July 5, 2018 – The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Manama since 24 June under the chair of Shaikha Haya Bint Rashed al-Khalifa of Bahrain, ended on 4 July 2018. The next session of the World Heritage Committee will be in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The Crooked Wall of the Danevirke. Photo: Rainer Heidenreich. © Archäologisches Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein.
During the session, the Committee inscribed 19 sites on the World Heritage List (13 cultural sites, three natural and two mixed sites, i.e. both natural and cultural). It also approved the extension of one natural site. The World Heritage List now numbers 1092 sites in 167 countries.
Newly inscribed cultural sites:
Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea (Denmark)
- Al-Ahsa Oasis, an evolving Cultural Landscape (Saudi Arabia)
- Ancient City of Qalhat (Oman)
- Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke (Germany)
- Caliphate City of Medina Azahara (Spain)
- Göbekli Tepe (Turkey)
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region (Japan)
- Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century (Italy)
Naumburg, cathedral with West choir. Photo: Guido Siebert. © Förderverein Welterbe an Saale und Unstrut.
- Naumburg Cathedral (Germany)
Beopjusa Temple, Hall of Eight Pictures in Korea. Photo: CIBM. © CIBM.
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea (Republic of Korea)
- Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region (Islamic Republic of Iran)
- Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site (Kenya)
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai (India)
Natural sites:
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains (South Africa)
- Chaine des Puys – Limagne fault tectonic arena (France)
- Fanjingshan (China)
Mixed sites:
- Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar” (Colombia)
- Pimachiowin Aki (Canada)
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica (Mexico)
Extension:
- Bikin River Valley (Russian Federation)
Also during the session, the Committee decided to inscribe Lake Turkana National Parks (Kenya) on the List of World Heritage in Danger, and removed the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (Belize) from that list of properties whose outstanding universal value is under threat.
For more information on the sites and the World Heritage List check the UNESCO website.
Take a look at this video where a tourist shows his visit to the impressive Fanjingshan in China.
On Gobekli Tepe you can watch a very informative National Geographic documentary.