World Heritage in Guyana

Guyana joined the World Heritage Convention in 1977. So far (as of 2016) no site in Guyana has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage .

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) five sites are entered in the tentative list of Guyana, the last entry was made in 2012. 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
	St. George's Anglican Cathedral ( location )	1995	K	272	Neo-Gothic cathedral in the capital, Georgetown
	Fort Zeelandia with Court of Policy Building	1995	K	273	includes Fort Zeelandia and the nearby Court of Policy Building in Georgetown
	Georgetown City Hall ( location )	1995	K	274
	Essequibo Coast shell beach ( location )	1995	N	275	approx. 145 km long beach with sea shells, breeding ground for various species of sea ​​turtles
	Georgetown's plantation structure and historic buildings	2005	K	2008

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These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO.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
	Fort Nassau	1985-1995	K
	Kaieteur National Park	2001-2001	N	1057	Was withdrawn from Guyana in 2001

Web links

• Guyana on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Guyana. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 14, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Guyana. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 14, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Guyana. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 14, 2017 (English). 

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