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Germany's Stunning Fairytale Castles Added to UNESCO's World Heritage List
PARIS, FRANCE, JUL 18 – The committee inscribed 26 new cultural and natural sites, raising the total to 1,248 worldwide, including memorials, palaces, and biodiversity hotspots, UNESCO said.
- On July 6, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee convened in Paris, inscribed 26 sites during its 47th session chaired by Professor Nikolay Nenov.
- Recognizing outstanding universal value, UNESCO inscribes sites each July, with the list now including 1,248 locations across 170 countries, reflecting an annual tradition of heritage recognition.
- The committee, comprising 21 states, reviewed 32 nominations, approving 21 cultural, four natural, and one mixed site.
- The 2025 list welcomed Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone as debut entries, marking first-ever inscriptions and honoring millions of Cambodian genocide victims.
- These inscriptions offer potential funding for heritage conservation, as countries with designated sites could receive financial support and are compelled to commit to preservation.
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Natural wonders such as Peruaçu National Park in Brazil, ancient ruins among which stand out the Minoan sites of Crete (Greece) and extraordinarily preserved historical buildings such as the monumental complex of Keep Bac (Vietnam). Unesco has inscribed 26 new sites as cultural and natural property on its list of world heritage. The UN cultural organization, at the 47th meeting of the World Heritage Committee held in Paris (France), published on…
The recent addition of these destinations to the official list of the organism highlights the variety of landscapes and cultural expressions recognized this year. From graves excavated to ancient reliefs on rock, each site reveals a deep link between different civilizations and the environment they inhabited
The Tombs of the Kings in Paphos, Cyprus are a Unique UNESCO Site
The “Tombs of the Kings,” near Paphos, Cyprus, are on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites. Credit: Mgiganteus1/CC BY-SA 3.0/Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License The Tombs of the Kings are part of a large necropolis lying about two kilometers north of Paphos Harbor at the westernmost point of the island of Cyprus. They were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with Paphos and Kouklia, in 1980. The tombs, many of which date …
A look at some of the newest UNESCO World Heritage sites
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee met in Paris this month to add to its list of cultural sites around the world deemed to be of “outstanding value to humanity.” The 26 new sites reflect the wide range encompassed by UNESCO’s criteria. John Yang reports.
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