As well as looking at those sites inscribed since 2005 which DO seem to address a gap, it is perhaps also of interest to look at those which do NOT! Based on our current assignments, there are 52 of these out of the 139 mixed/cultural inscriptions (The Natural ones not filling a gap are identified above). Well of course there was no policy that every inscription HAD to "fill a gap" but, prima facie, these could be regarded as having been potentially less important, duplicates etc - although the ICOMOS group may perfectly well have missed out certain valid "new" inscription subjects from their analysis. Some of them could probably be identified as filling a gap if we were a bit less "strict" (E.G Centennial Hall under "Modern city",) but here also are the repeats of vinyards, forts, colonial towns, European towns, Christian buildings etc etc which seem to slip in every year! Here are the 52 2005 Architect', Resid' + Cultl Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh (Belarus) 2005 Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba (Israel) 2005 Historic Centre of Macao (China) 2005 Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl (Russian Federation) 2005 Qal'at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun (Bahrain) 2005 Struve Geodetic Arc (Belarus) * 2005 Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (Italy) 2006 Bisotun (Iran (Islamic Republic of)) 2006 Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din (Syrian Arab Republic) 2006 Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (Italy) 2006 Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town (Ethiopia, Ethiopia) 2006 Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof (Germany) 2006 Vizcaya Bridge (Spain) 2007 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (France) 2007 Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius (Serbia) 2007 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces (Switzerland) 2007 Red Fort Complex (India) 2007 Rideau Canal (Canada) 2008 Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) (Saudi Arabia) 2008 Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran (Iran (Islamic Republic of)) 2008 Bahá'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (Israel) 2008 Fortifications of Vauban (France) 2008 Historic Centre of Camagüey (Cuba, Cuba) 2008 Mantua and Sabbioneta (Italy) 2008 Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia) 2008 San Miguel and the Sanct of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco (Mexico, Mexico) 2008 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes (Italy) * 2008 San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano (San Marino) 2008 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpath Mountain Area (Slovakia) 2009 Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande (Cape Verde) 2009 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (UK) 2009 Tower of Hercules (Spain) 2010 Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi (Viet Nam) 2010 Episcopal City of Albi (France) 2010 São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão (Brazil) 2010 17thC canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (NL) 2011 Citadel of the Ho Dynasty (Viet Nam) 2011 León Cathedral (Nicaragua) 2011 Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.) (Italy) 2011 Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai (Mongolia) 2011 Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (Austria) * 2011 Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans (Ukraine) 2011 The Persian Garden (Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iran (Islamic Republic of)) 2011 West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou (China) 2012 Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley (Malaysia) 2012 Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilg, Bethlehem (Palestine) 2012 Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications (Portugal) 2012 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth (Germany) 2012 Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy (Bahrain) 2012 Rio : Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea (Brazil) 2012 Site of Xanadu (China) 2012 Sites of Human Evol mt Carmel: Nahal Me'arot/Wadi el-Mughara Caves (Israel) |