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Poland ratified the World Heritage Convention on 29 June, 1976. As of April, 2011, it has 13 sites on the World Heritage Site, all except one are cultural, and one natural. Poland has another six sites on the tentative list.

World Heritage Sites in Poland

  1. Cracow's Historic Centre
  2. Wieliczka Salt Mine
  3. Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)
  4. Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest
  5. Historic Centre of Warsaw
  6. Old City of Zamosc
  7. Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork
  8. Medieval Town of Torun
  9. Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park
  10. Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica
  11. Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland
  12. Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski
  13. Centennial Hall in Wroclaw

Sites in Poland on the Tentative List

  1. Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom (2005)
  2. Bialowieza National Park - extension, modification (2006)
  3. The Augustów Canal (Kanal Augustowski) (2006)
  4. The Dunajec River Gorge in the Pieniny Mountains (2006)
  5. Royal Salt Mines in Wieliczka and Bochnia (extension to the Wieliczka Salt Mine) (2010)
  6. Wooden Tserkvas of Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine (2010)

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This website celebrating the World Heritage Sites is a hobby website that is not in any way connected to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and is not associated in any way with it. Any mention of UNESCO on this website is intended to describe the inscription and recognition of the World Heritage Sites by the institution, and does not in any way imply that UNESCO endorse the description and information provided.