WHC 2027

Africa (4)
- Abourma Rock Art Site (Djibouti)
- Mission Ruins of Venn's Town (Seychelles)
- Kibiro Salt Producing Village (Uganda)
- Barotse Plains Cultural Landscape (Zambia)

Arab States (3)
- Awali: A Pioneering Oil Settlement (Bahrain)
- The Hajj Pilgrimage Routes: Darb Zubaydah (Iraq, Saudi Arabia)
- Hisham's Palace/ Khirbet al-Mafjar (State of Palestine) *dependent on security situation regarding evaluation

Asia-Pacific (13)
- Flinders Ranges (Australia)
- Guizhou Triassic Fossil Sites (China)
- Maungaroa Cultural Landscape (Cook Islands)
- Jingkieng Jri / Lyucharai Cultural Landscape (India)
- The Historic Port of Siraf (Iran)
- Cultural Landscape of Masouleh and Its Ancient Ironworking Sites (Iran)
- Ustyurt: Landscapes and Aran Hunting Traps (Kazakhstan)
- Hirigalu Miskiiy: Coral Stone Mosque Ensemble (Maldives)
- Mongolian Gobi (Mongolia)
- Port of Banbhore (Pakistan)
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang (Republic of Korea)
- Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna (Thailand)
- Oc Eo - Ba The Archaeological Complex (Vietnam)

Europe - North America (9)
- State-building in the Pyrenees: the Co-Principality of Andorra (Andorra, France, Spain)
- Workers' Assembly Halls (Australia, Belgium, Denmark)
- Complex of travertine waterfalls and cascades on the river Una in Martin Brod (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- The Pic du Midi and its Observatory (France)
- Bolca and the Val d'Alpone – Eocene Marine Ecosystems (Italy)
- The Maltese Fortifications of the Knights of St John (Malta) *renomination
- Vila Viçosa – Ducal Seat (Portugal)
- Ceremonial City of Italica (Spain)
- Late Antique and Medieval Churches and Monasteries in Midyat and Surrounding Area (Türkiye)

Latin American - Caribbean (3)
- Abrolhos Marine National Park (Brazil)
- The Architectural Work of Rogelio Salmona. A Counterpoint to the Modern Movement (Columbia)
- Cuban Caribbean Coral Reef System (Cuba)

Significant Boundary Modifications
- Galápagos Islands (Ecuador)
- Simien Mountains National Park (Ethiopia)
- Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (Indonesia)

Happy to see Maldives on the list, such a long wait!

This one should be left out, as its dossier was Incomplete.

Furthermore, there will be Extensions/Major Boundary Modifications discussed to Simien, Tropical Rainforest of Sumatra, and Galapagos

Cuba and Pakistan are back!! Happy to see that!

Knights Fortifications around Harbours of Malta:

Can we mention that this is an extension/modification on this page:
https://www.worldheritagesite.org/whc-sessions/2027/

Extends the current WHS, but is a full re-nomination, including 3 additional criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)

https://www.worldheritagesite.org/whc-sessions/2027/

We can change the main picture (Tatev Monastery) of this page

Done, thanks!

Does anyone know what happened with the Argentina part of the component? Was it dropped before this document?

Yes. already long ago. They're not ready yet. It's also a building that is in active use by the trade union

see also this announcement

I noticed that - Derzhprom, the State Industry Building (Ukraine) is not on the list anymore.. any thoughts why? Was is substituted by Sophievka Garden (Ukraine)?

Sofiyivka submitted its nomination for 2027 but it was incomplete and thus will not be examined. Assuming they will resubmit the complete version soon (and it was already in the works in April), we can expect it to be nominated for 2028. In contrast, an emergency nomination is being developed for Derzhprom (latest public mention dates to 27 May), so we can expect it at any time but the exact year it will be finished and submitted is technically unknown. As far as I know, 2027 for Derzhprom was just a guess.

In the UNESCO document WHC/26/48.COM/8 lists only 5 components from original 6! so question is which one has been cut?

According to this website [https://coralstonemosques.com/] the one from original list that has been cut is Male's Eid Mosque; however, the website add Hulhumeedhoo Fandiyaru Mosque and still keep six mosques together represents all the attributes of the OUV!?

I have moved the 3 Referrals from the 2026 WHC session to 2027 in our listings