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Friday, September 6, 2013

world heritage sites

Extensions added onto properties already on the World Heritage List:

  • Historic centres of Berat and Gjirokastra (Albania)
  •  Mountain Railways of India (India)
  • Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (Spain)  
  • Frontiers of the Roman Empire (United Kingdom, Germany)
  •  The following countries have had sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List for the first time this year: Papua New Guinea; San Marino and Saudi Arabia, Vanuatu .
  •  UNESCO’s World Heritage List now numbers a total of 878 sites, 679 cultural and 174 natural sites and 25 mixed in 145 countries.

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