New admissions to the UNESCO cultural and natural heritage in 1980

In 1980 the following new admissions to the UNESCO cultural and natural heritage took place:

World heritage

At its fourth meeting from September 1 to 5, 1980 in Paris , France , the World Heritage Committee added 28 sites from 18 countries to the UNESCO World Heritage List, including 21 cultural (K) and seven natural (N) sites.

For the first time, a cross-border World Heritage site was designated and another was placed on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger (R) .

World Heritage List

The following sites have been added to the World Heritage List:

OuroPreto

Tiya

Copan

Rome

Warsaw

Palmyra

Garamba National Park

Redwood National Park

Contracting State	designation	Type	Ref.	Remarks
Algeria	Kala'a Beni Hammad ( location )	K	102	Ruins of an 11th century mountain fortress in the M'Sila province in northern Algeria.
Ethiopia	Lower Awash Valley	K	10	Valley on the lower reaches of the Awash River , one of the most important paleontological sites in Africa, where Lucy was found .
	Tiya	K	12	stelae in relief with symbols of an ancient Ethiopian culture.
	Aksum	K	15th	only ruins remain of the ancient city
	Lower Omo Valley	K	17th	Valley on the lower reaches of the Omo River , prehistoric site near Lake Turkana , oldest finds of anatomically modern man ( Homo sapiens )
Brazil	Historical city of Ouro Preto ( location )	K	124
Ghana	Traditional Ashanti buildings	K	35
Honduras	Mayan site of Copan	K	129
Canada	Burgess Slate Site	N	133	Was later integrated into contiguous national and provincial parks in the Canadian part of the Rocky Mountains .
Italy	Church and Dominican monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan with the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci	K	93
	The historical center of Rome	K	91	Expanded in 1984 and 1992
Yugoslavia (Montenegro)	Durmitor National Park	N	100
Malta	Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni	K	130
	City of Valletta	K	131
	Megalithic Temples of Malta	K	132
Norway	Røros	K	55
Pakistan	Archaeological ruins in Moenjodaro	K	138
	Taxila	K	139
	Buddhist ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and adjacent relics in Sahr-i-Bahlol	K	11
Panama	Fortifications on the Caribbean coast in Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo	K	135
Poland	Historic center of Warsaw	K	30th
Syria	Palmyra ruins	K	23	An extension outside the walls was proposed
	Ancient city of Bosra	K	22nd
Tunisia	Ichkeul National Park	N	8th
United States	Redwood National Park	N	134
Zaire	Garamba National Park	N	136
	Kahuzi-Biéga National Park	N	137
Cyprus	Paphos	K	79	with the remains of the ancient city of Paphos

The decision to enter the World Heritage List has been postponed for the following sites:

• Deys Palace in Algiers , (Algeria, K), the entire Kasbah was added in 1992
• Citadel quarter of Sétif , (Algeria, K), was deleted again
• National archaeological park of Guayabo de Turrialba, (Costa Rica, K)
• Santa Rosa historic mansion, (Costa Rica, K)
• Ruins of Ujarras, (Costa Rica, K)
• Adulis, (Ethiopia, K)
• Bale Mountain National Park, (Ethiopia, K)
• Abijatta Shalla Lakes National Park, (Ethiopia, K)
• Melka Kontoure, (Ethiopia, K)
• Matara, (Ethiopia, K)
• Yeha, (Ethiopia, K)
• Convent of Santa Giulia-San Salvatore, (Italy, K)
• Town of Djenné, (Mali, K)
• National Park of the Baoulé Loop, (Mali, K)
• Land of the Dogon, (Mali, K)
• Town of Timbuktu, (Mali, K)
• Birni Gazargamu and Gambaru, (Nigeria, K)
• Rock carvings at the Sacred Rock of Hunza and near Gilgit and Chilas, (Pakistan, K)
• Historical Monuments at Thatta, (Pakistan, K)
• Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, (Senegal, N)
• Aleppo, (Syria, K)

Definitely rejected

• Church of Orosi, (Costa Rica, K)
• National Monument at San Jose, (Costa Rica, K)
• National Theater, (Costa Rica, K)
• Church of Nicoya, (Costa Rica, K)
• Kainji Lake National Park, (Nigeria, N)
• Valley of Heidal, (Norway, K)
• Kjerringøy Trading Center, (Norway, K)
• Eidsvoll Building, (Norway, K)
• Archaeological ruins at Harappa, (Pakistan, K)
• Edison National Historic Site, (USA, K)

Web links

• Report of the Rapporteur on the fourth Session of the World Heritage Committee. World Heritage Committee, September 29, 1980, accessed September 15, 2017 .