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UNESCO's World Heritage List~ Melaka & George Town, Malaysia
2008-09-28 04:28:00 Thanks for YTL group of Malaysia, I tend to have an opportunity visiting the Hotel Majestic Melaka for a day's trip with introduction from Donnovan, a historian. There are lots of activities you can enjoy in Melaka. to find out more...A piece of great news that Melaka had been listed in UNESCO's World Heritage list since July 2008. "Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia) have developed over 500 years of trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca. The influences of Asia and Europe have endowed the towns with a specific multicultural heritage that is both tangible and intangible. With its government buildings, churches, squares and fortifications, Melaka demonstrates the early stages of this history originating in the 15th-century Malay sultanate and the Portuguese and Dutch periods beginning in the early 16th century. Featuring residential and commercial buildings, George Town represents the British era from ...
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World Heritage Sites That Should Be Included In Your London Tour
2008-04-27 07:00:00 London is a magical place to visit that all should undertake at some point in their life. Compiling a list of sites and attractions to see while on your tour can be difficult. With so much to see and so little time, including everything you want in your tour itinerary can almost impossible. To help ...
By: Resources zone
Luang Prabang--a World Heritage Site Worth Your Time
2008-04-08 16:44:00 I had the incredible delight of spending 2 days and 2 nights in Luang Prabang (Lao.co.uk, Lao Embassy, UNESCO World Heritage, Luang Prabang 2 Day, Luang Prabang Travel, Wikipedia, Wikitravel, The New York Times, Travelfish.org). Luang Prabang is a flourishing and small town that is beautifully situated on the banks of the Mekong and Nam Khan Rivers (they converge in Luang Prabang). Unfortunately, I left not getting to see and do everything that I wanted to. Oh well, this just gives me a reason to came back to Laos (a country I am falling in love with!) in the near future.The first night we arrived in Luang Prabang was pretty casual. Kim, Tyler, Sonja, and I decided to find a place to watch the sunset. We didn't have to look far--we walked to Phou Si (Lao translation: Holy Mountin), which is a large hill that rises from the center of the city. Phou Si has temples scattered on all sides, and we made our way up a number of steps to Wat Phra Bat Nua. A handful of younger monks were jok...
Spain - UNESCO World Heritage Cities
2008-04-07 09:16:00 UNESCO World Heritage Cities in Spain: hundreds of stories to be told in buildings that have stood for centuries, most witnessing civilization's progression from the Romans, through the occupation by the Moors, to our time in the 21st century.
Panasonic continues to support the largest ever World Heritage photographic
2008-03-26 19:20:00 Osaka, Japan - Panasonic, the leading brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is best known, today announced its continual support for the UNESCO partnered World Heritage photographic project, OUR PLACE ? The World?s Heritage, by re...
Free 2008 world heritage map
2008-02-25 21:34:00 http://whc.unesco.org/en/regist-er/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Free 2008 world heritage map", url: "http://www.freestufftimes.com/-25/free-2008-world-heritage-map-/" });
By: Free Stuff Times
Sarkozy wants French Food to have a UNESCO World Heritage Listing
2008-02-23 19:32:00 From news.com.au: “FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy said he wants to see French cuisine listed as a world heritage item by the United Nations. “Agriculture and the jobs which produce it every day are the source of our country’s gastronomic diversity. It is an essential element of our heritage,” Mr Sarkozy said at the opening of France’s huge ...
By: France travel
World Heritage Wall Map
2008-02-02 01:26:00 This offer is for a free world heritage wall map. Once you have filled in the information, you will receive an e-mail confirming your registration. Just click the link to confirm it. They do ask for an orginization, but that area is optional so just leave it blank. This large format full-color map features the World Heritage sites. The dimensions of the map are 78 cm by 50 cm. http://
By: Samples R Us
Free World Heritage Map
2008-01-18 17:04:00 Register to become a free member of the World Heritage website and receive a free World Heritage Map. Be sure to check the box requesting the map by mail to get this freebie.
Shiga wants Lake Biwa listed as World Heritage site
2008-01-06 00:00:00 OTSU -- Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada said the prefectural government will aim to have Lake Biwa inscribed as a World Heritage site.At a New Year press conference on Friday, Kada said a project team will be established with the aim of getting the prefecture's lake registered as a World Heritage site."Through our activities, we'll show the world the appeal of Lake Biwa," Kada told the press conference.Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake, has already been designated as a p ...
Advent Calendar - Preserving World Heritage
2007-12-02 01:22:00 The world keeps changing at fast pace, and probably everybody has heard of climate change by now. However, world heritage also needs constant attention and funding for its preservation, even when not directly threatened. There are several organisations that are concerned with this issue, and since the end of the year is an ideal moment ...
Ayutthaya World Heritage Site Celebrations
2007-12-01 10:22:00 Ayutthaya was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on 13 December 1991. Each year Ayutthaya celebrates this for seven days between 13-19 December with many interesting activities such as folk entertainment and Thai cultural performances as well as light and sound presentation of Ayutthaya?s history Formally known as Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, the ancient city of Ayutthaya, was founded in 1350 by King U-Thong and remained the capital city of the Kingdom of Siam for 417 years, from 1350 to 1767. During this time, 33 kings of various Siamese dynasties reigned in Ayutthaya, each contributing to the the Kingdom's many cultural treasures. However it was during the reign of His Majesty King Narai the Great that the Kingdom of Siam established international diplomatic and trade ties with many western countries such as France, Holland, Portugal and Spain. During its heyday, international trade flourished with Dutch, Portuguese, French, English, Chinese and Japanese sea-faring t...
By: inside Thailand
Macau Historical Centre World Heritage 澳門歷史城區世界遺產
2007-11-03 01:07:00 建築物* 媽閣廟* 港務局大樓（舊稱「嚤-兵營」，又稱「水師-」）* 鄭家大屋（鄭觀應的故-）* 聖老楞佐教堂* 聖若瑟修院大樓及聖堂*- 崗頂劇院（伯多祿五世-院）* 何東圖書館* 聖奧斯定教堂* 民政總署大樓（原澳門-政廳）* 三街會館（關帝廟）* 仁慈堂大樓* 大堂（主教座堂）* 盧家大屋（金玉堂）* 玫瑰堂（板樟堂）* 大三巴牌坊（聖保祿教-遺址，有東方梵蒂岡-稱）* 哪吒廟（位於大三巴牌-側）* 舊城牆遺址* 大炮台* 聖安多尼教堂（花王堂-* 東方基金會會址* 基督教墳場* 東望洋炮台（包括聖母-地殿教堂及燈塔）前-* 媽閣廟前地* 阿婆井前地* 崗頂前地* 議事亭前地（澳門的商-中心區，俗稱「噴水-」）* 板樟堂前地* 大堂前地* 耶穌會紀念廣場* 白鴿巢前地（亦稱花王-前地、賈梅士公園前-）List of sites* A-Ma Temple* Casa Garden* Cathe...
By: SeeMacau
De-recognition Of Champaner World Heritage Site
2007-11-01 06:07:00 It is unfortunate how all fundamentalists, both Hindu and Muslim, share a general dislike for all that is good and beautiful in this world. First it was the turn of the Taliban to tear down the beautiful sculptures of Lord Buddha at Bamiyan in Afghanistan and now it is the turn of the Saffron brigade ...
World Heritage Park Expanded in Canada
2007-08-09 20:24:00 On Wednesday Stephen Harper 5,000 square kilometers would be added to the Nahanni National Park Reserve - a spectacular area of the Northwest Territories that, alongside Yellowstone and the Galapagos, was named one the UN's original three World Heritage Sites back in 1978."This is arguably the most important act of environmental protection in a generation," the prime minister said Wednesday. The government plans to add 5,400 square kilometres of land within the Greater Nahanni ecosystem, barring it from any kind of further development.Despite the good news "arguably" is the key word. There has been an ongoing efforts to protect in the Nahanni's entire 38,000 square kilometer watershed by both environmentalists, and local first nations who already have ceded control of 23,000 square kilometers to Parks Canada. However, proposed mining development still threatens the park from upstream sites. Protecting the entire watershed would be a solid a worth effort at protecting the health...
Wants some ideas of places to visit? Check out the UNESCO World Heritage li
2007-08-07 20:13:00 If there’s a group of people that knows more about fantastic places of nature, heritage and culture, it’s got to be UNESCO World Heritage. To make it onto the UNESCO World Heritage lists, a candidate site has to be genuinely unique and pretty much considered to be a national treasure within its country. Gaining entry ...
Bai Chay bridge looks majestic over a world heritage site
2007-07-16 06:06:00 Bai Chay Bridge over the Cua Luc Straits next to the World Natural Heritage Site of Ha Long Bay was open to traffic on December 2. With a span of 435m, it is the worlds longest centrally-supported cable-stayed concrete bridge to give fresh impetus to socio-economic development in the locality and the northern key economic ...
New UNESCO World Heritage Sites
2007-07-06 12:18:00 There are no Brazilian sites on the list of new World Heritage Sites announced by UNESCO. A list of the Brazilian sites (and other Latin American sites as well) on the UNESCO waiting list was published by De Viaje a Brasil, the Spanish counterpart of this blog, a few days ago. Share This
Sydney Opera House: A New World Heritage Site
2007-07-01 21:48:00 Sydney Opera House has beenadded to the The World Heritage list. Joern Utzon designedSydney Opera HouseinOctober 1973 and thereisno youngercultural siteincluded on the list. Click here to read the media release from June 282007,or click here to read about other Australian World Heritage sites. Dane Munro Sydney Opera House
By: Vego Zest
SA's eighth World Heritage Site
2007-06-29 10:33:00 The Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape has become the eighth South African site to be inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage List as a place of "outstanding value to humanity". The mountainous desert landscape is owned and managed by the Nama people, the last practitioners of a semi-nomadic pastoral livelihood at least two millennia old.
Stonehenge should be removed from World Heritage list
2007-06-05 10:08:00 A former Transport and Heritage minister is calling for Stonehenge to be removed from the list of World Heritage sites. Salisbury's Conservative MP Robert Key says a failure to deliver long overdue improvements means Stonehenge no longer deserves the listing. He claims money for improvements is being diverted to the Olympics. He is writing to the UNESCO committee asking for the British government to be called to account..
By: Attuworld
Chhattisgarh wants world heritage status for Sirpur
2007-05-10 14:28:00 Raipur, May 10 (IANS) Chhattisgarh will lobby for world heritage status for Sirpur village, which was a famous Buddhist study centre from the 6th to the 10th century. “Sirpur deserves to be listed as a world heritage site,” Tourism Minister Brijmohan Agrawal told IANS. Sirpur village, 72 km east of state capital Raipur, is in Mahasamund district ...
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Stone-expert Mission in Borobudur World Heritage Site
2007-04-30 18:08:00 In consultation with the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia and the World Heritage Centre, a technical mission was organized on Borobudur World Heritage Site from 27 September to 7 October 2006. Italian stone-expert Prof. Costantino Meucci inspected the site in collaboration with the team of conservationists from the Borobudur Heritage Conservation Institute. Despite the great efforts made over the years for the conservation of the stones, the monitoring programme conducted by the Borobudur Heritage Conservation Institute has shown that the rate of material deterioration of the stone continues to increase, especially as far as scaling is concerned (but also alveolization and cementation). Even if a large part of this deterioration of the stone is natural and cannot be stopped, it seems that it could be reduced by more adapted maintenance practices and treatments on the site. The Mission hence aimed at reviewing the current methodolo...
World Heritage sites in Brazil: a report
2007-03-23 20:36:00 The AdventureTravelLogue reported last November that the National Geographic and the George Washington University had conducted a third study on the situation of some of Unesco World Heritage sites. Three Brazilian sites were assessed in the report: Iguazu Falls, (shared with Argentina) received a score of 61 out of 100, indicating mixed reviews, positive and negative aspects combined together. The comments in the report were: “A small island of preserved rain forest in vastness of agricultural land almost bereft of wildlife and trees. Mass tourism, no feeling of local culture, shop-window ecology.” “Spectacular aesthetic appeal, some improvements in tourism have been made, much more needed.” “Since revitalization of the Brazilian National Park, this site has much improved.” “The national parks on both the Brazilian and Argentine sides need more transboundary cooperation. The natural aesthetic appeal continues to be a major draw. There is pl...
World Heritage Sites
2007-03-19 00:00:00 The list of World Heritage sites drafted by UNESCO includes 10 Brazilian locations under the Cultural Heritage category and 7 under the Natural Heritage one. Cultural Heritage: Brasilia Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia Historic Centre of So Lus Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina Historic Centre of the Town of Gois Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda Historic Town of ...
Unesco sponsored world heritage expo in China
2007-03-18 13:12:00 Beijing, March 18: China's northeastern city of Shenyang will hold the World Cultural and Natural Heritage Expo for five months, from June 9 to Oct 9.
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World Heritage support for wall
2007-01-23 19:08:02 A landmark representing the most northerly walled frontier of the Roman Empire has become the UK's official nomination for World Heritage status. The Antonine Wall runs 37 miles from Bo'ness, near Falkirk, to Old Kilpatrick in West Dunbartonshire. The announcement was made by UK Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell. Conservation body Unesco, which is responsible for the scheme, will examine the proposal and make a final decision at a future date. Read the rest of this article...
Things To See - World Heritage Sites in Hungary
2007-01-21 18:05:00 Hungary is home to 8 UNESCO World Heritage Sites: 1. Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue Photos by hexod.us and Marko_K 2. Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) Photo by Beckletic 3. Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape Photo by Dieter Karner 4. Hortobágy National Park - The Puszta Photo by Mr. White Rabbit 5.
World heritage in South Africa
2005-06-07 00:00:00 Did you know that Table Mountain has more plant species than the British Isles? Or that the Drakensberg has both the highest mountain range in Africa south of Kilimanjaro and the continent's richest concentration of rock art? South Africa is home to eight Unesco World Heritage sites, places of "outstanding value to humanity".
World heritage in South Africa
2005-06-07 00:00:00 Did you know that Table Mountain has more plant species than the British Isles? Or that the Drakensberg has both the highest mountain range in Africa south of Kilimanjaro and the continent's richest concentration of rock art? South Africa is home to eight Unesco World Heritage sites, places of "outstanding value to humanity".
World heritage in South Africa
2005-06-07 00:00:00 Did you know that Table Mountain has more plant species than the British Isles? Or that the Drakensberg has both the highest mountain range in Africa south of Kilimanjaro and the continent's richest concentration of rock art? South Africa is home to eight Unesco World Heritage sites, places of "outstanding value to humanity".
World Heritage Sites That Should Be Included In Your London Tour
1969-12-31 19:00:00 London is a magical place to visit that all should undertake at some point in their life. Compiling a list of sites and attractions to see while on your tour can be difficult. With so much to see and so little time, including everything you want in your tour itinerary can almost impossible. To help ...
World Heritage Sites That Should Be Included In Your London Tour
0000-00-00 00:00:00 A look at the four world heritage sites located within London and why visitors should include these sites in the itinerary of their tour.
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