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World Heritage inscriptions of the 1980s

260 properties from the Committee sessions of 1980–1989, in order of inscription, across 68 countries.

Cultural 189Natural 58Mixed 13

Site	Country	Year	Type	Criteria
Ancient City of Bosra in danger	Syria	1980	Cultural	i iii vi
Asante Traditional Buildings	Ghana	1980	Cultural	v
Axum	Ethiopia	1980	Cultural	i iv
Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol	Pakistan	1980	Cultural	iv
Copán	Honduras	1980	Cultural	iv vi
Durmitor National Park	Montenegro	1980	Natural	vii viii x
Garamba National Park in danger	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1980	Natural	ix x
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura	Italy Vatican City	1980	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Historic Town of Ouro Preto	Brazil	1980	Cultural	i iii
Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni	Malta	1980	Cultural	iii
Ichkeul National Park	Tunisia	1980	Natural	x
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park in danger	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1980	Natural	x
Lower Valley of the Awash	Ethiopia	1980	Cultural	ii iii iv
Megalithic Temples of Malta	Malta	1980	Cultural	iv
Mohenjo-daro	Pakistan	1980	Cultural	ii iii
Omo River	Ethiopia	1980	Cultural	iii iv
Palmyra in danger	Syria	1980	Cultural	i ii iv
Paphos	Cyprus	1980	Cultural	iii vi
Qal'at Bani Hammad	Algeria	1980	Cultural	iii
Redwood National and State Parks	United States	1980	Natural	vii ix
Røros Mining Town and the Circumference	Norway	1980	Cultural	iii iv v
Santa Maria delle Grazie	Italy	1980	Cultural	i ii
Taxila	Pakistan Pakistan	1980	Cultural	iii vi
Tiya archaeological site	Ethiopia	1980	Cultural	i iv
Valletta	Malta	1980	Cultural	i vi
Warsaw Old Town	Poland	1980	Cultural	ii vi
fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo in danger	Panama	1980	Cultural	i iv
Abbey of Fontenay	France	1981	Cultural	iv
Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments	France	1981	Cultural	ii iv
Darién National Park	Panama	1981	Natural	vii ix x
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary	Senegal	1981	Natural	vii x
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore	Pakistan	1981	Cultural	i ii iii
Great Barrier Reef	Australia	1981	Natural	vii viii ix x
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump	Canada	1981	Cultural	vi
Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta	Pakistan	1981	Cultural	iii
Kakadu National Park	Australia	1981	Mixed	i vi vii ix x
Los Glaciares National Park	Argentina	1981	Natural	vii viii
Mammoth Cave National Park	United States	1981	Natural	vii viii x
Medina of Fez	Morocco	1981	Cultural	ii v
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve in danger	Côte d'Ivoire Guinea	1981	Natural	ix x
Ninstints	Canada	1981	Cultural	iii
Niokolo-Koba National Park	Senegal	1981	Natural	x
Notre-Dame d'Amiens	France	1981	Cultural	i ii
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls in danger	Israel	1981	Cultural	ii iii vi
Olympic National Park	United States	1981	Natural	vii ix
Palace of Fontainebleau	France	1981	Cultural	ii vi
Quiriguá	Guatemala	1981	Cultural	i ii iv
Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange	France	1981	Cultural	iii vi
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara	Tanzania	1981	Cultural	iii
Serengeti National Park	Tanzania	1981	Natural	vii x
Speyer Cathedral	Germany	1981	Cultural	ii
Willandra Lakes Region	Australia	1981	Mixed	iii viii
Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square	Germany	1981	Cultural	i iv
Aldabra	Seychelles	1982	Natural	vii ix x
Anuradhapura	Sri Lanka	1982	Cultural	ii iii vi
Archaeological Site of Sabratha in danger	Libya	1982	Cultural	iii
Cahokia	United States	1982	Cultural	iii iv
Cyrene in danger	Libya	1982	Cultural	ii iii vi
Djemila	Algeria	1982	Cultural	iii iv
From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt	France	1982	Cultural	i ii iv
Historic Centre of Florence	Italy	1982	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda	Brazil	1982	Cultural	ii iv
Leptis Magna in danger	Libya	1982	Cultural	i ii iii
Lord Howe Island Group	Australia	1982	Natural	vii x
M'zab	Algeria	1982	Cultural	ii iii v
National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers	Haiti	1982	Cultural	iv vi
Old Havana and its Fortification System	Cuba	1982	Cultural	iv v
Polonnaruwa	Sri Lanka	1982	Cultural	i iii vi
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve in danger	Honduras	1982	Natural	vii viii ix x
Selous Game Reserve in danger	Tanzania	1982	Natural	ix x
Shibam in danger	Yemen	1982	Cultural	iii iv v
Sigiriya	Sri Lanka	1982	Cultural	ii iii iv
Tasmanian Wilderness	Australia	1982	Mixed	iii iv vi vii viii ix x
Tassili n'Ajjer	Algeria	1982	Mixed	i iii vii viii
Taï National Park	Côte d'Ivoire	1982	Natural	vii x
Timgad	Algeria	1982	Cultural	ii iii iv
Tipasa	Algeria France	1982	Cultural	iii iv
Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe	France	1983	Cultural	i iii
Abbey of Saint Gall	Switzerland	1983	Cultural	ii iv
Agra Fort	India	1983	Cultural	iii
Ajanta Caves	India	1983	Cultural	i ii iii vi
Ancient City of Nessebar	Bulgaria	1983	Cultural	iii iv
Batalha Monastery	Portugal	1983	Cultural	i ii
Centro Histórico de Angra do Heroísmo	Portugal	1983	Cultural	iv vi
Comoé National Park	Côte d'Ivoire	1983	Natural	ix x
Convent of Christ	Portugal	1983	Cultural	i vi
Ellora Caves	India	1983	Cultural	i iii vi
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	United States	1983	Natural	vii viii ix x
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve	France	1983	Natural	vii viii x
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu	Peru	1983	Mixed	i iii vii ix
Historic centre of Cusco	Peru	1983	Cultural	iii iv
Jesuit missions among the Guaraní	Argentina Brazil	1983	Cultural	iv
La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site	United States	1983	Cultural	vi
Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	1983	Cultural	iii vi
Old City of Bern	Switzerland	1983	Cultural	iii
Pirin National Park	Bulgaria	1983	Natural	vii viii ix
Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy	France	1983	Cultural	i iv
Rila Monastery	Bulgaria	1983	Cultural	vi
Saint John Abbey	Switzerland	1983	Cultural	iii
Sangay National Park	Ecuador	1983	Natural	vii viii ix x
Srebarna Nature Reserve	Bulgaria	1983	Natural	x
Taj Mahal	India	1983	Cultural	i
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves	Costa Rica Panama	1983	Natural	vii viii ix x
Vallée de Mai	Seychelles	1983	Natural	vii viii ix x
Wieskirche	Germany	1983	Cultural	i iii
Wood Buffalo National Park	Canada	1983	Natural	vii ix x
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	1984	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Anjar	Lebanon	1984	Cultural	iii iv
Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces	Germany	1984	Cultural	ii iv
Baalbek	Lebanon	1984	Cultural	i iv
Burgos Cathedral	Spain	1984	Cultural	ii iv vi
Byblos	Lebanon Lebanon	1984	Cultural	iii iv vi
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site	Canada	1984	Natural	vii viii
Chitwan National Park	Nepal	1984	Natural	vii ix x
Group of monuments at Mahabalipuram	India	1984	Cultural	i ii iii vi
Iguazú National Park World Heritage Site	Argentina	1984	Natural	vii x
Konark Sun Temple	India	1984	Cultural	i iii vi
Lake Malawi National Park	Malawi	1984	Natural	vii ix x
Liberty Island	United States	1984	Cultural	i vi
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas	Zimbabwe	1984	Natural	vii ix x
Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	1984	Cultural	i ii vi
Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena	Colombia	1984	Cultural	iv vi
Salonga National Park	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1984	Natural	vii ix
Tyre in danger	Lebanon	1984	Cultural	iii vi
Vatican City	Vatican City	1984	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	1984	Cultural	i ii iv
Yosemite National Park	United States	1984	Natural	vii viii
historic centre of Córdoba	Spain	1984	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Chavin de Huantar	Peru	1985	Cultural	iii
Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital	Türkiye	1985	Cultural	i iv
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia	Türkiye	1985	Mixed	i iii v vii
Hatra	Iraq	1985	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Historic Areas of Istanbul	Türkiye	1985	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Historic Centre of Salvador da Bahia	Brazil	1985	Cultural	iv vi
Huascarán National Park	Peru	1985	Natural	vii viii
Kaziranga National Park	India	1985	Natural	ix x
Kevladev National Park	India	1985	Natural	x
Manas National Park	India	1985	Natural	vii ix x
Medina of Marrakesh	Morocco	1985	Cultural	i ii iv v
Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	1985	Cultural	i ii iv
Mosque City of Bagerhat	Bangladesh	1985	Cultural	iv
Old Quebec	Canada	1985	Cultural	iv vi
Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct	Spain	1985	Cultural	i iii iv
Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches	Spain	1985	Cultural	iii iv
Painted Churches in the Troödos Region	Cyprus	1985	Cultural	ii iii iv
Petra	Jordan	1985	Cultural	i iii iv
Pont du Gard	France	1985	Cultural	i iii iv
Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis	Tunisia	1985	Cultural	iii
Qasr Amra	Jordan	1985	Cultural	i iii iv
Rock carvings at Alta	Norway	1985	Cultural	iii
Royal Palaces of Abomey	Benin	1985	Cultural	iii iv
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos	Brazil	1985	Cultural	i iv
Somapura Mahavihara	Bangladesh	1985	Cultural	i ii vi
St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim	Germany	1985	Cultural	i ii iii
Tadrart Acacus in danger	Libya	1985	Cultural	iii
Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari	Bulgaria	1985	Cultural	i iii
old town of Santiago de Compostela	Spain	1985	Cultural	i ii vi
Ancient City of Aleppo in danger	Syria	1986	Cultural	iii iv
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom	1986	Cultural	i iii iv
Centro Histórico de Évora	Portugal	1986	Cultural	ii iv
Chan Chan in danger	Peru	1986	Cultural	i iii
Churches and Convents of Goa	India	1986	Cultural	ii iv vi
Durham Castle and Cathedral	United Kingdom	1986	Cultural	ii iv vi
Fatehpur Sikri	India	1986	Cultural	ii iii iv
Fountains Abbey	United Kingdom	1986	Cultural	i iv
Garajonay National Park	Spain	1986	Natural	vii ix
Giant's Causeway	United Kingdom	1986	Natural	vii viii
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia	Australia	1986	Natural	viii ix x
Great Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1986	Cultural	i iii vi
Hampi	India	1986	Cultural	i iii iv
Hattusha: the Hittite Capital	Türkiye	1986	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Historic City of Toledo	Spain	1986	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Iguaçu National Park	Brazil	1986	Natural	vii x
Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom	1986	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Khajuraho Group of Monuments	India	1986	Cultural	i iii
Khami	Zimbabwe	1986	Cultural	iii iv
Mudejar Architecture of Aragon	Spain	1986	Cultural	iv
Old Sana'a	Yemen	1986	Cultural	iv v vi
Old Town of Ghadamès	Libya	1986	Cultural	v
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier UNESCO World Heritage Site	Germany	1986	Cultural	i iii iv vi
St Kilda	United Kingdom	1986	Mixed	iii v vii ix x
Stonehenge	United Kingdom	1986	Cultural	i ii iii
Studenica monastery	Serbia	1986	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Temple of Apollo Epicurius in Bassae	Greece	1986	Cultural	i ii iii
old town of Cáceres	Spain	1986	Cultural	iii iv
Škocjan Caves	Slovenia	1986	Natural	vii viii
Acropolis of Athens	Greece	1987	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Aït Benhaddou	Morocco	1987	Cultural	iv v
Bahla Fort	Oman	1987	Cultural	iv
Bath	United Kingdom	1987	Cultural	i ii iv
Blenheim Palace	United Kingdom	1987	Cultural	ii iv
Brasília	Brazil	1987	Cultural	i iv
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue	Hungary	1987	Cultural	ii iv
Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Spain	1987	Cultural	i ii iii vi
Chaco Culture World Heritage Site	United States	1987	Cultural	iii
Dja Faunal Reserve	Cameroon	1987	Natural	ix x
Elephanta Caves	India	1987	Cultural	i iii
Great Living Chola Temples	India	1987	Cultural	ii iii
Gros Morne National Park	Canada	1987	Natural	vii viii
Hanseatic City of Lübeck	Germany	1987	Cultural	iv
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park	United States	1987	Natural	viii
Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco	Mexico	1987	Cultural	ii iii iv v
Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán	Mexico	1987	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Historic Centre of Puebla	Mexico	1987	Cultural	ii iv
Hollókő	Hungary	1987	Cultural	v
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang	China	1987	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Kilimanjaro National Park	Tanzania	1987	Natural	vii
Manu National Park	Peru	1987	Natural	ix x
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor	China	1987	Cultural	i iii iv vi
Mogao Caves	China	1987	Cultural	i ii iii iv v vi
Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville	United States	1987	Cultural	i iv vi
Mount Nemrut	Türkiye	1987	Cultural	i iii iv
Mount Tai	China	1987	Mixed	i ii iii iv v vi vii
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret's Church	United Kingdom	1987	Cultural	i ii iv
Palenque	Mexico	1987	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Pattadakal Group of Monuments	India	1987	Cultural	iii iv
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa	Italy	1987	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Potosí in danger	Bolivia	1987	Cultural	ii iv vi
Sian Ka'an	Mexico	1987	Natural	vii x
Sundarbans National Park	India	1987	Natural	ix x
Teotihuacan	Mexico	1987	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
The Great Wall	China	1987	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park	Australia	1987	Mixed	v vi vii viii
Venice and its Lagoon	Italy	1987	Cultural	i ii iii iv v vi
Zhoukoudian site	China	1987	Cultural	iii vi
archaeological Site of Delphi	Greece	1987	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
borders of the Roman Empire	Germany United Kingdom	1987	Cultural	ii iii iv
Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn archaeological sites	Oman	1988	Cultural	iii iv
Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church	United Kingdom	1988	Cultural	i ii vi
Henderson Island	United Kingdom	1988	Natural	vii x
Hierapolis-Pamukkale	Türkiye	1988	Mixed	iii iv vii
Historic Centre of Lima	Peru	1988	Cultural	iv
Kairouan	Tunisia	1988	Cultural	i ii iii v vi
Kandy	Sri Lanka	1988	Cultural	iv vi
Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park in danger	Central African Republic	1988	Natural	ix x
Medieval City of Rhodes	Greece	1988	Cultural	ii iv v
Medina of Sousse	Tunisia	1988	Cultural	iii iv v
Meteora	Greece	1988	Mixed	i ii iv v vii
Mount Athos	Greece	1988	Mixed	i ii iv v vi vii
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks	India	1988	Natural	vii x
Old City of Salamanca in danger	Spain	1988	Cultural	i ii iv
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications	Sri Lanka	1988	Cultural	iv
Old Towns of Djenné in danger	Mali	1988	Cultural	iii iv
Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki	Greece	1988	Cultural	i ii iv
Sanctuary of Asclepius, Epidaurus	Greece	1988	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Sinharaja Forest Reserve	Sri Lanka	1988	Natural	ix x
Strasbourg: from Grande-île to Neustadt, a European urban scene	France	1988	Cultural	ii iv
Timbuktu in danger	Mali	1988	Cultural	ii iv v
Tower of London	United Kingdom	1988	Cultural	ii iv
Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios	Cuba	1988	Cultural	iv v
Wet Tropics of Queensland	Australia	1988	Natural	vii viii ix x
Xanthos-Letoon	Türkiye	1988	Cultural	ii iii
Alcobaça Monastery	Portugal	1989	Cultural	i ii iv
Banc d'Arguin National Park	Mauritania	1989	Natural	ix x
Bandiagara Escarpment	Mali	1989	Mixed	v vii
Chichen Itza	Mexico	1989	Cultural	i ii iii
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls	Zimbabwe Zambia	1989	Natural	vii viii
Mystras	Greece	1989	Cultural	ii iii iv
Olympia	Greece	1989	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Sanchi	India	1989	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi

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