The Latest Breaking News from UNESCO

Karnataka has four UNESCO World Heritage Sites, three of which are cultural properties: Belur, Halebid and Somanathapur temples of the Hoysala period, and Western Ghats as a natural site. Other two cultural properties are the group of monuments at Hampi and temples at Pattadakal. Karnataka also has a few more…

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The city of Nimes has welcomed the inscription onto the Unesco World Heritage List of its iconic Maison Carrée, a Roman temple built in the first century CE. The addition to the list is expected to bring more visitors and increased revenue to the southern French city.

The Hoysala temples at Belur, Halebidu and Somanathapur in Karnataka have been declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites, bringing global recognition and prospects of increased international tourism. The temples, known for their ornate stellate plan and soft soapstone carvings, were inscribed as 'The Sacred Ensembles of Hoysalas' and are protected by…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya has warned that an outbreak of diseases in the country's northeast, where floods have killed over 11,000 people, could create “a second devastating crisis,” with Libyan authorities reporting the spread of diarrhea among over 100 people who drank contaminated water

Santiniketan, the popular town in West Bengal, is famed as the place where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore established the Visva-Bharati University over a century ago. It has now been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, making it great news for the country.

UNESCO, the UN's cultural organisation, has put Ukraine’s two cities Kyiv and Lviv on its ‘in danger’ list. The reason behind this is that these cities are at risk from Russian invasion. The news was announced this Friday and the decision was taken at UNESCO's annual world heritage committee meeting…

A UN conference has voted to list ruins of the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision that has angered Israel, which controls the territory and does not recognise a Palestinian state.