“In 1981, Hellas signed the UNESCO treaty for the protection of the monuments and sites of the world’s cultural heritage. The aim of this treaty is to protect these monuments from erosion and destruction, and to preserve them for future generations.
The above-mentioned Hellenic monuments and sites, deemed to be of primary importance from an artistic, scientific, aesthetic, ethnological or anthropological point of view, have been included so far in the UNESCO list.
1986: Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
1987: Archaeological Site of Delphi
1987: Acropolis, Athens
1988: Mount Athos
1988: Meteora
1988: Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika
1988: Archaeological Site of Epidaurus
1988: Medieval City of Rhodes
1989: Archaeological Site of Olympia
1989: Mystras
1990: Delos
1990: Monasteries of Daphni, Osios Loukas, Nea Moni of Chios
1992: The Pythagoreion and the Heraion of Samos
1996: Archaeological Site of Vergina
1999: Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
1999: Historic Centre (Chora) with the Monastery of Saint John “the Theologian” and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Patmos
2007: Ancient City of Corfu
2016: Philippoi
Source: Hellenic Ministry Of Culture
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