List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Bahrain
The 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] Bahrain accepted the convention on May 28, 1991, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, Bahrain has three World Heritage Sites. [2]
Location of World Heritage Sites in 
Bahrain
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| Name | Image | Location | Criteria | Year | Description |
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| Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun | Capital Governorate | Cultural (ii) (iii) (iv) | 2005 | Qal’at al-Bahrain is a typical tell – an artificial mound created by many successive layers of human occupation. The strata of the 300 × 600 m tell testify to continuous human presence from about 2300 BC to the 16th century AD. About 25% of the site has been excavated, revealing structures of different types: residential, public, commercial, religious and military. They testify to the importance of the site, a trading port, over the centuries. On the top of the 12 m mound there is the impressive Portuguese fort, which gave the whole site its name, qal’a (fort). The site was the capital of the Dilmun, one of the most important ancient civilizations of the region. It contains the richest remains inventoried of this civilization, which was hitherto only known from written Sumerian references.[3] | |
| Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy | Muharraq Governorate
26.24128°N 50.61351°E / 26.24128; 50.61351 (Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy) |
Cultural (iii) | 2012 | The site consists of seventeen buildings in Muharraq City, three offshore oyster beds, part of the seashore and the Qal’at Bu Mahir fortress on the southern tip of Muharraq Island, from where boats used to set off for the oyster beds. The listed buildings include residences of wealthy merchants, shops, storehouses and a mosque. The site is the last remaining complete example of the cultural tradition of pearling and the wealth it generated at a time when the trade dominated the Gulf economy (2nd century to the 1930s, when Japan developed cultured pearls). It also constitutes an outstanding example of traditional utilization of the sea’s resources and human interaction with the environment, which shaped both the economy and the cultural identity of the island’s society.[4] | |
| Dilmun Burial Mounds | Capital Governorate, Northern Governorate, Southern Governorate
26.149722°N 50.512778°E / 26.149722; 50.512778 (Dilmun Burial Mounds) |
Cultural (iii) (iv) | 2019 | The Dilmun Burial Mounds, built between 2200 and 1750 BCE, span over 21 archaeological sites in the western part of the island. Six of these sites are burial mound fields consisting of a few dozen to several thousand tumuli. In all there are about 11,774 burial mounds, originally in the form of cylindrical low towers. The other 15 sites include 17 royal mounds, constructed as two-storey sepulchral towers. The burial mounds are evidence of the Early Dilmun civilization, around the 2nd millennium BCE, during which Bahrain became a trade hub whose prosperity enabled the inhabitants to develop an elaborate burial tradition applicable to the entire population. These tombs illustrate globally unique characteristics, not only in terms of their number, density and scale, but also in terms of details such as burial chambers equipped with alcoves.[5] |
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| Site | Image | Location | Criteria | Area ha (acre) | Year of submission | Description |
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| Khor Hamad Town Tumuli Moundfield | Northern Governorate | Cultural | 2001 | [6] | ||
| Barbar Temple | Northern Governorate | Cultural | 2001 | [7] | ||
| Saar Heritage Park | Northern Governorate | Cultural | 2001 | [8] | ||
| Hawar Islands Reserve | Southern Governorate | Natural (vii) (ix) | 2001 | [9] | ||
| Manama, City of Trade, Multiculturalism and Religious Coexistence | Capital Governorate | Cultural (ii) (iii) | 2018 | [10] | ||
| Awali oil settlement | Southern Governorate | Cultural (ii) (iv) | 2019 | [11] |
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- "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- "Qal'at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO) license. - "Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-12. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO) license.
- "Dilmun Burial Mounds". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-12. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO) license.
- "Hamad Town Tumuli Moundfield". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- "Barbar Temple". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- "Saar Heritage Park". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- "Hawar Islands Reserve". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- "Manama, City of Trade, Multiculturalism and Religious Coexistence". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- "Awali oil settlement". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
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