With the support of UNESCO, Equatorial Guinea is taking a decisive first step forward in the development and submission of its first Tentative List, a key milestone in identifying sites that may be ...

World Heritage site managers call for inclusive and effective Reactive Monitoring process. 18 site managers from across the ...

Founded by the Romans as a thermal spa, Bath became an important centre of the wool industry in the Middle Ages. In the 18th century, under George III, it developed into an elegant town with ...

Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka, who erected one ...

On the shores of the Bay of Bengal, bathed in the rays of the rising sun, the temple at Konarak is a monumental representation of the sun god Surya's chariot; its 24 wheels are decorated with symbolic ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreThe World Heritage Committee, 1. Noting that in 2002, United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, the World Heritage Committee celebrates the 30th anniversary of the ...

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) was the only structure left standing in the area where the first atomic bomb exploded on 6 August 1945. Through the efforts of many people, including those ...

Avec le soutien de l’UNESCO, la Guinée équatoriale fait un premier pas décisif dans l’élaboration et la soumission de sa première Liste indicative, une étape clé dans l’identification des sites suscep ...

Les gestionnaires de sites du patrimoine mondial appellent à un processus de suivi réactif inclusif et efficace. Dix-huit ...