The latest edition of the World Heritage Map is now available to order! This new design, poster-sized wall map features all 1 ...

UNESCO World Heritage Centre has launched a groundbreaking new report Climate Change in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities ...

As the climate crisis intensifies, both cultural and natural World Heritage sites face growing and unprecedented challenges. In response, the Heidelberg Center for Cultural Heritage (HCCH) and ICOMOS ...

Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. What ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreTentative List Process States Parties are encouraged to submit their Tentative Lists, properties which they consider to be cultural and/or natural heritage of outstanding ...

This former duck-hunting reserve of the Maharajas is one of the major wintering areas for large numbers of aquatic birds from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, China and Siberia. Some 364 species of birds, ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreThe World Heritage Committee, Having examined Documents WHC/24/46.COM/8B and WHC/24/46.COM/INF.8B2, Inscribes the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil, on the World ...

The World Heritage Centre sent letters to the State Party on 13 November 2017, 12 November 2018, 4 March 2019, 3 September 2019, 23 October 2019 and 16 February 2021 requesting information related to ...

La toute dernière édition de la carte du patrimoine mondial peut désormais être commandée ! Cette nouvelle version, au format poster, présente les 1 223 biens inscrits sur la Liste du patrimoine mondi ...

Une nouvelle analyse menée par l'UNESCO et le World Resources Institute (WRI) révèle que 73 % des sites du patrimoine mondial ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreLocated in the Dinaric mountain range, the property stands out with its remarkable cave biodiversity and endemicity. Known since antiquity, the well-conserved ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreThe Plain of Jars, located on a plateau in central Laos, gets its name from more than 2,100 tubular-shaped megalithic stone jars used for funerary practices in the Iron Age ...