Isifanekiso senkululekoI-UNESCO ibona isihloko seWorld Heritage Site ezindaweni ezithile emhlabeni ezikudinga ukugcinwa okukhethekile ngenxa yokubaluleka kwazo okukhulu kwezamasiko noma kwemvelo ezizukulwaneni ezilandelayo. Sekukonke, izindawo eziyizimpawu ezingama-911 zihlwiniwe emhlabeni wonke, ezingama-20 zazo zise-United States kanti eyodwa kuphela eNew York.
Indawo okuwukuphela kwayo eyamenyezelwa njengeNdawo Yefa Lomhlaba yi-UNESCO yiSitatimende Senkululeko, esamenyezelwa kanjalo ngo-1984.
"Inkululeko Ekhanyisa Umhlaba," igama lokuqala lalesi sithombe esidumile, kwakuyisipho esivela kumaFulentshi esiya kumaMelika ngo-1886 futhi sasebenza njengendlu yokukhanyisa emanzini aseLower Manhattan kwaze kwaba ngu-1902. Kwakuyindalo yesombusazwe u-Édouard Laboulaye, owayehlose lesi sipho ukuba sifanekise ubungane phakathi kweFrance ne-United States. Saklanywa ukuze kukhunjulwe iminyaka eyikhulu yeSimemezelo Sokuzimela ngo-1876, kodwa ngenxa yokuphazamiseka kokwakhiwa, asizange sembulwe kwaze kwaba yiminyaka eyishumi kamuva.
Incazelo yesithombe ichazwe ngegama layo, futhi isitembu sayo asimele nje i-United States kuphela, kepha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi saba wuphawu lwenkululeko kubantu abacindezelwe nakubantu emhlabeni wonke.
Lesi sithombe simelela uLibertas (igama lesiLatini elisho inkululeko), unkulunkulukazi wamaRoma wenkululeko, enezintambo zokucindezelwa eziphukile ezinyaweni zakhe, ezifanekisela ukuphela kobugqila. Engalweni yakhe yangakwesokudla uphethe isibani, kanti kwesobunxele sakhe kukhona ithebhulethi ebhalwe usuku lweSimemezelo Sokuzimela sase-United States, ngoJulayi 4, 1776. Umqhele wakhe unamaphoyinti ayisikhombisa, ngalinye limelela elinye lamazwekazi.
Namuhla yindawo enhle yokufunda nokuzwa ngomlando wokufuduka kwabantu baseNew York City.