Puebla, which was founded ex nihilo in 1531, is situated about 100 km east of Mexico City, at the foot of the Popocatepetl volcano. It has preserved its great religious structures such as the ...
The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) has launched a call for the Moses Mapesa Research Grant to support African Doctoral ...
La période glorieuse de Cordoue a commencé au VIII e siècle quand elle a été conquise par les Maures et qu'ont été construits quelque 300 mosquées et d'innombrables palais et édifices publics, ...
Socotra Archipelago, in the northwest Indian Ocean near the Gulf of Aden, is 250 km long and comprises four islands and two rocky islets which appear as a prolongation of the Horn of Africa. The site ...
Stari Grad Plain on the Adriatic island of Hvar is a cultural landscape that has remained practically intact since it was first colonized by Ionian Greeks from Paros in the 4th century BC. The ...
Sucre, the first capital of Bolivia, was founded by the Spanish in the first half of the 16th century. Its many well-preserved 16th-century religious buildings, such as San Lázaro, San Francisco and ...
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the selected projects of the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2024 ...
Le Centre du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO a le plaisir d’annoncer les projets sélectionnés pour la campagne de volontariat ...
UNESCO, in close collaboration with the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, through the financial support from the ...
The world is currently experiencing its fourth global coral bleaching event, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the International Coral Reef Initiative’s (ICRI) ...
Le patrimoine mondial est très important pour la région du Pacifique. Avec de vastes espaces océaniques et des régimes fonciers coutumiers, les sites patrimoniaux de la région Pacifique relient ...
With large ocean spaces and customary land tenures, UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Pacific region link culture and nature with people and communities through their unique values and management ...