The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage nominated by signatory countries to the World Heritage Convention of 1972. Cultural heritage comprises monuments (such as architectural works, monumental sculptures, or inscriptions), groups of buildings, and sites (including archaeological ones). Natural heritage comprises natural features (such as physical and biological formations), geological and physiographical formations (including habitats of threatened flora and fauna), and natural sites which are important for scientific research, conservation or natural aesthetic. Guyana accepted the convention on 20 June 1977, making its cultural and natural heritage sites eligible for inclusion on the list. There are no World Heritage Sites in the country, but there are five on the tentative list.
Tentative list UNESCO lists sites under ten criteria; each entry must meet at least one of the criteria. Criteria i through vi are cultural, and vii through x are natural. In addition to sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites for nomination consideration. Nominations for the list are only accepted if the site had been on the tentative list. Guyana has five properties on its tentative list.
+ Site Image Location (region) Year listed Description St. Georges Anglican CathedralDemerara-Mahaicai (cultural)1995 Fort Zeelandia (including Court of Policy Building)Essequibo Islands-West Demeraraiii (cultural)1995 City Hall, GeorgetownDemerara-Mahaicai (cultural)1995 Shell Beach (Almond Beach) Essequibo Coast Barima-Wainix (natural)1995 Georgetown's Plantation Structure and Historic BuildingsDemerara-Mahaicaii, iv, v (cultural)2005
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See also List of World Heritage Sites in South America List of World Heritage Sites in Venezuela List of World Heritage Sites in Brazil List of World Heritage Sites in Suriname