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World Heritage in hungary
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
Date of Inscription: 1987
Extension: 2002
Criteria: (ii)(iv)
Property : 473.3000 ha
Buffer zone: 493.8000 ha
Budapest
N47 28 56.712 E19 4 14.412
Ref: 400bis
Brief Description
This site has the remains of monuments such as the Roman city of Aquincum and the Gothic castle of Buda, which have had a considerable influence on the architecture of various periods. It is one of the world's outstanding urban landscapes and illustrates the great periods in the history of the Hungarian capital.
Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae)
Date of Inscription: 2000
Criteria: (iii)(iv)
Property : 3.7600 ha
County of Baranya
N46 04 28 E18 13 40
Ref: 853rev
Brief Description
In the 4th century, a remarkable series of decorated tombs were constructed in the cemetery of the Roman provincial town of Sopianae (modern Pécs). These are important both structurally and architecturally, since they were built as underground burial chambers with memorial chapels above the ground. The tombs are important also in artistic terms, since they are richly decorated with murals of outstanding quality depicting Christian themes.
Justification for Inscription
Criterion (iii): The burial chambers and memorial chapels of the Sopianae cemetery bear outstanding testimony to the strength and faith of the Christian communities of Late Roman Europe. Criterion (iv): The unique Early Christian sepulchral art and architecture of the northern and western Roman provinces is exceptionally well and fully illustrated by the Sopianae cemetery at Pécs.
Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
Date of Inscription: 2001
Criteria: (v)
Property : 52.4130 ha
Buffer zone: 40.1190 ha
State of Burgenland (AT) / County of Györ-Moson-Sopron (HU)
N47 43 09.4 E16 43 21.8
Ref: 772rev
Brief Description
The Fertö/Neusiedler Lake area has been the meeting place of different cultures for eight millennia. This is graphically demonstrated by its varied landscape, the result of an evolutionary symbiosis between human activity and the physical environment. The remarkable rural architecture of the villages surrounding the lake and several 18th- and 19th-century palaces adds to the area’s considerable cultural interest.
Justification for Inscription
Criterion (v): The Fertö-Neusiedler Lake has been the meeting place of different cultures for eight millennia, and this is graphically demonstrated by its varied landscape, the result of an evolutionary and symbiotic process of human interaction with the physical environment.
Date of Inscription: 1999
Criteria: (iv)(v)
Counties of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves, Hajdú-Bihar and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
N47 35 40 E21 09 24
Ref: 474rev
Brief Description
The cultural landscape of the Hortobágy Puszta consists of a vast area of plains and wetlands in eastern Hungary. Traditional forms of land use, such as the grazing of domestic animals, have been present in this pastoral society for more than two millennia.
Justification for Inscription: Criterion (iv): The Hungarian Puszta is an outstanding example of a cultural landscape shaped by a pastoral human society. Criterion (v): The landscape of the Hortobágy National Park preserves intact and visible the evidence of its traditional use over more than two millennia and represents the harmonious interaction between human beings and nature.
Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment
Date of Inscription: 1996
Criteria: (iv)(vi)
Property : 47.4000 ha
County of Györ-Moson-Sopron
N47 33 32.004 E17 47 3.984
Ref: 758
Brief Description
The first Benedictine monks settled here in 996. They went on to convert the Hungarians, to found the country's first school and, in 1055, to write the first document in Hungarian. From the time of its founding, this monastic community has promoted culture throughout central Europe. Its 1,000-year history can be seen in the succession of architectural styles of the monastic buildings (the oldest dating from 1224), which still today house a school and the monastic community.
Justification for Inscription
The Committee decided to inscribe the nominated property on the basis of cultural criteria (iv) and (vi) considering that the site is of outstanding universal value illustrating in an exceptional manner the structure and setting of an early Christian Monastery that has evolved over a thousand years of continuous use. Its location and the early date of its foundation bear unique witness to the propagation and continuity of Christianity in Central Europe.
Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings
Date of Inscription: 1987
Criteria: (v)
Property : 144.5000 ha
County of Nógrád
N47 59 39.984 E19 31 45.012
Ref: 401rev
Brief Description
Hollokö is an outstanding example of a deliberately preserved traditional settlement. This village, which developed mainly during the 17th and 18th centuries, is a living example of rural life before the agricultural revolution of the 20th century.
Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape
Date of Inscription: 2002
Criteria: (iii)(v)
Property : 13255.0000 ha
Buffer zone: 74879.0000 ha
County of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
N48 09 E21 21
Ref: 1063
Brief Description
The cultural landscape of Tokaj graphically demonstrates the long tradition of wine production in this region of low hills and river valleys. The intricate pattern of vineyards, farms, villages and small towns, with their historic networks of deep wine cellars, illustrates every facet of the production of the famous Tokaj wines, the quality and management of which have been strictly regulated for nearly three centuries.
Justification for Inscription: Criterion (iii) The Tokaji wine region represents a distinct viticultural tradition that has existed for at least a thousand years and which has survived intact up to the present. Criterion (v) The entire landscape of the Tokaji wine region, including both vineyards and long established settlements, vividly illustrates the specialized form of traditional land-use that it represents.
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
Date of Inscription: 1995
Extension: 2000
Minor modification inscribed year: 2008
Criteria: (viii)
Property : 56650.5700 ha
Buffer zone: 86797.3300 ha
Districts of RoÂľnava and Spišská Nová Ves, Region of Košice (SK)
N48 28 32.628 E20 29 12.732
Ref: 725ter
Brief Description
The variety of formations and the fact that they are concentrated in a restricted area means that the 712 caves currently identified make up a typical temperate-zone karstic system. Because they display an extremely rare combination of tropical and glacial climatic effects, they make it possible to study geological history over tens of millions of years.
