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UNESCOs
definition for a World Heritage Site (WHS)
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Four Points
to be slotted into one of these categories, a potential WHS would need to, (according
to UNESCO) :
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UNESCO defines
a WHS as a place or environment of “great significance” or meaning to
mankind. It may be a living urban city or a rural settlement, a natural
landscape (an underground cave, for instance), a forest or a water body, an
archaeological site (where excavations have revealed relics of the past) or a
geological phenomenon.
Thus, it
could be a natural site, a cultural site (which would be a traditional
man-made settlement representative of a culture or cultures resulting from
human interaction with the environment), or a site that’s a mix of both.
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1) Be of outstanding universal value which would be reflected in the
historic, social, scientific, aesthetic and/or spiritual value of the place
to mankind.
2) display progressive developments in architecture, technology, the
creation of monuments, town-planning, landscaping, etc.,
3) Reflect a distinct cultural tradition/civilization that is still
vibrant or which has disappeared; and
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