Topic: Unesco
Seville is famed for its imposing cathedral and whitewashed streets but the Spanish city may lose its UN World Heritage status because of a new 41-storey skyscraper.The 178-metre (584-foot) high, oval-shaped building, still under construction, will house the offices of savings bank ...
Lack of money mean parts of Roman emperor Hadrian's villa have had to be closed off to tourists because they are in danger of collapse, an Italian paper reported Wednesday.The historic site at Tivoli, 24 kilometres (15 miles) from Rome, received only ...
November 15 marked the grand opening of the first luxury resort in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. The St. Regis Lhasa comprises eight acres and offers 150 guest rooms and 12 suites, each incorporating traditional Tibetan decorative elements and showcasing impressive views ...
November 15 marked the grand opening of the first luxury resort in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. The St. Regis Lhasa comprises eight acres and offers 150 guest rooms and 12 suites, each incorporating traditional Tibetan decorative elements and showcasing impressive views ...
Zamocs is a very interesting town in the eastern part of Poland. The town was built in the style of the renaissance and the Old Town retained the original renaissance layout. The Old Town of Zamocs offers a lot of attractions that ...
Commonly known as the World Heritage Convention, the international treaty created to protect the world's treasures (to date, 878 of them) was created in 1972. The impetus for the creation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s World Heritage ...
This incredible natural monument is testamount to man's adaptability. The inhabitants were cut off by snow for much of the year, and had more affinity with the Spanish on the other side of the pass than they did with their own countrymen ...
Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City sits proudly on Cape Diamond, overlooking the St. Lawrence River at the center of Old Quebec?s most famous and historical sites. Old Quebec itself earned a listing on the UNESCO World Heritage site, the only North American ...
UNESCO is an acronym for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Headquartered in Paris, UNESCO was founded in 1945 as an arm of the United Nations and has 193 member states and 7 associate members. Preventing the Importing and Exporting ...
, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. On the west coast of Istria lies Croatia's most visited resort, Porec. Croatia's second-largest city Split, is also the economic and cultural ...
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Portugal Child Abuse Trial
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Dr Samuel Pisar, UNESCO Honorary Ambassador ...
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US cuts off UNESCO funding after ...
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Celebrations as Unesco vote to give ...
Amid loud applause and cheers for yes votes, Unesco members ...2011-10-31
