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Bookmark or Share- Interactive Map - UNESCO World Heritage CentreWorld Heritage Online Map Platform. The World Heritage Online Map Platform, supported by the Flanders UNESCO Trustfund (FUT), is a pilot online geographic information system displaying georeferenced maps of World Heritage properties and buffer zones.
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre - World Heritage ListThe List World Heritage List. World Heritage List. Views. Order by: Country. 1199. Properties. 48. Transboundary. 168. States Parties with properties out of 195. add. Powered by Esri. Afghanistan. Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam. Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley. Albania.
- World Heritage Site - WikipediaAs of April 2024, a total of 1,199 World Heritage Sites (933 cultural, 227 natural and 39 mixed cultural and natural properties) exist across 168 countries. With 59 selected areas, Italy is the country with the most sites; followed by China with 57, then France and Germany with 52 each.
- World Heritage site | Criteria, Definition, History, & ListWorld Heritage site, any of various areas or objects inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage List. The sites are designated as having “outstanding universal value” under the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.
- World Heritage | UNESCOFrom historic cities, castles and cathedrals to magnificent mountains, rainforests and oceans, the world’s greatest treasures belong to all humankind. This is our world heritage. But our heritage is constantly under threat – from natural disasters, wars, climate change, construction, pollution and mass tourism.
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