................................................................................................................ 11 2003 - Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape / Paysage culturel de Mapungubwe .......................................................... 11 2000 - uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park / uKhahlamba / Parc du Drakensberg ..................................................... 13 Tanzania, United Republic Of / Tanzanie, Republique-Unie De ................................................................................... 14 2006 - Kondoa Rock-Art Sites / Sites d’art rupestre de Kondoa ............................................................................... 14 Zimbabwe......................................................................................................................................................................... 15 2003 - Matobo Hills / Monts Matobo..................................................................................................................... 15 ARAB STATES / ETATS ARABES ...................................................................................................................................... 17 Algeria / Algerie ............................................................................................................................................................... 17 1982 - Tassili N’Ajjer .......................................................................................................................................... 17 2011- Wadi Rum Protected Area / Zone protégée du Wadi Rum ............................................................................. 19 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya / Jamahiriya Arabe Libyenne ................................................................................................. 20 1985 - Rock-Art sites of Tadrart Acacus / Sites rupestres du Tadrart Acacus ............................................................ 20 ASIA AND THE PACIFIC / ASIE ET PACIFIQUE ................................................................................................................. 22 Australia / Australie .......................................................................................................................................... 22 1981, 1987, 1992- Kakadu National Park / Parc national de Kakadu ....................................................................... 22 1987, 1994 - Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park / Parc national d'Uluru-Kata Tjuta ........................................................ 25 India / Inde ....................................................................................................................................................................... 27 2003 - Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka / Abris sous-roche du Bhimbetka ...................................................................... 27 Kazakhstan ...................................................................................................................................................................... 28 2004 - Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly / Pétroglyphes du paysage archéologique de Tamgaly ............................................................................................................................................................. 28 2011- Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai / Ensemble de pétroglyphes de l’Altaï mongol .......................... 29 Tajikistan.......................................................................................................................................................................... 30 2010 - Proto-urban site of Sarazm ....................................................................................................................... 30 2010 - Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long – Hanoi / La cité impériale de Thang Long-Hanoi ............. 33 Turkey / Turquie .............................................................................................................................................................. 36 2012 - Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük / Site néolithique de Çatal Höyük ...................................................................... 36 EUROPE ............................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Azerbaijan / Azerbaidjan ................................................................................................................................................. 37 2007- Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape / Paysage culturel d’art rupestre de Gobustan ..................................... 37 Bulgaria / Bulgarie........................................................................................................................................................... 39 1979 - Madara Rider / Cavalier de Madara ........................................................................................................... 39 France .............................................................................................................................................................................. 41 1979 - Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley / Sites préhistoriques et grottes ornées de la vallée de la Vézère ........................................................................................................................................................ 41 Italy / Italie ........................................................................................................................................................................ 47 1 1979 - Rock Drawings in Valcamonica / Art rupestre du Valcamonica ...................................................................... 47 Norway / Norvege ............................................................................................................................................................ 51 1985 - Rock Art of Alta / Art rupestre d’Alta........................................................................................................... 51 Portugal ........................................................................................................................................................................... 53 1998 - Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley / Sites d'art rupestre préhistorique de la vallée de Côa .................. 53 Spain / Espagne .............................................................................................................................................................. 56 1985, 2008 - Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain / Grotte d’Altamira et art rupestre paléolithique du nord de l’Espagne...........................................................................................................................................