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Bardejov
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardejov
Caves of
Aggtelek Karst and
Slovak Karst
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caves_of_Aggtelek_Karst_and_Slovak_Karst
Historic
Town of
Banská Štiavnica and the Technical
Monuments in its Vicinity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Town_of_Bansk%C3%A1_%C5%A0tiavnica_and_the_Technical_Monuments_in_its_Vicinity
Levoca,
Spiš Castle and the associated cultural monuments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Levo%C4%8Da,_Spi%C5%A1_Castle_and_the_associated_cultural_monuments
Primeval Beech Forests of the
Carpathians and the
Ancient Beech Forests of
Germany
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primeval_Beech_Forests_of_the_Carpathians_and_the_Ancient_Beech_Forests_of_Germany
Vlkolínec
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlkol%C3%ADnec
Wooden churches of the
Slovak Carpathians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooden_churches_of_the_Slovak_Carpathians
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Slovakia
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UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place (such as a forest, mountain, lake, island, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that is listed by the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (
UNESCO) as of special cultural or physical significance .
The list is maintained by the international
World Heritage Programme administered by the
UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 UNESCO member states which are elected by the
General Assembly.
The programme catalogues, names, and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humanity. Under certain conditions, listed sites can obtain funds from the
World Heritage Fund. The programme was founded with the
Convention Concerning the
Protection of the
World Cultural and
Natural Heritage, which was adopted by the
General Conference of UNESCO on
16 November 1972. Since then, 191 states parties have ratified the Convention, making it one of the most adhered to international instruments. Only
Liechtenstein,
Nauru,
Somalia,
South Sudan, Timor-Leste and
Tuvalu are not
Party to the Convention.
As of 2014, 1007 sites are listed: 779 cultural, 197 natural, and 31 mixed properties, in 161 states parties. By sites ranked by country,
Italy is home to the greatest number of
World Heritage Sites with 57 sites, followed by
China (47),
Spain (44),
France (39), Germany (39),
Mexico (32) and
India (32). UNESCO references each
World Heritage Site with an identification number; however, new inscriptions often include previous sites now listed as part of larger descriptions. As a result, the identification numbers exceed 1,
200 even though there are fewer on the list.
In
1954, the government of
Egypt decided to build the
Aswan Dam (
Aswan High Dam), an event that would deluge a valley containing treasures of ancient Egypt such as the
Abu Simbel temples. UNESCO then launched a worldwide safeguarding campaign. The
Abu Simbel and
Philae temples were taken apart, moved to a higher location, and put back together piece by piece.
Meanwhile, the
Temple of Dendur was moved to
Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York City and the
Temple of Debod was moved to
Parque del Oeste in
Madrid.
The cost of the project was
US$80 million, about $40 million of which was collected from 50 countries.
The project was regarded as a success, and led to other safeguarding campaigns, saving
Venice and its lagoon in Italy, the ruins of
Mohenjo-daro in
Pakistan, and the
Borobodur Temple Compounds in
Indonesia. UNESCO then initiated, with the
International Council on Monuments and Sites, a draft convention to protect the common cultural heritage of humanity.
The United States initiated the idea of cultural conservation with nature conservation. A
White House conference in
1965 called for a '
World Heritage Trust' to preserve "the world's superb natural and scenic areas and historic sites for the present and the future of the entire world citizenry."
The International Union for
Conservation of
Nature developed similar proposals in
1968, and they were presented in 1972 to the United Nations conference on
Human Environment in
Stockholm. Under the
World Heritage Committee signatory countries are required to produce and submit periodic data reporting providing the World Heritage Committee with an overview of each participating nation's implementation of the
World Heritage Convention and a "snapshot" of current conditions at
World Heritage properties.
A single text was agreed on by all parties, and the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972.
- published: 23 May 2015
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