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Mounting climate, invasive species and pathogen risks threaten natural World Heritage – spotlight at IUCN World Conservation Congress

A new assessment by IUCN, released during the 2025 IUCN World Conservation Congress, reveals deepening risks to natural World ...
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Les risques croissants liés au climat, aux espèces envahissantes et aux agents pathogènes menacent le patrimoine mondial naturel – un sujet phare du Congrès m…

Une nouvelle évaluation de l’UICN, publiée à l’occasion du Congrès mondial de la nature 2025, révèle l’aggravation des ...
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Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis

Thebes, the city of the god Amon, was the capital of Egypt during the period of the Middle and New Kingdoms. With the temples and palaces at Karnak and Luxor, and the necropolises of the Valley of the ...
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Great Zimbabwe National Monument

The ruins of Great Zimbabwe – the capital of the Queen of Sheba, according to an age-old legend – are a unique testimony to the Bantu civilization of the Shona between the 11th and 15th centuries. The ...
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Medieval Monuments in Kosovo

The four edifices of the site reflect the high points of the Byzantine-Romanesque ecclesiastical culture, with its distinct style of wall painting, which developed in the Balkans between the 13th and ...
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Patrimoine mondial

Le patrimoine est l’héritage du passé dont nous profitons aujourd’hui et que nous transmettons aux générations à venir. Ce qui rend exceptionnel le concept de patrimoine mondial est son application ...
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Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)

This famous pilgrimage site in north-west Spain became a symbol in the Spanish Christians' struggle against Islam. Destroyed by the Muslims at the end of the 10th century, it was completely rebuilt in ...
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World Heritage Centre

Established in 1992, the World Heritage Centre is the focal point and coordinator within UNESCO for all matters related to World Heritage. Ensuring the day-to-day management of the Convention, the ...
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Symposium UNESCO-Afrique-Chine sur le renforcement des capacités et la coopération en matière de patrimoine mondial

Du 19 au 25 octobre 2025, l'UNESCO organisera le Symposium "UNESCO-Afrique-Chine sur le renforcement des capacités et la coopération en matière de patrimoine mondial" à Quanzhou, en Chine. Cet événeme ...
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Tentative Lists

A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its ...
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UNESCO–Africa–China Symposium on World Heritage Capacity-Building and Cooperation

Africa–China Symposium on World Heritage Capacity-Building and Cooperation" in Quanzhou, China. This landmark event builds on ...
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20th extraordinary session of the World Heritage Committee

The 20th extraordinary session of the World Heritage Committee will take place in praesentia at UNESCO Headquarter on 25 November 2025, from 2.00pm to 3.00pm (Paris Time). In conformity with Decision ...