865 L’viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre – 1998
The city of L”viv, founded in the late Middle Ages, was a flourishing administrative, religious and commercial centre for several centuries. The medieval
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Unesco heritage 1998
849 Archaeological Site of Troy – 1998
Troy, with its 4,000 years of history, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. The first excavations at the
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871 Naval Port of Karlskrona – 1998
Karlskrona is an outstanding example of a late-17th-century European planned naval city. The original plan and many of the buildings have survived intact,
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876 University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares – 1998
Founded by Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros in the early 16th century, Alcalá de Henares was the world’s first planned university city. It was
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874 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula – 1998
The late prehistoric rock-art sites of the Mediterranean seaboard of the Iberian peninsula form an exceptionally large group. Here the way of life
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866 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde – 1998
The two Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley (Portugal) and Siega Verde (Spain) are located on the banks of the rivers
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854 East Rennell – 1998
makes up the southern third of Rennell Island, the southernmost island in the Solomon Island group in the western Pacific. Rennell, 86 km
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768 Golden Mountains of Altai – 1998
The Altai mountains in southern Siberia form the major mountain range in the western Siberia biogeographic region and provide the source of its
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866 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde – 1998
The two Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley (Portugal) and Siega Verde (Spain) are located on the banks of the rivers
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877 New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands – 1998
The consist of five island groups (the Snares, Bounty Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island) in the Southern Ocean south-east of
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867 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) – 1998
The Wouda Pumping Station at Lemmer in the province of Friesland opened in 1920. It is the largest steam-pumping station ever built and
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862 Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan – 1998
Tlacotalpan, a Spanish colonial river port on the Gulf coast of Mexico, was founded in the mid-16th century. It has preserved its original
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560 Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes – 1998
Paquimé, Casas Grandes, which reached its apogee in the 14th and 15th centuries, played a key role in trade and cultural contacts between
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850 Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) – 1998
The Qadisha valley is one of the most important early Christian monastic settlements in the world. Its monasteries, many of which are of
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870 Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara – 1998
Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed
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828 Historic Centre of Urbino – 1998
The small hill town of Urbino, in the Marche, experienced a great cultural flowering in the 15th century, attracting artists and scholars from
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842 Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula – 1998
The Cilento is an outstanding cultural landscape. The dramatic groups of sanctuaries and settlements along its three east–west mountain ridges vividly portray the
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825 Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia – 1998
Aquileia (in Friuli-Venezia Giulia), one of the largest and wealthiest cities of the Early Roman Empire, was destroyed by Attila in the mid-5th
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846 Classical Weimar – 1998
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the small Thuringian town of Weimar witnessed a remarkable cultural flowering, attracting many writers and
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868 Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France – 1998
Santiago de Compostela was the supreme goal for countless thousands of pious pilgrims who converged there from all over Europe throughout the Middle
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