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Location of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Malta (blue dots indicate the sites of Megalithic Temples)
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.
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Malta
ratified the convention on 14 November 1978, making its sites eligible for inclusion on the list.
[2]
Sites in Malta were first inscribed on the list at the 4th Session of the
World Heritage Committee
, held in
Paris
, France, in 1980. At that session, all three current sites were added to the list: the
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
, City of
Valletta
, and
?gantija
Temples.
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[4]
In 1992, the temples of
Ħa?ar Qim
,
Mnajdra
,
Ta' Ħa?rat
,
Skorba
, and
Tarxien
were added to the site of ?gantija Temples, to form the
Megalithic Temples of Malta
site. Further minor modification of boundaries of this site took place in 2015.
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[6]
All three sites are listed as cultural sites, as determined by the organization's
selection criteria
.
[1]
As of 2019, Malta also has seven sites on the tentative list, all of which were listed in 1998.
[2]
[7]
World Heritage Sites
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UNESCO lists sites under
ten criteria
; each entry must meet at least one of the criteria. Criteria i through vi are cultural, and vii through x are natural.
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Tentative list
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In addition to the 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 has previously been listed on the tentative list.
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As of 2018, Malta had seven such sites on its tentative list, all of which were added in 1998.
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References
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