Lacey Pfalz | TravelPulse (TNS)

UNESCO’s 46th Session of the World Heritage Committee is going on now in New Delhi, India, and it’s brought the total of new World Heritage Sites up to 24 this year, with new additions like Rome’s beloved Via Appia and the fairytale-esque Schwerin Residence Ensemble in Germany.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage Site list comprises over 1,220 natural, historic and cultural sites across the globe, ranging from critically important ecosystems to architectural wonders that are found nowhere else on the globe.

According to the organization, it “seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972.”

The 24 new World Heritage Sites include 19 cultural sites, four natural sites and one mixed cultural and natural site. Travelers interested in learning more about each site can visit the list on UNESCO’s website.

The list is as follows, starting with cultural World Heritage Sites:

Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital, China
Brâncuși Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu, Romania
Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake, Russian Federation
Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia, Romania
Hegmataneh, Iran

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Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites, South Africa
Melka Kunture and Balchit: Archaeological and Palaeontological Sites in the Highland Area of Ethiopia
Moidams – the Mound-Burial System of the Ahom Dynasty, India
Phu Phrabat, a testimony to the Sīma stone tradition of the Dvaravati period, Thailand
Royal Court of Tiébélé, Burkina Faso
Sado Island Gold Mines, Japan
Saint Hilarion Monastery/Tell Umm Amer, State of Palestine
Schwerin Residence Ensemble, Germany
The Archaeological Heritage of Niah National Park’s Caves Complex, Malaysia
The Cultural Landscape of Al-Faw Archaeological Area, Saudi Arabia
The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa
The Historic Town and Archaeological Site of Gedi, Kenya
Umm Al-Jimāl, Jordan
Via Appia, Italy

Natural Properties:

Badain Jaran Desert – Towers of Sand and Lakes, China
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil
The Flow Country, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
Vjetrenica Cave, Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mixed Property:

Te Henua Enata – The Marquesas Islands, France

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