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El Arco del Tiempo del Río La Venta: Chiapas: 2010 iii, vii, viii, x (mixed) La Venta River that crosses a karst landscape has created a large canyon with a depth of up to 500 m (1,600 ft) and the highest natural arch in the world, 158 m (518 ft) high. There are numerous caves in the area, some of which provide archaeological evidence of ...
In 2003, UNESCO drafted the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which provides an international framework, source of funding, and strategic overview for the further identification and protection of these masterpieces and other intangible cultural heritages. The convention went into force in 2006 and has since ...
Ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita: 2017 [104] The festival of the Santísima Trinidad del Señor Jesús del Gran Poder in the city of La Paz: 2019 [105] Grand Festival of Tarija 2021 [106] Ch'utillos, the Festival of San Bartolomé and San Ignacio de Loyola, the meeting of cultures in Potosí 2023 [107] Bosnia and Herzegovina: Zmijanje ...
Additionally, Spain has established an agreement with UNESCO known as the Spanish Funds-in-Trust. The agreement was signed on April 18, 2002, between Francisco Villar, Spanish Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Kōichirō Matsuura. The fund provides €600,000 annually to a chosen program.
Based on the draft convention that UNESCO had initiated, a single text was eventually agreed upon by all parties, and the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972. [16] The convention came into force on 17 December 1975.
World Heritage Sites by country as of January 2024. As of July 2024, there are a total of 1,223 World Heritage Sites located across 168 countries, of which 952 are cultural, 231 are natural, and 40 are mixed properties. [1]
The park also contains areas of pristine coastline which is home to sea lion, bald eagle, and California brown pelican. [16] Mammoth Cave National Park: Kentucky: 1981 150; vii, viii, x (natural) Mammoth Cave is the longest known cave system in the world, with 426 mi (686 km) [17] of mapped passageways. The cave system is home to more than 130 ...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1] Peru ratified the convention on February 24, 1982, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the ...