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17 days ago
bbc.com

Unesco announces its newest geoparks around the world

From dinosaur fossils in Brazil to the soaring monasteries of Meteora, these 18 new geological sites highlight a part...

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about 1 month ago
bbc.com

How Berlin's techno scene transformed the city and gained Unesco status

In abandoned warehouses and squats of this once-divided city, young people thirsty for freedom started a cultural rev...

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9 months ago
nationalworld.com

Stonehenge road tunnel near Heritage site ‘shocking decision’ and ‘a complete joke’, campaigner says

The Director of Transport Action Network said the government is “sticking two fingers up at UNESCO” who have objected...

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about 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

UNESCO world heritage sites UK: 7 sites making heritage status bids - from Birkenhead Park to York

If successful, the new locations will join the growing list of 33 World Heritage sites in the UK

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

From French baguettes to Ukrainian borscht: what made 2022 UNESCO heritage list

The United Nations compiles the list to protect culture and traditions around the world

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over 1 year ago
dailymail.co.uk

Massive solar farm is planned for the heart of Thomas Hardy country

The proposed 1,400-acre site at Chickerell, Dorset, is in an area of outstanding natural beauty, lying between Dorche...

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Google Doodle celebrates Indonesian instrument Angklung

A symbol of Indonesian culture, the origin of Angklung goes back 400 years to West Java

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over 1 year ago
dailymail.co.uk

Unesco says 'substantial' amendments needed to Stonehenge tunnel

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps gave the go-ahead to the scheme to overhaul eight miles of the A303 and build the tu...

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Pyramids, Taj Mahal... and Durham miners’ hall? They could all soon get UNESCO status

Redhills, a miners’ hall in Durham, could be added to the 900 global sites given UNESCO world heritage status, joinin...

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over 2 years ago
dailymail.co.uk

Welsh slate mines become Unesco World Heritage Site

The landscape, which runs through Gwynedd, in north-west Wales, was granted the listing at the 44th session of the Wo...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Liverpool loses Unesco World Heritage status over waterfront development - and Everton stadium

Docks drop off list that also includes Venice and the Taj Mahal - with UK Government coming in for criticism for fail...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Government has failed to protect and conserve Liverpool’s World Heritage Site, say Unesco chiefs

A Unesco report recommends 'with deep regret' that Liverpool be deleted from the World Heritage Site list as a summit...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Unesco director says deleting Liverpool from World Heritage Site list will be 'painful'

Liverpool was put on Unesco’s heritage site “danger list”, which also features sites in Iraq, Syria and Palestine, in...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

How Liverpool has had to balance history with jobs as Unesco to scrap heritage status over new de...

The city looks set to lose its world heritage status after developments including the new Everton football stadium th...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Liverpool on brink of losing World Heritage status over new projectss including Everton stadium

UNESCO officials have recommended the city be stripped of the accolade it has held since 2004 at a World Heritage Com...

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