Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba

Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba

The Jesuit Block in Córdoba, heart of the former Jesuit Province of Paraguay, contains the core buildings of the Jesuit system: the university, the church and residence of the Society of Jesus, and the college. Along with the five estancias, or farming estates, they contain religious and secular buildings, which illustrate the unique religious, social, and economic experiment carried out in the world for a period of over 150 years in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Argentina

Province of Cordoba

S31 25 14.016 W64 11 27.996

Date of Inscription: 2000

Criteria: (ii)(iv)

Property : 38 ha

Ref: 995

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska

Assumption of Holy Mary, Haczów, Poland; the oldest wooden gothic temple in Europe, 1388 

The wooden churches of southern Little Poland represent outstanding examples of the different aspects of medieval church-building traditions in Roman Catholic culture. Built using the horizontal log technique, common in eastern and northern Europe since the Middle Ages, these churches were sponsored by noble families and became status symbols. They offered an alternative to the stone structures erected in urban centres.

• St. Michael the Archangel Church in Dębno from 15th century 
• St. Leonard Church in Lipnica Dolna, late 15th century 
• Church of St. Phillip and St. Jacob in Sękowa, from 1520 
• Assumption of Holy Mary, Haczów, Poland; the oldest wooden gothic temple in Europe, 1388 
• Church of All Saints in Blizne, east of Jasienica Rosielna 
• St. Michael the Archangel Church in Binarowa from circa 1500 

Poland

Gorlice, Nowy Targ, and Bochnia counties, Voivodship of Lesser Poland (Malopolskie); Brzozów County, Subcarpathian (Podkarpackie) Voivodship

N49 45 0 E21 13 60

Date of Inscription: 2003

Criteria: (iii)(iv)

Property : 15 ha

Buffer zone: 413 ha

Ref: 1053rev

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Royal Hill of Ambohimanga

The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga consists of a royal city and burial site, and an ensemble of sacred places. It is associated with strong feelings of national identity, and has maintained its spiritual and sacred character both in ritual practice and the popular imagination for the past 500 years. It remains a place of worship to which pilgrims come from Madagascar and elsewhere.

Madagascar

Municipality of Ambohimanga Rova, Province of Antananarivo Avaradrano

S18 45 33.012 E47 33 46.008

Date of Inscription: 2001

Criteria: (iii)(iv)(vi)

Property : 59 ha

Buffer zone: 425 ha

Ref: 950

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System

The Upper Harz mining water management system, which lies south of the Rammelsberg mines and the town of Goslar, has been developed over a period of some 800 years to assist in the process of extracting ore for the production of non-ferrous metals. Its construction was first undertaken in the Middle Ages by Cistercian monks, and it was then developed on a vast scale from the end of the 16th century until the 19th century. It is made up of an extremely complex but perfectly coherent system of artificial ponds, small channels, tunnels and underground drains. It enabled the development of water power for use in mining and metallurgical processes. It is a major site for mining innovation in the western world.

Germany

N51 49 12 E10 20 24

Date of Inscription: 1992

Extension: 2010

Minor modification inscribed year: 2008, 2008

Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)

Property : 1,010 ha

Buffer zone: 5,655 ha

Ref: 623ter

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde

 Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde

The Mountain Resort (the Qing dynasty's summer palace), in Hebei Province, was built between 1703 and 1792. It is a vast complex of palaces and administrative and ceremonial buildings. Temples of various architectural styles and imperial gardens blend harmoniously into a landscape of lakes, pastureland and forests. In addition to its aesthetic interest, the Mountain Resort is a rare historic vestige of the final development of feudal society in China.

China

Chengde City, Hebei Province

N40 59 12.984 E117 56 17.988

Date of Inscription: 1994

Criteria: (ii)(iv)

Ref: 703

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec

 

Kutná Hora developed as a result of the exploitation of the silver mines. In the 14th century it became a royal city endowed with monuments that symbolized its prosperity. The Church of St Barbara, a jewel of the late Gothic period, and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec, which was restored in line with the Baroque taste of the early 18th century, were to influence the architecture of central Europe. These masterpieces today form part of a well-preserved medieval urban fabric with some particularly fine private dwellings.

Czech Republic

City and District of Kutná Hora, Central Bohemian Region

N49 57 0 E15 16 0

Date of Inscription: 1995

Criteria: (ii)(iv)

Property : 62 ha

Buffer zone: 650 ha

Ref: 732

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo

Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo

In the valley of the Roussenski Lom River, in north east Bulgaria, a complex of rock-hewn churches, chapels, monasteries and cells developed in the vicinity of the village of Ivanovo. This is where the first hermits had dug out their cells and churches during the 12th century. The 14th-century murals testify to the exceptional skill of the artists belonging to the Tarnovo School of painting.

Bulgaria

Village of Ivanovo, 16 km from the town of Ruse, Province of Ruse

N43 43 0 E25 58 0

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (ii)(iii)

Property : 172 ha

Ref: 45

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá

Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá

Founded in 1519 by the conquistador Pedrarías Dávila, Panamá Viejo is the oldest European settlement on the Pacific coast of the Americas. It was laid out on a rectilinear grid and marks the transference from Europe of the idea of a planned town. Abandoned in the mid-17th century, it was replaced by a ‘new town’ (the ‘Historic District’), which has also preserved its original street plan, its architecture and an unusual mixture of Spanish, French and early American styles. The Salón Bolívar was the venue for the unsuccessful attempt made by El Libertador in 1826 to establish a multinational continental congress.

Panama

Panama’ Province, Panama’ District

N8 57 4 W79 32 26

Date of Inscription: 1997

Extension: 2003

Criteria: (ii)(iv)(vi)

Property : 57 ha

Ref: 790bis

Source:  http://whc.unesco.org

West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou

 

West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou

The West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou, comprising the West Lake and the hills surrounding its three sides, has inspired famous poets, scholars and artists since the 9th century. It comprises numerous temples, pagodas, pavilions, gardens and ornamental trees, as well as causeways and artificial islands.
These additions have been made to improve the landscape west of the city of Hangzhou to the south of the Yangtze river.

The West Lake has influenced garden design in the rest of China as well as Japan and Korea over the centuries and bears an exceptional testimony to the cultural tradition of improving landscapes to create a series of vistas reflecting an idealised fusion between humans and nature.

China

N30 14 15 E120 8 27

Date of Inscription: 2011

Criteria: (ii)(iii)(vi)

Property : 3,323 ha

Buffer zone: 7,270 ha

Ref: 1334

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

SGang Gwaay

SGang Gwaay

The village of Ninstints (Nans Dins) is located on a small island off the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii). Remains of houses, together with carved mortuary and memorial poles, illustrate the Haida people's art and way of life. The site commemorates the living culture of the Haida people and their relationship to the land and sea, and offers a visual key to their oral traditions.

Canada

Province of British Columbia

N52 5 42 W131 13 13

Date of Inscription: 1981

Criteria: (iii)

Ref: 157

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Tikal National Park

Tikal National Park

In the heart of the jungle, surrounded by lush vegetation, lies one of the major sites of Mayan civilization, inhabited from the 6th century B.C. to the 10th century A.D. The ceremonial centre contains superb temples and palaces, and public squares accessed by means of ramps. Remains of dwellings are scattered throughout the surrounding countryside.

Guatemala

Department of El Peten

N17 13 0 W89 37 0

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (i)(iii)(iv)(ix)(x)

Property : 57,600 ha

Ref: 64

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Antigua Guatemala

Antigua Guatemala

Antigua, the capital of the Captaincy-General of Guatemala, was founded in the early 16th century. Built 1,500 m above sea-level, in an earthquake-prone region, it was largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1773 but its principal monuments are still preserved as ruins. In the space of under three centuries the city, which was built on a grid pattern inspired by the Italian Renaissance, acquired a number of superb monuments.

Guatemala

Department of Sacatepéquez, Panchoy Valley

N14 34 0 W90 40 0

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)

Ref: 65

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Yin Xu

The archaeological site of Yin Xu, close to Anyang City, some 500 km south of Beijing, is an ancient capital city of the late Shang Dynasty (1300 - 1046 BC). It testifies to the golden age of early Chinese culture, crafts and sciences, a time of great prosperity of the Chinese Bronze Age. A number of royal tombs and palaces, prototypes of later Chinese architecture, have been unearthed on the site, including the Palace and Royal Ancestral Shrines Area, with more than 80 house foundations, and the only tomb of a member of the royal family of the Shang Dynasty to have remained intact, the Tomb of Fu Hao. The large number and superb craftsmanship of the burial accessories found there bear testimony to the advanced level of Shang crafts industry. Inscriptions on oracle bones found in Yin Xu bear invaluable testimony to the development of one of the world’s oldest writing systems, ancient beliefs and social systems.

China

Henan Province

N36 7 36 E114 18 50

Date of Inscription: 2006

Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)

Property : 414 ha

Buffer zone: 720 ha

Ref: 1114

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Hanseatic Town of Visby

Hanseatic Town of Visby

A former Viking site on the island of Gotland, Visby was the main centre of the Hanseatic League in the Baltic from the 12th to the 14th century. Its 13th-century ramparts and more than 200 warehouses and wealthy merchants' dwellings from the same period make it the best-preserved fortified commercial city in northern Europe.

Sweden

Island region of Gotland

N57 38 30.012 E18 17 44.988

Date of Inscription: 1995

Criteria: (iv)(v)

Ref: 731

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire

Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire

This property is a serial nomination of eight component sites in the City of Bursa and the nearby village of Cumalıkızık, in the southern Marmara region. The site illustrates the creation of an urban and rural system establishing the Ottoman Empire in the early 14th century. The property embodies the key functions of the social and economic organization of the new capital which evolved around a civic centre. These include commercial districts of khans, kulliyes (religious institutions) integrating mosques, religious schools, public baths and a kitchen for the poor, as well as the tomb of Orhan Ghazi, founder of the Ottoman dynasty. One component outside the historic centre of Bursa is the village of Cumalıkızık, the only rural village of this system to show the provision of hinterland support for the capital.

Turkey

N40 11 5.03 E29 3 44.41

Date of Inscription: 2014

Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(vi)

Property : 27 ha

Buffer zone: 249 ha

Ref: 1452

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes

The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes

The Loire Valley is an outstanding cultural landscape of great beauty, containing historic towns and villages, great architectural monuments (the châteaux), and cultivated lands formed by many centuries of interaction between their population and the physical environment, primarily the river Loire itself.

 France

N47 23 56.004 E0 42 10.008

Date of Inscription: 2000

Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)

Property : 85,394 ha 

Buffer zone: 208,934 ha

Ref: 933

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram

 

Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram

This group of sanctuaries, founded by the Pallava kings, was carved out of rock along the Coromandel coast in the 7th and 8th centuries. It is known especially for its rathas (temples in the form of chariots),mandapas (cave sanctuaries), giant open-air reliefs such as the famous 'Descent of the Ganges', and the temple of Rivage, with thousands of sculptures to the glory of Shiva.

 India

Tamil Nadu State, Chingleput District

N12 37 0.012 E80 11 30.012

Date of Inscription: 1984

Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(vi)

Ref: 249

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Group of Monuments at Pattadakal

 

Group of Monuments at Pattadakal

Pattadakal, in Karnataka, represents the high point of an eclectic art which, in the 7th and 8th centuries under the Chalukya dynasty, achieved a harmonious blend of architectural forms from northern and southern India. An impressive series of nine Hindu temples, as well as a Jain sanctuary, can be seen there. One masterpiece from the group stands out – the Temple of Virupaksha, built c. 740 by Queen Lokamahadevi to commemorate her husband's victory over the kings from the South.

 India

State of Karnataka, Bijapur District, Badami Taluk

N15 56 53.988 E75 49 0.012

Date of Inscription: 1987

Criteria: (iii)(iv)

Property : 5.56 ha 

Buffer zone: 113 ha

Ref: 239rev

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Humayun's Tomb, Delhi

 

Humayun's Tomb, Delhi

This tomb, built in 1570, is of particular cultural significance as it was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent. It inspired several major architectural innovations, culminating in the construction of the Taj Mahal.

 India

Delhi

N28 35 35.988 E77 15 2.016

Date of Inscription: 1993

Criteria: (ii)(iv)

Ref: 232

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Mountain Railways of India

Mountain Railways of India

This site includes three railways. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was the first, and is still the most outstanding, example of a hill passenger railway. Opened in 1881, its design applies bold and ingenious engineering solutions to the problem of establishing an effective rail link across a mountainous terrain of great beauty. The construction of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a 46-km long metre-gauge single-track railway in Tamil Nadu State was first proposed in 1854, but due to the difficulty of the mountainous location the work only started in 1891 and was completed in 1908. This railway, scaling an elevation of 326 m to 2,203 m, represented the latest technology of the time. The Kalka Shimla Railway, a 96-km long, single track working rail link built in the mid-19th century to provide a service to the highland town of Shimla is emblematic of the technical and material efforts to disenclave mountain populations through the railway. All three railways are still fully operational.

 India

N11 30 37.008 E76 56 8.988

Date of Inscription: 1999

Extension: 2005,2008

Criteria: (ii)(iv)

Property : 89 ha 

Buffer zone: 645 ha

Ref: 944ter

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur

Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur

The capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt has some extraordinary funerary monuments, including rock tombs, ornate mastabas, temples and pyramids. In ancient times, the site was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

 Egypt

Governorate of Giza

N29 58 33.744 E31 7 49.476

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (i)(iii)(vi)

Property : 16,359 ha 

Ref: 86

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Maloti-Drakensberg Park

Maloti-Drakensberg Park

The Maloti-Drakensberg Park is a transboundary site composed of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park in South Africa and the Sehlathebe National Park in Lesotho. The site has exceptional natural beauty in its soaring basaltic buttresses, incisive dramatic cutbacks, and golden sandstone ramparts as well as visually spectacular sculptured arches, caves, cliffs, pillars and rock pools. The site's diversity of habitats protects a high level of endemic and globally important plants. The site harbors endangered species such as the Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres) and the bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus). Lesotho’s Sehlabathebe National Park also harbors the Maloti minnow (Pseudobarbus quathlambae), a critically endangered fish species only found in this park. This spectacular natural site contains many caves and rock-shelters with the largest and most concentrated group of paintings in Africa south of the Sahara. They represent the spiritual life of the San people, who lived in this area over a period of 4,000 years.

Lesotho

South Africa

S29 45 55 E29 7 23

Date of Inscription: 2000

Extension: 2013

Criteria: (i)(iii)(vii)(x)

Property : 249,313 ha

Buffer zone: 46,630 ha

Ref: 985bis

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Blenheim Palace

Blenheim Palace

Blenheim Palace, near Oxford, stands in a romantic park created by the famous landscape gardener 'Capability' Brown. It was presented by the English nation to John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, in recognition of his victory in 1704 over French and Bavarian troops. Built between 1705 and 1722 and characterized by an eclectic style and a return to national roots, it is a perfect example of an 18th-century princely dwelling.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Oxfordshire, England

N51 50 31 W1 21 41

Date of Inscription: 1987

Criteria: (ii)(iv)

Ref: 425

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí

Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí

The narrow Vall de Boí is situated in the high Pyrénées, in the Alta Ribagorça region and is surrounded by steep mountains. Each village in the valley contains a Romanesque church, and is surrounded by a pattern of enclosed fields. There are extensive seasonally-used grazing lands on the higher slopes.

Spain

Province of Lleida, Autonomous Community of Catalonia

N42 30 17 E0 48 13

Date of Inscription: 2000

Criteria: (ii)(iv)

Property : 7.98 ha

Buffer zone: 3,562 ha

Ref: 988

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica

Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica

The Churches of Peace in Jawor and Ś widnica, the largest timber-framed religious buildings in Europe, were built in the former Silesia in the mid-17th century, amid the religious strife that followed the Peace of Westphalia. Constrained by the physical and political conditions, the Churches of Peace bear testimony to the quest for religious freedom and are a rare expression of Lutheran ideology in an idiom generally associated with the Catholic Church.

Poland

Jawor and Świdnica counties, Lower Silesian (Dolnoslaskie) Voivodship

N51 3 15.4 E16 11 45.4

Date of Inscription: 2001

Criteria: (iii)(iv)(vi)

Property : 0.23 ha

Buffer zone: 12 ha

Ref: 1054

Source: http://whc.unesco.org