World Heritage in Benin

The World Heritage in Benin (as of 2017) includes two UNESCO World Heritage sites ; a world cultural heritage and a world natural heritage. Benin ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1982, and the first World Heritage sites were registered in 1985. The last site for the time being was registered in 2017.

World heritage sites

This table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Benin in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).

 Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
(more pictures)	Abomey Royal Palaces ( location )	1985	K	323	In Abomey , the former capital of the Kingdom of Dahomey , which existed from around 1620 to 1892 , the adobe palaces of the twelve kings of Dahomey were built .
	W-Arly-Pendjari National Park Complex ( location )	1996 (extended 2017)	N	749	The site includes the Benin part of National Park W , which crosses borders in Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger , and Pendjari National Park . The section in Niger has also been a World Heritage Site since 1996, the section in Burkina Faso was added in 2017.

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

At present (2020) 6 sites are entered in the tentative list of Benin , the last entry was made in 2020. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

 Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Ouidah - old town and slave route ( location )	1996	K	870
	Porto-Novo - Old Town and Royal Palace ( location )	1996	K	871
	Reserve W on the Niger and traditional settlement area in northern Benin	1996	K	872
	Agongointo-Zoungoudo underground village	1998	K	988
	Lower Ouémé Valley	2020	K / N	6481	Includes Ganvié's 1996 proposal .
	Koutammakou, the land of the Batammariba (expansion)	2020	K	6482	Expansion of the world heritage, which has so far been limited to Togo

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These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO.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.

 Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Fortified Settlements: Tata-Somba	1987-1996	K		Tata-Somba are the traditional castle-like dwellings of the Somba people .
	Façade of the mosque of Sakété ( location )	1987-1996	K

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Benin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Benin on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Benin. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed May 30, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Benin. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed May 30, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Benin. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved May 30, 2017 (English). 

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