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World Heritage inscriptions of the 1970s

57 properties from the Committee sessions of 1970–1979, in order of inscription, across 26 countries.

Cultural 42Natural 12Mixed 3

Site	Country	Year	Type	Criteria
Aachen Cathedral	Germany	1978	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Galapagos Islands	Ecuador	1978	Natural	vii viii ix x
Gorée	Senegal	1978	Cultural	vi
Historic Center of Quito	Ecuador	1978	Cultural	ii iv
Kraków Old Town	Poland	1978	Cultural	iv
L'Anse aux Meadows	Canada	1978	Cultural	vi
Mesa Verde National Park	United States	1978	Cultural	iii
Monolithic churches in Lalibela	Ethiopia	1978	Cultural	i ii iii
Nahanni National Park Reserve	Canada	1978	Natural	vii viii
Simien Mountains National Park	Ethiopia	1978	Natural	vii x
Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines	Poland	1978	Cultural	iv
Yellowstone National Park	United States	1978	Natural	vii viii ix x
Abu Mena	Egypt	1979	Cultural	iv
Ancient City of Damascus in danger	Syria	1979	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis	Egypt	1979	Cultural	i iii vi
Antigua Guatemala	Guatemala	1979	Cultural	ii iii iv
Archaeological site of Carthage	Tunisia	1979	Cultural	ii iii vi
Auschwitz	Poland	1979	Cultural	vi
Białowieża Forest	Poland Belarus	1979	Natural	ix x
Boyana Church	Bulgaria	1979	Cultural	ii iii
Bryggen	Norway	1979	Cultural	iii
Chogha Zanbil	Iran	1979	Cultural	iii iv
Dinosaur Provincial Park	Canada	1979	Natural	vii viii
Everglades National Park in danger	United States	1979	Natural	viii ix x
Fasil Ghebbi	Ethiopia	1979	Cultural	ii iii
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions	Ghana	1979	Cultural	vi
Grand Canyon National Park	United States	1979	Natural	vii viii ix x
Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian	Croatia	1979	Cultural	ii iii iv
Independence Hall	United States	1979	Cultural	vi
Islamic Cairo	Egypt	1979	Cultural	i v vi
Kathmandu Valley	Nepal	1979	Cultural	iii iv vi
Kluane / Wrangell – St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek	Canada United States	1979	Natural	vii viii ix x
Madara Rider	Bulgaria	1979	Cultural	i iii
Medina of Tunis	Tunisia	1979	Cultural	ii iii v
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur	Egypt	1979	Cultural	i iii vi
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	1979	Cultural	i iii vi
Naqsh-e Jahan Square	Iran	1979	Cultural	i v vi
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region	North Macedonia Albania	1979	Mixed	i iii iv vii ix
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor	Montenegro	1979	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Ngorongoro Conservation Area	Tanzania	1979	Mixed	iv vii viii ix x
Notre-Dame de Chartres	France	1979	Cultural	i ii iv
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae	Egypt	1979	Cultural	i iii vi
Old city (Dubrovnik)	Croatia	1979	Cultural	i iii iv
Palace of Versailles	France	1979	Cultural	i ii vi
Persepolis	Iran	1979	Cultural	i iii vi
Plitvice Lakes National Park	Croatia	1979	Natural	vii viii ix
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley	France	1979	Cultural	i iii
Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo	Bulgaria	1979	Cultural	ii iii
Roman amphitheatre of El Jem	Tunisia	1979	Cultural	iv vi
Sagarmatha National Park	Nepal	1979	Natural	vii
Stari Ras and Sopoćani	Serbia	1979	Cultural	i iii
Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak	Bulgaria	1979	Cultural	i iii iv
Tikal National Park	Guatemala	1979	Mixed	i iii iv ix x
Urnes Stave Church	Norway	1979	Cultural	i ii iii
Virunga National Park in danger	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1979	Natural	vii viii x
Vézelay, Church and Hill	France	1979	Cultural	i iv vi
rock drawings in Valcamonica	Italy	1979	Cultural	iii vi

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