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This article lists the sites registered with World Heritage to Nepal.

Understand

the Nepal accepts the convention for the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage June 20, 1978. The first protected sites were inscribed in 1979.

the Nepal has 4 sites registered with World Heritage, 2 cultural and 2 natural.

The country has also submitted 15 sites to the tentative list, cultural.

Listing

The following sites are listed as World Heritage.

Site	Type	Criterion	Description	Drawing
27.46983.2761 Lumbini, birthplace of the Buddha	Cultural	(iii), (vi)	Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, was born in 623 BC. AD in the famous gardens of Lumbini and its birthplace has become a place of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Asoka who had one of his commemorative pillars built there. The site is now a center of pilgrimage centered on the remains associated with the beginning of Buddhism and the birth of the Buddha.	UNESCO sheet
27.70485.3092 Kathmandu Valley	Cultural	(iii), (iv), (vi)	The cultural heritage of the Kathmandu Valley is illustrated by seven sets of monuments and buildings, covering the full spectrum of historical and artistic achievements that have made the Kathmandu Valley world famous. These seven sets include the Durbar squares of Hanuman Dhoka (Kathmandu), Patan and Bhaktapur, the Buddhist stupas of Swayambhu and Bauddhanath as well as the Hindu temples of Pashupati and Changu Narayan.	UNESCO sheet
27.584.3333 Royal Chitwan National Park	Natural	(vii), (ix), (x)	At the foot of the Himalayas, Chitwan is one of the rare undisturbed remains of the “Terai” region which extended over the foothills of India and Nepal. The flora and fauna are very dense there. It is home to one of the last populations of the Asian one-horned rhinoceros and is also one of the last refuges for the Bengal tiger.	UNESCO sheet
27.96586.9134 Sagarmatha National Park	Natural	(vii)	In a landscape of grandiose mountains where the highest peak in the world, Everest, rises (8 848 m), glaciers and deep valleys, the park is home to rare species, such as the snow leopard and the lesser panda. The presence of the Sherpas, who have developed an original culture there, adds to the interest of the site.	UNESCO sheet
Criteria legend (i) Represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. (ii) To testify to a considerable exchange of influences during a given period or in a specific cultural area, on the development of architecture or technology, monumental arts, city planning or the creation of landscapes. (iii) To bring a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or a living or disappeared civilization. (iv) To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates one or more significant periods in human history. (v) Be a prominent example of traditional human settlement, traditional use of land or sea. (vi) To be directly or materially associated with events or living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (vii) Represent natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. (viii) To be eminently representative examples of the great stages in the history of the Earth. (ix) To be eminently representative examples of ecological and biological processes underway in the evolution and development of ecosystems. (x) Contain the most representative natural habitats and the most important for conservation in situ of biological diversity.

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