UNESCO World Heritage tentative list
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The UNESCO World Heritage tentative list is a register maintained by UNESCO of sites that countries have proposed as potential future World Heritage Sites, serving as a prerequisite step before formal nomination.
All labels observed (23)
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UNESCO World Heritage tentative list Context triple: [Alexandria, hasHeritageStatus, UNESCO World Heritage tentative list]
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A.
List of World Heritage in Danger
The List of World Heritage in Danger is an official register maintained by UNESCO that identifies World Heritage Sites threatened by serious and specific dangers such as conflict, natural disasters, neglect, or development pressures.
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B.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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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C.
UNESCO World Heritage Programme
The UNESCO World Heritage Programme is an international initiative that identifies, protects, and promotes cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
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D.
Memory of the World Programme
The Memory of the World Programme is a UNESCO initiative dedicated to preserving and providing access to the world’s documentary heritage, including manuscripts, archives, and audiovisual materials.
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E.
UNESCO World Heritage Convention
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is an international treaty adopted in 1972 that establishes a framework for identifying, protecting, and preserving cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UNESCO World Heritage tentative list Target entity description: The UNESCO World Heritage tentative list is a register maintained by UNESCO of sites that countries have proposed as potential future World Heritage Sites, serving as a prerequisite step before formal nomination.
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A.
List of World Heritage in Danger
The List of World Heritage in Danger is an official register maintained by UNESCO that identifies World Heritage Sites threatened by serious and specific dangers such as conflict, natural disasters, neglect, or development pressures.
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B.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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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C.
UNESCO World Heritage Programme
The UNESCO World Heritage Programme is an international initiative that identifies, protects, and promotes cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
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D.
Memory of the World Programme
The Memory of the World Programme is a UNESCO initiative dedicated to preserving and providing access to the world’s documentary heritage, including manuscripts, archives, and audiovisual materials.
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E.
UNESCO World Heritage Convention
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is an international treaty adopted in 1972 that establishes a framework for identifying, protecting, and preserving cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO list
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heritage register ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
States Parties to the World Heritage Convention
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cultural properties ⓘ mixed properties ⓘ natural properties ⓘ |
| basedOn | World Heritage Convention guidelines ⓘ |
| category | international heritage inventory ⓘ |
| contains | sites proposed by individual countries ⓘ |
| geographicalCoverage | global ⓘ |
| governedBy | Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
UNESCO World Heritage tentative list
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tentative List
|
| hasConstraint |
only States Parties may submit tentative lists
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sites must be within the territory of the submitting State Party ⓘ |
| hasDigitalPresence | online database on UNESCO website ⓘ |
| hasPurpose | to register sites proposed as potential future World Heritage Sites ⓘ |
| hasRequirement | site should normally be on the tentative list before nomination ⓘ |
| hasRole | prerequisite for formal World Heritage nomination ⓘ |
| hasStakeholder |
heritage experts and advisory bodies
ⓘ
local communities at proposed sites ⓘ national heritage authorities ⓘ |
| hasTemporalRelation | must include a site before it can be nominated for inscription ⓘ |
| isNonBinding | inclusion does not guarantee inscription ⓘ |
| isPrerequisiteFor | nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage List ⓘ |
| isStepIn | World Heritage nomination process ⓘ |
| language |
French
ⓘ
primarily English ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
UNESCO World Heritage Convention
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surface form:
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
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| maintainedBy | UNESCO ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
World Heritage Centre
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surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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| partOf |
World Heritage Centre
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surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage system
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| precedes | evaluation by advisory bodies such as ICOMOS and IUCN ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
UNESCO World Heritage Programme
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surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage List
World Heritage nomination dossier ⓘ |
| requires | submission by a State Party ⓘ |
| scope |
cultural heritage sites
ⓘ
mixed cultural and natural heritage sites ⓘ natural heritage sites ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria | potential Outstanding Universal Value of sites ⓘ |
| updatedBy | States Parties ⓘ |
| updateProcess |
States Parties may add sites
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States Parties may modify site descriptions ⓘ States Parties may remove sites ⓘ |
| usedBy | World Heritage Committee ⓘ |
| usedFor |
long-term planning of nominations by States Parties
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transparency of future nomination intentions ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: UNESCO World Heritage tentative list Description of subject: The UNESCO World Heritage tentative list is a register maintained by UNESCO of sites that countries have proposed as potential future World Heritage Sites, serving as a prerequisite step before formal nomination.
Referenced by (55)
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UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
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UNESCO World Heritage tentative list site
this entity surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
this entity surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site candidate
this entity surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List