List of World Heritage Sites in the Czech Republic
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural heritage consists of monuments (such as architectural works, monumental sculptures, or inscriptions), groups of buildings, and sites (including archaeological sites). Natural features (consisting of physical and biological formations), geological and physiographical formations (including habitats of threatened species of animals and plants), and natural sites which are important from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty , are defined as natural heritage. The first sites on the territory of the present Czech Republic were inscribed at the 16th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Santa Fe, United States in 1992, when the country was part of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (also known as Czechoslovakia). At that session, three sites were added: Historic Centre of Prague, Historic Centre of Český Krumlov and Historic Centre of Telč. With the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on January 1, 1993, the country was split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic officially adopted the convention on March  26, 1993, inheriting those three sites. , there are 16 sites inscribed on the list and a further 14 sites on the tentative list. The most recent additions to the list were the three spa towns in the Great Spa Towns of Europe site and the Jizera Mountains forest as an extension to the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe site, both in 2021. Both of these sites are transnational; the Great Spa Towns is shared with six countries and the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests are shared with 17 European countries. The Erzgebirge /Krušnohoří Mining Region is shared with Germany. The Beech Forests are the only natural site in the Czech Republic; the other sites are cultural. World Heritage Sites. UNESCO lists sites under ten criteria; each entry must meet at least one of the criteria. Criteria i through vi are cultural, whereas vii through x are natural. Tentative list. In addition to sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that they may consider for nomination. Nominations for the World Heritage List are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the tentative  list. , the Czech Republic recorded 14 sites on its tentative list. The sites, along with the year they were included on the tentative list are: