New admissions to the UNESCO cultural and natural heritage 2016

Nan Madol, the first world heritage of Micronesia

In 2016, the following new admissions to the UNESCO cultural and natural heritage took place:

World heritage

At its 40th meeting from July 10 to 20, 2016, the World Heritage Committee added 21 sites to the UNESCO World Heritage List , including twelve cultural heritage sites (K), six natural heritage sites (N) and three mixed cultural and natural heritage sites (K / N). One of these sites was also 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:

Contracting State	designation	Type	Ref.	Remarks
Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua naval shipyard and associated archaeological sites	K	1499
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Stećci - medieval tombstones	K	1504
Brazil	Ensemble of modernity in Pampulha	K	1493
People's Republic of China	Rock paintings of the cultural landscape at the Hua Shan and the Zuo Jiang rivers	K	1508	Rock paintings from the 5th century BC BC to the 2nd century AD on steep limestone walls on the banks of the Zuo Jiang River and its tributary Ming Jiang
	Shennongjia Forest in Hubei	N	1509	Forest area in the northwest of the Chinese province of Hubei.
Greece	Archaeological site of Philippi	K	1517	Ruins of an ancient city and fortress in the east of the historical area of ​​Macedonia
India	Archaeological site of Nalanda Mahavihara	K	1502
	Kangchenjunga National Park	K / N	1513
Iran	Lut desert	N	1505
	The Persian qanat irrigation system	K	1506
Iraq	Marshland " Al-Ahwar " in southern Iraq	K / N	1481
Canada	Mistaken Point fossil site	N	1497
Mexico	Revillagigedo archipelago	N	1510
Micronesia	Nan Madol	K,  R	1503
Spain	Antequera dolmen sites	K	1501
Sudan	Marine National Parks Sanganeb Atoll and Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island	N	262
Chad	Ennedi massif	K / N	1475
Turkey	Archaeological site of Ani	K	1518
United Kingdom	Gorham cave complex	K	1500
transnational : Argentina , Belgium , Germany , France , India , Japan , Switzerland	The architectural work of Le Corbusier	K	1321
transnational : Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan	Western Tian Shan Mountains	N	1490

Chaîne des Puys

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

• Koytendag Mountain Ecosystem (N, Turkmenistan)
• Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (N, Thailand)
• Tectonic-volcanic ensemble of the Chaîne des Puys and the Limagne Graben (N, France)
• Pimachiowin Aki (K, Canada)
• Key works of modern architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright (K, USA)

The following significant changes to the limits were rejected:

• Panamá Viejo archaeological site and the historic old town of Panamá (K, Panama)

The following sites were withdrawn prior to the meeting:

• Mining and cultural landscape of the Ore Mountains / Krušnohoří (Germany, Czech Republic)
• Building of the Francke Foundations in Halle (Saale)
• Primeval forests of Komi (extension, Russia)
• Western Caucasus (extension, Russia)
• Historical core of Cetinje (Montenegro)
• Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki (Japan)
• Seowon, Confucian Academies of Korea (South Korea)

Red List

Theater of Leptis Magna

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

• Leptis Magna archaeological site (K, R , Libya)
• Sabratha archaeological site (K, R , Libya)
• Archaeological site of Cyrene (K, R , Libya)
• Rock paintings by Tadrart Acacus (K, R , Libya)
• Old town of Ghadames (K, R , Libya)
• Old towns of Djenné (K, R , Mali)
• Nan Madol (K, R , Micronesia)
• Historic center of Shahrisabz (K, R , Uzbekistan)

The following has been deleted from the red list:

• Historic churches of Mtskheta (Georgia, World Heritage since 1994, Red List since 2009)

Web links

• Report of the Decisions adopted during the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee . Paris November 15, 2016, chap. 8B-8D, p. 180–250 (English, online [PDF; 1.3 MB ]).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nine new sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In: www.unesco.de. German UNESCO Commission, July 15, 2016, accessed on July 16, 2017 . Twelve other sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In: www.unesco.de. German UNESCO Commission, July 17, 2016, accessed on July 16, 2017 . Polish city of Kraków to host 2017 World Heritage Committee session. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, July 17, 2016, accessed July 15, 2017 .