2019 WHC (41)

Africa (1)
- Ancient Iron Metallurgy Sites (Burkina Faso)

Arab States (4)
- Dilmun Burial Mounds (Bahrain)
- Babylon (Iraq)
- The Historic Village of Rijal Almaa in Asir Region of Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia)
- Sharjah: the Gateway to the Trucial States (UAE)

Asia/Pacific (10)
- Budj Bim Cultural Landscape (Australia)
- Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City (China)
- Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea Bohai, Gulf of China (China)
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan (India)
- Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto (Indonesia)
- Hyrcanian Forests (Iran)
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan (Japan)
- Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars (Laos)
- Bagan (Myanmar)
- Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies (Republic of Korea)

Europe/North America (23)
- Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region [extension] (Albania)
- Großglockner High Alpine Road (Austria)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia)
- Hoge Kempen Rural-Industrial Transition Landscape (Belgium)
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai'p (Canada)
- Erzgebirge / Krušnohoří Mining Region (Czechia, Germany)
- Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem (Czechia)
- The Normandy Landing Beaches, 1944 (France)
- The National Nature Reserve of French Southern Territories (France)
- The Alps of the Mediterranean (France, Italy, Monaco)
- Water Management System of Augsburg (Germany)
- Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic nature of fire and ice (Iceland)
- Sila Forests Ecosystems (Italy)
- Krzemionki prehistoric striped flint mining region (Poland)
- Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga (Portugal)
- Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada) (Portugal)
- Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu (Romania)
- Monuments of Ancient Pskov (Russia)
- Risco Caido and the Sacred mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape (Spain)
- Priorat-Montsant-Siurana, Mediterranean Mosaic, Agricultural Cultural Landscape (Spain)
- Historic Guild Town of Mudurnu: Testimonies of Akhism (Turkey)
- Kızılırmak Delta Wetland and Bird Sanctuary (Turkey)
- Jodrell Bank Observatory (United Kingdom)

Latin America/Caribbean (3)
- Paraty Culture and Biodiversity (Brazil)
- Sunken City of Port Royal – A Relict and Continuing Cultural Landscape (Jamaica)
- Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá (Panama)

Notable Information
- 11 Cultural Landscapes!
- Cultural 32, Natural 7, Mixed 2
- 3 Top Missing (Babylon, Plain of Jars, Bagan)

winterkjm
State Parties with Multiple Nominations: 9

How come India can have only one and others two or more?

Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia)
Is this a new one or the extension to Frontiers of the Roman Empire, UK and Germany?

We've discussed this before on this Forum: it's a new one, the Frontiers are split into 3 (see this topic: https://www.worldheritagesite.org/forums/index.php?action=vthread&forum=10&topic=1758 &page=10#msg19075 )

India had 2 cultural ones, that is not allowed. Only 1 cultural plus 1 natural or cultural landscape (or 2 of the latter)

Thanks, Els! But on the previous page it is marked as extention...

Meaning Bom Jesus is being treated as a cultural landscape? Quite unclear if park area automatically upgrades you from a cultural building.

Don't know which page you mean, but we finally got to the bottom of it at the message of the link I just posted

Europe either cleverly navigates the world heritage process or manipulates loopholes. Depending on your point of view. When Europe is responsible for nearly every Cultural Landscape and Transnational nomination above in order to fill 2 or 3 nominations? Its difficult to not be at least a little cynical. We all know which countries will be "truly" limited to 1 nomination per year starting 2020? China, India, and Iran.

I think warwas may be referring to winterkjm's previous list here. I didn't want to jump in, just to note I hadn't clocked that this was a separate site and not an extension so thanks for asking the question warwas and the digging into it Els and Solivagant.

Key Works of Modern Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright (USA) for 2019!

"We are planning to submit a revised nomination before the end of the calendar year. Since the nomination was "referred" it doesn't need the full evaluation given to new nominations and will be considered at the 2019 session of the Committee." - NPS Staff

That's an absolutely terrific news! I am not happy with USA dropping Price Tower, Bartlesville (which I consider outstanding), but I agree that Marin County Civic Center does not belong in that league, as Taliesin, Taliesin West or Fallingwater do. I am truly pleased that most of the originally proposed sites are still vying for inscription.

The 2019 vintage promises to be exceptional and exciting (Babylon, Plain of Jars, Bagan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Vatnajökull, Port Royal, Paraty...)

"Exciting"???? It was "ok" but not really world class - I suppose the "excitement" might be whether Brazil can manage to swing it this time - it needs to get the "Arab" grouping behind it. How has its foreign policy been recently?

Thanks for the update, winterkjm! I'm glad to see the Frank Lloyd Wright resubmission will be for 2019. Here's a link to an article from last November talking about the revised nomination the Frank Lloyd Wright World Heritage Council in coordination with ICOMOS officials was planning to submit.

2019 does indeed look like it will have a number of high caliber additions to the World Heritage Site list.