How a site becomes a world heritage site?

World Heritage properties can only be nominated by the national government of a country (also called a State Party) that has signed and ratified the World Heritage Convention. Australia was the...

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They are nominated by various countries based on their cultural and natural value, at which point a committe reviews their significance and opts whether to adopt one or not.

UNESCO does

Salamanca was inscribed on the World Heritage list in 1988. This ancient university town north-west of Madrid was first conquered by the Carthaginians in the 3rd century B.C. It then became a Roman...