The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has approved the inscription of the archaeological site of Sebastia, in the West Bank (Palestine), and the complex of castles in the Jabal Amel region of Lebanon, to the World Heritage List and, at the same time, ...
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The ancient city of Chersonesos Taurica and its chora ( i.e., the agricultural areas surrounding the settlement), located on the Crimean Peninsula inRussian-occupied Ukraine , have been inscribed on UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger. Th...
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The system of 18th- and 19th-century Italian-style community theatersin central Italy has been officially designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The decision was made by the World Heritage Committee during its 48th session, held in Busan, South Kor...
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The Government of Iran has reported that Tehran's Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and among Tehran's oldest building complexes, suffered severe damage following attacks conducted by the United States and the State of Israel on Sunday ni...
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Bologna is celebrating the conclusion of one of the most significant restoration works in recent years, that dedicated to the hillside section of the Portico di San Luca. This imposing monument, which holds the record as the longest portico on the pl...
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UNESCO's new Director-General will be Khaled El-Enany (Egypt): the organization's General Conference elected him with 172 votes out of a total of 174. He will succeed Audrey Azoulay, who has been in office since 2017. With his appointment, Khaled El-...
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Castilla y León, a region in northwestern Spain, holds some of the nation's most important cultural and natural treasures, witnesses to art and human life over the centuries. The region's sites recognized as World Heritage byUNESCO represent e...
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Three years after its official announcement during MONDIACULT 2022,UNESCO unveils an unprecedented project destined to make a profound impact on the landscape of cultural heritage protection: the Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects, the first v...
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