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         <title>First Expert/Stakeholder Meeting for Management Plan of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata 	</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The First Expert/Stakeholder Meeting took place in Pompei (Italy) on 17 November 2012, within the framework of the project &amp;ldquo;Towards a governance system for coordinating the updating and the implementation of the Management Plan of the Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata&amp;rdquo;. The meeting was funded by the Italian Government and managed by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/966</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (Menegazzi)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>The Director-General congratulates the Italian authorities for progress achieved in the conservation of the iconic World Heritage site of the Archaeological Areas of Pompei and Herculaneum</title>
         <description><![CDATA[During her visit to Naples on the occasion of the World Urban Forum organized by UN-HABITAT, the Director-General, Irina Bokova, commended the Italian authorities, and in particular the Municipal authorities and Superintendency of Region for the positive emergency conservation achievements at the World Heritage archaeological complex of Pompei, following the collapse of walls in 2010 and 2011.
She expressed appreciation for the recruitment of 21 new and qualified technical staff to  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/930</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>UNESCO and Italy agree to cooperate on the restoration of Pompeii</title>
         <description><![CDATA[UNESCO and Italy have agreed to collaborate on the restoration of the Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata, inscribed on UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List in 1997.&amp;nbsp;International attention turned to the World Heritage site in late 2010, when torrential rains led to the collapse of several vestiges including the Schola Armaturarum (Gladiators&apos; House) and the equally famous House of the Moralist. 
According to the agreement, signed by Assistant Director-General  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/818</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>UNESCO sends expert mission to investigate state of Pompei&apos;s conservation</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Experts from UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage Centre and the International Council of Monuments and Sites will arrive in Pompei on 2 December to examine the state of conservation of the World Heritage site. The mission follows the destruction in early November of the Schola Armaturarum and further collapses yesterday and today, including that of a wall at the House of the Moralist.
This advisory mission will seek to identify potential threats to other structures at the site and possible measures,  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/690</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Google and UNESCO announce alliance to provide virtual visits of several World Heritage sites</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Sites of outstanding universal value inscribed on the World Heritage List - the Palace of Versailles in France, the historic centre of Prague in the Czech Republic and the old town of C&amp;aacute;ceres in Spain, for example - can now be explored online by internet users around the world, thanks to an alliance signed by UNESCO and the international corporation Google.The agreement makes it possible for internet users to visit 19* of the 890 World Heritage properties via Google&apos;s Street View  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/570</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee Inscribes 46 New Sites on World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The following sites have been inscribed on the World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee at its 21st session, meeting in Naples, Italy, 1-6 December, 1997. A total of 46 sites were inscribed: 7 natural sites; 38 cultural sites; and 1 mixed site. The work of the 21st Session thus brings the total number of sites on the World Heritage List to 552 (418 cultural, 114 natural and 20 mixed) in 112 States. 4 States Parties have sites on the World Heritage List for the first time:  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/180</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 1997 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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