List of World Heritage Sites in Azerbaijan
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. Below is the list and the tentative list of sites in Azerbaijan. (For the criteria see the Selection criteria.)
World Heritage Sites
Site | Image | Location | Year listed | UNESCO data | Description |
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Walled City of Baku with Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower | Baku | 2000 | 958; iv (cultural) | [1] | |
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape | Garadagh District and Absheron District | 2007 | 1076; iii (natural) | [2] | |
Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace | Sheki | 2019 | 1549; ii, v (cultural) | [3] |
Tentative list
Name | Date[4] | Criteria | Coordinates | Image |
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Baku Stage Mountain | 30/09/1998 | VIII, IX | 40°20′35″N 49°50′45″E | |
Binegadi 4th Period Fauna and Flora Deposit) | 30/09/1998 | VIII, IX | 40°15′50″N 49°45′55″E | |
Lok-Batan Mud Cone | 30/09/1998 | VII,VIII,IX | 40°20′50″N 49°45′55″E | |
Hyrkan State Reserve | 30/09/1998 | VII,X | 38°30′34″N 48°45′50″E | |
Ordubad Historical and Architectural Reserve | 24/10/2001 | I,IV,V | 38°54′N 46°1′E | |
Surakhany, Atashgyakh (Fire - Worshippers, Temple - Museum at Surakhany) | 30/09/1998 | I,III | 40°24′55.59″N 50°0′31.00″E | |
Shusha Historical and Architectural Reserve | 24/10/2001 | I,IV,V,VI | 39°32′N 46°07′E | |
The Caspian Shore Defensive Constructions | 24/10/2001 | |||
The Mausoleums of Nakhichevan | 30/09/1998 | I,IV |
References
- Centre, UNESCO World Heritage (2017-10-11). "Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower". UNESCO World Heritage Centre (in Latin). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
- Centre, UNESCO World Heritage (2017-10-11). "Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape". UNESCO World Heritage Centre (in Latin). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
- Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan's Palace". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
- Date is the inscription date for the main list and submission date for the tentative list
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