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State of Conservation of Properties Inscribed on the World Heritage List World Heritage 42 COM WHC/18/42.COM/7B Paris, 14 May 2018 Original: English / French UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE Forty-second session Manama, Bahrain 24 June - 4 July 2018 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/42COM/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 ....................................................................................................................... 6 CULTURAL PROPERTIES ..................................................................................................................... 6 ASIA-PACIFIC ..................................................................................................................................... 6 1. Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains (China) (C 705) .................................... 6 2. Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (China) (C 707ter) ......................................... 6 3. Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu (China) (C 704) . 6 4. Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (China) (C 1508) ......................................... 8 5. Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an – Tian-shan Corridor (China / Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan) (C 1442) .............................................................................................................. 11 6. Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda University) at Nalanda, Bihar (India) (C 1502) .................................................................................................................................. 11 7. Hill Forts of Rajasthan (India) (C 2447rev) ............................................................................ 13 8. Sangiran Early Man Site (Indonesia) (C 593) ........................................................................ 15 9. The Persian Qanat (Iran, Islamic Republic of) (C 1506) ........................................................ 17 10. Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (Japan) (C 1484) .................................................................................................................... 19 11. Pyu Ancient Cities (Myanmar) (C 1444) ................................................................................. 19 12. Kathmandu Valley (Nepal) (C 121bis) .................................................................................... 21 13. Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (Nepal) (C 666rev) ............................................ 25 14. Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (Pakistan) (C 171) .................................................... 27 15. Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (Philippines) (C 722) .......................................... 28 16. Golden temple of Dambulla (Sri Lanka) (C 561) .................................................................... 28 17. Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (Sri Lanka) (C 451) .................................................. 31 EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA .................................................................................................... 32 18. The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland) (C 1321rev) .................. 32 19. Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia) (C 1504) ..................................................................................................................... 35 20. Old City of Dubrovnik (Croatia) (C 95bis) .............................................................................. 38 21. Historic Centre of Prague (Czechia) (C 616bis) .................................................................... 40 22. Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars (France) (C 1465) .............................................. 41 23. The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy (France) (C 1425) ............................................................ 43 24. Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (Georgia) (C 708bis) ....................................................... 45 25. Curonian Spit (Lithuania, Russian Federation) (C 994) ......................................................... 46 26. Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (Montenegro) (C 125ter) .............................. 49 27. Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) (Poland) (C 31) ....................................................................................................................... 49 28. Kizhi Pogost (Russian Federation) (C 544) ........................................................................... 52 29. Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands (Russian Federation) (C 632) ..... 52 State of conservation of properties WHC/18/42.COM/7B, p. 2 Inscribed on the World Heritage List 30. Archaeological Site of Ani (Turkey) (C 1518) ......................................................................... 52 31. Historic Areas of Istanbul (Turkey) ......................................................................................... 55 32. Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (C 373bis) ................................................................................................................. 55 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ........................................................................................ 56 33. Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System (Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) (C 1459) ....................................................................................... 56 34. Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture (Bolivia, Plurinational State of) (C 567rev) ......................................................................................................................... 59 35. Pampulha Modern Ensemble (Brazil) (C 1493) ..................................................................... 62 36. Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís (Costa Rica) (C 1453) ............................................................................................................................................... 65 37. Colonial City of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (C 526) ............................................ 68 38. City of Quito (Ecuador) (C 2) ................................................................................................. 71 39. National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers (Haiti) (C 180) .................................. 74 40. Historic Centre of Puebla (Mexico) (C 416) ........................................................................... 77 41. Historic Centre of the City of Arequipa (Peru) (C 1016) ......................................................... 80 42. Historic Inner City of Paramaribo (Suriname) (C 940rev) ...................................................... 82 AFRICA .............................................................................................................................................. 86 43. Aksum (Ethiopia) (C 15) ......................................................................................................... 86 44. Lower Valley of the Omo (Ethiopia) (C 17) ............................................................................ 89 45. Lamu Old Town (Kenya) (C 1055) ......................................................................................... 92 46. Le Morne Cultural Landscape (Mauritius) (C 1259bis) .......................................................... 92 47. Island of Mozambique (Mozambique) (C599) ........................................................................ 94 48. Sukur Cultural Landscape (Nigeria) (C 938) .......................................................................... 94 49. Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (South Africa) (C 1099bis) ............................................... 95 50. Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (United Republic of Tanzania) (C 144) 97 51. Stone Town of Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania) (C 173rev) ..................................... 100 ARAB STATES ................................................................................................................................ 104 52. Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (Egypt) (C 86) .... 104 53. Erbil
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