The aim of the World Heritage convention adopted by UNESCO in 1972 is to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. The States Parties to the Convention are expected to protect the World Heritage values of the properties inscribed on the List and preserve it to future generations.
Having ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1985, Hungary boasts with eight world heritage sites, seven in the cultural, one in the natural category:
- Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (cultural category, inscription: 1987)
- Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings (cultural category, inscription: 1987)
- Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (natural category, inscription: 1995, extension: 2000)
- Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment (cultural category, inscription: 1996)
- Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta (cultural category, cultural landscape, inscription: 1999)
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) (cultural category, inscription: 2000)
- Fertő / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (cultural category, cultural landscape, inscription: 2001)
- Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape (cultural category, cultural landscape, inscription: 2002)
More information about the Hungarian World Heritage sites can be found here.