Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

country. Canada

year of inscription. 1984 (extension: 1990)

criteria. Natural

The Canadian Rocky Mountains Park WHS is comprised of four contiguous Canadian national parks (Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, and Yoho) as well as three other nearby provincial parks (Hamber, Mount Assiniboine, and Mount Robson) of British Columbia, Canada. The area contains outstanding geological features as well as habitats of rare and endangered flora and fauna. Included in the site is the Burgess Shale WHS, which was a WHS in its own tight between 1980 and 1984, when it was incorporated into this WHS.

Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Lower German Limes

country. Germany and Netherlands

year of inscription. 2021

criteria. Cultural
At its zenith, the boundary of the Roman Empire stretched over 5,000km, from the Atlantic coast of northern Britain, through Europe from the North Sea to the Black Sea, and then to the Red Sea and across North Africa to the Atlantic coast. The modern term for this border defence and delimiting system is limes, and existed in the form of walls, ditches, forts, fortresses, watchtowers, and civilian settlements. Today, elements of the limes have been destroyed, excavated, or reconstructed.

The conservation of the limes as WHS has been categorised into the following three distinct sites:

• Frontiers of the Roman Empire
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment)
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes

The Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes WHS is composed of the boundary that ran for 400 km along the Lower Rhine, along the north-eastern boundary of the Roman frontier province of Germania Inferior, to the North Sea coast (of today’s Netherlands). The waterlogged, wetland conditions under which some of these limes sites were constructed reflect the military engineering mastery of the Romans then.

Antigua Guatemala

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country. Guatemala

year of inscription. 1979

criteria. Cultural

Tikal National Park

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country. Guatemala

year of inscription. 1979

criteria. Cultural

Mammoth Cave National Park

country. United States of America

year of inscription. 1981

criteria. Natural

This WHS is located in the state of Kentucky. Located within it is the most extensive cave system in the world: to date, some 458km within the park and 128km outside of it have been surveyed. Its karst topography is host to nearly every form of cave formation as well as the richest flora and fauna of cave-dwelling wildlife known.

Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari

country. Bulgaria

year of inscription. 1985 

criteria. Cultural

This WHS is located in the Rezgrad province and is composed of a Thracian tomb that dates back to the 3rd century BCE. Its architectural decor is unique and showcases the culture of the Getes, a Thracian people who interacted with both the Hellenistic and Hyperborean worlds.

Galápagos Islands

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country. Ecuador

year of inscription. 1978 (extension: 2001)

criteria. Natural