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In 2006, the UNESCO Convention was ratified by an additional state, Portugal, needing international protection for the looting of its underwater cultural heritage sites. At least six international treasure hunting organizations had established themselves off the coasts of Portugal to reap the benefits of the nation's coastline after new ...
Now headquartered in Charenton-le-Pont, France, ICOMOS was founded in 1965 in Warsaw as a result of the Venice Charter of 1964 and offers advice to UNESCO on World Heritage Sites. The idea behind ICOMOS dates to the Athens Conference on the restoration of historic buildings in 1931, organized by the International Museums Office .
2017 [304] Durga Puja in Kolkata: a religious festival of Hindu Goddess Durga in Kolkata, West Bengal: 2021 [305] Garba of Gujarat: 2023 [306] Indonesia: Wayang puppet theatre: 2003 2008 APA [307] Kris: 2005 2008 [308] Batik: 2009 [309] Angklung: 2010 [310] Three genres of traditional dance in Bali: 2015 [311] Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in ...
The format consists of two Sections. Section I refers to the legislative and administrative provisions while section II refers to the state of conservation of specific World Heritage properties located on the territory of the State Party concerned. The address of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre for report submission can be found in Paragraph 207.
This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee. [1] [2] The first World Heritage Site in the list is the Galápagos Islands. [3]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO / j uː ˈ n ɛ s k oʊ /) [2] [a] is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
2017 Origin of the famous Rooster of Barcelos. Biella [18] [19] Italy: 2019 History of wool manufacturing and textile manufacturing. Bukhara [20] [21] Uzbekistan: 2023 Known for its golden embroidery, ceramics, jewellery, and woodwork. [22] Cairo [23] [10] Egypt: 2017 Ancient history of specializing in pottery, glassblowing, coppersmith ...
The project cost US$80 million (equivalent to $295.83 million in 2023), about $40 million of which was collected from 50 countries. [15] The project's success led to other safeguarding campaigns, such as saving Venice and its lagoon in Italy, the ruins of Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan, and the Borobodur Temple Compounds in Indonesia.