Minor modifications after inscription

Connected Sites: 54

Sites where a "Minor modification” has been approved after the year of inscription. Includes only modifications to the core zone that add or remove a named element. According to the Operational Guidelines, a Minor Modification is "one which does not have a significant impact on the extent of the property nor affects its Outstanding Universal Value”.

Connected Sites

  • Mont-Saint-Michel
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.17
    329
    17
    2007 - buffer zone, 2018
  • Kakadu National Park
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.85
    91
    9
    2011: to include the Koongarra Project Area. Known uranium deposits had led to its exclusion from the National Park and World Heritage site in 1981 with the Koongarra Project Area Act.
  • Naples
    Naples
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.48
    435
    9
    2011: a 20% increase in area, the modification consists of two groupings, either of elements which were previously separate, or of new elements which were not included in the original boundaries of the property.
  • Tallinn
    Tallinn
    Estonia
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.72
    369
    17
    2008: encompass the total area of historic fortifications which form a green area around the medieval city, and some key 19th century buildings such as a church and two theatres. Its boundaries would coincide with those of the Old City Conservation Area
  • Durham Castle and Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.12
    188
    18
    2008: To include the central part between the 2 monuments to express the continuity of the territory - so it became continuous.
  • Durmitor National Park
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.46
    123
    6
    2005: boundary change to be in line with the boundaries of the National Park approved by the State Party in 1997, thus excluding the town of Zabljak from the property
  • Choirokoitia
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.48
    144
    13
    2012: To add recent excavations of a wall to the north
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.57
    661
    13
    2015: "extends the property boundary to the walls of Urban VIII in order to include the Gianicolo quarter, the Palazzo di Giustizia, the Bridges Margherita, Cavour and Umberto, essential achievements of the 19th century urbanism, as well as the bridge and the Castel Sant’Angelo."
  • Trang An
    Trang An
    Viet Nam
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.46
    129
    6
    2016, to include: "Dinh mountain, a mountainous area to the south of the property, an area with isolated karst towers emerging from the corrosion plain to the north east of the property, and a slight reduction of the property in the north, to exclude a quarrying area, around Tam Coc wharf, to exclude urban development, and at Bich – Dong, to exclude an hotel. "
  • L'Anse aux Meadows
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.15
    62
    8
    2017: reduction of the boundaries, linked to the Beak Point area, which is wrongly part of the World Heritage property
  • Jeju
    Jeju
    Republic of Korea
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.52
    117
    10
    2018: new components being added to the property: Upper Geomunoreum Lava Tube System (two components with a total of 46.6 ha)
  • University of Coimbra
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.22
    244
    9
    2019: adding the Machado de Castro National Museum
  • Taï National Park
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.08
    3
    0
    2023: increase of 53%, Firstly, add the managed Fauna Reserve and more than two thirds of the “N’Zo Fauna Reserve”. The new boundaries add a part of the Haut Dodo classified forest in the south-west and a part of the Rapides Grah classified forest in the south-eastern and eastern part of the national park.
  • Primeval Beech Forests
    Primeval Beech Forests
    Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.71
    316
    37
    2023: enlarging the Dürrenstein component part (Austria) to become Dürrenstein Lassingtal, and by merging the component parts Paklenica National Park – Suva draga Klimenta and Paklenica National Park – Oglavinovac-Javornik (Croatia) to become Paklenica National Park component part.
  • Nessebar
    Nessebar
    Bulgaria
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.99
    142
    10
    2023: add three aquatic parts that were in the buffer zone, including submerged remnants of a linear stone structure, walls of a Byzantine fortress and other archaeological remains of different structures
  • Lima
    Lima
    Peru
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.84
    255
    10
    2023: To incorporate six monuments located within the buffer zone. From these, four are adjacent to the property’s boundaries: Prado or “del Corcovado” House, San Bartolomé Hospital, Nuestra Señora del Prado Church and Monastery, Santa Rosa de Santa Maria Church and Monastery; and two are separate areas: Ancient Indigenous Reduction of Santiago Apostle of Cercado and Quinta and Molino de Presa. It now becomes a serial property composed of three serial component parts: Historic Centre of Lima, Ancient Reduction of Santiago Apostle of Cercado and Quinta and Molino de Presa.
  • Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.54
    51
    8
    2010 - a number of small changes, including the addition of "the small promontory, beach and inner harbour as the original mooring and landing place at Yunotsu for the Iwami Ginzan mine"
  • Wadden Sea
    Wadden Sea
    Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2009
    3.06
    292
    11
    2011 boundary change to include the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park
  • Stonehenge and Avebury
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.74
    429
    18
    2008: "including the whole of the Fyfield Down site. Scientific work (2000) has led to the conclusion that the importance of Fyfield Down is far greater than initially thought, particularly its remains of earth construction, associated with the late prehistoric period, linked with the Avebury mound. ... also a series of minor rectifications, such as the whole of the West Kennet Palisaded Enclosure complex and the East Kennet Long Barrow and the whole of the Fox Covert tumulus "
  • Westminster
    Westminster
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.61
    631
    16
    2008: "combine the two existing parts of the property into a single ensemble, by including the portion of the avenue which separates them, that is part of St. Margaret's Street to the north and the start of Abingdon Street to the south."
  • Ivrea
    Ivrea
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.05
    105
    6
    2021: to exclude the site of the recent housing project facing the ‘Red Brick building’ (Fabbrica di Mattoni Rossi)
  • Gulf of California
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.50
    77
    6
    2007 (Islas Marietas National Park and the Archipelago de San Lorenzo National Park), 2011 (Balandra Zone)
  • Inscribed: 2019
    4
    0
    2023: enlargement of all three component parts, intended to align the boundaries of the property with the new, extended boundaries of the Nature Reserve. The areas consist solely of marine areas. The extension adds 98,970,200 ha to the property resulting in a total area of 166,267,100 ha.
  • Bosra
    Bosra
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.06
    48
    6
    2017: Include Audion area, Martyrs graveyard area, Natural spring water area (addition of 14% to core zone)
  • Willandra Lakes
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.20
    30
    4
    1995 (not labelled as Minor Boundary Modification as probably too early for that): "the new boundary will reduce the total area by about thirty percent, adopted the revised boundaries, as they better define the area containing the World Heritage values and will considerably facilitate the management of the property."
  • Three parallel rivers of Yunnan
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.41
    60
    6
    2010: numerous small changes, including those to allow for more precision in the habitat of the Yunnan Snubnosed monkey and to correspond with the refined boundaries of areas that after inscription have become a full Nature Reserve.
  • Tasmanian Wilderness
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.95
    88
    7
    2010, 2012, 2013 (to include 21 named adjoining areas that were already under the same management)
  • Inscribed: 1982
    3.50
    25
    4
    2012: 1% of the park was removed from the designated area, to allow uranium mining
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  • Rammelsberg and Goslar
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.20
    204
    11
    2008: "the two sites be made into one, and that precise boundaries be defined which are adapted to the cadastral land division. The part added to the property corresponds to a portion of Road 241, between the mountain and the town, and a residential district."
  • Qal'at al-Bahrain
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.51
    99
    6
    2008: to include in the core zone a sea channel, partly natural and partly man-made, which was cut through the fossilized coral reef to allow ships to access the port, and a tower structure built on the western edge; 2014: palm groves and agricultural gardens, located west, south and east of the Qal’at al-Bahrain property
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    680
    20
    To increase the surface of the property from 365 ha to 531 ha, including Austerlitz station and other sites of interest.
  • Mount Wuyi
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.43
    48
    4
    2017: to add "a section of Mount Wuyi lying in Jiangxi Province to the large component part of the property", and reconfigure the buffer zone
  • Maulbronn Monastery
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.13
    201
    11
    2019: several waters deleted: four small ponds southwestward of the small town Zaisersweiher and the lake “Eckhausee” in the open field Eckhau. The former lake Billensbacher See is added.
  • Manu National Park
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.74
    30
    5
    2009: "rationalize the boundaries of the World Heritage property so that they would coincide with the boundaries of Manu National Park, and not just a portion of it. The area is near the village of Boca Manú and the communities and settlements in the Upper Madre de Dios.""
  • Luang Prabang
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.65
    191
    5
    2013: inclusion of some important wetlands and landscape features across the Mekong River within the property.
  • Loire Valley
    Inscribed: 2000
    4.09
    291
    10
    2017 - inclusion of the Estate of Chenonceau (was an inconsistency between text and map)
  • Inscribed: 2012
    3.56
    9
    3
    2015: including the Sinyaya component, to be added as the Sinsky Plot (becomes a serial site)
  • Kii Mountain Range
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.57
    121
    7
    2016: 13% increase in the length of the routes but only 2% of the area: redrawing of routes 2 and 3
  • Jelling
    Jelling
    Denmark
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.38
    191
    10
    2018: to cover the areas of recent archaeological discoveries, including the wooden palisade and its adjacent wooden buildings.
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.37
    484
    12
    2017: The boundaries have been slightly extended to include (among others) the Marmara Sea Walls; Historic grounds of the Topkapi Palace; Remains of the Boukoleon Palace, The Süleymaniye Hamam which is an integral part of the Süleymaniye social complex, The Marble Tower, Fragmentary surviving sea walls extending northeastwards from the Marble Tower.
  • Humayun's Tomb
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.35
    205
    8
    2016: to include Mirza Muzaffar Hussain’s Garden Tomb (3.34 ha); an unknown Mughal garden tomb (0.82 ha); Sundarwala Mahal Garden Tomb (0.37 ha); Sundar Burj Garden Tomb (0.23 ha); Nila Gumbad’s Garden Setting (0.37 ha); and Lakkarwala Burj Garden Tomb (0.31 ha).
  • Hubei Shennongjia
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.64
    18
    3
    2021: Plus 8%, adding Wulipo National Nature Reserve
  • Giant's Causeway
    Giant's Causeway
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.64
    247
    12
    "2016: "extends the boundary of this coastal site by a small distance (5m) inland to account for the possibility of coastal erosion; to address concerns that, should there be significant erosion, the cliff faces, which are key attributes of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV), would no longer lie within the inscribed boundary of the World Heritage property"
  • Inscribed: 1986
    3.49
    19
    1
    2023: to include the oasis
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    587
    15
    2021: incorporate San Miniato al Monte complex (the Abbey and the area embedded within the walls of the homonymous Fort) and its surrounding environment (cemetery, San Salvatore al Monte Church, Veterans Memorial Park and Ramp) (a 5,3% increase)
  • Donana National Park
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.83
    111
    7
    2005: Brought in line with the extended National Park. Including West Triangle, Flood plain of the Partido stream and Los Caracoles.
  • Comoé National Park
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Inscribed: 1983
    1.82
    5
    2
    2023: more precise borders and alignment with the national park; this means adding parts of Mount Gorowi
  • Cerrado Protected Areas
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.22
    28
    5
    2017: plus 3%, adding Chapada de Nova Roma Ecological Station in 2017 and the Natural Heritage Private Reserves (RPPNs) Catingueiro, Ponte da Pedra, Maria Batista, São Bartolomeu, Integra o Park, Komodo and Diamante
  • Bukhara
    Bukhara
    Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 1993
    4.03
    155
    6
    2016: to include Samanids and Chasmai Ayub mausoleums (in Bukhara city) and remains of the ancient walls and town gate (Talipoch gate)
  • Aquileia
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.13
    175
    9
    2017: the inclusion of the Sepolcreto archaeological area
  • Melaka and George Town
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.00
    243
    8
    2011: minor changes: in five cases, they correspond to an extension of the property, and in one case a reduction. Including the whole quarter of Kampung Ketek.
  • Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.20
    42
    7
    2011: to allow the re-routed A-16 Road to be excluded from the boundary. Since Route A-16 will now run down and parallel to the south boundary, it is logical to move this boundary slightly upwards, so as to leave Route A-16 outside the property, thus forming a single compact polygon.
  • Vegaøyan
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.56
    43
    6
    2017: removing the modern farm in Moen, which was included by mistake.
  • Ohrid Region
    Ohrid Region
    Albania, North Macedonia
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.41
    204
    7
    2009 - Boundary