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India,a) Lack of co-ordinated and functional management system; b) Lack of detailed property documentation; increasing number of visitors.,Le rapport d’avancement soumis le 31 mars 2006 par l’État partie donne des informations succinctes sur les mesures prises par les autorités en réponse aux recommandations de la 29e session du ...
State of Conservation Score 11.833314 Date 06/2006
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The cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley represent the artistic and religious developments which from the 1st to the 13th centuries characterized ancient Bakhtria, integrating various cultural influences into the Gandhara school of Buddhist art. The area contains numerous Buddhist monastic ensembles and sanctuaries, as well as fortified ...
World Heritage Properties Score 11.771697 Date 07/2003
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Louvre-Lens, France,Organization of a seminar at the Louvre-Lens with the following objectives: To draw up an assessment of the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in France, in a retrospective vision allowing to valorize the experience feedbacks. To participate in the reflections on the future of the convention concerning the main challenges of property ...
Events Score 11.746095 Date 10/2022
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Saint-Denis de La Reunion,[in French only] Du 2 au 4 novembre 2011, au Theatre du Grand Marche a Saint-Denis de La Reunion, se tiendront les premiers «Entretiens du patrimoine de l'ocean Indien : la ville patrimoniale ». Le Ministere francais de la Culture et de la Communication (ENSAM/DAC-OI) et le conseil regional de La Reunion inaugureront les 2/3/4 novembre 2011 a ...
Events Score 11.734148 Date 11/2011
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Classical Chinese garden design, which seeks to recreate natural landscapes in miniature, is nowhere better illustrated than in the nine gardens in the historic city of Suzhou. They are generally acknowledged to be masterpieces of the genre. Dating from the 11th-19th century, the gardens reflect the profound metaphysical importance of natural beauty in Chinese culture in ...
World Heritage Properties Score 11.713788 Date 12/2000
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Founded in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum and research complex consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park, and nine research facilities. The Institution was established for the “increase and diffusion of knowledge” and is dedicated to the understanding and preserving humanity’s cultural heritage, encouraging ...
Partners Score 11.693502 Date 08/2020
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For 2,000 years, the high rice fields of the Ifugao have followed the contours of the mountains. The fruit of knowledge handed down from one generation to the next, and the expression of sacred traditions and a delicate social balance, they have helped to create a landscape of great beauty that expresses the harmony between humankind and the environment. 722Rice Terraces ...
World Heritage Properties Score 11.687511 Date 12/1995
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Situated on the ancient trade route between Central Asia and northern Europe, Novgorod was Russia's first capital in the 9th century. Surrounded by churches and monasteries, it was a centre for Orthodox spirituality as well as Russian architecture. Its medieval monuments and the 14th-century frescoes of Theophanes the Greek (Andrei Rublev's teacher) illustrate the ...
World Heritage Properties Score 11.680351 Date 12/1992
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France, Paris, Grande Arche de la Defense – Paroi Sud - Room 1,Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014 at the Grande Arche de La Défense, (Paris France) the French Association of World Heritage sites is organizing a seminar on "urban planning systems, a regulatory tool for the protection and management of World Heritage sites and cultural landscapes ". This seminar is ...
Events Score 11.653936 Date 01/2014
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Le Bassindu du fleuve Niger (du seuil de Markala au lac Débo) couvre une superficie de plus de 4 119 500 hectares. Riche en ressources naturelles et présentant des écosystèmes variés (lacs, plaines, forêts inondables, bourgoutières), il est la plus vaste zone humide continentale d’Afrique de l’Ouest et la seconde pour l’Afrique après le delta de l’Okavango au Botswana. La ...
Tentative Lists Score 11.650497 Date 08/2017
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Buenos Aires, Argentina,On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the Fundación Ortega Gasset with the support of UNESCO Montevideo and Dirección de Patrimonio de la Secretaria de la Nación (Argentina) are organizing an international seminar: The Convention for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage forty ...
Events Score 11.620043 Date 09/2012
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Le royaume d'Ugrarit florissait au IIe millénaire sur la côte méditerranéenne. Les fouilles commencées en 1929 par la découverte fortuite d'une tombe ont mis au jour en soixante ans de recherches, les quartiers d'une capitale, des temples, les restes d'une fortification, un vaste palais royal et de nombreuses demeures. Elles n'ont cependant encore touché que le 1/6 du ...
Tentative Lists Score 11.612396 Date 08/1999
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The heritage-related Cooperation Agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and UNESCO was signed in Paris on 18 April 2002 by Mr Francisco Villar, Spanish Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura. Spain adopted the World Heritage Convention in May 1982 and, with the signing of the Cooperation Agreement, reaffirmed ...
Partners Score 11.610327 Date 03/2023
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Le site archéologique de Nahr el Kalb est situé à 15km au nord de Beyrouth. Il a été classé par les décrets : No 166/ L.R. du Novembre 1933 et No 225 du 28 Septembre 1934 sur la liste nationale des monuments historiques. En 2005, ce site a été inscrit sur le Registre de la Mémoire du Monde. Le cap de Nahr el Kalb a été considéré depuis l’antiquité comme un obstacle naturel ...
Tentative Lists Score 11.607314 Date 11/2019
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Val de Loire, France,[in French only] Le 23 juin 2004, les Ministères français de la Culture et de l’Environnement ont mis en place un Comité de pilotage avec des représentants des Ministères, des Départements régionaux pour les Affaires culturelles et l’environnement, et de l’ICOMOS France. Lors de cette ...
Events Score 11.592947 Date 09/2004
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Five hundred years of Ryukyuan history (12th-17th century) are represented by this group of sites and monuments. The ruins of the castles, on imposing elevated sites, are evidence for the social structure over much of that period, while the sacred sites provide mute testimony to the rare survival of an ancient form of religion into the modern age. The wide- ranging ...
World Heritage Properties Score 11.58059 Date 12/2000
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Il s'agit de l'un des sites archéologiques de l'âge du Bronze les plus étendues de la Syrie Occidentale où les fouilles menées depuis 1965 ont contribué à améliorer nos connaissances sur les premières racines de la civilisation urbaine au lll millénaire av. J.C. à l'Ouest de l'Euphrate et son développement jusqu'à l'époque des royaumes amorites de la ...
Tentative Lists Score 11.576846 Date 08/1999
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Plasencia : N40 01 52 W6 05 20 Parc National de Monfraguë : N39 47 58 W05 57 59 Trujillo : N39 27 42 W5 52 48 Le contenu des biens insérés dans la déclaration proposée (Plasencia-Monfragüe-Trujillo: Paysage méditerranéen) est de nature patrimoniale distincte, culturelle et naturelle, en accord avec les définitions rédigées dans les articles 1 et 2 ...
Tentative Lists Score 11.571333 Date 03/2009
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Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed great prosperity, emerging as the fountainhead of Japanese culture. The city's historic monuments – Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and the excavated remains of the great Imperial Palace – provide a vivid picture of life in the Japanese ...
World Heritage Properties Score 11.570809 Date 12/1998
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Ruines Sabourin : 18˚52’12’’N. 72˚22’16.42’’W.          Ruines Ruines Guyon/Ka Dyon :  18˚52’31’’N. 72˚22’44’’W.   Réhabilité Ruines de Lachenais : 18˚52’21’’N. 72˚23’05’’W          Ruines Ruines de Cortade : 18˚53’10’’N 72˚23’21’’W            Ruines Ruines de Janet/Latour : 18°53'18.26"N  72°23'28.16"W Ruines Ruines de Gossé : 18°53'145.56"N   72°24'02.01"W     ...
Tentative Lists Score 11.5645075 Date 05/2024
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These eight churches are outstanding examples of a range of architectural solutions from different periods and areas. They show the variety of designs and craftsmanship adopted in these narrow, high, timber constructions with their characteristic tall, slim clock towers at the western end of the building, either single- or double-roofed and covered by shingles. As such, ...
World Heritage Properties Score 11.556412 Date 12/1999
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Built in A.D. 794 on the model of the capitals of ancient China, Kyoto was the imperial capital of Japan from its foundation until the middle of the 19th century. As the centre of Japanese culture for more than 1,000 years, Kyoto illustrates the development of Japanese wooden architecture, particularly religious architecture, and the art of Japanese gardens, which has ...
World Heritage Properties Score 11.545805 Date 12/1994
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Principles of the agreement Signed in 1997, the Co-operation Agreement between UNESCO and the Government of France for the protection and enhancement of the monumental, urban and natural heritage was established to enhance understanding of cultural and natural heritage, to encourage the integration of the preservation of heritage in urban and territorial development ...
Partners Score 11.516626 Date 03/2023
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