Head east of Reykjavik and you’ll land in, arguably, Iceland’s most iconic UNESCO World Heritage Site: Thingvellir National Park. It sits in a rift valley and is home to remnants of the country’s deep cultural heritage. Here, the Althing, an open-air governmental assembly, was establish...
UNESCO’s World Heritage List has been updated for 2024, shedding light on some of Europe’s lesser-known, yet culturally significant sites.
Meaning ‘cotton castle’ in Turkish, the 17 terraces of warm pools at Pamukkale are an impressive sight. The tiers are formed of calcium carbonate that is left by the area’s hot springs. Few other geothermal sites boast Pamukkale’s scale and beauty. Tongariro National Park, New Zealand Ne...
Cuzco was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983. The city stands high in the Andes at an average elevation of 11,150 feet (3,400 metres) at the west end of the Huatanay valley, a basin extending 20 miles (30 km) east to Huambutio. It is watered by the small Huatanay,...
Ramappa Temple | Kakatiya Rudreshwara Temple (Telangana) inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Download Ramappa Temple Notes PDF for UPSC 2021.
After reviewing the UNESCO approach, we focused on the international scientific debate on the meaning and application of integrity. We designed and conducted a comparative study of UNESCO rural landscapes selected from the 2011 World Heritage List. Documents describing the historical, rural, and agro-...
What is a UNESCO World Heritage Site? When a cultural attraction is awardedUNESCO World Heritage Status, it means the United Nations organisation ranks them – alongside landmarks like the Pyramids of Giza and the Statue of Liberty – as one of the world’s most significant sites, considering...
UNESCO Natural World Heritage Sites UNESCO Natural World Heritage sites are those sites with distinctive cultural facets such as geological formations, physical, biological, and cultural landscapes. The list of UNESCO Natural World Heritage sites in India is given below: Natural World Heritage Site Stat...
阅读理解 The Mogao Grottoes, a well-known UNESCO World Heritage (遗产) site in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu Province, reopened on May 10 after being closed to the public for over three months because of the COVID-19 outbreak. As a famous world heritage site, Dunhuang Mogao Grotto has...
The Cordouan lighthouse, off the coast of Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France, was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021. Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images Although UNESCO considers itself an apolitical organization, its headquarters is in Paris, meaning that some critics accuse the organization ...