UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Poland

Kaushik Biswas 2016-06-14

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Kraków Old Town
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraków_Old_Town

Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieliczka_Salt_Mine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bochnia_Salt_Mine

Auschwitz concentration camp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp

Bialowieza Forest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bialowieza_Forest

Historic Centre of Warsaw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Old_Town

Old City of Zamosc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City_of_Zamosc

Malbork Castle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malbork_Castle

Medieval Town of Torun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Town_of_Torun

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalwaria_Zebrzydowska

Churches of Peace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churches_of_Peace

Wooden churches of Southern Lesser Poland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooden_churches_of_Southern_Lesser_Poland

Muskau Park
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskau_Park

Centennial Hall
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Hall

Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooden_tserkvas_of_the_Carpathian_region_in_Poland_and_Ukraine

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_of_Poland

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A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place (such as a forest, mountain, lake, island, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as of special cultural or physical significance . The list is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 UNESCO member states which are elected by the General Assembly.

The programme catalogues, names, and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humanity. Under certain conditions, listed sites can obtain funds from the World Heritage Fund. The programme was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, which was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972. Since then, 191 states parties have ratified the Convention, making it one of the most adhered to international instruments. Only Liechtenstein, Nauru, Somalia, South Sudan, Timor-Leste and Tuvalu are not Party to the Convention.

As of 2014, 1007 sites are listed: 779 cultural, 197 natural, and 31 mixed properties, in 161 states parties. By sites ranked by country, Italy is home to the greatest number of World Heritage Sites with 57 sites, followed by China (47), Spain (44), France (39), Germany (39), Mexico (32) and India (32). UNESCO references each World Heritage Site with an identification number; however, new inscriptions often include previous sites now listed as part of larger descriptions. As a result, the identification numbers exceed 1,200 even though there are fewer on the list.

In 1954, the government of Egypt decided to build the Aswan Dam (Aswan High Dam), an event that would deluge a valley containing treasures of ancient Egypt such as the Abu Simbel temples. UNESCO then launched a worldwide safeguarding campaign. The Abu Simbel and Philae temples were taken apart, moved to a higher location, and put back together piece by piece. Meanwhile, the Temple of Dendur was moved to Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the Temple of Debod was moved to Parque del Oeste in Madrid.

The cost of the project was US$80 million, about $40 million of which was collected from 50 countries. The project was regarded as a success, and led to other safeguarding campaigns, saving Venice and its lagoon in Italy, the ruins of Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan, and the Borobodur Temple Compounds in Indonesia. UNESCO then initiated, with the International Council on Monuments and Sites, a draft convention to protect the common cultural heritage of humanity.

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