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New World Heritage Sites

July 15, 2025 Published by Alex McCoskrie

At this year’s World Heritage Committee meeting in Paris, 26 new Sites were inscribed on the World Heritage List.

They include these new cultural properties:

Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of repression to places of peace and reflection

The Cultural Heritage Sites of Ancient Khuttal, in Tajikistan

Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural Landscape of the Mandara Mountains, in Cameroon

Faya Palaeolandscape, in the United Arab Emirates

Forest Research Institute Malaysia Forest Park Selangor, in Malaysia

Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of SardiniaThe domus de janas, Italy

Maratha Military Landscapes of India

Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of Morbihan, France

Minoan Palatial Centres in Crete

Mount Mulanje Cultural Landscape in Malawi

Murujuga Cultural Landscape, in northwestern Australia

Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream, in the Republic of Korea

Prehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad Valley, in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Rock Paintings of Shulgan-Tash Cave, in the Russian Federation

Sardis and the Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe, Türkiye

The Archaeological Ensemble of 17th Century Port Royal, Jamaica

The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá

The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen and Herrenchiemsee, in
Germany

Wixárika Route through Sacred Sites to Wirikuta (Tatehuarí Huajuyé), in Mexico

Xixia Imperial Tombs, China

Yen Tu-Vinh Nghiem-Con Son, Kiep Bac Complex of Monuments and Landscapes, Viet Nam

And newly inscribed natural properties include:

Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí Minhô, in Guinea-Bissau

Gola-Tiwai Complex, Sierra Leone

Møns Klint, in Denmark

Peruaçu River Canyon, Brazil

And one new inscribed mixed property:

Mount Kumgang – Diamond Mountain from the Sea, in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Images: Neuschwanstein/Felix; Carnac/Andreas Brunn; Mons Klint/Jacky Nelson; Minoan Palace/Jametlene Reskp – all Unsplash