Selection criteria of world heritage site

Selection criteria of world heritage site gy andreascarrillo no-R6pR TE, 2011 2 pagos Selection Criteria of World Heritage Site Cultural criteria: l. «represents a masterpiece of human creative genius» II. «exhibits an important interchange of human values, over a span of time, or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology’, monumental arts, town-planning, or landscape design» III. bears a unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition r to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared» IV. «is an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural, or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates a significant stage in human history» V. «is an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is re resentative of a culture, or human interactlon WI beco me vulnerable u er VI. iis directly or tangi traditions, w ora Swipe to View next page ecially when it has sible change» ts or living with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstandlng universal» (Wikipedia) Natural criteria: VII. «to contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance» VIII. «to be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth’s history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development oflandforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features»

IX. «to be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals» X. «to contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of View of science or conservation» (UNESCO)