Global and local contributions" reveals 2,260 living sites where people and nature coexist, from Dja to Greenland, shaped by ...

The implementation of the UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators was officially launched in Cabo Verde during a kick-off workshop ...

UNESCO has consistently stressed that forced evictions are unacceptable and incompatible with international human rights law ...

The Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG), including the World Heritage Convention, convened at the ...

Registration for the 48th session will only be possible on this official webpage. No other channel, link or registration form should be used. Note that UNESCO does not charge any fee during the ...

A Tentative List is an inventory of those sites which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its ...

In 1993 Tongariro became the first property to be inscribed on the World Heritage List under the revised criteria describing cultural landscapes. The mountains at the heart of the park have cultural ...

Celebrated every year on 5 May, African World Heritage Day was proclaimed in 2015 by the UNESCO General Conference to ...

UNESCO World Heritage Centre Historic Centre of Lima - Temple and main nave of San Francisco de Asís, XVII century.

The first Buddhist cave monuments at Ajanta date from the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. During the Gupta period (5th and 6th centuries A.D.), many more richly decorated caves were added to the original ...

The use of a local limestone shaped the construction of the old town of Hebron/Al-Khalil during the Mamluk period between 1250 and 1517. The centre of interest of the town was the site of Al-Ibrahimi ...

This serial property comprises six archaeological sites on Crete dating from 1900 to 1100 BCE. These sites represent the Minoan civilization, a major prehistoric Mediterranean culture. The palatial ...