Sri Lanka8
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List
on the World Heritage List
1
Mandate to the World Heritage Committee
37
State of Conservation Reports
16
International assistance
requests Approved
requests Approved
405,112
International assistance
Total Amount Approved (USD)
Total Amount Approved (USD)
Acceptance of the Convention:
Friday, 6 June 1980Mandates to the World Heritage Committee1
1983-1989UNESCO
World Heritage
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List8
on the World Heritage List8
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Cultural6
- Ancient City of Polonnaruwa (1982)
- Ancient City of Sigiriya (1982)
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (1988)
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple (1991)
- Sacred City of Anuradhapura (1982)
- Sacred City of Kandy (1988)
Natural2
- Central Highlands of Sri Lanka (2010)
- Sinharaja Forest Reserve (1988)
Sites on the Tentative List5
A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination.More about the Tentative List Process
- Seruwila Mangala Raja Maha Vihara2006
- Seruwila to Sri Pada (Sacred Foot Print Shrine), Ancient pilgrim route along the Mahaweli river in Sri Lanka2010
- Ancient Ariyakara Viharaya in the Rajagala Archaeological Reserve2020
- Buddhist Meditation Monasteries of Ancient Sri Lanka2024
- Sri Lanka’s Tea Cultural Landscape2025
State of Conservation Reports37
State of conservation of World Heritage properties since 1979 and the threats they have faced in the past, or are currently facing.More about State of Conservation
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple2025
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications2024
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications2023
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple2023
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications2021
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple2021
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple2019
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications2018
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple2018
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications2016
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple2016
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications2014
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple2014
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications2013
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications2012
- Central Highlands of Sri Lanka2012
- Central Highlands of Sri Lanka2011
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications2011
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications2010
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications2009
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications2008
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications2005
- Ancient City of Sigiriya2001
- Sinharaja Forest Reserve2001
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications2001
- Sinharaja Forest Reserve2000
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications1999
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple1999
- Sacred City of Kandy1999
- Ancient City of Polonnaruwa1998
- Ancient City of Sigiriya1998
- Sacred City of Anuradhapura1998
- Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications1997
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple1997
- Sacred City of Kandy1997
- Sinharaja Forest Reserve1997
- Sinharaja Forest Reserve1993
Asian Regional Course on People-Nature-Culture 2019
18 Nov 2019 -30 Nov 2019
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