Memory of the World

Sites that contain or are closely related to an entry of the Unesco Memory of the World register.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Memory of the World':

  • Amsterdam Canal Ring Library Ets Haim
  • Banska Stiavnica Mining maps and plans of the Main Chamber - Count Office in Bansk? ?tiavnica
  • Berat and Gjirokastra Codex Purpureus Beratinus (2005)
  • Bryggen The Leprosy Archives of Bergen (City Archives and Regional State Archives of Bergen, Bergen)
  • Changdeokgung Palace Complex The "Donguibogam, Principles and Practice of Eastern Medicine" text was first printed (1610-13) and kept at the Palace Dispensary (Naeui-won) within Changdeokgung palace. In the wake of the Imjin War, King Seongju commissioned Heo Jun to complete the important work to promote the psychological, physical, and social health of the populace. - (Information from "Korean Documents on Unesco's Memory of the world Register" 2009) The "Seungjeongwon Ilgi, the Diaries of the Royal Secretariat" was housed in the Royal Secretariat office. The building is located in Changdeokgung palace, between the Royal audience hall and council hall. The diary entries were entered daily and left an official record of the Joseon dynasty. - (Information from "Korean Documents on Unesco's Memory of the world Register" 2009)
  • Classical Weimar The literary estate of Goethe (Goethe and Schiller Archives, Weimar)
  • Convent of St. Gall One of three complete versions of the "Nibelungenlied" is saved at the Library of the Convent of St. Gall
  • Cracow Nicolaus Copernicus' masterpiece "De revolutionibus libri sex" (Jagiellonian Library, Jagiellonian University, Cracow)
  • Haeinsa Temple Printing woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana and miscellaneous Buddhist scriptures
  • Hattusha Hattusha Cuneiform tablet archives excavated at Hattusha, now kept in the archaeological museums of Ankara and Istanbul; link
  • Hwaseong Fortress Uigwe, the Royal Protocols of the Joseon Dynasty (2007) "Hwaseong Fortress at Suwon was badly damaged in the Korean War. However, the Hwaseong Seongyeok Uiqwe, (Record of the Hwaseong Fortress Construction) describes every aspect of the construction project that took place between 1794 and 1796. Using this text, the fortress was restored completely in a project that began in 1975 and was completed in 1978." - Korean Documents on Unesco's Memory of the world Register (2009)
  • Imperial Palace Records of the Qing's Grand Secretariat (First Historical Archives of China, Palace Museum, Beijing)
  • Istanbul Works of Ibn Sina or Avicenna (980-1037) in Suleymaniye Mosque
  • Nesvizh Radzwills? Archives and Niasvizh (Nie?wie?) Library Collection (in Library of Nesvizh)
  • Plantin-Moretus Museum Business Archives of the Officina Plantiniana (2001) (Plantin-Moretus Museum)
  • Prague Collection of medieval manuscripts of the Czech reformation (National Library)
  • Prague Collection of 526 prints of university theses from 1637-1754 is in Charles University
  • Puebla Biblioteca Palifoxiana
  • Québec Quebec Seminary Collection (Quebec Seminary)
  • Reichenau Illuminated manuscripts from the Ottonian period produced in the monastery of Reichenau (Reichenau)
  • Riga The Baltic Way - Human Chain Linking Three States in Their Drive for Freedom (2009 inscribed); link
  • Royal Joseon Tombs Uigwe, the Royal Protocols of the Joseon Dynasty (2007) "For example, the documentary painting of King Jeongjo's visit to the royal tomb of his father is composed of several scenes, and runs a full 15.4 meters length. ....it also includes details on the construction of royal buildings and tombs as well as other various cultural activities of the royal family." -english.cha.go.kr
  • Seville Archivos de Indias contains the Treaty of Tordesillas
  • Sucre Documentary Fonds of Royal Audiencia Court of La Plata (RALP)
  • Tallinn The Baltic Way - Human Chain Linking Three States in Their Drive for Freedom (2009 inscribed); link
  • Vienna Vienna City Library Schubert Collection (Vienna City library), Brahms Collection (Archives of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde) and Collection of Gothic Architectural Drawings (Academy of Fine Arts)
  • Vienna Mainz Psalter at the Austrian National Library
  • Vilnius The Baltic Way - Human Chain Linking Three States in Their Drive for Freedom (2009 inscribed); link
  • Warsaw Warsaw Ghetto Archives - Emanuel Ringelblum Archives(Jewish Historical Research Institute, Warsaw)
  • Warsaw Warsaw Reconstruction office
  • Willemstad First Catechism Written in Papiamentu Language (it is kept in the National Archives in Willemstad); link