The country of Georgia has four sites on the list of World Heritage Sites, and a further fourteen on the tentative list. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Georgia ratified the convention on 4 November 1992. The first two Georgian sites inscribed on the list were the Historical Monuments of Mtskheta and the site comprising Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (pictured), in 1994. However, due to major reconstruction detrimental to its integrity and authenticity, Bagrati Cathedral was placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2010 and then delisted as a World Heritage Site in 2017. Upper Svaneti was listed in 1996 and the most recent site listed was the Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands, in 2021. The latter is the only site of natural heritage in Georgia, the other three are of cultural heritage. (Full list...)