When talking about must-see sites, people are usually referring to the latest fashionable place to visit. But what about those places that are so endangered that you literally should see it before it disappears forever? Worryingly, Kiribati, Marshall Islands and Tajikistan have all just had sites noted for the very first time. These are the 21 new sites (making a total of 911 sites) that have just been added to the UNESCO World Heritage in danger List;
World Heritage List of Sites in Danger; Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery, Georgia Rainforests of Atsinanana, Madagascar Tombs of Buganda Kings, Uganda Everglades National Park, United States of America New mixed site: Papahānaumokuākea, United States of America New cultural sites: Australian Convict Sites,Australia São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristovão, Brazil Historic Monuments of Dengfeng, in the “Centre of Heaven and Earth”, China Episcopal City of Albi, France Jantar Mantar, India Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil, Islamic Republic of Iran Tabriz Historical Bazaar Complex, Islamic Republic of Iran Bikini Atoll, Nuclear Test Site, Marshall Islands Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, Mexico Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico Seventeenth-century Canal Ring Area inside the Singelgracht, Amsterdam, Netherlands Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong, Republic of Korea At Turaif District in ad-Dir’iyah, Saudi Arabia Proto-Urban site of Sarazm, Tajikistan Imperial Citadel of Thang Long-Hanoi, Vietnam New natural sites: China Danxia, China Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Reunion Island, France Phoenix Islands Protected Area, Kiribati Putorana Plateau, Russian Federation Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka World Heritage sites that have been extended: City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg, Austria Pirin National Park, Bulgaria Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water management System Røros Mining Town and the Circumference, Norway Churches of Moldavia Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley and in Siega Verde, Portugal Monte San Giorgio, Italy
