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Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Буркина-Фасо بوركينا فاسو 布基纳法索 Burkina Faso
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Norway Norvège Noruega Норвегия النرويج 挪威 The Kingdom of Norway
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The wooden churches of southern Little Poland represent outstanding examples of the different aspects of medieval church-building traditions in Roman Catholic culture. Built using the horizontal log technique, common in eastern and northern Europe since the Middle Ages, these churches were sponsored by noble families and became status symbols. They offered an alternative ...
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Le paysage culturel des Plantations à Parfums des Iles de la Lune est un paysage culturel évolutif vivant qui conserve un rôle social actif dans la société contemporaine, et qui demeure étroitement associé au mode de vie traditionnel des populations rurales comoriennes et dans lequel le processus évolutif continue. La culture de plantes à parfums est une caractéristique ...
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Le bien proposé pour inscription est le village de sidi Bou Saïd, un village côtier de la rive sud de la Méditerranée, installé sur un promontoire surplombant Carthage et le golfe de Tunis et offrant des vues panoramiques sur le Cap Bon (Promontoire de Mercure) et les îles Zembra et Zembretta (les Aegimures) au nord-est, et le Cap de Sidi Ali Mekki (Promontoire d’Apollon) ...
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In relation to boundaries for effective protection, paragraphs 99-102 of the Operational Guidelines state:
‘99. The delineation of boundaries is an essential requirement in the establishment of effective protection of nominated properties. Boundaries should be drawn to incorporate all the attributes that convey the Outstanding Universal Value and to ensure the integrity ...
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The Chirundu Fossil Forest National Monument site contains fossilised or petrified tree trunks of the Karoo age. It is situated in customary land of Chief Sikoongo of the Gwembe District in the Southern Province of Zambia and is 21 kilometres from the Chirundu border which forms a boundary with Zimbabwe.
The site has superb fossilised tree trunks measuring up to 1.2m in ...
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Burkina Faso joined the rank of countries that have World Heritage properties on their territory with the inscription of the Ruins of Loropéni on UNESCO’s List on Friday.
The 11,130m2 property, the first to be inscribed in the country, with its imposing stone walls is the best preserved of ten fortresses in the Lobi area and is part of a larger group of 100 ...
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‘Other specific groups’ may for example include gender-specific groups, communities who might not visit or reside in or near properties but are still stakeholders, civil society etc.
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Azerbaijan Azerbaïdjan Azerbaiyán Азербайджан أذربيجان 阿塞拜疆 The Azerbaijani Republic
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Central African Republic République centrafricaine República Centroafricana Центральноафриканская Республика جمهورية أفريقيا الوسطى 中非共和国 The Central African Republic
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Holy See Saint-Siège Santa Sede *Святой Престол الكرسي الرسولي 教廷 Holy See
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Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Kazajstán Казахстан كازاخستان 哈萨克斯坦 The Republic of Kazakstan
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Pakistan Pakistan Pakistán Пакистан باكستان 巴基斯坦 The Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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Slovenia Slovénie Eslovenia Словения سلوفينيا 斯洛文尼亚 The Republic of Slovenia
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WHC-13/19.GA/10
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WHC/17/21.GA/9
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WHC/19/22.GA/10
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WHC/19/22.GA/10
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In general, the karst landscape is hilly and has mountainous terrains. The mountainous area is situated in the north east or located in the Bulusaraung Mountains. The highest peak of the mountain is 1,565 m above sea level in the northern side of Bulusaraung Mountain. This side of the mountain has a steep slope with rough texture. The climate in the Maros Pangkep area is ...
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Gulluk Dagi National Park is located within the province of Antalya in a valley hidden between mountains.
There is the ancient fortified city of Termessos rising 1050 m above the sea level. The ancient city of Termessos was found by the Solims who lived in the Psidia Region. Although there are nofacts available about Termessos and Solims, they are natured by Homer in the ...
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Shokhimardon is located in the northern large slope of the Alay ridge in the medium mountain zones of the name river basin. The territory has rich and in many respects unique recreational potential. Aesthetic value of natural complexes has recognized long ago and it attracts many tourists. There are some large glaciers, huge mountain rivers and high-mountain lakes.Natural ...
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For the second time during 2010, news of massive floods across Central Europe is causing great concern to the World Heritage community, for their impacts on the border region between the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland.
In particular, the flooding has affected the castles and gardens of the transboundary World Heritage site of the Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski ...
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The Northern Luzon of the Philippines was severely affected by Typhoon Pedrin (International Name: Nesat) which crossed the region on Tuesday 27 September. Its trajectory passed across the Ifugao Province and has, according to preliminary reports, caused major mud and landslides within the area of the World Heritage property of the Rice Terraces in the Philippine ...
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Over the last several months,the World Heritage Centre has been receiving numerous messages from citizens and NGOs expressing their concern regarding the A303 tunnel project, located within the boundaries of the World Heritage property “Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites”, and the adverse impact it may have on the landscape, archaeological remains, and hydrogeology ...
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The UNESCO Chair for World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Management in the Arab Region at the German University of Technology in Oman GUtech, and the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) in Bahrain, are pleased to invite academics, professionals and policymakers to participate in their upcoming international Conference Opportunities for Heritage: Fostering ...
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Peru,
Major urban rehabilitation projects
Institutional cooperation to be improved
,At its twentieth session in June 1996, the Bureau took note of information provided by the Secretariat regarding projects in the historical city of Cuzco that could have a negative impact on the World Heritage values of the site. It invited the authorities to establish appropriate planning ...
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Albania,,Studies and minor restoration works have been carried out at Butrint. These activities were funded by UNESCO (PROCEED) and the British Butrint Foundation. In addition, the World Bank is continuing its studies related to the economic development (tourism) of the Albanian Ionic Coast around the World Heritage site that is across the straight from Corfu. Albania's ...
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Peru,
Dam construction;
Power line development;
Wild fires (issue resolved);
Encroachment;
Urbanization of the valley;
Helicopters flights
,Previous deliberations:
Twenty-second session of the Committee - Chapter VII.29
Twenty-third session of the Bureau - Chapter IV.50
New information: The Bureau at its twenty-third session requested the World Heritage Centre, IUCN ...
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India,
Construction of two suspension bridges
Major increase in heavy goods traffic
Dismantling and reconstruction of an important historic monument
Serious problems in the implementation of cultural heritage policies and regulations
,A sub-national workshop to take place on-site in Hampi (October 2000) on enhanced management of World Heritage sites in India was being ...
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Paris, France,This round table is being organized on the occasion of World AIDS Day 2004 as part of the joint UNESCO/UNAIDS project “A Cultural Approach to HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care”, in co-operation with the International organization of Migration (IOM) and CRIPS Ile-de-France (Regional centre for Aids information and prevention).
The round table will bring ...
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Krakow (Poland),Within the HERMES Project, this is the second of four symposiums to be held and sixteen partners from eight countries will join forces in order to promote processes of regional development. This is to be achieved by means of innovative interactions between cultural heritage and New Media. HERMES’s budget totals 2 million Euros for a period of three years ...
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Penang, Malaysia,The objective of this third sub-regional South-East Asian Teacher Training Workshop is to bring educators and heritage experts together in order to reinforce regional networks and promote innovative teaching methods and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Following on from the two previous workshops which took place in Sukhothai (Thailand) in 2000 ...
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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,Within the Framework of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting of Latin America and the Caribbean, the World Heritage Centre/Latin America and Caribbean Unit, in cooperation with the Government of the Dominican Republic and the UNESCO Office in Havana, is organizing a sub-regional meeting for the Caribbean in Santo Domingo, Dominican ...
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Pompei (Italy),The First Expert/Stakeholder Meeting will take 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”. This meeting is funded by the Italian ...
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Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico,From 22 to 25 October 2013, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) with the cooperation of the Mexican Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) and the United Mexican States, and the National Council for Culture and Arts (CONACULTA) will hold an international ...
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Italy,The Preventive and Planned Conservation Conference 2014 seeks a diverse and comprehensive program covering more areas of Preventive and Planned Conservation of Built Cultural Heritage. This conference is one of the communication and dissemination actions implemented within Cultural Districts “Monza and Brianza” and “Le Regge dei ...
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,The workshop will apply a participatory methodology based upon the UNESCO World Heritage Resource Manual: Managing Disaster Risks for World Heritage (2010). Special focus will be devoted to geohazards risk preparedness, with particular emphasis on landslides, seismic events, floods, and wild fires, through the participation of an interdisciplinary team of highly qualified ...
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Twelve projects have been selected as pioneers of the World Heritage Volunteers 2008 and to make use of the Patrimonito mascot, symbolizing young heritage guardian, to educate the public about World Heritage protection and conservation.
The project gathers participants between 16 and 30 years old from different countries around a common project requiring collective effort ...
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Située à une quarantaine de kilomètres au sud de Beyrouth, Saida est la capitale du Liban sud. Le centre historique de la cité, limité au Nord par le port de pêche et au Sud par le tell ancien, est constitué d’un ensemble de monuments médiévaux et ottomans défendus par deux citadelles, le château de la mer et le château de la terre.
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Tokyo, Japan,the Sixth Expert Working Group for the Preservation of the Bamiyan Site is organized by UNESCO (Kabul Office in close collaboration with WHC) and National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Japan (NRICP) inTokyo from 20 to 22 January 2008
Within the framework of Japanese Funds-in Trust project for the Safeguarding Bamiyan site, much ...
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Dans le complexe spatial formé du Grand Erg Occidental et de la vallée de la Saoura la stratification dans le temps de l’action anthropique a donné lieu à un modèle original d’implantation d’oasis où le cadre naturel et les interventions dues à l’homme concourent à la formation de l’écosystème. L’oued Saoura a été défini comme un « événement unique dans tout le Sahara ...
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According to 34.1 of ‘Rule 34 Decisions’ of the Rules of Procedure of the World Heritage Committee, ‘The Committee shall adopt such decisions and recommendations as it may deem appropriate’.
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Papua New Guinea Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée Papua Nueva Guinea Папуа-Новая Гвинея بابوا غينيا الجديدة 巴布亚新几内亚 Papua New Guinea
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Sibiu was colonized by Saxon settlers in the mid-12th century. They were invited to Transylvania by the Hungarian King Geza II (1141-1162), in order to defend and administer the kingdom's border territory. The earliest written records date from 1191. From 1366 onwards the city became known by the Saxon community as Hermannstadt.
Although Sibiu is an ancient settlement ...
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The World Heritage Committee at its twenty-third session held in Marrakesh (Morocco) from 29 November to 4 December 1999, adopted the conclusions and recommendations of the mission of international experts sent to the Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (Mexico). The Committee endorsed the main findings of the mission's report which "concluded that the World Heritage site under ...
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In light of escalated violence in the vicinity of several historic urban areas in Syria, the Director-General reiterates her appeal of 30 March 2012, to all parties involved in the conflict to protect all Syrian cultural heritage.
UNESCO is particularly alarmed over reports of heavy fighting in Aleppo, which ancient city is a World Heritage site. Strategically positioned ...
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On 16 November 2015, the 38th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO adopted a resolution proclaiming May 5th as African World Heritage Day, in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of UNESCO’s decision to create the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) (2006-2016).
This Resolution, in line with UNESCO’s Priority Africa programme, is aimed to increase international ...
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,iSimangaliso has partnered with race organisers Zululand Multisports Club (ZMSC) and the St Lucia Rate Payers for the iSimangaliso St Lucia Half Marathon. The 21.1km and 10km races are registered with KZN Athletics and entrants for these races must be 15 years old or older, and there is also a race for younger children.
The St Lucia Half is one of three challenges ...
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Philipsburg, St. Maarten,Contributing to the 2014 International Year for the Small Islands Developing States (SIDS 2014), UNESCO and the Government of St. Maarten, through the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Affairs will host a meeting on Capacity Building on Heritage Conservation in the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The main objective ...
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WHC-15/39.COM/All
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WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.9C Assessment of the Jabiluka Project: Report of the Supervising Scientist to the World Heritage Committee
WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.9C
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Bulgaria Bulgarie Bulgaria Болгария بلغاريا 保加利亚 The Republic of Bulgaria
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Chile Chili Chile Чили شيلي 智利 The Republic of Chile
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Egypt Égypte Egipto Египет مصر 埃及 The Arab Republic of Egypt
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Panama Panama Panamá Панама بنما 巴拿马 The Republic of Panama
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Après avoir abdiqué à Fontainebleau et obtenu la souveraineté de l'île d'Elbe, Napoléon débarque à Golfe-Juan (France), le 1er mars 1815. Il atteint Paris le 20 mars et lève une armée de 200.000 hommes pour affronter les troupes anglaises et prussiennes massées en Belgique. Son objectif est d'affronter chaque adversaire séparément avant de se rendre maître de ...
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These two large Etruscan cemeteries reflect different types of burial practices from the 9th to the 1st century BC, and bear witness to the achievements of Etruscan culture. Which over nine centuries developed the earliest urban civilization in the northern Mediterranean. Some of the tombs are monumental, cut in rock and topped by impressive tumuli (burial mounds). Many ...
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Le passé d'Arwad, I'antique « Aradus », la petite île de 800 mètres de long sur 500 mètres de large, interpelle sans arrêt celui de Tartus, I'antique « Antaradus », qui lui face sur le continent. Antaradus ne signifie-t-il pas, en effet, la ville qui est en face d'Aradus ? Arwad possède, cependant, l'insigne privilège de remonter plus haut dans ...
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The National Park Ciénaga de Zapata and the Speleological-Lacustrine System, located in the central South region of the island of Cuba, are part of the largest wetland in the Caribbean Islands. The two sites are internationally acknowledged as Reserve of the Biosphere and RAMSAR Sites for their high biodiversity and geo diversity values at global level.
The most relevant ...
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L’église catholique d’Ambodifotatra est le couronnement de dix ans de missions d’évangélisation (1837 à 1847) du Père Pierre Dalmond à Madagascar, principalement à Sainte Marie, Nosy-Be, Tuléar ainsi qu’aux Comores, à Mayotte.
C’est la première église catholique en dur construite à Madagascar, un monument historique qui se trouve sur l’Ile Sainte Marie au large de la côte ...
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Le bien proposé pour inscription comprend le pont routier enjambant la gorge du Salgina entre Schiers et Schuders, dans le canton des Grisons, ainsi que son environnement immédiat.
Cet ouvrage d'art a été réalisé à la suite d'un concours architectural lancé en 1928, trois ans après la levée de l'interdiction de circulation des véhicules privés dans le canton des Grisons. ...
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Malaysia,,In June 2008, the World Heritage Centre and IUCN were informed that the State Government of Sarawak may have planned some hydropower projects (2008-2020) in the rainforests of Borneo in Malaysia. The issues of concern include the development of dams that could flood a portion of the property, and the marginalisation of indigenous communities and their land rights ...
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The World Heritage Fund is used to provide international assistance to States Parties in the following areas: preparatory assistance for the nomination of sites, training activities, technical cooperation, emergency assistance, or promotional and educational activities.
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All applications for professional or internship opportunities must be sent to UNESCO. Please consult the UNESCO website for information about career opportunities and apply online.
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Refers to the conservation, preservation and restoration of cultural property, as well as to its protection against vandalism, theft and removal from country of origin.
Source: http://vocabularies.unesco.org/browser/thesaurus/en/page/concept274
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Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Коста-Рика كوستاريكا 哥斯达黎加 The Republic of Costa Rica
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Kenya Kenya Kenya Кения كينيا 肯尼亚 The Republic of Kenya
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Romania Roumanie Rumania Румыния رومانيا 罗马尼亚 Romania
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Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint-Kitts-et-Nevis Saint Kitts y Nevis Сент-Китс и Невис سانت كيتس ونيفس 圣基茨和尼维斯 Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint-Vincent-et-les Grenadines San Vicente y las Granadinas Сент-Винсент и Гренадины سانت فنسنت وجزر غرينادين 圣文森特和格林纳丁斯 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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United Arab Emirates Émirats arabes unis Emiratos Árabes Unidos Объединенные Арабские Эмираты الإمارات العربية المتحدة 阿拉伯联合酋长国 United Arab Emirates
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WHC-11/18.GA/7
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WHC-13/37.COM/13
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WHC-15/39.COM/9B
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WHC-13/37.COM/12
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Mausoleum was erected in the XVI century above the grave of Ostana settlement founder Sheikh-Mukhtar-Vali, who was died in 1287. The Mausoleum has longitudinal shape, one of the most ancient of such kind. The composition of this multy-cupola and multy-volumetric monument was built on the long axis from east to west. The plan of the construction has not definite geometric ...
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The Symposium, an activity of the World EXPO 2005 in Aichi, Japan has opened today at the United Nations University, Tokyo, and will continue until 2 June. It aims to highlight the interrelationship between the natural and cultural diversity of our planet. Bringing culture and nature closer together in a comprehensive approach, the symposium will present case studies on ...
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Over the last several weeks, the World Heritage Centre has received numerous messages from citizens expressing their concerns regarding a car park project within the World Heritage property “Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar”, and the adverse impact it may have on the serial property. The concerned area is ...
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Niger,Armed conflict,The Bureau recalled that the Committee, at its sixteenth session, included this site in the List of World Heritage in Danger because it was concerned that the region in which it is situated has been affected by civil unrest and that six members of the Reserve staff were being held hostage since February 1992.
The Bureau deeply regretted that two of ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Reconstruction works,Tekiya Suleymaniah:
In August 1997, three UNESCO experts undertook a mission to the site in co-operation with the Syrian authorities and jointly examined the offers to the tender that the Ministry of Awqaf had launched for the underground consolidation work of Tekiya Suleymaniah. Since no appropriate offers to the tender were ...
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Portugal,,The Bureau at its twenty-second session took note of a report on the impact of works at the River Douro on the World Heritage values of the site of Porto. In response, the State Party by letter dated 16 November 1998, informed that:
- the works would be undertaken at three kilometres distance from the World Heritage site
- due to the distance and the ...
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Bulgaria,
Upstream Iron Gates dam
Deterioration of the water quality
Impact of upstream pig farms
Loss of biodiversity
,At its twenty-fourth ordinary session from 26 June to 1 July 2000, the Bureau noted that a cyanide spill in the Danube River had been contained without any major impacts to the integrity of the site. Nevertheless, the Bureau had encouraged the State Party ...
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Nepal,
Construction of concrete foundations at the Maya Devi Temple site in December 1998
Need for a site conservation plan
Extremely harsh natural environment
,The Centre received an international assistance request from the Nepalese authorities for the organisation of the International Technical Meeting to discuss and initiate alternative draft conceptual designs for ...
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,In the context of Chandigarh's nomination to the World Heritage List, as part of the serial nomination of "The Architectural and Urban Work of Le Corbusier", the World Heritage Centre in cooperation with the Chandigarh authorities, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the UNESCO New Delhi office has organized a 3-day technical workshop on site management and ...
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Kyoto, Japan,Course will take place 3-15 November 2008, Kyoto, Japan
The Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto is organizing the 3rd International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage from 3 to 15 November 2008, in cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and ...
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Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain,Thanks to the generous invitation of the Kingdom of Bahrain, fourteen out of the eighteen States Parties from the Arab Region met in Manama to launch the second cycle of the Periodic Reporting decided by the World Heritage Committee at its 32nd session in Quebec City (July 2008).
Two days of the meeting were devoted to training for the drafting ...
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,This international colloquium, sponsored by the German Research Association (DFG), is held at the Technical University Dresden in association with ICOMOS from 13 to 14 June 2014. It will for the first time address the issues of Integrating Heritage Conservation and Flood Control Concepts along rivers and streams.
Increasingly frequent disasters ...
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UNESCO Headquarters,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre invited representatives of StatesParties to the World Heritage Convention to participate in an information and exchange meeting on the 39th session, which will take place from 28 June to 8 July in Bonn, Germany.
After a welcome note by the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, Prof. Maria Bohmer, the German ...
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,The World Heritage Centre will be hosting an online information session on 3 September 2020 for the UNESCO Field Offices, Category 2 Centres in Asia and the Pacific and the Advisory Bodies, in preparation of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting in the APA region.
On 3 September 2020, the World Heritage Centre will host an online information session with the UNESCO Field ...
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,In the framework of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting, which started in the Africa region in September 2019, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in close collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund and UNESCO Field Offices, is organising a final regional online workshop for National Focal Points of the Africa region to present the outcomes of Periodic Reporting ...
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,On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH), and in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, ARC-WH is delighted to announce the week-long event, World Heritage Days. Each activity is catered towards highlighting the importance of celebrating and preserving World ...
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Chott El Jerid est situé dans la partie continentale du sud-ouest du pays. Site partagé entre le Gouvernorat de Tozeur et le Gouvernorat de Kebili. Villes les plus proches : Tozeur (au nord- ouest) et Kebili (au sud-est). Il s'étend sur une superficie de 586.187ha.
Le Chott El Jerid est une vaste dépression salée, située entre la chaîne de montagnes du Cherb au nord et le ...
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Batroun est une ville de la côte méridionale du Liban. Se situant à environ 54 km au nord de Beyrouth, elle s’étend sur un promontoire rocheux, avec une superficie de 4.68km².
Cette ville a été occupée de façon continue depuis le bronze ancien jusqu’à nos jours.
En effet, les travaux archéologiques qui ont eu lieu récemment au centre de la ville ancienne de Batroun ont ...
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Aperçu historique
Le parc national d'El Feijaa été investi par l'homme depuis ng=" préhistoire, à savoir il y a 10.000 ans (le néolithique). La présence des silex et des obsidiennes taillés atteste de cette présence. L'appropriation préhistorique de ce site est encore plus attestée par des traces de peintures rupestres dans les creux du Rocher de Kef Negcha, qui ...
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According to Paragraph 23 of the 'Policy Document for the Integration of a Sustainable Development Perspective into the Processes of the World Heritage Convention' (World Heritage Sustainable Development Policy), "Gender equality is one of UNESCO’s two global priorities. The UNESCO Priority Gender Equality Action Plan (2014-2021), moreover, requires Member States and the ...
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Cultural heritage is defined in Article 1 of the World Heritage Convention.
'For the purposes of this Convention, the following shall be considered as "cultural heritage";
- monuments: architectural works, works of monumental sculpture and painting, elements or structures of an archaeological nature, inscriptions, cave dwellings and combinations of features, which are of ...
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CLT/WHC-11/17
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Historical documents show that the sinking method of the Karez wells inside Xinjiang including the Western Region was introduced by the Han people. The majority of the ethnic minorities of the northwest borderland hadn't mastered the sinking technology by that time. It was Lin Zexu that stood out among all the people who advocated and promoted the Karez wells as the ...
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Khazarasp is one of the most ancient cities of Central Asia. Many ancient authors of East At-Tabbari (XI century), Arabian historian Al-Istakhri (X century), Beykhaki (XI), Djuveni (XIII century) and many other were mentioned about this city. It is a coeval to Memphis, Rome, Athenes, Merv, Samarkand, Bukhara and many other cities.Khazarasp was the main advanced post of ...
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CLT/WHC-11/21
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CLT/WHC-12/18
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Near Lake General Carrera, to the east of the southern Andes, there are manifestations of rupestrian art constituting the so-called "Patagonian Art Style", which is the oldest in South America. Its best known representations are those of hands, the scenes depicting guanacos, and the frets which, although ill preserved, reach up to some eaves of the pempas region stretching ...
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On 15 December, the Representatives of Italy, Jordan, UNESCO, INTERPOL, UNODC officially opened an exhibition on the protection of cultural heritage that will be displayed at the United Nations Headquarters from 14 to 24 December.
The exhibition is co-organized by Italy, Jordan, UNESCO, INTERPOL and UNODC with the aim to highlight the new partnership to act together ...
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new sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List
Nominations to be examined Cultural properties Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque, Renaissance Hydraulic Complex in America (Mexico) Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalu and Monreale (Italy) Baekje Historic Areas (Republic of Korea) Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) (Jordan) Bet She’arim ...
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Cambodia,
Inadequate protective legislation;
Inadequately staffed national protection agency;
No permanent boundaries established and defined buffer zones;
Need for monitoring and coordination of the international conservation effort
,In the framework of assistance provided by the UNESCO Secretariat to the Cambodian authorities, to enable them to honour the ...
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Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan,The 10th expert working group meeting for the preservation of the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley World Heritage property, will be held in Tokyo from 6 to 8 December 2011, followed by two public symposiums concerning Bamiyan on 9 and 11 December, in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan.
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is ...
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Turin, Italy,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre will be holding the 3rd Expert Working Group Meeting for the Old City of Herat and the Archaeological Remains of the Jam World Heritage Site at the Museo d'Arte Orientale in Turin, Italy, from 4 to 6 September 2012. More than 20 world-famous experts, as well as representatives of donor countries, Afghan experts and high-ranking ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre will organize a photographic exhibition “The Preservation of the World Heritage Site of the Koguryo Tombs and Mural Paintings of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 2001-2012” from 12 to 26 October 2012 at Salle des Pas Perdus, UNESCO Headquarters, in Paris.
Over the last decade, ...
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Baku, Azerbaijan,In the framework of the implementation of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting in Europe and North America, the World Heritage National Focal Points for Periodic Reporting from the Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe countries met in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 29 to 31 October 2013.
The workshop included a practical training session on the use ...
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,In July 2021, the UNESCO Office in Almaty, in close cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and three Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Convention (ICCROM, ICOMOS, IUCN), will organize a series of online capacity-building webinars for individuals and organizations responsible for the management of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage sites in Central ...
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Les forêts humides sont principalement localisées dans la partie orientale de Madagascar, à l'Est de la ligne de partage des eaux. Cependant des blocs forestiers relativement grands sont éparpillés sur le Haut Plateau central et dans la partie septentrionale de l'île. Le climat est de type tropical humide, caractérisé par des précipitations abondantes. Du nord vers ...
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Il s’agit de biens funéraires produits d’une brillante civilisation originale à la fois africaine et méditerranéenne.
Ces monuments royaux représentent une sélection d’exemples remarquables de sépultures remontant à des périodes variées et issues de régions différentes. Ils témoignent de la diversité des conceptions architecturales et techniques ...
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Le site de Nosy Lonjo est un site mixte. Il se trouve à l’extrême-Nord de Madagascar dans la baie de Diégo-Suarez, Commune Ramena, District d’Antsiranana. Nosy Lonjo est un îlot d’origine volcanique, de forme conique de 122 mètres de hauteur et d’une superficie de 4,5 hectares. Il est constitué par des bancs de calcaire nummulitique détachés de la montagne dénommée ...
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Saada est une des plus anciennes cites médiévales du Yémen, d'une grande importance pour sa valeur historique, architecturale, urbaine et spirituelle.
Saada fondée par l'Imam AI-Hadi Yaya au 9ème siècle, devient le berceau du "zaydisme", puissante école spirituelle de la pensée musulmane du Yémen. Elle prospère, habitée sans interruption dans un schéma médiéval avec une ...
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We are happy to publish this special issue dedicated to the World Heritage sites of the Russian Federation on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, which the Committee will be celebrating at its meeting in Saint Petersburg on 25 June 2012.
The inscription of both cultural and natural sites on the World Heritage List has progressed rapidly ...
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List of wetlands which have been designated by the Parties to the Ramsar Convention as internationally important according to one or more of the criteria that have been adopted by the Conference of the Parties.
Source(s): www.ramsar.org
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Protection and management of World Heritage properties, as outlined in the Operational Guidelines should ensure that the OUV, the conditions of integrity and/or authenticity at the time of inscription are maintained or enhanced in the future (Paragraph 96).
Source(s): Managing Natural World Heritage
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Colombia Colombie Colombia Колумбия كولومبيا 哥伦比亚 The Republic of Colombia
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Micronesia (Federated States of) Micronésie (États fédérés de) Micronesia (Estados Federados de) Микронезия (Федеративные Штаты) ميكرونيزيا (ولايات ــ الموحدة) 密克罗尼西亚（联邦） The Federated States of Micronesia
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Ukraine Ukraine Ucrania Украина أوكرانيا 乌克兰 Ukraine
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Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Venezuela (République bolivarienne du) Venezuela (República Bolivariana de) Венесуэла (Боливарианская Республика) فنزويلا (جمهورية - البوليفارية) 委内瑞拉（玻利瓦尔共和国） The Republic of Venezuela
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L’Aurès est limité à l’ouest par la grande dépression de Batna à l’est par la vallée de l’oued El Arab et tombant brutalement au dessus des plaines sur ses faces nord et sud. Ses crêtes culminent au nord est à plus de 2000 m.Une végétation très variée traduit des contrastes climatiques comme il y en a peu en Algérie. Le versant nord porte des chênes verts et en altitude , ...
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Apamée est l'une des plus importantes villes construites dans le Nord de la Syrie à l'époque Séleucide. Un recensement du début de l'époque romaine (an 6-7 après J.C.) lui attribue une population de 117 000 habitants. C'était en effet une époque où elle jouait un rôle commercial et surtout militaire assez accentué comme base centrale de grande importance stratégique ...
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These two Byzantine monasteries in the Tumanian region from the period of prosperity during the Kiurikian dynasty (10th to 13th century) were important centres of learning. Sanahin was renown for its school of illuminators and calligraphers. The two monastic complexes represent the highest flowering of Armenian religious architecture, whose unique style developed from a ...
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Mari est un site archéologique de première importance. La ville date d'environ 2900 ans av. J.C. Ce fut par excellence, la cité-Etat royale du lIle millénaire dont la découverte à partir de 1933 puis celle d'Ebla à partir de 1963, ont bouleversé nos connaissances sur la Syrie de l'âge du Bronze basées jusqu'alors sur le peu de renseignements tirés des inscriptions ...
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La Route du Sel part de l'Air traverse le désert du Ténéré et arrive enfin à Bilma où se trouvent les salines, lieu d'extraction du sel indispensable aux transactions. Cette route a fait l'objet d'un commerce caravanier pendant plusieurs siècles.Au cœur de la transaction : l'échange du mil contre du sel et des dattes. Les Touareg Kel Ewey sont les plus ...
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World Heritage is the designation for places on earth that are of Outstanding Universal Value to humanity and as such, have been inscribed on the World Heritage List to be protected for future generations to appreciate and enjoy.
Source(s): https://whc.unesco.org/en/faq/19
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Prevention: Measures taken to reduce the likelihood of losses. Ideally, these measures would seek to reduce losses to zero, but this often is not possible. Key question: How much prevention do you need to undertake.
Source(s): Managing Disaster Risks for World Heritage
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‘Project costs’ refer to short to medium-term funding for specific and defined projects (including major projects), which are not considered part of day-to-day running costs. Running costs include costs for day to day management, maintenance and conservation.
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According to Article 65 of the Operational Guidelines, “States Parties are encouraged to re-examine and re-submit their Tentative List at least every ten years.”
Source(s): Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention
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