World Heritage in the Palestinian Territories

The World Heritage in the Palestinian Autonomous Territories includes (as of 2017) three UNESCO World Heritage Sites , all of which are World Heritage Sites. The Palestinian Autonomous Areas ratified the World Heritage Convention in 2011, and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 2012. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2017, and two sites are on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger .

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Palestinian Territories 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)	Birthplace of Jesus Christ: Church of the Nativity and pilgrimage route, Bethlehem ( location )	2012	K	1433	The site contains u. a. the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem . From 2012 to 2019 the site was on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger .
(more pictures)	"Land of Olives and Wine" - Cultural Landscape of South Jerusalem, Battir ( location )	2014	K (R)	1492	Cultural landscape south of Jerusalem
(more pictures)	Old town of Hebron / al-Chalil ( location )	2017	K (R)	1565

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . Currently (2017) thirteen sites are entered in the tentative list of the Palestinian Autonomous Areas, the last entry was made in 2015. 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
	Ancient Jericho: Tell es-Sultan ( location )	2012	K	5704	Archaeological site of the ancient city of Jericho
	Mount Garizim and the Samaritans ( location )	2012	K	5706	Mount Garizim is a holy mountain and religious center of the Samaritan religious community
	Qumran: Caves and Monastery of the Dead Sea Scrolls ( location )	2012	K	5707	Qumran is a ruined site near the Dead Sea where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.
	El-Bariyah, wilderness with monasteries	2012	K	5708
	Old town of Nablus and its surroundings	2012	K	5714
	Tell Umm el-ʿAmr	2012	K	5716
	Sebastia	2012	K	5718
	Anthedon Harbor	2012	K	5719	oldest known seaport of Gaza
	Umm al-Rihan forest	2012	N	5721
	Wadi Gaza coastal wetland	2012	N	5722
	Wadi an-Natuf and Shuqba Cave	2013	K	5712	Wadi an-Natuf is a dry valley in the West Bank about 1 km south of the city of Shuqba . In the valley, especially in the Shuqba Cave on the northern edge of the valley, there are sites of a protoneolithic culture that was named after the valley as Natufien .
	Throne cities	2013	K	5717	Ibwein , Arrabeh , Beit Wazan , Burqa , Deir Ghassaneh , Dear Istia , Dura , Jamma'in , Kur , Nelean , Ras Karkar , Sebastia and Sanur
	Baptism site "Eshria'a"	2015	K	6155	Al-Maghtas on the Jordanian side of the Jordan was added to the World Heritage List in 2015 (Ref. 1446 )

Old city and city walls of Jerusalem

Old City of Jerusalem

The Old City of Jerusalem in East Jerusalem , annexed by Jordan in 1950 and Israel in 1980 , which is also claimed by the Palestinian Territories , had been proposed by Jordan for inclusion in UNESCO World Heritage. In 1981 it was added to the World Heritage List as a World Heritage Site under the name Old City and City Walls of Jerusalem , although it was emphasized that this decision had no implication about Jerusalem's affiliation to a specific state. The world heritage site is not assigned to any state, but entered separately in the world heritage list under "Jerusalem (on the proposal of Jordan)". In 1982, again at the suggestion of Jordan, it was put on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger.

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in the Palestinian Territories  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Palestinian Territories on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Palestinian Territories. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 17, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of the Palestinian Autonomous Areas. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 17, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 10, 2018 . 

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