World Heritage in Cyprus

The world heritage in Cyprus (as of 2017) includes three UNESCO world heritage sites , all of which are world cultural heritage sites. The Republic of Cyprus acceded to the World Heritage Convention in 1975, the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1980. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 1998.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Cyprus 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
Odeon of Paphos (further pictures)	Paphos ( location )	1980	K	79	with the remains of the ancient city of Paphos.
Archangelos Michail in Pedoulas (further pictures)	Painted churches in the Troodos area	1985	K	351	originally comprised the nine sites Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis ( location ) in Kakopetria , Agios Ioannis Lampadistis ( location ) in Kalopanagiotis , Panagia tis Asinou (Panagia Phorviotissa, location ) in Nikitari , Panagia tou Arakos ( location ) in Lagoudera , Panagia tou Moutoulla ( location) ) in Moutoullas , Archangelos Michail ( location ) in Pedoulas , Timios Stavros ( location ) in Pelendri , Panagia tis Podithou ( location ) with Panagia Theotokos (Archangelos Michail, location ) in Galata and Timios Stavros tou Agiasmati ( location ) in Platanistasa . In 2001 the church Metamorfosis tou Sotiros (Agia Sotira, Lage ) in Palaichori was added. Another church is still on the tentative list as a possible extension (Ref. 1672 ), others have already been withdrawn (Ref. 1670 and 1671 ).
(more pictures)	Chirokitia ( location )	1998	K	848	Chirokitia is an archaeological site of a settlement from the aceramic Neolithic age, which dates from the 7th to the 4th millennium BC. Was inhabited.

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) eleven sites are entered in the tentative list of Cyprus, the last entry was made in 2016. 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
	Panagia Chrysokourdaliotissa in Spilia ( location )	2002	K	1672	Barn roof church in Spilia Planned expansion of the World Heritage Site Painted Churches in the Troodos area (Ref. 351 )
	Rural settlement of Fikardou	2002	K	1673
Troodos Mountains with Olympos	Troodos ophiolite	2002	K / N		Ophiolite of the Troodos Mountains , divided into six individual proposals: South Mathiatis (Ref. 1674 ) Kionia (Ref. 1675 ) Khandria (Ref. 1676 ) Olympos (Ref. 1677 ) Malounta Bridge (Ref. 1678 ) Klirou Bridge (Ref. 1679 )
	Church of Saints Varnavas and Ilarion in Peristerona	2004	K	1874	Five-domed church in Peristerona
	Panagia Angeloktisti ( location )	2015	K	5987	Byzantine church building in Kiti with an apse mosaic from the 6th century.
Salt lake with Hala Sultan Tekke	Hala Sultan Tekke and the Larnaka Salt Flats Complex	2016	K / N	6084	The salt lake complex with an area of ​​1761 hectares consists of four coastal salt lakes south of the city of Larnaka : the main salt lake (Alyki), the Orphani lake, the Soros lake and the small airport lake. On the banks of the Alyki is the Hala Sultan Tekke mosque , the burial place of an aunt of the Prophet Mohammed, an important Islamic pilgrimage site and at the same time an important Bronze Age 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
	Cyprus prehistoric sites: Chirokitia, Tenta and Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios	1984-1996	K		included the sites Chirokitia , Tenta and Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios , only the excavations of Chirokitia were added to the world heritage in 1998.
	Kourion ( location )	1985-1985	K	350	Archaeological site of an ancient city that formed an Iron Age city kingdom.
	Wine village terraces	1998-2005	?
	Church of Agios Sozomenos in Galata ( location )	2002-2015	K	1670	Barn roof church in Galata Planned expansion of the World Heritage Site of Painted Churches in the Troodos area (Ref. 351 ), was nominated for 2006, but the nomination was withdrawn and deleted from the tentative list in 2015.
	Church of Agios Mamas in Louvaras ( location )	2002-2015	K	1671	Barn roof church in Louvaras Planned expansion of the World Heritage Site of Painted Churches in the Troodos area (Ref. 351 ), was nominated for 2006, but the nomination was withdrawn and deleted from the tentative list in 2015.
	Church of Agia Paraskevi in ​​Geroskipou ( location )	2004-2015	K	1875	was part of the proposal for the five-domed churches

Web links

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

• Cyprus on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Cyprus. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 22, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Cyprus. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 22, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Cyprus. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 22, 2017 (English). 

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