UNESCO’s role is to ‘encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world, considered to be of outstanding value to humanity’.
The cultural and natural heritage sites identified by UNESCO are listed in a “World Heritage List” on the UNESCO website: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/
In addition, UNESCO has defined a Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Intangible cultural heritage is a practice, representation, expression, knowledge, or skill considered by UNESCO to be part of a place or peoples living cultural heritage that requires safeguarding. For example, folklore, customs, language, traditions, food, etc. The full list can be view at: https://ich.unesco.org/en/lists
In 2021, there was a total of 1,121 UNESCO World Heritage sites worldwide, and 549 intangible cultural elements noted as worthy of protection.
We have experienced 421 of these (at March 2021). They are listed below by country .
This post covers countries beginning with M to P. Other countries are listed in UNESCO posts A-D; E-H; I-L; Q-T and U-Z.
This post covers countries beginning with M to P. Other countries are listed in UNESCO posts A-D; E-H; I-L; Q-T and U-Z.
Montenegro
· Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor
· Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and
17th Centuries: Fortified City of Kotor
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| Medina of Fez, Morocco |
· Historic City of Meknes
· Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
· Medina of Fez
· Medina of Marrakesh
· Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)
· Mediterranean diet
· Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)
· Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage
· Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices
Netherlands
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| Leigh-Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout, Nederlands |
· Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)
· Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
· Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
· Wadden Sea
New Zealand
· Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand (includes Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, Tasman and other glaciers, Milford Sound and Track, Lake Te Anau, Kepler Track,
Doubtful Sound, Lake Manapouri, Lake Wanaka, Routeburn Track, the Blue Pools,
· Tongariro National Park
Norway
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| Bryggen in Bergen, Norway |
· West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
Paraguay
· Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue
Peru
· Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
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| Man knitting in Taquile, Peru |
· Historic Centre of Lima
· Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa
· Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
· Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System
· Taquile and its Textile Art
· Wititi dance of the Colca Valley
Poland
· Auschwitz Birkenau - German Nazi
Concentration and Extermination Camp
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| Old city of Zamosc, Poland |
· Białowieża Forest
· Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork
· Centennial Hall in Wrocław
· Historic Centre of Kraków
· Historic Centre of Warsaw
· Medieval Town of Toruń
· Old City of Zamość
· Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
· Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska
Portugal
· Historic Centre of Évora
· Cultural Landscape of Sintra
· Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications
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| Historic centre of Guimaraes, Portugal |
· Historic Centre of Guimarães
· Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar
· Mediterranean diet
· Monastery of Alcobaça
· Monastery of Batalha
· Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon
· Santuário do Bom Jesus
· The Fado, urban popular song of Portugal
· University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia