Keoladeo National Park

This former duck-hunting reserve of the Maharajas is one of the major wintering areas for large numbers of aquatic birds from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, China and Siberia. Some 364 species of birds, including the rare Siberian crane, have been recorded in the park.

 India

State of Rajasthan, 50 km west of Agra

N27 9 32 E77 30 31

Date of Inscription: 1985

Criteria: (x)

Property : 2,873 ha 

Ref: 340

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Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks

Nestled high in West Himalaya, India’s Valley of Flowers National Park is renowned for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and outstanding natural beauty. This richly diverse area is also home to rare and endangered animals, including the Asiatic black bear, snow leopard, brown bear and blue sheep. The gentle landscape of the Valley of Flowers National Park complements the rugged mountain wilderness of Nanda Devi National Park. Together they encompass a unique transition zone between the mountain ranges of the Zanskar and Great Himalaya, praised by mountaineers and botanists for over a century and in Hindu mythology for much longer.

 India

State of Uttaranchal

N30 43 0.012 E79 40 0.012

Date of Inscription: 1988

Extension: 2005

Criteria: (vii)(x)

Property : 71,783 ha 

Buffer zone: 514,286 ha

Ref: 335bis

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Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia

Aquileia (in Friuli-Venezia Giulia), one of the largest and wealthiest cities of the Early Roman Empire, was destroyed by Attila in the mid-5th century. Most of it still lies unexcavated beneath the fields, and as such it constitutes the greatest archaeological reserve of its kind. The patriarchal basilica, an outstanding building with an exceptional mosaic pavement, played a key role in the evangelization of a large region of central Europe.

 Italy

Province of Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region

N45 46 6 E13 22 3

Date of Inscription: 1998

Criteria: (iii)(iv)(vi)

Property : 155 ha 

Ref: 825

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Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining

Former Glover House 

The site encompasses a series of twenty three component parts, mainly located in the southwest of Japan. It bears testimony to the rapid industrialization of the country from the middle of the 19th century to the early 20th century, through the development of the steel industry, shipbuilding and coal mining. The site illustrates the process by which feudal Japan sought technology transfer from Europe and America from the middle of the 19th century and how this technology was adapted to the country’s needs and social traditions. The site testifies to what is considered to be the first successful transfer of Western industrialization to a non-Western nation.

• Yamaguchi: Hagi
• Hagi reverberatory furnace 
• Ebisugahana shipyard
• Ōitayama-tatara iron smelting works
• Shōkasonjuku Academy
• Hagi castle town
• Kagoshima: Kagoshima
• Former Shūseikan
• Shūseikan machine factory 
• Former Kagoshima spinning engineer's residence
• Gionnosu Battery
• Saga: Saga
• Mietsu naval facility site
• Iwate: Kamaishi
• Hashino iron mining and smelting site
• Nagasaki: Nagasaki
• Site of Kosuge ship repair dock
• Hokkei well shaft, Takashima coal mine 
• Hashima coal mine
• Former Glover House 
• Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard 
• Yamaguchi: Shimonoseki
• Maeda Battery
• Mutsurejima Lighthouse
• Fukuoka: Ōmuta; Kumamoto: Arao, Uki
• Miyanohara Pit, Miike coal mine
• Miike port and coal mine industrial railway
• Misumi West Port
• Fukuoka: Kitakyūshū
• The State-owned Yawata Steel Works
• Onga River pumping station 

 Japan

N34 25 50 E131 24 44

Date of Inscription: 2015

Criteria: (ii)(iv)

Property : 307 ha 

Buffer zone: 2,408 ha

Ref: 1484

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Site of Xanadu

North of the Great Wall, the Site of Xanadu encompasses the remains of Kublai Khan’s legendary capital city, designed by the Mongol ruler’s Chinese advisor Liu Bingzhdong in 1256. Over a surface area of 25,000 ha, the site was a unique attempt to assimilate the nomadic Mongolian and Han Chinese cultures. From this base, Kublai Khan established the Yuan dynasty that ruled China over a century, extending its boundaries across Asia. The religious debate that took place here resulted in the dissemination of Tibetan Buddhism over north-east Asia, a cultural and religious tradition still practised in many areas today. The site was planned according to traditional Chinese feng shui in relation to the nearby mountains and river. It features the remains of the city, including temples, palaces, tombs, nomadic encampments and the Tiefan’gang Canal, along with other waterworks.

 China

N42 21 28.8 E116 11 6.46

Date of Inscription: 2012

Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)

Property : 25,131 ha 

Buffer zone: 150,722 ha

Ref: 1389

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