On the UNESCO list, Slovak monuments have been expanded to include Levoča

Madrid - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) yesterday expanded the already registered Slovak monument of Spiš Castle on the World Heritage List to include the nearby town of Levoča with the artistic work of Master Paul.
The UNESCO committee responsible for Spiš Castle and the related cultural monuments included the historic center of the town of Levoča and the work of Master Paul. The castle itself was inscribed on the World Heritage list back in 1993.
Levoča was founded at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. "The essence of the place has been preserved, and in its space is also the Church of St. James with a dozen altars from the 15th and 16th centuries, a significant collection of polychrome wooden altars in the style of late Gothic," the committee's justification states.
Slovakia is represented on the UNESCO list by a total of seven natural and cultural sites, ranging from folk architecture to historical city centers, ancient mines, as well as beech forests and karst caves.
At today's meeting, the committee also added the pre-Incan city of Caral-Supe in the Peruvian Andes, which is the oldest of its kind on the American continent. It spans an area of 626 hectares on a sandy plateau overlooking the Supe Valley and is the work of an advanced civilization. Its age is estimated to be up to 5,500 years.
Approximately 880 sites in 145 countries around the world are already inscribed on the World Heritage list - of which the majority are cultural and historical monuments, while the rest are natural and mixed sites.
At the current session of the UNESCO committee, which will last until the end of June, 27 nominated monuments are being evaluated.
The Czech Republic has 12 sites on the list and, compared to the size of its territory, ranks among the more successful countries. This year, the Czech Republic is not seeking a new inscription.