Will this be the right one? Rejected in 2018, Nîmes is once again submitting its candidacy to Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). Five years earlier, the Roman city had tried to highlight its exceptional heritage, in vain. The arenas, the square house, the Magne tower, the gardens of the Fountain… These monuments had not touched the members of Unesco. The International Council of Monuments and Sites had questioned "the outstanding universal value" of the monuments present in...
According to the UN cultural organization Unesco, 86 journalists were killed in a targeted manner worldwide last year. After several years of decline, that number has soared in 2022, said Audrey Azoulay, the organization's director-general, in Paris on Monday. According to the Unesco Observatory, the number of murders of journalists averaged 58 per year from 2019 to 2021.The development in 2022 is alarming, said Azoulay. "The authorities must redouble their efforts to put an end to these crimes and ensure...
What do French baguettes, Cuban rum and the Iranian festival of the sun have in common? They are all on the official since this week Unesco List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. It is not directly about the baguette or the celebrations, but always about the customs or the craft in its entirety. The 17th session of the Unesco Committee will take place in Morocco's capital Rabat until Saturday. Since 2008, the intangible cultural heritage has been added to the UNESCO...
Status: 11/30/2022 2:58 p.m Just four ingredients, long, soft on the inside and crunchy on the outside: UNESCO has declared the culture of the baguette an intangible cultural heritage. A candidate from Germany also made it onto the list. Flour, water, salt and yeast: it consists of only four ingredients - and yet, as UNESCO honors the baguette, every baker makes his own unique product out of it. In addition to the popularity of the baguette, this is one of...
In a bakery in Caen, in August 2007. MYCHELE DANIAU / AFP It is an emblem in the world, now recognized, of the daily life of the French. The baguette was listed on Wednesday 30 November as an intangible heritage of humanity by Unesco. The organization, which above all honors the traditions to be safeguarded more than the products themselves, has distinguished the craftsmanship and the culture surrounding this essential element of French tables. With its crispy crust and soft...
The baguette, with its crispy crust and soft crumb, emblem in the world of French daily life, was listed on Wednesday as an intangible heritage of humanity by Unesco.More precisely, it is the craftsmanship and the culture of the baguette that have been distinguished by the organization, which above all honors the traditions to be safeguarded more than the products themselves.More information to come on 20minutes.fr…/… source site
Status: 11/28/2022 7:35 p.m Australia's government is not protecting the Great Barrier Reef enough in the climate crisis, criticizes UNESCO. Their experts recommend classifying the ecosystem as vulnerable. In the end, it could even be removed from the World Heritage List. Due to insufficient protective measures by the Australian government, the Great Barrier Reef is threatened with its place on the UNESCO World Heritage List to lose. Despite unprecedented advances in science and action in recent years, the reef is...
Status: 11/28/2022 7:35 p.m Australia's government is not protecting the Great Barrier Reef enough in the climate crisis, criticizes UNESCO. Their experts recommend classifying the ecosystem as vulnerable. In the end, it could even be removed from the World Heritage List. Due to insufficient protective measures by the Australian government, the Great Barrier Reef is threatened with its place on the UNESCO World Heritage List to lose. Despite unprecedented advances in science and action in recent years, the reef is...
UNESCO Climate change is the main threat to World Heritage sites Fires have destroyed parts of ancient Olympia. photo © epa ANA PANAGIOTOU/epa ANA/dpa Experts have dealt with the effects of climate change on sites worthy of protection. Not only coral reefs are threatened, but also ancient Olympia. At a conference to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention in Delphi, Greece, experts dealt with the effects of climate change on sites worthy of protection. Climate change...
Of Till BrieglebThe fact that UNESCO is celebrating its 50th birthday with a conference at the site of the famous Greek oracle at Delphi could hardly be more symbolic. World Heritage protectors often send out messages as contradictory as the enigmatic advice of those fortune-tellers who misled ancient Greek heroes. This starts with the anniversary event itself, which should have opened on Thursday under the Russian presidency, while Putin's army is striving to obliterate Ukrainian culture and its testimonies with...
