The opening of the New Acropolis Museum was one of the most emotional experiences of my life” says Tina Daskalantonakis, a Greek hotelier. “It is more than a museum – it is a symbol of national pride and hope for the future.”
The museum in question crouches 300 metres below the Acropolis. An angular behemoth of [...]
Archive for June, 2009
30 Jun
Acropolis Museum is a formidable rival to the British Museum
26 Jun
China’s Mount Wutai inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee has inscribed China’s Mount Wutai on UNESCO’s World Heritage List as a cultural landscape.
With its five flat peaks, Mount Wutai is a sacred Buddhist mountain. The cultural landscape numbers 53 monasteries and includes the East Main Hall of Foguang Temple, the highest surviving timber Building of the Tang Dynasty with life [...]
26 Jun
Cidade Velha becomes Cape Verde’s first World Heritage site
Cidade Velha has been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, marking Cape Verde’s entry to the international community’s inventory of properties of outstanding universal value.
The World Heritage Committee, chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, inscribed the historic centre, which dates back to the late 15th century and [...]
25 Jun
Dresden is deleted from UNESCO’s World Heritage List!!!
“Every time we fail to preserve a site, we share the pain of the State Party,” declared María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO who is chairing the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee presently underway in Seville on Thursday.
The World Heritage Committee decided to remove Germany’s Dresden [...]
