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Locations of World Heritage Sites in Hungary

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.[1] Cultural heritage consists of monuments (such as architectural works, monumental sculptures, or inscriptions), groups of buildings, and sites (including archaeological sites). Natural features (consisting of physical and biological formations), geological and physiographical formations (including habitats of threatened species of animals and plants), and natural sites which are important from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty, are defined as natural heritage.[2] Hungary accepted the convention on 15 July 1985, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list.[3]

As of 2021, there are eight World Heritage Sites in Hungary,[3] seven of which are cultural sites and one, the Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst, is a natural site. The first two sites in Hungary were added to the list at the 11th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Paris, France in 1987. One of these two sites was the village of Hollókő, the other was Budapest, the Banks of the Danube with the district of Buda Castle (the latter site was expanded in 2002).[4] The most recent site added to the list is the Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape, listed in 2002. In 2003, all eight sites were renamed to the current names listed below.[5] Two sites are transnational. Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape is shared with Austria and the Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst are shared with Slovakia.[3] In addition, there are 11 sites on Hungary's tentative list.[3]

World Heritage Sites[edit]

UNESCO lists sites under ten criteria; each entry must meet at least one of the criteria. Criteria i through vi are cultural, whereas vii through x are natural.[6]

  * Transnational site

Tentative list[edit]

In addition to sites inscribed on the World Heritage list, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that they may consider for nomination. Nominations for the World Heritage list are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the tentative list.[16] As of 2021, Hungary recorded 11 sites on its tentative list.[3]

See also[edit]

  • Tourism in Hungary

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ^ a b c d e "Hungary". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Report of the Rapporteur". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 20 January 1988. Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Committee Decisions 27 COM 8C.2 – Changes to Names of Existing Properties in Austria, Hungary and Slovakia". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 10 December 2003. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  6. ^ "UNESCO World Heritage Centre – The Criteria for Selection". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 17 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 17 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  10. ^ "Decision – 32COM 8B.48 – Examination of nominations and minor modifications to the boundaries of naturel, mixed and cultural properties to the World Heritage List – Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (HUNGARY / SLOVAKIA)". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 31 March 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  11. ^ "Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 17 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  12. ^ "Hortobágy National Park – the Puszta". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  13. ^ "Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae)". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 17 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  14. ^ "Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  15. ^ "Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 17 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  16. ^ "Tentative Lists". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  17. ^ "Le Château-fort médiéval d'Esztergom". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  18. ^ a b "Royal Seats in Esztergom, Visegrád with the former Royal Wood in the Pilis Mountain". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  19. ^ "Caves of the Buda Thermal Karst System". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  20. ^ "State Stud-Farm Estate of Mezőhegyes". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  21. ^ Hartley Edwards, Elwyn (1994). The Encyclopedia of the Horse. Dorling Kindersley. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-7513-0115-1.
  22. ^ "The Ipolytartnóc Fossils". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  23. ^ "System of Fortifications at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno – Komárom". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  24. ^ "System of Fortifications at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno – Komárom". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  25. ^ "Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  26. ^ "Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Ripa Pannonica in Hungary". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  27. ^ "The Network of Rural Heritage Buildings in Hungary". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  28. ^ "Wooden bell-towers in the Upper Tisza-Region". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  29. ^ "Balaton Uplands Cultural Landscape". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

External links[edit]

  • Hungarian National Commission for UNESCO (in Hungarian)