Tag: UNESCO
Dolomites: This is how the UNESCO World Heritage attracts ski fans
Dolomites This is how the UNESCO World Heritage attracts ski fans Hit the slopes with a clear conscience: The Dolomites have turned the green screw. © Dmitry Rukhlenko/Shutterstock.com How green…
Monastic since the 5th century, Saint-Honorat Island will defend its “outstanding universal value” at Unesco
So close and at the same time so far from the tumult of the Croisette, will Saint-Honorat Island and its sixteen centuries of monastic life soon become a UNESCO World…
Unesco: Italians want their espresso to be declared cultural heritage
Intangible World Heritage Only Italian espresso is “real” espresso, right? UNESCO should now speak a word of power The espresso, known as caffè in Italy, will soon officially be a…
World Heritage in Syria: Destroyed, liberated, exploited
Palmyra’s archway and temple were blown up by IS in 2015. Now Russian experts are celebrating the start of reconstruction with a harp concert. The right sign at the right…
Unesco adopts first global text governing artificial intelligence
Unesco announced Thursday that it had adopted a first global text on the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) in order to try to regulate these revolutionary technologies, which pose fundamental…
Return of the Parthenon frieze: To me or to you?
Even the Unesco committee is now calling for the British to return the Parthenon frieze to Greece. A visit to the front in Athens and London. .source site
Unesco World Heritage in the Netherlands: Poor colonies in Veenhuizen – Travel
As of this year, some of the former seven poor colonies in the Netherlands have been Unesco World Heritage Sites. From 1818 to 1859, thousands of people worked in these…
Würzburg Residence has been on the Unesco World Heritage List for 40 years. – Bavaria
Forty years ago, the Würzburg Residence was the first Bavarian cultural asset to be included in the Unesco World Heritage List. Finance and Home Affairs Minister Albert Füracker (CSU) recalled…
A medieval pilgrimage route soon to be classified by Unesco?
Mining basin, belfries, Amiens cathedral … Will the Via Francigena soon have to be added to Unesco’s world heritage in the Hauts-de-France region? It is the dream of the European…
Nuremberg – Palace of Justice should be on Unesco World Heritage List – Bavaria
Bavaria recommends that the Conference of Ministers of Education and Culture include the Nuremberg Palace of Justice and the Munich Olympic Park on the list of proposals for UNESCO World…