UNESCO World Heritage Site

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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

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Tikal hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Wittenberg hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Alcalá de Henares hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Arequipa hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Bath, Somerset, England hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Bursa hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (historic areas)
Canterbury, Kent, England hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Chellah necropolis hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Dijon hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Dung Gate hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Fez hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Fraser Island hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Greenwich hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Holy Mountain hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Kronstadt hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Kyoto hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Longwy hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Meknes hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Meteora hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Novgorod hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Orange hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site components
Pirin Mountains hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Pirin Mountains hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
subject surface form: Pirin National Park
Rhodes hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
St. Petersburg hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Tarragona hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Valparaíso hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site hasLanguageVariant UNESCO World Heritage Site self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site
Mount Fuji hasUNESCOStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban hasWorkRecognizedAs UNESCO World Heritage Site
Salamanca heritageCriteria UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO cultural site
Aalen Roman fort heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Acropolis of Athens heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Agra Fort heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Alcalá de Henares heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Alexandrowka colony heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Alhambra heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
All Saints Church in Blizne heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
All Saints' Church, Wittenberg heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Altes Museum, Berlin heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
subject surface form: Altes Museum
Ancient Agora of Athens heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of the Acropolis area and its surroundings)
subject surface form: Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Andrássy Avenue heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Angkor Archaeological Park heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Angkor Wat heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Angra do Heroísmo heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Antigua Guatemala heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Antonine Wall heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Archaeological Site of Carthage heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site