| Anna
Amalia Library re-opens after extensive restoration
The Anna Amalia Library, part of Germany's Classical Weimar World
Heritage site, re-opened to the public on October 24 after extensive
restoration work following a devastating fire in 2004. The official
opening was hosted by German President Horst Koehler.
World Heritage Centre (WCH). News &
Events. Publicated: 5-11-2007
Restored
Venaria Reale Palace re-opens
The Baroque palace of Venaria Reale, built by the Savoy dynasty
outside the city of Turin, has been re-opened to the public after
eight years of restoration works. The palace is one of a group of
buildings inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1997 as the Residences
of the Royal House of Savoy...
World Heritage Centre (WCH). News &
Events. Publicated: 5-11-2007
UNESCO
regrets decision on construction of bridge that threatens delisting
of Dresden Elbe Valley from World Heritage List
UNESCO regrets the decision of a German court to authorize the construction
of a bridge likely to lead to the deletion of the cultural landscape
of Dresden Elbe Valley (Germany) from the World Heritage List. The
status of the property on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List
is due to be reviewed by the World Heritage Committee at its next
meeting in July 2008.
UNESCO. Press release N°2007-145. Publicated:
14-11-2007
Creation
of the French World Heritage Properties Association
The French World Heritage Properties Association was officially
created on 27 September in Le Puy-en-Velay on the occasion of the
fifth meeting of French World Heritage sites organised by the town
of Le Puy-en-Velay and the inter-regional cooperation association
for the Pilgrimage Routes to Santiago de Compostela.
Val de Loire Mission. What's New. Projects
in the Loire. France. Publicated: 8-11-2007
Five
UNESCO-VOCATIONS PATRIMOINE fellowships awarded to meet new heritage
challenges
Five young heritage professionals from around the world will receive
UNESCO-VOCATIONS PATRIMOINE fellowships to pursue post graduate
research at University College Dublin (Ireland) and at the Brandenburg
Technical University of Cottbus (Germany). The aim of the fellowships
is to help prepare site managers to handle the growing threats to
which World Heritage sites – 851 sites inscribed around the
world to date – are exposed, including environmental degradation,
climate change, development and mass tourism. As part of their training,
the recipients of this year’s fellowships will conduct field
work in, respectively, the Galapagos, southern Italy (Royal Palace
of Caserta), the Alhambra in Spain, Georgia (the historic monuments
of Mtskheta) and Zhoukoudian in China (site of the Peking Man).
UNESCO. Press Release N°2007-141. Publicated:
05-11-2007
9th
International expert meeting in the process of nomination of Qhapaq
Ñan (Main Andean Road), Paris, UNESCO Headquarters, 19-21
November 2007
This 9th International expert meeting examines progress reports
on the nomination of the Main Andean Road for its inclusion in the
World Heritage List. Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador
and Peru share this common cultural heritage of outstanding value.
UNESCO. Culture. News. Publicated: 2-11-2007
Research
Destination - World Heritage Sites (Australia: Great Barrier Reef
and Wet Tropics)
World Heritage Sites are internationally recognised as places of
outstanding universal cultural and natural value. The World Heritage
List includes 851 sites in 141 countries, all of which are of outstanding
archaeological, natural, architectural, historical, religious, artistic
or scientific importance. The list features such unique treasures
as the Galapagos Islands, the Great Barrier Reef, Stonehenge, The
Pyramids of Egypt and the Great Wall of China...
EarthWatch Institute. Newsroom. Expedition
Focus Archive. United Kingdom. Publication: 31-10-2007 |
