Changes on the tentative list of World Heritage sites in Hungary

According to a new regulation, 10 Hungarian places are on the World Heritage tentative list instead of 11, because Esztergom and Visegrad have merged. There’s a site which has become smaller, but another has been increased, turizmusonline.hu said.

It has been recently published in the Official Gazette that a new regulation presents 10 places to the World Heritage list. Most of the sites are not new, since there is one which has been on the list for more than 20 years. The website said it’s because the Parliament adopted the World Heritage Act which described the tentative places must be confirmed by a ministerial decree. The Minister of Prime Minister’s Office checked the list with the assistance of Forster Center and they decided every place should be kept on the list.

There have been greater and lesser changes in some locations, for example the Esztergom medieval castle” and the “Visegrad royal residence and hunting ground” became one location under the name of medieval Hungarian royal centers. There are another changes: the geographical areas of “The country house network in Hungary” and “The north-eastern Carpathian wooden churches” have slightly declined, while the area of Tihany peninsula, the Tapolca Remnant Hill and the lake Heviz” have increased and it is with a new name, “Balaton Uplands cultural Landscape” on the list.