WHC-2000/CONF.204/INF.6 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE 24th ordinary session (27 November - 2 December 2000) Cairns (Australia) EVALUATIONS OF CULTURAL PROPERTIES Prepared by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) The IUCN and ICOMOS evaluations are made available to members of the Bureau and the World Heritage Committee. A small number of additional copies are also available from the secretariat. Thank you. 2000 WORLD HERITAGE LIST NOMINATIONS 2000 INTRODUCTION I NOMINATIONS OF MIXED PROPERTIES A Property which the Bureau recommended for inscription on the World Heritage List South Africa - Drakensberg Park alternatively known as oKhahlamba Park 1 B Properties which the Bureau referred back to the State Party China - Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System 5 Lithuania-Russian Federation - The Curonian Spit 9 C Nomination to be considered by the twenty-fourth extraordinary session of the Bureau Nepal - Shey Phoksundo National Park 12 II NOMINATIONS OF CULTURAL PROPERTIES A Properties which the Bureau recommended for inscription on the World Heritage List Argentina - The Jesuit Block and the Jesuit Estancias of Córdoba 15 Armenia - The Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley 20 Austria - The Wachau Cultural Landscape (the Wachau Region including 22 the Abbeys of Melk and Göttweig and the Historic Centre of Krems) Azerbaijan - The Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower 28 Belarus - The Mir Castle Complex 32 Belgium - The Historic Centre of Brugge 35 - The Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta 39 - Archaeological Site of the Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes, Mons 44 - Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 50 Bolivia - Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture 55 Chile - The Churches of Chiloé 58 China - Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun 63 - Longmen Grottoes 66 - Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties 69 Cuba - Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations 73 in the Southeast of Cuba Czech Republic - The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc 77 Denmark - Kronborg Castle 81 Germany - Monastic Island of Reichenau in Lake Constance 84 (Klosterinsel Reichenau im Bodensee) - Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz (The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz, 89 Cultural Landscape of Dessau-Wörlitz) Italy - Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and other Franciscan sites 94 - City of Verona 99 Japan - Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu 104 Netherlands - Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) 108 Peru - Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa 111 Republic of Korea - Kyongju Historic Areas 116 - Koch'ang, Hwasun, and Kanghwa Dolmen Sites 120 Russian Federation - Historical and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin 123 - The Ensemble of Ferapontov Monastery 128 Slovakia - Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve 131 Spain - The Roman Walls of Lugo 134 - The Palmeral of Elche: a Cultural Landscape Inherited from Al-Andalus 137 - The Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco 140 Sweden - Södra Ölands Odlingslandskap (The Agricultural Landscape 145 of Southern Öland) Switzerland - Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-town of Bellinzone 149 United-Kingdom - The Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 152 United Republic of Tanzania - The Stone Town of Zanzibar 159 Extension of cultural properties inscribed on the World Heritage List Armenia - The Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin 163 China - The Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple Monastery 165 - The Classical Gardens of Suzhou 168 B Properties which the Bureau did not recommend for inscription Croatia - The Ancient Pula with the Amphitheatre 171 Latvia - The Abava Valley 175 C Properties for which the nominations were referred back to the State Party for further information Armenia - Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots 178 Bosnia and Herzegovina - The Old City of Mostar 181 Croatia - Cathedral of St James in Šibenik 184 France - The Loire Valley between Maine and Sully-sur-Loire 188 Hungary - Sopianae Palaeochristian Cemetery Site, Pécs 193 Nicaragua - The Ruins of León Viejo 196 Oman - The Shisr, Khor Rori, and al-Balid Archaeological Sites and 199 the Frankincense Park of Wadi Dawkha in the Dhofar Region Russian Federation - The Bolgar Historical and Architectural Complex 203 Senegal - Island of Saint-Louis 207 Spain - The Catalan Romanesque Cultural Landscape of the Vall de Boí 210 - The Archaeological Site of the Sierra de Atapuerca, 216 in the Municipalities of Atapuerca and Ibeas de Juarros (Burgos) United-Kingdom - The Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications 219 Uzbekistan - Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz 224 Venezuela - Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas 226 INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON MONUMENTS AND SITES (ICOMOS) World Heritage Nominations 2000 1 Analysis of nominations Archaeological sites 9 (13%) In 2000 ICOMOS has been requested to evaluate 70 new Mixed sites 4 (6%) and deferred nominations of and extensions to cultural and mixed properties, the largest number since inscriptions Industrial sites 3 (5%) began to be made to the World Heritage List in 1978, and The main change by comparison with 1999 is an increase exceeding the previous highest total of 55, in 1999. This in the proportion of historic towns in the properties large number of nominations and the short period available considered in 2000 for the completion of missions, consultations, and the production of written evaluations have once again imposed At the 24th Session of the Bureau of the World Heritage a considerable strain on the resources of ICOMOS. Committee, held in Paris on 26 June–1 July 2000, presentations were made by ICOMOS in respect of each of The geographical spread largely duplicates the trend that these properties. has become apparent in recent years: The Bureau recommended that 40 properties should be Europe 44 nominations (14 deferred, 1 inscribed on the List and that 3 extensions should be extension) approved. Of the remainder, the Bureau recommended that 24 countries consideration of 6 nominations should be deferred; it referred 16 back to the States Parties concerned for further Asia/Pacific 11 nominations (2 extensions) information. The remaining 5 nominations were withdrawn by the respective States Parties before the 7 countries Bureau meeting, but these had already been fully evaluated Latin America/ 11 nominations (2 deferred) by ICOMOS. Caribbean 9 countries Africa 3 nominations (1 deferred) 2 ICOMOS procedure 3 countries a Preparatory work Arab States 1 nomination Following an initial study of the dossiers, expert advice The distribution by country from those States Parties was sought on the outstanding universal value of the nominating more than one property was as follows: nominated properties, with reference to the six criteria listed in the Operational Guidelines (1999), para 24(a). 6 nominations China (2 extensions) For this purpose, ICOMOS called upon the following: Spain (3 deferred nominations) •= ICOMOS International Scientific Committees; 5 nominations Russian Federation (1 joint with •= individual ICOMOS members with special expertise, Lithuania) identified after consultation with International and 4 nominations Belgium National Committees; 3 nominations Armenia (1 extension) •= non-ICOMOS members with special expertise, identified after consultation within the ICOMOS Croatia (1 deferred nomination) networks; Germany (1 deferred nomination) •= collaborating NGOs (TICCIH, DoCoMoMo). 2 nominations Argentina Concurrently, experts were selected on the same basis for Chile evaluation missions to nominated properties. The same procedure was adopted for selecting these experts as that Italy just described. The missions were required to study the Republic of Korea criteria relating to authenticity, protection, conservation, and management (Operational Guidelines, para 24(b)). United Kingdom Experts are sent photocopies of dossiers (or relevant parts The types of site are broadly comparable with those in of them, where the dossiers are extensive). They also 1999: receive documentation on the Convention and detailed guidelines for evaluation missions. Monument or group 24 (34%) ICOMOS missions were sent to all the nominated sites. Historic towns/town centres 20 (28%) The Chinese mixed site of Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System was evaluated by an IUCN Cultural landscapes 10 (14%) expert, on behalf of both Advisory Bodies, and joint ICOMOS-IUCN missions visited the other mixed sites, competent authorities in States Parties, and ICOMOS and also the Swedish cultural landscape of Södra Öland. National Committees as well as the experts themselves. The consultation of specialists on cultural values also involves a The missions were carried out by a total of 53 experts from great deal of correspondence. Most of this work has 34 countries (it should be noted that in a few cases an normally been completed by January, however, and then the expert evaluated more than one nominated property). The written evaluations have to be drafted and translated in time geographical distribution of experts closely parallels that of for the meeting of the ICOMOS Executive Committee at the the nominated sites, in accordance with the ICOMOS end of March, at which the formal ICOMOS policy of selecting regional experts for missions. recommendations are approved during the course of a The countries from which ICOMOS experts were drawn meeting that is now extended to three full working days. were Argentina,