Italy's World Heritage record: 62 properties, 56 of them cultural
Background
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre's State Party page for Italy records 62 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List. The breakdown given is Cultural 56 and Natural 6. The page also lists 30 sites on the Tentative List. Italy's ratification of the Convention is dated Friday, 23 June 1978. One of Italy's natural properties is Mount Etna in Sicily, inscribed in 2013.
Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List:
62
Cultural properties:
Cultural 56
Natural properties:
Natural 6
Sites on the Tentative List:
Sites on the Tentative List 30
Ratification of the Convention:
Friday, 23 June 1978
Why it matters for exams: World Heritage counts by country are a recurring one-mark question, and Italy's list is the one most often set against India's in comparison questions.
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In plain words
Tentative List — A State Party's own inventory of sites it may put forward for World Heritage inscription later.