A recent study reveals that World Heritage Sites — which are landmarks and areas of legal protection under an international ...

Use of the World Heritage emblem, or logo, is strictly regulated and determined by the World Heritage Committee, with guidelines for its use defined in Chapter 8 of the Operational Guidelines. Please ...

1,223 sites are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Natural sites ... Click on 'follow', next to our logo above.

There are 1,223 UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the globe, from the Great Pyramids of Giza to Easter Island to Independence Hall in Philadelphia. These landmarks have cultural, historical or ...

The Art Deco of Bombay (now Mumbai) is recognised as the Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Bombay by the UNESCO ...

For over 40 years, some of the most incredible and beautiful places in the world have been placed on UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list. Places on the list are granted certain legal protections ...

The ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site. Iraq had been lobbying since 1983 for the 4,000-year-old site to be added to the United Nations ...

A fire has destroyed all the main structures of Shuri Castle, a Unesco World Heritage site on Japan's southern island of Okinawa. Firefighters battled the flames for more than 10 hours ...