 The Japan Times PHNOM PENH – Italy's Mount Etna, the hill forts of Rajasthan and the Namib Sand Sea were among the natural wonders and cultural jewels granted World Heritage status by UNESCO at its annual meeting on Friday. Other entrants into the coveted list include ... See all stories on this topic » |
| UNESCO grants world heritage designation to Red Bay The Telegram UNESCO has designated Red Bay as a world heritage site, honouring its historic connection to — Submitted photo. UNESCO has designated Red Bay as a world heritage site, honouring its historic connection to the whaling industry. Published on June 22, ... See all stories on this topic » |
| UNESCO grants World Heritage status to Italy's Mount Etna Jagran Post UNESCO is currently holding a 10-day annual meeting in Phnom Penh at which is considering whether to add 31 sites, including Japan's Mount Fuji and the city of Agadez in Niger, to the 962-strong WorldHeritage List of sites of "outstanding universal ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Unesco grants World Heritage status to Mount Fuji in Japan Oman Tribune Unesco documents singled out a series of wood block prints by Katsushika Hokusai, the Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, saying they “had a profound impact on Western art in the 19th century and allowed the form of Fujisan to become widely known as the ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Six Rajasthan forts join UNESCO's list of World heritage Sites India Today Several missions of ICOMOS (advisory body to UNESCO) have visited Rajasthan since 2011 and discussed the nomination in great detail with the state archaeology department, Archaeological Survey of India and the Indian Advisory Committee on the World ... See all stories on this topic » |
| UNESCO adds 19 sites to World Heritage List CNN (CNN) -- Nineteen new sites have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list -- the top honor for monuments, buildings, sites or natural features "of outstanding universal value." The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Local residents celebrate Mt Fuji's World Heritage status Fox News TOKYO (AFP) – Residents in towns around Mount Fuji erupted with joy on Saturday after UNESCOgranted World Heritage status to Japan's highest and most celebrated moutain. Known for its perfectly cone-shaped volcano, UNESCO classified the mountain ... See all stories on this topic » |
| UNESCO yet to decide on world heritage bid for Manitoba-Ontario forest Vancouver Sun WINNIPEG - It will be at least another year before UNESCO's world heritage committee decides whether to grant special recognition to a vast stretch of boreal forest along the Manitoba-Ontario boundary. At its annual meeting in Cambodia, the committee ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Six Rajasthan hill forts on Unesco's World Heritage Site status Hindustan Times The six hill forts in Rajastan - (clockwise from top left) the Amber, Chittodgadh, Gagron, Jaisalmer, Kumbhalgarh and Ranthambhore forts - that recieved the Unesco World Heritage site status. Unesco gave approval to India's proposal at its 37th meeting ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Qatar site added to UNESCO's World Heritage List ArabianBusiness.com “It is very significant to include Al Zubarah in Qatar as part of the UNESCO World Heritage list as a historical site that must be protected. This follows the enormous effort by Qatar in ensuring the preservation and conservation of this historical ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Syria Conflict Threatens 6 Ancient Sites Declared in UNESCO's Endangered ... International Business Times AU "Due to the armed conflict in Syria, the conditions are no longer present to ensure the conservation and protection of the outstanding universal value of the six World Heritage properties," the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Controversial North Korean Border City Added To UNESCO's World Heritage List RTT News An ancient cultural site in the controversial North Korean border city of Kaesong was the latest among a set of additions to UNESCO's World Heritage List. The U.N. cultural agency's World Heritage Committee on Sunday approved the bid at its ongoing ... See all stories on this topic » |
| North Korea World Heritage Sites: Kaesong Fortress Added To UNESCO List ... Huffington Post This undated photo shows the Kaesong Namdae Gate in Kaesong, North Korea. The remains of a fortress that once surrounded Kaesong, the ancient capital of Korea's Koryo Dynasty, is among sites in North Korea that made it onto UNESCO's World Heritage ... See all stories on this topic » |
| 5 stunning new UNESCO World Heritage Sites Fox News This week marks the second and final week of deliberations for the 37th session of UNESCO's WorldHeritage Committee. So far, the committee has added 19 new locations to its list of World Heritage Sites. Held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from June 16 to 27, ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Sites in China and India also added to list Travel Daily Media The 3,776-metre volcano and its surrounding area were given the protected status during the 37th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee (WHC), which is currently being held in Phnom Penh. According to UNESCO, 'Fujisan, Sacred Place and ... See all stories on this topic » |
| UNESCO's World Heritage Site: Hatra in Iraq Xinhua The remains of the city, especially the temples where Hellenistic and Roman architecture blended with Eastern decorative features, attest to the greatness of its civilization. It was inscribed onto the list ofUNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 ... See all stories on this topic » |
| UNESCO rejection not end of boreal bid Winnipeg Free Press The two independent review bodies used by UNESCO to analyze bids for new World Heritage Sites worried the Pimachiowin Aki site was not unique, nor did it explain enough about the connection between the land and the First Nations people who live there. See all stories on this topic » |
| Japan's Mt Fuji granted World Heritage status: UNESCO ABS CBN News PHNOM PENH - Japan's Mount Fuji, known for its perfectly cone-shaped volcano, was on Saturday granted World Heritage status, UNESCO said. Fujisan, the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776 metres (12,460 feet), is one of the country's most recognisable ... See all stories on this topic » |
| North Korea's Kaesong gets UNESCO World Heritage status Deutsche Welle UNESCO announced that 12 sites in Kaesong - the heart of the Koryo dynasty, which ruled Korea from 918 to 1392 and unified the now-divided peninsula for the first time - embodied "the political, cultural, philosophical and spiritual values" of the kingdom. See all stories on this topic » |
| World Heritage Warning: UNESCO Says Loreley Bobsleigh a Blight ABC News In 2002, UNESCO bestowed Germany's Upper Middle Rhine Valley, long a favored motif for Romantic painters and destination for tourists, with World Cultural Heritage Status because it "graphically illustrates the long history of human involvement with a ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Italy: UNESCO assigns Mount Etna World heritage status MENAFN.COM Jun 21, 2013 (Menafn - Adnkronos International - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --The United Nations culture body on Friday declared Italy's iconic Mount Etna, one of the world's most active volcanoes, a World Heritage site. See all stories on this topic » |
| Unesco grants Mt Fuji World Heritage status | Bangkok Post: breakingnews Bangkok Post Mt Fuji granted World Heritage status. Published: 22 Jun 2013 at 15.49; Online news: PHNOM PENH - Japan's Mount Fuji, known for its perfectly cone-shaped volcano, was on Saturday granted World Heritage status, Unesco said. The summit of Mount Fuji is ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Mexican biosphere reserve named UNESCO World Heritage Site GlobalPost Bangkok, Jul 21 (EFE).- The Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve in northwestern Mexico was designated Friday as a natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization voted to ... See all stories on this topic » |
| New UNESCO World Heritage Sites Telegraph.co.uk The beauty of the solitary, often snow-capped, stratovolcano, known around the world as Mount Fuji, rising above villages and tree-fringed sea and lakes has long inspired artists and poets and been the object of pilgrimages. Its representation in ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Official: Palestinians shelve UNESCO heritage site application as goodwill ... Fox News JERUSALEM – A Palestinian official says Palestinians have shelved an application to the U.N.'s cultural agency to have a West Bank village recognized as a world heritage site. The official says the request to have UNESCO recognize the village, Battir ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Government of Canada Welcomes Newest UNESCO World Heritage Site Wall Street Journal RED BAY, LABRADOR, June 22, 2013 /CNW/ - The news that The Red Bay Basque Whaling Station in Newfoundland and Labrador has been inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage List ... See all stories on this topic » |
| UNESCO declares China's Hani Rice Terraces World Heritage Site Xinhua PHNOM PENH, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The UNESCO's World Heritage Committee inscribed China's cultural landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces onto the prestigious World Heritage List on Saturday, bringing the total number of World Heritage Sites in ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Mount Etna among 19 new UNESCO World Heritage sites Reuters India PARIS (Reuters) - The Mount Etna volcano and Italy's Medici Villas were among 19 sites that have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list of places of "outstanding universal value". The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Palace, fortress ruins in North Korean town of Kaesong added to UNESCO ... Montreal Gazette KAESONG, North Korea - The remains of a fortress that once surrounded Kaesong, the ancient capital of Korea's Koryo Dynasty, is among sites in North Korea that have made it onto UNESCO's latest WorldHeritage list. North Korea's bid to have the sites ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Ukrainian, Iranian Sites Granted UNESCO World Heritage Status RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Russian authorities may be seeking to strip St. Petersburg's picturesque tsarist-era suburbs of their status as World Heritage Sites. Conservationists say a Russian document recently submitted to UNESCOsignificantly reduces the territory outside St. See all stories on this topic » |
| Ancient Jain text is UNESCO world heritage gem Business Standard An ancient Jain manuscript considered sacred by the community has been named as one of the rarest documents in the world by UNESCO, which said the text was of "lasting value to humankind". 'Shantinatha Charitra', a text written in Sanskrit describing ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Unesco Adds 19 World Heritage Sites Including Mount Etna, Mount Fuji And ... International Business Times Unesco recognized two revered volcanoes as being of “outstanding universal value” this week when itsWorld Heritage Committee announced a set of new additions to the prestigious World Heritage List. Though Japan's Mount Fuji and Italy's Mount Etna both ... See all stories on this topic » |
| UNESCO adds sites from around the world to World Heritage sites www.worldbulletin.net Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia today (21 June) the UN Educational Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) added various sites from around the world to its World Heritage site lists. Among them, World Heritage Committee inscribed natural sites ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Mt. Hamiguitan being considered as Unesco world heritage site Inquirer.net During meetings in Phnom Penh, Cambodia this week, Unesco's World Heritage Committee, which convenes once a year to evaluate new sites, has asked the Philippines to formally file additional information to back its nomination of Mt. Hamiguitan ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Mount Etna gets UNESCO World Heritage status ANSAmed ''The almost continuous eruptive activity of Mount Etna continues to influence volcanology, geophysics and other Earth science disciplines,'' UNESCO said. ''The diverse and accessible range of volcanic features such as summit craters, cinder cones ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Mount Etna becomes World Heritage site | Bangkok Post: news Bangkok Post The tallest active volcano on the European continent at 3,300 metres, Mount Etna has been written about for 2,700 years and has "one of the world's longest documented records of historical volcanism," according to Unesco. "The diverse and accessible ... See all stories on this topic » |
| UNESCO World Heritage List Includes 6 Hill Forts of Rajasthan Microfinance Monitor UNESCO World Heritage List Includes 6 Hill Forts of Rajasthan. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in its 37th Session has approved for inscribing 6 hill forts of Rajasthan on the World Heritage List. The 6 forts are as follows: 1. Chittaurgarh Fort See all stories on this topic » |
| Japan cheers Mount Fuji's World Heritage listing Seattle Post Intelligencer Africa's Namibia had one of its natural wonders put on the list for the first time, with the selection of the Namib Sand Sea, described by UNESCO as "the only coastal desert in the world that includes extensive dune fields influenced by fog." El ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Mount Fuji given Unesco world heritage status (Wired UK) By Duncan Geere The gentle slopes of Japan's Mount Fuji have been granted world heritage status by the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organisation, better known as Unesco. Wired.co.uk - News |
| Director-General sees the power of tangible and intangible ... - Unesco By z.dufour@unesco.org 2013 marks a double anniversary for Hué: twenty years since the inscription of this ancient feudal capital of Viet Nam on the World Heritage List; and ten years since the royal court music of Nha Nhac was recognized as an intangible cultural ... UNESCO News News |
| Mount Fuji wins Unesco world heritage status - News On Japan Japan's cone-shaped, snow-topped volcano, Mount Fuji, has been granted World Heritage status, at aUnesco meeting in Cambodia. News On Japan |
| List of new UNESCO World Heritage sites | ABS-CBN News PHNOM PENH - UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is currently holding its 37th annual session in Phnom Penh. www.abs-cbnnews.com/.../list-new-unesco-world-heritage-sites |
| Mount Etna among 19 new UNESCO World Heritage ... - Yahoo! News News: PARIS (Reuters) - The Mount Etna volcano and Italy's Medici Villas were among 19 sites that have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list of places ... news.yahoo.com/mount-etna-among-19-unesco-world-heritag... |
| Government of Canada Welcomes Newest UNESCO World Heritage ... The Red Bay Basque Whaling Station, in Labrador, has been inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) ... www.newswire.ca/.../government-of-canada-welcomes-newest... |
| Breaking News: Mt. Fuji registered as UNESCO World Heritage Japan's Mt. Fuji was finally registered as UNESCO World Heritage Site on June 22, 2013. The beautiful views of the mountain are legendary. zoomingjapan.com/travel/mt-fuji-world-heritage/ |
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