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

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.

Main Market Square → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
New England National Park → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Old Town of Edinburgh → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Olinda → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Orange (France) → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Petite France → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Pier Head → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (former)
Tibet Autonomous Region → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
subject surface form: Potala Palace
Puebla → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (historic centre)
Rainbow Falls → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Saint-Louis, Senegal → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Santiniketan → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
South Stoa → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
subject surface form: South Stoa (Olympia)
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Southwest National Park → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Split → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
St. Stephen Monastery → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Stadium of Delphi → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Mostar → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
subject surface form: Stari Most
Sucre → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Susa → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Tallinn → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
subject surface form: Tallinn Old Town
Tanum → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Temple of Dakka → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Gotland → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
subject surface form: Visby
Vézelay → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Washpool National Park → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Western Wall → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Wieliczka → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (via Wieliczka Salt Mine)
Winter Palace of Prince Eugene → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Yaroslavl → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
ahu (ceremonial platforms) → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Bharatpur → heritageStatusOfNearbySite → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Belgium → heritageType → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage mixed site
Bukhara, Uzbekistan → historicCenterStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
subject surface form: Bukhara
Porto → historicCenterUNESCOStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site
Persepolis → inscribedIn → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
UNESCO World Heritage (Chavín de Huántar) → inscribedOn → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
subject surface form: Chavín de Huántar
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia → inscribedOn → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
Cyrene → inscribedOn → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
Jaipur → inscribedOn → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
Pergamon → inscribedOn → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus → inscribedOn → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
Sagarmatha National Park → inscribedOn → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
city of Morelia (renamed in his honor) → isListedOn → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
subject surface form: Morelia
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
World Heritage Sites in Delhi → isSubjectOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
Centre-Val de Loire → knownFor → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage sites
Luxor Governorate → knownFor → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Sites
Penang → knownFor → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ