UNESCO has designated 12 historic Maratha forts across Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu as World Heritage Sites, recognizing their military ingenuity and strategic design. These forts, built between the ...

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

Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List.

Malawi National Commission for Unesco says the declaration of Mulanje Mountain as a World Heritage Site (WHS) will help ...

The Wixárika Route, a 500-kilometer sacred trail across five Mexican states, has been declared a World Heritage Site by ...

UNESCO added multiple new sites last week, with Germany’s Neuschwanstein Castle being arguably the most well-known of the new ...

Thai social media erupts as Cambodia claims 22 Thai literary works as UNESCO heritage; Culture Ministry orders urgent probe ...

Lübeck – the former capital and Queen City of the Hanseatic League – was founded in the 12th century and prospered until the 16th century as the major trading centre for northern Europe. It has ...

A new strategy for World Heritage in Ireland aims to increase the number of World Heritage Properties in the country to ...

In a historic and long due decision, the UNESCO added the Minoan Palaces on Crete to the World Heritage List. The six Minoan palace centers ...

UNESCO World Heritage recognition has been given to seven new areas as World Heritage, following IUCN advice. Africa shone ...