New in 1979


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New entries to the World Heritage List in 1979:

  • Boyana Church (Bulgaria)
  • Madara Rider (Bulgaria)
  • Thracian tomb of Kazanlak (Bulgaria)
  • Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo (Bulgaria)
  • Dinosaur Provincial Park (Canada)
  • Kluane (Canada)
  • Virunga National Park (Congo)
  • Old City of Dubrovnik (Croatia)
  • Split (Croatia)
  • Plitvice Lakes (Croatia)
  • Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields (Egypt)
  • Ancient Thebes (Egypt)
  • Nubian Monuments (Egypt)
  • Islamic Cairo (Egypt)
  • Abu Mena (Egypt)
  • Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region (Ethiopia)
  • Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (France)
  • Chartres Cathedral (France)
  • Palace and Park of Versailles (France)
  • Vézelay, Church and Hill (France)
  • Decorated Grottoes of the Vézère Valley (France)
  • Ohrid Region (FYR of Macedonia)
  • Forts and Castles, Volta Greater Accra (Ghana)
  • Tikal (Guatemala)
  • Antigua Guatemala (Guatemala)
  • Tchogha Zanbil (Iran)
  • Persepolis (Iran)
  • Meidan Emam, Esfahan (Iran)
  • Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (Italy)
  • Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)
  • Sagarmatha National Park (Nepal)
  • Urnes Stave Church (Norway)
  • Bryggen (Norway)
  • Auschwitz Concentration Camp (Poland)
  • Damascus (Syria)
  • Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania)
  • Medina of Tunis (Tunisia)
  • Site of Carthage (Tunisia)
  • Amphitheater of El Jem (Tunisia)
  • Everglades (USA)
  • Independence Hall (USA)
  • Grand Canyon (USA)
  • Stari Ras and Sopocani (Yugoslavia)
  • Kotor (Yugoslavia)




    • Browse the ones that missed out:
    Tentative list for 2001