The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee came to a close in Paris, France, on Thursday the 17th July 2025, with the inscription of 26 new cultural and natural properties on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. This brings the list of inscriptions to 1248 in 170 countries.
The georeferenced polygons for these new sites will be made available once the final GIS data is received by UNESCO and added to the UNESCO Sites Navigator.
The New Inscriptions
- Cameroon – Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural Landscape of the Mandara Mountains
- Malawi – Mount Mulanje Cultural Landscape
- United Arab Emirates – Faya Palaeolandscape
- Australia – Murujuga Cultural Landscape
- China – Xixia Imperial Tombs
- India – Maratha Military Landscapes of India
- Cambodia – Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of repression to places of peace and reflection
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) – The Prehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad Valley
- Malaysia – Forest Research Institute Malaysia Forest Park Selangor
- Republic of Korea – Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream
- Tajikistan – Cultural Heritage Sites of Ancient Khuttal
- Viet Nam – Yen Tu-Vinh Nghiem-Con Son, Kiep Bac Complex of Monuments and Landscapes
- France – Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of Morbihan
- Germany – The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen and Herrenchiemsee
- Greece – Minoan Palatial Centres
- Türkiye – Sardis and the Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe
- Russian Federation – Rock Paintings of Shulgan-Tash Cave
- Italy – Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sardinia – The domus de janas
- Mexico – Wixárika Route through Sacred Sites to Wirikuta (Tatehuarí Huajuyé)
- Jamaica – The Archaeological Ensemble of 17th Century Port Royal
- Panama – The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – Mount Kumgang – Diamond Mountain from the Sea
- Sierra Leone – Gola-Tiwai Complex
- Mozambique, South Africa – iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park
- Guinea-Bissau – Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí Minhô
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Viet Nam – Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and Hin Nam No National Park
- Denmark – Møns Klint
- Brazil – Peruaçu River Canyon
