List of World Heritage Sites in Western Europe information
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Location of World Heritage Sites within Western Europe. Some trans-national sites are partly in non-Western European countries. For trans-national sites the UNESCO latitude and longitude may not be in Western Europe. No sites or not in Western Europe
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11-20 sites
21-30 sites
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national sites
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated 171 World Heritage Sites in Western Europe (including international dependencies). These sites are located in 9 countries (also called "state parties"); Germany and France are home to the most with 46 and 45, while Liechtenstein, Monaco and the British Crown Dependencies of the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey have no sites. There are twelve sites which are shared between state parties both in and out of Western Europe.[1][2] The first site from the region to be included on the list was the Aachen Cathedral in Germany in 1978, the year of the list's conception.[3]
Each year, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee may inscribe new sites on the list, or delist sites that no longer meet the criteria. Selection is based on ten criteria: six for cultural heritage (i–vi) and four for natural heritage (vii–x).[4] Some sites, designated "mixed sites," represent both cultural and natural heritage.[5] In Western Europe, there are 151 cultural, 18 natural, and 2 mixed sites.[5]
The World Heritage Committee may also specify that a site is endangered, citing "conditions which threaten the very characteristics for which a property was inscribed on the World Heritage List."[6] Presently, none of the sites in Western Europe are currently listed as endangered, though two German sites and an English site were previously listed: the Cologne Cathedral was marked as endangered in 2004 due to the construction of several high-rise buildings around it, but it was removed from the list in 2006.[7] The Dresden Elbe Valley site was listed in 2006 in hopes of halting the construction of the four lane Waldschlösschen Bridge through the valley.[6][8][9] When construction continued as planned, it became the second site to be delisted as a World Heritage in 2009, the first being Oman's Arabian Oryx Sanctuary two years earlier.[10] Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City was listed in 2004, marked as endangered in 2012 due to planned developments in the protected area, and removed from the list in 2021 when development plans went ahead.[11]
^"Number of World Heritage Properties by region". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. 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. Archived from the original on 25 June 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
^"Number of World Heritage properties inscribed each Year". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
^"The Criteria for Selection". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
^ ab"World Heritage List Nominations". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 27 June 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
^ ab"World Heritage in Danger". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
^"Cologne Cathedral (Germany), Djoudj Bird Sanctuary (Senegal), Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia), and Hampi (India) removed from List of World Heritage in Danger". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
^"World Heritage Committee threatens to remove Dresden Elbe Valley (Germany) from World Heritage List". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
^"World Heritage Committee keeps Dresden Elbe Valley on UNESCO World Heritage List, urging an end to building of bridge". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
^"Dresden is deleted from UNESCO's World Heritage List". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
^"Liverpool stripped of Unesco World Heritage status". BBC News. 21 July 2021. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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