List of World Heritage Sites in Slovakia

Below is a list of World Heritage Sites that lie totally or partially in Slovakia.

  * Trans-border site

Site	Image	Location	Criteria	Area ha (acre)	Year	Description	Refs
Bardejov		Bardejov, Bardejov District, Prešov Region,  Slovakia 49°17′36″N 21°16′45″E / 49.29333°N 21.27917°E	Cultural: (iii), (iv)	—	2000		[1]
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst		Rožňava and Spišská Nová Ves Districts, Košice Region  Slovakia* and Northern Hungary,  Hungary* 48°28′33″N 20°29′13″E / 48.47583°N 20.48694°E	Natural: (vii)	56,651 (139,990); buffer zone 86,797 (214,480)	1995[nb 1]		[2][3]
Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity		Banská Štiavnica and Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region,  Slovakia 48°27′40″N 18°54′0″E / 48.46111°N 18.90000°E	Cultural: (iv), (v)	20,632 (50,980); buffer zone 62,128 (153,520)	1993		[4]
Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments		Prešov and Košice Regions,  Slovakia 52°30′N 23°35′E / 52.500°N 23.583°E	Cultural: (iv)	1,351 (3,340); buffer zone 12,581 (31,090)	1993[nb 2]		[5]
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany		Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Thuringia, Hesse,  Germany*, Prešov Region,  Slovakia* and Zakarpattia Oblast,  Ukraine* 49°5′10″N 22°32′10″E / 49.08611°N 22.53611°E	Natural: (ix)	—	2007[nb 3]		[6][7]
Vlkolínec		Ružomberok District, Žilina Region,  Slovakia 49°2′0″N 19°17′0″E / 49.03333°N 19.28333°E	Cultural: (iv), (v)	4.90 (12.1); buffer zone 321 (790)	1993		[8]
Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area		Košice, Banská Bystrica, Žilina and Prešov Regions,  Slovakia 49°20′10″N 19°33′30″E / 49.33611°N 19.55833°E	Cultural: (iii), (iv)	2.56 (6.3); buffer zone 90 (220)	2008		[9]

Notes

1. Extended in 2000 to include the Dobšinská Ice Cave and modification of boundaries in 2008: increase of property at Esztramos Hill from 107.2 (265) to 195 (480) and establishment of a 28,000 (69,000) buffer zone on the Hungarian side.
2. Extended in 2009 to include Levoča and the Work of Master Paul in Spiš and name change from Spišský Hrad and its associated cultural monuments to the present name.
3. Extended in 2011 to include the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany and name change from Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians to the present name.

References

Notes

1. "Bardejov". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
2. "Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
3. "Decision - 32COM 8B.48 - Examination of nominations and minor modifications to the boundaries of naturel, mixed and cultural properties to the World Heritage List - Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (HUNGARY / SLOVAKIA)". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
4. "Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
5. "Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
6. "Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
7. "IUCN Evaluations of Nominations of Natural and Mixed Properties to the World Heritage List" (PDF). UNESCO. pp. 111–120. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
8. "Vlkolínec". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
9. "Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.