Different Heritage Sites of Switzerland
By -
Pradeep Kumar Mallik, Patna
The
World Heritage list includes 936 cultural and natural properties of the
exceptional importance and outstanding universal value are under the protection
of UNESCO’s World Heritage convention. The convention concerning the
protection of the world cultural and natural heritage was adopted by UNESCO
General Conference in 1972 and is proved to be the most important instrument
for the protection and conservation of these World Heritage worldwide. This
convention is also significant in its universal application – World Heritage
sites belong to all the world citizenry, irrespective of the sovereignty of the
territory on which they are located.
Switzerland
ratified the world Heritage convention in 1975. Today there 11 (eight cultural
and three natural) properties in Switzerland designated as World Heritage. Out
of these eleven properties, there are three trans-boundary properties spread
over beyond the geographical boundary of Switzerland. The world Heritage in
Switzerland is described hereunder;
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