Pending Tentative List

All tentative sites that are scheduled or were already reviewed by Unesco

239 Sites 103 Countries
Country Site Year Submitted Year Nominated History
Afghanistan Bagh-e Babur 2009 2026
2025 Incomplete - not examined

2024 Incomplete - not examined

2009 Added to Tentative List
Afghanistan City of Herat 2004
2021 Preparatory Assistance

Preparatory Project for Nomination of Herat City in World Heritage List

2004 Added to Tentative List

1983 Deferred

Deferred until receipt of necessary info
Albania L'amphitheatre de Durres 1996
1996 Added to Tentative List

1991 Rejected

Of importance to Albania but does not meet WHS criteria
Armenia The monastery of Noravank and the upper Amaghou Valley 1996
2005 Rejected

As Gnishikadzor Area Cultural Landscape

2005 Revision

Nomination under the name of Gnishikadzor Area Cultural Landscape

1996 Added to Tentative List
Australia Murujuga Cultural Landscape 2020 2025
2024 Incomplete - not examined

2020 Added to Tentative List
Austria Bregenzerwald (Bregenz Forest) 1994
2007 Deferred

To consider its significance in a wider Alpine region and its farming traditions.

1994 Added to Tentative List
Austria Cultural Landscape of Innsbruck-Nordkette/Karwendel 2002
2005 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn by Austria after ICOMOS recommended Rejection

2002 Revision

Successor of the former TWHS Old Part of Innsbruck, including Ambras Castle (1994)

2002 Added to Tentative List
Austria Großglockner High Alpine Road / Großglockner Hochalpenstraße 2016 2026
2019 Deferred

2018 Incomplete - not examined

2016 Added to Tentative List
Austria Hall in Tyrol - The Mint 2013
2015 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn by Austria, after "Rejection" advice by ICOMOS

2013 Revision

Replaces "Old part of Hall in Tirol"

2013 Added to Tentative List
Austria National Park Hohe Tauern 2003
2004 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2003 Added to Tentative List
Bahrain Hawar Islands Reserve 2001
2004 Deferred

To consider an appropriate extension

2001 Added to Tentative List
Bangladesh Cultural Landscape of Mahasthan and Karatoya River 2023
2023 Revision

Successor to FTWHS Mahansthangarh and its Environs (1999-2023)

2023 Added to Tentative List

2018 Incomplete - not examined

As Mahansthangarh and its Environs
Belarus Augustow Canal 2004
2019 Preparatory Assistance

Funding not granted (because earlier nomination was rejected)

2017 Preparatory Assistance

Funding not granted (earlier nomination was rejected)

2010 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2009 Incomplete - not examined

2004 Added to Tentative List
Belarus Saviour Transfiguration Church and St. Sophia Cathedral in the town of Polatsk 2004
2009 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2004 Added to Tentative List
Belgium Hoge Kempen Rural - Industrial Transition Landscape 2011
2019 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn by Belgium after ICOMOS advice not to inscribe

2011 Added to Tentative List
Benin Sites marquants de la Route de l’Esclave au Bénin 2021
2021 Revision

Successor to TWHS La ville d'Ouidah : quartiers anciens et Route de l'Esclave (1996)

2021 Added to Tentative List

2001 Incomplete - not examined
Bolivia Cal Orck'o: Footprints of time 2003
2008 Rejected

Only national and regional significance

2003 Added to Tentative List
Bolivia Incallajta, the largest Inca site in the Kollasuyo 2003
2006 Deferred

More research and enhancement of the state of preservation needed

2003 Added to Tentative List
Bosnia Herzegovina Complex of travertine waterfalls in Martin Brod - Una National Park 2019 2026
2024 Incomplete - not examined

2021 Preparatory Assistance

Funding not granted: focus on upstream process for Vjetrenica cave

2019 Added to Tentative List
Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo - unique symbol of universal multiculture - continual open city 1997
1999 Rejected

Bureau: no management plan, and too similar to Mostar

1997 Added to Tentative List

1986 Deferred
Bosnia Herzegovina The natural and architectural ensemble of Jajce 2006
2009 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2008 Incomplete - not examined

2006 Added to Tentative List
Brazil Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble 2015 2026
2022 Incomplete - not examined

2015 Added to Tentative List
Brazil Serra da Capivara National Park and Permanent Preservation Areas 1998
2003 Rejected

Regarding extension on natural criteria

1998 Added to Tentative List
Brazil Serra do Divisor National Park 1998
2018 Requested by State Party to not be examined

According to news reports, it was submitted in time for 2018 but was withdrawn by Brazil within a week on advice of the National Security Council.

1998 Added to Tentative List
Bulgaria The Ancient Plovdiv 2004
2006 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn at request of Bulgaria before WHC meeting, after the ICOMOS report advised on Rejection. Reason: interesting, but not exceptional enough and doesn't meet the test of authenticity.

2004 Added to Tentative List

1983 Rejected

Not yet able to include vernacular architecture
Bulgaria Two neolithic dwellings with their interior and household furnishings and utensils completely preserved. 1984
1985 Deferred

More excavation needed

1984 Added to Tentative List
Burkina Faso Les necropoles de Bourzanga 1996
1996 Added to Tentative List

1980 Rejected

1979 Deferred

Bureau - More info required
Cameroon Le paysage culturel de Diy Gid Biy des Monts Mandara 2020 2025
2023 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2021 Preparatory Assistance

Finalization of the management plan for the Cultural Landscape of Diy-GidBiy

2020 Revision

Successor to Le paysage Culturel de Diy-Gid-Biy (2018)

2020 Added to Tentative List
Cameroon Paysage culturel du Lac Tchad (Cameroon) 2018
2023 Postponed

"submitted in 2020, [the evaluation] could not be undertaken due to security reasons"

2021 Postponed

Due to security reasons

2018 Added to Tentative List
Chad Gravures et peintures rupestres de l'Ennedi et du Tibesti 2005
2015 Incomplete - not examined

As "Massif de l'Ennedi : paysage naturel et culturel"

2005 Added to Tentative List
Chad Parc national de Zakouma 2005 2026
2021 Incomplete - not examined

2017 Incomplete - not examined

2005 Added to Tentative List
Chad Paysage culturel du Lac Tchad (Chad) 2018
2023 Postponed

"submitted in 2020, [the evaluation] could not be undertaken due to security reasons"

2021 Postponed

Due to security reasons

2018 Revision

Includes former TWHS Lac Tchad (2005)

2018 Added to Tentative List
Chile Juan Fernandez Archipielago National Park 1994
1995 Referred

Bureau - Fulfills Natural criteria but protection etc a concern which needs addressing

1994 Added to Tentative List
China China Altay 2010
2015 Incomplete - not examined

As "Xinjiang Altai Mountains" (an extension of the property

2010 Added to Tentative List
China Dongzhai Port Nature Reserve 1996
1996 Added to Tentative List

1980 Rejected
China Huangguoshu Scenic Area 2019
2019 Revision

Includes former TWHS Huangguoshu Waterfalls (1992)

2019 Added to Tentative List

1992 Rejected

As Huangguoshu Waterfalls: Bureau - Did not meet WHS criteria
China Poyang Nature Reserve 1996
1996 Added to Tentative List

1981 Deferred

At Bureau -needs Natural Park too

1980 Deferred
China The Alligator Sinensis Nature Reserve 1996
1996 Added to Tentative List

1981 Deferred

At Bureau - Needs excavatons first

1980 Deferred
China The Lijiang River Scenic Zone at Guilin 1996
1996 Added to Tentative List

1980 Rejected
China Wudalianchi Scenic Spots 2001
2011 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2001 Added to Tentative List
Congo (Democratic Republic) Dépression de l'Upemba 1997
1997 Added to Tentative List

1984 Deferred

IUCN needs more info
Congo (Republic) Le Parc National de Conkouati-Douli 2008
2008 Revision

Successor to former TWHS Wildlife reserve of Conkouati (1995)

2008 Added to Tentative List

1995 Rejected

As Wildlife reserve of Conkouati: Not of Universal value and has degraded over last 10 years
Costa Rica Corcovado National Park and Isla del Cano Biological Reserve 2003
2004 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn by Costa Rica

2003 Added to Tentative List
Croatia Lonjsko Polje Nature Park 2005
2009 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2005 Added to Tentative List
Croatia Zadar - Episcopal complex 2005
2016 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2013 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn after Rejection Advice from ICOMOS

2012 Advisory Body overruled

Referral instead of Deferral

2012 Referred

2005 Added to Tentative List
Cuba Cienaga de Zapata National Park 2003
2008 Incomplete - not examined

2003 Added to Tentative List
Czechia Ceský ráj (Czech Paradise) Rock Cities 2001
2004 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Proposal called "Rock Cities of the Bohemian Paradise" was withdrawn by Czech Republic

2001 Added to Tentative List
Czechia European Paper Mills (from the era of hand-made paper) (Czechia) 2024 2027
2024 Revision

Successor to "Paper Mill at Velké Losiny" (2001-2024)

2024 Added to Tentative List

2007 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn at request of Czech Republic
Czechia Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin 2001
2005 Deferred

Revised nominated needed including more sites beyond Trebon Fishpond Heritage

2001 Added to Tentative List
Czechia Renaissance Houses at Slavonice 2001
2006 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn at request of Czech Republic

2001 Added to Tentative List
Czechia Sites of Great Moravia: Slavonic Fortified Settlement at Mikulcice - Church of St.Margaret at Kopcani 2001
2014 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2009 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2001 Added to Tentative List
Czechia The Karlstejn Castle 2001
2001 Added to Tentative List

1992 Deferred

Need a study of its restoration
Czechia The Spa at Luhacovice 2001
2008 Deferred

Better management

2001 Added to Tentative List
Dominican Republic Primeros Ingenios Coloniales Azucareros de América 2018
2018 Revision

Includes former TWHS Boca De Nigua Sugar Mill [Ruta de Los Ingenios], The Ancient Big House of Palavé [Ruta de Los Ingenios], The Ancient Diego Caballero Sugar Mill [Ruta de Los Ingenios] and The Sugar Mill of Engombe [Ruta de Los Ingenios] (all 2001 or 2002 - 2018)

2018 Added to Tentative List

2005 Deferred

As The Sugar Mill of Engombe [Ruta de Los Ingenios]: Renominate the "Route of the First Colonial Sugar Mills of America" when legal protection and management plans are in place
Dominican Republic Sitio Arqueológico de la Villa La Isabela 2018
2021 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Was recommended for Not Inscribe

2019 Upstream process terminated

Process stopped due to submission of official nomination dossier.

2018 Revision

Successor to former TWHS Colonial City of Santo Domingo, Archaeological Sites of La Isabela and La Concepcion de la Vega, of which only the Colonial City of Santo Domingo has been inscribed as WHS (1990) and to former TWHS Archaeological and Historical National Park of the Villa of La Isabela, Puerto Plata (2001-2018)

2018 Upstream Process

2018 Added to Tentative List
Egypt Dahab 1994
1994 Added to Tentative List

1982 Deferred

At Bureau - better limits etc
Egypt Gebel Qatrani Area, Lake Qaroun Nature Reserve 2003 2026
2019 Incomplete - not examined

As Jebel Qatrani

2008 Incomplete - not examined

2003 Added to Tentative List
Egypt Ras Mohammed 2002
2003 Deferred

To extend the boundaries of the nomination

2002 Added to Tentative List
Egypt The monasteries of the Arab Desert and Wadi Natrun 2003
2021 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Before evaluation

2003 Added to Tentative List
El Salvador Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda 1992
1992 Added to Tentative List

1983 Deferred

Deferred as conditions under which recommendation made not yet fulfilled
Estonia Baltic Klint 2004
2006 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn at request of Estonia

2004 Revision

Successor to former TWHS Glint of Saka-Ontika-Toila (1996)

2004 Added to Tentative List
Estonia Kuressaare Fortress 2002
2004 Deferred

Needs comparative analysis for demonstrating the outstanding universal value. Suggests extension to town of Kuressaare.

2002 Added to Tentative List
Ethiopia Dirre Sheik Hussein 2011
2020 Incomplete - not examined

2016 Incomplete - not examined

2011 Added to Tentative List
Ethiopia Holqa Sof Omar 2012
2021 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Was recommended for Not Inscribe

2016 Incomplete - not examined

2012 Added to Tentative List
Ethiopia The Cultural Heritage of Yeha 2020
2020 Revision

Successor to former TWHS Yeha (1978-1981)

2020 Added to Tentative List

1981 Deferred

At Bureau - Need Tentative List

1980 Deferred

1979 Deferred

Bureau meeting - info requested in 1978 still not in place

1978 Deferred

Bureau meeting - info requested

Finland The Architectural Works of Alvar Aalto - a Human Dimension to the Modern Movement 2021 2026
2022 Upstream Process

2021 Revision

Includes former TWHS Paimio Hospital (formerly Paimio Sanatorium) (2004)

2021 Added to Tentative List

2007 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn at request of Finland (Paimio Hospital)
France Ensemble de grottes à concrétions du Sud de la France 2000
2007 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2001 Requested by State Party to not be examined

At Bureau Session

2000 Added to Tentative List
France Le rivage méditerranéen des Pyrénées 2002
2007 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2002 Added to Tentative List
France Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (France) 2017
2019 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2017 Revision

Includes former TWHS Espace transfrontalier Marittime-Mercantour (Les Alpes de la Mer) (2013)

2017 Added to Tentative List
France Les Plages du Débarquement, Normandie, 1944 2014 2026
2019 Adjourned

To wait for the evaluation of “sites associated with recent conflicts”, at the WHC 44th session (2020)

2014 Added to Tentative List
France Rouen : ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou 1996
1996 Added to Tentative List

1995 Deferred

Bureau - needs better Man plan, definition of zones etc
Georgia Tbilisi Historic District 2007
2007 Added to Tentative List

2001 Referred

Bureau 2001: to allow study of additional information by ICOMOS
Georgia Vardzia-Khertvisi 2007
2007 Added to Tentative List

2001 Postponed

Bureau 2001: ICOMOS recommended inscription, "subject to a favourable expert mission report"
Germany Alpine and pre-alpine meadow and marsh landscapes 2015
2023 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2015 Added to Tentative List
Germany Francke Foundation Buildings 1999
2016 Requested by State Party to not be examined

1999 Added to Tentative List
Germany The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse. Sephardic Sepulchral Culture of the 17th and 18th century between Europe and the Caribbean 2015
2018 Requested by State Party to not be examined

After negative ICOMOS advice

2015 Added to Tentative List
Ghana Mole National Park 2000
2017 Requested by State Party to not be examined

After Not to Inscribe advice of IUCN

2016 Incomplete - not examined

2000 Added to Tentative List
Ghana Tenzug - Tallensi settlements 2000
2017 Preparatory Assistance

Funding not granted

2014 Deferred

As "Tongo-Tengzuk Tallensi Cultural Landscape"

2013 Incomplete - not examined

2000 Added to Tentative List
Ghana Trade Pilgrimage Routes of North-Western Ghana 2000
2000 Revision

Successor to former TWHS Traditional mosques of Northern Ghana (1983)

2000 Added to Tentative List

1983 Deferred

As former TWHS Traditional mosques of Northern Ghana: Deferred until receipt of necessary info
Greece Archaeological Site of Nikopolis 2003
2014 Revision

Renominated by Greece under the same name at their new Tentative List

2003 Added to Tentative List

1983 Rejected

At Bureau meeting - no reason given
Greece Fortress of Spinalonga 2014
2021 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Was recommended for Not Inscribe

2014 Added to Tentative List
Greece Gorge of Samaria National Park 2003
2014 Revision

Renomination under the same name on new Tentative List

2003 Added to Tentative List

1987 Deferred

More info on "value" needed
Greece Petrified Forest of Lesvos 1988
2014 Revision

Renomination on the new Tentative List, after having disappeared from that since 1988. Slight name change (from "Petrified Forest of Lesbos")

1988 Deferred

Field review required - and work group to review fossil sites worldwide

1988 Added to Tentative List
Greece The broader region of Mount Olympus 2003 2026
2024 Incomplete - not examined

2014 Revision

Renomination on new Tentative List. Name change from "Olympos" to "Olympus"

2003 Added to Tentative List
Guatemala Sierra De Las Minas Biosphere Reservation 2002
2002 Added to Tentative List

1993 Deferred

Bureau - concerns about boundaries (too big), extent of private activity within etc
Guinea-Bissau Reserve de Biosphere de l'Archipel des Bijagos 2006 2025
2013 Deferred

2006 Added to Tentative List
Hungary Ripa Pannonica in Hungary 2009
2021 Requested by State Party to not be examined

As part of a transnational proposal of the Danube Limes. The other parts were inscribed at the same session.

2019 Advisory Body overruled

From Inscribe to Refer due to late withdrawal of Hungarian component parts

2019 Referred

2009 Added to Tentative List
Hungary Royal Seats in Esztergom, Visegrád 2017
2017 Revision

Includes former TWHS Mediaeval Royal Seat and Parkland at Visegrad (2000)

2017 Added to Tentative List

2002 Requested by State Party to not be examined

As "The Medieval Royal Seat and Parkland at Visegrad" - after negative advice from ICOMOS

Hungary System of Fortifications at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno - Komárom (Slovak) 2007
2008 Rejected

Lack of convincing comparative analysis & authenticity and integrity issues

2007 Added to Tentative List
Hungary The Ipolytartnóc Fossils 2000
2004 Deferred

Proposal called "Paleohabitat of Tarn?c, Hungary" was deferred to allow further evaluation and a IUCN field visit

2000 Added to Tentative List

1993 Rejected

Important at National level but did not meet WHS criteria
Iceland VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir National Park 2011
2015 Deferred

2011 Added to Tentative List
India Delhi - A Heritage City 2012
2015 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2012 Added to Tentative List
India River island of Majuli 2004
2013 Incomplete - not examined

2008 Deferred

To assemble a complete inventory of the 31 surviving Sattras (considering which Sattras might have the potential to demonstrate Outstanding Universal Value and be nominated as the property), a visit of an ICOMOS evaluation mission and an appraisal of the status and management of the overall river basin

2006 Referred

Seven suggestions for improvement of the proposal, among which: more information on the Sattras, legal protection and management plan

2004 Added to Tentative List
India Sri Harimandir Sahib 2004
2005 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn by India

2004 Added to Tentative List
India The Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad 2010
2014 Postponed

India had to choose between Rani-ki-Vav and Golconda

2010 Added to Tentative List
India Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch 2006
2006 Added to Tentative List

1993 Rejected

Important at National level but did not meet WHS criteria
Indonesia Betung Kerihun National Park 2004
2006 Deferred

2005 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2004 Added to Tentative List
Indonesia Tana Toraja 2009
2014 Incomplete - not examined

2009 Added to Tentative List

2001 Incomplete - not examined

2001 Revision

Successor to former TWHS Toraja (1995)
Indonesia The Old Town of Jakarta 2015
2018 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2017 Incomplete - not examined

2015 Added to Tentative List
Iran Arasbaran Protected Area 2007
2018 Deferred

2018 Advisory Body overruled

IUCN recommended Not to inscribe

2017 Incomplete - not examined

As 'Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve'

2007 Added to Tentative List
Iran Harra Protected Area 2008
2010 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2008 Added to Tentative List
Iran Monastery of St. Amenaprkich (New Julfa Vank) 2019
2022 Postponed

Due to >1 nomination proposed by State Part in same year

2019 Added to Tentative List
Iran Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab 1997
2022 Postponed

Due to >1 nomination proposed by State Part in same year

1997 Added to Tentative List
Iran The Historical City of Masouleh 2007
2023 Deferred

Refocus nomination

2023 Advisory Body overruled

ICOMOS advised Not Inscribe. Finally became a Deferral (because of advisory mission deemed needed), after Referral Amendment was first proposed.

2007 Added to Tentative List
Israel Makhteshim Country 2001
2005 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn on request of Israel

2001 Deferred

To turn the natural nomination into a mixed one

2001 Added to Tentative List
Israel The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles 2000
2010 Requested by State Party to not be examined

As Sites of Christianity in the Galilee

2000 Added to Tentative List
Israel The Great Rift Valley - migratory routes - The Hula 2004
2006 Deferred

Value is recognized, deferred due to its possible consideration within the framework of a serial nomination together with some African countries

2004 Added to Tentative List
Israel Triple-arch Gate at Dan & Sources of the Jordan 2000
2010 Postponed

2009 Not approved

"Requests the World Heritage Centre to facilitate the provision of the information which would enable the formal inscription of the property by the Committee at its 34th session."

2008 Advisory Body overruled

ICOMOS in favour of inscription, overruled by the WHC

2008 Referred

To present further information and legal and technical data

2006 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn at request of Israel

2000 Added to Tentative List
Italy Archipelago of la Maddalena and Islands of Bocche di Bonifacio 2006
2006 Added to Tentative List

2002 Requested by State Party to not be examined

From Bureau Session
Italy Bradyseism in the Flegrea Area 2006
2008 Rejected

May have potential to be included as part of a serial cultural property for its history of science values

2006 Added to Tentative List
Italy Cascata delle Marmore and Valnerina: Monastic sites and ancient hydrogeological reclamation works 2006
2007 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn at request of Italy

2006 Added to Tentative List
Italy Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy) 2017
2019 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2017 Revision

Includes former TWHS Espace transfrontalier Marittime-Mercantour (Les Alpes de la Mer) (2013)

2017 Added to Tentative List
Italy The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio 2017
2023 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2017 Added to Tentative List
Jamaica Seville Heritage Park 1988
2009 Revision

Renomination, from "Seville" to "Seville Heritage Park"

1988 Rejected

1988 Added to Tentative List
Jamaica The Underwater City of Port Royal 2009 2025
2024 Incomplete - not examined

2019 Deferred

2009 Added to Tentative List

1988 Rejected

Important for Jamaica but not WHS (earlier nomination under the name of 'Port Royal')
Jordan Aqaba Marine Reserve 2023
2025 Incomplete - not examined

2023 Added to Tentative List
Jordan Gadara (Modern Um Qeis or Qays) 2001
2018 Deferred

2016 Upstream process terminated

"To phase out the pilot project of Gadara (Modern Um Qeis or Qays) (Jordan) that did not register any progress."

2014 Upstream Process

Replacing Pella as Pilot Project for Jordan

2001 Added to Tentative List
Jordan Jerash Archaeological City (Ancient Meeting Place of East and West) 2004
2004 Added to Tentative List

1995 Referred

Bureau - Concerns re buffer zone and impact of Festival need to be addressed

1986 Deferred

1985 Deferred

Needs Boundaries and Management Plan
Jordan Pella (Modern Tabaqat Fahil) 2001
2014 Upstream process terminated

Pilot project stopped by Jordan and replaced by Gadara

2010 Upstream Process

Pilot Project

2001 Added to Tentative List

1985 Rejected

There are better examples of neolithic vestiges, Greco-Roman cities, Omayyad + Mameluke mons
Kenya The African Great Rift Valley - The Maasai Mara 2010
2010 Revision

Includes former TWHS Masai Mara (1997)

2010 Added to Tentative List

1997 Referred

As former TWHS Masai Mara (1997): Bureau - Does not meet natural criteria but should join with Tanzania as part of Serengeti

Korea (DPR) Mt. Kumgang and the Historical Relics in and around the Mountain 2000 2025
2023 Postponed

"submitted in 2021, could not be undertaken following the request of the State Party due to the COVID-19 situation in the country"

2021 Incomplete - not examined

2019 Preparatory Assistance

2018 Upstream Process

2000 Added to Tentative List
Laos Hin Nam No National Protected Area 2019 2025
2024 Incomplete - not examined

2021 Preparatory Assistance

Preparation of Nomination Dossier for Hin Nam No National Protected Area - a transboundary extension to the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (Viet Nam)

2019 Revision

Successor to Hin Nam No National Protected Area (2016)

2019 Added to Tentative List
Latvia Grobiņa archaeological ensemble 2017
2021 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Was recommended for Not Inscribe

2017 Revision

Successor to former TWHS Viking Monuments and Sites / Grobina archaeological complex

2017 Added to Tentative List

2015 Deferred

As Viking Monuments and Sites / Grobina archaeological complex

2011 Revision

Successor to former TWHS Grobina Complex of Archaeological Monuments (1996)
Lebanon L’ancienne ville de Tripoli 2019
2019 Revision

Successor to Centre Historique de Tripoli / Mina (1996)

2019 Added to Tentative List

1984 Rejected

As former TWHS Tripoli: Due to urbanisation and factory pollution.
Libya The Archaeological Site of Ptolemais 2020
2020 Revision

Renomination of former TWHS Ptolemais (1984-1985)

2020 Added to Tentative List

1985 Requested by State Party to not be examined

1984 Rejected

Did not meet requirements
Lithuania Trakai Historical National Park 2003
2005 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn by Lithuania

2003 Added to Tentative List
Malawi Mulanje Mountain Biosphere Reserve 2000 2025
2023 Incomplete - not examined

2014 Deferred

As "Mount Mulanje Cultural Landscape"

2000 Added to Tentative List
Malawi Nyika National Park 2000
2006 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn at request of Malawi

2000 Added to Tentative List

1984 Rejected

Only of Regional importance
Maldives Coral Stone Mosques of Maldives 2013
2023 Upstream process terminated

Was a Pilot Project, but no further progress after 2019 so phased out from the perspective of the WHC/AB.

2013 Revision

Includes former TWHS Fenfushi Hukuru Miskiy and Male Hukuru Miskiy/enclosing cemetery and Minaret (1987)

2013 Added to Tentative List

2010 Upstream Process

A Pilot Project for "Male Hukuru Miskiy"

1988 Deferred

Both old TWHS were deferred due to inadequate docs -Maldives to be offered help
Mali La Boucle du Baoulé 1999
1999 Added to Tentative List

1982 Deferred

At Bureau Need IUCN conclusions

1981 Deferred

At Bureau - info still needed

1980 Deferred
Mali Sites historiques et paysages culturels du Manden 2018
2019 Incomplete - not examined

2019 Upstream Process

2018 Revision

Incorporates the former TWHS Etablissements humains de la region de Kangaba (1987-1998) as well as three current TWHS Le site de Kurukan Fuga, Le site culturel et naturel de l'Arche de Kamandjan and Le Kamablon (which appears twice on the T-list)

2018 Added to Tentative List
Malta Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta 1998
1999 Deferred

Bureau - Better to add to existing City of Valletta

1998 Added to Tentative List
Marshall Islands Northern Marshall Islands Atolls 2005
2010 Incomplete - not examined

Ailinginae Atoll

2005 Added to Tentative List
Mauritania Paysage culturel d'Azougui 2001
2005 Deferred

Needs substantially revised nomination

2001 Added to Tentative List
Mexico Historical Town The Royal of the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cosala in Sinaloa 2004
2009 Incomplete - not examined

2008 Incomplete - not examined

2004 Added to Tentative List
Mexico Huichol Route through the sacred sites to Huiricuta (Tatehuari Huajuye) 2004 2025
2024 Incomplete - not examined

2004 Added to Tentative List
Mexico Réserve de la biosphere Banco Chincorro 2004
2012 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2011 Incomplete - not examined

2007 Deferred

WHC recommends submitting a new nomination of the site as a mixed property taking into account the underwater cultural heritage of the site

2004 Added to Tentative List
Micronesia Yapese Disk Money Regional Sites 2004
2021 Preparatory Assistance

Funding not granted: The resubmission of a transboundary nomination deferred by the Committee in 2011 under a single State Party would exclude some key aspects of the site

2010 Incomplete - not examined

2004 Added to Tentative List
Monaco Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco) 2017
2019 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2017 Added to Tentative List
Mongolia Highlands of Mongol Altai 2014
2023 Deferred

As a mixed nomination, needs more focus on archaeological sites

2014 Added to Tentative List
Montenegro Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (Montenegro) 2018 2026
2021 Deferred

significant issues related to integrity and/or protection and management

2018 Added to Tentative List
Montenegro Cetinje Historic Core 2010
2016 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2010 Added to Tentative List
Morocco Aire du Dragonnier Ajgal 1998
2023 Requested by State Party to not be examined

1998 Added to Tentative List
Morocco El Gour 1995
1995 Added to Tentative List

1988 Rejected
Myanmar Mrauk-U 1996
2021 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn before evaluation

1996 Added to Tentative List
Nepal The early medieval architectural complex of Panauti 1996
1998 Requested by State Party to not be examined

ICOMOS advised Deferral, additional documentation not sent in time

1996 Added to Tentative List
Niger Paysage culturel du Lac Tchad (Niger) 2018
2023 Postponed

"submitted in 2020, [the evaluation] could not be undertaken due to security reasons"

2021 Postponed

Due to security reasons

2018 Added to Tentative List
Nigeria Lake Chad Cultural Landscape (Nigeria) 2018
2023 Postponed

"submitted in 2020, [the evaluation] could not be undertaken due to security reasons"

2021 Postponed

Due to security reasons

2018 Added to Tentative List
Nigeria Oke Idanre (Idanre Hill) 2007
2010 Incomplete - not examined

2007 Added to Tentative List
Nigeria Old Oyo 1995
1995 Added to Tentative List

1988 Rejected

Does not meet authenticity requirements and is "Movable"
Nigeria Surame Cultural Landscape 2007
2012 Incomplete - not examined

2007 Revision

Includes former TWHS Ruins of Sarame (1988)

2007 Added to Tentative List
North Macedonia Archaeo-astronomical Site Kokino 2009
2012 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2011 Incomplete - not examined

2009 Added to Tentative List
Norway VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Vestfold Ship Burials and Hyllestad Quernstone Quarries 2011
2015 Deferred

2011 Added to Tentative List
Pakistan Archaeological Site of Harappa 2004
2008 Incomplete - not examined

The Archaeological sites of Mehrgarh, Rehman Dheri and Harappa as an extension of the Archaeological Ruins as Menjodaro

2004 Added to Tentative List

1980 Rejected
Pakistan Archaeological Site of Mehrgarh 2004
2008 Incomplete - not examined

The Archaeological sites of Mehrgarh, Rehman Dheri and Harappa as an extension of the Archaeological Ruins as Menjodaro

2004 Added to Tentative List
Pakistan Archaeological Site of Rehman Dheri 2004
2008 Incomplete - not examined

The Archaeological sites of Mehrgarh, Rehman Dheri and Harappa as an extension of the Archaeological Ruins as Menjodaro

2004 Added to Tentative List
Pakistan Hiran Minar and Tank, Sheikhupura 1993
2011 Incomplete - not examined

1993 Added to Tentative List
Pakistan Port of Banbhore 2004 2026
2023 Incomplete - not examined

2021 Incomplete - not examined

2020 Incomplete - not examined

2004 Added to Tentative List
Pakistan Rani Kot Fort, Dadu 1993
1993 Added to Tentative List

1984 Rejected

Not of universal value
Palau Yapease Quarry Sites 2004
2010 Incomplete - not examined

As transnational site with Micronesia

2004 Added to Tentative List
Panama The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá (Ruta Colonial Transístmica de Panamá) 2017 2026
2024 Referred

2023 Incomplete - not examined

2020 Upstream Process

2019 Deferred

2017 Added to Tentative List
Paraguay Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve 2003
2005 Rejected

Encourages transboundary nomination of the Chaco region, or extension of the Iguacu/Iguazu sites

2003 Added to Tentative List
Philippines Batanes Protected landscapes and seascapes 1993
2021 Upstream process terminated

Phased out by WHC and AB

2010 Upstream Process

Pilot Project

2007 Referred

To provide additional information. Also recommends to include all islands of the archipelago.

1993 Added to Tentative List
Philippines Colonial Urban Plan and Fortifications of the Walled City of Manila 2024
2024 Revision

Successor to Historic Centre of Manila Intramuros (1989)

2024 Added to Tentative List

1989 Rejected

As Historic Centre of Manila Intramuros: Does not meet requirements
Philippines Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape 2015
2019 Incomplete - not examined

2015 Added to Tentative List
Poland Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom 2005
2021 Adjourned

Decision adjourned by WHC sine die

2020 Incomplete - not examined

As: The Gdańsk Shipyard – the birthplace of “Solidarity” and the symbol of the fall of Communism in East-Central Europe

2007 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn at request of Poland

2005 Added to Tentative List

1998 Rejected

Bureau - ICOMOS no (later withdrawn by Poland)
Poland Modernist Centre of Gdynia — the example of building an integrated community 2019 2025
2024 Incomplete - not examined

2019 Added to Tentative List
Poland The Augustow Canal (Kanal Augustowski) 2006
2010 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2009 Incomplete - not examined

2006 Added to Tentative List
Portugal Bulwarked Fortifications 2017
2017 Revision

Includes part of former TWHS Town of Marvao and the craggy mountain on which it is located (2000)

2017 Revision

includes Conjunto fortificado de Pamplona

2017 Added to Tentative List

2006 Requested by State Party to not be examined

As Town of Marvao and the craggy mountain on which it is located
Portugal Head Office and Garden of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 2017
2023 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2017 Added to Tentative List
Portugal Levadas of Madeira Island 2017 2027
2024 Requested by State Party to not be examined

After a Not to inscribe advice by ICOMOS

2017 Added to Tentative List
Republic of Korea Capital Fortifications of Hanyang : Hangyangdoseong Capital City Wall, Bukhansanseong Mountain Fortress and Tangchundaeseong Defense Wall 2023 2027
2023 Revision

Extension of Seoul City Wall TWHS (2012-2023)

2023 Added to Tentative List

2017 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Republic of Korea Mt. Soraksan Nature Reserve 1994
1996 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Bureau - No reason given

1994 Added to Tentative List

1986 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Republic of Korea Sites of fossilized dinosaurs throughout the Southern seacoast 2002
2009 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Nomination of "Korean Cretaceous Dinosaur Coast" withdrawn

2009 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2002 Added to Tentative List
Romania L'église de Densus 1991
1991 Added to Tentative List

1990 Deferred

Full evaluation required
Romania Le Monastère de Neamt 1991
1999 Deferred

Bureau- pending the completion of a comparative study of similar church complexes in the region.

1991 Added to Tentative List
Romania The Historic Centre of Sibiu and its Ensemble of Squares 2004
2007 Deferred

Linking it with already inscribed Saxon Romanian sites as a serial nomination

2004 Added to Tentative List
Russia Bashkir Shikhans: Toratau, Yuraktau and Kushtau 2022 2026
2025 Postponed

Because of 2 nominations by Russia in the same year

2022 Added to Tentative List
Russia Bashkir Ural 2012
2012 Added to Tentative List

1998 Rejected

As Bashkirian Ural: no OUV, European importance only (WHC)
Russia Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior with the Medieval Rampart City Wall of Pereslavl-Zalessky (1152-1157) 2019
2023 Postponed

Preference given to nomination of “Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University"

2019 Added to Tentative List
Russia Centre historique de la ville de Gorokhovets 2017
2025 Incomplete - not examined

2023 Deferred

Rethink criteria etc

2021 Incomplete - not examined

2017 Added to Tentative List
Russia The archeological site of Tanais 2009
2023 Postponed

Preference given to nomination of “Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University"

2009 Added to Tentative List
Russia Virgin Komi Forests (re-nomination) 2014
2016 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2014 Added to Tentative List
Russia Western Caucasus (re-nomination) 2014
2016 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2014 Added to Tentative List
Saudi Arabia Rijal Almaa Heritage Village in Assir Region 2015
2019 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2015 Added to Tentative List
Saudi Arabia The Ancient Walled Oases of Northern Arabia 2022
2022 Revision

Includes Dumat al-Jandal and Tayma, which were on its first and very extensive tentative list from 1988

2022 Revision

Includes former TWHS Dûmat Al-Jandal Historical Oasis in Al-Jawf Region (2015)

2022 Added to Tentative List

2021 Incomplete - not examined

As Dûmat Al-Jandal Historical Oasis in Al-Jawf Region
Senegal Parc National des Iles de la Madeleine 2005
2005 Added to Tentative List

1979 Rejected
Serbia Cultural landscape of Bač and its surroundings 2019
2024 Requested by State Party to not be examined

After a Not Inscribe advice by ICOMOS (OUV not demonstrated)

2023 Incomplete - not examined

2019 Revision

Successor to Historical place of Bac and its Surroundings (2010)

2019 Added to Tentative List
Serbia Mt. Sara National Park 2002
2008 Incomplete - not examined

2002 Added to Tentative List
Serbia The Djavolja Varos (Devil's Town) Natural Landmark 2002
2010 Incomplete - not examined

2002 Added to Tentative List
Slovakia Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain 2002
2002 Added to Tentative List

1992 Rejected

High National Importance but doesn't justify WHS. Go for Biosphere reserve?
Slovakia Original Meadow - Pasture Sites of Slovakia 2002
2005 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn by Slovakia

2002 Added to Tentative List
Slovakia Sites of Great Moravia: Slavonic Fortified Settlement at Mikulcice - Church of St.Margaret at Kopcani 2007
2014 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2009 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2007 Added to Tentative List
Slovakia System of Fortifications at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno - Komárom (Slova) 2002
2008 Rejected

Lack of convincing comparative analysis & authenticity and integrity issues

2002 Added to Tentative List
Slovakia The concept of the lenticular historical town core of Kosice City 2002
2002 Revision

Includes former TWHS Kosice Cathedral

2002 Added to Tentative List

1994 Rejected

Kosice Cathedral
Slovenia Classical Karst (in Slovene language: Klasicni kras) 2015
2021 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Was recommended for Not Inscribe

2015 Revision

Renomination of former TWHS Classic Karst (1994)

2015 Added to Tentative List
Slovenia Franja Partisan Hospital 2000
2003 Requested by State Party to not be examined

After negative advice from ICOMOS

2000 Added to Tentative List
Spain Jaén Cathedral (extension of the Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza) 2012
2014 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2012 Added to Tentative List
Spain La Rioja and Rioja Alavesa Vine and Wine Cultural Landscape 2013
2015 Deferred

2013 Revision

Includes former TWHS Santa Maria de Real de Najera (1985) and Conjunto de la villa de Laguardia (1998)

2013 Added to Tentative List
Spain Plasencia - Monfragüe - Trujillo : Paysage méditerranéen 2009
2012 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2009 Revision

Includes former TWHS Casco historico y Berrocal de Trujillo, Caceres (2000), Parque Natural Monfrague (2001)

2009 Added to Tentative List
Spain Priorat-Montsant-Siurana paysage agricole de la montagne méditerranéenne 2014
2019 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn by Spain after ICOMOS advice not to inscribe

2014 Added to Tentative List
Spain The Mediterranean Facet of the Pyrenees (France-Spain) 2004
2007 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Withdrawn at request of France and Spain

2004 Revision

Includes former TWHS Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes (1989)

2004 Added to Tentative List

1989 Rejected

As former TWHS Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes (1989)
Spain The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia 2017 2025
2024 Incomplete - not examined

2017 Added to Tentative List
Spain The Ribeira Sacra, Lugo and Orense 1996 2026
2021 Requested by State Party to not be examined

Was recommended for Not Inscribe

1996 Added to Tentative List
Spain The Silver Route 1998
2010 Deferred

2009 Referred

1998 Added to Tentative List
Spain Valle Salado de Añana 2012
2014 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2012 Revision

Successor to former TWHS Conjunto Monumental de las Salinas de A

2012 Added to Tentative List
Sri Lanka Seruwila Mangala Raja Maha Vihara 2006
2008 Incomplete - not examined

2006 Added to Tentative List
Sudan Suakin 1994
1996 Deferred

Bureau - needs systematic inventory

1994 Added to Tentative List
Tajikistan Ancient Khuttal 2023 2025
2023 Revision

Successor to TWHS "Khulbuk – the capital of ancient Khuttal" (1999-2023)

2023 Incomplete - not examined

2023 Added to Tentative List

2021 Revision

Successor to "Palace of the Governor of Khulbuk" (1999)

2021 Incomplete - not examined

2020 Incomplete - not examined

As: Medieval Town of Khulbuk
Tajikistan Silk Roads Sites in Tajikistan 2013 2026
2019 Incomplete - not examined

As Silk Roads Zarafshan Corridor

2014 Referred

2014 Advisory Body overruled

From Deferral

2013 Added to Tentative List
Tajikistan The Site of Ancient Town of Pyanjekent 1999
2014 Referred

As part of Silk Roads: Pendjikent-Samarkand, Poykent Corridor /Tadjikistan/Uzbekistan

1999 Added to Tentative List
Tanzania Eastern Arc Mountains Forests of Tanzania 2006
2012 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2011 Incomplete - not examined

2006 Added to Tentative List
Tanzania The Central Slave and Ivory Trade Route 2006
2012 Incomplete - not examined

2011 Incomplete - not examined

2010 Incomplete - not examined

2006 Revision

Includes (at least part of) former TWHS Bagamoyo Stone Town and Kaole Ruins (1997)

2006 Added to Tentative List
Tunisia Parc National de Bouhedma 2008
2008 Added to Tentative List

1978 Requested by State Party to not be examined

At first Bureau Session (bearing reference number 6)
Turkiye Alanya 2000
2010 Incomplete - not examined

2000 Added to Tentative List
Turkiye Historic Guild Town of Mudurnu 2015
2019 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2015 Added to Tentative List
Turkiye Íznik 2014 2027
2024 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2014 Added to Tentative List
Turkiye Karain Cave 1994
2001 Rejected

1994 Added to Tentative List
Turkiye Kızılırmak Delta Wetland and Bird Sanctuary 2016
2019 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2016 Added to Tentative List
Turkiye Mardin Cultural Landscape 2000
2013 Referred

2013 Advisory Body overruled

Deferral was proposed

2012 Incomplete - not examined

2003 Requested by State Party to not be examined

ICOMOS recommended "rejection" and Turkey withdrew it before the WHC

2000 Added to Tentative List
Turkiye Sümela Monastery (The Monastery of Virgin Mary) 2000
2000 Added to Tentative List

1989 Deferred

Bureau - comparative study required of similar sites
Turkmenistan Badhyz State Nature Reserve 2009
2016 Incomplete - not examined

2009 Added to Tentative List
Turkmenistan Dinosaurs and Caves of Koytendag 2009
2016 Advisory Body overruled

IUCN advised Rejection

2016 Deferred

2009 Added to Tentative List
Turkmenistan Silk Roads Sites in Turkmenistan 2010
2014 Referred

2014 Advisory Body overruled

From Deferral

2010 Added to Tentative List
Uganda Nyero Rockpaintings 1997
2015 Referred

1997 Added to Tentative List
Ukraine Kyiv: Saint Sophia Cathedral with Related Monastic Buildings, St. Cyril's and St. Andrew's Churches, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra 2009
2012 Deferred

2010 Deferred

2009 Added to Tentative List
Ukraine The historical surroundings of Crimean Khans' capital in Bakhchysarai 2012
2015 Incomplete - not examined

As "Historic environment of the Crimean Khans

2014 Incomplete - not examined

2012 Added to Tentative List
United Arab Emirates Khor Dubai 2012
2018 Requested by State Party to not be examined

After ICOMOS advice Not to Inscribe: "ICOMOS does not consider that what remains has the potential to justify Outstanding Universal Value. "

2017 Referred

2017 Advisory Body overruled

ICOMOS advised Not to inscribe

2014 Deferred

2014 Advisory Body overruled

ICOMOS suggested rejection, because this site is largely based on reconstructions

2012 Added to Tentative List
United Arab Emirates Sharjah: the Gate to Trucial States 2014
2019 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2018 Incomplete - not examined

2014 Added to Tentative List
United Arab Emirates Wadi Wurayah National Park 2021 2026
2025 Postponed

Because of 2 nominations of UAE in the same year

2024 Incomplete - not examined

2021 Added to Tentative List
United States of America Mount Vernon 2008
2010 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2008 Added to Tentative List
Uzbekistan Ancient Termiz 2008
2014 Incomplete - not examined

Ancient Termez

2013 Incomplete - not examined

2012 Incomplete - not examined

2008 Revision

Includes former TWHS Khakim Al-Termizi (1996), Djarkurgan's Minaret (1996-2005) and Kyrk Kyz (1996-2003)

2008 Added to Tentative List
Uzbekistan Mir-Sayid Bakhrom Mausoleum 2008
2012 Incomplete - not examined

2008 Added to Tentative List
Uzbekistan Rabati Malik Caravanserai 2008
2012 Incomplete - not examined

2008 Added to Tentative List
Uzbekistan Sarmishsay 2008
2013 Incomplete - not examined

2012 Incomplete - not examined

2008 Added to Tentative List
Uzbekistan Silk Roads Sites in Uzbekistan 2010 2026
2019 Incomplete - not examined

As Silk Roads Zarafshan Corridor

2014 Advisory Body overruled

From Deferral

2014 Referred

2010 Revision

Includes former TWHS Vabkent's Minaret (1996)

2010 Added to Tentative List
Viet Nam Cat Tien National Park 2006
2013 Requested by State Party to not be examined

2010 Incomplete - not examined

2006 Added to Tentative List
Zambia The Barotse Cultural Landscape 2009
2014 Advisory Body overruled

ICOMOS advised Deferral

2014 Referred

2013 Incomplete - not examined

2009 Added to Tentative List
Zimbabwe Ziwa National Monument 1997
1999 Deferred

Bureau- pending the completion of a comparative study of similar church complexes in the region.

1997 Added to Tentative List