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List of World Heritage Sites in Belarus

Location of UNESCO World Heritage Sites within Belarus

This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Belarus with properties of cultural and natural heritage in Belarus. Currently, four properties in Belarus are inscribed on the World Heritage List.[1] Three properties are cultural and one is natural.[1] The tentative list of Belarus contains eleven properties.[1]

Properties on the World Heritage List

  * Trans-border site
# Site Image Location Type (criteria) Area
ha 		Year Ref.
1 Belavezhskaya Pushcha National Park (Białowieża Forest)
Brest Province and Grodno Province
(shared with  Poland)
 Natural (vii) 92,669 1979, 1992 33bis
2 Mir Castle Complex
Mir, Grodno Province
 Cultural (ii, iv) — 2000 625
3 Struve Geodetic Arc (five station points)
Brest Province and Grodno Province
(shared with  Estonia,  Finland,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Moldova,  Norway,  Russia,  Sweden and  Ukraine)





 Cultural (ii, iii, vi) — 2005 1187
4 Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh
Nesvizh, Minsk Province
 Cultural (ii, iv, vi) — 2005 1196

Properties on the tentative list

Location of sites on the tentative list within Belarus
  * Trans-border site
# Site Image Location Type (criteria) Area
ha 		Year Ref.
1 Augustow Canal
Grodno Province
(shared with  Poland)
 Cultural (i, ii) — 2004 1892
2 Saviour Transfiguration Church and St. Sophia Cathedral in the town of Polatsk
Polotsk, Vitebsk Province

 Cultural (i, ii) — 2004 1893
3 Kamyanets Tower
Kamyanyets, Brest Province
 Cultural (i, ii, iii) — 2004 1894
4 SS. Boris and Gleb (Kalozha) Church in the city of Hrodna Hrodna
 Cultural (i, ii) — 2004 1895
5 St. Nicholas Monastery Complex in the city of Mahilioŭ
Mogilev
 Cultural (i) — 2004 1896
6 Brest Fortress
Brest
 Cultural (i, ii, iii) — 2004 1897
7 Palace and Park Ensemble in the city of Homel Gomel
 Cultural (i, ii) — 2004 1898
8 Edifices for Worship of Fortress Type in Belarus, Poland and Lithuania (the churches in Synkavichy, Muravanka, and Kamai)
Brest Province and Minsk Province


 Cultural (i) — 2004 1899
9 Architectural ensemble of Francysk Scaryna avenue in Minsk (1940s–1950s) Minsk
 Cultural (i) — 2004 1900
10 Worship wooden architecture (17th–18th centuries) in Polesye
External images
Church of St. Nicetas in Zdzitava
Brest Province and Gomel Province
 Cultural (i, ii, iii) — 2004 1901
11 National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" (Modification to the boundaries of the Belarusian part of the site, addition new criteria) Brest Province and Grodno Province
 –
 Natural (ix, x) 75,958
(Belarusian part) 		2011 5592

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Belarus – UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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