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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Archaeological site of Olympia heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Babelsberg Park heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Bagrati Cathedral heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Basilica Palladiana heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site (UNESCO)
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Basilica of San Vitale heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Batalha Monastery heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Batalha, Portugal heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
subject surface form: Batalha Monastery
Bath, Somerset, England heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Bath, Somerset, England heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site (1987)
Bauhaus Weimar heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Beaumaris Castle heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Belvedere Palace, Vienna heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Belém Tower heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Blue Mountains heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Bochnia Royal Salt Mine heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Bombay High Court heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Boyana Church heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Boğazköy (Hattusa) heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Brouwersgracht heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Buda Castle heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Budapest Metro heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
subject surface form: Budapest Metro Line 1
Caernarfon Castle heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Canal du Midi heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Canterbury Cathedral heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Capitol of Dougga heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Caral heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Casbah heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
subject surface form: Casbah of Algiers
Casco Viejo heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Castillo San Cristóbal heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Castillo San Felipe del Morro heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Castillo del Morro heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Cathedral of the Annunciation heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Centennial Hall heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Charles Bridge heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Prague)
Charlotte Square, Edinburgh heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Chengde Mountain Resort heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Church of the Deposition of the Robe heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of the Kremlin and Red Square ensemble)
Church of the Nativity heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Churches and Convents of Goa heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Château de Fontainebleau heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Citadelle of Quebec heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Cité Frugès de Pessac heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site