UNESCO

India's 'Pink City' a World Heritage site

Jul 10, 2019, 5:00 am
A rehearsal of the Fete des Vignerons (winegrowers' festival in French), in Vevey, Switzerland, yesterday. The traditional festival is held only every 25 years or so - or once in a generation - by the brotherhood of winegrowers. It started in 1797, a

A toast to a once-in-a-generation festival performance

Jul 10, 2019, 5:00 am
The Guggenheim Museum designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright is one of eight Wright properties named a world heritage site. The historical Hawa Mahal palace in Jaipur, India. The Walled City of Jaipur, also known as the Pink City, has been added to

Unesco adds 29 heritage sites

Jul 10, 2019, 5:00 am

Italy's Prosecco hills join Unesco World Heritage list

Jul 8, 2019, 6:01 am
LIANGZHU CITY The city (left) was once the centre of power and belief of an early regional state during the late Neolithic period in China. PLAIN OF JARSThe megalithic archaeological landscape in Laos consists of thousands of stone jars scattered aro

World Heritage status for Bagan in Myanmar

Jul 8, 2019, 5:00 am
Left: Some rebuilt ruins of Babylon, a kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia

Iraq's Babylon named World Heritage Site

Jul 7, 2019, 5:00 am

Myanmar's temple city Bagan, India's Jaipur awarded Unesco World Heritage status

Jul 6, 2019, 11:30 pm
Skaftafell in Vatnajökull National Park Iceland

Iceland glacier national park, Iranian forest named World Heritage sites

Jul 5, 2019, 11:33 pm

Unesco lists Iraq's Babylon as World Heritage Site

Jul 5, 2019, 10:21 pm

Spain's Sagrada Familia gets building permit... after 137 years

Jun 9, 2019, 1:17 pm