1407 SN - Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes (2012)

Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes

The site, located in south-east Senegal, includes three geographical areas: the Bassari–Salémata area, the Bedik–Bandafassi area and the Fula–Dindéfello area, each with its specific morphological traits. The Bassari, Fula and Bedik peoples settled from the 11th to the 19th centuries and developed specific cultures and habitats symbiotic with their surrounding natural environment. The Bassari landscape is marked by terraces and rice paddies, interspersed with villages, hamlets and archaeological sites. The Bedik villages are formed by dense groups of huts with steep thatched roofs. Their inhabitants’ cultural expressions are characterized by original traits of agro-pastoral, social, ritual and spiritual practices, which represent an original response to environmental constraints and human pressures. The site is a well-preserved multicultural landscape housing original and still vibrant local cultures.

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1407

Bassari

1567 FR - Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) (2023)

 Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)

All along the Western Front of the First World War, which stretched for some 700 km from the North Sea to the Franco-Swiss border, a series of 139 funerary and memorial sites bear witness to the common desire of the various parties involved in the conflict to honour their children who fell in battle. This objective takes the form of individual graves and/or memorials listing the names of the missing. Places dedicated to meditation, remembrance and tributes are specially created. Beyond the diversity in size, location and design, there is a clear desire to create spaces that are worthy of the sacrifice made. This is reflected in the choice of noble materials, as well as in calls for renowned architects, botanists, landscape architects and artists to design sites of exceptional architectural, artistic and landscape quality. These sites are visited daily by pilgrims, individual visitors, official delegations, school groups, local community representatives and descendants. They bear witness to funerary and memorial practices that are still relevant today, as remains discovered by chance or during archaeological excavations are still buried there with all honours. These commemorative sites represent a heritage that almost literally belongs to the whole world, spreading a message of reconciliation that is still very topical.

第一次世界大战（西线）的墓葬和纪念场所

该跨境系列遗产由第一次世界大战西线沿线的遗址构成，这里是1914-1918年间德国与盟军战争的地方。遗产的组成部分散布于比利时北部和法国东部之间。其规模各不相同，从容纳数万名不同国籍士兵遗骸的大型墓园，到小型、简单的墓地和单一纪念碑。这些地点类型包括军事公墓、战场墓地和医院公墓，通常与纪念场馆相结合。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1567

FL17 - Menin Gate

Top right- ME 05 French ossuary and national necropolis Douaumont 

Lower left -ME08 Trench of the bayonets

Lower right - ME06 Fort of Douaumont

Postmark showing the 50 years anniversary of Battle of Verdun

611 YE - Historic Town of Zabid (1993)

Historic Town of Zabid

Zabid's domestic and military architecture and its urban plan make it an outstanding archaeological and historical site. Besides being the capital of Yemen from the 13th to the 15th century, the city played an important role in the Arab and Muslim world for many centuries because of its Islamic university.

乍比得历史古城

乍比得的民用和军事建筑及其城市规则使之具有杰出的考古和历史价值。除了在13世纪到15世纪曾作为首都，许多世纪以来由于乍比得的伊斯兰大学，使得该城在阿拉伯和穆斯林世界发挥着重要作用。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/611

8 TN - Ichkeul National Park (1980)

 Ichkeul National Park

The Ichkeul lake and wetland are a major stopover point for hundreds of thousands of migrating birds, such as ducks, geese, storks and pink flamingoes, who come to feed and nest there. Ichkeul is the last remaining lake in a chain that once extended across North Africa.

伊其克乌尔国家公园

伊其克乌尔湖和沼泽是上万种候鸟迁徙的主要中转站。鸭子、鹅、鹳、火烈鸟等鸟类都在此觅食筑巢。在贯穿整个北非的湖泊链条中，伊其克乌尔湖是现存的最后一个湖泊。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/8

Vintage card

1404 CA - Landscape of Grand Pré (2012)

Situated in the southern Minas Basin of Nova Scotia, the Grand Pré marshland and archaeological sites constitute a cultural landscape bearing testimony to the development of agricultural farmland using dykes and the aboiteau wooden sluice system, started by the Acadians in the 17th century and further developed and maintained by the Planters and present-day inhabitants. Over 1,300 ha, the cultural landscape encompasses a large expanse of polder farmland and archaeological elements of the towns of Grand Pré and Hortonville, which were built by the Acadians and their successors. The landscape is an exceptional example of the adaptation of the first European settlers to the conditions of the North American Atlantic coast. The site – marked by one of the most extreme tidal ranges in the world, averaging 11.6 m – is also inscribed as a memorial to Acadian way of life and deportation, which started in 1755, known as the Grand Dérangement.

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1404

1696 AZ - Cultural Landscape of Khinalig People and “Köç Yolu” Transhumance Route (2023)

This cultural landscape is comprised of the high-mountain Khinalig village in northern Azerbaijan, high-altitude summer pastures and agricultural terraces in the Greater Caucasus Mountains, winter pastures in the lowland plains in central Azerbaijan, and the connecting 200-kilometre-long seasonal transhumance route called Köç Yolu (“Migration Route”). The village of Khinalig is home to the semi-nomadic Khinalig people, whose culture and lifestyle are defined by the seasonal migration between summer and winter pastures, and who retain the ancient way of long-distance vertical transhumance. The organically evolved network including ancient routes, temporary pastures and camping sites, mausoleums, and mosques illustrates a sustainable eco-social system adapted to extreme environmental conditions.

希纳利格人文化景观和移牧路线

这片文化景观包括阿塞拜疆北部的希纳利格（Khinalig）高山村庄、大高加索山脉中的高海拔夏季牧场和梯田、阿塞拜疆中部的低地平原冬季牧场，以及连接这些地区的长达200公里季节性移牧路线（Köç Yolu）。希纳利格村是半游牧的希纳利格人的家园，他们保留着古老的长距离垂直移牧，其文化和生活方式随夏季和冬季牧场之间的季节性迁徙而变。古道、临时牧场、扎营地、墓地、清真寺组成有机发展的网络，展示了与极端环境条件相适应的可持续生态社会系统。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1696

Courtesy of hidalgo from postcrossing forum

Village Khinalig

1076 AZ - Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (2007)

Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape covers three areas of a plateau of rocky boulders rising out of the semi-desert of central Azerbaijan, with an outstanding collection of more than 6,000 rock engravings bearing testimony to 40,000 years of rock art. The site also features the remains of inhabited caves, settlements and burials, all reflecting an intensive human use by the inhabitants of the area during the wet period that followed the last Ice Age, from the Upper Paleolithic to the Middle Ages. The site, which covers an area of 537 ha, is part of the larger protected Gobustan Reservation.

戈布斯坦岩石艺术文化景观

戈布斯坦岩石艺术文化景观包括三个部分，位于阿塞拜疆中部荒漠地区横空突起的岩石高原，这里蕴藏着近6000幅精美雕刻，让人们看到了4000年前的岩石艺术。在这里还发现了居住地和墓葬的遗存，表明人类在上一个冰河时代之后的湿润时期曾经在此地大量定居，时间从旧石器时代早期一直延续到中世纪。遗产占地537公顷，是范围更大的戈布斯坦保护区的一部分

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1076

• 1076rev-001 Jinghindagh mountain –Yazylytepe hill
• 1076rev-002 Boyukdash mountain
• 1076rev-003 Kichikdash mountain

Courtesy of hidalgo from postcrossing forum

434 OM - Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn (1988)

Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn

The protohistoric site of Bat lies near a palm grove in the interior of the Sultanate of Oman. Together with the neighbouring sites, it forms the most complete collection of settlements and necropolises from the 3rd millennium B.C. in the world.

巴特•库特姆和艾因考古遗址

巴特是一个史前遗址，位于阿曼苏丹国内的一片棕树林附近。它和周围的遗址一起共同组成了公元前3000年时最完整的村落和公共墓地遗迹。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/434

Courtesy of hidalgo from postcrossing forum

167 AU - Willandra Lakes Region (1981)

The fossil remains of a series of lakes and sand formations that date from the Pleistocene can be found in this region, together with archaeological evidence of human occupation dating from 45–60,000 years ago. It is a unique landmark in the study of human evolution on the Australian continent. Several well-preserved fossils of giant marsupials have also been found here.

威兰德拉湖区

该湖区有更新世(the Pleistocene)系列湖泊和沙滩构造的化石，考古研究还发现了4.5至6万年前人类居住的证据。这对于研究澳洲大陆人类进化史有着里程碑式的意义。湖区还有一些保存完好的大型有袋动物化石。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/167

186 AU - Lord Howe Island Group (1982)

Brief Description

"A remarkable example of isolated oceanic islands, born of volcanic activity more than 2,000 m under the sea, these islands boast a spectacular topography and are home to numerous endemic species, especially birds."

豪勋爵群岛

"这是典型的孤立海洋群岛，由海底两千多米深处的火山喷发而形成。群岛地形独特，岛上有大量当地的特有物种，特别是鸟类。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/186

Courtesy of Lotty from postcrossing forum

698 AU - Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) (1994)

Brief Description

"Riversleigh and Naracoorte, situated in the north and south respectively of eastern Australia, are among the world's 10 greatest fossil sites. They are a superb illustration of the key stages of evolution of Australia's unique fauna."

澳大利亚哺乳动物化石地（里弗斯利/纳拉库特）

"分别位于东澳大利亚北部和南部的里弗斯利和纳拉库特都位居世界十大化石景点之列，完美地展示了澳大利亚特有动物群的各个进化阶段。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1441
 
698-001     Riversleigh
698-002     Naracoorte (Hynam-Caves Rd)
698-003     Naracoorte (Alexandra Cave, Bat Cave and Blanche Cave)
698-004     Naracoorte (Robert-Leitch Dr)
698-005     Naracoorte (Caves-Edwards Rd)
698-006     Naracoorte (Victoria Fossil Cave)
698-007     Naracoorte (Robertson Cave)

698-006     Naracoorte (Victoria Fossil Cave)

Courtesy of Helent from postcrossingforum

Naracoorte (Victoria Fossil Cave)

1433 PS - Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (2012)

Brief Description

"The inscribed property is situated 10 km south of Jerusalem on the site identified by Christian tradition as the birthplace of Jesus since the 2nd century. A church was first completed there in AD 339 and the edifice that replaced it after a fire in the 6th century retains elaborate floor mosaics from the original building. The site also includes Latin, Greek Orthodox, Franciscan and Armenian convents and churches, as well as bell towers, terraced gardens and a pilgrimage route."

耶稣诞生地：伯利恒主诞堂和朝圣线路

"这一入选遗产位于耶路撒冷以南10公里，自从公元二世纪以来，就被基督教传统认定为耶稣的诞生地。公元339年，在此建成第一座教 堂，公元6世纪的火灾后，在此基础上重建的教堂保留了原有建筑精美的马赛克地板。这一遗产地还包括拉丁、希腊东正教、方济会和亚美尼亚修道院和教堂，以及 钟楼、露台花园和一条朝圣路线。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1433

Church of the Nativity , Bethlehem

Birthplace of Jesus

1558 CZ - Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops (2023)

 Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops

This cultural landscape has been shaped for centuries by the living tradition of cultivating and trading the world’s most renowned hop variety, used in beer production around the globe. The property includes particularly fertile hop fields near the river Ohře that have been farmed continuously for hundreds of years, as well as historic villages and buildings used for processing hops. The urban component of the property is represented by the medieval centre of Žatec with its southern extension, known as the “Prague Suburb” (Pražské předměstí) including numerous specific 19th to 20th-century industrial structures. Together, these illustrate the evolution of the agro-industrial processes and socio-economic system of growing, drying, certifying, and trading hops from the Late Middle Ages to the present.

扎泰茨及萨兹啤酒花景观

这里有着世界最知名的、用于全球啤酒生产的啤酒花品种，其种植和交易历经数个世纪，已经发展成为这里的活态传统，进而塑造了当地的文化景观。该遗产包括奥赫热河附近极为肥沃、得到数百年持续耕种的啤酒花田，以及从事啤酒花加工的古老村庄及其建筑物。城市元素则包括扎泰茨的中世纪中心，和该城于19-20世纪扩展的工业新区。新区被称作“布拉格郊区”。以上区域共同展示了啤酒花的种植、干燥、认证和交易方面的农工进程和社会经济体系从中世纪晚期至今的演变。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1558

1558rev-001 Saaz Hop Landscape

1558rev-002 Žatec

Courtesy of hs87 from Postcrossing forum

695 DK - Roskilde Cathedral (1995)

Brief Description

"Built in the 12th and 13th centuries, this was Scandinavia's first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick and it encouraged the spread of this style throughout northern Europe. It has been the mausoleum of the Danish royal family since the 15th century. Porches and side chapels were added up to the end of the 19th century. Thus it provides a clear overview of the development of European religious architecture."

罗斯基勒大教堂

"这座教堂建于12和13世纪，是斯堪的纳维亚第一座砖砌的哥特式大教堂，也推动了此类建筑风格在北欧的传播。自15世纪起大教堂便成为丹麦皇家陵寝。其走廊和侧面的小礼拜堂是19世纪末才增建的，因而整个教堂清晰地展现了欧洲宗教建筑的发展历程。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/695

1499 AG - Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites (2016)

Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites

The site consists of a group of Georgian-style naval buildings and structures, set within a walled enclosure. The natural environment of this side of the island of Antigua, with its deep, narrow bays surrounded by highlands, offered shelter from hurricanes and was ideal for repairing ships. The construction of the Dockyard by the British navy would not have been possible without the labour of generations of enslaved Africans since the end of the 18th century. Its aim was to protect the interests of sugar cane planters at a time when European powers were competing for control of the Eastern Caribbean.

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1499

Missing List - Main

Afghanistan

• Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam

Albania

• Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region
• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

Angola

• Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo

Argentina

• The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
• Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System
• Los Alerces National Park
• ESMA Museum and Site of Memory – Former Clandestine Center of Detention, Torture and Extermination

Australia

• Budj Bim Cultural Landscape

Austria

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment)
• The Great Spa Towns of Europe -  Baden bei Wien

Azerbaijan

• Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace (swap arranged)

Bahrain

• Dilmun Burial Mounds

Bangladesh

• Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur

Belgium

• Colonies of Benevolence
• Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) 

Belize

• Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

Benin

• Royal Palaces of Abomey
• W-Arly-Pendjari Complex

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

• City of Potosí
• Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
• Historic City of Sucre
• Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture
• Fuerte de Samaipata
• Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
• Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
• Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards
• Vjetrenica Cave, Ravno

Botswana

• Tsodilo

Brazil

• Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) 
• Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
• Central Amazon Conservation Complex
• São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão
• Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site
• Sítio Roberto Burle Marx (Brazil)
• Lençóis Maranhenses National Park

Bulgaria

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

Burkina Faso

• W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
• Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso
• Royal Court of Tiébélé

Cambodia

• Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura

Cameroon

• Dja Faunal Reserve
• Sangha Trinational *

Canada

• Old Town Lunenburg
• Pimachiowin Aki
• Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi
• Anticosti

Central African Republic

• Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
• Sangha Trinational

Chad

• Lakes of Ounianga
• Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape

Chile

• Sewell Mining Town
• Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System
• Settlement and Artificial Mummification of the Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region

Colombia

• Los Katíos National Park
• Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar”
• Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
• Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System

Congo

• Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua
• Sangha Trinational

Costa Rica

• Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
• Cocos Island National Park
• Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís

Côte d'Ivoire

• Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
• Taï National Park
• Comoé National Park
• Historic Town of Grand-Bassam
• Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire

Cuba

• Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
• Desembarco del Granma National Park
• Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba
• Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
• Historic Centre of Camagüey

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Virunga National Park 
• Garamba National Park
• Kahuzi-Biega National Park
• Salonga National Park
• Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Denmark

• The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand
• Viking-Age Ring Fortresses

Ecuador

• Sangay National Park
• Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System

Egypt

• Abu Mena
• Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)

Eritrea

• Asmara: a Modernist City of Africa

Ethiopia

• Simien National Park
• Lower Valley of the Awash
• Aksum
• Lower Valley of the Omo
• Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
• Bale Mountains National Park
• Konso Cultural Landscape
• The Gedeo Cultural Landscape
• Melka Kunture and Balchit Archeological and Paleontological Site

Fiji

• Levuka Historical Port Town

France

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
• Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps 
• Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
• Taputapuātea
• French Austral Lands and Seas
• Te Henua Enata – The Marquesas Islands

Gabon

• Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda
• Ivindo National Park

Gambia

• Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites

Georgia

• Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands

Greece

• Delos
• Archaeological Site of Philippi
• Zagori Cultural Landscape

Guatemala

• National Archaeological Park Tak’alik Ab’aj

Guinea

• Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

Haiti

• National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers

Honduras

• Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve

India

• Santiniketan
• Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana
• Dholavira: a Harappan City
• Moidams – the Mound-Burial System of the Ahom Dynasty

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

• Bisotun
• Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil
• Gonbad-e Qābus
• Cultural Landscape of Maymand
• Susa
• Shahr-i Sokhta
• The Persian Qanat
• Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region
• Trans-Iranian Railway
• The Persian Caravanserai
• Hegmataneh 

Iraq

• Hatra
• Babylon
• Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
• Erbil Citadel
• The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities

Israel

• Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves
• Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves

Italy

• Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century
• Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines

Jamaica

• Blue and John Crow Mountains

Japan

• Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape
• Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island 
• Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan
• Sado Island Gold Mines

Jordan

• As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality
• Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas)
• Umm Al-Jimāl

Kazakhstan

• Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan
• Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
• Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly
• Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
• Western Tien-Shan
• Cold Winter Deserts of Turan

Kenya

• Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests
• Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site
• The Historic Town and Archaeological Site of Gedi 

Kyrgyzstan

• Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain
• Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
• Western Tien-Shan

Latvia

• Struve Geodetic Arc 
• Old town of Kuldīga

Lebanon

• Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli

Lesotho

• Maloti-Drakensberg Park *

Libya

• Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna 
• Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
• Old Town of Ghadamès (swap arranged)

Lithuania

• Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939 (swap arranged)

Madagascar

• Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
• Rainforests of the Atsinanana

Malawi

• Lake Malawi National Park
• Chongoni Rock-Art Area

Mali

• Old Towns of Djenné
• Tomb of Askia

Mauritania

• Banc d'Arguin National Park
• Aapravasi Ghat

Mexico

• Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
• Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes
• Historic Centre of Morelia
• Historic Centre of Zacatecas
• Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl
• Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
• Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
• Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara (swap arranged)
• Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
• Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
• Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
• Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche
• Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro
• Luis Barragán House and Studio
• Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
• Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco
• Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
• Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
• Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca
• Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System
• Archipiélago de Revillagigedo
• Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica

Micronesia (Federated States of)

• Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia

Moldova, Republic of

• Struve Geodetic Arc *

Mongolia

• Uvs Nuur Basin 
• Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai
• Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape
• Landscapes of Dauria
• Deer Stone Monuments and Related Bronze Age Sites 

Morocco

• Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)

Mozambique

• Island of Mozambique

Myanmar

• Pyu Ancient Cities

New Zealand

• New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands

Nicaragua

• Ruins of León Viejo
• León Cathedral

Niger

• Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
• W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
• Historic Centre of Agadez

Nigeria

• Sukur Cultural Landscape
• Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove

North Macedonia

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

Norway

• Vegaøyan -- The Vega Archipelago

Oman

• Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman

Panama

• Darien National Park
• Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park 
• Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection

Papua New Guinea

• Kuk Early Agricultural Site

Paraguay

• Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue

Peru

• Chavin (Archaeological Site)
• Huascarán National Park
• Manú National Park
• Sacred City of Caral-Supe
• Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System
• Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex

Philippines

• Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary

Poland

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (swap arranged)

Qatar

• Al Zubarah Archaeological Site

Republic of Korea

• Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies
• Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea
• Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats
• Gaya Tumuli

Romania

• Monastery of Horezu (swap arranged)
• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (swap arranged)
• Roșia Montană Mining Landscape (swap arranged)
• Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu (swap arranged)
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia (swap arranged)

Russian Federation

• Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea 
• Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University
• Testament of Kenozero Lake (swap arranged)

Rwanda

• Memorial sites of the Genocide: Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero
• Nyungwe National Park

Saudi Arabia

• Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah
• Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia
• Al-Ahsa Oasis, an Evolving Cultural Landscape
• Ḥimā Cultural Area
• ‘Uruq Bani Ma’arid
• The Cultural Landscape of Al-Faw Archaeological Area 

Senegal

• Stone Circles of Senegambia
• Saloum Delta (swap arranged)

Serbia

• Stari Ras and Sopoćani
• Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards

Seychelles

• Aldabra Atoll
• Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

Slovakia

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment)

Slovenia

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

Solomon Islands

• East Rennell

South Africa

• Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa
• Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
• Vredefort Dome
• Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape
• Khomani Cultural Landscape
• Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
• Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites (swap arranged)
• The Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa 1723

State of Palestine

• Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan
• Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Batti
• Saint Hilarion Monastery

Sudan

• Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park
• Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
• Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe

Suriname

• Jodensavanne Archaeological Site: Jodensavanne Settlement and Cassipora Creek Cemetery

Sweden

• Struve Geodetic Arc

Switzerland

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

Syrian Arab Republic

• Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din
• Ancient Villages of Northern Syria

Tajikistan

• Proto-urban Site of Sarazm
• Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs)
• Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
• Tugay forests of the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve

Tanzania, United Republic of

• Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
• Serengeti National Park (swap arranged)
• Selous Game Reserve
• Kilimanjaro National Park
• Kondoa Rock-Art Sites

Thailand

• Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries
• Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex
• The Ancient Town of Si Thep and its Associated Dvaravati Monuments

Togo

• Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba

Tunisia

• Djerba: Testimony to a settlement pattern in an island territory (swap arranged)

Türkiye

• Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
• Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük
• Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
• Aphrodisias
• Arslantepe Mound
• Gordion
• Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia

Turkmenistan

• Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
• Cold Winter Deserts of Turan

Uganda

• Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• Rwenzori Mountains National Park
• Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

• Henderson Island
• Gough and Inaccessible Islands (Swap arranged)
• Gorham's Cave Complex
• The Flow Country 
• Moravian Church Settlements - Gracehill 

United States of America

• Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point
• Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
• Moravian Church Settlements - Bethlehem

Uruguay

• Fray Bentos Cultural-Industrial Landscape
• The work of engineer Eladio Dieste: Church of Atlántida

Uzbekistan

• Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
• Cold Winter Deserts of Turan
• Western Tien-Shan

Vanuatu

• Chief Roi Mata’s Domain

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

• Coro and its Port
• Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas

Yemen

• Socotra Archipelago
• Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib

Zambia

• Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls # *

Zimbabwe

• Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
• Matobo Hills

1113 CN - Fujian Tulou (2008)

Brief Description

"Fujian Tulou is a property of 46 buildings constructed between the 15th and 20th centuries over 120 km in south-west of Fujian province, inland from the Taiwan Strait. Set amongst rice, tea and tobacco fields the Tulou are earthen houses. Several storeys high, they are built along an inward-looking, circular or square floor plan as housing for up to 800 people each. They were built for defence purposes around a central open courtyard with only one entrance and windows to the outside only above the first floor. Housing a whole clan, the houses functioned as village units and were known as “a little kingdom for the family” or “bustling small city.” They feature tall fortified mud walls capped by tiled roofs with wide over-hanging eaves. The most elaborate structures date back to the 17th and 18th centuries. The buildings were divided vertically between families with each disposing of two or three rooms on each floor. In contrast with their plain exterior, the inside of the tulou were built for comfort and were often highly decorated. They are inscribed as exceptional examples of a building tradition and function exemplifying a particular type of communal living and defensive organization, and, in terms of their harmonious relationship with their environment, an outstanding example of human settlement."

福建土楼包括46个建于15至20世纪间的土楼组成。它们分布于台湾海峡西岸福建西南部120公里的范围内。土楼往往建于稻田茶园和烟草地之间，几层楼高，中空的圆形或是方形的设计，每个土楼可以住将近800人。出于防御的考虑，建筑面向中庭，只有一个出入口，朝外的窗户只开在一楼之上。一座土楼可以住下整个大家族，它们是村落的组成部分，往往被称为家族王国或是迷你城市。土楼有很高的土墙砖瓦铺盖的屋顶和屋檐。最华丽的土楼是建于17至18世纪之间。土楼垂直分割为一套套家庭单元，各单元每层有两到三个房间。相对于平淡的外表，土楼的内部很舒适装修很华丽。土楼是传统建筑家族生活自卫和自然环境完美结合的特殊代表。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1113

永定县

• 1113-001 Chuxi Tulou Cluster 初溪土楼群 （集庆楼）
• 1113-002 Hokgkeng Tulou Cluster 洪坑土楼群 （包括振成樓、福裕樓、奎聚樓、光裕樓、如升樓、景陽樓、慶成樓、福興樓、玉成樓、慶福樓等）
• 1113-003 Gaobei Tulou Cluster 高北土楼群 （承启楼、五云楼、世泽楼、侨福楼）
• 1113-004 Yanxiang Lou 衍香楼
• 1113-005 Zhenfu Lou 振福楼

南靖县

• 1113-006 Tianloukeng Tulou Cluster 田螺坑土楼群 一座方楼（步云楼）、三座圆楼（和昌楼、振昌楼、瑞云楼）和一座椭圆形楼（文昌楼）
• 1113-007 Hekeng Tulou Cluster 河坑土楼群 (由方形的朝水楼、阳照楼、永盛楼、绳庆楼、永荣楼、永贵楼，圆形的裕昌楼、春贵楼、东升楼、晓春楼、永庆楼、裕兴楼，以及五角形的南薰楼等13座组成)
• 1113-008 Huaiyuan Lou 怀远楼
• 1113-009 Hegui Lou 和贵楼
• 1113-010 Dadi Tulou Cluster 大地土楼群（二宜楼、南阳楼、东阳楼）

1113-001 Chuxi Tulou Cluster 初溪土楼群

 1113-001 Chuxi Tulou Cluster 初溪土楼群-集庆楼

1113-002 Hokgkeng Tulou Cluster 洪坑土楼群 - 振成楼

1113-002 Hokgkeng Tulou Cluster 洪坑土楼群 - 振成楼

1113-002 Hokgkeng Tulou Cluster 洪坑土楼群 - 振成楼 内院祖堂

1113-002 Hokgkeng Tulou Cluster 洪坑土楼群 - 福裕楼

1113-003 Gaobei Tulou Cluster 高北土楼群

1113-003 Gaobei Tulou Cluster 高北土楼群 - 承启楼

1113-005 Zhenfu Lou 振福楼

 1113-006 Tianloukeng Tulou Cluster 田螺坑土楼群

1113-008 Huaiyuan Lou 怀远楼 Exterior

1113-008 Huaiyuan Lou 怀远楼 Interior

1113-009 Hegui Lou 和贵楼 （南靖县梅林镇璞山村）

1536 DK - Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap (2017)

Kujataa is a subarctic farming landscape located in the southern region of Greenland. It bears witness to the cultural histories of the Norse farmer-hunters who started arriving from Iceland in the 10th century and of the Inuit hunters and Inuit farming communities that developed from the end of the 18th century. Despite their differences, the two cultures, European Norse and Inuit, created a cultural landscape based on farming, grazing and marine mammal hunting. The landscape represents the earliest introduction of farming to the Arctic, and the Norse expansion of settlement beyond Europe.

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1536

Courtesy of kara_ ann from Postcrossing Forum

1557 DK - Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea (2018)

 Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea

Located inside the Arctic Circle in the central part of West Greenland, the property 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 property 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.

冰与海之间的因纽特人狩猎场阿斯维斯尤特–尼皮萨特

此处遗产地位于西格陵兰中部的北极圈内，这里有着4200年的人类历史遗迹。该文化景观见证其创造者对陆地和海洋动物的捕猎、季节性的迁徙，以及保存完好的气候、航海和医学方面丰富的物质和非物质文化遗产。该遗产地的特征包括大型冬季营房、驯鹿狩猎遗迹，以及古代因纽特人和因纽特文化的考古遗址。其文化景观包括7个主要地点，从西部的Nipisat到东部冰盖附近的Aasivissuit。它反映了该地区人类文化的复原力及季节性迁移的传统。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1557

Courtesy of kara_ ann from Postcrossing Forum

1714 CN - Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital (2024)

Running north to south through the heart of historical Beijing, the Central Axis consists of former imperial palaces and gardens, sacrificial structures, and ceremonial and public buildings. Together they bears testimony to the evolution of the city and exhibits evidence of the imperial dynastic system and urban planning traditions of China. The location, layout, urban pattern, roads and design showcase the ideal capital city as prescribed in the Kaogongji, an ancient text known as the Book of Diverse Crafts. The area, between two parallel rivers, has been settled for about 3,000 years, but the Central Axis itself originated during the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) that established its capital, Dadu, in the northern part. The property also features later historical structures built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and improved during the Qing Dynasty (1636-1912).

北京中轴线位于北京老城的中心，呈南北走向，由古代皇家宫苑建筑、古代皇家祭祀建筑、古代城市管理设施、国家礼仪和公共建筑以及居中道路遗存等5大类15个遗产构成要素共同组成组成。它们共同见证了北京城从帝国王都到现代首都的历史变革，并展现了中国城市规划传统。其选址、布局、城市规划、道路和设计，整体展现了中国古籍《考工记》所载的理想都城规划范式。这一地区位于两条平行河流之间，已有约3000年的人类聚居历史，而中轴线本身起源于定都北方的元朝（1271-1368年）。中轴线上的许多古建筑兴建于明朝（1368-1644年），完善于清朝（1635-1912年）。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1714