UN marks East Rennell region in world heritage in danger list

TEHRAN -- The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO has removed Iran's Bam Citadel from its List of World Heritage in Danger. The decision to cross out the citadel from the list was made during the 37th session of the committee in Phnom Penh, ...

The long wait to get the 400-year-old Padmanabhapuram palace included in the UNESCO World Heritage sites list seems set to end. An advisory committee on World Heritage Matters constituted by the Union Ministry of Culture, has recommended that this ...

PHNOM PENH, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Koichiro Matsuura, ex-director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), on Tuesday visited Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple, a world heritage site, a Cambodian spokesman ...

Six ancient Syrian sites as well as Australia's Great Barrier Reef could be listed as endangered by UNESCO, which on Sunday begins its annual session to decide which global cultural and natural treasures merit World Heritage status. The main task ...

If no last minute hitch is developed, six historical forts of Rajasthan will be included in UNESCO's list of World Heritage Monuments on June 21. World Heritage Committee of UNESCO is meeting at Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, for three days ...

PHNOM PENH The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO began a weeklong meeting in Cambodia on Sunday, during which Mount Fuji will be formally added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), ...

Karnataka is making a fresh bid to get the Unesco World Heritage Site status for the Gol Gumbaz of Bijapur. The monument, built in the Indo-Saracenic style in 1659, is the mausoleum of Mohammad Adil Shah of the Adil Shahi dynasty which ruled the sultanate of ...

With eight UNESCO World Heritage sites to boast of, Sri Lankans proudly display the achievement of ancient Sri Lanka to every tourist. From amazing structures such as the to rivers and lakes to well-planned gardens, visitors here are awed from the ...

In what could set an example before the Unesco world Heritage Committee, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is preparing a comprehensive list of heritage structures - government and private properties-outside the walled city. Though the listing of ...