Lacey Pfalz | TravelPulse (TNS) UNESCO’s 46th Session of the World Heritage Committee is going on now in New Delhi, India, and it’s brought the total of new World Heritage Sites up to 24 this year, with new additions like Rome’s beloved Via Appia and the fairytale-esque Schwerin Residence Ensemble in Germany. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage Site list comprises over 1,220 natural, historic and cultural sites across the globe, ranging from critically important ecosystems to architectural wonders that are found nowhere else on the globe. According to the organization, it “seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.
This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972.” The 24 new World Heritage Sites include 19 cultural sites, four natural sites and one mixed cultural and natural site. Travelers interested in learning more about each site can visit the list on UNESCO’s website.
The list is as follows, starting with cultural World Heritage Sites: Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital, China Brâncuși Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu, Romania Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake, Russian Federation Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia, Romania Hegmataneh, Iran Related Articles Travel | Airfare pain eases as pricing power swings back to passengers Travel | Top 7 places around the world for water adventures Travel | A first-time visit to Ireland inspired by family roots and a love for donkeys Travel | Postcards from Alaska: Escape Florida’s sweltering summer for the last frontier Travel | Plunge into paradise: Hawaii’s best pools for lolling, relaxing and splashing Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites, South Africa Melka Kunture and Balchit: Archaeological and Palaeontological Sites in the Highland Area of Ethiopia Moidams – the Mound-Burial System of the Ahom Dynasty, India Phu Phrabat, a testimony to the Sīma stone tradition of the Dvaravati period, Thailand Royal Court of Tiébélé, Burkina Faso Sado Island Gold Mines, Japan Saint Hilarion Monastery/Tell Umm Amer, State of Palestine Schwerin Residence Ensemble, Germany The Archaeological Heritage of Niah National Park’s Caves Complex, Malaysia The Cultural Landscape of Al-Faw Archaeological Area, Saudi Arabia The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa The Historic Town and Archaeological Site of Gedi, Kenya Umm Al-Jimāl, Jordan Via Appia, Italy Natural Properties: Badain Jaran Desert – Towers of Sand and Lakes, China Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil The Flow Country, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland Vjetrenica Cave, Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina Mixed Property: Te Henua Enata – The Marquesas Islands, France ©2024 Northstar Travel Media, LLC. Visit at travelpulse.com .
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