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UNESCO, Turkey and Japan launch project to safeguard the World Heritage site of Cappadocia (Turkey) 18 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
H.E. Gürcan Balik, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Turkey to UNESCO, and Kishore Rao, Director of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre, on 17 July signed a Plan of Operations for a $1.2 million project...
UNESCO Director-General deplores the escalation of violence and the damage to World Heritage in Syria 16 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has expressed deep shock at news of further destruction to cultural heritage in Syria, and particularly following the publication of media reports and ima...
"Rivers and heritage" UNESCO Chair created 15 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
On 6th May 2013, the creation of a “Rivers and heritage” UNESCO Chair was approved by UNESCO. This project stems from a partnership between the University François Rabelais in Tours (France), the Univ...
Workshop on management and valorization of paleo-metallurgical sites 15 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
The French Grand Sites Network and its International Training and Exchange Centre for Francophone Heritage Sites Managers organized recently an “Exchange Workshop on management and valorization of pal...
Closing ceremony of World Heritage Committee brings to life the ancient culture of Angkor 28 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
Some 500 of the 1400 participants of the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee made the journey from Phnom Penh to Siam Reap and visited the Terrace of the Elephants at Angkor Thom ahead of the...
Sites in Germany and Italy bring to 19 the number of sites inscribed on the World Heritage List this year 23 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
Two new sites and one extension to a Polish site were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on Sunday afternoon, bringing to 19 the total number of sites added to the List during the 37th&nb...
Sites in Ukraine, the Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List 23 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
The World Heritage Committee inscribed the following three sites on Sunday morning: Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora (Ukraine). The site features the remains of a city founded by Dorian...
My Son, Viet Nam: Director-General Celebrates Restoration of World Heritage Champa Kingdom Monuments 23 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
After 16 years of excavation and restoration work, a group of tower temples and monuments belonging to the My Son Sanctuary, once the religious and political capital of the Champa Kingdom, were inaugu...
Qatar and Fiji get their first World Heritage sites as World Heritage Committee makes six additions to UNESCO List 22 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
Qatar and Fiji had their first World Heritage sites inscribed during the afternoon session of the World Heritage Committee on Saturday, as the intergovernmental body added six properties to UNESCO&rsq...
Honghe Hani Rice Terraces inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage alongside an extension to the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park 22 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
The World Heritage Committee has inscribed a site of rice terraces in Yunnan (China) and an extension to the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park which is now known as the mixed cultural and natural Maloti Dra...
