(Cultural and Mixed Properties) Numerical Index of Evaluations of properties to be examined by the World Heritage Committee at its 29th Session ID N° State Party World Heritage property proposed Page 320 Bis Spain The Works of Antoni Gaudí 169 387 Bis United Kingdom St Kilda (Hirta) 11 430 Bis Germany / United Kingdom Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Upper German-Raetian Limes 162 476 Malawi Chongoni Rock Art Area 26 569 Rev Albania The City-Museum of Gjirokastra 174 915 Bis South Africa The Makapan Valley and the Taung Skull Fossil Site 43 943 Bis France / Belgium The belfries of Flanders, Artois, Hainaut and Picardy 155 The belfry in Gembloux (minor modification) 159 944 Bis India Nilgiri Mountain Railway 77 946 Rev Bosnia-Herzegovina The Old City of Mostar 178 1092 Armenia Gnishikadzor Area Cultural Landscape 81 1095 Slovakia Meadow-Pasture Landscape of Slovakia 150 1107 Rev Israel The Incense Route and Desert Cities in the Negev 184 1108 Israel The Biblical Tells and Ancient Water Systems – Megiddo, 122 Hazor and Beer Sheba 1110 China The Historic Monuments of Macao 58 1118 Nigeria Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove 31 1132 Dominican Republic Route of the First Colonial Sugar Mills of America 199 1144 Poland Cistercian Abbey in Krzeszów 142 1147 Gabon Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda 1 1148 Gabon Ecosystem and Cultural Landscape of the Minkébé Massif 6 1157 Mauritania Azougui, Oasis and Almoravid Capital 52 1169 Austria Historic Centre of Innsbruck with Schloss Ambras and 87 Nordkette/Karwendel Alpine Park 1170 Russian Federation Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl 146 1171 Czech Republic Třeboň Fishpond Heritage 106 1173 Germany Heidelberg Castle and Old Town 118 1174 Colombia Serranía de Chiribiquete Natural National Park 16 1175 India Sri Harimandir Sahib 63 1176 Lithuania Trakai Historical National Park 135 1178 Chile Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works 190 1181 France Le Havre, the City rebuilt by Auguste Perret 113 1183 United Republic of Tanzania Kondoa Rock Art Sites 37 1185 Belgium Plantin-Moretus Museum 99 1187 Belarus / Estonia / Finland / Struve Geodetic Arc 96 Latvia / Lithuania / Norway / Republic of Moldova / Russian Federation / Sweden / Ukraine 1188 Iran Soltaniyeh 68 1189 Ethiopia Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historical Town 21 1192 Bahrain Qal'at al-Bahrain Archeological Site 48 1196 Belarus Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the 92 Radziwill Family at Nesvizh 1199 Turkmenistan Kunya-Urgench 72 1200 Italy Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica 129 1202 Cuba Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos 196 WORLD HERITAGE LIST Nominations 2005 I NOMINATIONS OF MIXED PROPERTIES TO THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST A Africa New nominations Gabon – [N/C 1147] - Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda 1 Gabon – [N/C 1148] - Ecosystem and Cultural Landscape of the Minkébé Massif 6 B Europe – North America Properties deferred or referred back by previous sessions of the World Heritage Committee United Kingdom – [N/C 387 bis] - St Kilda (Hirta) 11 C Latin America and the Caribbean New nominations Colombia – [N/C 1174] - Serranía de Chiribiquete Natural National Park 16 II NOMINATIONS OF CULTURAL PROPERTIES TO THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST A Africa New nominations Ethiopia – [C 1189] - Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historical Town 21 Malawi – [C 476] - Chongoni Rock Art Area 26 Nigeria – [C 1118] - Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove 31 United Republic of Tanzania – [C 1183] - Kondoa Rock Art Sites 37 Extensions of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List South Africa – [C 915 bis] - The Makapan Valley and the Taung Skull Fossil Site 43 B Arab States New nominations Bahrain – [C 1192] - Qal'at al-Bahrain Archeological Site 48 Mauritania – [C 1157] - Azougui, Oasis and Almoravid Capital 52 C Asia – Pacific New nominations China – [C 1110] - The Historic Monuments of Macao 58 India – [C 1175] - Sri Harimandir Sahib 63 Iran – [C1188] - Soltaniyeh 68 Turkmenistan – [C 1199] - Kunya-Urgench 72 Extensions of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List India – [C 944 bis] - Nilgiri Mountain Railway 77 D Europe – North America New nominations Armenia – [C 1092] - Gnishikadzor Area Cultural Landscape 81 Austria – [C 1169] - Historic Centre of Innsbruck with Schloss Ambras and Nordkette/Karwendel Alpine Park 87 Belarus – [C 1196] - Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh 92 Belarus / Estonia / Finland / Latvia / Lithuania / Norway / Republic of Moldova / Russian Federation / Sweden / Ukraine – [C 1187] - Struve Geodetic Arc 96 Belgium – [C 1185] - Plantin-Moretus Museum 99 Czech Republic – [C 1171] - Třeboň Fishpond Heritage 106 France – [C 1181] - Le Havre, the City rebuilt by Auguste Perret 113 Germany – [C 1173] - Heidelberg Castle and Old Town 118 Israel – [C 1108] - The Biblical Tells and Ancient Water Systems – Megiddo, Hazor and Beer Sheba 122 Italy – [C 1200] - Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica 129 Lithuania – [C 1176] - Trakai Historical National Park 135 Poland – [C 1144] - Cistercian Abbey in Krzeszów 142 Russian Federation – [C 1170] - Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl 146 Slovakia – [C 1095] - Meadow-Pasture Landscape of Slovakia 150 Extensions of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List France / Belgium – [C 943 bis] - The Belfries of Flanders, Artois, Hainaut and Picardy 155 - The Belfry in Gembloux (minor modification) 159 Germany / United Kingdom – [C 430 bis] - Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Upper German-Raetian Limes 162 Spain – [C 320 bis] - The Works of Antoni Gaudí 169 Minor modification Ukraine – [C 527] - Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic See addendum Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra WHC-05/29.COM/INF.8B.1 Add Properties deferred or referred back by previous sessions of the World Heritage Committee Albania – [C 569 rev] - The City-Museum of Gjirokastra 174 Bosnia-Herzegovina – [C 946 rev] - The Old City of Mostar 178 Israel – [C 1107 rev] - The Incense Route and Desert Cities in the Negev 184 E Latin America and the Caribbean New nominations Chile – [C 1178] - Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works 190 Cuba – [C 1202] - Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos 196 Dominican Republic – [C 1132] - Route of the First Colonial Sugar Mills of America 199 INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON MONUMENTS AND SITES (ICOMOS) World Heritage Nominations 2005 1 Analysis of nominations In 2005 ICOMOS has been requested to evaluate 41 protection, conservation, and management new and deferred nominations, extensions and minor (Operational Guidelines, para 24(b)). modification to cultural and mixed properties. Experts are sent photocopies of dossiers (or relevant The geographical spread is as follows: parts of them, where the dossiers are extensive). They also receive documentation on the Convention and detailed guidelines for evaluation missions. Europe and 22 nominations (4 deferred, North America 3 extensions, 2 minor Missions were sent to all the nominations except to modifications) the nominations deferred in 2004 and to minor 24 countries modifications. The experts were drawn from Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Croatia, Latin America 4 nominations Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Caribbean 4 countries Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Mali, Pakistan, Russian Arab States 2 nominations Federation, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, The 2 countries Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and Zimbabwe. Africa 7 nominations (1 extension) Evaluation missions were carried out jointly with 6 countries IUCN for the nominations of mixed properties and some of the cultural landscapes. Asia-Pacific 5 nominations (1 extension) 4 countries b Evaluations and recommendations On the basis of the reports prepared by the two groups of experts, draft evaluations and 2 ICOMOS procedure recommendations (in either English or French) were a Preparatory work prepared and considered by the ICOMOS World Heritage Panel at a meeting in Paris on 5-6 February Following an initial study of the dossiers, expert 2005. Following this meeting, revised evaluations advice was sought on the outstanding universal value have been prepared in both working languages, of the nominated properties, with reference to the six printed, and dispatched to the UNESCO World criteria listed in the Operational Guidelines (July Heritage Centre for distribution to members of the 2002), para 24(a). For this purpose, ICOMOS called World Heritage Committee for its 29th session in July upon the following: 2005. Supplementary information has also been • ICOMOS International Scientific Committees; requested for some of the nominated properties. The documentation received by 31st March 2005 was • individual ICOMOS members with special examined by members of the ICOMOS Panel at a expertise, identified after consultation with meeting on 6 April 2005. International and National Committees; The evaluation of one minor modification will be • non-ICOMOS members with special expertise, available in the working document WHC- identified after consultation within the ICOMOS 05/29.COM/INF.8B.1 Add and will be sent to the networks. World Heritage Centre for distribution in June 2005. Concurrently, experts were selected on the same Following decisions adopted by the World Heritage basis for field missions to nominated properties. The Committee at its 28th session held at Suzhou in China same procedure was adopted for selecting these (2004), a table including the name of the experts who experts as that just described. The missions were have carried