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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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