(UNESCO) United Nation's Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization World Heritage Sites That Need Preservation!
Written by Stephanie Taylor, Editor-in-Chief & Owner of Intelligent Luxury!
"World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located." - UNESCO's World Heritage Convention
Discover how to nominate a natural or cultural site on the following World Heritage Convention's website page: https://whc.unesco.org/en/nominations.
World Heritage Sites
2019 Afghanistan
Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam
2019 Afghanistan
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
2018 Albania
Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra
2018 Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
2018 Algeria
Tipasa
2018 Algeria
Kasbah of Algiers
2018 Austria
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
2018 Bahrain
Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
2018 Bangladesh
The Sundarbans
2018 Belarus, Poland
Białowieża Forest
2019 Benin
Royal Palaces of Abomey
2018 Brazil
Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
2018 Brazil
Brasilia
2018 Bulgaria
Ancient City of Nessebar
2018 Cambodia
Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura
2018 Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo
Sangha Trinational
2018 Canada
Wood Buffalo National Park
2018 Canada
Wood Buffalo National Park
2018 Chile
Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of ValparaÃso
2018 China
Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
2018 China
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
2018 China
South China Karst
2018 China
Historic Centre of Macao
2018 China
The Great Wall
2018 Colombia
Los KatÃos National Park
2018 Costa Rica
Area de Conservación Guanacaste
2018 Costa Rica, Panama
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
2018 Côte d'Ivoire
Taï National Park
2018 Côte d'Ivoire
Comoé National Park
2019 Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
2018 Egypt
Historic Cairo
2018 Egypt
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
2018 Eritrea
Asmara: A Modernist African City
2019 Ethiopia
Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
2018 Germany
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
2018 Honduras
Maya Site of Copan
2018 India
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
2018 India
Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area
2019 Indonesia
Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy
2019 Indonesia
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
2018 Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Meidan Emam, Esfahan
2019 Iraq
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
2019 Iraq
Samarra Archaeological City
2019 Iraq
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
2019 Iraq
Hatra
2018 Italy
Venice and its Lagoon
2018 Italy
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
2018 Japan
Shiretoko
2018 Japan
Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration
2019 Jordan
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)
2018 Jordan
Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas)
2019 Kenya
Lamu Old Town
2019 Kenya
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
2019 Kenya
Lake Turkana National Parks
2018 Lao People's Democratic Republic
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape
2018 Lebanon
Tyre
2018 Lebanon
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
2018 Lesotho, South Africa
Maloti-Drakensberg Park
2019 Libya
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
2019 Libya
Old Town of Ghadamès
2019 Libya
Archaeological Site of Sabratha
2019 Libya
Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
2019 Libya
Archaeological Site of Cyrene
2019 Madagascar
Rainforests of the Atsinanana
2019 Mali
Timbuktu
2019 Mali
Tomb of Askia
2019 Mali
Old Towns of Djenné
2019 Mauritius
Aapravasi Ghat
2018 Mexico
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
2019 Micronesia (Federated States of)
Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia
2018 Mongolia
Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape
2019 Morocco
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
2019 Nepal
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
2019 Nepal
Kathmandu Valley
2018 Nepal
Chitwan National Park
2019 Niger
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
2018 Nigeria
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
2019 Pakistan
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore
2018 Pakistan
Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta
2018 Panama
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá
2019 Russian Federation
Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands
2019 Russian Federation
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
2019 Russian Federation
Western Caucasus
2019 Russian Federation
Kizhi Pogost
2019 Russian Federation
Golden Mountains of Altai
2018 Saudi Arabia
Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia
2018 Senegal
Island of Saint-Louis
2018 South Africa
Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa
2017 South Africa
Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa
2018 Spain
Doñana National Park
2019 Sri Lanka
Golden Temple of Dambulla
2019 Sudan
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
2018 Thailand
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
2018 Thailand
Historic City of Ayutthaya
2018 the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region
2019 Togo
Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba
2018 Turkey
Ephesus
2018 Turkey
Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
2019 Uganda
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi
2018 Ukraine
Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
2019 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
2018 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
2018 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
2019 United Republic of Tanzania
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
2018 Uzbekistan
Historic Centre of Bukhara
2019 Viet Nam
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
2018 Zambia, Zimbabwe
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
"World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located." - UNESCO's World Heritage Convention
Travel this Spring and Summer as a tourist or scholar to new interesting historic sites!These nations are partnering to preserve these World Heritage Sites. The sites are used by scholars and tourists! Several of the sites need preservation assistance. Examples of World Heritage sites that you possibly could be permitted to visit as a tourist or scholar are Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, the United Kingdom's Palace of Westminster Abbey and Westminster Abbey, Kenya's Lamu Town , Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela in Ethiopia, and Saudi Arabia's Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia. "The 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 30 June to 10 July 2019, further to the kind invitation of the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan," showed the UNESCO website.
UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Hotel owners, hospital builders, automobile gas stations owners, restaurant owners, and other enterprises interested starting businesses near World Heritage sites should contact the World Heritage Site's nation's government. In Zimbabwe's State of Reservation Report; Zimbabwe stated that it needs "hotels and recreational facilities" near Victoria Falls in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park. Restoring Elephant Hills golf course is a statement to Zimbabwe interest in marketing to tourists.
Discover how to nominate a natural or cultural site on the following World Heritage Convention's website page: https://whc.unesco.org/en/nominations.
"UNESCO's World Heritage mission is to:
Encourage countries to sign the World Heritage Convention and to ensure the protection of their natural and cultural heritage;
Encourage States Parties to the Convention to nominate sites within their national territory for inclusion on the World Heritage List;
Encourage States Parties to establish management plans and set up reporting systems on the state of conservation of their World Heritage sites;
Help States Parties safeguard World Heritage properties by providing technical assistance and professional training;
Provide emergency assistance for World Heritage sites in immediate danger;
Support States Parties' public awareness-building activities for World Heritage conservation;
Encourage participation of the local population in the preservation of their cultural and natural heritage;
Encourage international cooperation in the conservation of our world's cultural and natural heritage." - UNESCO World Heritage Convention
The names of the World Heritage Sites that are being considered to be a World Heritage Site are listed below the nations' name in the list below this paragraph.
World Heritage Sites
2019 Afghanistan
Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam
2019 Afghanistan
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
2018 Albania
Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra
2018 Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
2018 Algeria
Tipasa
2018 Algeria
Kasbah of Algiers
2018 Austria
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
2018 Bahrain
Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
2018 Bangladesh
The Sundarbans
2018 Belarus, Poland
Białowieża Forest
2019 Benin
Royal Palaces of Abomey
2018 Brazil
Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
2018 Brazil
Brasilia
2018 Bulgaria
Ancient City of Nessebar
2018 Cambodia
Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura
2018 Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo
Sangha Trinational
2018 Canada
Wood Buffalo National Park
2018 Canada
Wood Buffalo National Park
2018 Chile
Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of ValparaÃso
2018 China
Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
2018 China
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
2018 China
South China Karst
2018 China
Historic Centre of Macao
2018 China
The Great Wall
2018 Colombia
Los KatÃos National Park
2018 Costa Rica
Area de Conservación Guanacaste
2018 Costa Rica, Panama
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
2018 Côte d'Ivoire
Taï National Park
2018 Côte d'Ivoire
Comoé National Park
2019 Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
2018 Egypt
Historic Cairo
2018 Egypt
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
2018 Eritrea
Asmara: A Modernist African City
2019 Ethiopia
Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
2018 Germany
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
2018 Honduras
Maya Site of Copan
2018 India
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
2018 India
Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area
2019 Indonesia
Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy
2019 Indonesia
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
2018 Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Meidan Emam, Esfahan
2019 Iraq
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
2019 Iraq
Samarra Archaeological City
2019 Iraq
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
2019 Iraq
Hatra
2018 Italy
Venice and its Lagoon
2018 Italy
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
2018 Japan
Shiretoko
2018 Japan
Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration
2019 Jordan
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)
2018 Jordan
Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas)
2019 Kenya
Lamu Old Town
2019 Kenya
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
2019 Kenya
Lake Turkana National Parks
2018 Lao People's Democratic Republic
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape
2018 Lebanon
Tyre
2018 Lebanon
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
2018 Lesotho, South Africa
Maloti-Drakensberg Park
2019 Libya
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
2019 Libya
Old Town of Ghadamès
2019 Libya
Archaeological Site of Sabratha
2019 Libya
Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
2019 Libya
Archaeological Site of Cyrene
2019 Madagascar
Rainforests of the Atsinanana
2019 Mali
Timbuktu
2019 Mali
Tomb of Askia
2019 Mali
Old Towns of Djenné
2019 Mauritius
Aapravasi Ghat
2018 Mexico
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
2019 Micronesia (Federated States of)
Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia
2018 Mongolia
Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape
2019 Morocco
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
2019 Nepal
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
2019 Nepal
Kathmandu Valley
2018 Nepal
Chitwan National Park
2019 Niger
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
2018 Nigeria
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
2019 Pakistan
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore
2018 Pakistan
Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta
2018 Panama
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá
2019 Russian Federation
Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands
2019 Russian Federation
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
2019 Russian Federation
Western Caucasus
2019 Russian Federation
Kizhi Pogost
2019 Russian Federation
Golden Mountains of Altai
2018 Saudi Arabia
Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia
2018 Senegal
Island of Saint-Louis
2018 South Africa
Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa
2017 South Africa
Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa
2018 Spain
Doñana National Park
2019 Sri Lanka
Golden Temple of Dambulla
2019 Sudan
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
2018 Thailand
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
2018 Thailand
Historic City of Ayutthaya
2018 the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region
2019 Togo
Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba
2018 Turkey
Ephesus
2018 Turkey
Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
2019 Uganda
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi
2018 Ukraine
Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
2019 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
2018 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
2018 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
2019 United Republic of Tanzania
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
2018 Uzbekistan
Historic Centre of Bukhara
2019 Viet Nam
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
2018 Zambia, Zimbabwe
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
