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 |
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Old City of Damascus ( location ) |
1979 | K (R) |
20th | ||
Palmyra ruins ( location ) |
1980 | K (R) |
23 | ||
Amphitheater and old town of Bosra | 1980 | K (R) |
22nd | ||
Aleppo old town | 1986 | K (R) |
21st | ||
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 |
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Norias of Hama ( location ) |
1999 | K | 1291 | Huge water paddles (norias) on the Orontes in the city of Hama | |
Ugarit (Tell Shamra) ( location ) |
1999 | K | 1292 | ||
Ebla (Tell Mardikh) | 1999 | K | 1293 | ||
Mari (Tell Hariri) | 1999 | K | 1294 | see also Ref. # 5702 | |
Dura Europos ( location ) |
1999 | K | 1295 | see also Ref. # 5702 | |
Apamia (Afamia) ( location ) |
1999 | K | 1297 | ||
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. | |
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 |
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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 | |||
Qalʿat ar-Rahba ( location ) |
1995-1996 | K | |||
Qalʿat Jabar ( location ) |
1995-1996 | K | |||
Qalʿat Margat ( location ) |
1995-1996 | K | |||
Qalʿat Nadschm ( location ) |
1995-1996 | K | |||
Qasr ibn Vardan | 1995-1996 | K | |||
Qatoura | 1995-1996 | K | |||
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
- Syria on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Syria. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 17, 2017 .
- ^ Tentative list of Syria. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 17, 2017 .
- ^ Former Tentative Sites of Syria. In: World Heritage Site. Accessed June 17, 2017 .