The first 12 World Heritage sites were inscribed in 1978. They are the Aachen Cathedral, City of Quito, Historic Centre of Kraków, Island of Gorée, L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Mesa Verde National Park, Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela, Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines, Galápagos Islands, Nahanni National Park, Simien National Park and Yellowstone National Park.
Italy is home to the greatest number of World Heritage Sites, with 50 sites inscribed on the list.
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With 44 locations, Italy is the country that holds the world's record for maximum number of World Heritage Sites.
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There are 206 natural World Heritage sites.
when and why are the world heritage sites in Egypt?
UNESCO, chooses world heritage sites.
There are 7 world heritage sites in Tanzania.
There are 832 cultural World Heritage sites in the world.
1978 was the first year that properties were inscribed on the World Heritage site list. 12 properties were inscribed that year including Mesa Verde National Park, Yellowstone National Park, the City of Quito and the Galapagos Islands.
UNESCO says the world heritage sites belong to everyone.
Ireland has 2 World Heritage sites, both are cultural.
Australia's first 3 World Heritage sites were inscribed in 1981. They were the Great Barrier Reef (natural), Kakadu National Park (mixed), and the Willandra Lakes Region (mixed).
In 2009, there were 890 World Heritage sites; 688 cultural sites, 175 natural sites and 27 mixed sites.
Italy is home to the greatest number of World Heritage Sites, with 50 sites inscribed on the list.
There are 5 steps in the nomination process for world heritage sites.