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vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Footnotes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Footnotes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Footnotes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Footnotes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div 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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO-Welterbe" title="UNESCO-Welterbe – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="UNESCO-Welterbe" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%8C%D1%82%D3%99%D0%B8_%D0%B0%D2%AD%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B0_%D0%98%D0%A3%D0%9D%D0%95%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%9E" title="Адунеизегьтәи аҭынха ИУНЕСКО – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Адунеизегьтәи аҭынха ИУНЕСКО" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A" title="موقع تراث عالمي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="موقع تراث عالمي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimonio_d%27a_Humanidat" title="Patrimonio d'a Humanidat – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Patrimonio d'a Humanidat" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%AD%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%AA%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%AB%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Համաշխարհային ժառանգութիւն – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Համաշխարհային ժառանգութիւն" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimou%C3%A8no_mondi%C3%A2l" title="Patrimouèno mondiâl – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Patrimouèno mondiâl" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC_%E0%A6%90%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0" title="বিশ্ব ঐতিহ্য ক্ষেত্ৰ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="বিশ্ব ঐতিহ্য ক্ষেত্ৰ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimoniu_de_la_Humanid%C3%A1" title="Patrimoniu de la Humanidá – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Patrimoniu de la Humanidá" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvyp%C3%B3ra_reko_rembiejakue" title="Yvypóra reko rembiejakue – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Yvypóra reko rembiejakue" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cmumd%C3%BCnya_%C4%B0rsi" title="Ümumdünya İrsi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Ümumdünya İrsi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB%DB%8C" title="دونیا میراثی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دونیا میراثی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situs_Tetamian_Jagat" title="Situs Tetamian Jagat – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Situs Tetamian Jagat" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC_%E0%A6%90%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="বিশ্ব ঐতিহ্যবাহী স্থান – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বিশ্ব ঐতিহ্যবাহী স্থান" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_S%C3%A8-k%C3%A0i_%C3%9Bi-s%C3%A1n" title="UNESCO Sè-kài Ûi-sán – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="UNESCO Sè-kài Ûi-sán" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D3%A9%D1%82%D3%99_%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8A%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D2%AB%D1%8B" title="Бөтә донъя мираҫы – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Бөтә донъя мираҫы" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Сусветная спадчына – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сусветная спадчына" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%AE%D0%9D%D0%AD%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%9E" title="Сусьветная спадчына ЮНЭСКО – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Сусьветная спадчына ЮНЭСКО" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%B2" title="बिस्व धरोहर स्थल – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="बिस्व धरोहर स्थल" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pankinaban_na_Pamanang_Lugar" title="Pankinaban na Pamanang Lugar – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Pankinaban na Pamanang Lugar" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BA_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%AE%D0%9D%D0%95%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%9E" title="Списък на световното културно и природно наследство на ЮНЕСКО – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Списък на световното културно и природно наследство на ЮНЕСКО" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO-W%C3%B6deabe" title="UNESCO-Wödeabe – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="UNESCO-Wödeabe" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svjetska_ba%C5%A1tina" title="Svjetska baština – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Svjetska baština" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glad_bedel" title="Glad bedel – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Glad bedel" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimoni_de_la_Humanitat" title="Patrimoni de la Humanitat – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Patrimoni de la Humanitat" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%C4%95%D1%82%C4%95%D0%BC_%D1%82%C4%95%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5_%D0%BA%C4%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%C4%83%D1%85%C4%95" title="Пĕтĕм тĕнче кăнарлăхĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Пĕтĕм тĕнче кăнарлăхĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sv%C4%9Btov%C3%A9_d%C4%9Bdictv%C3%AD" title="Světové dědictví – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Světové dědictví" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safle_Treftadaeth_y_Byd" title="Safle Treftadaeth y Byd – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Safle Treftadaeth y Byd" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO%27s_Verdensarvsliste" title="UNESCO's Verdensarvsliste – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="UNESCO's Verdensarvsliste" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO-Welterbe" title="UNESCO-Welterbe – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="UNESCO-Welterbe" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_maailmap%C3%A4randi_nimistu" title="UNESCO maailmapärandi nimistu – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="UNESCO maailmapärandi nimistu" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%BD%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%82" title="Μνημείο Παγκόσμιας Κληρονομιάς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μνημείο Παγκόσμιας Κληρονομιάς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimonio_de_la_Humanidad" title="Patrimonio de la Humanidad – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Patrimonio de la Humanidad" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monda_hereda%C4%B5o_de_Unesko" title="Monda heredaĵo de Unesko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Monda heredaĵo de Unesko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimo%C3%B1u_dela_Umanid%C3%A1" title="Patrimoñu dela Umanidá – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Patrimoñu dela Umanidá" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizateriaren_ondare" title="Gizateriaren ondare – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Gizateriaren ondare" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="میراث جهانی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="میراث جهانی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1ttm%C3%A1lin_um_heimsarvin" title="Sáttmálin um heimsarvin – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Sáttmálin um heimsarvin" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimoine_mondial" title="Patrimoine mondial – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Patrimoine mondial" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wr%C3%A2lderfgoedlist" title="Wrâlderfgoedlist – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Wrâlderfgoedlist" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su%C3%ADomh_Oidhreachta_Domhanda" title="Suíomh Oidhreachta Domhanda – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Suíomh Oidhreachta Domhanda" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A0rach_Dualchas_na_Cruinne" title="Làrach Dualchas na Cruinne – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Làrach Dualchas na Cruinne" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimonio_da_Humanidade" title="Patrimonio da Humanidade – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Patrimonio da Humanidade" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E1%B9%B3-kie_V%C3%AC-s%C3%A1n" title="Sṳ-kie Vì-sán – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Sṳ-kie Vì-sán" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%B8%EA%B3%84%EC%9C%A0%EC%82%B0" title="세계유산 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="세계유산" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhimman_Guraren_Tarihi_na_Duniya" title="Muhimman Guraren Tarihi na Duniya – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Muhimman Guraren Tarihi na Duniya" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%AD%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%AA%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Համաշխարհային ժառանգություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Համաշխարհային ժառանգություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0" title="विश्व धरोहर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विश्व धरोहर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sw%C4%9Btowe_herbstwo" title="Swětowe herbstwo – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Swětowe herbstwo" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svjetska_ba%C5%A1tina" title="Svjetska baština – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Svjetska baština" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondala_Patrimonio" title="Mondala Patrimonio – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Mondala Patrimonio" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugar_a_Tawid_ti_Lubong" title="Lugar a Tawid ti Lubong – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Lugar a Tawid ti Lubong" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situs_Warisan_Dunia" title="Situs Warisan Dunia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Situs Warisan Dunia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimonio_Mundial" title="Patrimonio Mundial – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Patrimonio Mundial" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimsminjaskr%C3%A1_UNESCO" title="Heimsminjaskrá UNESCO – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Heimsminjaskrá UNESCO" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimonio_dell%27umanit%C3%A0" title="Patrimonio dell'umanità – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Patrimonio dell'umanità" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%AA_%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA" title="אתר מורשת עולמית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אתר מורשת עולמית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sana_Warisan_Donya" title="Sana Warisan Donya – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Sana Warisan Donya" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B5_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%AF_%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A3" title="ವಿಶ್ವ ಪರಂಪರೆಯ ತಾಣ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ವಿಶ್ವ ಪರಂಪರೆಯ ತಾಣ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%99%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="მსოფლიო მემკვიდრეობა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მსოფლიო მემკვიდრეობა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%98%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%BC%D2%B1%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Әлемдік мұра – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Әлемдік мұра" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ertachva_an_Bys_UNESCO" title="Ertachva an Bys UNESCO – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Ertachva an Bys UNESCO" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urithi_wa_Dunia" title="Urithi wa Dunia – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Urithi wa Dunia" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamavafa_Gadakiewega_ke_UNESCO" title="Tamavafa Gadakiewega ke UNESCO – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Tamavafa Gadakiewega ke UNESCO" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelep%C3%BBra_C%C3%AEhan%C3%AA_ya_UNESCO" title="Kelepûra Cîhanê ya UNESCO – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Kelepûra Cîhanê ya UNESCO" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D2%AF%D1%82%D0%BA%D2%AF%D0%BB_%D0%B4%D2%AF%D0%B9%D0%BD%D3%A9%D0%BB%D2%AF%D0%BA_%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81" title="Бүткүл дүйнөлүк мурас – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Бүткүл дүйнөлүк мурас" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpejon_Mundiela_UNESCO" title="Arpejon Mundiela UNESCO – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Arpejon Mundiela UNESCO" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erensia_dela_Umanitad" title="Erensia dela Umanitad – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Erensia dela Umanitad" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimonium_totius_mundi" title="Patrimonium totius mundi – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Patrimonium totius mundi" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_Pasaules_mantojuma_objekts" title="UNESCO Pasaules mantojuma objekts – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="UNESCO Pasaules mantojuma objekts" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weltierwen" title="Weltierwen – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Weltierwen" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasaulio_paveldo_s%C4%85ra%C5%A1as" title="Pasaulio paveldo sąrašas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Pasaulio paveldo sąrašas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vil%C3%A1g%C3%B6r%C3%B6ks%C3%A9g" title="Világörökség – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Világörökség" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="विश्व सम्पदा क्षेत्र – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="विश्व सम्पदा क्षेत्र" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A3%D0%9D%D0%95%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%9E" title="Светско наследство на УНЕСКО – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Светско наследство на УНЕСКО" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%83%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%82" title="ലോകപൈതൃകസ്ഥാനം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ലോകപൈതൃകസ്ഥാനം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sit_ta%27_Wirt_Dinji" title="Sit ta' Wirt Dinji – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Sit ta' Wirt Dinji" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="जागतिक वारसा स्थान – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="जागतिक वारसा स्थान" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AB%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90" title="მოსოფელიშ მონძალა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მოსოფელიშ მონძალა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%89" title="مكان تراث عالمى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مكان تراث عالمى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mnw mw-list-item"><a href="https://mnw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%92%E1%81%9E%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B2_%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B2%E1%80%80%E1%81%9F%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B2%E1%80%82%E1%81%A0%E1%80%B8%E1%80%90%E1%80%AD" title="ဒၞာဲ အာဲကၟာဲဂၠးတိ – Mon" lang="mnw" hreflang="mnw" data-title="ဒၞာဲ အာဲကၟာဲဂၠးတိ" data-language-autonym="ဘာသာမန်" data-language-local-name="Mon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ဘာသာမန်</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapak_Warisan_Dunia" title="Tapak Warisan Dunia – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Tapak Warisan Dunia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situs_Warisan_Dunia" title="Situs Warisan Dunia – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Situs Warisan Dunia" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D3%A9%D0%B2" title="Дэлхийн өв – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Дэлхийн өв" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%99%E1%80%B9%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B7%E1%80%A1%E1%80%99%E1%80%BD%E1%80%B1%E1%80%A1%E1%80%94%E1%80%BE%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC" title="ကမ္ဘာ့အမွေအနှစ်နေရာ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ကမ္ဘာ့အမွေအနှစ်နေရာ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werelderfgoed" title="Werelderfgoed – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Werelderfgoed" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealdarfgoodlieste" title="Wealdarfgoodlieste – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Wealdarfgoodlieste" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="विश्व सम्पदा क्षेत्र – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="विश्व सम्पदा क्षेत्र" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E9%81%BA%E7%94%A3" title="世界遺産 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="世界遺産" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimmonio_%27e_ll%27umanit%C3%A0" title="Patrimmonio 'e ll'umanità – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Patrimmonio 'e ll'umanità" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdensarven" title="Verdensarven – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Verdensarven" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdsarv" title="Verdsarv – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Verdsarv" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrim%C3%B2ni_Mondial_de_l%27Umanitat" title="Patrimòni Mondial de l'Umanitat – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Patrimòni Mondial de l'Umanitat" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahon_merosi" title="Jahon merosi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Jahon merosi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%B5_%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A4_%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A3%E0%A8%BE" title="ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਵਿਰਾਸਤ ਟਿਕਾਣਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਵਿਰਾਸਤ ਟਿਕਾਣਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DA%AF%D8%AA_%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AB%D8%A7" title="جگت ثقافتی ورثا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="جگت ثقافتی ورثا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DB%90%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88_%D9%86%DA%93%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB" title="د یونېسکو نړیوال میراث – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="د یونېسکو نړیوال میراث" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_vun_dat_Weltarv" title="List vun dat Weltarv – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="List vun dat Weltarv" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Awiatowe_dziedzictwo_UNESCO" title="Światowe dziedzictwo UNESCO – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Światowe dziedzictwo UNESCO" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrim%C3%B3nio_Mundial" title="Património Mundial – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Património Mundial" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locuri_din_Patrimoniul_Mondial_UNESCO" title="Locuri din Patrimoniul Mondial UNESCO – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Locuri din Patrimoniul Mondial UNESCO" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tukuy_runakunap_qhapaq_kaynin" title="Tukuy runakunap qhapaq kaynin – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Tukuy runakunap qhapaq kaynin" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D1%97%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%AE%D0%9D%D0%95%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%9E" title="Світова дїдовизна ЮНЕСКО – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Світова дїдовизна ЮНЕСКО" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="Всемирное наследие – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Всемирное наследие" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B4%D1%83_%D0%A3%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Аан дойду Утума – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Аан дойду Утума" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF" title="विश्वपरम्परास्थानानि – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="विश्वपरम्परास्थानानि" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimonios_de_s%27Umanidade" title="Patrimonios de s'Umanidade – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Patrimonios de s'Umanidade" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warld_Heritage_Steid" title="Warld Heritage Steid – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Warld Heritage Steid" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO-Waareld%C3%A4%C3%A4rwe" title="UNESCO-Waareldäärwe – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="UNESCO-Waareldäärwe" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vende_t%C3%AB_trash%C3%ABgimis%C3%AB_bot%C3%ABrore" title="Vende të trashëgimisë botërore – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Vende të trashëgimisë botërore" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimoniu_di_l%27Umanitati" title="Patrimoniu di l'Umanitati – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Patrimoniu di l'Umanitati" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%99%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%9D_%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%9D%E0%B6%9A_%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B8_%E0%B6%85%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92" title="යුනෙස්කෝ ලෝක ‍උරුම අඩවි – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="යුනෙස්කෝ ලෝක ‍උරුම අඩවි" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="World Heritage Site" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%B3" title="عالمي ورثو ماڳ – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="عالمي ورثو ماڳ" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetov%C3%A9_dedi%C4%8Dstvo_UNESCO" title="Svetové dedičstvo UNESCO – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Svetové dedičstvo UNESCO" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unescova_svetovna_dedi%C5%A1%C4%8Dina" title="Unescova svetovna dediščina – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Unescova svetovna dediščina" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8E%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%86" title="میراتی جیھانیی یوونێسکۆ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="میراتی جیھانیی یوونێسکۆ" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Светска баштина – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Светска баштина" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svjetska_ba%C5%A1tina" title="Svjetska baština – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Svjetska baština" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loka_Warisan_Dunya" title="Loka Warisan Dunya – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Loka Warisan Dunya" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maailmanperint%C3%B6luettelo" title="Maailmanperintöluettelo – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Maailmanperintöluettelo" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4rldsarv" title="Världsarv – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Världsarv" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandaigdigang_Pamanang_Pook" title="Pandaigdigang Pamanang Pook – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Pandaigdigang Pamanang Pook" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%89%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="உலகப் பாரம்பரியக் களம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="உலகப் பாரம்பரியக் களம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigemmi_tama%E1%B8%8Dlant" title="Tigemmi tamaḍlant – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Tigemmi tamaḍlant" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D3%A9%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Бөтендөнья мирасы – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Бөтендөнья мирасы" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%9A_%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5_%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82" title="ప్రపంచ వారసత్వ ప్రదేశం – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="ప్రపంచ వారసత్వ ప్రదేశం" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%81" title="แหล่งมรดกโลก – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แหล่งมรดกโลก" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8_%D2%B7%D0%B0%D2%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%AE%D0%9D%D0%95%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%9E" title="Мероси ҷаҳонии ЮНЕСКО – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Мероси ҷаҳонии ЮНЕСКО" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BCnya_Miras%C4%B1" title="Dünya Mirası – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Dünya Mirası" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity".<sup id="cite_ref-about_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To be selected, a World Heritage Site is nominated by its host country and determined by the UNESCO's <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">World Heritage Committee</a> to be a unique landmark which is geographically and historically identifiable, having a special cultural or physical significance, and to be under a sufficient system of legal protection. For example, World Heritage Sites might be ancient ruins or historical structures, buildings, cities,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> deserts, forests, islands, lakes, monuments, mountains or wilderness areas.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A World Heritage Site may signify a remarkable accomplishment of humankind and serve as evidence of our intellectual history on the planet, or it might be a place of great natural beauty.<sup id="cite_ref-SelectionCriteria_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SelectionCriteria-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of July 2024, a total of 1,223 World Heritage Sites (952 cultural, 231 natural and 40 mixed cultural and natural properties) exist across <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites_by_country" title="World Heritage Sites by country">168 countries</a>. With 60 selected areas, <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Italy" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Italy">Italy</a> is the country with the most sites, followed by <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_China" title="List of World Heritage Sites in China">China</a> with 59, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Germany" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Germany">Germany</a> with 54.<sup id="cite_ref-WHList_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WHList-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sites are intended for practical conservation for posterity, which otherwise would be subject to risk from human or animal trespassing, unmonitored, uncontrolled or unrestricted access, or threat from local administrative negligence. Sites are demarcated by UNESCO as protected zones.<sup id="cite_ref-about_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_World_Heritage_Sites" title="Lists of World Heritage Sites">World Heritage Sites list</a> is maintained by the international World Heritage Program administered by the UNESCO <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">World Heritage Committee</a>, composed of 21 "states parties" that are elected by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a>, and advised by reviews of international panels of experts in natural or cultural history, and education.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Program catalogues, names, and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common culture and heritage of humankind. The programme began with the <a href="/wiki/Convention_Concerning_the_Protection_of_the_World_Cultural_and_Natural_Heritage" class="mw-redirect" title="Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage">Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972. Since then, 196 states have ratified the convention,<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it one of the most widely recognised international agreements and the world's most popular cultural programme.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEdmondsonJordanProdan2020144_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdmondsonJordanProdan2020144-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origin">Origin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:World_Heritage_plaque_at_%C3%9Eingvellir_National_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/World_Heritage_plaque_at_%C3%9Eingvellir_National_Park.jpg/220px-World_Heritage_plaque_at_%C3%9Eingvellir_National_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/World_Heritage_plaque_at_%C3%9Eingvellir_National_Park.jpg/330px-World_Heritage_plaque_at_%C3%9Eingvellir_National_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/World_Heritage_plaque_at_%C3%9Eingvellir_National_Park.jpg/440px-World_Heritage_plaque_at_%C3%9Eingvellir_National_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="4928" /></a><figcaption>UNESCO World Heritage plaque at <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Eingvellir" title="Þingvellir">Þingvellir</a> in <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86.jpg/220px-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="488" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86.jpg/330px-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86.jpg/440px-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2084" data-file-height="4624" /></a><figcaption>UNESCO World Heritage plaque at <a href="/wiki/Takht-e_Soleym%C4%81n" title="Takht-e Soleymān">Takht-e Soleymān</a> in <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Number_of_UNESCO_sites_registered_per_year_for_each_continent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The graph represents the amount of UNESCO sites inscribed on the World Heritage List each year for each continent. You can see that in 2000 there was a general increase in the enrollments in the list of UNESCO sites" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Number_of_UNESCO_sites_registered_per_year_for_each_continent.svg/220px-Number_of_UNESCO_sites_registered_per_year_for_each_continent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Number_of_UNESCO_sites_registered_per_year_for_each_continent.svg/330px-Number_of_UNESCO_sites_registered_per_year_for_each_continent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Number_of_UNESCO_sites_registered_per_year_for_each_continent.svg/440px-Number_of_UNESCO_sites_registered_per_year_for_each_continent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption>A graph representing the number of UNESCO sites inscribed on the World Heritage List each year for each continent<sup id="cite_ref-WHList_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WHList-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1954, the government of <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> decided to build the new <a href="/wiki/Aswan_Dam" title="Aswan Dam">Aswan High Dam</a>, whose resulting future reservoir would eventually <a href="/wiki/Flood" title="Flood">inundate</a> a large stretch of the <a href="/wiki/Nile" title="Nile">Nile</a> valley containing cultural treasures of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">ancient Egypt</a> and ancient <a href="/wiki/Nubia" title="Nubia">Nubia</a>. In 1959, the governments of Egypt and <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> requested the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization</a> (UNESCO) to assist them to protect and rescue the endangered monuments and sites. </p><p> In 1960, the Director-General of UNESCO launched the <a href="/wiki/International_Campaign_to_Save_the_Monuments_of_Nubia" title="International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia">International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This resulted in the excavation and recording of hundreds of sites, the recovery of thousands of objects, as well as the salvage and relocation to higher ground of several important temples. The most famous of these are the temple complexes of <a href="/wiki/Abu_Simbel_temples" class="mw-redirect" title="Abu Simbel temples">Abu Simbel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philae" class="mw-redirect" title="Philae">Philae</a>. The campaign ended in 1980 and was considered a success. To thank countries which especially contributed to the campaign's success, Egypt donated four temples; the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Dendur" title="Temple of Dendur">Temple of Dendur</a> was moved to the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art" title="Metropolitan Museum of Art">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Debod" title="Temple of Debod">Temple of Debod</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Parque_del_Oeste" title="Parque del Oeste">Parque del Oeste</a> in <a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Taffeh" title="Temple of Taffeh">Temple of Taffeh</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Rijksmuseum_van_Oudheden" title="Rijksmuseum van Oudheden">Rijksmuseum van Oudheden</a> in <a href="/wiki/Leiden" title="Leiden">Leiden</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Ellesyia" title="Temple of Ellesyia">Temple of Ellesyia</a> to <a href="/wiki/Museo_Egizio" title="Museo Egizio">Museo Egizio</a> in <a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Placa_conmemorativa_de_la_inscripci%C3%B3n_en_la_Lista_del_Patrimonio_Mundial_del_Parque_Nacional_de_Do%C3%B1ana.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Placa_conmemorativa_de_la_inscripci%C3%B3n_en_la_Lista_del_Patrimonio_Mundial_del_Parque_Nacional_de_Do%C3%B1ana.jpg/220px-Placa_conmemorativa_de_la_inscripci%C3%B3n_en_la_Lista_del_Patrimonio_Mundial_del_Parque_Nacional_de_Do%C3%B1ana.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Placa_conmemorativa_de_la_inscripci%C3%B3n_en_la_Lista_del_Patrimonio_Mundial_del_Parque_Nacional_de_Do%C3%B1ana.jpg/330px-Placa_conmemorativa_de_la_inscripci%C3%B3n_en_la_Lista_del_Patrimonio_Mundial_del_Parque_Nacional_de_Do%C3%B1ana.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Placa_conmemorativa_de_la_inscripci%C3%B3n_en_la_Lista_del_Patrimonio_Mundial_del_Parque_Nacional_de_Do%C3%B1ana.jpg/440px-Placa_conmemorativa_de_la_inscripci%C3%B3n_en_la_Lista_del_Patrimonio_Mundial_del_Parque_Nacional_de_Do%C3%B1ana.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1539" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>UNESCO World Heritage plaque at <a href="/wiki/Do%C3%B1ana_National_Park" title="Doñana National Park">Doñana National Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Andalusia" title="Andalusia">Andalucía</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a></figcaption></figure><p>The project cost US$80 million (equivalent to $295.83 million in 2023), about $40 million of which was collected from 50 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-WHC-history_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WHC-history-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project's success led to other safeguarding campaigns, such as saving <a href="/wiki/Venice" title="Venice">Venice</a> and <a href="/wiki/Venetian_Lagoon" title="Venetian Lagoon">its lagoon</a> in Italy, the ruins of <a href="/wiki/Mohenjo-daro" title="Mohenjo-daro">Mohenjo-daro</a> in Pakistan, and the <a href="/wiki/Borobodur" class="mw-redirect" title="Borobodur">Borobodur</a> Temple Compounds in Indonesia. Together with the <a href="/wiki/International_Council_on_Monuments_and_Sites" title="International Council on Monuments and Sites">International Council on Monuments and Sites</a>, UNESCO then initiated a draft convention to protect cultural heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-WHC-history_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WHC-history-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Convention_and_background">Convention and background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Convention and background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Convention" title="World Heritage Convention">World Heritage Convention</a></div> <p>The convention (the signed document of <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">international agreement</a>) guiding the work of the <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">World Heritage Committee</a> was developed over a seven-year period (1965–1972). The United States initiated the idea of safeguarding places of high cultural or natural importance. A <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> conference in 1965 called for a "World Heritage Trust" to preserve "the world's superb natural and scenic areas and historic sites for the present and the future of the entire world citizenry". The <a href="/wiki/International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature" title="International Union for Conservation of Nature">International Union for Conservation of Nature</a> developed similar proposals in 1968, which were presented in 1972 at the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Conference_on_the_Human_Environment" title="United Nations Conference on the Human Environment">United Nations Conference on the Human Environment</a> in Stockholm.<sup id="cite_ref-convention1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-convention1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the World Heritage Committee, signatory countries are required to produce and submit periodic <a href="/wiki/Data_reporting" title="Data reporting">data reporting</a> providing the committee with an overview of each participating nation's implementation of the World Heritage Convention and a "snapshot" of current conditions at World Heritage properties.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Based on the draft convention that UNESCO had initiated, a single text was eventually agreed upon by all parties, and the <a href="/wiki/Convention_Concerning_the_Protection_of_the_World_Cultural_and_Natural_Heritage" class="mw-redirect" title="Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage">Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage</a> was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-convention1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-convention1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The convention came into force on 17 December 1975. As of November 2024, it has been ratified by 196 states: 192 <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a>, two <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers#Non-member_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">UN observer states</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a> and the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">State of Palestine</a>), and two <a href="/wiki/Associated_state" title="Associated state">states in free association</a> with <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Niue" title="Niue">Niue</a>). Only one UN member state, <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a>, has not ratified the convention.<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Objectives">Objectives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Objectives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By assigning places as World Heritage Sites, UNESCO wants to help preserve them for future generations. Its motivation is that "heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today" and that both cultural and natural heritage are "irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration".<sup id="cite_ref-about_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UNESCO's mission with respect to World Heritage consists of eight sub targets. These include encouraging the commitment of countries and local population to World Heritage conservation in various ways, providing emergency assistance for sites in danger, offering technical assistance and professional training, and supporting States Parties' public awareness-building activities.<sup id="cite_ref-about_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Being listed as a World Heritage Site can positively affect the site, its environment, and interactions between them. A listed site gains international recognition and legal protection, and can obtain funds from, among others, the World Heritage Fund to facilitate its conservation under certain conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UNESCO reckons the restorations of the following four sites among its success stories: <a href="/wiki/Angkor" title="Angkor">Angkor</a> in Cambodia, the Old City of <a href="/wiki/Dubrovnik" title="Dubrovnik">Dubrovnik</a> in Croatia, the <a href="/wiki/Wieliczka_Salt_Mine" title="Wieliczka Salt Mine">Wieliczka Salt Mine</a> near Kraków in Poland, and the <a href="/wiki/Ngorongoro_Conservation_Area" title="Ngorongoro Conservation Area">Ngorongoro Conservation Area</a> in Tanzania.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the local population around a site may benefit from significantly increased tourism revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurel_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurel-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When there are significant interactions between people and the natural environment, these can be recognised as "cultural landscapes".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nomination_process">Nomination process</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Nomination process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A country must first identify its significant cultural and natural sites in a document known as the Tentative List. Next, it can place sites selected from that list into a Nomination File, which is evaluated by the <a href="/wiki/International_Council_on_Monuments_and_Sites" title="International Council on Monuments and Sites">International Council on Monuments and Sites</a> and the <a href="/wiki/International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature" title="International Union for Conservation of Nature">World Conservation Union</a>. A country may not nominate sites that have not been first included on its Tentative List. The two international bodies make recommendations to the World Heritage Committee for new designations. The Committee meets once a year to determine which nominated properties to add to the World Heritage List; sometimes it defers its decision or requests more information from the country that nominated the site. There are ten selection criteria – a site must meet at least one to be included on the list.<sup id="cite_ref-WHS_Guidelines_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WHS_Guidelines-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selection_criteria">Selection criteria</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Selection criteria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until 2004, there were six sets of criteria for cultural heritage and four for natural heritage. In 2005, UNESCO modified these and now has one set of ten criteria. Nominated sites must be of "outstanding universal value" and must meet at least one of the ten criteria.<sup id="cite_ref-SelectionCriteria_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SelectionCriteria-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cultural">Cultural</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Cultural"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taj_Mahal,_Agra,_UP,_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Site No. 252: The Taj Mahal, an example of a World Heritage Site" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Taj_Mahal%2C_Agra%2C_UP%2C_India.jpg/220px-Taj_Mahal%2C_Agra%2C_UP%2C_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Taj_Mahal%2C_Agra%2C_UP%2C_India.jpg/330px-Taj_Mahal%2C_Agra%2C_UP%2C_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Taj_Mahal%2C_Agra%2C_UP%2C_India.jpg/440px-Taj_Mahal%2C_Agra%2C_UP%2C_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3696" data-file-height="2528" /></a><figcaption>Site No. 252: <a href="/wiki/Taj_Mahal" title="Taj Mahal">Taj Mahal</a> in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, an example of a cultural heritage site</figcaption></figure> <ol type="i" start="1"> <li>"To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius"</li> <li>"To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design"</li> <li>"To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living, or which has disappeared"</li> <li>"To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history"</li> <li>"To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change"</li> <li>"To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance"<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Natural">Natural</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Natural"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zerbras_drinking.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Zerbras_drinking.jpg/220px-Zerbras_drinking.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Zerbras_drinking.jpg/330px-Zerbras_drinking.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Zerbras_drinking.jpg/440px-Zerbras_drinking.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>Site No. 156: <a href="/wiki/Serengeti_National_Park" title="Serengeti National Park">Serengeti National Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a>, a natural heritage site</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lince_Ib%C3%A9rico_Do%C3%B1ana.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Lince_Ib%C3%A9rico_Do%C3%B1ana.jpg/220px-Lince_Ib%C3%A9rico_Do%C3%B1ana.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Lince_Ib%C3%A9rico_Do%C3%B1ana.jpg/330px-Lince_Ib%C3%A9rico_Do%C3%B1ana.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Lince_Ib%C3%A9rico_Do%C3%B1ana.jpg/440px-Lince_Ib%C3%A9rico_Do%C3%B1ana.jpg 2x" data-file-width="680" data-file-height="1032" /></a><figcaption>Site No. 685: <a href="/wiki/Do%C3%B1ana_National_Park" title="Doñana National Park">Doñana National Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, where many <a href="/wiki/Iberian_lynx" title="Iberian lynx">Iberian lynxes</a> live </figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:80_-_Machu_Picchu_-_Juin_2009_-_edit.2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/80_-_Machu_Picchu_-_Juin_2009_-_edit.2.jpg/220px-80_-_Machu_Picchu_-_Juin_2009_-_edit.2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/80_-_Machu_Picchu_-_Juin_2009_-_edit.2.jpg/330px-80_-_Machu_Picchu_-_Juin_2009_-_edit.2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/80_-_Machu_Picchu_-_Juin_2009_-_edit.2.jpg/440px-80_-_Machu_Picchu_-_Juin_2009_-_edit.2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="10000" data-file-height="9760" /></a><figcaption>Site No. 274: <a href="/wiki/Machu_Picchu" title="Machu Picchu">Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu</a> in Peru, an example of a mixed (natural and cultural) heritage site</figcaption></figure> <ol type="i" start="7"> <li>"To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance"</li> <li>"To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features"</li> <li>"To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals"</li> <li>"To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation"</li><sup id="cite_ref-SelectionCriteria_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SelectionCriteria-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Extensions_and_other_modifications">Extensions and other modifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Extensions and other modifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A country may request to extend or reduce the boundaries, modify the official name, or change the selection criteria of one of its already listed sites. Any proposal for a significant boundary change or to modify the site's selection criteria must be submitted as if it were a new nomination, including first placing it on the Tentative List and then onto the Nomination File.<sup id="cite_ref-WHS_Guidelines_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WHS_Guidelines-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A request for a minor boundary change, one that does not have a significant impact on the extent of the property or affect its "outstanding universal value", is also evaluated by the advisory bodies before being sent to the committee. Such proposals can be rejected by either the advisory bodies or the Committee if they judge it to be a significant change instead of a minor one.<sup id="cite_ref-WHS_Guidelines_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WHS_Guidelines-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Proposals to change a site's official name are sent directly to the committee.<sup id="cite_ref-WHS_Guidelines_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WHS_Guidelines-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Endangerment">Endangerment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Endangerment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_in_Danger" title="List of World Heritage in Danger">List of World Heritage in Danger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Former_UNESCO_World_Heritage_Sites" title="Former UNESCO World Heritage Sites">Former UNESCO World Heritage Sites</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paisaje_en_Punta_Pitt,_isla_de_San_Crist%C3%B3bal,_islas_Gal%C3%A1pagos,_Ecuador,_2015-07-24,_DD_75.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Paisaje_en_Punta_Pitt%2C_isla_de_San_Crist%C3%B3bal%2C_islas_Gal%C3%A1pagos%2C_Ecuador%2C_2015-07-24%2C_DD_75.JPG/220px-Paisaje_en_Punta_Pitt%2C_isla_de_San_Crist%C3%B3bal%2C_islas_Gal%C3%A1pagos%2C_Ecuador%2C_2015-07-24%2C_DD_75.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Paisaje_en_Punta_Pitt%2C_isla_de_San_Crist%C3%B3bal%2C_islas_Gal%C3%A1pagos%2C_Ecuador%2C_2015-07-24%2C_DD_75.JPG/330px-Paisaje_en_Punta_Pitt%2C_isla_de_San_Crist%C3%B3bal%2C_islas_Gal%C3%A1pagos%2C_Ecuador%2C_2015-07-24%2C_DD_75.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Paisaje_en_Punta_Pitt%2C_isla_de_San_Crist%C3%B3bal%2C_islas_Gal%C3%A1pagos%2C_Ecuador%2C_2015-07-24%2C_DD_75.JPG/440px-Paisaje_en_Punta_Pitt%2C_isla_de_San_Crist%C3%B3bal%2C_islas_Gal%C3%A1pagos%2C_Ecuador%2C_2015-07-24%2C_DD_75.JPG 2x" data-file-width="8662" data-file-height="5775" /></a><figcaption>Site No. 1, the <a href="/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_Islands" title="Galápagos Islands">Galápagos Islands</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> off the coast of <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>, had its boundaries extended in 2001 and 2003, and was included on the danger list from 2007 to 2010.</figcaption></figure> <p>A site may be added to the <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_in_Danger" title="List of World Heritage in Danger">List of World Heritage in Danger</a> if conditions threaten the characteristics for which the landmark or area was inscribed on the World Heritage List. Such problems may involve armed conflict and war, natural disasters, pollution, poaching, or uncontrolled urbanisation or human development. This danger list is intended to increase international awareness of the threats and to encourage counteractive measures. Threats to a site can be either proven imminent threats or potential dangers that could have adverse effects on a site.<sup id="cite_ref-UNESCO-WHinDanger_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNESCO-WHinDanger-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The state of conservation for each site on the danger list is reviewed yearly; after this, the Committee may request additional measures, delete the property from the list if the threats have ceased or consider deletion from both the List of World Heritage in Danger and the World Heritage List.<sup id="cite_ref-WHS_Guidelines_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WHS_Guidelines-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only three sites have ever been <a href="/wiki/Former_UNESCO_World_Heritage_sites" class="mw-redirect" title="Former UNESCO World Heritage sites">delisted</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Oryx_Sanctuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabian Oryx Sanctuary">Arabian Oryx Sanctuary</a> in Oman, the <a href="/wiki/Dresden_Elbe_Valley" title="Dresden Elbe Valley">Dresden Elbe Valley</a> in Germany, and the <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Maritime_Mercantile_City" title="Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City">Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City</a> in the United Kingdom.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary was directly delisted in 2007, instead of first being put on the danger list, after the Omani government decided to reduce the protected area's size by 90%.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dresden Elbe Valley was first placed on the danger list in 2006 when the World Heritage Committee decided that plans to construct the <a href="/wiki/Waldschl%C3%B6sschen_Bridge" title="Waldschlösschen Bridge">Waldschlösschen Bridge</a> would significantly alter the valley's landscape. In response, the Dresden City Council attempted to stop the bridge's construction. However, after several court decisions allowed the building of the bridge to proceed, the valley was removed from the World Heritage List in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>'s World Heritage status was revoked in July 2021, following developments (<a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Waters" title="Liverpool Waters">Liverpool Waters</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bramley-Moore_Dock_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium">Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium</a>) on the northern docks of the World Heritage site leading to the "irreversible loss of attributes" on the site.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first global assessment to quantitatively measure threats to Natural World Heritage Sites found that 63% of sites have been damaged by increasing human pressures including encroaching roads, agriculture infrastructure and settlements over the last two decades.<sup id="cite_ref-forestloss_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forestloss-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These activities endanger Natural World Heritage Sites and could compromise their unique values. Of the Natural World Heritage Sites that contain forest, 91% experienced some loss since 2000. Many of them are more threatened than previously thought and require immediate conservation action.<sup id="cite_ref-forestloss_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forestloss-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The destruction of cultural assets and identity-establishing sites is one of the primary goals of modern asymmetrical warfare. Terrorists, rebels, and mercenary armies deliberately smash archaeological sites, sacred and secular monuments and loot libraries, archives and museums. The UN, <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_peacekeeping" title="United Nations peacekeeping">United Nations peacekeeping</a> and <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> in cooperation with <a href="/wiki/Blue_Shield_International" title="Blue Shield International">Blue Shield International</a> are active in preventing such acts. "No strike lists" are also created to protect cultural assets from air strikes.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'KeefePéronMusayevFerrari2016_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'KeefePéronMusayevFerrari2016-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The founding president of Blue Shield International <a href="/wiki/Karl_von_Habsburg" title="Karl von Habsburg">Karl von Habsburg</a> summed it up with the words: "Without the local community and without the local participants, that would be completely impossible".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The UNESCO-administered project has attracted criticism. This was caused by perceived under-representation of heritage sites outside Europe, disputed decisions on site selection and adverse impact of mass tourism on sites unable to manage rapid growth in visitor numbers.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A large <a href="/wiki/Lobbying" title="Lobbying">lobbying industry</a> has grown around the awards, because World Heritage listing can significantly increase tourism returns. Site listing bids are often lengthy and costly, putting poorer countries at a disadvantage. <a href="/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritrea</a>'s efforts to promote <a href="/wiki/Asmara" title="Asmara">Asmara</a> are one example.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, the Australian government was reported to have successfully lobbied for the World Heritage Site <a href="/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef" title="Great Barrier Reef">Great Barrier Reef</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> conservation efforts to be removed from a UNESCO report titled "World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate". The Australian government's actions, involving considerable expense for lobbying and visits for <a href="/wiki/Diplomat" title="Diplomat">diplomats</a>, were in response to their concern about the negative impact that an "at risk" label could have on tourism revenue at a previously designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, international scientists recommended UNESCO to put the Great Barrier Reef on the endangered list,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as global <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a> had caused a further negative state of the corals and water quality.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Again, the Australian government campaigned against this, and in July 2021, the <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">World Heritage Committee</a>, made up of diplomatic representatives of 21 countries, ignored UNESCO's assessment, based on studies of scientists, "that the reef was clearly in danger from climate change and so should be placed on the list." According to environmental protection groups, this "decision was a victory for cynical lobbying and [...] Australia, as custodians of the world's biggest coral reef, was now on probation."<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several listed locations, such as <a href="/wiki/Casco_Viejo,_Panama" title="Casco Viejo, Panama">Casco Viejo</a> in <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a> and <a href="/wiki/H%E1%BB%99i_An" title="Hội An">Hội An</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>, have struggled to strike a balance between the <a href="/wiki/Tourism_economics" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourism economics">economic benefits</a> of catering to greatly increased visitor numbers after the recognition and preserving the original culture and local communities.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurel_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurel-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another criticism is that there is a <a href="/wiki/Homogeneity_and_heterogeneity#Sociology" title="Homogeneity and heterogeneity">homogeneity</a> to these sites, which contain similar styles, <a href="/wiki/Visitor_center" title="Visitor center">visitor centres</a>, etc., meaning that a lot of the individuality of these sites has been removed to become more attractive to tourists.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Anthropologist Jasper Chalcraft said that World Heritage recognition often ignores contemporary local usage of certain sites. This leads to conflicts on the local level which can result in the site being damaged. <a href="/wiki/Rock_art" title="Rock art">Rock art</a> under world heritage protection at the <a href="/wiki/Acacus_Mountains" title="Acacus Mountains">Tadrart Acacus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> have occasionally been intentionally destroyed. Chalcraft links this destruction to Libyan national authorities prioritizing World Heritage status over local sensibilities by limiting access to the sites without consulting with the local population.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>UNESCO has also been criticized for alleged geographic bias, <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racism</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Discrimination_based_on_skin_tone" title="Discrimination based on skin tone">colourism</a> in world heritage inscription. A major chunk of all world heritage inscriptions are located in regions whose populations generally have lighter skin, including Europe, East Asia, and North America.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_by_year_of_inscription" title="List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription">List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Unesco_world_heritage_sites.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Unesco_world_heritage_sites.png/220px-Unesco_world_heritage_sites.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Unesco_world_heritage_sites.png/330px-Unesco_world_heritage_sites.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Unesco_world_heritage_sites.png/440px-Unesco_world_heritage_sites.png 2x" data-file-width="1289" data-file-height="766" /></a><figcaption>UNESCO World Heritage Sites</figcaption></figure> <p>The World Heritage Committee has divided the world into five geographic regions: Africa, Arab states, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Russia and the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> states are classified as European, while Mexico and the Caribbean are classified as belonging to the Latin America and the Caribbean region. The UNESCO geographic regions also give greater emphasis on administrative, rather than geographic associations. Hence, <a href="/wiki/Gough_Island" title="Gough Island">Gough Island</a>, located in the South Atlantic, is part of the Europe and North America region because the British government nominated the site. </p><p>The table below includes a breakdown of the sites according to these regions and their classification as of July 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>:<sup id="cite_ref-WHList_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WHList-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Region </th> <th>Cultural </th> <th>Natural </th> <th>Mixed </th> <th>Total </th> <th>Percentage </th> <th>States parties with<br />inscribed properties </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Africa" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Africa">Africa</a> </th> <td>61 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>108 </td> <td>8.8% </td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_Arab_states" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab states">Arab states</a> </th> <td>87 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>96 </td> <td>7.8% </td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_World_Heritage_Sites#Asia" title="Lists of World Heritage Sites">Asia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Oceania" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Oceania">Pacific</a> </th> <td>211 </td> <td>73<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>296 </td> <td>24.2% </td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_World_Heritage_Sites#Europe" title="Lists of World Heritage Sites">Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_North_America" title="List of World Heritage Sites in North America">North America</a> </th> <td>490<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>71 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>573 </td> <td>46.9% </td> <td>50 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_World_Heritage_Sites#Americas" title="Lists of World Heritage Sites">Latin America</a> and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_Caribbean" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the Caribbean">Caribbean</a> </th> <td>103 </td> <td>39 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>150 </td> <td>12.3% </td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>952 </th> <th>231 </th> <th>40 </th> <th>1,223 </th> <th>100% </th> <th>168 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Countries_with_15_or_more_sites">Countries with 15 or more sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Countries with 15 or more sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites_by_country" title="World Heritage Sites by country">World Heritage Sites by country</a></div> <p>This overview lists the 23 countries with 15 or more World Heritage Sites: </p> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_aw1evqnynzug4hoju7stjwzub97uhya"><area shape="rect" 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Heritage Site: first <a href="/wiki/Quito" title="Quito">Quito</a> in Ecuador, and later <a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a> in Poland.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This type of recognition exists since 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-SelectionCriteria_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SelectionCriteria-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The World Heritage Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria.<sup id="cite_ref-SelectionCriteria_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SelectionCriteria-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes the sites <a href="/wiki/Uvs_Lake_Basin" title="Uvs Lake Basin">Uvs Nuur Basin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Landscapes_of_Dauria" title="Landscapes of Dauria">Landscapes of Dauria</a> located in Mongolia and Russia.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes the site <a href="/wiki/The_Architectural_Work_of_Le_Corbusier" title="The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier">The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement</a> located in Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, and Switzerland.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Site&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> 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Cham, Switzerland: <a href="/wiki/Springer_Nature" title="Springer Nature">Springer Nature Switzerland AG</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-030-18441-4">10.1007/978-3-030-18441-4</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-030-18440-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-030-18440-7"><bdi>978-3-030-18440-7</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:243052987">243052987</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+UNESCO+Memory+of+the+World+Programme%3A+Key+Aspects+and+Recent+Developments&rft.place=Cham%2C+Switzerland&rft.pub=Springer+Nature+Switzerland+AG&rft.date=2020&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A243052987%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2F978-3-030-18441-4&rft.isbn=978-3-030-18440-7&rft.aulast=Edmondson&rft.aufirst=Ray&rft.au=Jordan%2C+Lothar&rft.au=Prodan%2C+Anca+Claudia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorld+Heritage+Site" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'KeefePéronMusayevFerrari2016" class="citation book cs1">O'Keefe, Roger; Péron, Camille; Musayev, Tofig; Ferrari, Gianluca (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200108011511/http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CLT/pdf/MilitaryManuel-En.pdf"><i>Protection of Cultural Property: Military Manual</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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