The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is deeply saddened by the passing away of Prof. Marie-Teres Albert, former Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies at the Brandenburg University of ...

Mr. Lazare Eloundou Assomo, Director of the World Heritage Centre, shares a message for World Wildlife Day 2026. play_arrow play_arrow Watch Dear colleagues and friends, our health is deeply ...

UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee have issued new guidance for assessing impacts from projects that could potentially affect the planet’s most precious heritage places.

Jongmyo is the oldest and most authentic of the Confucian royal shrines to have been preserved. Dedicated to the forefathers of the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), the shrine has existed in its present ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Centre held two online consultations for the mid-cycle review of the Regional Framework Action Plan for Asia and the Pacific (2023 - 2030), strengthening collaboration with ...

In 1993 Tongariro became the first property to be inscribed on the World Heritage List under the revised criteria describing cultural landscapes. The mountains at the heart of the park have cultural ...

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1. “(…) [The World Heritage Convention] is an integral part of UNESCO’s overarching mandate to foster equitable sustainable development and to promote peace and ...

New Gourna Village is located in Luxor on the West Bank of the Nile River, within the World Heritage property of Ancient Thebes in Egypt. The Village was designed and built between 1946 and 1952 by ...

An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, the Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India ...

The Convent of Müstair, which stands in a valley in the Grisons, is a good example of Christian monastic renovation during the Carolingian period. It has Switzerland's greatest series of figurative ...

Outstanding Universal Value, or ‘OUV’ is described in Paragraph 49 of the Operational Guidelines as: ‘cultural and/or natural significance which is so exceptional as to transcend national boundaries ...