World Heritage in the Maldives

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The island nation of Maldives in the Indian Ocean joined the World Heritage Convention in 1986. So far (as of 2017) no site in the Maldives has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage , but the Maldives has already submitted a tentative list .

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list .

Current World Heritage candidates

Currently (2016) one site is entered in the tentative list of the Maldives, the entry was made in 2013. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed ).

image designation year Type Ref. description
Coral stone mosques in the Maldives
 Coral stone mosques in the Maldives 2013 K 5812 6 mosques: The serial proposal contains six mosques built from coral stone, including the proposals, which were submitted individually as early as 1987, Old Friday Mosque and Eid Mosque in Malé and Friday Mosque in Fenfushi, as well as the new Friday Mosque of Ihavandhoo , the Friday Mosque of Meedhoo and the Old Mosque of Isdhoo

Former World Heritage candidates

These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO. Sites that are included in other entries on the tentative list or that are part of world heritage sites are not taken into account here.

image designation year Type Ref. description
Utheemu Ganduvaru
 Utheemu Ganduvaru
( location ) 		1987-1996 K Residence of Sultan Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al Auzam and other members of the Utheemu dynasty (1573–1697) founded by him on the island of Utheemu of the Thiladhunmathi-Miladummadulhu atoll in Haa Alif
BW Vadhoo Hukuru Miskiy
( location ) 		1987-1996 K Mosque on the island of Vadhoo in the Raa Atoll , not included in the new serial proposal submitted in 2013.

Web links

  • Maldives on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maldives. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 10, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b tentative list of the Maldives. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 10, 2017 .
  3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of the Maldives. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 10, 2017 (English).