World Heritage in Syria

The world heritage in Syria (as of 2018) includes six UNESCO world heritage sites . All six are World Heritage Sites and all six are on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger . Syria acceded to the World Heritage Convention in 1975, the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1979. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2011.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Syria 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 ).

 Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
(more pictures)	Old City of Damascus ( location )	1979	K (R)	20th
(more pictures)	Palmyra ruins ( location )	1980	K (R)	23
	Amphitheater and old town of Bosra	1980	K (R)	22nd
	Aleppo old town	1986	K (R)	21st
Krak des Chevaliers	Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din	2006	K (R)	1229	includes the crusader castles Krak des Chevaliers and Qalʿat Salah ed-Din
	Ancient villages in Northern Syria	2011	K (R)	1348	includes about 40 villages in 8 protected areas: Qal'atSem'an , KafrNabo , Sinkhar , Ba'uda , Rouweiha , QalbLozé , Deirouné and KafrAqareb . Includes the previous proposals: Al Refada , Bahio , Qatoura , Bamuqa, Sitt al-Rum , Tell Ade (1995), Church of Qalb Loze , Serjilla (1999)

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

As of 2018, twelve sites are entered in the tentative list of Syria, the last entry was made in 2011. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year they were included in the tentative list.

 Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Norias of Hama ( location )	1999	K	1291	Huge water paddles (norias) on the Orontes in the city of Hama
(more pictures)	Ugarit (Tell Shamra) ( location )	1999	K	1292
(more pictures)	Ebla (Tell Mardikh)	1999	K	1293
(more pictures)	Mari (Tell Hariri)	1999	K	1294	see also Ref. # 5702
City gate (further pictures)	Dura Europos ( location )	1999	K	1295	see also Ref. # 5702
	Apamia (Afamia) ( location )	1999	K	1297
(more pictures)	A castle in the desert: Qasr al-Heir al-Sharqi ( location )	1999	K	1298
	Maalula	1999	K	1299
	Tartus: The city fortress of the crusaders	1999	K	1301
	Raqqa-Ràfiqa: the Abbasid city	1999	K	1302	In addition to a Roman and Byzantine city, which was named ar-Raqqa ("river valley") after the Arab conquest , the Abbasids began building a new city in 772 , ar-Rāfiqa ("the companion", based on ar-Raqqa) was called.
Ottoman fortress	Aruad island	1999	K	1303
	Mari & Europos - Dura sites in the Euphrates Valley	2011	K	5702	Proposal for a joint nomination by Mari (Ref. # 1294 ) and Dura Europos (Ref. # 1294 ) as a serial World Heritage Site.

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
	Al-Dana	1995-1996	K
	Al Refada	1995-1996	K
	Ancient Roman Road between Aleppo and Antakya	1995-1996	K
	Ancient road through the d'Al-lajat region	1995-1996	K
	Bahio	1995-1996	K
	Bamouqa	1995-1996	K
	Bourade	1995-1996	K
	Carqabis	1995-1996	K
	Kyrrhus	1995-1996	K
(more pictures)	Qalʿat ar-Rahba ( location )	1995-1996	K
(more pictures)	Qalʿat Jabar ( location )	1995-1996	K
(more pictures)	Qalʿat Margat ( location )	1995-1996	K
(more pictures)	Qalʿat Nadschm ( location )	1995-1996	K
(more pictures)	Qasr ibn Vardan	1995-1996	K
	Qatoura	1995-1996	K
(more pictures)	Resafa (Sergiopolis) ( location )	1995-1996	K		Resafa is a ruined city in the desert in northern Syria, which was called Sergiopolis in late antiquity .
	Salhiet al-Fourat	1995-1996	K / N
	Sarjaleh	1995-1996	K
	Shahba (Philipopolis)	1995-1996	K
	Sit el Roum	1995-1996	K
	Say goodbye	9999-9999	K
	Tell Ain Dara	1995-1996	K
	Tell El-Machrafa	1995-1996	K
	Zeus Madbachus	1995-1996	K		Temple of Zeus from the Seleucid period

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Syria  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Syria on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Syria. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 17, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Syria. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 17, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Syria. In: World Heritage Site. Accessed June 17, 2017 . 

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