UNESCO World Heritage Site

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cultural heritage protection mechanism heritage designation international conservation status

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a landmark or area recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as having outstanding universal value to humanity and deserving legal protection and conservation.

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Observed surface forms (46)

Surface form	Occurrences
UNESCO World Heritage Site component	71
World Heritage List	17
UNESCO World Heritage List	15
World Heritage Site	14
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	3
World Heritage Sites	3
UNESCO World Heritage City	2
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Brasília)	2
UNESCO World Heritage Site components	2
UNESCO World Heritage component	2
UNESCO World Heritage	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Forth Bridge)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Historic Jeddah)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Makli, Thatta)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Kraków)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Lima)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Prague)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Rome)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Palace and Park of Versailles)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of the Acropolis area and its surroundings)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of the Kremlin and Red Square ensemble)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of the Palladian Villas of the Veneto)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (former)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (historic areas)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (historic centre)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (partial)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (via Rapa Nui National Park)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (via Statue of Liberty)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (via Wieliczka Salt Mine)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site buffer zone	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site in China	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site nomination (Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks)	1
UNESCO World Heritage core area via Vatican City	1
UNESCO World Heritage cultural phenomenon	1
UNESCO World Heritage monuments	1
UNESCO World Heritage property component	1
UNESCO World Heritage sites	1
UNESCO cultural site	1
World Heritage	1
World Heritage (serial property)	1
World Heritage Site (1987)	1
World Heritage Site (UNESCO)	1
World Heritage Sites in England	1
World Heritage Sites in Russia	1
World Heritage mixed site	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural heritage protection mechanism ⓘ heritage designation ⓘ international conservation status ⓘ
administeredBy	UNESCO ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Programme ⓘ surface form: World Heritage Committee
adoptedAt	General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ surface form: UNESCO General Conference
adoptedInCity	Paris ⓘ
adoptedInYear	1972 ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure long-term conservation of listed properties ⓘ
associatedWithDocument	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention ⓘ
definedBy	UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
emphasizes	outstanding universal value to humanity ⓘ
evaluatedBy	International Council on Monuments and Sites ⓘ IUCN ⓘ surface form: International Union for Conservation of Nature UNESCO World Heritage Programme ⓘ surface form: World Heritage Centre
hasAbbreviation	WHS ⓘ
hasCategory	cultural site ⓘ mixed site ⓘ natural site ⓘ
hasConservationTool	buffer zone ⓘ management plan ⓘ
hasCriterionType	cultural criteria ⓘ mixed criteria ⓘ natural criteria ⓘ
hasGeographicScope	global ⓘ
hasLanguageVariant	UNESCO World Heritage Site self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: World Heritage Site
hasLegalBasisIn	UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ surface form: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
hasPurpose	promotion of international cooperation in heritage conservation ⓘ protection of cultural heritage ⓘ protection of natural heritage ⓘ safeguarding sites of outstanding universal value ⓘ
inscribedOn	UNESCO World Heritage Programme ⓘ surface form: World Heritage List
linkedTo	UNESCO World Heritage Programme ⓘ surface form: World Heritage Fund
mayBePlacedOn	List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
monitoredBy	UNESCO World Heritage Programme ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Centre
protects	geological formations ⓘ groups of buildings ⓘ monuments ⓘ natural features ⓘ natural habitats ⓘ sites ⓘ
requires	adequate protection and management system ⓘ integrity or authenticity ⓘ outstanding universal value ⓘ
requiresInclusionIn	national tentative list ⓘ
requiresNominationBy	State Party to the World Heritage Convention ⓘ
subjectTo	periodic reporting ⓘ reactive monitoring ⓘ

Referenced by (591)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Villa Savoye → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Villa Tugendhat → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Wartburg Castle → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Waset → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage Site

Wawel Castle in Kraków → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

subject surface form: Wawel Castle

Westminster Abbey, London → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

subject surface form: Westminster Abbey

Westminster World Heritage Site → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Wet Tropics of Queensland → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Works of Antoni Gaudí → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

World Heritage Sites in Delhi → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Xochimilco → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Yazd → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Yíhéyuán → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Zamość → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Église Saint-Étienne de Strasbourg → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component

Þingvellir National Park → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Algiers → heritageDesignationOfCasbahOfAlgiers → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Great Sphinx of Giza → heritageSite → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Belize → heritageSiteStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Molenlanden → heritageSiteTypeNearby → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Aachen → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

subject surface form: Aachen Cathedral

Admiralty Embankment → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component

Ahmedabad → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage City

Assisi → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Avignon → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Bauhaus Dessau building → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component

Belém → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site buffer zone

Duke of Marlborough → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

subject surface form: Blenheim Palace

Budapest Metro → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

subject surface form: Budapest Metro Line 1

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component

Cartagena, Colombia → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Cathedral of Brasília → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component

Cathedral of the Archangel → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component

Catherine Park → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component

Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component

Durham → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Ferrara → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Mombasa → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

subject surface form: Fort Jesus

Giza → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

subject surface form: Giza pyramid complex

Granada → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site components

Habana Vieja → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Hall of Preserving Harmony → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component

Herengracht → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component

Isla de Pascua province → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

subject surface form: Isla de Pascua Province

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (via Rapa Nui National Park)

Ivan the Great Bell Tower → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component

Jeddah → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Historic Jeddah)

Rennell and Bellona → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

subject surface form: Lake Tegano

Ovalau → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

subject surface form: Levuka