today's Featured List/September 23, 2022
There are three World Heritage Sites in Malta and a further seven on the official list of sites which may be considered for future submission.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Malta acceded to the convention on 14 November 1978, and all three sites were added in 1980: the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, the City of Valletta (pictured), and seven of the Megalithic Temples of Malta. Located primarily on Malta, the main island of the archipelago, they all are classified as cultural sites. (Full list...)
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