World heritage in Belarus

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World Heritage Sites in Belarus (S = Struve Arch )

The world heritage in Belarus includes (as of 2017) four UNESCO world heritage sites , including three world cultural heritage sites and one world natural heritage site. Two of these sites are cross-border or transnational .

Belarus ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1988. The first world heritage with Belarusian participation was created in 1992 through a cross-border expansion of an existing world heritage site. The first own World Heritage site followed in 2000. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2005.

World heritage sites

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

 Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Bialowieza forest area	1979	N	33	The world heritage is an extensive forest complex, a refuge for the last bison and other large mammals. The originally Polish World Heritage, established in 1979, became a cross-border natural heritage in 1992 when it was expanded to include extensive forest areas in Belarus. In 2014 the world heritage was expanded again - mainly on the Polish side.
	Schloss Mir ( location )	2000	K	625	The castle was built in the 16th century. It is located near the city of Mir .
	Struve arch	2005	K	1187	The transnational world heritage site includes 34 specially marked geodetic measuring points along the meridian arc named after the astronomer Wilhelm von Struve in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine and Belarus, which were established in the first half of the 19th century to determine the exact figure of the earth in Northern and Eastern Europe. In Belarus, this includes one measuring point each in Ashyany and Selwa and three measuring points in Ivanovo
	Architectural and cultural heritage of the Radziwill family in Nieswiez ( Lage )	2005	K	1196	The Radziwill dynasty built an ensemble in Njaswisch (Nieswiez) from the 16th century, consisting of the residential palace and the Corpus Christi church . Linked to the importance of the family is also the influence they exerted on science, arts, crafts and architecture.

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 2017, five sites are entered in the tentative list of Belarus, the last entry was made in 2004. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

 Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Augustów Canal	2004	K	1892
	Church of the Savior and St. Sophia Cathedral in the city of Polatsk	2004	K	1893
	Church of Saints Boris and Gleb (Kalozha Church) in the town of Hrodna ( Lage )	2004	K	1895
	Fortified churches in Belarus, Poland and Lithuania	2004	K	1899
	Wooden cult buildings in Polesia (17th to 18th centuries)	2004	K	1901

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
	Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve	1992-1992	N	628	Rejected in 1992 because it did not meet the criteria
	Tower of Kamenez ( location )	2004-2015	K	1894	Also known as the White Tower, the fortification tower of the city of Kamenez built between 1276 and 1288 .
	St. Nicholas Monastery Complex in the city of Mahiljou	2004-2015	K	1896	1669–1672 built baroque monastery in the city of Mahiljou
	Brest Fortress ( location )	2004-2015	K	1897	Fortress built in the 19th century on the western outskirts of Brest at the confluence of the Mukhavets and the Bug
	Palace and park ensemble in the city of Gomel	2004-2015	K	1898	includes the Rumiancaŭ Paskievič Palace , the Castle Park, the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul and a chapel in Homel
	Architectural ensemble on Francysk Skaryna Avenue in Minsk (1940s – 1950s)	2004-2015	K	1900	The street was renamed praspekt Nezalezhnastsi (Independence Avenue) in 2005

Web links

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

• Belarus on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

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

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap