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List of World Heritage Sites in Hungary

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural heritage consists of monuments (such as architectural works, monumental sculptures, or inscriptions), groups of buildings, and sites (including archaeological sites). Natural heritage consists of natural features (physical and biological formations), geological and physiographical formations (including habitats of threatened species of animals and plants), and natural sites which are important from the point of view of science, conservation, or natural beauty. Hungary accepted the convention on 15 July 1985, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list.

, there are eight World Heritage Sites in Hungary, seven of which are cultural sites and one, the Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst, is a natural site. The first two sites in Hungary were added to the list at the 11th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Paris, France in 1987. One of these two sites was the village of Hollókő, the other was Budapest, the Banks of the Danube with the district of Buda Castle (the latter site was expanded in 2002). The most recent site added to the list is the Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape, listed in 2002. In 2003, all eight sites were renamed to the current names listed below. Two sites are transnational. Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape is shared with Austria and the Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst are shared with Slovakia. In addition, there are ten sites on Hungary's tentative list.

World Heritage Sites

UNESCO lists sites under ten criteria; each entry must meet at least one of the criteria. Criteria i through vi are cultural, and vii through x are natural.

SiteImageLocationYear listedUNESCO dataDescriptionBudapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy AvenueOld Village of Hollókő and its SurroundingsCaves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak KarstMillenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural EnvironmentHortobágy National Park – the *Puszta*Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae)Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural LandscapeTokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape
[[File:Hungary-0034 - Fisherman's Bastion (7260817042).jpg150x150pxalt=Fisherman's Bastion as seen from the Pest side of the Danube River]]Budapest1987400bis; ii, iv (cultural)Budapest was created by the unification of three cities, Buda, Pest, and Óbuda, in the 19th century. The Buda Castle was built in the 13th century by king Béla IV of Hungary. The Castle Quarter features buildings in the Gothic and Baroque styles. Buildings in Pest are in the Historicism and Art Nouveau styles. The Andrássy Avenue, which was added as an extension to the World Heritage Site in 2002, was built in the late 19th century and marked the transformation of Budapest into a modern metropolis. The Millennium Underground Railway that runs under the avenue was the first underground in Continental Europe and has been operational since 1896.
[[File:Hollókő Ófalu Fő utca (részlet) 002.jpg150x150pxalt=Village houses on both sides of a cobbled road]]Nógrád County1987401rev; v (cultural)Hollókő is a traditional village of the Palóc, who are a subgroup of Hungarians. It developed mainly during the 17th and 18th centuries and has been deliberately preserved as a living example of rural life before the agricultural revolution of the 20th century.
[[File:Aggtelek National Park, Baradla Cave.jpg150x150pxalt=Inside a cave, dripstone formations and a path for visitors]]Northern Hungary1995725ter; viii (natural)The site comprises 712 caves in Hungary and Slovakia. They represent a typical temperate-zone karstic system. The sediments and fossils in the caves show geological records of Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary subtropical and tropical climatic conditions, as well as the Pleistocene glaciations. In 2000, the Dobšiná Ice Cave on the Slovakian side was added as an extension to the site. A modification of the site boundaries on the Hungarian side took place in 2008.
[[File:Pannonhalmalegifotocivertan.jpg150x150pxalt=Aerial view of the abbey, which is surrounded by forest]]Pannonhalma, Győr-Moson-Sopron County1996758; iv, vi (cultural)The Benedictine monks founded the abbey in 996. It had a major role in the diffusion of Christianity in Hungary and Central Europe. The monastery complex has undergone several transformations throughout the centuries. The oldest extant buildings date from the 13th century, with later additions in the Gothic, Baroque, and Romantic styles. The Millenary Monument was built on the central hill in 1896, commemorating the thousandth anniversary of the Hungarian conquest of the land.
[[File:Hungarian Grey Cattle.jpg150x150pxalt=A herd of grey cattle with long horns]]Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves, Hajdú-Bihar and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok counties1999474rev; iv, v (cultural)The Hortobágy National Park is a vast area of plains and wetlands in the Great Hungarian Plain. The area has been used by nomadic pastoralists for millennia, with the oldest burial mounds (kurgans) dating to 2000 BCE. At the end of the 9th century CE, the Hungarians arrived in the Carpathian Basin and settled the area, however, the settlements disappeared from the 14th century onwards. In modern times, the area has almost no permanent residents, but it is used for grazing in the summer season. Among the few man-made structures on the plains is the Nine-arched Bridge, which was built in the first half of the 19th century.
[[File:Ókeresztény mauzóleum 2012-ben.JPG150x150pxalt=Preserved foundations of a building]]Pécs2000853rev, iii, iv (cultural)The early Christian necropolis of the Roman provincial town of Sopianae, on the site of modern Pécs, was constructed in the 4th century. The tombs were built underground and were richly decorated with Christian-themed murals. Several tombs had memorial chapels erected above the ground.
[[File:Podersdorf Nordstrand.jpg150x150pxalt=Sunset over the lake]]Győr-Moson-Sopron County2001772rev; v (cultural)The Fertö/Neusiedler Lake area has been occupied by different peoples for eight millennia. The original network of towns and villages dates to the 12th and 13th centuries. Several palaces were constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries. The site is shared with Austria.
[[File:Tokaj Hetszolo vineyard.jpg150x150pxalt=Hill with vineyards]]Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County20021063; iii, v (cultural)Tokaj Wine Region is located in the hills of north eastern Hungary. It was formally established in 1737 by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, though the documented wine production dates to 1561. It is a cultural landscape linked to the production of the Tokaji wines, with vineyards, farms, villages, small towns, and wine cellars.

Tentative list

In addition to sites inscribed on the World Heritage list, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that they may consider for nomination. Nominations for the World Heritage list are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the tentative list. , Hungary recorded ten sites on its tentative list.

SiteImageLocationYear listedUNESCO criteriaDescriptionLe Château-fort médiéval d'EsztergomCaves of the Buda Thermal Karst SystemState Stud-Farm Estate of MezőhegyesThe Ipolytarnóc FossilsSystem of Fortifications at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno – KomáromÖdön Lechner's independent pre-modern architectureThe Network of Rural Heritage Buildings in HungaryRoyal Seats in Esztergom, Visegrád with the former Royal Wood in the Pilis MountainWooden bell-towers in the Upper Tisza-RegionBalaton Uplands Cultural Landscape
[[File:Esztergomi Cathedral 2011.jpg150x150pxalt=Church and fortifications on a hill]]Komárom-Esztergom County1993(cultural)The medieval castle-fort of Esztergom, built in the 10th and 11th centuries, was the royal seat until 1249. It is the symbol of Hungarian Christianity. It was enlarged in the early Gothic style and later hosted Renaissance artists.
Budapest1993viii (natural)Six caves under the hill of Buda that are the source of thermal water. The Jozsef-hegy "crystal" cave features one of the largest hydrothermal chambers in the world.
[[File:Noniusz mezohegyes.jpg150x150pxalt=Black horse of Nonius breed]]Békés County2000iii, iv (cultural)The stud farm was established by Emperor Joseph II in 1784. It is a large scale farm which focuses on three horse breeds: Nonius, Gidran, and the Furioso-North Star. Most of the architectural features at the farm date to the late 18th century.
[[File:Ipolytarnóc ancient pine museum entrance Hungary.jpg150x150pxalt=Entrance to the museum in shape of a tree trunk]]Nógrád County2000vii, viii (natural)The fossil site was first scientifically studied in 1836. It contains the remains of a shallow sea from late Oligocene and early Miocene. The sediments were covered by volcanic rocks 19 million years ago, which helped to preserve them. Shark teeth, leaf impressions, and petrified trees are among the most important fossils of the site.
[[File:Komárom - Fort Igmánd.jpg150x150pxalt=Fortress wall with a gate]]Komárom-Esztergom County2007i, ii, iv, v (cultural)The cities of Komárno in Slovakia and Komárom in Hungary are located at the confluence of Danube and Váh rivers. Due to the strategic location, a fortification system has been developed around the area through centuries. The Hungarian part of the site comprises three forts from the late 19th century, Fort Monostor, Fort Csillag, and Fort Igmandi.
[[File:Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest).jpg150x150pxalt=Museum of Applied Arts building with decorated facade and roof]]Budapest, Bács-Kiskun County2008i, ii, iii, iv (cultural)This nomination comprises five buildings of Hungarian architect Ödön Lechner, who developed a unique artistic expression by combining Hungarian styles and Eastern ornamentation. He was active in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest is pictured.
several sites2017ii, iii, vi (cultural)The Hungarian Network of Country Houses was founded in the mid-20th century. It is an ensemble of authentic folk buildings mostly from the 18th to the 20th century and includes several hundreds of houses across the country.
[[File:Visegrád Mountain Fastness 01.jpg150x150pxalt=Visegrád castle from above]]Pest County, Komárom-Esztergom County2017ii, iii, iv, v (cultural)The royal castle in Esztergom (the royal seat until 1249) and the Visegrád palace (the royal seat from 1323 to the 1410s) were influenced by art from Italy and France, from the late Gothic to the Renaissance. The Royal Wood was the hunting area and features the remains of royal mansions and monasteries.
[[File:Nyírbátor-hungary-minorite reformed church.JPG150x150pxalt=Wooden bell-tower right of a church with a white facade]]Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County2017ii, iii, iv (cultural)This nomination comprises seven wooden bell-towers that were built in the 17th and 18th centuries. The wood was used as a building material since the area was impoverished during the Ottoman rule and because Christian congregations that were driven out of their earlier churches during the Reformation and Counter-Reformation and needed new places of worship. The adjacent wooden churches have been later either rebuilt in stone or moved to an outdoor village museum. The tower in Nyírbátor, built around 1640, is pictured.
[[File:Keszthely_-_Festetics_Castle.jpg150x150pxalt=Mainson and the park from above]]Veszprém County, Zala County2017iv, v, vii (mixed)This nomination covers natural and cultural sites around Lake Balaton: Tihany Peninsula, the Tapolca Basin, the Káli Basin, Lake Hévíz, the Festetics Palace of Keszthely (pictured), Georgikon Farm, and the historic quarter of Balatonfüred. A part of the tentative site is protected as the Balaton Uplands National Park.

References

References

  1. "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  2. "Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  3. "Hungary". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  4. (20 January 1988). "Report of the Rapporteur". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  5. (10 December 2003). "Committee Decisions 27 COM 8C.2 – Changes to Names of Existing Properties in Austria, Hungary and Slovakia". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  6. "UNESCO World Heritage Centre – The Criteria for Selection". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  7. "Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  8. "Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  9. "Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  10. (31 March 2009). "Decision – 32COM 8B.48 – Examination of nominations and minor modifications to the boundaries of naturel, mixed and cultural properties to the World Heritage List – Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (HUNGARY / SLOVAKIA)". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  11. "Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  12. "Hortobágy National Park – the Puszta". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  13. "Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae)". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  14. "Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  15. "Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  16. "Tentative Lists". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  17. "Le Château-fort médiéval d'Esztergom". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  18. "Royal Seats in Esztergom, Visegrád with the former Royal Wood in the Pilis Mountain". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  19. "Caves of the Buda Thermal Karst System". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  20. "State Stud-Farm Estate of Mezőhegyes". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  21. Hartley Edwards, Elwyn. (1994). "The Encyclopedia of the Horse". Dorling Kindersley.
  22. "The Ipolytartnóc Fossils". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  23. "System of Fortifications at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno – Komárom". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  24. "System of Fortifications at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno – Komárom". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  25. "Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  26. "The Network of Rural Heritage Buildings in Hungary". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  27. "Wooden bell-towers in the Upper Tisza-Region". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  28. "Balaton Uplands Cultural Landscape". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
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