Vigan City Wins UNESCO Award For World Heritage Site Management
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/382056/vigan-city-wins-unesco-award-for-world-heritage-site-management
The Heritage City of Vigan has won the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) award for ?Best Practice in World Heritage Site Management, besting 28 other cities in 23 countries, during the 40th World Heritage ...
Ahmedabad: A living heritage city
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/travel/Ahmedabad-A-living-heritage-city/articleshow/17278105.cms
In 2000, the French signed an MoU with Ahmedabad to conserve heritage and Hudco revised its laws to include loans for restoration of ancient buildings. And the pitch for getting the recognition as the World Heritage City has begun. The city also boasts ...
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Sofia Kyivska won't be expelled from UNESCO World ...
http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/128053.html
The Sofia Kyivska National Reserve and Kyiv Pechersk Lavra National Reserve will not be expelled from UNESCO World Heritage List, Ukrainian Culture Ministry has said. "All this talk about Sofia and Lavra? It's much more difficult to be expelled from ...
Mt Barker to push for Mt Lofty Ranges heritage listing
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/mt-barker-to-push-for-mt-lofty-ranges-heritage-listing/story-fndo471r-1226519932848
MOUNT Barker District Council will proceed with a bid to for UNESCO World Heritage Site listing of the Mt Lofty Ranges agricultural landscape. The council tonight voted in favour of allocating funding in the 2012-13 financial year to formalise its ...
China releases candidate list for World Cultural Heritage status
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20121118-384129.html
CHINA - The State Administration of Cultural Heritage released a new list of candidates for World Cultural Heritage status on Saturday in Beijing. China put forward 45 sites and traditions, located in 28 provinces and regions including Hong Kong.
£5m will help preserve our heritage
http://www.westburypeople.co.uk/pound-5m-help-preserve-heritage/story-17362580-detail/story.html
The Kimmeridge Fossil Museum, in Purbeck, will be a focus to attract even more visitors to the World Heritage coastline of Dorset jobs in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, writes Tina Rowe. It will house the 2,000 specimens collected by one man, ...
Libya's Pearl of the Desert
http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/libyas-pearl-of-the-desert/
The ancient town is home to a rich multi-cultural mix of clans and ethnic groups including Berbers and Tuareg, and its architecture reflects that heritage. In 1986 it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. Can you name this Libyan town nicknamed ...
Ferndale Heritage Society hosts Olde Fashioned Christmas
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/11/19/2769876/ferndale-heritage-society-hosts.html
Window On My World is an occasional essay in Monday's Bellingham Herald that allows Whatcom County residents to share their passion for what they do, an idea or cause they support. Send your Window On My World, which must be no more than 700 ...
