World Travel GuidesSyria's World Heritage Sites

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Syria ratified the World Heritage Convention on 13 August, 1975. As of August 2010, it has five World Heritage Sites, all in the cultural category. Syria also has another y sites on the World Heritage Tentative List.

World Heritage Sites in Syria

Krak des Chevaliers, Syria
Krak des Chevaliers, Syria
Author: Disdero (public domain)

  1. Ancient City of Damascus
  2. Ancient City of Bosra
  3. Site of Palmyra
  4. Ancient City of Aleppo
  5. Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din
  6. Ancient Villages of Northern Syria (2011)

Sites in Syria on the World Heritage Tentative List

  1. Noréas de Hama (1999)
  2. Ugrarit (Tell Shamra) (1999)
  3. Ebla (Tell Mardikh) (1999)
  4. Mari (Tell Hariri) (1999)
  5. Dura Europos (1999)
  6. Apamée (Afamia) (1999)
  7. Un Château du désert : Qasr al-Hayr ach-Charqi (1999)
  8. Maaloula (1999)
  9. Tartus : la cité-citadelle des Croisés (1999)
  10. Raqqa-Ràfiqa : la cité abbasside (1999)
  11. L'île d'Arwad (1999)
  12. Simeon Citadel and Dead Cities (2006)

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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.