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According to Iranian press, Israeli attacks threaten ancient Taq-e Bostan site in Iran

According to Iranian press reports, a series of Israeli airstrikes reportedly struck several areas located within a three-kilometer radius of the Taq-e Bostan archaeological site near Kermanshah in westernIran between Saturday and Sunday (June 14-Jun...
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UNESCO returns to Syria after 14 years with an intervention at Damascus National Museum

UNESCO is returning to Syria with a pilot project dedicated to the Damascus National Museum, marking the resumption of activities in the country after more than fourteen years of absence. The initiative, launched following a high-level institutional ...
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UNESCO: "Concern over damage to St. Sophia Cathedral after attack on Kiev"

UNESCO has expressed deep concern over the situation of the Kyiv World Heritage Site : St. Sophia Cathedral and related monastic buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, following the missile attack launched by the Russian Federation on June 10, 2025. The dam...
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How we tell the story of rock art: the case of Camonica Valley museums

The Regional Directorate of National Museums of Lombardy manages several sites that are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site: among the thirteen sites that the directorate manages, in addition to Valle Camonica, was the Last Supper (later passed un...
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Unesco sites and tourism: protection essential, but the Unesco label is often useful for promotion

There are Unesco sites that, we could say, do not need promotion: I am thinking for example of Venice or Petra. On the contrary: the problem is really to protect the site. So there are sites like Petra that benefit from this recognition, or should at...
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Beyond the "beautiful sites": how to make tourism in UNESCO sites by telling their value

The question I would start with is: what is the role of UNESCO in relation to tourism? In fact, if you read the 1972 convention very carefully, you will never find the word "tourism," you will never find the phrase "territorial promotion," you will n...
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Having a UNESCO site is crucial for tourism, but we need to work with research and protection

As the tourism promotion body of Romagna, we have a fundamental task, a great honor: that of promoting an enlarged territory, consisting of four provinces (Ferrara, Forlì-Cesena, Ravenna and Rimini), and if anyone knows what kind of triangle t...
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The Appian Way is officially a UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Via Appia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site: this was decided by the World Heritage Committee meeting in New Delhi at its 46th session. This is the first candidacy promoted directly by the Ministry of Culture, which coordinated all stages of the pr...
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