New admissions to the UNESCO cultural and natural heritage in 2015

Singapore Botanic Gardens, first world heritage in Singapore

In 2015, the new admissions listed below in chronological order took place in the UNESCO cultural and natural heritage . Changes and deletions are also listed below.

World heritage

World Heritage List

At its 39th meeting from June 26 to July 8, 2015 in Bonn , the World Heritage Committee added 24 sites to the UNESCO World Heritage List , including 23 cultural heritage sites (K) and 1 mixed cultural and natural heritage site (K / N) .

Contracting State	designation	Type	Ref.	Remarks
People's Republic of China	Tusi sites	K	1474
Denmark	Christiansfeld	K	1468
	Parforce hunting landscape North Zealand	K	1469
Germany	Hamburger Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel with Chilehaus	K	1469
France	Champagne vineyards, houses and cellars	K	1465
	Markings and wine-growing regions in Burgundy	K	1425
Iran	Cultural landscape of Maymand	K	1423
	Ruined city of Susa	K	1455
Israel	Bet She'arim necropolis - a symbol of the Jewish renewal	K	1471
Italy	Arab-Norman Palermo and the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale	K	1487
Jamaica	Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park	K / N	1356
Japan	Sites of the Industrial Revolution in the Meiji period	K	1484
Jordan	Baptism site Bethany across the Jordan ( Al-Maghtas )	K	1446
Mexico	Aqueduct of the Padre Tembleque	K	1463
Mongolia	Holy mountain Burchan Khaldun and surrounding landscape	K	1440
Norway	Industrial sites in Rjukan and Notodden	K	1486
Saudi Arabia	Rock paintings in Ha'il Province	K	1472
Singapore	Singapore Botanic Gardens	K	1483
South Korea	Historic sites of Baekje	K	1477
Turkey	Ephesus	K	1018
	Fortifications of Diyarbakır and Hevsel Gardens	K	1488
Uruguay	Industrial landscape by Fray Bentos	K	1464
United States	The missions in San Antonio	K	1466
United Kingdom	Forth Bridge	K	1485	Double track railway bridge over the Firth of Forth built in 1890

Significant changes have been made to their boundaries for the following World Heritage Sites:

Contracting State	designation	Type	Ref.	Remarks
Spain	Pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and the routes of Northern Spain	K	669	Extended by the routes along the Atlantic coast.
South Africa	Cape Floral Region Protected Areas	N	1099
Vietnam	Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park	N	951

The following nominations were not included in the World Heritage List:

• Sanganeb Atoll Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay Marine National Park - Mukkawar Island (N, Sudan); was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016
• Daurian Landscapes (N, Russia & Mongolia); was declared a World Heritage Site in 2017
• Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (N, Thailand)
• Cultural landscape Thimlich Ohinga (K, Kenya)
• Nyero rock paintings and other hunter-gatherer rock art sites in eastern Uganda (K, Uganda)
• Viking sites in Northern Europe (K, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Latvia and Norway)
• The Naumburg Cathedral and the landscape along the Saale and Unstrut rivers - an important domain in the High Middle Ages (K, Germany)
• Wine culture landscape of La Rioja and Rioja Alavesa Vine (K, Spain)

The following significant changes to the borders were not included in the World Heritage List:

• Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (Georgia)

The following nominations were withdrawn before the meeting:

• Delhi's Imperial Capital Cities, India
• Hall in Tirol - the mint (K, Austria)
• Sculpture ensemble from Târgu Jiu (K, Romania)

Red List

Temple ruins in Hatra

The following were included in the Red List of World Heritage in Danger:

• Ruins of the Parthian city of Hatra (Iraq, World Heritage since 1985)
• Old town of Sanaa (Yemen, World Heritage since 1988)
• Old town of Shibam with the city wall (Yemen, World Heritage since 1982)

The following were deleted from the red list:

• Los Kations National Park (Colombia)

Extensions to existing world heritage sites:

Web links

• New Inscribed Properties (2015) - UNESCO World Heritage Center

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Heritage Committee announces 2016 meeting in Istanbul, 24 new sites inscribed in Bonn. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, July 8, 2015, accessed July 15, 2017 .