Lok Sabha Question No. 5 (STARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: Criteria for designating Heritage City
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Shri Manish Tewari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 5 ANSWERED ON 03.02.2025

## CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATING HERITAGE CITY

- *5. SHRI MANISH TEWARI:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Territory of Chandigarh is designated as a heritage city;
- (b) the  details  of  specific/established  criteria  for  designating  a  city  as  a heritage city by the Government  of India, UNESCO  or  any  other international organisations;
- (c) the details of designated heritage cities in the country, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the  details  along  with  the  number  of  heritage  cities  across  the  world, country-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) The Union Territory of Chandigarh City has not been designated as a World Heritage City. However, the Chandigarh Capitol Complex has been inscribed as  a  Transnational  World  Heritage  Property  in  2016  under  the  title  ' The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement. '  This  Transnational  World  Heritage  Property  includes seven countries comprising Argentina, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Japan and India.
- (b) In the UNESCO Operational Guidelines, 2024, any World Heritage property, including a World Heritage City, must fulfill one or more criteria outlined. The criteria are provided in Annexure- I .
- (c) The  details of designated  World  Heritage  Cities across all countries,
- & including 2 World Heritage Cities of India, as uploaded on the World Heritage
- (d) Centre UNESCO website, have been provided in Annexure II.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *5 FOR 03.02.2025.

## Cultural Criteria of UNESCO World Heritage Property

- (i) represent a masterpiece of human creative genius;
- (ii) exhibit an important interchange of human values , over a span of time or within a  cultural  area  of  the  world,  on developments  in  architecture  or  technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design ;
- (iii)  bear  a  unique  or  at  least  exceptional testimony  to  a  cultural  tradition or  to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared;
- (iv) be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history ;
- (v)  be  an  outstanding  example  of  a traditional  human  settlement,  land-use,  or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the  environment especially  when  it  has  become  vulnerable under  the  impact  of irreversible change;
- (vi)  be directly  or  tangibly  associated with events  or  living  traditions,  with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance . (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria);

## Annexure-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c&d)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *5 FOR 03.02.2025.

|   Sr No. | World Heritage City Name                                                      | Country    |
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|        1 | Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region                             | Albania    |
|        2 | Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra                                     | Albania    |
|        3 | M'Zab Valley                                                                  | Algeria    |
|        4 | Tipasa                                                                        | Algeria    |
|        5 | Kasbah of Algiers                                                             | Algeria    |
|        6 | Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots | Armenia    |
|        7 | Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens                                 | Australia  |
|        8 | Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg                                       | Austria    |
|        9 | City of Graz - Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg                          | Austria    |
|       10 | Historic Centre of Vienna                                                     | Austria    |
|       11 | The Great Spa Towns of Europe                                                 | Austria    |
|       12 | Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower            | Azerbaijan |
|       13 | Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan's Palace                               | Azerbaijan |
|       14 | Qal'at al-Bahrain - Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun                     | Bahrain    |
|       15 | Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat                                              | Bangladesh |
|       16 | Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison                                          | Barbados   |
|       17 | Flemish Béguinages                                                            | Belgium    |
|       18 | La Grand-Place, Brussels                                                      | Belgium    |
|       19 | Historic Centre of Brugge                                                     | Belgium    |
|       20 | Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)                    | Belgium    |
|       21 | Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai                                               | Belgium    |

|   22 | Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex                          |                        |
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|   23 | Colonies of Benevolence                                                 |                        |
|   24 | The Great Spa Towns of Europe                                           |                        |
|   25 | City of Potosí                                                          |                        |
|   26 | Historic City of Sucre                                                  | Bolivia                |
|   27 | Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture        |                        |
|   28 | Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar                               | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|   29 | Historic Town of Ouro Preto                                             | Brazil                 |
|   30 | Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda                                   | Brazil                 |
|   31 | Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia                                    | Brazil                 |
|   32 | Brasilia                                                                | Brazil                 |
|   33 | Historic Centre of São Luís                                             | Brazil                 |
|   34 | Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina                               | Brazil                 |
|   35 | Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás                                    | Brazil                 |
|   36 | São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão                       | Brazil                 |
|   37 | Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea     | Brazil                 |
|   38 | Pampulha Modern Ensemble                                                | Brazil                 |
|   39 | Paraty and Ilha Grande - Culture and Biodiversity                       | Brazil                 |
|   40 | Ancient City of Nessebar                                                | Bulgaria               |
|   41 | CidadeVelha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande                          | Cabo Verde             |
|   42 | Historic District of Old Québec                                         | Canada                 |
|   43 | Old Town Lunenburg                                                      | Canada                 |
|   44 | Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso                      | Chile                  |
|   45 | Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang | China                  |

|   46 | Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa                                |               |
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|   47 | Classical Gardens of Suzhou                                                  |               |
|   48 | Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing                                 |               |
|   49 | Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun                        |               |
|   50 | Historic Centre of Macao                                                     |               |
|   51 | KaipingDiaolou and Villages                                                  |               |
|   52 | Kulangsu, a Historic International Settlement                                |               |
|   53 | Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song- Yuan China                          |               |
|   54 | Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena                           | Colombia      |
|   55 | Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox                                      | Colombia      |
|   56 | Historic Town of Grand-Bassam                                                | Côte d'Ivoire |
|   57 | Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d'Ivoire                             | Côte d'Ivoire |
|   58 | Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian                    | Croatia       |
|   59 | Old City of Dubrovnik                                                        | Croatia       |
|   60 | Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Poreč | Croatia       |
|   61 | Historic City of Trogir                                                      | Croatia       |
|   62 | Old Havana and its Fortification System                                      | Croatia       |
|   63 | Trinidad and the Valley de losIngenios                                       | Cuba          |
|   64 | Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos                                          | Cuba          |
|   65 | Historic Centre of Camagüey                                                  | Cuba          |
|   66 | Paphos                                                                       | Cyprus        |
|   67 | Historic Centre of ČeskýKrumlov                                              | Czechia       |
|   68 | Historic Centre of Prague                                                    | Czechia       |
|   69 | Historic Centre of Telč                                                      | Czechia       |

|   70 | Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec   |                    |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|   71 | Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč                                                        |                    |
|   72 | The Great Spa Towns of Europe                                                                              |                    |
|   73 | Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops                                                                       |                    |
|   74 | Colonial City of Santo Domingo                                                                             | Dominican Republic |
|   75 | City of Quito                                                                                              | Dominican Republic |
|   76 | Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca                                                         | Ecuador            |
|   77 | Historic Cairo                                                                                             | Egypt              |
|   78 | Asmara: A Modernist African City                                                                           | Eritrea            |
|   79 | Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn                                                                      | Estonia            |
|   80 | Aksum                                                                                                      | Ethiopia           |
|   81 | Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town                                                                   | Ethiopia           |
|   82 | Levuka Historical Port Town                                                                                | Fiji               |
|   83 | Old Rauma                                                                                                  | Finland            |
|   84 | Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments                                                                      | France             |
|   85 | Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange                                      | France             |
|   86 | Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy                                        | France             |
|   87 | Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt                                                                        | France             |
|   88 | Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims                               | France             |
|   89 | Paris, Banks of the Seine                                                                                  | France             |
|   90 | Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge                            | France             |
|   91 | Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne                                                                     | France             |
|   92 | Historic Site of Lyon                                                                                      | France             |

|   93 | Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs                                                      |         |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|   94 | Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret                                         |         |
|   95 | Bordeaux, Port of the Moon                                                           |         |
|   96 | Episcopal City of Albi                                                               |         |
|   97 | Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera                                              |         |
|   98 | The Great Spa Towns of Europe                                                        |         |
|   99 | The Maison Carrée of Nîmes                                                           |         |
|  100 | Historical Monuments of Mtskheta                                                     | Georgia |
|  101 | Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square                       | Georgia |
|  102 | St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim                            | Georgia |
|  103 | Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier               | Georgia |
|  104 | Hanseatic City of Lübeck                                                             | Georgia |
|  105 | Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin                                              | Georgia |
|  106 | Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System | Georgia |
|  107 | Town of Bamberg                                                                      | Georgia |
|  108 | Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg                                | Georgia |
|  109 | Völklingen Ironworks                                                                 | Georgia |
|  110 | Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau                                   | Georgia |
|  111 | Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg                                          | Georgia |
|  112 | Classical Weimar                                                                     | Georgia |
|  113 | Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin                                                 | Georgia |
|  114 | Monastic Island of Reichenau                                                         | Georgia |
|  115 | Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar                                             | Georgia |
|  116 | Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen                                    | Georgia |

|   117 | Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof                                                                                             |           |
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|   118 | Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus                                                                               |           |
|   119 | Water Management System of Augsburg                                                                                                |           |
|   120 | Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt                                                                                                            |           |
|   121 | The Great Spa Towns of Europe                                                                                                      |           |
|   122 | Jewish-Medieval Heritage of Erfurt                                                                                                 |           |
|   123 | Acropolis, Athens                                                                                                                  | Greece    |
|   124 | Medieval City of Rhodes                                                                                                            | Greece    |
|   125 | Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika                                                                             | Greece    |
|   126 | The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos | Greece    |
|   127 | Old Town of Corfu                                                                                                                  | Greece    |
|   128 | Zagori Cultural Landscape                                                                                                          | Greece    |
|   129 | Antigua Guatemala                                                                                                                  | Guatemala |
|   130 | Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura  | Holy See  |
|   131 | Vatican City                                                                                                                       | Holy See  |
|   132 | Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue                                           | Hungary   |
|   133 | Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings                                                                                        |           |
|   134 | Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae)                                                                                      |           |
|   135 | Historic City of Ahmadabad                                                                                                         | India     |
|   136 | Jaipur City, Rajasthan                                                                                                             |           |
|   137 | Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto                                                                                         |           |
|   138 | The Cosmological Axis of Yogyakarta and its Historic Landmarks                                                                     | Indonesia |
|   139 | Meidan Emam, Esfahan                                                                                                               | Iran      |

| 140   | Bam and its Cultural Landscape                                                                                                    | 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157   |
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|       | Soltaniyeh                                                                                                                        | 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157   |
|       | Gonbad-e Qābus                                                                                                                    | 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157   |
|       | Historic City of Yazd                                                                                                             | 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157   |
|       | Old City of Acre                                                                                                                  | 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157   |
|       | White City of Tel-Aviv - the Modern Movement                                                                                      | 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157   |
|       | Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with 'The Last Supper' by Leonardo da Vinci                              |                                                                       |
|       | Historic Centre of Florence                                                                                                       |                                                                       |
|       | Historic Centre of Naples                                                                                                         |                                                                       |
|       | Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura |                                                                       |
|       | Historic Centre of San Gimignano                                                                                                  |                                                                       |
|       | Historic Centre of Siena                                                                                                          |                                                                       |
|       | Historic Centre of the City of Pienza                                                                                             |                                                                       |
|       | Piazza del Duomo, Pisa                                                                                                            |                                                                       |
|       | Venice and its Lagoon                                                                                                             |                                                                       |
|       | 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex                        |                                                                       |
|       | Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites                                                                  |                                                                       |
|       | Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua                                                                                           |                                                                       |
| 158   | Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena                                                                                 |                                                                       |
| 159   | CostieraAmalfitana                                                                                                                |                                                                       |
| 160   | Crespi d'Adda                                                                                                                     |                                                                       |
| 161   | Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna                                                                                              |                                                                       |
| 162   | Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po                                                                                      |                                                                       |

|     | Delta                                                                   |              |
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| 163 | Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli          |              |
| 164 | Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century                              |              |
| 165 | Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South- Eastern Sicily)           |              |
| 166 | Mantua and Sabbioneta                                                   |              |
| 167 | Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) |              |
| 168 | Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica                          |              |
| 169 | The Great Spa Towns of Europe                                           |              |
| 170 | The Porticoes of Bologna                                                |              |
| 171 | The Trulli of Alberobello                                               |              |
| 172 | City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto                  |              |
| 173 | City of Verona                                                          |              |
| 174 | Historic Centre of Urbino                                               |              |
| 175 | Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu            | Japan        |
| 176 | Himeji-jo                                                               | Japan        |
| 177 | Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)        | Japan        |
| 178 | Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara                                      | Japan        |
| 179 | Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama                          | Japan        |
| 180 | Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan               | Japan        |
| 181 | As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality                  | Jordan       |
| 182 | Lamu Old Town                                                           | Kenya        |
| 183 | Town of Luang Prabang                                                   | Lao People's |

|     |                                                                   | Democratic Republic   |
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| 184 | Historic Centre of Riga                                           | Latvia                |
| 185 | Old town of Kuldīga                                               | Latvia                |
| 186 | Anjar                                                             | Lebanon               |
| 187 | Baalbek                                                           | Lebanon               |
| 188 | Byblos                                                            | Lebanon               |
| 189 | Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli                          | Lebanon               |
| 190 | Tyre                                                              | Lebanon               |
| 191 | Old Town of Ghadamès                                              | Libya                 |
| 192 | Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939             | Lithuania             |
| 193 | Vilnius Historic Centre                                           | Lithuania             |
| 194 | City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications           | Luxembourg            |
| 195 | Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca | Malaysia              |
| 196 | Old Towns of Djenné                                               | Mali                  |
| 197 | Timbuktu                                                          | Mali                  |
| 198 | City of Valletta                                                  | Malta                 |
| 199 | Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata         | Mauritania            |
| 200 | Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco                     | Mexico                |
| 201 | Historic Centre of Morelia                                        | Mexico                |
| 202 | Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán  | Mexico                |
| 203 | Historic Centre of Puebla                                         | Mexico                |
| 204 | Historic Centre of Zacatecas                                      | Mexico                |
| 205 | Historic Fortified Town of Campeche                               | Mexico                |
| 206 | Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro                              | Mexico                |
| 207 | Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan                            | Mexico                |

|   208 | Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines                                  |                 |
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|   209 | Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan                                                |                 |
|   210 | Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco |                 |
|   211 | Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor                                  | Montenegro      |
|   212 | Historic City of Meknes                                                         | Morocco         |
|   213 | Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou                                                          | Morocco         |
|   214 | Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)                                          | Morocco         |
|   215 | Medina of Fez                                                                   | Morocco         |
|   216 | Medina of Marrakesh                                                             | Morocco         |
|   217 | Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)                                   | Morocco         |
|   218 | Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)                                          | Morocco         |
|   219 | Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage                      | Morocco         |
|   220 | Island of Mozambique                                                            | Mozambique      |
|   221 | Kathmandu Valley                                                                | Nepal           |
|   222 | Colonies of Benevolence                                                         | Netherlands     |
|   223 | Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)                                      | Netherlands     |
|   224 | Dutch Water Defence Lines                                                       | Netherlands     |
|   225 | Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao                    | Netherlands     |
|   226 | Historic Centre of Agadez                                                       | Niger           |
|   227 | Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region                               | North Macedonia |
|   228 | Bryggen                                                                         | Norway          |
|   229 | Røros Mining Town and the Circumference                                         | Norway          |
|   230 | Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore                                             | Pakistan        |
|   231 | Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá             | Panama          |

|   232 | City of Cuzco                                                            | Peru               |
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|   233 | Historic Centre of Lima                                                  | Peru               |
|   234 | Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa                                | Peru               |
|   235 | Historic City of Vigan                                                   | Philippines        |
|   236 | Historic Centre of Kraków                                                | Poland             |
|   237 | Historic Centre of Warsaw                                                | Poland             |
|   238 | Medieval Town of Toruń                                                   | Poland             |
|   239 | Old City of Zamość                                                       | Poland             |
|   240 | Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores              | Portugal           |
|   241 | Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications                     | Portugal           |
|   242 | Historic Centre of Évora                                                 | Portugal           |
|   243 | Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar | Portugal           |
|   244 | Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon               | Portugal           |
|   245 | Hwaseong Fortress                                                        | Republic of Korea  |
|   246 | Jongmyo Shrine                                                           | Republic of Korea  |
|   247 | Historic Centre of Sighişoara                                            | Romania            |
|   248 | Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad     | Russian Federation |
|   249 | Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture                             | Russian Federation |
|   250 | Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent                  | Russian Federation |
|   251 | Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin                  | Russian Federation |
|   252 | Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments      | Russian Federation |
|   253 | Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings                          | Russian Federation |

|   254 | Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl                                   |            |
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|   255 | Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow                                               |            |
|   256 | White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal                                       |            |
|   257 | San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano                                  | San Marino |
|   258 | At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah                                            | San Marino |
|   259 | Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah                                          | San Marino |
|   260 | Island of Gorée                                                              | San Marino |
|   261 | Island of Saint-Louis                                                        | San Marino |
|   262 | Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve                                           | Slovakia   |
|   263 | Historic Town of BanskáŠtiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity | Slovakia   |
|   264 | Levoča, SpišskýHrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments                    | Slovakia   |
|   265 | Vlkolínec                                                                    | Slovakia   |
|   266 | The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana - Human Centred Urban Design          | Slovenia   |
|   267 | Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada                                   | Spain      |
|   268 | Aranjuez Cultural Landscape                                                  | Spain      |
|   269 | Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville                          | Spain      |
|   270 | Historic Centre of Cordoba                                                   | Spain      |
|   271 | Historic City of Toledo                                                      | Spain      |
|   272 | Historic Walled Town of Cuenca                                               | Spain      |
|   273 | Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture                                              | Spain      |
|   274 | Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches                              | Spain      |
|   275 | Old Town of Cáceres                                                          | Spain      |
|   276 | Old Town of Salamanca                                                        | Spain      |
|   277 | Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct                                         | Spain      |
|   278 | Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de                                  | Spain      |

|     | Sant Pau, Barcelona                                               |                      |
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| 279 | Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences |                      |
| 280 | Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida                                 |                      |
| 281 | Works of Antoni Gaudí                                             |                      |
| 282 | Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza               |                      |
| 283 | Roman Walls of Lugo                                               |                      |
| 284 | San Cristóbal de La Laguna                                        |                      |
| 285 | Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)                                 |                      |
| 286 | University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares             |                      |
| 287 | Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications                          | Sri Lanka            |
| 288 | Sacred City of Kandy                                              | Sri Lanka            |
| 289 | Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town                                         | State of Palestine   |
| 290 | Historic Inner City of Paramaribo                                 | Suriname             |
| 291 | Skogskyrkogården                                                  | Sweden               |
| 292 | Hanseatic Town of Visby                                           | Sweden               |
| 293 | Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå                                  | Sweden               |
| 294 | Naval Port of Karlskrona                                          | Sweden               |
| 295 | Abbey of St Gall                                                  | Switzerland          |
| 296 | Old City of Berne                                                 | Switzerland          |
| 297 | La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning           | Switzerland          |
| 298 | Ancient City of Damascus                                          | Syrian Arab Republic |
| 299 | Ancient City of Bosra                                             | Syrian Arab Republic |
| 300 | Ancient City of Aleppo                                            | Syrian Arab Republic |
| 301 | Medina of Tunis                                                   | Tunisia              |
| 302 | Kairouan                                                          | Tunisia              |
| 303 | Medina of Sousse                                                  | Tunisia              |

|   304 | Djerba: Testimony to a settlement pattern in an island territory                 |                             |
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|   305 | Historic Areas of Istanbul                                                       | Türkiye                     |
|   306 | City of Safranbolu                                                               | Türkiye                     |
|   307 | Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia                                    | Türkiye                     |
|   308 | Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra | Ukraine                     |
|   309 | L'viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Centre                                      | Ukraine                     |
|   310 | The Historic Centre of Odesa                                                     | Ukraine                     |
|   311 | City of Bath                                                                     | United Kingdom              |
|   312 | Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret's Church    |                             |
|   313 | Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church               |                             |
|   314 | Old and New Towns of Edinburgh                                                   |                             |
|   315 | Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda                   |                             |
|   316 | New Lanark                                                                       |                             |
|   317 | Saltaire                                                                         |                             |
|   318 | The Great Spa Towns of Europe *                                                  |                             |
|   319 | Stone Town of Zanzibar                                                           | United Republic of Tanzania |
|   320 | Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville                     |                             |
|   321 | Taos Pueblo                                                                      | United States of America    |
|   322 | The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright                              |                             |
|   323 | Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento                           |                             |
|   324 | The work of engineer Eladio Dieste: Church of Atlántida                          | Uruguay                     |

|   325 | Itchan Kala                       | Uzbekistan   |
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|   326 | Historic Centre of Bukhara        | Uzbekistan   |
|   327 | Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz   | Uzbekistan   |
|   328 | Samarkand - Crossroad of Cultures | Uzbekistan   |
|   329 | Coro and its Port                 | Venezuela    |
|   330 | Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas   | Venezuela    |
|   331 | Complex of Hué Monuments          | Viet Nam     |
|   332 | Hoi An Ancient Town               | Viet Nam     |
|   333 | Old Walled City of Shibam         | Yemen        |
|   334 | Old City of Sana'a                | Yemen        |
|   335 | Historic Town of Zabid            | Yemen        |

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