List of World Heritage Sites in Eastern Europe
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated 77 World Heritage Sites in Western Europe. These sites are in 9 countries. There are eight sites which are shared between countries.[1][2]
Legend[change | change source]
The list below uses a definition of Western Europe which includes the United Kingdom and Ireland.
- Site – named after the World Heritage Committee's official designation
- Location – sorted by country, followed by the region at the regional or provincial level and geocoordinates. In the case of multinational or multi-regional sites, the names are sorted alphabetically.
- Criteria – as defined by the World Heritage Committee
- Area – in hectares and acres, followed by buffer zones if applicable. A value of zero implies that no data has been published by UNESCO
- Year – during which the site was added to the World Heritage List
- Description – brief information about the site, including reasons for qualifying as an endangered site, if applicable
Sites[change | change source]
* Trans-border site
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Number of World Heritage Properties by region". UNESCO. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ↑ "Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings". Geographical region and composition of each region. United Nations Statistics Division. 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ↑ "Ancient City of Nessebar". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora". UNESCO. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ↑ "Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Auschwitz Birkenau, German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940–1945)". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ Krakowski, Shmuel (1998). "The Satellite Camps". In Gutman, Yisrael; Berenbaum, Michael (eds.). Anatomy of the Auschwitz death camp. Indiana University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-253-20884-2. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
- ↑ "Bardejov". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Boyana Church". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Decision - 32COM 8B.48 - Examination of nominations and minor modifications to the boundaries of naturel, mixed and cultural properties to the World Heritage List - Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (HUNGARY / SLOVAKIA)". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Centennial Hall in Wrocław". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Churches of Moldavia". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Thirty-fourth session" (PDF). Report of the decisions adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its 34th session (Brasilia, 2010). UNESCO. p. 234. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Cracow's Historic Centre". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ Ingrid Gustafson, ed. (2007). Let's Go: Eastern Europe (13, illustrated ed.). Macmillan. p. 444. ISBN 978-0-312-37446-4. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
- ↑ "Properties inscribed on the World Heritage list, Poland". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "2nd session of the Committee". UNESCO. 1978. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Thirty-fourth session" (PDF). 2010 Evaluations of Cultural Properties. UNESCO. p. 94. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Curonian Spit". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Danube Delta". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae)". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Ensemble of the Ferrapontov Monastery". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Historic Centre of Český Krumlov". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Historic Centre of Prague". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Historic Centre of Sighişoara". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Historic Centre of Telč". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Historic Centre of Warsaw". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Holašovice Historical Village Reservation". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Twenty-ninth Session" (PDF). Nominations of properties to the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger: Addendum: Attributes of properties proposed. UNESCO. 2005. p. 12. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Kizhi Pogost". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Litomyšl Castle". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "32nd ordinary session" (PDF). Evaluations of Cultural Properties. UNESCO. 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Madara Rider". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Medieval Town of Toruń". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ Töppen, Max (1858). Historisch-comparative Geographie von Preussen: Nach den Quellen, Namentlich auch Archivalischen. J. Perthes. p. 167. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ↑ "Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Mir Castle Complex". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Monastery of Horezu". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Old City of Zamość". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ Kędziora, A. (2000). Encyklopedia miasta Zamościa [Encyclopedia of Zamośc town] (in Polish). Chełm: Towarzystwo Opieki nad Zabytkami [Society for the Preservation of Historical Monuments].
- ↑ "Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Pirin National Park". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "IUCN Evaluations of Nominations of Natural and Mixed Properties to the World Heritage List" (PDF). UNESCO. pp. 111–120. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Rila Monastery". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Srebarna Nature Reserve". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Struve Geodetic Arc". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Tugendhat Villa in Brno". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Virgin Komi Forests". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Vlkolínec". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Western Caucasus". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Wieliczka Salt Mine". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "32nd session" (PDF). Evaluations of Cultural Properties. UNESCO. 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "World Heritage Committee: Thirteenth session" (PDF). UNESCO. p. 14. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ↑ "World Heritage Committee: Twenty-second session" (PDF). UNESCO. p. 13. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ↑ "Wooden Churches of Maramureş". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine". UNESCO. Retrieved 4 August 2013.