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19 new properties listed as a World Heritage

19 new properties listed as a World Heritage

Published on 04 July 2013 - Updated 12 July 2013
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The 37th session of the World Heritage Committee was held from 16 to 27 June in Phnom Penh (Cambodia), with a closing ceremony on the Angkor site. During this session, 19 new sites were added to the World Heritage List, which now includes 981 sites across 160 States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, including 759 cultural sites, 193 natural sites and 29 mixed.

Five natural sites have been added: Tianshan au Xinjiang (China), Mont Etna (Italy), El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (Mexico), Namib Sand Sea (Namibia), Tajik National Park (Pamir Mountains) (Tadjikistan).

Fourteen cultural sites have been added: Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe (Germany), Red Bay Basque Whaling Station (Canada), Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces (China), Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Levuka Historical Port Town (Fiji), Hill Forts of Rajasthan (India), Golestan Palace (Islamic Republic of Iran), Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany (Italy), Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration (Japan), Historic Centre of Agadez (Niger), Wooden Tserkvas of Carpathian Region in Poland and in Ukraine, University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia (Portugal), Al Zubarah Archaeological Site (Qatar), Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora (Ukraine).

Three sites have been granted an extension: Mount Kenya National Park/ Natural Forest / Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (Kenya), Maloti Drakensberg Transboundary World Heritage Site (Lesotho-South Africa), Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines (Poland).

The six sites of the Syrian Arab Republic and Rennell Est (Solomon Islands) have also been inscribed on the List in Danger.

The Bam site and its cultural heritage (Islamic Republic of Iran) has been taken off the List in Danger.