With over 1,200 sites and a mandate to safeguard both natural and cultural heritage, the UNESCO World Heritage Convention is ...

UNESCO World Heritage Centre has launched a groundbreaking new report Climate Change in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities ...

Within the framework of the UNESCO/Netherlands Fund-in-Trust project “Strengthening capacities for the documentation and ...

A new analysis by UNESCO and World Resources Institute (WRI) reveals that 73% of World Heritage sites are highly exposed to ...

The latest edition of the World Heritage Map is now available to order! This new design, poster-sized wall map features all 1,223 World Heritage properties, illustrated with stunning photographs from ...

Une nouvelle analyse menée par l'UNESCO et le World Resources Institute (WRI) révèle que 73 % des sites du patrimoine mondial ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreFrom 500 BCE on, the Roman Empire extended its territory across parts of Europe and North Africa until its frontier totaled some 7,500 kilometres by the 2nd century. The ...

The Struve Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through 10 countries and over 2,820 km. These are points of a survey, carried out between 1816 ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreThe project is part of the larger World Heritage Journeys initiative of UNESCO and National Geographic. The goal of this project is to develop and promote sustainable cross ...

The extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee is organized by UNESCO in cooperation with the Host Country, the People’s Republic of China. The session was presided over from Fuzhou by His ...

This property is located within the complex of the Former Navy School of Mechanics in Buenos Aires, in the former Officers’ Quarters. This was the Argentine Navy’s principal secret detention centre ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreHow to help? The States Parties to the Convention should inform the Committee as soon as possible about threats to their sites. On the other hand, private individuals, ...