UNESCO World Heritage sites in Panama Patrimonio de la Humanidad

Portugal - images - The World Heritage Committee has inscribed the following properties on the World Heritage List:
 

	1980 Fortifications on the Caribbean side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo
	1981 Darien National Park
	1997, 2003 Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and the Historic District of Panamá This property was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1997. The archaeological property of Panamá Viejo, inscribed this year as an extension, covers the location and ruins of the first European settlement on the American mainland and pre-Hispanic remains. It features impressive ruins. Moreover, older remains, dating to up to 1,000 years before the arrival of the Europeans, were excavated on this site.
	2005 Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection
	Jointly with Costa Rica:
	1983 Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves/ La Amistad National Park

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The World Heritage List was established under terms of The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage adopted in November 1972 at the 17th General Conference of UNESCO. The Convention states that a World Heritage Committee "will establish, keep up-to-date and publish" a World Heritage List of cultural and natural properties, submitted by the States Parties and considered to be of outstanding universal value. One of the main responsibilities of this Committee is to provide technical co-operation under the World Heritage Fund for the safeguarding of World Heritage properties to States Parties whose resources are insufficient. States Parties can request international assistance under the Fund for the preparation of tentative lists and nomination forms, expert missions, training of specialized staff, and supply of equipment when appropriate; they can also apply for long-term loans and, in special cases, non-repayable grants. Requests must concern work necessary for the preservation of cultural or natural sites included in the World Heritage List or assistance to national or regional training centres. Emergency assistance is also available under the Fund in the case of properties severely damaged by specific natural or man-made disasters or threatened with imminent destruction.

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