From 2 to 10 July 2008, the World Heritage Committee will get together again (in Quebec), to decide about new sites to be included in the List.
At least the following new sites are up for competition: - Mauritius - Le Morne Cultural Landscape - Saudi Arabia - Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) - Yemen - Socotra Archipelago - China - Fujian Tulou - China - Mount Sanqingshan National Park - Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong - India Mountain Railways of India (serial extension to include Kalka Shimla Railway (KSR)) - Indonesia - Cultural Landscape of Bali Province - Iran (Islamic Rep.of) - The Monastery of Saint Thaddeus Ensemble - Japan Hiraizumi - Cultural Landscape Associated with Pure Land Buddhist Cosmology - Kazakhstan - Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan - Malaysia - Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca: Melaka and George Town - Mongolia - Hovsgol Lake and its Watershed - Papua New Guinea - The Kuk Early Agricultural Site - Vanuatu - Chief Roi Mata's Domain - Bulgaria - Pirin National Park - Canada - The Joggins Fossil Cliffs - Croatia - The Stari Grad Plain - France - L'oeuvre de Vauban - France - Les lagons de Nouvelle-Calédonie : diversité récifale et écosystèmes associés - Germany - Schwetzingen – A Prince Elector's Summer Residence – Garden Design and Freemasonic Allusions - Czech Republic - Spa of Luhacovice – area with a collection of historic spa buildings and spa-related facilities - Hungary / Slovakia - System of Fortification at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno – Komárom - Iceland - Sturtsey - Israel - The Triple-arch Gate at Dan - Italy - Mantoue et Sabbioneta - Italy - Bradyseism in Phlegraean Area - Russian Federation - "The Putorana Plateau" Nature Complex - San Marino - San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano - Slovakia - Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area - Slovakia - Extension of the Location of Spišský Hrad and its Associated Cultural Monuments with Levoca and the Work of Master Paul in Spiš - Spain - Palaeolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (extension to Altamira Cave) - Switzerland - Glarus overthrust - Switzerland / Italy - Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Cultural Landscape - United Kingdom - Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site: The Antonine Wall - Argentina - Cultural Landscape of Buenos Aires - Bolivia - Quarry of the Fabrica Nacional de Cementos S.A. (FANCESA), Cal Orck'O, Sucre, Departamento Chuqisaca - Brazil - São Francisco Square in the city of São Cristóvão - Cuba - Urban Historic Scenary Camagüey - Mexico - Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús de - Nazareno de Atotonilco - Mexico - Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve - Nicaragua - Cathédrale de León
And some of last year's referrals, deferrals or withdrawals might make a come-back in some form: - Prince Edward Islands, South Africa - Ba Be National Park, Vietnam, - Speleothems of French Limestone Caves, Outstanding Records of Karst Processes and Archives of Palaeo-climates, France - The Dolomites, Italy, - Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve,Mexico, - Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests, Kenya, - Sacred Site of the Temple of Preah Vihear, Cambodia - Sulaiman-Too Cultural Landscape (Sacred Mountain), Kyrgyzstan, - Batanes Cultural Landscapes, Philippines, - Sarazm, Tajikistan, - Bregenzerwald Cultural Landscape, Austria, - Hand Paper Mill at Velké Losiny, Czech Republic - Paimio Hospital (former Paimio Sanatorium), Finland - Bahá'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee, Israel, - Valnerina and the Marmore Cascade, Italy - Gdansk - The Site of Memory and Freedom, Poland - Sibiu, the Historic Centre, Romania, - Darwin at Downe, United Kingdom - The Historic Centre of Berat (City of 25 Centuries Cultural Continuity and Religious Coexistence), Albania, (Serial gjirokastra) - Heidelberg Castle and Old Town, Germany, - Foundational City of La Plata, Argentina
Have you visited one of those above? Would that one be a valuable addition? |