12
Oct
Posted by Dis Manibus in Archaeology, Cultura, Historia. Tagged: 2010 watch, Archaeology, culture, heritage, history, news, WMF, world. Leave a Comment
Afghanistan
OLD CITY OF HERAT
Herat, Afghanistan
Argentina
BUENOS AIRES HISTORIC CENTER
Buenos Aires, Argentina
TEATRO COLÓN
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Armenia
AGHJOTS MONASTERY
Garni Village, Armenia
Austria
WIENER WERKBUNDSIEDLUNG
Vienna, Austria
Bahrain
SUQ AL-QAYSARIYA
Muharraq, Bahrain
Belgium
SANATORIUM JOSEPH LEMAIRE
Tombeek, Belgium
Bhutan
PHAJODING
Thimphu, Bhutan
Bolivia
CONVENTO-MUSEO SANTA TERESA
Cochabamba, Bolivia
MISIONES JESUÍTICAS DE CHIQUITOS (JESUIT MISSIONS OF CHIQUITOS)
Santa Cruz department, Bolivia
Chile
IGLESIAS DE ARICA PARINACOTA (CHURCHES OF ARICA PARINACOTA)
Municipios de Arica y Putre, Chile
Colombia
SAN FERNANDO AND SAN JOSE FORTRESSES
Cartagena [...]
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4
Sep
Posted by Dis Manibus in Archaeology, Cultura, Historia. Tagged: Angkor, Archaeology, architecture, buddhism, Cambodia, culture, heritage, history, religion, settlements, UNESCO, world. Leave a Comment
National Geographic recently featured an article by Richard Stone on the Angkor and the Khmer Empire.
[...Angkor is the scene of one of the greatest vanishing acts of all time. The Khmer kingdom lasted from the 9th to the 15th centuries, and at its height dominated a wide swath of Southeast Asia, from Myanmar (Burma) in [...]
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2
Jul
Posted by Dis Manibus in Cultura. Tagged: culture, England, Europe, France, Germany, heritage, news, UNESCO, world, World Heritage List. Leave a Comment
The World Heritage Committee holding its 33rd session chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, has inscribed two new natural sites and 11 cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Since it also withdrew one site – from the List, Dresden Elbe Valley (Germany), the List now [...]
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28
Jun
Posted by Dis Manibus in Cultura. Tagged: Belize, Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, Colombia, List in danger, Los Katios National Park, news, UNESCO, world, World Heritage List. Leave a Comment
The World Heritage Committee has decided to inscribe Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System and Colombia’s Los Katios National Park on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The main problem with Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System concerns mangrove cutting and excessive development in the property which was inscribed in 1996 as largest barrier reef in the [...]
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13
Jun
Posted by Dis Manibus in human rights. Tagged: human rights, indigenous people, news, Peru, protests, world. Leave a Comment
Peruvian lawmakers suspended a controversial law on Wednesday that eased restrictions on lumber harvesting in the Amazon rain forest. Opposition politicians protest during the session in Lima.
Peru’s Amazonian indigenous peoples have been resisting since last year a plan by President Alan Garcia to use their traditional lands for greater development, typically of oil and gas, [...]
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