Mr. Lazare Eloundou Assomo, Director of the World Heritage Centre, shares a message for International Day for Biological Diversity 2026. play_arrow © UNESCO play_arrow Watch Every year on 22nd ...
On 29 and 30 April 2026, UNESCO convened the Follow-up Virtual Meeting on Strengthening World Heritage Higher Education in ...
From 16 to 17 April 2026, UNESCO undertook a contact and scoping mission to the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, ...
Registration for the 48th session will only be possible on this official webpage. No other channel, link or registration form should be used. Note that UNESCO does not charge any fee during the ...
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Machu Picchu stands 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting. It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at ...
This complex was built on the exact spot where, according to tradition, a "celestial lady" dressed in red appeared and asked the local lord to build a pagoda in order to control the subterranean ...
The deposit of rock salt in Wieliczka and Bochnia has been mined since the 13th century. This major industrial undertaking has royal status and is the oldest of its type in Europe. The site is a ...
Built in the second half of the 18th century by Sweden on a group of islands located at the entrance of Helsinki's harbour, this fortress is an especially interesting example of European military ...
This outstanding archaeological area contains such magnificent monuments as the Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Sanctuary of Isis at Philae, which were saved from the rising waters of the ...
Kulangsu is a tiny island located on the estuary of the Chiu-lung River, facing the city of Xiamen. With the opening of a commercial port at Xiamen in 1843, and the establishment of the island as an ...
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