3. Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor on the UNESCO World Heritage List The Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (hereinafter referred to as the Kotor Region) is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage List, which includes cultural and natural properties that have outstanding universal value for all mankind. Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor – basic information - Year of inscription: 1979 -
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
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List of World Heritage in Danger: 1979‒2003
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Property: 14,600 ha
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Buffer zone: 36,491 ha
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Year of buffer zone delineation: 2011
The Kotor Region was inscribed on the World Heritage List among the first 60 sites, back in 1979. At the time of inscription of the Region on the World Heritage List, there had been six criteria defined, of which the property had to meet at least one in order to be accepted as a part of the World Heritage3. The Region of Kotor met four criteria on the basis of which it became a property of importance for humanity. The Kotor Region is recognized as a World Heritage site due to its outstanding universal value, which is reflected in “the quality of the architecture in its fortified and open cities, settlements, palaces and monastic ensembles, and their harmonious integration to the cultivated terraced landscape on the slopes of high rocky hills”4.
Illustration 1: Position of Boka Kotorska
Illustration 2: Property boundaries with boundaries of the buffer zone
3 Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention https://whc. unesco.org/en/guidelines/ 4 Retrospective Statement of Outstanding Universal Value, 2014
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