List of World Heritage Sites in Belarus

This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Belarus with properties of cultural and natural heritage in Belarus. Currently, four properties in Belarus are inscribed on the World Heritage List.[1] Three properties are cultural and one is natural.[1] The tentative list of Belarus contains eleven properties.[1]

Properties on the World Heritage List

  * Trans-border site
# Site Image Location Type (criteria) Area
ha		 Year Ref.
1 Belavezhskaya Pushcha National Park (Białowieża Forest)
Brest Province and Grodno Province
(shared with  Poland)
52°30′N 23°35′E / 52.500°N 23.583°E / 52.500; 23.583 (Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest))		 Natural (vii) 92,669 1979, 1992 33bis
2 Mir Castle Complex
Mir, Grodno Province
53°27′4″N 26°28′22″E / 53.45111°N 26.47278°E / 53.45111; 26.47278 (Mir Castle Complex)		 Cultural (ii, iv) — 2000 625
3 Struve Geodetic Arc (five station points)
Brest Province and Grodno Province
(shared with  Estonia,  Finland,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Moldova,  Norway,  Russia,  Sweden and  Ukraine)

52°09′38″N 25°34′17″E / 52.160556°N 25.571389°E / 52.160556; 25.571389 (Struve Geodetic Arc (Leskovichi station point in Belarus))
52°12′55″N 25°33′12″E / 52.215278°N 25.553333°E / 52.215278; 25.553333 (Struve Geodetic Arc (Chekutsk station point in Belarus))
52°17′21″N 25°38′58″E / 52.289167°N 25.649444°E / 52.289167; 25.649444 (Struve Geodetic Arc (Ossovnitsa station point in Belarus))
53°33′37″N 24°52′11″E / 53.560278°N 24.869722°E / 53.560278; 24.869722 (Struve Geodetic Arc (Lopaty station point in Belarus))
54°17′29″N 26°02′43″E / 54.291389°N 26.045278°E / 54.291389; 26.045278 (Struve Geodetic Arc (Tupishki station point in Belarus))

 Cultural (ii, iii, vi) — 2005 1187
4 Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh
Nesvizh, Minsk Province
53°13′22″N 26°41′29″E / 53.22278°N 26.69139°E / 53.22278; 26.69139 (Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh)		 Cultural (ii, iv, vi) — 2005 1196

Properties on the tentative list

  * Trans-border site
# Site Image Location Type (criteria) Area
ha		 Year Ref.
1 Augustow Canal
Grodno Province
(shared with  Poland)
53°51′46.3″N 23°37′24.95″E / 53.862861°N 23.6235972°E / 53.862861; 23.6235972 (Augustów Canal. Dąbrówka Lock)		 Cultural (i, ii) — 2004 1892
2 Saviour Transfiguration Church and St. Sophia Cathedral in the town of Polatsk
Polotsk, Vitebsk Province
55°30′14.57″N 28°46′49.90″E / 55.5040472°N 28.7805278°E / 55.5040472; 28.7805278 (Saviour Transfiguration Church in Polatsk)
55°29′10.17″N 28°45′30.29″E / 55.4861583°N 28.7584139°E / 55.4861583; 28.7584139 (St. Sophia Cathedral in Polatsk)		 Cultural (i, ii) — 2004 1893
3 Kamyanets Tower
Kamyanyets, Brest Province
52°24′17.09″N 23°49′10.31″E / 52.4047472°N 23.8195306°E / 52.4047472; 23.8195306 (Kamyanets Tower)		 Cultural (i, ii, iii) — 2004 1894
4 SS. Boris and Gleb (Kalozha) Church in the city of Hrodna Hrodna
53°40′42.01″N 23°49′6.73″E / 53.6783361°N 23.8185361°E / 53.6783361; 23.8185361 (SS. Boris and Gleb (Kalozha) Church in Hrodna)		 Cultural (i, ii) — 2004 1895
5 St. Nicholas Monastery Complex in the city of Mahilioŭ
Mogilev
53°53′37.83″N 30°20′45.04″E / 53.8938417°N 30.3458444°E / 53.8938417; 30.3458444 (St. Nicholas monastery in Mahilyou)		 Cultural (i) — 2004 1896
6 Brest Fortress
Brest
52°4′59.60″N 23°39′33.99″E / 52.0832222°N 23.6594417°E / 52.0832222; 23.6594417 (Brest Fortress)		 Cultural (i, ii, iii) — 2004 1897
7 Palace and Park Ensemble in the city of Homel Gomel
52°25′19.45″N 31°0′59.75″E / 52.4220694°N 31.0165972°E / 52.4220694; 31.0165972 (Palace and park in Homel)		 Cultural (i, ii) — 2004 1898
8 Edifices for Worship of Fortress Type in Belarus, Poland and Lithuania (the churches in Synkavichy, Muravanka, and Kamai)
Brest Province and Minsk Province
53°7′23.08″N 25°9′25.62″E / 53.1230778°N 25.1571167°E / 53.1230778; 25.1571167 (Church of St. Michael, Synkavichy)
53°41′51.76″N 24°59′59.73″E / 53.6977111°N 24.9999250°E / 53.6977111; 24.9999250 (Church of the Birth of the Virgin, Muravanka)
55°3′37.17″N 26°36′19.33″E / 55.0603250°N 26.6053694°E / 55.0603250; 26.6053694 (Church of St. John the Baptist, Kamai)		 Cultural (i) — 2004 1899
9 Architectural ensemble of Francysk Scaryna avenue in Minsk (1940s–1950s) Minsk
53°53′47″N 27°33′04″E / 53.8965°N 27.551°E / 53.8965; 27.551 (Niezaliezhnastsi avenue in Minsk)		 Cultural (i) — 2004 1900
10 Worship wooden architecture (17th–18th centuries) in Polesye
External images
Church of St. Nicetas in Zdzitava
 Brest Province and Gomel Province
52°11′47.71″N 24°3′32.04″E / 52.1965861°N 24.0589000°E / 52.1965861; 24.0589000 (Church of St. Nicetas in Zdzitava, Brest Province)		 Cultural (i, ii, iii) — 2004 1901
11 National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" (Modification to the boundaries of the Belarusian part of the site, addition new criteria) Brest Province and Grodno Province
52°29′26″N 23°35′26″E / 52.49056°N 23.59056°E / 52.49056; 23.59056 (National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha") –
52°56′19″N 24°22′19″E / 52.93861°N 24.37194°E / 52.93861; 24.37194 (National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha")		 Natural (ix, x) 75,958
(Belarusian part)		 2011 5592

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Belarus – UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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