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In [[established::1986]] the [[Škocjan Caves World Heritage Site|Škocjan Caves]] became the first Slovene landmark inscribed onto a UNESCO World Heritage Site list. The remains of two prehistoric pile-dwellings from the Ljubljansko Barje marshlands are a part of transnational heritage site "Prehistoric Pile-Dwellings in the Alpine Area", which comprises a selection of 111 archaeological sites in six countries around the Alps (Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia). In June 2011, the pile-dwellings were accepted to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The latest addition is the [[Idrija Mine Museum#UNESCO World Heritage List|Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija]], listed in 2012.
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* The Fužina Hills in Bohinj (added in 1994), are part of [[Triglav National Park]] and are unique for alpine herding on high pastures with special farm structures primarily hayracks named Kozolec in Slovene and also types of pasture cottages where milk and diary products are made. People's customs and festivities are of ethnological importance and are connected with high mountain herding.  
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* The Classic Karst (added in 2015), region in western Slovenia named Kras where the term Karst originated. It is limestone plateau known for various karst phenomena such as caves, abysses, sinkholes and intermittent lakes.  
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In [[established::1986]] the [[Škocjan Caves World Heritage Site|Škocjan Caves]] became the first Slovene landmark inscribed onto a [[Slovenia National Commission for UNESCO|UNESCO]] World Heritage Site list. The remains of two prehistoric pile-dwellings from the Ljubljansko Barje marshlands were accepted in 2011 as a part of transnational heritage site "Prehistoric Pile-Dwellings in the Alpine Area", which comprises a selection of 111 archaeological sites in six countries around the Alps. The latest addition is the [[Idrija Mine Museum#UNESCO World Heritage List|Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija]], listed in 2012. "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe" encompassing forests in 12 European countries including also the two forest reserves, Krokar and Snežnik – Ždrocle Virgin Forests in Notranjska Region (inscribed in 2017). The last inscription were "The works of [[:Category:Plečnik heritage|Jože Plečnik]] in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design", added onto the UNESCO list in July 2021, being the 5th site in Slovenia.}}
  
* The [[Franja Partisan Hospital]] (added in 2000) is Second World War hospital comprised of 13 wooden buildings. Complex was set up in the period from December 1943 to May 1945 and was among the best equipped clandestine partisan hospitals with an operating room, X-ray apparatus, an invalid care facility, and a small electric plant.
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UNESCO’s Tentative List, which is a required stage of the nomination process, currently has four Slovenian entries: the ''Fužina Hills in Bohinj'' since 1994, the ''[[Franja Partisan Hospital]]'' since 2000, ''Classic Karst'' since 2015, and the [[Walk of Peace in the Soča Region Foundation|''The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic – Heritage of the First World War'']], since 2016.
  
* The beech forests in the Notranjska region as an outstanding example of undisturbed, complex temperate forests, are an extension to the Joint World Heritage Property ''Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (Slovak Republic and Ukraine) and Ancient Beech Forest of Germany'', added in January 2015.
 
  
* The Czech Republic initiated the nomination of the [[:Category:Plečnik heritage|''The timeless, humanistic architecture of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana and Prague'']] for the inscription of on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Added in January 2015.
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* [[Walk of Peace in the Soča Region Foundation|The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic – Heritage of the First World War]] covers the area of the Isonzo Front with many important monuments and ruins, including military cemeteries, air-raid cavern shelters, ditches, ossuaries, chapels, monuments, outdoor museums and other historic elements. Added in 2016.
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==See also==
 
 
 
* [http://www.slovenia.si/en/slovenia/history/earliest-traces/pile-dwellings-in-the-ljubljansko-barje-on-the-unesco-world-heritage-list/ Article on "Pile-dwellings in the Ljubljansko Barje"] on Slovenia.si
 
* [http://www.palafittes.org/en/index.html Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps website]
 
* [http://www.ljubljanskobarje.si/uploads/datoteke/Zgibanka_koliscarji_ang.pdf Brochure about the Pile Dwellers of the Ljubljansko barje]
 

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Plecnik House 2015 exterior Photo Andrej Peunik.jpgThe architect Jože Plečnik moved to a single-storey house at Karunova Street 4 in Ljubljana's Trnovo district in 1921, and extended it with a cylindrical tower in 1924. Plečnik House exterior, renovated in 2015. Photo by Andrej Peunik/Museum and Galleries of ljubljana


In 1986 the Škocjan Caves became the first Slovene landmark inscribed onto a UNESCO World Heritage Site list. The remains of two prehistoric pile-dwellings from the Ljubljansko Barje marshlands were accepted in 2011 as a part of transnational heritage site "Prehistoric Pile-Dwellings in the Alpine Area", which comprises a selection of 111 archaeological sites in six countries around the Alps. The latest addition is the Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija, listed in 2012. "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe" encompassing forests in 12 European countries including also the two forest reserves, Krokar and Snežnik – Ždrocle Virgin Forests in Notranjska Region (inscribed in 2017). The last inscription were "The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design", added onto the UNESCO list in July 2021, being the 5th site in Slovenia.


UNESCO’s Tentative List, which is a required stage of the nomination process, currently has four Slovenian entries: the Fužina Hills in Bohinj since 1994, the Franja Partisan Hospital since 2000, Classic Karst since 2015, and the The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic – Heritage of the First World War, since 2016.

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