The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

In 1993 Tongariro became the first property to be inscribed on the World Heritage List under the revised criteria describing cultural landscapes. The mountains at the heart of the park have cultural ...

The origins of Tallinn date back to the 13th century, when a castle was built there by the crusading knights of the Teutonic Order. It developed as a major centre of the Hanseatic League, and its ...

According to the guidelines of the Memory of the World Programme – which is in charge of the heritage housed in museums, archives and libraries around the world -, the definition of documentary ...

World Heritage is the designation for places on earth that are of Outstanding Universal Value to humanity and as such, have been inscribed on the World Heritage List to be protected for future ...

Le « limes romain » représente la ligne frontière de l’Empire romain à son apogée au IIe siècle apr. J.-C. Le limes s’étendait sur 5 000 km depuis la côte atlantique au nord de la Grande-Bretagne, ...

The Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent were part of the northern lines of the Sasanian Persian Empire, which extended east and west of the Caspian Sea. The fortification was built ...

The 239,723 ha Purnululu National Park is located in the State of Western Australia. It contains the deeply dissected Bungle Bungle Range composed of Devonian-age quartz sandstone eroded over a period ...

Au cœur de la petite île de Praslin, la réserve abrite les vestiges d'une forêt naturelle de palmiers qui a pour ainsi dire conservé son état d'origine. Le célèbre « coco de mer », fruit d'un palmier ...

The site, extensively fortified from the 17 th to 19 th centuries, represents the largest bulwarked dry-ditch system in the world. Within its walls, the town contains barracks and other military ...