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This article lists the sites registered with World Heritage in Hungary.

Understand

Hungary accepts the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on July 15, 1985. The first protected sites were inscribed in 1987.

In 2015, Hungary had eight World Heritage sites, seven cultural and one natural.

Listing

The following sites are listed as World Heritage.

SiteTypeCriterionDescriptionDrawing
Millennial Benedictine Abbey of 1 Pannonhalma and its natural environmentCultural(iv), (vi) Pannonhalmalegifotocivertan.jpg
2 Budapest , with the banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle District and Andrássy AvenueCultural(ii), (iv)Preserving remains of monuments that exercised great architectural influence at various times, such as those of the Roman city of Aquincum and the Gothic castle of Buda, this site, which is one of the most beautiful urban landscapes in the world, illustrates the periods brilliant stories in the history of the Hungarian capital.Parlament Budapest3.jpg
3 Hollókő , the old village and its surroundingsCultural(v)Exceptional example of traditional habitat voluntarily preserved, the village of Hollokö, which developed especially in the XVIIe and XVIIIe centuries, remains a living testimony of the forms of rural life before the agricultural revolution of the twentiethe century.Holloko1.jpg
Early Christian necropolis of 4 Pécs (Sopianae)Cultural(iii), (iv) Hungary Pecs 2005 June 085.jpg
5 Hortobágy National Park - the PusztaCultural(iv), (v)The Hortobágy Puszta Cultural Landscape is a vast expanse of plains and swamps in eastern Hungary. The traditional use of the land for purposes such as grazing for domestic animals has been perpetuated there by a pastoral society for over two thousand years.Hortobagy-ziehbrunnen.jpg
Cultural landscape of 6 Fertö / NeusiedlerseeCultural(v) Neusiedler See at Rust.jpg
Historic Cultural Landscape of the Wine Region of 7 Tokaj Cultural(iii), (v) Weinkeller Tokai.png
Karst caves8 Aggtelek and Slovakian karstNatural(viii) Hungary Baradla.jpg
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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