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Bet She'an, the only one of the ten cities of the Decapolis west of Jordan, is one of the oldest cities of the Ancient Near East and a crossroads to the Fertile Crescent. The remains of some twenty layers of settlement, going back to the fifth millennium BCE have been discovered at the tel on the banks of the Harod River. The unique importance of Bet She'an since ancient ...

Libya, Illegal Activities Desertification Flooding (issue resolved) Conflict situation Deterioration of the stone masonry Sand covering certain areas of the property Graffiti and fires Discharge of domestic wastewater at the west of the property (issue resolved) ,On 3 February 2022, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, the executive summary of which is ...

Germany,Construction of urban villas and proposed urban development scheme (issue resolved),The Bureau, at its twenty-fourth extraordinary session, requested the German authorities to formulate and implement planning regulations that will ensure the long-term preservation of the archaeological remains in this area. At the request of the Minister of Culture of the Land ...

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Interpretative and visitation facilities (Construction proposals in the immediate vicinity of the property that could have an adverse impact on the setting, related vistas and integrity of the property) Buildings and Development (Continuous development pressure for high-rise buildings that pose changes to skyline and ...

Krakow, Poland, 9 July—The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Krakow since 2 July, this afternoon ended the inscription of sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List with the final addition of three cultural sites in Brazil, Turkey and the United Kingdom, and the approval of the extensions of Strasbourg: from Grande-ile to Neustadt, a European urban scene (France) and The ...

Hisham’s Palace/ Khirbet al- Mafjar is one of the most significant early Islamic sites in Palestine. It was built between 724 and 743 AD during the Umayyad period, the first Islamic dynasty. The property is located on the northern bank of Wadi Nueima, approximately 4km north of Jericho city (Ariha) in the Jordan Valley. On the basis of epigraphic materials, archaeologists ...

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Need for information on the management (issue resolved)  Site Museum project (issue resolved) Upgrading of the A303 trunk road project Risks of collapse of  Silbury Hill (issue resolved)  Infrastructure development pressure  Lack of visitor management (issue resolved)  ,On 30 March 2017, the State Party submitted a ...

On the occasion of the launch of the new Jurassic Studies Centre, situated at the centre of the natural World Heritage Site of Dorset and Devon's Jurassic Coast, in Lyme Regis, United Kingdom, a range of natural science courses will take place in February and March 2010 and 2011, in partnership with the Natural History Museum and the Field Studies Council. This pilot ...

During unsettled periods between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries, Ethiopian rulers moved their royal camps frequently. King Fasil (Fasiledes) settled in Gondar and established it as a permanent capital in 1636. After Fasil, successive kings continued building, improving the techniques and architectural style. Before its decline in the late eighteenth century, the ...

Laodikeia is located within the borders of the villages of Eskihisar, Goncalı, Korucuk and Bozburun, six km north of the modern city of Denizli. The site is on the road to Pamukkale (Hierapolis), which is approximately ten km to the north. Laodikeia is also situated at the crossroads of main routes that connect western, central and southern Anatolia with each other. Set ...

From 30 June to 4 July 2010, the International Academy for Nature Conservation, Isle of Vilm, Germany, hosted an expert workshop that set the basis for scaling-up Marine World Heritage. The workshop was jointly organized by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the IUCN-World Commission on ...

Isle of Vilm, Germany,From 30 June to 4 July 2010, the International Academy for Nature Conservation, Isle of Vilm, Germany, hosted an expert workshop that set the basis for scaling-up Marine World Heritage. The workshop was jointly organized by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the ...

Gothenburg, Sweden,This September the first ever Heritage in Progress Conference (HIP) takes place in Gothenburg. The theme of the conference is intercultural dialogue and how cultural heritage can be used as a potential tool to engage local communities and be a driving force for social sustainability. A diverse and dynamic programme During the conference, we will take ...

The area is defined by a natural tropical garden that gradually lost its original purpose over time. It is a mesophilus mountain forest formed by framboyanes or "flamboyant" trees, mocoques or "shaving brush" trees, and palos de rosa or rosewood trees. Giant ferns are among the many other species found there that possess great natural beauty. From 1944 to 1960, this was ...