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.

Potsdam → knownFor → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Tanjore → knownFor → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage monuments

Huangshan → listedAs → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site in China

Villa Rotonda → listedIn → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List

Mount Kenya → listedOn → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List

UNESCO World Heritage Site Hildesheim Cathedral and St. Michael's Church → locatedOn → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List

Hildesheim → notableFor → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Santiago de Compostela → oldTownStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Banks of the Danube, Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage List

Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage List

UNESCO World Heritage Site Fagus Factory in Alfeld → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

subject surface form: Fagus Factory in Alfeld

this entity surface form: World Heritage List

Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage List

Khomanani Cultural Landscape → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage List

Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage List

Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage List

Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage List

Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage List

The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage List

Westminster World Heritage Site → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List

Lake Baikal → protectedStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Pinacate volcanic region → protectedStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Abu Simbel temples → protectionStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage

Arausio → recognizedAs → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component

Lake Ohrid → recognizedAs → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Limes Germanicus → recognizedAs → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Ogasawara Islands → recognizedAs → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Petergof → recognizedAs → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component

Sicilian Baroque → recognizedAs → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage cultural phenomenon

Wadden Sea → recognizedAs → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

WHS → refersTo → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

List of World Heritage in Danger → relatedList → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage List

Australian National Heritage List → relatedRegister → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage List

Commonwealth Heritage List → relatedTo → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage List

Historic Monument of Poland → relatedTo → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage Site

Important Bird Area → relatedTo → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Monument historique (France) → relatedTo → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage Site

UNESCO Global Geoparks → relatedTo → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage Sites

WHS → standsFor → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage Site

UNESCO World Heritage Programme → usesInstrument → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage List

Carlsbad Caverns National Park → worldHeritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Yengo National Park → worldHeritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage property component