Indian, July 27th—At the 46thsession of the World Heritage Committee in New Delhi (India) , the "Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital" was approved to be inscribed on the World Heritage List. Also at this session, China's "Badain Ja...
Indian, July 27th —At the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee in New Delhi (India) , the "Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital" was approved to be inscribed on the World Heritage List. Also at this session, China's "Badain...
Indian, July 27th—At the 46thsession of the World Heritage Committee in New Delhi (India) , the "Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital" was approved to be inscribed on the World Heritage List. Also at this session, China's "Badain Ja...
An airplane flies near Qutub Minar, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in New Delhi, India, Feb. 13, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar) 1 2 3 4 Next EXPLORE XINHUANET News China World Business Culture Edu Sports Sci Tech Health Entertainment Regions Asia & Pacific Americas Europe Africa Organizations...
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, meets each year to choose the latest additions to its World Heritage list. The World Heritage Committee chooses sites based on historical and cultural importance, as well as their beauty. Here are some recent additions...
They include landmarks such as the Xiangxi UNESCO Global Geopark in Hunan province, Yimeng Mountain UNESCO Global Geopark in Shandong, as well as the Shennongjia UNESCO Global Geopark in Hubei, which is also a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site and a Man and the Biosphere Reserve. An NFGA ...
UNESCO's 4 new sites on World Heritage list 18 Jul 2016 The UN's cultural agency on Friday added four new sites, including China's Zuojiang Huashan rock art cultural landscape. Other sites named by UNESCO include the qanat water systems in Iran, the archaeological site of Nalanda Mahavihara...
Two new sites were added to UNESCO's World Heritage List this year: the Badain Jaran Desert: Tower of Sand and Lakes and the Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of the Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf (Phase II).Covering ___ area of 49,200 square kilometers, the Badain Jaran Desert is wel...
The archaic metropolis of Babylon in Iraq, as well as the Dilmun Burial Mounds in Bahrain, are now officially UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Once a specific landmark has been picked for the heritage status by the committee, it becomes automatically protected by international treaties and laws, in...