Slovakia now has 13 sites proposed to be entered in the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites, stemming from an update to the concept of the cultural heritage protection list, which was approved by the government last week. The preliminary list of potential world heritage sites as of the end of last year includes the following locations:
- Limes Romanus - The Roman antique monuments on the Middle Danube
- Gemer and Abov churches with the medieval wall paintings
- Komárno - The Fortress against Turks
- The Memorial of Chatam Sófer
- Tokaj Wine Region
- The concept of the lenticular historical town core of Košice City
- Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain (assumed common proposal with Poland)
- Karst Valleys of Slovakia (based on the selection of various types of karst valleys, enlargement and finalisation of the nomination project Yardangs of Slovak Paradise, submitted on 26.6.1997)
- Natural and Cultural Landscape of Danube Region (assumed common proposal with Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary)
- Fungal Flora of Bukovské Hills
- Geyser in Herľany
- Monuments of Great Moravia - a joint Czech-Slovak nomination (the church of st. Margita of Antiochia in Kopčany and Ducové, part Kostolec)
Gavin Shoebridge, Photo: TASR
