List of World Heritage Sites in Cyprus
World Heritage Sites in Cyprus
This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Cyprus with properties of cultural and natural heritage in Cyprus as inscribed in UNESCO's World Heritage List or as on the country's tentative list.
World Heritage Sites
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- Site; named after the World Heritage Committee's official designation[1]
- Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates
- Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee[2]
- Area; in hectares and acres. If available, the size of the buffer zone has been noted as well. A value of zero implies that no data has been published by UNESCO
- Year; during which the site was inscribed to the World Heritage List
- Description; brief information about the site, including reasons for qualifying as an endangered site, if applicable
| Site | Image | Location | Criteria | Area ha (acre) |
Year | Description | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choirokoitia |  |
Larnaca District34°47′54″N 33°20′36″E / 34.79833°N 33.34333°E | Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv) |
— | 1998 | [3] | |
| Painted Churches in the Troödos Region |  |
Troodos Mountains, Limassol and Nicosia Districts 34°55′13″N 33°5′45″E / 34.92028°N 33.09583°E |
Cultural: (iii)(vi) |
— | 1985[nb 1] | [4] [5] | |
| Paphos |  |
Paphos District 34°45′30″N 32°24′20″E / 34.75833°N 32.40556°E |
Cultural: (iii)(vi) |
— | 1980 | [6] |
Tentative list
- Church of Panayia Chrysokourdaliotissa (2002)[7]
- The rural settlement of Fikardou (2002)[8]
- Mathiatis South (2002)[9]
- Kionia (2002)[10]
- Khandria (2002)[11]
- Mount Olympus (2002)[12]
- Malounta Bridge (2002)[13]
- Klirou Bridge (2002)[14]
- Agioi Varnavas and Ilarion at Peristerona (Five-domed churches) (2004)[15]
- Church of Panagia Aggeloktisti (2015)[16]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Extended in 2001 to include the church Metamorfosis tou Sotiros (Transfiguration of the Saviour) in Palaichori.
References
- ↑ "World Heritage List". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ↑ "The Criteria for Selection". UNESCO. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ↑ "Choirokoitia". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011.
- ↑ "Painted Churches in the Troodos Region". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011.
- ↑ "Decision – 25COM X.B – Painted Churches in the Troodos Region [Extension to include the Church of Ayia Sotira, Palaichori] (Cyprus)". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011.
- ↑ "Paphos". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011.
- ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1672/
- ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1673/
- ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1674/
- ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1675/
- ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1676/
- ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1677/
- ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1678/
- ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1679/
- ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1874/
- ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5987/
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