World Heritage in Lithuania

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World Heritage Sites in Lithuania (S = Struve Arch )

The world heritage in Lithuania (as of 2016) includes four UNESCO world heritage sites , all of which are world cultural heritage sites. Lithuania ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1992, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1994. The last World Heritage Site in Lithuania to date was registered in 2005.

World heritage sites

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

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM

image designation year Type Ref. description
Vilnius Old Town
( location ) 		1994 K 541 The old town of Vilnius is characterized by numerous baroque buildings by Italian masters. The numerous Catholic churches in the "Rome of the East" are outstanding.
Curonian Spit
Curonian Spit
(further pictures)
Curonian Spit
( location ) 		2000 K 994 (cross-border with Russia) The Curonian Spit is a long, narrow strip of land that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea except for a narrow passage. The spit was part of East Prussia until 1918/1945 . Today the northern part belongs to Lithuania, the southern part to Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia). It is a unique landscape for Europe with large shifting dunes .
Kernavė archaeological site
( location ) 		2004 K 1137 In the 13th century, Kernavė was a feudal city with five fortified castles. Today only hills are left of the prehistoric castles.
Struve arch 2005 K 1137 Includes 34 specially marked geodetic measuring points along the Struve Arch in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine and Belarus.

In Lithuania these include:

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 (2017) two sites are entered in the tentative list of Lithuania, 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.

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of the World Heritage candidates: OSM

image designation year Type Ref. description
Trakai National Park
( location ) 		2003 K / N 1821
Kaunas 1919-1939: the capital inspired by the modern movement
( location ) 		2017 K 6166

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.

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM

image designation year Type Ref. description
Zervynos village
( location ) 		1993-2003 K

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Lithuania  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
  • Lithuania on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lithuania. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 26, 2017 .
  2. ^ Tentative list of Lithuania. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 26, 2017 .
  3. ^ Former Tentative Sites Lithuania. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 26, 2017 (English).