Name changes

A reseqencing of a bilingual name - "Mosi-oa-tunya/Victoria Falls" was "Victoria Falls/Mosi-oa-Tunya" in the documentation and WHC minutes of 1989.

Changed from "Leningrad" (1991 in the real world, unclear when at Unesco list)

Was proposed in 2002 as "Portuguese City of El Jadida (Mazagan)", then deferred at the Bureau session and suggested to change its name to "Portuguese City of Mazagan" (El Jadida) (under which it was finally inscribed in 2004)

"Centennial Hall in Wroclaw" was originally nominated as "Centennial Hall in Wroclaw (Poland)" but in its evaluation ICOMOS recommended a name change!

From "Auschwitz Concentration Camp" to "Auschwitz Birkenau. German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)" (2007)

Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple "Sokkuram Grotto" to "Sokkuram Grotto and Pulguksa Temple" (Republic of Korea) 1999 Decision 23COM VIII.3 - Change of Name of an Inscribed Property "ICOMOS recommendations for future action The Pulguksa Temple, built in AD 752, lies within the protection zone of the Sokkuram Grotte and is closely linked with it culturally. lt is a living monument with great historical, architectural, and artistic value. on the recommendation of ICOMOS the State Party agreed to extend the nomination to in elude this integral component." Advisory Body Evaluation (1995)

Swiss Alps added to the name in 2008

From Pueblo de Taos (2012)

From "Samarkand - Crossroads of Cultures" to "Samarkand - Crossroad of Cultures" (2012): grammatical change

city museum reserve changed to historical monuments (2005)

Frankincense Trail changed to the Land of Frankincense (2005)

monastery changed to abbey (2003)

cemetery changed to necropolis (2003)

national added (2004)

From "Roman Monuments, Cathedral and Liebfrauen-Church in Trier" to "Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of our Lady in Trier" (2000)

From "Historic Centre of Avignon" to "Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge" (2006)

From "Decorated Grottoes of the Vézère Valley" to "Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley" (2006)

National Park added 2006

From "La Fortaleza and San Juan Historic Site in Puerto Rico" to "La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico" (2006)

Technical Monuments in its Vicinity added 2006

rock drawings changed to rock art 2006

archaeological site added to the name 2007

From "Archaeological Site of Vergina" to "Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina)" (2007)

From "Temples of Ggantija" to "The Megalithic Temples of Malta" (1992)

From "Old Havana and its Fortifications" to "Old Havana and its Fortification System" (2013)

From Southern Little Poland to Southern Malopolska (2013)

From "The Biblical Tels and Ancient Water Systems - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba" to " "The Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba". Following Israel's decision during evaluation not to pursue the OUV aspects related to the Water Systems

2014: to change "Village of Gammelstad" into "Town of Gammelstad"

From "Holašovice Historical Village Reservation" to "Holašovice Historic Village"

Name in French changed to 'Coteaux, Maisons et Caves de Champagne'.

To 'The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy' (adding the 'The')

From 'Historic Town' to 'Historic City of Vigan'.

2018

From "Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco" to "Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco" (2021)

From "The Old City of As-Salt" over "As-Salt Eclectic Architecture (1865-1925), Origins and Evolution of an Architectural Language in the Levant" to the current name. (AB Ev)

From "The rebuilding of the Val di Noto in the Late Baroque Period (South-East Sicily)" to "The Late Baroque towns of the Val di Noto (South-eastern Sicily)" upon inscription (AB Ev)

Upon extension: from "Historic Centre of Guimarães" to "Historic Centre of Guimarães and Couros Zone"

Upon inscription (2005), on the advice of ICOMOS: from "Historic Monuments of Macao" to "Historic Centre of Macao".

From "Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I)" to "Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China" at extension

From "Djerba: cultural landscape, testimony to a settlement pattern in an island territory" to "Djerba: testimony to a settlement pattern in an island territory" at inscription

Was on T List as “Khinalig – medieval mountainous village”

At extension, from "Sibiloi/Central Island National Parks" to "Lake Turkana National Parks"

From "Defence Line of Amsterdam" to "Dutch Water Defence Lines" (2021)

Philippines' Puerto Princesa River NP. It was initially nominated as St. Paul Subterranean River NP. But there was an official name change in reference to the site's location near the settlement of Puerto Princesa.

the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue added (2003)

Upon inscription, on suggestion by ICOMOS: from "Cultural Rock Arts in Himã Najrãn " to "Ḥimā Cultural area"

Upon inscription, from "The Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa" to "The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa"

Upon inscription and as suggested by ICOMOS: from "The historic center of the port city of Odesa" to "The Historic Centre of Odesa"

From Convent to Abbey (2013)

From "Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church" to "Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret's Church" (2013)

From "Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe" to "Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe" (2006)

2019 - From "Golden Temple of Dambulla"

Complete name changes - "iSimangaliso Wetland Park" was inscribed as "Greater St Lucia Wetland Park" and was officially changed in 2008

Upon inscription on the request of ICOMOS from "Melka Kunture and Balchit Archeological and Paleontological Site" to "Melka Kunture and Balchit: Archaeological and Palaeontological Sites in the Highland Area of Ethiopia"

Inscribed in October 1979 as "Meidan e-Shah". All references to the Shah were removed in Iran soon after the Shah departed in Jan 1979.

From "James Island" (2011)

From "Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)" to "Hegra Archaeological Site (al-Hijr / Madā ͐ in Ṣāliḥ)" (2021)

From "Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Complex" to "Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump" (2000)

From "Hattusha" to "Hattusha: the Hittite Capital" (2006)

2014: to change from Varberg Radio Station to Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg

Upon inscription, at the suggestion of ICOMOS: from "Koninklijk Eise Eisinga Planetarium (Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium)" to "Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker"

Upon inscription: from Monuments of Ancient Pskov to Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture

from Royal Park of Chitwan (2011)

From "Chankillo Solar Observatory and ceremonial center" to “Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex” upon inscription (on the advice of ICOMOS).

"Brú na Bóinne -" added (2013)

From "Historic City of Ayutthaya and associated historic towns" to "Historic City of Ayutthaya". Done in 2006, to correct an error at inscription.

National Park added 2006

Upon inscription, at the suggestion of ICOMOS: from "Medieval Mosques of Anatolia with Wooden Posts and Upper Structure" to "Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia"

2011: Curacao instead of Netherlands Antilles

From "W National Park of Niger" to the current name (2017)

Upon inscription, from “The Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai, India” to “The Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai”. (plural)

The additon of Cultural cirteria being used as a trigger for "name change" - "Uluru-Kata Tjuta NP" was originally "Uluru (Ayers Rock- Mt Olga) NP" in 1989 and the change took place on the occasion of the addition of Cultural Criteria in 1994.

historic added (2003)

A complicated "morphing" of the name as part of boundary and other changes - so the 2 separate inscriptions from 1986 "The Westland and Mount Cook NP" and the "Fjordland NP" were subsumed within a new larger site which was called "SW NZ World Heritage area (Te Wahipounamu)" in the 1990 IUCN documentation but was officially inscribed as "Te Wahipounamu - SW NZ". This "final" name change to give precedence to the Maori aspects of the name occurred following comments made in the earlier Bureau meeting.

From "Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly" to "Petroglyphs of the Archaeological Landscape of Tanbaly" (2021)

Upon inscription, at the suggestion of ICOMOS: from "The Ancient Town of Si The p" to ""The Ancient Town of Si Thep and its Associated Dvaravati Monuments.

A series of changes which has resulted in the "extinction" of the original name - "Sgang Gwaay" started off as "Anthony Island" and offically passed through "Sgang Gwaay (Anthony Island)" before reaching its current title!

From Skellig Michael (2012)

The "quiet" dropping of the "colonial" part of the name - "Sagamatha" was called "Sagamatha - Mt Everest" in the nomination documents. It isn't clear exactly when/why this difference occurred but the shorter title was already used in the 1979 WHC minutes recording the inscription.

From "Routes of Santiago de Compostela" to "Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain"

Mining town added 2006

From "Redwood National Park" to "Redwood National and State Parks" (2006)

With the extension in 2010, the name changed from "Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar" to the current name: "Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System".
See whc.unesco.org

Two times: in 2000 from "Quebec (Historic area)" to "Historic District of Québec", and in 2006 from "Historic District of Québec" to "Historic District of Old Québec"

From "Qal'at al-Bahrain Archaeological Site" to "Qal'at al-Bahrain - Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun" (2006)

Upon inscription, from "Phu Phrabat Historical Park" to "Phu Phrabat, a testimony to the Sīma stone tradition of the Dvaravati period "

2018, to the French name only

Upon inscription from "‘Padova Urbs picta’, Giotto’s Scrovegni Chapel and Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles" to "Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles"

From 'The Historic Centre of Oporto' to 'Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar'

From "Nice, capital of Riviera tourism" to "Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera" upon inscription (as suggested by ICOMOS)

2016 - from 'Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana' to 'Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa'

Name was changed at the time of inscription from the original "Medici Villas and Gardens" in order to avoid confusion with Medici villas/gardens elsewhere in Italy

From "I Sassi di Matera" to "The Sassi and the park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera" (2007)

Makli added to the name in 2009

At inscription, its name was changed from "The Lapponian Area" to "The Laponian Area"

2019 - changed from Kiev in Russian to Kyiv in Ukrainian

2013: From "Cracow’s Historic Centre" to "Historic Centre of Kraków".

Puszta added (2003)

Old village and surroundings added (2003)

Changed in 2007 from "Islamic Cairo" to "Historic Cairo"

2014: to replace the H with the Maltese Ħ

Two times: in 1996 to add "...and the Piana Calanches", and in 2006 from "Cape Girolata, Cape Porto, Scandola Nature Reserve and the Piana Calanches in Corsica" to "Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve"

Upon inscription from "Great Spas of Europe" to "The Great Spa Towns of Europe"

From "Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)" to "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia" (2007)

The Nomination file title is "Sources of the Great Ob". IUCN however evaluated it under its inscribed name

At time of inscription, "..Amplifying the name of the property to allow it to reflect its sacred and artistic associations."

From "Fraser Island" to "K’gari (Fraser Island)"

From "The Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai and Environs" - to "Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa" (2013)

First, from "Ferrara: a city of Renaissance and of walls permanent system" to "Ferrara, city of the Renaissance". (1995 AB Ev) Then, with the extension in 1999, from "City of Ferrara" to "Ferrara, City of the Renaissance and its Po Delta".

Sanctuary of Asklepios added to the name 2007

It was on the T List as "Deer Stone Monuments, the Heart of Bronze Age Culture" - changed at final nomination at suggestion of ICOMOS

Upon inscription (2024), from "Testament of Kenozero Lake" to "Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake"

On inscription, from "Coro and its dunes" to "Coro and its Port"

From "Chaco Culture National Historical Park" to "Chaco Culture" (2006)

From Jaú National Park (2003)

From "Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche" to "Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche" (2014)

from Blue and Jhon Crow Mountains NP to Blue and John Crow Mountains to reflect removal of large parts of the NP to the buffer zone

Upon inscription: "In response to ICOMOS’ request, the State Party has agreed to change the name of the nominated property to become: “Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe”."

From "The Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia" to "Belfries of Belgium and France" (2005)

2018

From "Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque, Renaissance Hydraulic Complex in America" to "Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System" at inscription

Upon nomination, was on T List as “The Archaeological Site of Marib” + upon inscription where it was named "Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba in Marib Governorate"

Addition of "of Burkina Faso" to the name upon inscription

Upon inscription, at the suggestion of ICOMOS: from "Talayotic Menorca - A cyclopean island odyssey" to "Prehistoric Sites of Talayotic Menorca". A year later to be called just "Talayotic Menorca".

Was on the T List under the name “Residence Ensemble Schwerin – Cultural Landscape of Romantic Historicism”

It lost the epic subtitle "Testimonies of every day life, religion and town history between change and continuity" during the transition from TWHS to nominated site.

From "Los Glaciares" to "Los Glaciares National Park" (2012)

Proposed as "Gibraltar Neanderthal Caves and Environments", but changed at the WHC to "Gorham's Cave Complex" after complaints by Spain.
See www.chronicle.gi

At inscription: from "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Kyushu-Yamaguchi and Related Areas" in nomination to "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining"

From "Ohrid Region with its Cultural and Historical Aspect and its Natural Environment" to "Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region"