Search
Take advantage of the search to browse through the World Heritage Convention information.
13979 Results
Search
Google tech support 18448968729 is google a real number what is google number close
Time
7.807s
Categories
Activities 280
Committee 46
Documents 3473
Events 1144
FAQ 325
News 2353
Pages 52
Partners 39
Publications 86
State of Conservation 4130
States Parties 196
Tentative Lists 1677
World Heritage Properties 178
10209.
The Fortress was founded by Cerveira Pereira in 1583, and would come to widen the zone of the portuguese occupation.
The portugueses had been repelled by the Ngola, when in 1582, Paulo Dias de Novais, tried to penetrate in the region, estimulated by the4 legend of Silver Mines.
The aim of its building was to destroy the resistance showed by the natives, marking its armed ...
10210.
WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add2
10211.
WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add2
10212.
WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add
10213.
WHC/21/44.COM/INF.5A.1
10214.
WHC/21/23.GA/7.Corr
10215.
WHC-13/37.COM/9
10216.
WHC/19/43.COM/10B
10217.
10218.
WHC/17/41.COM/7A
10219.
WHC-15/39.COM/7A
10220.
WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
10221.
WHC/16/40.COM/7A
10222.
WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
10223.
WHC/19/43.COM/7A
10224.
WHC/19/43.COM/7A.Add
10225.
WHC/19/43.COM/7A.add.2
10226.
WHC/21/44.COM/7A
10227.
WHC/21/44.COM/7A.Add
10228.
WHC-10/34.COM/7A.Add
10229.
WHC-13/37.COM/7A.Add
10230.
WHC-14/38.COM/7A.Add
10231.
WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add.2
10232.
Village of Abyaneh is one of the Iranian historical villages that contains some works from Sassanid period to the present time. It owns several unequal attributions just like the unique temple of "Herpak", a Chief mosque with a unique mihrab from Seljukian period, houses harmonious with climate and mountainous land. One can see Sassanid Pahlavic words in daily ...
10233.
Kulturweit, a volunteer organization of the German Commission for UNESCO and the German Federal Foreign Office, has designed a card game called “World Heritage in Germany-Memory”.
The inspiration came from Kulturweit members who were delegates to the 2014 World Heritage Youth Forum held in Qatar.
The goal of the game is to teach young people about German World Heritage ...
10234.
The World Heritage Committee, during its Extended 44th session, has officially taken note of the 10th Anniversary of the adoption of the World Heritage Capacity-Building Strategy (2011 - 2021).
To mark this celebration, the World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce that a dedicated capacity building webpage has been made available to centralize all on-going and future ...
10235.
Greece,Proposal for a 32m-high building in the vicinity of the Acropolis,The Secretariat received new information concerning the project for the construction of a 32m-high building indicating that the Licence No 743/2001 which was issued on 25 May 2001 by the Urban Planning Department of the Municipality of Athens - which is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the ...
10236.
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris (France),Sir Peter Crane, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, will evoke the botanic activities in relation to UNESCO's programmes relating to the preservation of natural and cultural heritage.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, are a historic landscape garden which features elements that illustrate significant periods of the art of ...
10237.
Shanghai, China,On Tuesday, 7 September 2010, the World Heritage Marine Programme launched an exhibit on Marine World Heritage in the United Nations Pavilion of the Expo 2010, Shanghai in China. More than 50 million people have visited Expo 2010, from which 3 million visited the UN Pavilion. About 835,000 visitors were exposed to marine World Heritage. The exhibit ran a ...
10238.
,The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has opened nominations for the CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN PRIZE until next April 30th. The Prize, worth 250.000€, will be awarded to an individual or non profit organization, regardless of nationality, who has made a valuable impact and commitment to foster the universal values inherent to the human condition, respect for diversity and ...
10239.
Centre de Congres, Lyon, France,Terra 2016 is the twelfth in a series of international events organised since 1972, bringing together academics, professionals and experts, and a broad audience around earthen architectures.
The 2016 edition will focus mainly on issues dealing with sustainable development, particularly in urban areas. This event will gather more than 800 ...
10240.
,Do you know someone who is doing outstanding conservation work for a natural World Heritage site Would you like to see this person recognised for their exemplary contribution If so, get in touch!
IUCN is calling for nominations of Heritage Heroes – people who single-handedly take action to help conserve natural World Heritage sites in the face of imminent threats. Three ...
10241.
,A Budget Briefing in conjunction with a presentation of budget document WHC/21/44.COM/14 took place online on 28 June 2021, from 12.00 pm to 1.30 pm (Paris time UTC+2).
Presentation
English French
WHC/21/44.COM/14Presentation of the final accounts of the World Heritage Fund for 2018-2019, report on the execution of the budget of the World Heritage Fund for the ...
10242.
,The Partners Forum of the Slovak Commission for UNESCO is a yearly event that brings together the representatives of all UNESCO designations in Slovakia, including the relevant governmental offices, academia, NGOs, media and other cooperating partners. The Forum discusses proposals for cooperation, proposes projects and serves as a platform for presentation of all ...
10243.
This complex was built on the exact spot where, according to tradition, a "celestial lady" dressed in red appeared and asked the local lord to build a pagoda in order to control the subterranean forces and dominate the region. The first true pagoda was built between 1553 and 1613. Between 1844 and 1846, the seven-storey tower (Phuoc Duyen), 21.24 metres high, was built on ...
10244.
10245.
10246.
10247.
10248.
Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is located in the south of China. It belongs to the watershed region in the karst plateau rising between Sichuan Basin and Guangxi Hill. Since the Tertiary Period, with the strong neotectonic uplift of Himalayan orogeny and tropical and subtropical humid climates, the strong erosion of the northern Yangtze River system and the southern Pearl River ...
10249.
Governance may take place at different levels (local, regional/provincial/state and national federal) and should be understood in a wide context to include legislation/institutional arrangements/democratic processes/citizens etc.
According to the World Heritage Resource Manual ‘Managing Cultural Heritage’ (UNESCO 2013), good governance refers to “the relationship between ...
10250.
WHC-15/20.GA/9
10251.
WHC-10/34.COM/16
10252.
WHC/19/43.COM/5A
10253.
WHC/17/41.COM/10A
10254.
WHC-14/38.COM/9C
10255.
Bulgaria,
Upstream Iron Gates dam
Deterioration of the water quality
Impact of upstream pig farms
Loss of biodiversity
,The Bureau at its eighteenth session recalled that the site was inscribed in 1983 and placed on the World Heritage in Danger List in 1992.
The Centre is continuously in contact with the Bulgarian authorities, which presented a report on their restoration ...
10256.
Australia,Need for further documentation on the marine resources surrounding this property,Previous deliberations:
Twenty-second session of the Committee – page 93 of Annex IV.
Twenty-third ordinary session of the Bureau – Chapter IV.24
New information: The Australian Government informed the Centre in a letter of 15 September 1999 that the major component of the ...
10257.
UNESCO Headquarter, Paris,The World Heritage Centre is organizing, in collaboration with its partners, a travelling exhibition entitled “African World Heritage: a pathway for development”, which will be displayed on the railings of UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 18 May to 14 June 2016 and will then be disseminated worldwide in digital format.
The primary objective of ...
10258.
Russian Federation,a) Lack of management plan ;
b) Weakening of conservation controls and laws;
c) Impacts of proposed tourism infrastructure development for Olympic Games;
d) Road construction;
e) Deforestation. ,The state of conservation report was requested by the Committee at its 32nd session (Quebec City, 2008) in relation to the above threats and in particular ...
10259.
WHC-11/18.GA/8
10260.
WHC/16/40.COM/11
10261.
The rocks of Belogradchik are rock sculptures, situated west of the town of Belogradchik, in the fore hills of the western Balkan mountain range. They contain groups of rock figures resembling people, animals, fortresses, pyramids or different objects with imposing sizes - from a few meters to several dozens of meters.
With their red color they contrast beautifully with ...
10262.
The reserve located in strait of Khuran, Persian Gulf; between Qeshm Island and the southern Iranian coasts. Much of reserve is taken up by Mehran delta which forms extensive Intertidal flats and has a marshy coastline and vast mangrove formation. There are numerous small islands, creeks and inlets. The climate is subtropical and summers are extremely hot with temperatures ...
10263.
Thaba-Bosiu National Monument is a plateau situated in the Phuthiatsana Valley, about 23km south-east of Maseru, the capital city. It was named Thaba-Bosiu (mountain at night) during the occupation of Moshoeshoe 1, founder of the Basotho nation in 1824. It got its name because as one gets nearer the impressive and formidable it gets mainly for the enemies at night. It ...
10264.
Subsequent foundations ort residences of Myanma kings: Sagaing from 1315 to 1364, Innwa from 1364 to 1841. Amarapura from 1841 to 1857, Mingun in 1810-1819, Mandalay after 1857. They are close to each other, inside a span of 30km on both banks of the Ayeyawady River. Innwa, Amarapura and Mandalay are noteworthy instances of city planning. The royal palace is located in a ...
10265.
La ville de Curtea de Arges, l'ancienne capitale de la Valachie, conserve des importants monuments. Un premier ensemble et constitue par les ruines de la Cour princiere (XIIIe-XVIe siecles) et par l'eglise princiere Saint-Nicolas, elevee entre 1340-1376 en "croix grecque" et conservant a-peu-pres integralement la peinture originaire, dont les qualites artistiques la ...
10266.
A poster competition for high school students was part of the "Heritage in Young Hands" awareness-raising campaign to promote understanding and appreciation among young Samoans about the meaning of "heritage", the World Heritage Convention, and the value of conserving and protecting cultural and natural heritage sites in Samoa. It was coordinated by the MNREM (Ministry of ...
10267.
The Anna Amalia Library, part of the World Heritage site of Classical Weimar which was inscribed on the UNESCO List in 1998, will reopen in October 2007, three years after it was damaged by a fire. According to the architect in charge of the restoration works, Mr Walther Grundwald, the deadline should be respected. "We have chosen the date of 24 October for the re-opening, ...
10268.
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Atsunori Kawarmura, Executive Producer of Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK TV) at UNESCO Headquarters.The MoU launches a new public service project aimed at creating a database of high-definition, digital motion pictures on different forms of cultural heritage to ensure the ...
10269.
A Master Course in "World Heritage at Work" has been created by the Universita degli Studi di Torino (Italy) and the Politecnico di Torino in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. It is intended to contribute to improved management of World Heritage sites through preparing managers and site practitioners to be cultural entrepreneurs, creative agents of their ...
10270.
Following their meeting in UNESCO Headquarters, Paris 3-4 March 2011, a group of Afghan and international experts working on the safeguarding of Bamiyan (Afghanistan), as well as representatives of the Afghan and Japanese governments and UNESCO, released a list of recommendations for further activities to preserve the Bamiyan site. Bamiyan remains one of the most ...
10271.
The 37th session of the World Heritage Committee is now underway in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from 16 to 27 June 2013.
Media contacts: Roni Amelan +33 (0)1 45 68 17 64 and, during the Committee meeting: +33 (0)6 31 54 30 36Photo: A photo gallery with pictures that can be used for editorial purposes (with mention of copyright) will be available here: ...
10272.
The World Heritage Centre, with the participation of ICOMOS, IUCN and ICCROM, organized a side event on Heritage Impact Assessments (HIAs) and Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) on the occasion of the 20th session of the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention (UNESCO Headquarters, 18-20 November 2015).
More than 80 representatives of ...
10273.
Today, on 24 September 2018, a group of experts from the World Heritage Centre and IUCN arrived in Warsaw to carry out a joint Reactive Monitoring mission to the transboundary World Heritage property “Białowieża Forest” (Belarus/Poland). Situated on the watershed of the Baltic and Black Seas, the World Heritage property is the site of an immense and biologically diverse ...
10274.
During the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee currently taking place until 10 July in Baku (Azerbaijan), four decisions concerning the Middle East were adopted by consensus, after constructive discussions between all delegations involved including Israel, Jordan and Palestine, and mediation by the UNESCO Secretariat.
In her opening statement to the Committee, ...
10275.
On 24 January 2023, UNESCO and the Foundation for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Rabat signed a five-year agreement to jointly develop actions for the protection of World Heritage and intangible cultural heritage in Morocco and throughout the African continent. It marks the beginning of a long-term strategic and operational collaboration.
UNESCO and the ...
10276.
Tunisia,,Despite the efforts of specialists and the Tunisian authorities for conserving this site, the Bureau was concerned about the modifications which affected its environment, and requested the competent authorities to take urgent measures necessary to re-establish the' harmony of the site and its surroundings, halt all new constructions in the immediate environs and ...
10277.
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Poaching;
Managerment issues (issue resolved);
Civil unrest
,Due to the success of the safeguarding action of the northern white rhino population by the World Heritage Committee, IUCN, WWF, the Frankfurt Zoological Society and the Zaire authorities, the site was removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1992. In April ...
10278.
Pakistan,,Previous deliberations:
World Heritage Bureau, twenty-second extraordinary session - Chapter
World Heritage Bureau, twenty-third session – Chapter IV.72
New information:(For Fort and Shalamar Gardens of Lahore and Taxila Archaeological Remains)
Following the decisions of the Bureau at its twenty-third session, a mission was undertaken by a World Heritage ...
10279.
Germany,Construction of urban villas and proposed urban development scheme,Previous deliberations:
Twenty-third session of the Bureau, Chapter IV.59
New information: The German authorities submitted a report and plans on the protection and development of the surroundings of the Roman amphitheatre including the following information:
· By municipal ordinance of 8 ...
10280.
Kabul, Afghanistan,The Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan includes some of the most important examples of Gandharan art in the world, despite the Taliban’s destruction of its two monumental Buddhas in 2001. The Expert Working Group on the Preservation of the Bamiyan site was formed in 2002 within the framework of the ...
10281.
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation,From 29 January to 2 February 2007 the city of St Petersburg, Russian Federation, will host a seminar on "Scientific and Technical Challenges for the Management and Conservation of Historic Centres of Towns inscribed on the World Heritage List" for the region of Central and Eastern Europe. The seminar is being prepared jointly by the ...
10282.
Saumur/Fontevraud, France,The Mission Val de Loire and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre are co-organizing a training session on interpreting the Val de Loire - World Heritage property The activity will be implemented by the Institut International Fleuves et patrimoine (IIFP), with the participation of the University of Angers, the Universite Catholique de l'Ouest and ...
10283.
Salle des Pas Perdus, UNESCO House, Paris, France,Open to the public from Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.The towering, jagged Altai Mountains stretch some 2,100 km across China, Mongolia, Russia and Kazakhstan, the Russian section of this mountain range having been inscribed as a natural site on the World Heritage List in 1998. The Altai Mountains bear unique witness to ...
10284.
Havana, Cuba,,The workshop, which is jointly organized by the UNESCO Havana and Kingston offices, aims at strengthening capacities in the Caribbean to implement the 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (the World Heritage Convention).
By using the training modules developed under the Caribbean Capacity Building programme ...
10285.
,To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, two young Indian men, Aniketh MJ and Sulesh Kumar, are planning to visit India’s 28 World Heritage sites over a span of 3 months starting March 5th, 2012, travelling mainly by bus and train.
With this trip they would like to create a bond between the current generation of Indiansand the wonderful ...
10286.
HAWK, Hildesheim, Hohnsen 1, Aula,The Conference focuses on the latest and often neglected chapter in the history of European conservation: the time after 1945 on both sides of the iron curtain. The conference papers will demonstrate the significance of this period for today’s heritage assets and for our understanding of history. The identity-giving role of monuments ...
10287.
,The ETCAEH program is one of the initiators of the post-graduate education in the field of integrated heritage protection both at national and European level.
Since its establishment in 2005, a group of leading international experts from different universities and institutions have been implementing innovative forms of education to respond to various global cultural ...
10288.
Room S3, ICE Krakow, Krakow, Poland,The side event ‘Culture : Urban Future’ – The Role of Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Local Development will discuss the role of cultural heritage for sustainable urban development, over a working lunch, within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda.
In an effort to address the rising ...
10289.
Berlin, Germany,The European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards is Europe’s top honour in the heritage field. It recognises the best achievements in conservation, research, dedicated service as well as education, training and awareness-raising.
In 2018, the Awards will be used as a pivotal instrument for promoting the key messages of the European Year ...
10290.
Venice, with its surrounding lagoon, is unique. In this city on the water, where the idea of terra firma is meaningless, a thousand years has seen the creation of an extraordinary museum of architecture.
But this cultural and natural heritage is very seriously threatened. The image of a beautiful romantic city was shattered on 4 November 1966, when torrential rain ...
10291.
Three and a half centuries of neglect and maltreatment were finally reversed in October 1999 with the completion of the comprehensive restoration of the Ancient Jewish Cemetery on the Lido, first established in 1386. Unused since the end of the seventeenth century, when the "new" cemetery was opened, the old burial ground had become overgrown with vegetation and ...
10292.
Bangui, Central African Republic, 17-19 February 2000
Objectives
The National Workshop on World Heritage Education.The objective of the workshop was to familiarize teachers and educators with the World Heritage Education Resource Kit, discuss about possibilities to integrate World Heritage Education into the National school curriculum and to propose ameliorations to the ...
10293.
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, paid tribute to the great Brazilian architect, Oscar Niemeyer, who died on Wednesday, 5 December, at the age of 104.
"Oscar Niemeyer helped define the 20th century and lay the foundations for the 21st -- for all this, he deserves the title of universal artist. As a founder of modern architecture, he gave the cities he loved ...
10294.
June 5th is World Environment Day.
The foods we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink and the climate that makes our planet habitable all come from nature. These are exceptional times, and to care for ourselves we must care for nature. A few projects:
Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative
The conservation, sustainable exploitation and management of forest ...
10295.
10296.
10297.
Dubrovnick Restored
Spectacular Yosemite
Valparaiso, a Window on the Pacific
The Frankincense Trail
10298.
The project for the construction of the Augustow Canal, whose Belarusian part is situated in the territory of the present-day Hrodna Rayon, was initiated in early 19th century. It was designed for exporting grain and presumably timber to Baltic ports bypassing the territory of Eastern Prussia, which introduced excessively high taxes on goods shipped up the rivers Vistula ...
10299.
A large fortified city under the influence of the Parthian Empire and capital of the first Arab Kingdom, Hatra withstood invasions by the Romans in A.D. 116 and 198 thanks to its high, thick walls reinforced by towers.
The remains of the city, especially the temples where Hellenistic and Roman architecture blend with Eastern decorative features, attest to the greatness of ...
10300.
UNESCO will send a mission to the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, Peru, in view of concerns by the World Heritage Committee for the conservation of this outstanding Andean archaeological centre and its natural environment, inscribed as a mixed natural and cultural site on the World Heritage List in 1983.From 23 to 30 April, the UNESCO mission, which will include the ...
10301.
The Minister of Culture of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Shaikha Mai bint Mohammad Al Khalifa, has been named new Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee. She replaces the Minister of Culture of Brazil, João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, who has chaired the Committee for the past 12 months.
The Committee nominated Shaikha Mai bint Mohammad Al Khalifa by acclamation on the ...
10302.
On the occasion of the Mediterranean Week of Economic Leaders and in the framework of the XXIII General Assembly of the Association of the Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCAME) held on 26 November 2014, UNESCO received an award for promoting Mediterranean cultural heritage in the world and for its efforts to promote the tangible and intangible cultural ...
10303.
The Director-General of UNESCO strongly condemns the destruction of the Mar Elian monastery located in the Syrian town of al-Qaryatayn. The monastery is a major pilgrimage site for Syria’s Christian community, with yearly festivities in honor of Saint Elian drawing thousands of visitors.
“The intentional targeting and systematic destruction of the cultural heritage of ...
10304.
The World Heritage Centre has learned with great sadness of the recent passing of Larry Hamilton, a pioneer in nature conservation whose impact touched all the corners of the globe.
Larry was an exceptional educator, advisor, and pioneer of courses in forest ecology, watershed studies, interdisciplinary collaboration, and international resource issues at Cornell ...
10305.
The final online session of the World Heritage Site Managers' Forum centered around the crucial role of people in managing and preserving UNESCO World Heritage sites. With a focus on "Managing World Heritage - the People," the session brought together site managers, heritage professionals, and experts from around the world to discuss the challenges, opportunities, and ...
10306.
Germany,,The State Party submitted on 30 January 2007 the report on the restoration work carried out at the Anna Amalia Library following the fire of 3 September 2004. After the debris was removed all efforts focused on securing the structure. A project team, comprised of architects, structural engineers, experts on climate and wood protection as well as restorers of wood, ...
10307.
India,
Construction of a dam (issue resolved);
Bodo people insurgency;
Destruction of Park infrastructures;
Illegal removal of vegetation;
Poaching
,The Bureau recalled that at its eighteenth session, the World Heritage Committee took note of the information provided by the Indian Government through the Permanent Delegate that "if the representatives of the World ...
10308.
Sweden,,At the invitation of the Director of Monuments and Sites of the County Administration of ICOMOS and the World Heritage Centre, undertook a mission to Tanum in September 1998 to discuss the E6 road upgrading project, funded by the European Union.
The current E6 passes through the central-eastern part of the World Heritage site. The Swedish Road Administration ...
10309.
Egypt,
Earthquake in 1992 (issue resolved)
Restoration work (destruction and total reconstruction)
,· Restoration activities undertaken by the Ministry of Housing are ongoing for Bab El-Nasr, Bab El-Foutouh and the North Wall. At the same time some reconstruction and development is taking place in the Gamaliya district, involving non-pollutant handicraft ...
10310.
First Expert Meeting for Trans-national nomination of Amerindian Rock Art to the World Heritage List
Basse Terre, Guadeloupe,The World Heritage Centre organized a thematic "First Expert Meeting on Rock Art in the Caribbean and the UNESCO World Heritage List, for a possible serial trans-national nomination to World Heritage status of Amerindian Rock Art" in Basse Terre, Guadeloupe (3-6 May 2006). This meeting followed the thematic "International Seminar to identify ...
10311.
Robben Island, South Africa,This forum will address young people and seek to provide a sustainable platform for youth in Africa that could increase the involvement of youth in the promotion and protection of World Heritage in Africa, and also deliver essential feedback to UNESCO, the World Heritage Committee and the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) on youth challenges, ...
10312.
La Tapoa, Niger,The World Heritage Centre is now accepting proposals for oral presentations at the regional meeting on transboundary cooperation for effective management of World Heritage sites in Africa that will be held from 10 to 14 December 2018 in La Tapoa (Niger) at the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex World Heritage property.
Open to all parties concerned, this meeting will ...
10313.
Strasbourg, France, 29-30 January 2003
Objectives
The First teacher-training course organized in France since the beginning of the project in 1994.
The objective of the course was to familiarize the teachers with the educational concept of World Heritage and to initiate a strategy for World Heritage Education for the Alsace region.
Outcome
The teachers who had already used ...
10314.
This training workshop was organized from February 17 to March 4, 2004 in Cairo, Egypt and environs. It was aimed at identifying and developing human resources in the Arab Region in documenting World Heritage sites.The proposed workshops brought together young professionals nominated by regional state governments for training in basic and advanced recording, documentation ...
10315.
Table of Contents
Astronomy and World Heritage Astronomical heritage, or cultural heritage relating to the sky, recognizes the relationships between humanity and the cosmos.
From the Maya to the Inca and beyond These ancient cultures confronted their particular vision of the universe.
The heritage of Galileo 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei’s first astronomical ...
10316.
The property of Møns Klint is a 6 km coastal chalk cliff with exceptional geological and scenic qualities. The white cliffs consist of Cretaceous chalk that has been bulldozed up into one of the world’s largest glaciotectonic complexes by glaciers during the last ice age, c. 17.000 years ago. The coastal position with active wave erosion has exposed a spectacular ...
10317.
The Sacred City of Caral-Supe (Peru), the oldest centre of civilization in the Americas, was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee, chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO. The Committee also added the historic centre of the town of Levoča to the Slovak World ...
10318.
Spain,Restoration work after mining accident in 1998; Agriculture impacts; Extension of the National Park,By letter of 31 January 2005, the State Party submitted the proposal to extend the boundaries of the property in order to adjust them to the enlargement of the National Park under Spanish law.
In October 2004, the 3rd Expert Meeting on Hydrological Restoration ...
10319.
Argentina,Brazil,
Aggressive natural environment (issue resolved)
Need for increased subregional cooperation
,Upon the invitation of the World Monuments Fund (WMF), an interdisciplinary expert team visited the Jesuit Missions of the Guaranies in Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil from 16 to 26 October 2002. The UNESCO Regional Adviser for World Heritage participated in the ...
10320.
United States of America,
Water infrastructure (Quantity and quality of water entering the property)
Housing (Urban encroachment)
Surface water pollution and Pollution of marine waters (Agricultural fertilizer pollution, Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife)
Water infrastructure (Lowered water levels due to flood control measures)
Storms (Damage from ...
10321.
The Tswapong Hills Cultural Landscape is located in the eastern part of the Central District near the town of Palapye in Botswana. The area stretches over a 70km magnificent range of the Tswapong Hills. The Tswapong Hills are about 15km wide and rise 400m above their surroundings. The rocks of Tswapong Hills were formed 1800 million years ago within a major sedimentary ...
10322.
Pal-volgy cave of thermal water origin situated in the second district of the capital was discovered in 1904 while quarrying. Its explored length of 7.4 Km makes it the third longest cave of Hungary. A 500m section of it can be visited since 1919. The galleries of the maze system are decorated with characteristic dissolution forms and mineral precipitations as well as with ...
10323.
Mount Karkom is in the southern Negev desert at the northern edge of Nahal Paran and provides among the world's best examples of rock engravings. Access to the mountain is difficult because of its sheer cliffs, which rise about 300 meters above the surroundings. The prominent plateau, some 800 meters above sea level, can be reached by means of two main ancient paths: one ...
10324.
Paris - The World Heritage Committee will hold its 26th annual session from June 24 to 29 in Budapest, Hungary, during which it will inscribe new sites on the World Heritage List and review the List of World Heritage in Danger. The intergovernmental World Heritage Committee consists of 21 members elected by the General Assembly of the 172 States Parties to the World ...
10325.
On Friday, 27 August 2004, UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura and Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) President Katsuji Ebisawa held a public signing ceremony at NHK Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan to seal their new partnership agreement. Through the Heritage Images Archives Initiative, NHK is offering to contribute to the documenting and safeguarding of tangible and intangible ...
10326.
The First Expert/Stakeholder Meeting took place in Pompei (Italy) on 17 November 2012, within the framework of the project “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”. The meeting was funded by the Italian Government and managed ...
10327.
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day highlights women in the changing world of work, and sets our collective sights on the objective of making gender equality a reality by 2030.
Gender equality is an important priority for UNESCO’s work on heritage, creativity and cultural diversity. The equal participation, access and contribution to cultural life of women and ...
10328.
In the context of the 10th anniversary of the 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL Recommendation) and as part of the activities organised for the Metropolitan Plan for Prague, the City of Prague that includes the World Heritage property of the Historic Centre of Prague, hosted on March 24 the conference Integrating Urban Heritage in Urban ...
10329.
The Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting started in Europe and North America with a two-day online event (20-21 October) that brought together the national focal points for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the region.
In this year of the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention that UNESCO has chosen to celebrate under the theme ‘World Heritage ...
10330.
Peru,Water erosion and destabilisation of one of the main structures; No archaeological surveys conducted prior to the road construction in La Banda zone; Lack of a Master Plan.,On 28 January 2005, the World Heritage Centre received the State of Conservation report concerning the archaeological area of La Banda and the project for the rehabilitation of the road Tunel ...
10331.
Australia,Lack of implementation of the October 1990 Commonwealth / State agreement (issue resolved) ,At its twenty-second session, the Bureau was informed that a petroleum exploration permit had been granted by the State Government of West Australia (WA) for an, area located within the World Heritage site. The Observer of Australia assured the Bureau that no development ...
10332.
Romania,Need to establish a legislative framework for the protection of the site (issue resolved) ,The Ministry of Waters, Forest and Environmental Protection informed the Centre on 15 September 2000 that the accidental cyanide pollution (Baia Mare, 30 January 2000) did not bring any modification in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve ecosystems. The pollution wave ...
10333.
Nepal,
Construction of concrete foundations at the Maya Devi Temple site in December 1998
Need for a site conservation plan
Extremely harsh natural environment
Need for a sustainable drainage mechanism to prevent further degradation of the archaeological deposits
Usage of the pilgrimage property
,Although the state of conservation of this property has been regularly ...
10334.
Kyoto, Japan,First International Training Programme for Risk Management starts this autumn in Kyoto, under the leadership of Dr. Kanefusa Masuda, ICOMOS Member, Professor at Ritsumeikan University, Japan An International Training Course on Risk Management of Cultural Heritage will be held (22 October - 3 November 2006) in Kyoto, Japan, under the coordination of the ...
10335.
Lyon, France,The city of Lyon (France) and the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) will host a meeting on World Heritage cities and historic cities on 22-24 May 2013, for the 15th anniversary celebration of the inscription of the Historic Site of Lyons on the World Heritage List and the development of a management plan for this site.
This meeting is organized ...
10336.
Historic City of Ayutthaya, Thailand,The symposium was initiated in response to the decision of the World Heritage Committee on the state of conservation of the Historic City of Ayutthaya World Heritage Site.
The Committee recommended that Thailand hold “an international symposium, in collaboration with UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies, to debate on the conservation ...
10337.
Struga, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,The fourth Transboundary Platform Meeting of the project “Towards strengthened governance of the shared transboundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid region” will take place on 27 and 28 October 2016. This fourth meeting on transboundary cooperation is part of a European Union and UNESCO initiative aiming to ...
10338.
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris,The first two properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, City of Quito and Galápagos Islands, both in Ecuador, will be celebrated on 3 December 2018 at the UNESCO Headquarters, marking the 40th anniversary of their inscription on the World Heritage List in 1978.
The commemorative event, consisting of a conference and photographic ...
10339.
Coron Island is roughly equidistant from Manila and Puerto Princessa City. The Island has a rugged topography, generally mountainous and its terrain marked by steep rock and ravines. Almost 70% of the area made up of rocky cliffs, 25% is rolling hills and 5% relatively flat. Out of the total area, approximately 18% is occupied by the Tagbanua as residential and ...
10340.
In the pre-modern era, when the replication of historic styles had become meaningless, the mastery of artistic and stylistic traditions had become second-rate, and architecture's new technical possibilities demanded new forms, Lechner exploited the stylistic vacuum and produced a new independent regional style of construction, anticipating the great individuals of ...
10341.
During the Dorylaion war in 1097, I. Izzeddin Kilicarslan encamped in Odunpazari which later resulted in establishment of a new settlement in Eskisehir. “Odunpazari Historical Urban Site” is located at the northern slope of a series of hills, forming the southern boundary of Eskisehir Plain. The average slope of terrain is up to %25. This feature differentiates ...
10342.
The World Heritage Centre has just been informed that a Ministerial Order, signed on 1 September 2011, delivers to SOCO (South Africa Congo Oil) a Certificate of Environmental Acceptability in order to exercise an oil exploration campaign by the acquisition of aeromagnetic and aerogravimetric data in block V of the Albertine Rift (Virunga National Park), Democratic ...
10343.
European Union and UNESCO initiative: "Towards strengthened governance of the shared transboundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid Region"
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) is seeking to contract a consultant to develop and implement an integrated capacity-building programme with particular emphasis on management ...
10344.
Europe and North America region starts the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting exercise this September
As foreseen by the World Heritage Convention in its Article 29, Periodic Reporting is a global conservation monitoring mechanism that aims to give the key stakeholders of World Heritage properties, i.e. World Heritage site managers and focal points responsible for the implementation of the Convention at national level, an opportunity to reflect on the implementation of the ...
10345.
China,,On 3 November 2003, the Director-General of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China informed the Director of the World Heritage Centre of plans to build a new Suzhou Museum within the protective buffer zone of the World Heritage property. This new Museum construction project in the immediate vicinity of the Humble Administrator’s Garden in ...
10346.
Philippines,Need to raise public awareness and to ensure proper conservation measures,The Bureau of the World Heritage Committee, at its the twenty-first extraordinary session, took note of the report of the Secretariat on the state of conservation of the San Agustin Church in Paoay and the request for international assistance submitted by the Government of The Philippines ...
10347.
Cordoba, Spain,On 12, 13 and 14 September 2022, the World Heritage City Lab in Cordoba wrapped up the celebrations of the 10th Anniversary of the UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL Recommendation). The event was organised by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, World Monuments Fund Spain, and the Municipality of Cordoba, with the collaboration of ...
10348.
Table of Contents
In Focus
Revising the approach to urban conservation The capacity of historic cities to accommodate and benefit from the radical and rapid changes that accompany urban growth while maintaining heritage values is becoming a critical issue.
Towards social inclusion in urban settings More than half of the Earth’s population now lives in urban areas ...
10349.
Colombia,a) Construction of TRANSCARIBE, a new public transportation system and its impact on the wall;
b) Lack of a regulatory conservation management system for the property;
c) Impact of the harbour public works on the fortifications of Cartagena;
d) Need for urban regulations for the protected area;
e) Lack of a Management Plan.,The State Party submitted a state of ...
10350.
Portugal,Marina project,Previous deliberations:
Twenty-second session of the Committee, Chapter VII.39
Twenty-third session of the Bureau, Chapter IV.76
New information: The Portuguese authorities submitted in July and September 1999 substantive documentation on the project for the marina and the rehabilitation of the waterfront of Angra do Heroismo:
· On the ...
10351.
Documents
Score 2.53302
10352.
The rocky mass called Markovi Kuli are composed of numerous, diverse small denudation forms representing exceptionally fine sculpture of the relief. Similar shapes can be noted in the wider area of Prilep, from the area of Mariovo to Kajmakcalan, but such an intensive concentration and such diversity of micro relief forms as at Markovi Kuli have not been recorded so far in ...
10353.
Bangladesh,General threats:
a) Lack of capacity in conservation techniques;
b) Lack of management mechanism;
c) Lack of monitoring system;
d) Lack of human and financial resources.
Specific threats:
e) Negative impact of telephone tower built by the State Party within the property buffer zone on heritage and landscape value; Property boundaries and buffer zone ...
10354.
Niger,,On 30 January 2014, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1268/documents. Progress on the recommendations made by the Committee at the time of inscription is presented in this report, as follows:
A general inventory of the built environment and of the intangible heritage is in ...
10355.
Italy,a) Construction project of a highway extension in the vicinty of Villa Saraceno;
b) Uncontrolled development and urban encroachment in the Veneto region;,Dated 29 January 2010, a report on the state of conservation of the property was submitted by the State Party. The report gives detailed information on counter measures for protecting the Outstanding Universal Value ...
10356.
Lithuania,Russian Federation,
Potential pollution from the oil exploitation of the D-6 oil field in the Baltic Sea by the Russian Federation;
Lack of bilateral cooperation between Lithuania and the Russian Federation including joint assessment of environmental impact of the D-6 project.
,At the 29th session, both States Parties were requested to provide the World Heritage ...
10357.
Iran (Islamic Republic of),
Underground transportation infrastructure (Subway route under the historical axis of Esfahan)
Commercial development (issue resolved)
Housing
,On 30 November 2016 the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/115/documents, which provides information on the recommendations made by the ...
10358.
India,
Housing (Urban development in wider setting of Chittorgarh Fort)
Mining (Industrial mining activities in wider setting of Chittorgarh Fort)
Management systems / Management Plan (Interpretation strategy for the overall ensembles of palaces, temples and fortifications)
Management activities (Vulnerabilities of certain individual structures within the forts requiring ...
10359.
The complex of Amarbayasgalant Monastery was built during 1727-1736, in the honour of Undur Gegeen Zanabazar, the first Bogd, Buddhist leader of Mongolia. He was also a Founder of the Mongol School of religious art and created the minted Buddha Statues that are now highly respected and recognized worldwide. The architectures of this monastery are in perfect harmony with ...
10360.
United States of America,
Water infrastructure (quantity and quality of water entering the property)
Housing (urban encroachment)
Surface water pollution and Pollution of marine waters (agricultural fertilizer pollution, Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife)
Water infrastructure (lowered water levels due to flood control measures)
Storms (damage from ...
10361.
This large national park, composed of 720,000 hectares in the middle of the Alto Chaco, guarantees the conservation of the area’s natural processes and the protection of its important biodiversity. It is one of the first protected areas in Paraguay, created in 1975 with the purpose of conserving representative and unique samples of the Chaco in general. It protects ...
10362.
A site of ancient settlement of Kanka in the territorial and administrative attitude is located in 80 km in the southeast from Tashkent, in the southeastern outskirts of Eltamgali settlement. It is the ancient and one of the large city centers of Tashkent oasis. Kanka is the first capital of Chach state, small estate of Kanguy. Monumental fortification walls with towers ...
10363.
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today called on all parties involved in the conflict in Syria to safeguard the country’s cultural heritage and take all possible measures to avoid further destruction. The Director-General’s appeal followed a meeting of experts held at the Organization’s Headquarters today to examine an action plan aimed ...
10364.
A site of ancient settlement Ancient Pap and adjoining urban burial ground are located on the right bank of Syrdarya River. A site of ancient settlement has entered into the scientific literature under the name - Balandtepa (local population calls as Munchaktepa - Ayritom city). A site of ancient settlement Balandtepa (Bab-Pap) - ruins of ancient city, the area of more ...
10365.
La façade ouest de la montagne, non aménagée, est couverte d'une vegetation de type tropical tellement dense qu'il est difficile d'y accéder. Probablement un reste de forêt primitive disparue depuis des millénaires. Heureusement, la route s'arrête très tôt et là on peut voir toutes sortes de plantes : en bas pousse la banane, au milieu le café, au sommet le blé dur. Sa ...
10366.
Meeting in Kotor (Montenegro), in the heart of one of the first World Heritage properties, Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor, on 24 and 25 October 2023, the national focal points for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention and the representatives of the national cultural and natural heritage institutions of Southeast Europe took stock of the ...
10367.
United Republic of Tanzania,a) Development pressures;
b) Environmental pressures in relation with the Malindi port project;
c) Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness;
d) Visitors/ tourist pressures;
e) Lack of resources;
f) Lack of legal framework;,The State Party submitted a state of conservation report on 1 February 2012 that responds to the request made by the ...
10368.
Georgia,Lack of a management mechanism; insufficient coordination between the Georgian Church and the national authorities; need to re-define core and buffer zones.,Following the decision by the Committee, the State Party requested on 17 March 2005 to change the name of the property to the "Historical Monuments of Mtskheta".
The State Party submitted a detailed state ...
10369.
Peru,
Deliberate destruction of heritage (Deliberate demolition of historic buildings)
Ground transport infrastructure
Planned and ongoing development projects
Management systems/ management plan (lack of a Risk Preparedness Plan)
Lack of management plan (issue resolved)
Housing - Uncontrolled urban development
,On 14 December 2017, the State Party submitted a state of ...
10370.
Bolivia (Plurinational State of),
Legal framework (inefficient enforcement of protective legislation)
Management systems/ management plan
Mining (potential degradation of the historic site by continued and uncontrolled mining operations in the Cerro Rico Mountain)
Surface water pollution
Instability and risk of collapse of the Cerro Rico
Deficiencies in conservation: ...
10371.
Young People's Appeal from Dubrovnik
We, the young people "Patrimonitos" (heritage protectors), as we call ourselves, are so happy to be here in the World Heritage City of Dubrovnik. During this forum we became aware of the importance of preserving our heritage which we consider to be our treasure, and we discussed our ideas for protecting the World heritage with the ...
10372.
Documents
Score 2.531526
10373.
WHC-12/36.COM/17
10374.
Documents
Score 2.531526
10375.
10376.
10377.
10378.
10379.
Documents
Score 2.531526
10380.
10381.
10382.
10383.
Spain,a) Urban development pressure (Projects at “Huerto de las Adoratrices”, “Plaza de los Bandos” and “Vaguada de la Palma”);
b) Lack of comprehensive Management Plan.,Since 2002, the World Heritage Committee has been expressing concern about the lack of a comprehensive Management Plan and various urban development projects, in ...
10384.
Costa Rica,Panama,
Construction of hydroelectric dams near the property in Panama and associated effects (greater human presence near the property, interruption of aquatic species migratory corridor)
Encroachment (settlements, cattle ranching)
Planned road construction, which would traverse the property on the side of Panama
,On 3 February 2016, a joint report on the state ...