World Heritage sites inscribed in 1996

37 properties from the 1996 session are on the List today: 30 cultural, 5 natural, 2 mixed.

Site	Country	Type	Criteria
Aigai	Greece	Cultural	i iii
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata	Mauritania	Cultural	iii iv v
Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau	Germany	Cultural	ii iv vi
Belize Barrier Reef	Belize	Natural	vii ix x
Canal du Midi	France	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Castel del Monte	Italy	Cultural	i ii iii
Cologne Cathedral	Germany	Cultural	i ii iv
Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	Cultural	ii iv v
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna	Italy	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Gammelstad Church Town	Sweden	Cultural	ii iv v
Hiroshima Peace Memorial	Japan	Cultural	vi
Historic Centre of Porto	Portugal	Cultural	iv
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza	Italy	Cultural	i ii iv
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg	Austria	Cultural	ii iv vi
Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro	Mexico	Cultural	ii iv
Historic Walled Town of Cuenca	Spain	Cultural	ii
Itsukushima Shrine	Japan	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Lake Baikal	Russia Soviet Union	Natural	vii viii ix x
Laponian National Park	Sweden	Mixed	iii v vii viii ix
Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape	Czechia	Cultural	i ii iv
Lonja de la Seda	Spain	Cultural	i iv
Lushan Quaternary Glaciation National Geopark	China	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg	Germany	Cultural	iv vi
Medina of Meknes	Morocco	Cultural	iv
Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin	Armenia	Cultural	ii iv
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area	China	Mixed	iv vi x
Okapi Wildlife Reserve in danger	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Natural	x
Palace and gardens of Schönbrunn	Austria	Cultural	i iv
Pannonhalma Archabbey	Hungary	Cultural	iv vi
Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal	Mexico	Cultural	i ii iii
Sangiran	Indonesia	Cultural	iii vi
Skellig Michael	Ireland	Cultural	iii iv
The Trulli of Alberobello	Italy	Cultural	iii iv v
Upper Svaneti	Georgia	Cultural	iv v
Verla	Finland	Cultural	iv
Volcanoes of Kamchatka	Russia	Natural	vii viii ix x
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex	Benin Burkina Faso Niger	Natural	ix x

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