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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Falkirk AntonineWallStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Sagrada Família NativityFacadeUNESCOStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site
District of Burgenlandkreis Naumburg CathedralStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
subject surface form: Burgenlandkreis
Vézelay UNESCOListing UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site
Celestial Mountains UNESCOStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: World Heritage (serial property)
Saint-Émilion UNESCOStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Geirangerfjord UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site
Warsaw Warsaw Old Town UNESCO World Heritage Site
Manas River associatedWith UNESCO World Heritage Site
Audenarde belfryListedAs UNESCO World Heritage Site
Blenheim Palace category UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: World Heritage Sites in England
Ivan the Great Bell Tower category UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: World Heritage Sites in Russia
UNESCO World Heritage Convention definesConcept UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: World Heritage
Prague Castle describedBySource UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
Bikini Atoll designatedAs UNESCO World Heritage Site
Doñana National Park designation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Kilimanjaro National Park designation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site
Mesa Verde National Park designation UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO Global Geoparks distinctFrom UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: World Heritage Sites
UNESCO World Heritage Convention establishesList UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: World Heritage List
World Heritage Committee governs UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: World Heritage List
Visva-Bharati University hasCulturalHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
Vatican Hill hasCulturalSignificance UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage core area via Vatican City
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System hasDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site
Daintree Rainforest hasDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Arles hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Bath hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Bern, Switzerland hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
subject surface form: Bern
Besançon hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Camagüey hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Campeche hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Damascus Gate hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
Eisleben hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Firth of Forth hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Forth Bridge)
Ghadamès hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Graz hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
historic centre of Lima hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
subject surface form: Historic Centre of Lima
Kairouan hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Kandy hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Lyon hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Lübeck hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Maser hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of the Palladian Villas of the Veneto)
Old Havana hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Riga hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Sabratha hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
St. George’s, Bermuda hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
Theatre of Delphi hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component