List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription
This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee.[1][2] The first World Heritage Site in the list is the Galápagos Islands.[3] The 24th session in 2000 inscribed the most with 61 entries, while the 13th session in 1989 only inscribed seven sites.[2]
(F) denotes a country's first inscription.[citation needed]
1978 (2nd session)[edit]
12 sites (8 cultural, 4 natural)
Host: United States
Country | Site | Category | UNESCO Reference no. |
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L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site (F) | Cultural | 4 |
Nahanni National Park | Natural | 24 | |
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City of Quito | Cultural | 2 |
Galápagos Islands (F) | Natural | 1 | |
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Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela | Cultural | 18 |
Simien National Park (F) | Natural | 9 | |
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Aachen Cathedral (F) | Cultural | 3 |
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Historic Centre of Kraków (F) | Cultural | 29 |
Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines | Cultural | 32 | |
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Island of Gorée (F) | Cultural | 26 |
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Mesa Verde National Park | Cultural | 27 |
Yellowstone National Park (F) | Natural | 28 |
1979 (3rd session)[edit]
45 sites (34 cultural, 8 natural, 3 mixed)
Host: Egypt
1980 (4th session)[edit]
27 sites (22 cultural, 5 natural)
Host: France
1981 (5th session)[edit]
26 sites (15 cultural, 9 natural, 2 mixed)
Host: Australia
1982 (6th session)[edit]
24 sites (17 cultural, 5 natural, 2 mixed)
Host: France
1983 (7th session)[edit]
29 sites (19 cultural, 9 natural, 1 mixed)
Host: Italy
1984 (8th session)[edit]
22 sites (15 cultural, 7 natural)
Host: Argentina
1985 (9th session)[edit]
30 sites (25 cultural, 4 natural, 1 mixed)
Host: France
1986 (10th session)[edit]
29 sites (23 cultural, 5 natural, 1 mixed)
Host: France
1987 (11th session)[edit]
41 sites (32 cultural, 7 natural, 2 mixed)
Host: France
1988 (12th session)[edit]
27 sites (19 cultural, 5 natural, 3 mixed)
Host: Brazil
1989 (13th session)[edit]
7 sites (4 cultural, 2 natural, 1 mixed)
Host: France
Country | Site | Category | UNESCO Reference no. |
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Archaeological Site of Mystras | Cultural | 511 |
Archaeological Site of Olympia | Cultural | 517 | |
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Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi | Cultural | 524 |
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Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) | Mixed | 516 |
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Banc d'Arguin National Park (F) | Natural | 506 |
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Monastery of Alcobaça | Cultural | 505 |
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Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls | Natural | 509 |
1990 (14th session)[edit]
16 sites (11 cultural, 2 natural, 3 mixed)
Host: Canada
Country | Site | Category | UNESCO Reference no. |
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Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos | Cultural | 529 |
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Mount Huangshan | Mixed | 547 |
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Colonial City of Santo Domingo (F) | Cultural | 526 |
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Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin | Cultural | 532 |
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Delos | Cultural | 530 |
Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios | Cultural | 537 | |
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Historic Centre of San Gimignano | Cultural | 550 |
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Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve (F) | Natural | 494 |
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Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand | Natural | 551 |
Tongariro National Park (F) | Mixed | 421 | |
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Río Abiseo National Park | Mixed | 548 |
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Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments (F) | Cultural | 540 |
Kizhi Pogost | Cultural | 544 | |
Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow | Cultural | 545 | |
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Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra | Cultural | 527 |
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Itchan Kala | Cultural | 543 |
1991 (15th session)[edit]
22 sites (16 cultural, 6 natural)
Host: Tunisia
1992 (16th session)[edit]
20 sites (16 cultural, 4 natural)
Host: United States
1993 (17th session)[edit]
33 sites (29 cultural, 4 natural)
Host: Colombia
1994 (18th session)[edit]
29 sites (21 cultural, 8 natural)
Host: Thailand
1995 (19th session)[edit]
29 sites (23 cultural, 6 natural)
Host: Germany
1996 (20th session)[edit]
37 sites (30 cultural, 5 natural, 2 mixed)
Host: Mexico
1997 (21st session)[edit]
46 sites (38 cultural, 7 natural, 1 mixed)
Host: Italy
1998 (22nd session)[edit]
30 sites (27 cultural, 3 natural)
Host: Japan
1999 (23rd session)[edit]
48 sites (35 cultural, 11 natural, 2 mixed)
Host: Morocco
2000 (24th session)[edit]
61 sites (50 cultural, 10 natural, 1 mixed)
Host: Australia
2001 (25th session)[edit]
31 sites (25 cultural, 6 natural)
Host: Finland
2002 (26th session)[edit]
9 sites (8 cultural, 1 mixed)
Host: Hungary
Country | Site | Category | UNESCO Reference no. |
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Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam (F) | Cultural | 211 |
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Saint Catherine Area | Cultural | 954 |
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Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar | Cultural | 1067 |
Upper Middle Rhine Valley | Cultural | 1066 | |
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Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape | Cultural | 1063 |
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Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya | Cultural | 1056 |
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Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily) | Cultural | 1024 |
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Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche | Mixed | 1061 |
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Historic Inner City of Paramaribo | Cultural | 940 |
2003 (27th session)[edit]
24 sites (19 cultural, 5 natural)
Host: France
2004 (28th session)[edit]
34 sites (29 cultural, 5 natural)
Host: China
2005 (29th session)[edit]
24 sites (17 cultural, 7 natural)
Host: South Africa
2006 (30th session)[edit]
18 sites (16 cultural, 2 natural)
Host: Lithuania
2007 (31st session)[edit]
22 sites (16 cultural, 4 natural, 2 mixed)
Host: New Zealand
2008 (32nd session)[edit]
27 sites (19 cultural, 8 natural)
Host: Canada
2009 (33rd session)[edit]
13 sites (11 cultural, 2 natural)
Host: Spain
Country | Site | Category | UNESCO Reference no. |
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Stoclet House | Cultural | 1298 |
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Ruins of Loropéni (F) | Cultural | 1225 |
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Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande (F) | Cultural | 1310 |
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Mount Wutai | Cultural | 1279 |
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Wadden Sea | Natural | 1314 |
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Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System | Cultural | 1315 |
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The Dolomites | Natural | 1237 |
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Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain (F) | Cultural | 1230 |
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Sacred City of Caral-Supe | Cultural | 1269 |
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Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty | Cultural | 1319 |
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Tower of Hercules | Cultural | 1312 |
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La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning | Cultural | 1302 |
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Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal | Cultural | 1303 |
2010 (34th session)[edit]
21 sites (15 cultural, 5 natural, 1 mixed)
Host: Brazil
2011 (35th session)[edit]
25 sites (21 cultural, 3 natural, 1 mixed)
Host: France
2012 (36th session)[edit]
26 sites (20 cultural, 5 natural, 1 mixed)
Host: Russia
2013 (37th session)[edit]
19 sites (14 cultural, 5 natural)
Host: Cambodia
2014 (38th session)[edit]
26 sites (22 cultural, 3 natural, 1 mixed)
Host: Qatar
Country | Site | Category | UNESCO Reference no. |
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Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System | Cultural | 1459 |
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Okavango Delta | Natural | 1432 |
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The Grand Canal | Cultural | 1443 |
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Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor | Cultural | 1442 |
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Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís | Cultural | 1453 |
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Stevns Klint | Natural | 1416 |
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Decorated Cave of Pont d'Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc, Ardèche | Cultural | 1426 |
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Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey | Cultural | 1447 |
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Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area | Cultural | 1406 |
Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen's Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat | Cultural | 922 | |
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Shahr-I Sokhta | Cultural | 1456 |
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Erbil Citadel | Cultural | 1437 |
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Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves | Cultural | 1370 |
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Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato | Cultural | 1390 |
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Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites | Cultural | 1449 |
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Pyu Ancient Cities (F) | Cultural | 1444 |
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Van Nellefabriek | Cultural | 1441 |
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Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir | Cultural | 1492 |
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Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary | Natural | 1403 |
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Bolghar Historical and Archaeological Complex | Cultural | 981 |
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Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah | Cultural | 1361 |
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Namhansanseong | Cultural | 1439 |
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Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire | Cultural | 1452 |
Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape | Cultural | 1457 | |
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Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point | Cultural | 1435 |
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Trang An Landscape Complex | Mixed | 1438 |
2015 (39th session)[edit]
24 sites (23 cultural, 1 mixed)
Host: Germany
2016 (40th session)[edit]
21 sites (12 cultural, 6 natural, 3 mixed)
Host: Turkey
2017 (41st session)[edit]
21 sites (18 cultural, 3 natural)
Host: Poland
2018 (42nd session)[edit]
19 sites (13 cultural, 3 natural, 3 mixed)
Host: Bahrain
2019 (43rd session)[edit]
29 sites (24 cultural, 4 natural, 1 mixed)
Host: Azerbaijan
2021 (44th session)[edit]
The 44th session was originally scheduled for 2020 but postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, the World Heritage Committee voted on both 2020 and 2021 nominations.[4]
34 sites (29 cultural, 5 natural)
Host: China
2023 (18th extraordinary session)[edit]
At its 18th extraordinary session, the World Heritage Committee added three sites under an emergency procedure to both the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger.[5][6]
3 sites (3 cultural)
Host: France
Country | Site | Category | UNESCO Reference no. |
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Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli | Cultural | 1702 |
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The Historic Centre of Odesa | Cultural | 1703 |
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Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib | Cultural | 1700 |
2023 (45th session)[edit]
The 45th session was originally scheduled to be held from 19 June to 30 June, 2022, in Kazan, Russia, but was postponed indefinitely due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7] The World Heritage Committee then rescheduled the 45th session to 10-25 September 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and will vote on 2022 and 2023 nominations.[8]
See also[edit]
- Former UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- List of World Heritage in Danger
- Lists of World Heritage Sites
- World Heritage Sites by country
References[edit]
- ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "UNESCO World Heritage Centre - World Heritage List". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ a b Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Number of World Heritage properties inscribed each Year". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Galápagos Islands". whc.unesco.org.
- ^ UNESCO (2021-07-16). "Extended 44th World Heritage Committee session opens in Fuzhou, China". UNESCO. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ "Ukraine's Odesa city put on UNESCO heritage in danger list". Associated Press. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Three sites 'in danger' added to UNESCO World Heritage List". CNN. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ "UNESCO indefinitely postpones planned world heritage meeting in Russia". The Art Newspaper. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia to host UNESCO's World Heritage Committee meetings in September". Saudi Gazette. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
External links[edit]
- UNESCO World Heritage portal – Official website (in English and French)
- The World Heritage List – Official searchable list of all Inscribed Properties
- New Inscribed Properties – List of new Inscribed Properties. Also lists nominated sites prior to an upcoming session of the World Heritage Committee.