Decision : 33 COM 8D
Clarifications of property boundries and sizes by States Parties in response to the Retrospective Inventory
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-09/33.COM/8D,
2. Recalling Decisions 30 COM 11A.2, 31 COM 11A.2 and 32 COM 8D, adopted at its 30th (Vilnius, 2006), 31st (Christchurch, 2007) and 32nd (Quebec City, 2008) sessions respectively,
3. Recalls that, as decided at its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007) by Decision 31 COM 11A.2, the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies will not be able to examine proposals for minor or significant modifications to boundaries of World Heritage properties whenever the delimitation of such properties as inscribed is unclear;
4. Congratulates States Parties in the Europe Region and the State Party of Algeria on the excellent work accomplished in the clarification of the delimitation of their World Heritage properties and thanks them for their efforts to improve the credibility of the World Heritage List;
5. Takes note of the clarifications of property boundaries and sizes provided by the following States Parties in the European and Arab Regions in response to the Retrospective Inventory, as presented in the Annex of Document WHC-09/33.COM/8D:
- Algeria: Tipasa;
- Austria: Semmering Railway;
- Belarus/Poland: Belovezhskaya Pushcha/Białowieża Forest;
- Bulgaria: Madara Rider; Rila Monastery;
- Croatia: Old City of Dubrovnik; Historic City of Trogir;
- Czech Republic: Holašovice Historical Village Reservation;
- France: Chartres Cathedral;
- Germany: St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church in Hildesheim; Pilgrimage Church of Wies; Hanseatic City of Lübeck;
- Greece: Archaeological Site of Delphi; Acropolis, Athens; Meteora; Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus; Archaeological Site of Olympia; Monastery of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios;
- Holy See/Italy: Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura;
- Italy: Castel del Monte; 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and the San Leucio Complex; Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena; Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata; Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archaeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula;
- Montenegro: Durmitor National Park;
- Turkey: Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği; Hattusha: the Hittite Capital; Nemrut Dağ; Xanthos-Letoon; Archaeological Site of Troy.
6. Requests the European and Arab States Parties which have not yet answered the questions raised in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 within the framework of the Retrospective Inventory to provide all requested clarifications and documentation as soon as possible and by 1 December 2009 at the latest.
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World Heritage Semmering Railway. Core zone ...Belovezhskaya Pushcha /Bialowieza Forest ...
Madara Rider. Inscribed property
Madara Rider Inscribed Property and its ...
Historic City of Trogir, Croatia
Holašovice Historical Village Reservation
Holašovice Historical Village Reservation ...
Pilgrimage Church of Wies
Town of Lübeck World Heritage site
Archaeological site of Delphi inscribed ...
Archaeological site of Delphi inscribed ...
Acropolis, Athens. Map 2/2
Meteora
Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea ...
Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea ...
Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea ...
Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea ...
Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
Castel del Monte inscribed property
18th Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the ...
Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, ...
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum ...
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum ...
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with ...
Castel del Monte inscribed property and its ...
Archaeological Site of Olympia
Durmitor National Park
Divriği – Ulucami
Hattuşa – Boğazköy
Nemrut
Antalya_Xanthos
Muğla – Letoon
Délimitation des sites archéologiques du ...
Mausolée royal de Maurétanie selon le système ...
Troia, scale 1:5000
St. Michael’s Church and St. Mary’s Cathedral ...
Map showing the inscribed property