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49
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List
3
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee
79
State of Conservation Reports
3
International assistance
requests Approved
28,500
International assistance
Total Amount Approved (USD)
Acceptance of the Convention:
Tuesday, 4 May 1982
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee 3
1991-1997 2005-2009 2017-2021
UNESCO
World Heritage

Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List 49

Cultural 43
Natural 4
Mixed 2

Read more about the Nomination process

Sites on the Tentative List 31

A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process

State of Conservation Reports 79

State of conservation of World Heritage properties since 1979 and the threats they have faced in the past, or are currently facing. More about State of Conservation

Activities (9)
Atlas World Heritage: sharing knowledge and skills amongst European World Heritage cities
Avila Municipal led Patrimonitos Programme undertaken within the frame of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme
Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Protecting World Heritage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Special plan for the protection and restoration of the historic city of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
News (22)
World Heritage City Lab: concluding the 10th Anniversary of the UNESCO HUL Recommendation in Córdoba
23 September 2022
Danube Limes added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List closing this year’s inscriptions
30 July 2021
Cultural sites in China, India, Iran and Spain inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
25 July 2021
Doñana National Park marks 50 years
27 February 2020
Six cultural sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
7 July 2019
XII National meeting of World Heritage Site Managers in Coruña, Spain
6 November 2018
UNESCO launches new travel platform ‘World Heritage Journeys’ to promote sustainable tourism in the EU
13 September 2018
World Heritage Beech Forests Conference held in Vienna
6 August 2018
Two sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
1 July 2018
World Heritage Committee’s 42nd session to be hosted by Bahrain
15 November 2017
Sixth Iberian Meeting of Site Managers Santiago de Compostela, Spain
29 March 2017
Sites in Iran, Malaysia, Canada, Slovenia, Spain, Germany, Portugal and France on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
30 June 2012
ICOMOS advisory mission to the World Heritage site of Seville
17 January 2012
Statement by UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre on mission to study conservation and infrastructure development in Ibiza
8 October 2009
Tower of Hercules (Spain) inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List alongside two Swiss watch-making towns
27 June 2009
1st Ibero-American World Heritage Youth Forum
18 June 2009
Spain Honors the UNESCO World Heritage Centre
13 October 2008
Canadian fossil park, an Icelandic volcanic island and archipelago in Yemen among sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List
7 July 2008
Fire threatens Garajonay World Heritage site, Spain
29 April 2008
Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch
29 June 2007
UNESCO and Partners Demonstrate Space Technologies for Monitoring World Heritage
7 October 2006
Results of the election to the World Heritage Committee
10 October 2005
Events (23)
50th anniversary Meeting for World Heritage site managers in Spain
28 Sep 2022 - 28 Sep 2022
5th Edition of The Heritage Night
17 Sep 2022 - 17 Sep 2022
Exhibition of the 49 UNESCO World Heritage sites in Spain
21 May 2022 - 12 Jun 2022
La Noche del Patrimonio online from 15 Spanish World Heritage cities
17 September 2021
V European Meeting of World Heritage Associations
26 Nov 2019 - 27 Nov 2019
International Expert Meeting on Astronomical Heritage and Sacred Places
23 May 2018 - 24 May 2018
XI National meeting of World Heritage Managers in Palma de Mallorca
18 Oct 2017 - 20 Oct 2017
Second Meeting of European World Heritage Associations
20 Oct 2016 - 21 Oct 2016
IX National meeting of World Heritage Managers in Vizcaya Bridge (Getxo), Spain
6 Oct 2015 - 8 Oct 2015
Religious heritage and tourism: types, trends and challenges
27 Nov 2014 - 28 Nov 2014
1st UNWTO International Congress on Tourism and Pilgrimages
18 Sep 2014 - 20 Sep 2014
International Seminar "Rediscovering the Landscape from a Local Perspective"
26 Sep 2013 - 27 Sep 2013
International Meeting of Contemporary Architecture on Historic Settings
17 Sep 2013 - 20 Sep 2013
Round Table “Las Médulas Foundation, an example of a public/private association for sustainable development of a World Heritage Site”
16 Nov 2012 - 17 Nov 2012
40th anniversary - 20 activities in Spain
1 Jun 2012 - 30 Jun 2012
4th Iberian Meeting of Site Managers
24 Apr 2012 - 26 Apr 2012
Round table "Rescuing Latin American cultural heritage"
19 March 2012
Expert Meeting for the Revision of the Haitian Law on the Protection of Built Heritage
11 Jul 2011 - 12 Jul 2011
3rd World Heritage Ibero American Youth Forum
14 Jun 2011 - 24 Jun 2011
3rd International Conference of the Alliance of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes on "Use and Management of Water in World Heritage Cultural Landscapes"
25 Nov 2009 - 26 Nov 2009
Second thematic meeting of experts on the agro-pastoral cultural landscapes in the Mediterranean
12 Nov 2009 - 14 Nov 2009
2nd International Conference of the Alliance of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes
30 Sep 2008 - 3 Oct 2008
Bikeabout To Launch Circum-Mediterranean Tour Of World Heritage Sites
24 Sep 1997 - 30 Jun 1998
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