UNESCO World Heritage Centre - World Heritage List
WEBWorld Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political instability, …
World Heritage | UNESCO
WEBThis is our world heritage. But our heritage is constantly under threat – from natural disasters, wars, climate change, construction, pollution and mass tourism. In this book, we visit over 70 World Heritage Sites in 52 countries. We find out how communities, governments and organisations are working to save this extraordinary inheritance.
World Heritage Site - Wikipedia
WEBAs of April 2024, a total of 1,199 World Heritage Sites (933 cultural, 227 natural and 39 mixed cultural and natural properties) exist across 168 countries. With 59 selected areas, Italy is the country with the most sites; followed by …
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
WEBWorld Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political instability, …
Interactive Map - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
WEBThe World Heritage Online Map Platform, supported by the Flanders UNESCO Trustfund (FUT), is a pilot online geographic information system displaying georeferenced maps of World Heritage properties and buffer zones.
10 Must-see UNESCO World Heritage Sites — Google Arts & Culture
WEB1. The Great Pyramids of Giza. The Great Pyramids of Giza are one of the oldest seven wonders of the world, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and an iconic symbol of Egypt. They were...
World Heritage | UNESCO
WEBSep 5, 2023 · UNESCO World Heritage sites tell the story of our planet, of our shared humanity and the wealth of its cultures. Through 1,154 properties, soon more, World Heritage sites tell us who we are. Everyone must be …
UNESCO World Heritage Centre - The Criteria for Selection
WEBThe Criteria for Selection. To be included on the World Heritage List, sites must be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria. These criteria are explained in the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention which, besides the text of the Convention, is the main working ...
The World Heritage List | For UNESCO World Heritage Travellers
WEBSite Year Countries Locations Rating; 1: Galapagos Islands: 1978: Ecuador; 1: 4.84 : 943: Belfries: 1999: Belgium; France; 55: 2.96 : 2: Quito: 1978: Ecuador; 1: 3.37 : 1599: …
World Heritage site | Criteria, Definition, History, & List
WEB4 days ago · World Heritage site, any of various areas or objects inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) World Heritage List. The sites are designated as having “outstanding universal value” under the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.
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