Worldheritage Forum

29th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee: 17 new UNESCO World Heritage Sites listed

Posted on 15. July 2005 um 17:43 Uhr

The Historic Center of Macao is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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In Germany the Upper Germanic Limes is now included in UNESCO's World Heritage List.
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The nomination of Heidelberg will be discussed again next year. Now there is a chance to complete and improve the proposal of the city.
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Here a list of the 17 new UNESCO World Heritage Sites:

• Albania – Museum-City of Gjirokastra
  
• Bahrain - Qal'at al-Bahrain Archaeological Site
  
• Belarus - Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh
  
• Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Sweden, Ukraine - Struve Geodetic Arc
  
• Belgium - Plantin-Moretus House–Workshops–Museum Complex
  
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
  
• Chile - Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
  
• China - Historic Centre of Macao
  
• Cuba - Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
  
• France - Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
  
• Iran - Soltaniyeh
  
• Israel - Biblical Tells – Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
  
• Israel - Incense Route / Cities in the Negev
  
• Italy - Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
  
• Nigeria - Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
  
• Russian Federation - Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl
  
• Turkmenistan - Kunya-Urgench
  

New Extensions of existing UNESCO World Heritage Sites are:

• France and Belgium - Belfries of Belgium and France
  
• Germany and the United Kingdom - Frontiers of the Roman Empire
  
• India - Mountain Railways of India
  
• South Africa – Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai and Environs
  
• Spain - Works of Antoni Gaudí
  

reference: http://portal.unesco.org/

Read the press release with information on the inscription of the 17 new UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Ruins of Saint Paul's Cathedral in Macao (reference: Wikipedia, GNU)