List of World Heritage Sites in Romania

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Location of World Heritage Sites within Romania

UNESCO has included up until now, 7 sites in Romania on the list of World Heritage Sites.[1]

List

The table lists information about each World Heritage Site:

Name: as listed by the World Heritage Committee[2]
Location: village or city of the site
County: one of the 40 counties of Romania
Period: time period of significance, typically of construction
UNESCO data: the site's reference number; the year the site was inscribed on the World Heritage List; the criteria it was listed under: criteria (i) through (vi) are cultural, while (vii) through (x) are natural
Description: brief description of the site
  † Natural site
Name Image Location County Period UNESCO data Description Ref(s)
Churches of Moldavia Biserica Arbore Arbore Suceava late 15th to late 16th century 598; 1993, 2010 (extended); i, iv The eight churches have external walls covered in authentic and particularly well preserved fresco paintings represent complete cycles of religious themes and are considered "masterpieces inspired by Byzantine art". These include: [6]
Biserica Manastirii Humorului si Turnul lui Vasile Lupu.jpg Humor
100px Moldovița
Biserica Inaltarea Sf. Cruci din Patrauti12.jpg Pătrăuți
BisericaSfNicolaeProbota 02.JPG Probota
Mănăstirea Sfântul Ioan cel Nou1.jpg Suceava
Voronet, Manastirea.jpg Voroneț
Biserica si curtea manastirii Sucevita.jpg Sucevița
Dacian Fortresses of the Orăştie Mountains 100px Sarmizegetusa Regia Hunedoara 1st centuries B.C. and A.D. 906; 1999; ii, iii, iv An unusual fusion of military and religious architectural techniques and concepts. Including: [7]
100px Costești-Cetățuie
Cetatea Blidaru2.JPG Costești-Blidaru
Intrarea in cetate.JPG Piatra Roșie
Bănița
Ruinele zidurilor cetăţii dacice de la Căpîlna.JPG Căpâlna Alba County
Historic Centre of Sighișoara Sighisoara - Strada Turnului.jpg Sighișoara Mureș 13th century 902; 1999; iii, iv A fine example of a small, fortified medieval town [8]
Danube Delta† 100px — Tulcea N/A 588; 1991; vii, x Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve [9]
Monastery of Horezu Aa005 Hurezi.jpg Horezu Vâlcea 1690 597; 1993; ii A masterpiece of the Brâncovenesc style [10]
Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania Ansamblul bisericii evanghelice fortificate 1.jpg Biertan Sibiu 13th to the 16th century 596; 1993, 1999 (extended); iv A picture of the cultural landscape of southern Transylvania. Including:

[11]

 [12]
Calnic Castle.JPG Câlnic Alba
Darjiu Ansamblu (1).JPG Dârjiu Harghita
Biserica fortificată din Prejmer - vedere de ansamblu.jpg Prejmer Brașov
Biserica din Saschiz.jpg Saschiz Mureș
100px Valea Viilor Sibiu
100px Viscri Braşov
Wooden Churches of Maramureș Bârsana church.jpg Bârsana Maramureș 17th and 18th century 904; 1999; iv Outstanding examples of a range of architectural solutions from different periods and areas. Including: [13]
100px Budești Josani
100px Desești
100px Ieud Deal
Nyárfás, görög katolikus fatemplom.JPG Plopiș
Manastire maramures intreaga.jpg Poienile Izei
100px Rogoz
100px Șurdești

Tentative list

File:KlosterNeamt3.JPG
Neamț Monastery

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.[14] As of 2014, Romania recorded 13 sites on its tentative list. The sites, along with the year they were included on the tentative list are:[15]

  1. Slătioara Secular Forest (1991)[16]
  2. Byzantine and post-Byzantine churches of Curtea de Argeș (1991)[17]
  3. Densuș Church (1991)[18][19]
  4. Trei Ierarhi Monastery of Iași (1991)[20]
  5. Monumental Ensamble of Târgu Jiu (1991)[21]
  6. Rupestral Ensamble at Basarabi (1991)[22]
  7. Neamț Monastery (1991)[23]
  8. Historic Town of Alba Iulia (1991)[24]
  9. Cule from Oltenia (1991)[25]
  10. Retezat Massif (1991)[26]
  11. Pietrosul Rodnei Massif (1991)[27]
  12. Sânpetru Formation (1991)[28]
  13. The Historic Centre of Sibiu and its Ensemble of Squares (2004)[29]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/?search=&search_by_country=romania&type=&videos=&region=&order=
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  15. ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/state=ro
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