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World Heritage inscriptions of the 1990s

308 properties from the Committee sessions of 1990–1999, in order of inscription, across 89 countries.

Cultural 244Natural 56Mixed 8

Site	Country	Year	Type	Criteria
Colonial City of Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	1990	Cultural	ii iv vi
Delos	Greece	1990	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments	Russia Soviet Union	1990	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Historic Centre of San Gimignano	Italy	1990	Cultural	i iii iv
Huangshan	China	1990	Mixed	ii vii x
Itchan Kala	Uzbekistan	1990	Cultural	iii iv v
Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos	Bolivia	1990	Cultural	iv v
Jiuzhaigou Valley	China	1990	Natural	vii
Kizhi Pogost	Russia Soviet Union	1990	Cultural	i iv v
Kremlin and Red Square	Russia	1990	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in danger	Ukraine	1990	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios	Greece	1990	Cultural	i iv
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin	Germany	1990	Cultural	i ii iv
Río Abiseo National Park	Peru	1990	Mixed	iii vii ix x
Te Wahipounamu	New Zealand	1990	Natural	vii viii ix x
Tongariro National Park	New Zealand	1990	Mixed	vi vii viii
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve	Madagascar	1990	Natural	vii x
Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch	Germany	1991	Cultural	iii iv
Ayutthaya Historical Park	Thailand	1991	Cultural	iii
Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve in danger	Niger	1991	Natural	vii ix x
Borobudur Temple Compounds	Indonesia	1991	Cultural	i ii vi
Dambulla cave temple	Sri Lanka	1991	Cultural	i vi
Danube Delta	Romania Ukraine	1991	Natural	vii x
Drottningholm Palace	Sweden	1991	Cultural	iv
Historic Centre of Morelia in danger	Mexico	1991	Cultural	ii iv vi
Historic City of Sucre	Bolivia	1991	Cultural	iv
Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns	Thailand	1991	Cultural	i iii
Island of Mozambique	Mozambique	1991	Cultural	iv vi
Komodo National Park	Indonesia	1991	Natural	vii x
Old Rauma	Finland	1991	Cultural	iv v
Poblet Monastery	Spain	1991	Cultural	i iv
Prambanan Temple	Indonesia	1991	Cultural	i iv
Royal abbey of Saint-Remi	France	1991	Cultural	i ii vi
Serra da Capivara National Park	Brazil	1991	Cultural	iii
Shark Bay	Australia	1991	Natural	vii viii ix x
Suomenlinna	Finland	1991	Cultural	iv
Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary	Thailand	1991	Natural	vii ix x
Ujung Kulon National Park	Indonesia	1991	Natural	vii x
banks of the Seine	France	1991	Cultural	i ii iv
Angkor	Cambodia	1992	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Ban Chiang	Thailand	1992	Cultural	iii
Bourges Cathedral	France	1992	Cultural	i iv
Butrint	Albania	1992	Cultural	iii
Casbah of Algiers	Algeria	1992	Cultural	ii v
Historic Centre of Prague	Czechia	1992	Cultural	ii iv vi
Historic Centre of Telč	Czechia	1992	Cultural	i iv
Historic Centre of Český Krumlov	Czechia	1992	Cultural	iv
Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings	Russia	1992	Cultural	ii iv vi
Huanglong	China	1992	Natural	vii
K'gari	Australia	1992	Natural	vii viii ix
Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System	Germany	1992	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Old City of Zamość	Poland	1992	Cultural	iv
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos	Greece	1992	Cultural	ii iii
Solovetsky Islands	Russia Soviet Union	1992	Cultural	iv
Tajín Veracruz	Mexico	1992	Cultural	iii iv
Taos Pueblo	United States	1992	Cultural	iv
White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal	Russia	1992	Cultural	i ii iv
Wulingyuan	China	1992	Natural	vii
Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida	Spain	1993	Cultural	iii iv
Baroque Churches of the Philippines	Philippines	1993	Cultural	ii iv
Birka and Hovgården	Sweden	1993	Cultural	iii iv
Brú na Bóinne	Ireland	1993	Cultural	i iii iv
Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area	Japan	1993	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Complex of Huế Monuments	Vietnam	1993	Cultural	iv
Coro and its Port in danger	Venezuela	1993	Cultural	iv v
Engelsberg Ironworks	Sweden	1993	Cultural	iv
Himeji Castle	Japan	1993	Cultural	i iv
Historic Centre of Bukhara in danger	Uzbekistan Soviet Union	1993	Cultural	ii iv vi
Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity	Slovakia	1993	Cultural	iv v
Historic centre of Zacatecas	Mexico	1993	Cultural	ii iv
Horezu monastery	Romania	1993	Cultural	ii
Humayun's Tomb	India	1993	Cultural	ii iv
Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangüé	Paraguay	1993	Cultural	iv
Joya de Cerén	El Salvador	1993	Cultural	iii iv
Levoča, Spiš Castle and the associated cultural monuments	Slovakia	1993	Cultural	iv
Maulbronn Monastery	Germany	1993	Cultural	ii iv
Qutb complex	India	1993	Cultural	iv
Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco	Mexico	1993	Cultural	i iii
Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	1993	Cultural	ii iv vi
Royal Monastery of Saint Mary of Guadalupe	Spain	1993	Cultural	iv vi
Shirakami-Sanchi	Japan	1993	Natural	ix
The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera	Italy	1993	Cultural	iii iv v
Town of Bamberg	Germany	1993	Cultural	ii iv
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius	Russia Soviet Union	1993	Cultural	ii iv
Tubbataha Reef	Philippines	1993	Natural	vii ix x
Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania	Romania	1993	Cultural	iv
Vlkolínec	Slovakia	1993	Cultural	iv v
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino	Mexico	1993	Natural	x
Yakushima	Japan	1993	Natural	vii ix
Zabid	Yemen	1993	Cultural	ii iv vi
churches of Moldavia	Romania	1993	Cultural	i iv
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains	China	1994	Cultural	i ii vi
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)	Australia	1994	Natural	viii ix
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	Uganda	1994	Natural	vii x
Canaima National Park	Venezuela	1994	Natural	vii viii ix x
Chengde Mountain Resort and its outlying temples	China	1994	Cultural	ii iv
Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye	Russia Soviet Union	1994	Cultural	ii
City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	1994	Cultural	iv
City of Safranbolu	Türkiye	1994	Cultural	ii iv v
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto	Italy	1994	Cultural	i ii
Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg	Germany	1994	Cultural	iv
Doñana National Park	Spain	1994	Natural	vii ix x
Ha Long Bay	Vietnam	1994	Natural	vii viii
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto	Japan	1994	Cultural	ii iv
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta	Georgia	1994	Cultural	iii iv
Jelling Heritage Site	Denmark	1994	Cultural	iii
Los Katíos National Park	Colombia	1994	Natural	ix x
Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl	Mexico	1994	Cultural	ii iv
Nazca Lines	Peru	1994	Cultural	i iii iv
Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	1994	Cultural	iv
Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk	Czechia	1994	Cultural	iv
Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	1994	Cultural	i iii iv
Rwenzori Mountains National Park	Uganda	1994	Natural	vii x
Skogskyrkogården	Sweden	1994	Cultural	ii iv
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu	China	1994	Cultural	i iv vi
Vilnius Old Town	Lithuania	1994	Cultural	ii iv
Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	1994	Cultural	ii iv
World Heritage Sites in Tibet	China	1994	Cultural	i iv vi
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	United States	1995	Natural	vii viii
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst	Slovakia Hungary	1995	Natural	viii
Crespi d'Adda	Italy	1995	Cultural	iv v
Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	1995	Cultural	ii iv v
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta	Italy	1995	Cultural	ii iii iv v vi
Gough and Inaccessible Islands	United Kingdom	1995	Natural	vii x
Hanseatic town of Visby	Sweden	1995	Cultural	iv v
Historic Centre of Avignon	France	1995	Cultural	i ii iv
Historic Centre of Naples	Italy	1995	Cultural	ii iv
Historic Centre of Siena	Italy	1995	Cultural	i ii iv
Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento	Uruguay	1995	Cultural	v
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama	Japan	1995	Cultural	iv v
Janggyeon Panjeon of Haeinsa	South Korea	1995	Cultural	iv vi
Jongmyo	South Korea	1995	Cultural	iv
Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec	Czechia	1995	Cultural	ii iv
Luang Prabang	Laos	1995	Cultural	ii iv v
Messel pit	Germany	1995	Natural	viii
Old Town Lunenburg	Canada	1995	Cultural	iv v
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	1995	Cultural	ii iv
Rapa Nui National Park	Chile	1995	Cultural	i iii v
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras	Philippines	1995	Cultural	iii iv v
Roskilde Cathedral	Denmark	1995	Cultural	ii iv
San Agustin archeological park	Colombia	1995	Cultural	iii
Santa Cruz de Mompós	Colombia	1995	Cultural	iv v
Schokland	Netherlands	1995	Cultural	iii v
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple	South Korea	1995	Cultural	i iv
Tierradentro	Colombia	1995	Cultural	iii
Virgin Komi Forests	Russia	1995	Natural	vii ix
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park	Canada United States	1995	Natural	vii ix
Aigai	Greece	1996	Cultural	i iii
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata	Mauritania	1996	Cultural	iii iv v
Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau	Germany	1996	Cultural	ii iv vi
Belize Barrier Reef	Belize	1996	Natural	vii ix x
Canal du Midi	France	1996	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Castel del Monte	Italy	1996	Cultural	i ii iii
Cologne Cathedral	Germany	1996	Cultural	i ii iv
Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	1996	Cultural	ii iv v
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna	Italy	1996	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Gammelstad Church Town	Sweden	1996	Cultural	ii iv v
Hiroshima Peace Memorial	Japan	1996	Cultural	vi
Historic Centre of Porto	Portugal	1996	Cultural	iv
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza	Italy	1996	Cultural	i ii iv
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg	Austria	1996	Cultural	ii iv vi
Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro	Mexico	1996	Cultural	ii iv
Historic Walled Town of Cuenca	Spain	1996	Cultural	ii
Itsukushima Shrine	Japan	1996	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Lake Baikal	Russia Soviet Union	1996	Natural	vii viii ix x
Laponian National Park	Sweden	1996	Mixed	iii v vii viii ix
Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape	Czechia	1996	Cultural	i ii iv
Lonja de la Seda	Spain	1996	Cultural	i iv
Lushan Quaternary Glaciation National Geopark	China	1996	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg	Germany	1996	Cultural	iv vi
Medina of Meknes	Morocco	1996	Cultural	iv
Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin	Armenia	1996	Cultural	ii iv
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area	China	1996	Mixed	iv vi x
Okapi Wildlife Reserve in danger	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1996	Natural	x
Palace and gardens of Schönbrunn	Austria	1996	Cultural	i iv
Pannonhalma Archabbey	Hungary	1996	Cultural	iv vi
Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal	Mexico	1996	Cultural	i ii iii
Sangiran	Indonesia	1996	Cultural	iii vi
Skellig Michael	Ireland	1996	Cultural	iii iv
The Trulli of Alberobello	Italy	1996	Cultural	iii iv v
Upper Svaneti	Georgia	1996	Cultural	iv v
Verla	Finland	1996	Cultural	iv
Volcanoes of Kamchatka	Russia	1996	Natural	vii viii ix x
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex	Benin Burkina Faso Niger	1996	Natural	ix x
18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex	Italy	1997	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Amalfi Coast	Italy	1997	Cultural	ii iv v
Ancient City of Ping Yao	China	1997	Cultural	ii iii iv
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata	Italy	1997	Cultural	iii iv v
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá	Panama	1997	Cultural	ii iv vi
Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca	Cuba	1997	Cultural	iv v
Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena	Italy	1997	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Changdeokgung	South Korea	1997	Cultural	ii iii iv
Cité de Carcassonne	France	1997	Cultural	ii iv
Classical Gardens of Suzhou	China	1997	Cultural	i ii iii iv v
Cocos Island National Park	Costa Rica	1997	Natural	ix x
Dougga	Tunisia	1997	Cultural	ii iii
Euphrasian Basilica	Croatia	1997	Cultural	ii iii iv
Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut cultural landscape	Austria	1997	Cultural	iii iv
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Australia	1997	Natural	viii ix
Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao	Curaçao	1997	Cultural	ii iv v
Historic Centre of São Luís	Brazil	1997	Cultural	iii iv v
Historic City of Trogir	Croatia	1997	Cultural	ii iv
Hospicio Cabañas	Mexico	1997	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Hwaseong Fortress	South Korea	1997	Cultural	ii iii
Lake Turkana National Parks in danger	Kenya	1997	Natural	viii x
Las Médulas	Spain	1997	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Lumbini	Nepal	1997	Cultural	iii vi
Macquarie Island	Australia	1997	Natural	vii viii
Malbork Castle	Poland	1997	Cultural	ii iii iv
Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom	1997	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Medieval Town of Toruń	Poland	1997	Cultural	ii iv
Medina of Tétouan	Morocco	1997	Cultural	ii iv v
Monasteries of San Millán de la Cogolla	Spain	1997	Cultural	ii iv vi
Morne Trois Pitons National Park	Dominica	1997	Natural	viii x
Mount Kenya National Park	Kenya	1997	Natural	vii ix
Old Town of Lijiang	China	1997	Cultural	ii iv v
Padova botanical garden	Italy	1997	Cultural	ii iii
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona	Spain	1997	Cultural	i ii iv
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)	Italy	1997	Cultural	ii iv v
Pyrénées – Mont Perdu World Heritage Site	Spain France	1997	Mixed	iii iv v vii viii
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy	Italy	1997	Cultural	i ii iv v
Rohtas Fort	Pakistan	1997	Cultural	ii iv
Su Nuraxi di Barumini	Italy	1997	Cultural	i iii iv
Sundarbans Reserved Forest	Bangladesh	1997	Natural	ix x
Tallinn Old Town	Estonia	1997	Cultural	ii iv
Valle dei Templi	Italy	1997	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Vecrīga	Latvia	1997	Cultural	i ii
Villa Romana del Casale	Italy	1997	Cultural	i ii iii
Volubilis	Morocco	1997	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Windmills at Kinderdijk	Netherlands	1997	Cultural	i ii iv
Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia	Italy	1998	Cultural	iii iv vi
Béguinages in Flanders	Belgium	1998	Cultural	ii iii iv
Casas Grandes	Mexico	1998	Cultural	iii iv
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula	Italy	1998	Cultural	iii iv
Classical Weimar	Germany	1998	Cultural	iii vi
East Rennell in danger	Solomon Islands	1998	Natural	ix
El Fuerte de Samaipata	Bolivia	1998	Cultural	ii iii
Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž	Czechia	1998	Cultural	ii iv
Golden Mountains of Altai	Russia	1998	Natural	x
Grand-Place	Belgium	1998	Cultural	ii iv
Historic Centre of Urbino	Italy	1998	Cultural	ii iv
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara	Japan	1998	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Holašovice	Czechia	1998	Cultural	ii iv
Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal	Netherlands	1998	Cultural	i ii iv
Khirokitia	Cyprus	1998	Cultural	ii iii iv
Naval City of Karlskrona	Sweden	1998	Cultural	ii iv
New Zealand Subantarctic Islands	New Zealand	1998	Natural	ix x
Old Town of Lviv in danger	Ukraine	1998	Cultural	ii v
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)	Lebanon	1998	Cultural	iii iv
Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula	Spain	1998	Cultural	iii
Semmering railway	Austria	1998	Cultural	ii iv
Summer Palace	China	1998	Cultural	i ii iii
Temple of Heaven	China	1998	Cultural	i ii iii
The Dolomites	Italy	1998	Natural	vii viii
Tlacotalpan	Mexico	1998	Cultural	ii iv
Troy	Türkiye	1998	Cultural	ii iii vi
University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares	Spain	1998	Cultural	ii iv vi
Vieux Lyon	France	1998	Cultural	ii iv
Way of Saint James UNESCO World Heritage Sites in France	France	1998	Cultural	ii iv vi
lifts on the old Canal du Centre	Belgium	1998	Cultural	iii iv
Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns	Greece	1999	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site	Costa Rica	1999	Natural	ix x
Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves	Brazil	1999	Natural	vii ix x
Beemster	Netherlands	1999	Cultural	i ii iv
Belfries of Belgium and France	France Belgium	1999	Cultural	ii iv
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1999	Cultural	iii iv
City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg	Austria	1999	Cultural	ii iv
Cradle of Humankind	South Africa	1999	Cultural	iii vi
Cueva de las Manos	Argentina	1999	Cultural	iii
Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains	Romania	1999	Cultural	ii iii iv
Dazu Rock Carvings	China	1999	Cultural	i ii iii
Desembarco del Granma National Park	Cuba	1999	Natural	vii viii
Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves	Brazil	1999	Natural	ix x
Hadrian's Villa	Italy	1999	Cultural	i ii iii
Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom	1999	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca	Ecuador	1999	Cultural	ii iv v
Historic Centre of Sighișoara	Romania	1999	Cultural	iii v
Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina	Brazil	1999	Cultural	ii iv
Historic Fortified Town of Campeche	Mexico	1999	Cultural	ii iv
Hortobágy National Park	Hungary	1999	Cultural	iv v
Hội An	Vietnam	1999	Cultural	ii v
Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture	Spain	1999	Mixed	ii iii iv ix x
Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion	France	1999	Cultural	iii iv
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska park	Poland	1999	Cultural	ii iv
Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1999	Natural	ix x
Litomyšl Chateau	Czechia	1999	Cultural	ii iv
Lorentz National Park	Indonesia	1999	Natural	viii ix x
Merv	Turkmenistan	1999	Cultural	ii iii
Miguasha National Park	Canada	1999	Natural	viii
Mountain Railways of India	India	1999	Cultural	ii iv
Museum Island	Germany	1999	Cultural	ii iv
Mỹ Sơn	Vietnam	1999	Cultural	ii iii
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park	Philippines	1999	Natural	vii x
Robben Island	South Africa	1999	Cultural	iii vi
Sammallahdenmäki	Finland	1999	Cultural	iii iv
San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	1999	Cultural	ii iv
Shrines and Temples of Nikkō	Japan	1999	Cultural	i iv vi
Sukur	Nigeria	1999	Cultural	iii v vi
The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos	Greece	1999	Cultural	iii iv vi
Valdes Peninsula	Argentina	1999	Natural	x
Vigan	Philippines	1999	Cultural	ii iv
Viñales Valley	Cuba	1999	Cultural	iv
Wartburg	Germany	1999	Cultural	iii vi
Western Caucasus	Russia	1999	Natural	ix x
Wuyi Mountains	China	1999	Mixed	iii vi vii x
Xochicalco	Mexico	1999	Cultural	iii iv
iSimangaliso Wetland Park	South Africa	1999	Natural	vii ix x
wooden churches of Maramureș	Romania	1999	Cultural	iv

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