World Heritage 39 COM WHC-15/39.COM/INF.8B4 Bonn, 27 June 2015 Original: English / French UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE Thirty-ninth session Bonn, Germany 28 June - 8 July 2015 Item 8 of the Provisional Agenda: Establishment of the World Heritage List and of the List of World Heritage in Danger INF.8B4: Factual errors letters SUMMARY This document contains the factual errors notifications received from States Parties by 15 June 2015 in compliance with paragraph 150 of the Operational Guidelines. Alphabetical list by State Party of notifications of factual errors in the evaluation reports of the Advisory Bodies relating to nominations to be examined at the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee (Bonn, Germany, 28 June - 8 July 2015) State Party World Heritage nomination ID No. Recommen. Pp China Tusi Sites 1474 I 2 Denmark Christiansfeld a Moravian Settlement 1468 I 5 Denmark The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand 1469 I 7 Denmark / Germany Viking Age Sites in Northern Europe 1476 D 12 / Iceland / Latvia / Norway Georgia Gelati Monastery [Significant boundary modification of 710 Bis R 14 “Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery”] Germany Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus 1467 I 19 Germany The Naumburg Cathedral and the landscape of the rivers 1470 N 24 Saale and Unstrut - territories of power in the High Middle Ages Iran (Islamic Cultural Landscape of Maymand 1423 Rev I 41 Republic of) Israel Bet She’arim Necropolis – A landmark of Jewish Renewal 1471 I 43 Jamaica Blue and John Crow Mountains 1356 Rev I / I 46/48 Japan Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and 1484 I 51 Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining Mexico Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque, Renaissance Hydraulic 1463 I 55 Complex in America Mongolia Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding 1440 R 57 sacred landscape Mongolia / Russian Landscapes of Dauria 1448 D 61 Federation Norway Rjukan – Notodden Industrial Heritage Site 1486 I 71 Republic of Korea Baekje Historic Areas 1477 I 73 Saudi Arabia Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia 1472 R 78 Spain Routes of Santiago in Northern Spain 669 Bis OK 80 Turkey Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural 1488 R 81 Landscape Turkey Ephesus 1491 I 83 United Kingdom The Forth Bridge 1485 I 86 United States of San Antonio Missions 1466 I 87 America Viet Nam Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park 951 Bis OK 88 Factual errors notifications are presented in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party Factual errors letters WHC-15/39.COM/INF.8B4 p. 1 FORM FOR THE SUBMISSION OF FACTUAL ERRORS IN THE ADVISORY BODIES EVALUATIONS (in compliance with Paragraph 150 of the Operational Guidelines) STATE(S) PARTY(IES): China EVALUATION OF THE NOMINATION OF THE SITE: Tusi Sites RELEVANT ADVISORY BODY’S EVALUATION: ICOMOS Page, column, Comment (if any) by Sentence including the factual line of the Proposed correction by the State the Advisory Body error (the factual error should Advisory Body Party and/or the World be highlighted in bold) Evaluation Heritage Centre page 65, right This was the seat of the Peng This was the seat of the Peng ICOMOS acknowledges column, line53 family from the 13th century, family from the 12th century, this typing error. On the other hand, On the other hand, administrative ICOMOS considers this administrative buildings exhibit buildings exhibit the central correction to be an the central government government administrations’ page 66, left editorial change – see administrations’ five-bay design central- axis design layout and the column, line24 nomination dossier p. layout and the extant memorial extant memorial archway is in the 123 re Da Yamen archway is in the official style of official style of the central remains. the central government. government. Remains of the Yuhuang temple is located outside the walls on the higher ground to the north- Remains of the Zhangwang west, as well as Six tombs are and Yuhuang temples and six ICOMOS acknowledges located outside the walls in the tombs as well as garden this clarification but it page 66, left forest to the west and south. remains are located outside doesn’t appear to agree column, line40- Another six tombs are located the walls on higher ground to with the map on p. 110 44 inside the walls. Zhangwang the north-west. Another six of the nomination temple is located outside the tombs are located in the forest dossier. walls on lower ground to the to the west and south. east. The garden remains are located in the south-west and south part of the site. This was the seat of the Yang This was a mountain defensive ICOMOS considers this family from the 13th century, fortification from the 13th correction to be an and became a dedicated century, set up by the Yang family page 66, right editorial change which mountain defensive of Bozhou Prefecture, and acted column, line2-4 does not modify the fortification of Bozhou as the administration and military meaning of the Prefecture of Sichuan rebuilt in center of Tusi in times of war. It sentence. 1595-1600 was rebuilt in 1595-1600. Located at the strategic junction Located at the strategic junction See nomination dossier of Sichuan , Guizhou and of Guizhou and Huguang the site p. 136. ICOMOS page 66, right Huguang the site was both a was both a military and considers this correction column, line7-9 military and administrative administrative centre of Bozhou to be a clarification. centre Prefecture The remains of the walled The remains of the walled ICOMOS considers this page 66, right Xinwanggong official residence Xinwanggong official residence correction to be an column, line 21 and temple, the Laowanggong and temple, the Laowanggong editorial change which Factual errors letters WHC-15/39.COM/INF.8B4 p. 2 official residence, administrative official residence, administrative does not modify the buildings, wells quarry and kiln buildings, wells, quarry and kiln meaning of the remains, barracks and drilling remains, barracks and drilling sentence. ground all accessed by paths ground all accessed by paths and and steps are located on the flat steps are located on the flat top of top of the hill. the hill. Following defeat in a battle Following defeat in a battle page 66, right against the Ming emperor in against the Ming emperor in 1600, ICOMOS acknowledges column, line 56 1600, Hailongtun was Hailongtun was destroyed in the this new information. surrendered in 1601 . flames of war. The sites that comprise the The sites that comprise the series series have been selected from have been selected from 101 ICOMOS considers this 101 identified sites of Tusi identified Tusi sites in South-west correction to be an domains in South-west China page 67, left China on the basis of their editorial change which on the basis of their protected column, line 10 protected status, and the nature, does not modify the status, and the nature, pattern, pattern, scale and value of the meaning of the scale and value of the remains remains as the most sentence. as the most representative of representative of the Tusi system. the Tusi system. ICOMOS considers this the selected sites share the selected sites share common correction to be an common attributes such as a attributes such as a central editorial change which central administration area on administration area on the modifies the meaning of page 67, left the imperial model surrounded imperial model surrounded by the sentence. What is column, line 24 by topographically arranged topographically arranged local important is what the local habitation , with its remains, with its cultural and remains are of, not that cultural and religious features. religious features. they are remains as such. ICOMOS considers this It is a representative series of It is a representative series of sites correction to be an sites representing the exchange representing the exchange of editorial change which page 67, right of human values between human values on national identity introduces incorrect column, line national identity as expressed between the central government English expression but 50-52 by the central government, and and local minorities in Southwest does not modify the local ethnic cultural minorities; China; meaning of the sentence. According to the a modern concrete stairway a modern stone stairway leads to mission report it was page 68, left leads to the Patriarch Temple at the Patriarch Temple at concrete. column, line 44 Laosicheng; Laosicheng; ICOMOS acknowledges this new information. which derived from earlier which derived from earlier systems of ethnic minority systems of ethnic minority page 69, left ICOMOS acknowledges administration in China, and to administration in China, and to the column, line 28 this clarification. the Chinese civilisation in the Chinese civilisation in the Yuan, Yuan, Ming periods. Ming and Qing periods. Laosicheng Village, built over Laosicheng Village, built over Tusi Tusi period remains in the page 70, left period remains in the centre of ICOMOS acknowledges centre of the property is column, line 14 the property is recognised at the this clarification. recognised at the provincial national level as a Historic Village. level as a Historic Village. The telecommunications tower The telecommunications tower ICOMOS acknowledges page 70, left opposite the ZijinshanTemple opposite the Zijinshan Burial this typing error. column, line 21 impacts visually on the Ground impacts visually on the property. property. page 70, left At present artefacts from the At present artefacts from the site ICOMOS considers that Factual errors letters WHC-15/39.COM/INF.8B4 p. 3 column, line site are displayed in a museum are displayed in a museum 45 this correction provides 24-26 45 minutes drive away in minutes drive away in Yongshun information which Yongshun but they will be but they will be exhibited in the contradicts information exhibited in the new visitor new Site Museum currently being provided at earlier centre currently being constructed to the north-west stages of the evaluation constructed across the river outside the buffer zone procedure.