The World Heritage Committee, meeting for its 32nd session, finished inscribing new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on 8 July with the addition of 19 cultural sites and eight natural sites to the List.
New cultural sites inscribed during the 32nd session:
- Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia)
- Fujian Tulou (China)
- Stari Grad Plain (Croatia)
- Historic Centre of Camagüey (Cuba)
- Fortifications of Vauban (France)
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (Germany)
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles in Iran (Iran)
- Baha’i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee (Israel)
- Mantua and Sabbioneta (Italy)
- Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests (Kenya)
- Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia)
- Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús de Nazareno de Atotonilco (Mexico)
- Le Morne Cultural Landscape (Mauritius)
- Kuk Early Agricultural Site (Papua New Guinea)
- San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano (San Marino)
- Archaeological Site of Al-Hijr (Madâin Sâlih) (Saudi Arabia)
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area (Slovakia)
- Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Cultural Landscape (Switzerland and Italy)
- Chief Roi Mata's Domain (Vanuatu)
Natural properties inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during the 32nd session:
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs (Canada)
- Mount Sanqingshan National Park (China)
- Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems (France)
- Surtsey (Iceland)
- Saryarka - Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)
- Monarch Butterfly biosphere Reserve (Mexico)
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Switzerland)
- Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)
Extensions added onto properties already on the World Heritage List:
- Historic centres of Berat and Gjirokastra (Albania)
- Mountain Railways of India (India)
- Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (Spain)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire (United Kingdom, Germany)
The following countries have had sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List for the first time this year: Papua New Guinea; San Marino and Saudi Arabia, Vanuatu .
UNESCO’s World Heritage List now numbers a total of 878 sites, 679 cultural and 174 natural sites and 25 mixed in 145 countries.
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