World Heritage 2006-07 (2006)

WORLD HERITAGE 2006 IIISEI — Educational, Scientificnd anization Cultural Organ -v_|— _v" '©■ 1 m r/ n V e n t he United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) works with countries around the world to identify and protect cultural and natural places that merit recognition as part of the common heritage of lankind. UNESCO adopted the Convention concerning the Protection of the tatural Heritage in 1972. Since then, 183 countries have ratified 830 properties are inscribed on the list — 644 of which are id 24 mixed (a combination of the two). They are noted here in country and in the order they were listed. KEY O Cultural property O Natural property O Mixed property (cultural and natural) © Transnational property © Property in danger 1979 Year in which each of the 183 States Parties adhered to the World Heritage Convention A variety of dangers due to natural causes or human intervention are constantly threatening World Heritage. As a result, 31 properties (in bold on | the list) are currently inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger and are thus entitled to particular attention and emergency conservation action. AFGHANISTAN 1979 0 Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam 0 Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley ALBANIA 1989 O Butrint 0 Museum-City of Gjirokastra ALGERIA 1974 O AI Qal’a of Beni Hammad © Tassili n’Ajjer O M’Zab Valley O Djémila 0 Tipasa 0 Timgad O Kasbah of Algiers ANDORRA 1997 O Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley ÂNGUDT 195Í ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1983 ARGENTINA 1978 O Los Glaciares 0 Iguazu National Park 0 Peninsula Valdés O Cueva de las Manos, Rio Pinturas 0 Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks 0 Jesuit Block and Estancias of Cordoba O Quebrada de Humahuaca ARMENIA 1993 O Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin 0 Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots 0 Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley AUSTRALIA 1974 O Kakadu National Park 0 Great Barrier Reef © Willandra Lakes Region © Tasmanian Wilderness Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, Bolivia 0 Lord Howe Island Group 0 Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia) O Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 0 Wet Tropics of Queensland 0 Shark Bay, Western Australia © Fraser Island 0 Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) © Heard and McDonald Islands © Macquarie Island © Greater Blue Mountains Area 0 Purnululu National Park © Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens AUSTRIA 1992 O Historic Centre of Salzburg 0 Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn 0 Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape O Semmering Railway 0 City of Graz - Historic Centre 0 Wachau Cultural Landscape O Historic Centre of Vienna AZERBAIJAN 1993 0 Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah’s Palace and Maiden Tower BHUTAN 2001 BOLIVIA 1976 O City of Potosí O Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos 0 Historic City of Sucre ___________________ O Fuerte de Šamaipata 0 Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture 0 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1993 O Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar BOTSWANA 1998 O Tsodilo BRAZIL 1977 O Historic Town of Ouro Preto 0 Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda 0 Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia O Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas 0 Iguagu National Park 0 Brasilia O Serra da Capivara National Park 0 Historic Centre of Säo Luis 0 Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves © Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves Q Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina 0 Central Amazon Conservation Complex © Pantanal Conservation Area O Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks © Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves © Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás BULGARIA 1974 o o 0 O 0 0 O o 0 BURKINA FASO 1987 BURUNDI 1982 CAMBODIA 1991 O Angkor CAMEROON 1982 O Dja Faunal Reserve Skellig Michael, Ireland CAPE VERDE 1988 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1980 0 Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park CHAD 1999 CHILE 1980 O Rapa Nui National Park 0 Churches of Chiloé 0 Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaiso 0 Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works 0 Sewell Mining Town CHINA 1985 O MountTaishan 0 The Great Wall 0 Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang O Mogao Caves Q Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 0 Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian © Mount Huangshan O Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area O Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area © Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area © Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde © Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu © Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains © Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa © Lushan National Park © Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area © Ancient City of PingYao © Classical Gardens of Suzhou © Old Town of Lijiang © Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing © Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing ® Mount Wuyi © Dazu Rock Carvings © Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System © Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun © Longmen Grottoes © Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties © Yungang Grottoes © Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas © Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom © Historic Centre of Macao © Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuary - Wolong, Mt. Siguniang, and Jiajin Mountains © Yin Xu CROATIA 1992 O Old City of Dubrovnik © Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian © Plitvice Lakes National Park O Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Poreč 0 Historic City of Trogir Q Cathedral of St James in Šibenik CUBA 1981 O Old Havana and its Fortifications © Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingeniös O San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba O Desembarco del Granma National Park 0 Vinales Valley O Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba O Alejandro de Humboldt National Park r0 Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos CYPRUS 1975 O Paphos 0 Painted Churches in the Troodos Region 0 Choirokoitia CZECH REPUBLIC 1993 O Historic Centre of Prague 0 Historic Centre of Cesky Krumlov 0 Historic Centre of Tele O Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora 0 Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sedlec 0 Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape O Holašovice Historical Village Reservation 0 Gardens and Castle at Kroméríz 0 Litomysl Castle © Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc Q Tugendhat Villa in Brno © Jewish Quarter and St Procopius’ Basilica in Treble DEM. PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 1998 O Complex of Koguryo Tombs DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 1974 © Virunga National Park 0 Garamba National Park 0 Kahuzi-Biega National Park 0 Salonga National Park \57\upi Vi'iWlifo f?coci vc DENMARK 1979 O Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church 0 Roskilde Cathedral 0 Kronborg Castle O llulissat Icefjord DOMINICA 1995 O Morne Trois Pitons National Park DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1985 O Colonial City of Santo Domingo ECUADOR 1975 O Galápagos Islands 0 City of Quito 0 Sangay National Park O Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca EGYPT 1974 O Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur 0 Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis 0 Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae O Islamic Cairo 0 Abu Mena 0 Saint Catherine Area O Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) EL SALVADOR 1991 O Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site ERITREA 2001 ESTONIA 1995 O Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn ETHIOPIA 1977 0 Simien National Park 0 Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela 0 Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region O Lower Valley of the Awash 0 Tiya 0 Aksum O Lower Valley of the Omo 0 Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historical Town FIJI 1990 FINUND 1987 O Old Rauma 0 Fortress of Suomenlinna 0 Petäjävesi Old Church O Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 0 Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki FRANCE 1975 O Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay 0 Chartres Cathedral 0 Palace and Park of Versailles O Vézelay, Church and Hill 0 Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley 0 Palace and Park of Fontainebleau O Amiens Cathedral 0 Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the “Triumphal Arch" of Orange 0 Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments © Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 0 Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans © Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d’Alliance in Nancy © Abbey Church of Saint-Savin surGartempe © Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve © Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) © Strasbourg - Grande île © Paris, Banks of the Seine COLOMBIA 1983 O Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, © Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace ofTau, Reims © Bourges Cathedral © Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge © Canal du Midi © Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne © Historic Site of Lyons © Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France © Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion © Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes © Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs © Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret GABON 1986 GAMBIA 1987 O James Island and Related Sites GEORGIA 1992 O Historical Monuments of Mtskheta 0 Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery 0 Upper Svaneti GERMANY 1976 O Aachen Cathedral 0 Speyer Cathedral 0 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square O Pilgrimage Church of Wies 0 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl 0 St Mary’s Cathedral and St Michael’s Church at Hildesheim O Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier 0 Hanseatic City of Lübeck 0 Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin © Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch O Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar © Town of Bamberg © Maulbronn Monastery Complex © Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg © Völklingen Ironworks © Messel Pit Fossil Site © Cologne Cathedral © Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau © Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg © Classical Weimar © Wartburg Castle © Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin © Monastic Island of Reichenau © Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz © Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen © Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar © Upper Middle Rhine Valley © Dresden Elbe Valley © Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen © Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof GHANA 1975 O Forts and Castles, Volta Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions 0 Asante Traditional Buildings GREECE 1981 O Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 0 Archaeological Site of Delphi 0 Acropolis, Athens O Mount Athos 0 Meteora 0 Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika O Archaeological Site of Epidaurus 0 Medieval City of Rhodes 0 Mystras ^ rliv/i'iuv/ulug'iuul Oi'Cv_> ui'^jtinpTu Q Delos © Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas and Nea Moni of Chios © Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos © Archaeological Site of Vergina © Archaeological Sites of Mycenae andTiryns © Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John “the Theologian” and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos GRENADA 1998 GUATEMALA 1979 O Tikal National Park 0 Antigua Guatemala 0 Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua GUINEA 1979 GUINEA-BISSAU 2006 GUYANA 1977 HAITI 1980 O National History Park - Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers HOLY SEE 1982 O Vatican City HONDURAS 1979 O Maya Site of Copan 0 Rio Plátano Biosphere Reserve HUNGARY 1985 O Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue 0 Old Village of Hollókő' and its Surroundings 0 Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment O Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta 0 Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) 0 Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape ICELAND 1995 © Fingvellir National Park INDIA 1977 O Ajanta Caves 0 Ellora Caves 0 Agra Fort O Taj Mahal 0 Sun Temple, Konârak 0 Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram O Kaziranga National Park 0 Manas Wildlife Sanctuary 0 Keoladeo National Park © Churches and Convents of Goa © Khajuraho Group of Monuments © Group of Monuments at Hampi © Fatehpur Sikri © Group of Monuments at Pattadakal © Elephanta Caves © Great Living Chola Temples © Sundarbans National Park © Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks © Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi © Humayun’sTomb, Delhi © Qutb Minarand its Monuments, Delhi © Mountain Railways of India © Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya © Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka © Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park © Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) Station INDONESIA 1989 O BorobudurTemple Compounds 0 Ujung Kulon National Park 0 Komodo National Park O Prambanan Temple Compounds 0 Sangiran Early Man Site 0 Lorentz National Park O Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra IRAN (Islamic Republic of) 1975 O Tchogha Zanbil 0 Persepolis 0 Meidan Emam, Esfahan O Takht-e Soleyman 0 Pasargadae 0 Bam and its Cultural Landscape O Soltaniyeh 0 Bisotun IRAQ 1974 O Hatra 0 Ashur (Qal’at Sherqat) IRELAND 1991 O Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne 0 Skellig Michael ISRAEL 1999 O Masada 0 Old City of Acre 0 White City ofTel-Aviv - the Modern Movement O Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba 0 Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev ITALY 1978 O Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 0 Church and Domincan Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci 0 Historic Centre of Florence O Venice and its Lagoon 0 Piazza del Duomo, Pisa 0 Historic Centre of San Gimignano O I Sassi di Matera 0 City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto 0 Historic Centre of Siena © Historic Centre of Naples © Crespi d’Adda © Ferrara, City of the Renaissance and its Po Delta © Castel del Monte © The trulli of Alberobello © Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna © Historic Centre of the City of Pienza © 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the l'Uni, CYiAv|uuOuui ui' VUnvIiulIl uiiU Oui i Luuulu Complex © Residences of the Royal House of Savoy © Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua © Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena © Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculanum and Torre Annunziata © Villa Romana del Casale © Su Nuraxi di Barumini © Portovenere, Cinque Terre and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino andTinetto) © Costiera Amalfitana © Archaeological Area ofAgrigento © Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia © Cilento and Valló di Diano National Park with the Archaeological Sites of Paestum and Velia and the Certosa de Padula © Historic Centre of Urbino © Villa Adriana (Tivoli) © City of Verona © Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) © Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and other Franciscan Sites © Villa d’Este, Tivoli © Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South- Eastern Sicily) © Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy © Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri andTarquinia © Val d’Orcia © Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica © Genoa: The Strade Nuove and the system of the Paiazzi dei Rolli JAMAICA 1983 JAPAN 1992 O Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area 0 Himeji-jo 0 Yakushima O Shirakami-Sanchi 0 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) 0 Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama O Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) 0 Itsukushima Shinto Shrine 0 Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara © Shrines and Temples of Nikko © Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu © Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range © Shiretoko JERUSALEM (Site proposed by Jordan) 0 Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls JORDAN 1975 O Petra 0 QuseirAmra 0 Urn er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa’a) KAZAKHSTAN 1994 O Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 0 Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly KENYA 1991 O Mount Kenya National Park / Natural Forest 0 LakeTurkana National Parks 0 Lamu Old Town KIRIBATI 2000 KUWAIT 2002 KYRGYZSTAN 1995 LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 1987 O Town of Luang Prabang 0 Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape LATVIA 1995 O Historic Centre of Riga LEBANON 1983 O Anjar 0 Baalbek 0 Byblos O Tyre 0 Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) LESOTHO 2003 LIBERIA 2002 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA 1978 O Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna 0 Archaeological Site of Sabratha 0 Archaeological Site of Cyrene O Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus 0 Old Town of Ghadamès LITHUANIA 1992 \ /: i : i _r>—*. 0 Kernavé Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavé) LUXEMBOURG 1983 O City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF (F.Y.R.O.M.) 1997 O Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region MADAGASCAR 1983 O Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve 0 Royal Hill of Ambohimanga MALAWI 1982 O Lake Malawi National Park 0 Chongoni Rock Art Area MALAYSIA 1988 O Kinabalu Park 0 Gunung Mulu National Park MALDIVES 1986 MALI 1977 O Old Towns of Djenné 0 Timbuktu 0 Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) O Tomb of Askia MALTA 1978 O Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 0 City of Valletta 0 Megalithic Temples of Malta MARSHALL ISLANDS 2002 MAURITANIA 1981 O Banc d’Arguin National Park 0 Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata MAURITIUS 1995 O Aapravasi Ghat MEXICO 1984 O Sian Ka’an 0 Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque 0 Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco O Pre-Hispanic City ofTeotihuacan 0 Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán 0 Historic Centre of Puebla O Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines 0 Pre-Hispanic City of Chichén-ltzá 0 Historic Centre of Morelia © El Tájin, Pre-Hispanic City © Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino © Historic Centre of Zacatecas © Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco © Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl © Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal © Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro © Hospicio Cabanas, Guadalajara © Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes © Historic Monuments Zone ofTIacotalpán © Archaeological Monuments Zone ofXochicalco © Historic Fortified Town of Campeche © Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche © Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro © Luis Barragán House and Studio © Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California © Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila MICRONESIA (Fed. States of) 2002 MONACO 1978 MONGOLIA 1990 O Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape MONTENEGRO * O Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor 0 Durmitor National Park MOROCCO 1975 O Medina of Fez 0 Medina of Marrakesh 0 Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou O Historic City of Meknes 0 Archaeological Site of Volubilis 0 Medina ofTétouan (formerly known asTitawin) O Medina of Essaouira (Ancient Mogador) 0 Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) MOZAMBIQUE 1982 O Island of Mozambique MYANMAR 1994 NAMIBIA 2000 NEPAL 1978 O Sagarmatha National Park 0 Kathmandu Valley 0 Royal Chitwan National Park O Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha NETHERLANDS 1992 O Schokland and Surroundings 0 Defence Line of Amsterdam 0 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout O Historical Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles 0 Ir.D.E Woudagemaal (D.F Wouda Steam Pumping Station) 0 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) O Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) NEW ZEALAND 1984 O Te Wahipounamu - South-West New Zealand 0 Tongariro National Park 0 New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands NICARAGUA 1979 Le«r>W!.\gv NIGER 1974 0 Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves 0 W National Park of Niger NIGERIA 1974 O Sukur Cultural Landscape 0 Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove NIUE 2001 NORWAY 1977 O Urnes Stave Church 0 Bryggen 0 Roros Mining Town O Rock Art of Alta 0 Vegaoyan - The Vega Archipelago 0 West Norwegian Fjords - Geirangerfjord and Nærpyfjord OMAN 1981 O Bahia Fort 0 Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn 0 Arabian Oryx Sanctuary O Land of Frankincense 0 Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman PAKISTAN 1976 O Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro 0 Taxila 0 Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol O Historical Monuments ofThatta O Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore 0 Rohtas Fort PALAU 2002 PANAMA 1978 O Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo 0 Darien National Park 0 Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá O Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1997 PARAGUAY 1988 O Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesus deTavarangue PERU 1982 O City of Cuzco 0 Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu 0 Chavin (Archaeological Site) O Huascarán National Park 0 Chan Chan Archaeological Zone 0 Manu National Park O Historic Centre of Lima 0 Rio Abiseo National Park 0 Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana © Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa PHILIPPINES 1985 O Tubbataha Reef Marine Park 0 Baroque Churches of the Philippines 0 Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras O Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park 0 Historic Town ofVigan POLAND 1976 O Cracow’s Historic Centre 0 Wieliczka Salt Mine 0 Auschwitz Concentration Camp O Historic Centre of Warsaw 0 Old City of Zamošć 0 Medieval Town of Toruri O Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork 0 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architecture and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park 0 Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica © Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland © Centennial Hall in Wroclaw PORTUGAL 1980 O Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores 0 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon O Monastery of Batalha O Convent of Christ in Tomar 0 Historic Centre of Évora 0 Monastery of Alcobaça 0 Cultural Landscape of Sintra 0 Historic Centre of Oporto 0 Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley © Laurisilva of Madeira © Alto Douro Wine Region © Historic Centre of Guimaräes © Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture QATAR 1984 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 1988 O Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 0 Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks 0 Jongmyo Shrine O Changdeokgung Palace Complex 0 Hwaseong Fortress 0 Gyeongju Historic Areas O Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 2002 ROMANIA 1990 0 Danube Delta 0 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania 0 Monastery of Horezu O Churches of Moldavia 0 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains 0 Historic Centre of Sighi§oara O Wooden Churches of Maramureg RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1988 0 Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments 0 Kizhi Pogost 0 Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow O Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings 0 Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands 0 White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal O Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad 0 Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 0 Virgin Komi Forests © Lake Baikal © Volcanoes of Kamchatka © Golden Mountains of Altai © Western Caucasus © Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin © Ensemble of Ferapontov Monastery © Central Sikhote-Alin © Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent © Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent © Natural System ofWrangel Island Reserve © Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl RWANDA 2000 SAINT Kins AND NEVIS 1986 O Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park SAINT LUCIA 1991 O Pitons Management Area SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 2003 SAMOA 2001 SAN MARINO 1991 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 2006 SAUDI ARABIA 1978 SENEGAL 1976 O Island of Gorée 0 Niokolo-Koba National Park 0 Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary O Island of Saint-Louis SERBIA 2001 0 Stari Ras and Sopoćani 0 Studenica Monastery Medieval Monuments in Kosovo SEYCHELLES 1980 O Aldabra Atoll 0 Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve SIERRA LEONE 2005 SLOVAKIA 1993 O Vlkolinec © Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity 0 Spiéskÿ Hrad and its Associated Cultural Monuments O BardejovTown Conservation Reserve SLOVENIA 1992 O Škocjan Caves SOLOMON ISLANDS 1992 O East Rennell SOUTH AFRICA 1997 O Greater St Lucia Wetland Park 0 Robben Island 0 Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai and Environs © uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park 0 Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape 0 Cape Floral Region Protected Areas O Vredefort Dome SPAIN 1982 O Historic Centre of Cordoba 0 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzin, Granada 0 Burgos Cathedral O Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid 0 Works of Antoni Gaudí 0 Altamira Cave O Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct 0 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias 0 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) © Old Town of Avila with its Extra-Muros Churches O Mudejar Architecture of Aragon © Historic City of Toledo © Garajonay National Park © Old Town of Cáceres 0 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville © Old City of Salamanca O Poblet Monastery © Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida © Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe © Route of Santiago de Compostela © Donana National Park © Historic Walled Town of Cuenca © La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia © Las Médulas © Palau de la Mušica Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona © San Miiián Yuso and Suso Monasteries © Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula © University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares © Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture © San Cristobal de La Laguna © Archaeological Ensemble ofTárraco © Palmeral of Elche © Roman Walls of Lugo © Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boi © Archaeological Site of Atapuerca © Aranjuez Cultural Landscape © Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza © Vizcaya Bridge SRI LANKA 1980 0 Sacred City of Anuradhapura 0 Ancient City of Polonnaruwa 0 Ancient City of Sigiriya O Sin ha raja Forest Reserve 0 Sacred City of Kandy 0 Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications 0 Golden Temple of Dambulla SUDAN 1974 0 Gebei Bárkái and the Sites of the Napatan Region SURINAME 1997 0 Central Suriname Nature Reserve O Historic Inner City of Paramaribo SWAZILAND 2005 SWEDEN 1985 0 Royal Domain of Drottningholm 0 Birka and Hovgárden 0 Engelsberg Ironworks © Rock Carvings in Tanúm (V SKogsKyiKcg&rOen--------------------------------------­© Hanseatic Town ofVisby €> Laponian Area 0 Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleá 0 Naval Port of Karlskrona © Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland 0 Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun © Varberg Radio Station SWITZERLAND 1975 0 Convent of St Gall 0 Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair 0 Old City of Berne 0 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzone 0 Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn © Monte San Giorgio SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 1975 0 Ancient City of Damascus 0 Ancient City of Bosra 0 Site of Palmyra 0 Ancient City of Aleppo 0 Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din TAJIKISTAN 1992 THAILAND 1987 0 Historic Town of Sukhothai © Historic City of Ayutthaya 0 Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries © Ban Chiang Archaeological Site 0 Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex TOGO 1998 0 Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba TONGA 2004 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2005 TUNISIA 1975 © Medina of Tunis © Site of Carthage © Amphitheatre of El Jem 0 Ichkeul National Park 0 Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis © Medina of Sousse © Kairouan TURKEY 1983 O Historic Areas of Istanbul © Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia 0 Great Mosque and Hospital of Divrigi O Hattusha: the Hittite Capital 0 Nemrut Dag 0 Xanthos-Letoon © Hierapolis-Pamukkale 0 City of Safranbolu 0 Archaeological Site of Troy TURKMENISTAN 1994 O State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv” 0 Kunya-Urgench UGANDA 1987 O Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 0 Rwenzori Mountains National Park 0 Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi UKRAINE 1988 O Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra 0 L’viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Centre UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2001 UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 1984 O Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast 0 Durham Castle and Cathedral 0 Ironbridge Gorge O Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey 0 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites 0 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd © StKilda 0 Blenheim Palace 0 City of Bath © Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret’s Church O Henderson Island © Tower of London © Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey and St Martin’s Church © Old and New Towns of Edinburgh © Gough and Inaccessible Islands ÍP Maritime Greenwich 0 Heart of Neolithic Orkney © Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda © Blaenavon Industrial Landscape © Dorset and East Devon Coast © Derwent Valley Mills © New Lanark © Salta ire © Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew © Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City © Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 1977 O Ngorongoro Conservation Area © Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara O Serengeti National Park O Selous Game Reserve 0 Kilimanjaro National Park 0 Stone Town of Zanzibar © Kondoa Rock Art Sites UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1973 © Mesa Verde National Park © Yellowstone National Park 0 Grand Canyon National Park 0 Everglades National Park 0 Independence Hall 0 Redwood National Park © Mammoth Cave National Park 0 Olympic National Park O Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site 0 Great Smoky Mountains National Park O La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico © Statue of Liberty © Yosemite National Park © Chaco Culture 0 Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville O Hawaii Volcanoes National Park © Pueblo de Taos © Carlsbad Caverns National Park URUGUAY 1989 O Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento UZBEKISTAN 1993 O Itchan Kala © Historic Centre of Bukhara 0 Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz O Samarkand - Crossroads of Cultures VANUATU 2002 VENEZUELA 1990 © Coro and its Port © Canaima National Park 0 Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas VIET NAM 1987 O Complex of Hué Monuments © Ha Long Bay 0 Hoi An Ancient Town O My Son Sanctuary 0 Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park YEMEN 1980 O Old Walled City of Shibam © Old City of Sana’a 0 Historic Town of Zabid ZAMBIA 1984 ZIMBABWE 1982 O Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas 0 Great Zimbabwe National Monument 0 Khami Ruins National Monument O Matobo Hills * Not yet a party to the World Heritage Convention Transnational Sites Nineteen properties are nominated and managed by more than one State Party. ARGENTINA and BRAZIL 0 Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis AUSTRIA and HUNGARY 0 Fertő / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape BELARUS and POLAND 0 Belovezhskaya Pushcha / BiaTowieza Forest BELARUS / ESTONIA / FINLAND / LATVIA / LITHUANIA / NORWAY / REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / RUSSIAN FEDERATION / SWEDEN / UKRAINE 0 Struve Geodetic Arc BELGIUM and FRANCE 0 Belfries of Belgium and France CANADA and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0 Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek 0 Waterton Glacier International Peace Park COSTA RICA and PANAMA 0 Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park CÔTE D’IVOIRE and GUINEA o Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve FINLAND and SWEDEN 0 Kvarken Archipelago / High Coast FRANCE and SPAIN 0 Pyrénées - Mount Perdu GAMBIA and SENEGAL 0 Stone Circles of Senegambia GERMANY and POLAND 0 Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski GERMANY and UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 0 Frontiers of the Roman Empire HOLY SEE and ITALY 0 Historic Centre of Rome HUNGARY and SLOVAKIA 0 Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst LITHUANIA and RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 Curonian Spit MONGOLIA and RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 Uvs Nuur Basin ZAMBIA and ZIMBABWE 0 Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls Donations to the World Heritage Fund The granting of international assistance from the World Heritage Fund to finance World Heritage conservation projects is an important tool established by the Convention. If you would like to participate in conserving World Heritage, please send a contribution. Donations in USD should be made to: UNESCO account: 949-1-191558 CHASE JP MORGAN BANK International Money Transfer Division 4 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn New York, NY 11245, USA Swift code: CHASUS 33-ABA: 0210-0002-1 Donations in EUR should be made to: UNESCO account: 30003-03301-00037291909-97 SOCIETE GENERALE Paris Seine Amont 10 rue Thénard 75005 PARIS, France Swift code: SOGEFRPPAFS Please indicate that the contribution is a donation to the World Heritage Fund. UNESCO World Heritage Centre The map of World Heritage properties is produced each year by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. If you would like to receive more information about the World Heritage Convention and World Heritage conservation, please contact: UNESCO World Heritage Centre 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SR FRANCE Telephone: + 33 (0)1 45 68 18 76 Fax: + 33 (0)1 45 68 55 70 E-mail: wh-info@unesco.org Explore World Heritage sites on the Internet at http://whc. unesco. org. © 2006 UNESCO Printed October 2006 BAHRAIN 1991 CANADA 1976 O Qal’at al-Bahrain - Ancient Harbour and Capital O L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site BARBADOS 2002 BELARUS 1988 0 Dinosaur Provincial Park O SGangGwaay O Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat0 Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump © Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur0 Wood Buffalo National Park 0 The Sundarbans © Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 0 Historic District of Old Québec 0 Gros Morne National Park © Old Town Lunenburg © Miguasha National Park © Mir Castle Complex © Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh BELGIUM 1996 O La Grand-Place, Brussels 0 Flemish Béguinages 0 The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault) O Historic Centre of Brugge 0 Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) 0 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) O Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 0 Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex BELIZE 1990 O Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System BENIN 1982 0 Royal Palaces of Abomey © Los Katios National Park 0 Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox Boyana Church Madara Rider Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo Ancient City of Nessebar Rila Monastery O National Archaeological Park ofTierradentro Srebarna Nature Reserve 0 San Agustin Archaeological Park Pirin National Park 0 Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari of Dilmun BANGLADESH 1983 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC COMOROS 2000 CONGO 1987 COSTA RICA 1977 O Cocos Island National Park 0 Area de Conservación Guanacaste CÔTE D’IVOIRE 1981 O Ta'i National Park 0 Comoé National Park f*tft** uru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia Richard Nowitz/ National Geographic Image Collection © Nahanni National Park Cartagena Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico J.M.F. Diaz-Formenti / San Marcos Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape, Mongolia Clara Cortes IV / REUTERS / CORBIS Arne Hodalic / CORBIS Tom Bean / CORBIS Anjar, Lebanon Carmen Redondo / CORBIS Michael Nichols / National Geographic Image Collection Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

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