UNESCO
Education, science, culture, heritage and information programmes and resources.
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Document an international programme
Identify the programme, place or country behind an announcement.
Check first: Separate established designation, inscription and a proposed project.
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Read a World Heritage inscription
The World Heritage Centre explains the selection criteria for listed properties. Read the property record and its selected criteria when documenting a place. Distinguish boundaries, description and practical information from the local manager.
- Record
- Identify the listed property and location.
- Criteria
- Read the criteria associated with its inscription.
- Visit
- Check access and opening hours with the site.
- One or more criteria
- Inscription requires outstanding universal value and at least one of ten criteria. The number of criteria met is not a tourist ranking of sites.
Source: UNESCO — Criteria for selection · consulted on - Historical framework
- Before the end of 2004, criteria were divided into six cultural and four natural ones. Revised guidelines combined them into one set of ten: preserve the context of an older description.
Source: UNESCO — Criteria for selection · consulted on
Does inscription cover the whole surrounding area?
Check the boundaries described in the record; a place name alone does not define the property limits.
Initial profile documentation
Initial profile documentation consulted on . Added details carry their own source and consultation date above.
Editorial selection, without website certification. Read our method.