In the framework of the ‘European Month in Cuba’, the EU-funded UNESCO Transcultura Programme is organizing an event on the ...

La dense forêt sacrée d’Osun, à la périphérie de la ville d’Oshogbo, est l’une des dernières zones de la forêt primaire qui subsiste au sud du Nigéria. Elle est considérée comme la demeure d’Osun, une ...

In the valley of the Roussenski Lom River, in north east Bulgaria, a complex of rock-hewn churches, chapels, monasteries and cells developed in the vicinity of the village of Ivanovo. This is where ...

Located in north-eastern Italy, the property includes part of the winegrowing landscape of the Prosecco wine production area. The landscape is characterized by ‘hogback’ hills, ciglioni – small plots ...

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 ...

Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes together comprise three sites that make up 18,846 ha. It includes Geomunoreum, regarded as the finest lava tube system of caves anywhere, with its multicoloured ...

Avec ses cinq plateaux, le Mont Wutai est une montagne sacrée bouddhiste. Ce paysage culturel compte 41 monastères, dont la grande salle orientale du temple de Foguang, l’un des derniers édifices en ...

The colonial town of Cienfuegos was founded in 1819 in the Spanish territory but was initially settled by immigrants of French origin. It became a trading place for sugar cane, tobacco and coffee.

Partly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, ...

Le Morne Cultural Landscape, a rugged mountain that juts into the Indian Ocean in the southwest of Mauritius was used as a shelter by runaway slaves, maroons, through the 18th and early years of the ...

Nice, located on the Mediterranean, at the foot of the Alps, near the Italian border, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, reflects the development of a city devoted to winter tourism, making the ...

Ce bien en série transnational comprend onze villes d’eaux situées dans sept pays européens : Bad Ems ; Baden-Baden ; Bad Kissingen (Allemagne) ; Baden bei Wien (Autriche) ; Spa (Belgique) ; Vichy ...