World Heritage in North Macedonia - Wikivoyage, the free collaborative travel and tourism guide - Patrimoine mondial en Macédoine du Nord — Wikivoyage, le guide de voyage et de tourisme collaboratif gratuit
The North Macedonia succeeds, for UNESCO, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the convention for the protection of the world, cultural and natural heritage signed on . The first protected site has been inscribed since 1979.
Macedonia has 1 mixed site registered with World Heritage.
The country has also submitted 3 sites to the tentative list, 1 cultural and 2 natural.
Built on the shores of Lake Ohrid, the city of Ohrid is one of the oldest human settlements in Europe. It was mainly built between the 7th and the 19th century and houses the oldest Slavic monastery (dedicated to Saint Pantaleon) as well as 800 Byzantine style icons made between the 11th and the end of the 14th century which are considered to be the most important collection. icons in the world after that of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
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)
To 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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