Tag: UNESCO world heritage
Parish enclosures on the way to UNESCO registration
There are fifty-two of them. Fifty-two natural and cultural sites which are the pride of France and which are listed as UNESCO world heritage sites. This prestigious list includes Mont-Saint-Michel,…
Bordeaux is the most beautiful city in France, science says so
Bordeaux, the most beautiful city in France? Science says so. A (surprising) study of the brokerage site Online Mortgage Advisorreprise by RTLpublished a ranking of the 25 most beautiful cities…
A fire devastates nearly 600 hectares of a forest classified as a UNESCO heritage site
Part of Argentina’s natural gem is going up in smoke. Firefighters have been battling a fire since Saturday in Los Alerces National Park, in Patagonia, which has already devastated nearly…
Iftar, the meal to break the fast during Ramadan, listed as intangible heritage
The meal to break the Muslim fast during the month of Ramadan will be able to be even better protected beyond the family circle. UNESCO validated on Wednesday the inclusion…
Munich: Olympic site in the race for a place in the World Heritage Site – Munich
A stage victory for Munich’s Olympic Park: The Conference of Culture Ministers decided to update the German tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites at a special meeting on Monday.…
Franconian water meadows should become UNESCO intangible cultural heritage – Bavaria
Farmers in Franconia have been irrigating their meadows for centuries using a sophisticated network of water scoops, ditches and small weirs. Now the knowledge of traditional meadow irrigation, passed down…
The State gives the green light to the application of the megaliths of Carnac to UNESCO
There is still a long way to go before global recognition. But a new stage has just been reached for the megaliths of Carnac (Morbihan), which dream of including their…
City trip: What makes the World Heritage city of Erfurt so special – travel
It would actually be time now, says Maria Stürzebecher, for a new treasure. And it’s obvious that she would like to jump up and start looking straight away. The art…
Nuremberg: departure of a giant
The Germanisches Nationalmuseum has long been regarded as an educational fortress for a select Sunday audience. How modern exhibition formats, a Chipperfield building and the new UNESCO title should lead…
Unesco world record: memory lapses
Unesco is adding 64 new documents to the world heritage list, including the oldest globe from the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg. source site