List of World Heritage Sites in Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Location of World Heritage Sites in Saint Kitts and NevisThe 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.[1] Saint Kitts and Nevis accepted the convention on July 10, 1986, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, Saint Kitts and Nevis has only one World Heritage Site, Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, which was inscribed in 1999. [2]
World Heritage Sites
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.[3]
| Site | Image | Location | Year listed | UNESCO data | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park |  | Saint Thomas Middle Island | 1999 | 910; iii, iv (cultural) | Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is an outstanding, well-preserved example of 17th- and 18th-century military architecture in a Caribbean context. Designed by the British and built by African slave labour, the fortress is testimony to European colonial expansion, the African slave trade and the emergence of new societies in the Caribbean.[4] |
Tentative List
| Site | Image | Location | Criteria | Area ha (acre) | Year of submission | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historic zone of Basseterre |  | Saint George Basseterre Parish 17°18′00″N 62°44′00″W / 17.3°N 62.733333°W / 17.3; -62.733333 (Historic zone of Basseterre) | Cultural | 1998 | [5] | |
| City of Charlestown |  | Saint Paul Charlestown Parish 17°08′35″N 62°37′37″W / 17.143056°N 62.626944°W / 17.143056; -62.626944 (City of Charlestown) | Cultural | 1998 | [6] |
References
- ^ "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- ^ "Saint Kitts and Nevis". UNESCO. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- ^ "UNESCO World Heritage Centre – The Criteria for Selection". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO) license. - ^ "Historic zone of Basseterre". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "City of Charlestown". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
