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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Palacio de Santa Catalina heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Palatine Hill heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Rome)
Palau Güell heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Palau de la Música Catalana heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Palácio do Planalto heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Brasília)
subject surface form: Pampulha Modern Ensemble
Parco archeologico del Colosseo heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Park Güell heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
the Parthenon heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
subject surface form: Parthenon
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Parthenon sculptures heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage component
Pasargadae heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Patriarchate of Peć heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Patriarchate of Peć Monastery heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Pergamon Museum heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Peter and Paul Fortress heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Peterhof Palace heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Petit Trianon heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Palace and Park of Versailles)
Petra heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Philippeion heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Plaza Mayor de Lima heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Plaza San Martín heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Lima)
Plaza de Armas de Lima heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Plaza de la Constitución heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Plaza de la Independencia heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Pont du Gard heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Potosí heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Prague Castle heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Prambanan Temple heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Prinsengracht heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Propylaea heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Puebla Cathedral heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Qal'at al-Bahrain heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Qhapaq Ñan heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Quedlinburg heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Queen’s House heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Qutb Minar heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites in Delhi heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
subject surface form: Qutub Minar and its Monuments
Rapa Nui National Park heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Red Fort heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites in Delhi heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
subject surface form: Red Fort Complex
Red Pyramid heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Reims heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
subject surface form: Reims Cathedral
Reims Cathedral heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Rideau Canal heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Rietveld Schröder House heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Rila Monastery heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site