State of Conservation of Properties Inscribed on the World Heritage List
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World Heritage 40 COM WHC/16/40.COM/7B Paris, 27 May 2016 Original: English / French UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE Fortieth session Istanbul, Turkey 10-20 July 2016 Item 7B of the Provisional Agenda: State of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List SUMMARY This document contains information on the state of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List. The World Heritage Committee is requested to review the reports on the state of conservation of properties contained in this document. The full reports of Reactive Monitoring missions requested by the World Heritage Committee are available at the following Web address in their original language: http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/40COM/documents All previous state of conservation reports are available through the World Heritage State of conservation Information System at the following Web address: http://whc.unesco.org/en/soc Decision required: The World Heritage Committee may wish to adopt the draft Decision presented at the end of each state of conservation report. Table of content I. REPORTS ON THE STATE OF CONSERVATION OF PROPERTIES INSCRIBED ON THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST ............................................................................................................. 5 CULTURAL PROPERTIES ..................................................................................................................... 5 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN .......................................................................................... 5 1. Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System (Argentina / Bolivia (Plurinational State of) / Chile / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru) (C 1459) ....................................................................................... 5 2. Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture (Bolivia, Plurinational State of) (C 567rev) ........................................................................................................................... 5 3. Precolumbian chiefdom settlements with stone spheres of the Diquís (Costa Rica) (C 1453) 5 4. Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (C 526) .............................................. 8 5. City of Quito (Ecuador) (C 2) .................................................................................................. 11 6. National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers (Haïti) (C 180) ................................... 11 7. Historic Centre of Puebla (Mexico) (C 416) ........................................................................... 14 8. Historic Centre of the City of Arequipa (Peru) (C 1016) ......................................................... 14 9. Historic Inner City of Paramaribo (Suriname) (C 940rev) ...................................................... 17 AFRICA .............................................................................................................................................. 21 10. Aksum (Ethiopia) (C 15) ......................................................................................................... 21 11. Lower Valley of the Omo (Ethiopia) (C 17) ............................................................................ 24 12. Lamu Old Town (Kenya) (C 1055) ......................................................................................... 24 13. Old Towns of Djenné (Mali) (C 116 rev) ................................................................................. 27 14. Le Morne Cultural Landscape (Mauritius) (C 1259bis) .......................................................... 27 15. Island of Mozambique (Mozambique) (C 599) ....................................................................... 28 16. Historic Centre of Agadez (Niger) (C 1268) ........................................................................... 30 17. Sukur Cultural Landscape (Nigeria) (C 938) .......................................................................... 30 18. Island of Saint-Louis (Senegal) (C 956bis) ............................................................................ 31 19. Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (South Africa) (C 1099bis) ............................................... 31 20. Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (United Republic of Tanzania) (C 144) 33 21. Stone Town of Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania) (C 173rev) ....................................... 35 ARAB STATES .................................................................................................................................. 36 22. Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (Egypt) (C 86) ...... 36 23. Erbil Citadel (Iraq) (C 1437) ................................................................................................... 40 24. Archaeological Site of Cyrene (Libya) (C 190) ...................................................................... 42 25. Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (Libya) (C 287) .................................................................. 42 26. Bahla Fort (Oman) (C 433) .................................................................................................... 43 27. Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah (Saudi Arabia) (C 1361) .............................................. 45 28. Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (Sudan) (C 1073) .................................. 48 29. Archaeological Site of Carthage (Tunisia) (C 37) .................................................................. 48 State of conservation of World Heritage properties WHC/16/40.COM/7B, p. 1 inscribed on the World Heritage List ASIA-PACIFIC ................................................................................................................................... 49 30. Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains (China) (C 705) .................................. 49 31. Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (China) (C 707ter) ....................................... 52 32. Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu (China) (C 704) 55 33. The Grand Canal (China) (C 1443) ........................................................................................ 57 34. Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an – Tian-shan Corridor (China / Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan) (C 1442) ............................................................................................................. 60 35. Hill Forts of Rajasthan (India) (C 247rev) .............................................................................. 60 36. Sangiran Early Man Site (Indonesia) (C 593) ........................................................................ 62 37. Masjed-e Jame of Isfahan (Iran, Islamic Republic of) (C 1397)............................................. 64 38. Shahr-i Sokhta (Iran, Islamic Republic of) (C 1456) .............................................................. 67 39. Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration (Japan) (C 1418) ............................. 67 40. Pyu Ancient Cities (Myanmar) (C 1444) ................................................................................. 69 41. Kathmandu Valley (Nepal) (C121bis) ..................................................................................... 71 42. Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (Nepal) (C 666rev) ............................................ 71 43. Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (Pakistan) (C 171) .................................................... 74 44. Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta (Pakistan) (C 143) .................................................... 74 45. Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (Philippines) (C 722) .......................................... 74 46. Golden Temple of Dambulla (Sri Lanka) (C 561) ................................................................... 76 47. Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (Sri Lanka) (C 451) .................................................. 78 48. Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (Uzbekistan) (C 885) .......................................................... 81 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA .................................................................................................... 82 49. Historic Centre of Vienna (Austria) (C 1033) ......................................................................... 82 50. Old City of Dubrovnik (Croatia) (C 95bis) .............................................................................. 82 51. Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey (Germany) (C 1447) ........................................... 85 52. Venice and its lagoon (Italy) (C 394) ...................................................................................... 88 53. Curonian Spit (Lithuania / Russian Federation) (C 994) ........................................................ 88 54. Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (Montenegro) (C 125ter) .............................. 91 55. Auschwitz Birkenau - German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) (Poland) (C 31) ....................................................................................................................... 94 56. Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands (Russian Federation) (C 632) ..... 97 57. Historic Centre of the City of Yaroslavl (Russian Federation) (C 1170) ............................... 100 58. Kizhi Pogost (Russian Federation)