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Iran, government reports major damage to Golestan Palace in Tehran

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, restored the Portico of San Luca, a UNESCO property

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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Egyptologist Khaled El-Enany is UNESCO's new director-general. He succeeds Audrey Azoulay

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 trip to Spain's UNESCO sites

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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Unesco opened the first virtual museum of stolen cultural objects

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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Lampedusa as a land of welcome will be nominated for Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage status

On September 12, 2025 in Lampedusa, the candidacy of the "Gestures of Hospitality" project to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List will be officially presented. The initiative is linked to the pioneering research workshop "Inscrire les geste...
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Washington announces withdrawal from UNESCO, Azoulay: "Deplorable announcement, but anticipated"

The U.S. government has formally announced its intention to withdraw from theUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)(our article here). The decision, taken by President Donald Trump's administration, will take effect...
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UNESCO: 26 new sites on world heritage list, mostly in Africa

The 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee closed in Paris with theinscription of 26 new sites to the World Heritage List. The new designations include cultural and natural properties from several continents and bring the total number of...
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