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Antananarivo fut appelée Analamanga — la « forêt bleue » — jusqu’en 1610, année où le roi merina Andrianjaka fit construire son palais sur la plus haute colline de la ville (à plus de 1 300 m d’altitude) et y bâtit le tout premier Rova avec le palais Besakana pour y poster une garnison de 1 000 hommes. L’ancienne Analamanga prend alors le nom d’Antananarivo : la « ville ...

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 ...

,On the occasion of the 24th anniversary of the declaration of the Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán as a World Heritage Site, Monte Albán Archeological Centre hosts the exhibition "Gente de Nubes en Tierra de Encuentros".

Tansen, the capital of Palpa district, is a typical traditional town of Western Nepal located at an altitude of 1372 meters on the southern slope of the Shreenagar hill. The history of Tansen started from around the 11th Century AD when the region was part of the Bara Magarat, the twelve territories administered by the Magar rulers. The town developed as a market centre ...

The high valleys of the Pisuerga and Ebro rivers, in the North of Castilla y León and the South of Cantabria regions, preserve a high number of Romanesque buildings, reaching almost a hundred monuments of this style or with important architectural or sculptural remains. These works of medieval architecture and sculpture from the 11th and 12th centuries and part of the 13th ...

Spain,a) Urban development pressure b) Lack of comprehensive management plan,At its 32nd session (Quebec City, 2008), the World Heritage Committee expressed its concern about the lack of progress made with the integrated management plan for the property and about the changes made to the “Huerto de las Adoratrices” project. It requested that the State Party ...

Honduras, Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities (settlements, livestock grazing and agricultural encroachment, drug trafficking, logging, commercial fishing, poaching and wildlife trade) Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion (deforestation and forest degradation) Legal ...

The Founding of Chiang Mai Chiang Mai was purposefully created by King Mangrai in AD.1296 to be the political, economic, social and cultural center of his newly expanded and integrated kingdom of the Tai people, called "Lanna Kingdom" (kingdom of a million rice fields). It was designed to be located in the landlocked heartland of Southeast Asia, north of modern-day ...

Ethiopia,a) Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species; b) Increasing human populations and livestock numbers in the park; c) Agricultural encroachment; d) Road construction.,On 28 April 2010, the State Party submitted a brief report on the state of conservation of the property. This report provides an update on the implementation of ...

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Toyama, Japan,On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Government of Japan) and Toyama Prefecture organize an expert meeting "Conservation and Sustainability - from principle to practice". The objective of this event is to contribute to the outcomes of the closing event of the 40th anniversary in Kyoto, and ...

Thessaloniki, Greece,Within the framework of the World Heritage Committee’s Decision concerning the state of conservation of the World Heritage property Mount Athos (Decision 36COM7B.38, St. Petersburg, 2012) and the Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, in cooperation with the Mount Athos Holy Community and in ...

Munich, Germany,The 8th Bamiyan Working Group meeting is organized by UNESCO (World Heritage Centre in close collaboration with UNESCO Kabul Office) for the 25th and 26th of March 2010 in Munich at the Munich Technical University in cooperation with ICOMOS Germany. The aim of the meeting is to advise UNESCO and the Afghanistan authorities on issues related to the ...