New Inscribed Properties (2018)
New Inscribed Properties
Cultural properties
Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea
Denmark
Criteria: (v)
Located inside the Arctic Circle in the central part of West Greenland, the site contains the remains of 4,200 years of human history. It is a cultural landscape which bears witness to its creators’ hunting of land and sea animals, seasonal migrations and a rich and well-preserved tangible and intangible cultural heritage linked to climate, navigation and medicine. The features of the site include large winter houses and evidence of caribou hunting, as well as archaeological sites from Paleo-Inuit and Inuit cultures. The cultural landscape includes seven key localities, from Nipisat in the west to Aasivissuit, near the ice-cap in the east. It bears testimony to the resilience of the human cultures of the region and their traditions of seasonal migration.
Al-Ahsa Oasis, an Evolving Cultural Landscape
Saudi Arabia
Criteria: (iii)(iv)(v)
Ancient City of Qalhat
Oman
Criteria: (ii)(iii)
Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke
Germany
Criteria: (iii)(iv)
The archaeological site of Hedeby consists of the remains of an emporium – or trading town - containing traces of roads, buildings, cemeteries and a harbour dating back to the 1st and early 2nd millennia CE. It is enclosed by part of the Danevirke, a line of fortification crossing the Schleswig isthmus, which separates the Jutland Peninsula from the rest of the European mainland. Because of its unique situation between the Frankish Empire of the South and the Danish Kingdom in the North, Hedeby became a trading hub between continental Europe and Scandinavia and between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Because of its rich and well preserved archaeological material, it has become a key site for the interpretation of economic, social and historical developments in Europe during the Viking age.
Caliphate City of Medina Azahara
Spain
Criteria: (iii)(iv)
Göbekli Tepe
Turkey
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)
Located in the Germuş mountains of south-eastern Anatolia, this site presents monumental circular and rectangular megalithic structures, interpreted as enclosures, which were erected by hunter-gatherers in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic age between 9,600 and 8,200 BC. It is likely that these monuments were used in connection with rituals, probably of a funerary nature. Distinctive T-shaped pillars are carved with images of wild animals, providing insight into the way of life and beliefs of people living in Upper Mesopotamia about 11,500 years ago.
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
Japan
Criteria: (iii)
Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century
Italy
Criteria: (iv)
Naumburg Cathedral
Germany
Criteria: (i)(ii)
Located in the eastern part of the Thuringian Basin, the Cathedral of Naumburg, whose construction began in 1028, is an outstanding testimony to medieval art and architecture. Its Romanesque structure, flanked by two Gothic choirs, demonstrates the stylistic transition from late Romanesque to early Gothic. The west choir, dating to the first half of the 13th century reflects changes in religious practice and the appearance of science and nature in the figurative arts. The choir and life-size sculptures of the founders of the Cathedral are masterpieces of the workshop known as the “Naumburg Master”.
Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea
Republic of Korea
Criteria: (iii)
Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(v)
Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site
Kenya
Criteria: (iii)(iv)(v)
Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai
India
Criteria: (ii)(iv)
New Inscribed Properties
Natural properties
Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
South Africa
Criteria: (viii)
Situated in north-eastern South Africa, the site comprises 40% of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, one of the world’s oldest geological structures. The Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains represents the best-preserved succession of volcanic and sedimentary rock dating back 3.6 to 3.25 billion years, when the first continents were starting to form on the primitive Earth. It features meteor-impact fallback breccias resulting from the impact of meteorites formed just after the Great Bombardment (4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago).
Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena
France
Criteria: (viii)
Situated in the centre of France, the site comprises the long Limagne fault, the alignments of the Chaîne des Puys volcanoes and the inverted relief of the Montagne de la Serre. It is an emblematic segment of the West European Rift, created in the aftermath of the formation of the Alps, 35 million years ago. The geological features of the property demonstrate how the continental crust cracks, then collapses, allowing deep magma to rise and cause uplifting at the surface. The property is an exceptional illustration of continental break-up – or rifting – which is one of the five major stages of plate tectonics.
Fanjingshan
China
Criteria: (x)
New Inscribed Properties
Mixed property
Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar”
Colombia
Criteria: (iii)(ix)(x)
Located in the north-west Colombian Amazon, Chiribiquete National Park is the largest protected area in the country. One of the defining features of the park is the presence of tepuis (the Native American word for table-top mountains), sheer-sided sandstone plateaux that dominate the forest. Over 75,000 paintings, spanning more than 20,000 years to the present, are to be seen on the walls of the 60 rock shelters around the bases of the tepuis. Believed to be linked to the worship of the jaguar, a symbol of power and fertility, these paintings depict hunting scenes, battles, dances and ceremonies. The indigenous communities, which are not directly present on the site, consider the region sacred.
Pimachiowin Aki
Canada
Criteria: (iii)(vi)(ix)
Pimachiowin Aki (“The Land That Gives Life”) is a forest landscape crossed by rivers and studded with lakes, wetlands, and boreal forest. It forms part of the ancestral home of the Anishinaabeg, an indigenous people living from fishing, hunting and gathering. The area encompasses the traditional lands of four Anishinaabeg communities (Bloodvein River, Little Grand Rapids, Pauingassi and Poplar River). It is an exceptional example of the cultural tradition of Ji-ganawendamang Gidakiiminaan (“keeping the land”) which consists of honouring the gifts of the Creator, respecting all forms of life and maintaining harmonious relations with others. A complex network of livelihood sites, habitation sites, travel routes and ceremonial sites, often linked by waterways, embodies this tradition.
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica
Mexico
Criteria: (iv)(x)
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, part of the Mesoamerican region, is the arid or semi-arid zone with the richest biodiversity in all of North America. Consisting of three components, Zapotitlán-Cuicatlán, San Juan Raya and Purrón, it is one of the main centres of diversification for the cacti family, which is critically endangered worldwide. The valley harbours the densest forests of columnar cacti in the world, shaping a unique landscape that also includes agaves, yuccas and oaks. Archaeological remains demonstrate technological developments and the early domestication of crops. The valley presents an exceptional water management system of canals, wells, aqueducts and dams, the oldest in the continent, which has allowed for the emergence of agricultural settlements.
Significant modifications to the boundaries
Natural properties
Central Sikhote-Alin
Russian Federation
Criteria: (x)
The Bikin River Valley is a serial extension of the existing Central Sikhote-Alin site, inscribed in 2001 on the World Heritage List. It is located about 100 km to the north of the existing property. The extension covers an area of 1,160,469 hectares, three times larger than the existing site. It encompasses the South-Okhotsk dark coniferous forests and the East-Asian coniferous broadleaf forests. The fauna includes species of the taiga alongside southern Manchurian species. It includes notable mammals such as the Amur Tiger, Siberian Musk Deer, Wolverine and Sable.
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News (5)
- Four sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List Monday, 2 July 2018
- Four sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List Sunday, 1 July 2018
- Two sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List Sunday, 1 July 2018
- Four sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List Saturday, 30 June 2018
- Sites from Kenya, Oman and Saudi Arabia inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List Friday, 29 June 2018