Tag: Heritage
World Heritage: Down the Spanish Steps – Drivers have to go to court
World Heritage Down the Spanish Steps – drivers must go to court The famous Spanish Steps in Rome are a World Heritage Site. photo © -/kyodo/dpa The incident caused a…
Knorr-Bremse: The testament of Zeus – economy
There are some questions in this story that are not so easy to answer in hindsight. For example this one: Did the entrepreneur Heinz Hermann Thiele, who died two years…
Money: Unpaid bills from the afterlife
Some get rich from an inheritance. After the death of her mother, Ebru only faces debts. How inequality in Germany is passed on from generation to generation. source site
Legacy: when grandma’s teaspoon suddenly belongs to everyone equally
If people inherit together, there are often arguments – sometimes for years. How to dissolve the forced community and what it costs. source site
Mittelstand: Where is the next boss supposed to come from?
Many entrepreneurs would actually be ready for retirement – but their children don’t want to take over. Hundreds of thousands of companies are therefore threatened with the end. A start-up…
Natural disaster: Concern for natural world heritage: forest fire in Thailand continues to rage
natural disaster Concern for World Natural Heritage: Forest fire in Thailand continues to rage Fire and smoke rise above Nakhon Nayok. photo © Nava Sangthong/AP A lightning strike is believed…
They are mobilizing to save the tchanquées cabins, heritage of the site
A call for donations, to finance the reconstruction of cabin tchanquée n°3. The city of La Teste-de-Buch, in the Arcachon basin, manager of the two tchanquées cabins which are part…
Marshland in Iraq: A world heritage site is drying up
world mirror Status: 03/12/2023 02:03 am The fertile marshlands of southern Iraq could soon turn into desert. It’s the worst drought in decades. The way of life of the swamp…
Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) receives the legacy of David Bowie – Culture
Thanks to a donation, London’s Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) will keep David Bowie’s estate in future and show part of his archive of around 80,000 objects in a permanent…
The carnival listed as a national intangible heritage
If, in several countries of the world, Mardi gras rhymes with carnival, in Nantes, the carnival parades generally take place in April. The next edition of the Nantes event will…