World Heritage in St. Kitts and Nevis

The World Heritage in St. Kitts and Nevis (as of 2016) includes a UNESCO World Heritage Site. St. Kitts and Nevis joined the World Heritage Convention in 1976, and the only World Heritage site to date was added to the World Heritage List in 1999.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in St. Kitts and Nevis 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 ).

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park ( location )	1999	K	910	The National Park Brimstone Hill Fortress includes the Fortress Brimstone Hill and the surrounding area. The fortress, planned by engineers of the British Army and built by African slaves, is considered an exceptional and well-preserved example of the military architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries in the Caribbean environment.

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . Currently (2016) two sites are entered in the tentative list of St. Kitts and Nevis, the last entry was in 1998. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Historic area of ​​Basseterre	1998	K	1116	Historic city center of the capital Basseterre
	Old Town Charlestown	1998	K	1117	Historic city center of Charlestown , the capital of the island of Nevis

Web links

Commons : UNESCO World Heritage Sites in St. Kitts and Nevis  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• St. Kitts and Nevis on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ St. Kitts and Nevis. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 13, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of St. Kitts and Nevis. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 13, 2017 . 

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