Bavarian palaces, imperial tombs in China and memorials to Khmer Rouge victims are among the sites being recognized by the ...

South Africa is home to eight of the world’s official heritage sites, as determined by Unesco’s World Heritage Committee. This includes four cultural, three natural and one mixed (cultural and ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, has five African landmarks on its latest list of newly inscribed World Heritage Sites. The new collection includes 24 ...

The World Heritage Site list is a composition of monuments from around the world which have been deemed sacred and placed under the protection of world organization UNESCO. The list includes ...

T he United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named 26 new sites to the World Heritage ...

An introduction to South Africa's World Heritage sites, as well as a passionate conversation about the singularities, the importance and place of Africa and African cultures in the history of world ...

The Nelson Mandela Heritage Sites, South Africa. These sites honor the legacy of Nelson Mandela and the struggle against apartheid. ... We are pleased to announce the inscription of five new African ...

Furthermore, the Unesco World Heritage Committee also inscribed three Middle Stone Age sites as “recognition of South Africa’s significant contribution to the understanding of the origins of ...

By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — Supporters of Africa’s cultural and natural heritage recently had cause to celebrate. At the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee in September, UNESCO ...

Coastal erosion and sea-level rise have damaged African World Heritage Sites. ... Rock art sites in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in South Africa are experiencing biodeterioration due to ...

The addition of the two serial properties will bring South Africa’s number of World Heritage sites to 12. The Presidency expressed “heartfelt gratitude to the members of the 46th session Committee for ...

By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — Supporters of Africa’s cultural and natural heritage recently had cause to celebrate. At the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee in September, UNESCO ...