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Church of St Michael Archangel in Binarowa, Poland
Church of St Michael Archangel in Binarowa, Poland
Author: Tomasz Bienias (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)

Poland ratified the World Heritage Convention on 29 June, 1976. As of June 2010, it has 13 World Heritage Sites, one in the natural category and the rest in the cultural category. Poland also has another six sites on the World Heritage Tentative List.

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Poland

  1. Cracow's Historic Centre
  2. Wieliczka Salt Mine
  3. Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)
  4. Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest
  5. Historic Centre of Warsaw
  6. Old City of Zamosc
  7. Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork
  8. Medieval Town of Torun
  9. Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park
  10. Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica
  11. Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland
  12. Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski
  13. Centennial Hall in Wroclaw

Sites in Poland on the World Heritage Tentative List

  1. Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom (2005)
  2. Bialowieza National Park - extension, modification (2006)
  3. The Augustów Canal (Kanal Augustowski) (2006)
  4. The Dunajec River Gorge in the Pieniny Mountains (2006)
  5. Royal Salt Mines in Wieliczka and Bochnia (extension to the Wieliczka Salt Mine) (2010)
  6. Wooden Tserkvas of Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine (2010)





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