World Heritage in Kuwait
Kuwait ratified the World Heritage Convention in 2002. So far (as of 2016) no site in Kuwait 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 . Currently (2017) four sites are entered in the tentative list of Kuwait, the last entry was made in 2017. 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sa'ad and Sae'ed areas on Failaka Island | 2013 | K | 5800 | comprises six archaeological sites and one building on Failaka Island in the Persian Gulf about 20 km east of Kuwait City | |
Abradj al-Kuwait | 2014 | K | 5933 | Group of water towers in Kuwait City | |
Palace of Sheikh Abdullah al Jabir | 2015 | K | 6005 | ||
Boubyan Island and Mubarak Al-Kabeer Marine Reserve | 2017 | N | 6257 |
Web links
- Kuwait on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kuwait. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 2017 .
- ^ Tentative list of Kuwait. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 2017 .