19 new properties listed as a World Heritage

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. 

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• Nouveaux biens inscrits - 2013