Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape

The cultural landscape of Tokaj graphically demonstrates the long tradition of wine production in this region of low hills and river valleys. The intricate pattern of vineyards, farms, villages and small towns, with their historic networks of deep wine cellars, illustrates every facet of the production of the famous Tokaj wines, the quality and management of which have been strictly regulated for nearly three centuries.

 Hungary

County of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén

N48 8 60 E21 21 0

Date of Inscription: 2002

Criteria: (iii)(v)

Property : 13,255 ha

Buffer zone: 74,879 ha

Ref: 1063

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)

The eight towns in south-eastern Sicily: Caltagirone, Militello Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo, Ragusa and Scicli, were all rebuilt after 1693 on or beside towns existing at the time of the earthquake which took place in that year. They represent a considerable collective undertaking, successfully carried out at a high level of architectural and artistic achievement. Keeping within the late Baroque style of the day, they also depict distinctive innovations in town planning and urban building.

 Italy

Provinces of Catania, Ragusa, and Syracuse, Sicily

N36 53 35.5 E15 4 8.1

Date of Inscription: 2002

Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(v)

Property : 112.79 ha

Buffer zone: 305.8 ha

Ref: 1024rev

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar

Brief Description

The medieval towns of Wismar and Stralsund, on the Baltic coast of northern Germany, were major trading centres of the Hanseatic League in the 14th and 15th centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries they became Swedish administrative and defensive centres for the German territories. They contributed to the development of the characteristic building types and techniques of Brick Gothic in the Baltic region, as exemplified in several important brick cathedrals, the Town Hall of Stralsund, and the series of houses for residential, commercial and crafts use, representing its evolution over several centuries.

Germany

State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

N54 18 9 E13 5 7

Date of Inscription: 2002

Criteria: (ii)(iv)

Property : 168 ha

Buffer zone: 448 ha

Ref: 1067

Source: http://whc.unesco.org