Committee UNESCO ended this Saturday registration of new assets on your list World Heritageafter joining 26 sites over the past two days, including Appian Wayin Italy or Nelson Mandela Legacy Sitesin South Africa today.
Built at the end of the 4th century BC, some sections of which still survive today, the road connected Rome with the strategically important city Brindisi (southeast Italy), the most important port of the Mediterranean and the starting point Roman expansion beyond the seas.
“I congratulate South Africa on the inscription of these places of remembrance, which bear witness not only to the struggle against the apartheid statebut also Nelson Mandela’s contribution to freedom, human rights and peace on behalf of us all,” said the UNESCO Director-General. Audrey Azoulayafter registration of ownership.
Other countries that received approval to register new assets included Malaysia, with its cave system Niah National Park; Germany, with the residential complex Schwering or Saudi Arabiawho saw the inscribed Al-Fao Archaeological Site.
Japan, Thailand, Russia, Kenya And Iran They also saw new sites recognized by UNESCO.
The thirteen registrations filed this Saturday add to thirteen more approved by the committee yesterday, including Monastery of Saint Hilarion V A loop due to the consequences of war or Lencois Maranhenses National Park in Brazil.
China was the country that added the most new designs this yearafter the committee yesterday approved the establishment of migratory bird sanctuaries on the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea coasts, as well as the Badain Jaran Desert, the country’s third largest.
This makes him the second country with the most seats is considered a World Heritage Site, numbering 59, one less than Italy.
As part of these discussions, UNESCO also decided remove Niokolo-Koba National Park in Senegal from list of endangered sitesHowever, he included the Monastery of Saint Hilarion in his composition immediately after its recognition as a World Heritage Site.
After a day of rest this Sunday, the committee will meet again on Monday to discuss minor technical decisions regarding the boundaries of several sites that were already on the World Heritage list. The annual meeting will conclude on July 31..
To date, the World Heritage Committee has registered 1222 sites from 168 countries on the World Heritage List, including the Taj Mahal in India, the monuments of Piazza del Duomo in Pisa or the complex of eclectic buildings built by the architect Antonio Gaudi in Barcelona.
List of candidates for 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Vjetrenica Cave, Ravno
Brazil – Lencois Maranhenses National Park
China – Badain Jaran Desert – Sand Towers and Lakes
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – Flow Country
Mixed objects (cultural and natural)
Ethiopia – archaeological and paleontological sites of Melka Kunture and Balchit.
France – Te Enua Enata – Marquesas Islands
Germany – Residential Complex Schwerin
Saudi Arabia – Cultural Landscape of the Al-Faw Archaeological Zone
Burkina Faso – Royal Court of Tiebele
China – Beijing Central Axis: A group of buildings representing the ideal order of China’s capital.
Russian Federation – Kenozero Evidence
India – Moidams – a system of mounds of the Ahom dynasty.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Hegmataneh and the historic center of Hamedan.
Italy – Via Appia. Regina Viarum
Japan – Sado Island Gold Mines
Jordan – Umm Al-Jimal
Kenya – Gedi Historical City and Archaeological Site.
Malaysia – Archaeological Heritage of the Niah National Park Cave Complex.
Palestine – Monastery of Saint Hilarion/ Tell Umm Amer
Panama – Panama’s Trans-Isthmic Colonial Route
Romania – Brancusi monumental complex in Targu Jiu
Romania – Borders of the Roman Empire – Dacia
South Africa – Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Memorial
South Africa – The Emergence of Modern Humanity: Pleistocene Occupation Sites in South Africa
Thailand – Phu Phrabat Historical Park
Significant modification of the site extension.
Germany, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America – Moravian Church Colonies
China – Yellow Sea and Bohai Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary of China (Phase II)