Central Highlands of Sri Lanka

Horton Plains National Park

"Sri Pada" Peak Wilderness encompasses the Adam's Peak (Sri Pada)

 Central Highlands of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's highlands are situated in the south-central part of the island. The property comprises the Peak Wilderness Protected Area, the Horton Plains National Park and the Knuckles Conservation Forest. These montane forests, where the land rises to 2,500 metres above sea-level, are home to an extraordinary range of flora and fauna, including several endangered species such as the western-purple-faced langur, the Horton Plains slender loris and the Sri Lankan leopard. The region is considered a super biodiversity hotspot.

• Peak Wilderness Protected Area
• Horton Plains National Park
• Knuckles Conservation Forest

Sri Lanka

N7 27 8.82 E80 48 7.56

Date of Inscription: 2010

Criteria: (ix)(x)

Property : 56,844 ha

Buffer zone: 72,645 ha

Ref: 1203

Source:  http://whc.unesco.org

Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications

Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications

Founded in the 16th century by the Portuguese, Galle reached the height of its development in the 18th century, before the arrival of the British. It is the best example of a fortified city built by Europeans in South and South-East Asia, showing the interaction between European architectural styles and South Asian traditions.

Sri Lanka

City of Galle, Southern Province

N6 1 17 E80 13 7

Date of Inscription: 1988

Criteria: (iv)

Ref: 451

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Singapore Botanic Gardens

The Bandstand

The Bandstand

Burkill Hall

Situated at the heart of the city of Singapore, the site demonstrates the evolution of a British tropical colonial botanic garden that has become a modern world-class scientific institution used for both conservation and education. The cultural landscape includes a rich variety of historic features, plantings and buildings that demonstrate the development of the garden since its creation in 1859. It has been an important centre for science, research and plant conservation, notably in connection with the cultivation of rubber plantations, in Southeast Asia since 1875.

 Singapore

N1 18 55 E103 48 58

Date of Inscription: 2015

Criteria: (ii)(iv)

Property : 49 ha

Buffer zone: 137 ha

Ref: 1483

Source: https://whc.unesco.org

Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves

The Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, in the states of Paraná and São Paulo, contain some of the best and most extensive examples of Atlantic forest in Brazil. The 25 protected areas that make up the site (some 470,000 ha in total) display the biological wealth and evolutionary history of the last remaining Atlantic forests. From mountains covered by dense forests, down to wetlands, coastal islands with isolated mountains and dunes, the area comprises a rich natural environment of great scenic beauty.

 Brazil

Atlantic coast, states of Parana and Sao Paolo

S24 10 0.012 W48 0 0

Date of Inscription: 1999

Criteria: (vii)(ix)(x)

Property : 468,193 ha

Buffer zone: 1,223,557 ha

Ref: 893rev

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape

Located on the steep cliffs in the border regions of southwest China, these 38 sites of rock art illustrate the life and rituals of the Luoyue people. They date from the period around the 5th century BCE to the 2nd century CE. In a surrounding landscape of karst, rivers and plateaux, they depict ceremonies that have been interpreted as portraying the bronze drum culture once prevalent across southern China. This cultural landscape is the only remains of this culture today.

 China

N22 15 20 E107 1 23

Date of Inscription: 2016

Criteria: (iii)(vi)

Property : 6,621.6 ha

Buffer zone: 12,149.01 ha

Ref: 1508

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement

On the Lower Left of the Postcard is Maisons de la Weissenhof-Siedlung

Chosen from the work of Le Corbusier, the 17 sites comprising this transnational serial property are spread over seven countries and are a testimonial to the invention of a new architectural language that made a break with the past. They were built over a period of a half-century, in the course of what Le Corbusier described as “patient research”. The Complexe du Capitole in Chandigarh (India), the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (Japan), the House of Dr Curutchet in La Plata (Argentina) and the Unité d’habitation in Marseille (France) reflect the solutions that the Modern Movement sought to apply during the 20th century to the challenges of inventing new architectural techniques to respond to the needs of society. These masterpieces of creative genius also attest to the internationalization of architectural practice across the planet.

• Maisons La Roche et Jeanneret
• Petite villa au bord du lac Léman fr
• Cité Frugès
• Maison Guiete
• Maisons de la Weissenhof-Siedlung
• Villa Savoye et loge du jardiner
• Immeuble Clarté
• Immeuble locatif à la Porte Molitor
• Unité d’habitation Marseille
• La Manufacture à Saint-Dié fr
• Curutchet House
• Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut de Ronchamp
• Cabanon de Le Corbusier
• Complexe du Capitole
• Couvent Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourette
• Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l’Occident

 Argentina

 Belgium

 France

 Germany

 India

 Japan

 Switzerland

N46 28 6.29 E6 49 45.61

Date of Inscription: 2016

Criteria: (i)(ii)(vi)

Property : 98.4838 ha

Buffer zone: 1,409.384 ha

Ref: 1321rev

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange

Situated in the Rhone valley, the ancient theatre of Orange, with its 103-m-long facade, is one of the best preserved of all the great Roman theatres. Built between A.D. 10 and 25, the Roman arch is one of the most beautiful and interesting surviving examples of a provincial triumphal arch from the reign of Augustus. It is decorated with low reliefs commemorating the establishment of the Pax Romana

 France

Department of Vacluse, Region of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur

N44 8 8.6 E4 48 30.3

Date of Inscription: 1981

Minor boundary modification inscribed year: 2007

Criteria: (iii)(vi)

Property : 9.45 ha

Buffer zone: 232 ha

Ref: 163bis

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