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Great City of Chicomostoc-La Quemada: Zacatecas: 2001 i, iv (cultural) Chicomostoc-La Quemada is an archaeological site, comprising the remains of a city that was built c. 400-900 CE. It has a large ballcourt, several terraces, an observatory, and a pyramid. [49] Historic Town of San Sebastián del Oeste: Jalisco: 2001 iii, iv, v, ix, x (mixed)
La Payunia, Campos Volcánicos Llancanelo y Payún Matrú: Mendoza: 2011 vii, viii (natural) This nomination comprises volcanic fields that are geologically extremely young, with the last eruptions taking place less than 10,000 years ago. Therefore, the formations created by the volcanism show only little erosion.
The convention came into force on 17 December 1975. As of November 2024, it has been ratified by 196 states: 192 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See and the State of Palestine), and two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue). Only one UN member state, Liechtenstein, has not ratified the ...
Logo of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites. A World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having special cultural or physical significance.
World Heritage Sites by country as of January 2024. As of July 2024, there are a total of 1,223 World Heritage Sites located across 168 countries, of which 952 are cultural, 231 are natural, and 40 are mixed properties. [1]
This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee. [1] [2] The first World Heritage Site in the list is the Galápagos Islands. [3]
Ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita: 2017 [104] The festival of the Santísima Trinidad del Señor Jesús del Gran Poder in the city of La Paz: 2019 [105] Grand Festival of Tarija 2021 [106] Ch'utillos, the Festival of San Bartolomé and San Ignacio de Loyola, the meeting of cultures in Potosí 2023 [107] Bosnia and Herzegovina: Zmijanje ...
Arranged by the UNESCO regions, 23 of the listed sites are located in the Arab States, 14 in Africa, 6 in Latin America and the Caribbean, 6 in Asia and the Pacific, and 7 in Europe and North America. The majority of the endangered natural sites (11) are located in Africa.