Where the Middle Ages Begin
Medieval sites in Sicily, Korea and Turkey were among those selected to be added to UNESCO World Heritage list this week. During meetings held at Bonn, Germany, over 20 sites from around the world were added to the list, which now stands at over 1,000 landmarks and areas.
The sites were added during a meeting of the World Heritage Committee, which was held last month in Doha, Qatar.
Twenty-five sites were added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List last month, including four which date from the Middle Ages. The 35th session of the World Heritage Committee was held last month in Paris, where 25 of the 35 proposed sites received final approval to be included on the List, which marks places that are particularly […]
Twenty items have been selected from the UK’s libraries, archives and museums to represent the outstanding heritage of the United Kingdom, including several that date back to the Middle Ages. They new items listed in the UK Memory of the World Register include the Cura Pastoralis of Gregory, the Gough Map, Wakefield Court Rolls, Winchester […]
Contested Identities: The Dissonant Heritage of European Town Walls and Walled Towns By David Bruce and Oliver Creighton International Journal of Heritage Studies, Volume 12, Issue 3 (2006 ) Abstract: As well as exerting an enduring influence on townscapes, town walls have always played a critical role in shaping the identities and images of the […]
The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), which has been meeting for the last several days in Brazil, has named over two dozen new sites to the World Heritage List, including several that date back to the medieval era. Those named to the World Heritage List include: Albi, France: […]
The pilgrimage route with World Heritage status starts in France, and stretches for more than 800 kilometers in Spain.
The beauty of Venice is unrivalled. Cruising along the canals, the passing buildings reveal stories of the past.
The Christian monarch had a dream. God spoke to him: Build churches of rock this will be a New Jerusalem.
The Angkor Dynasty flourished here between the 9th and 15th centuries. It ruled a vast territory, and hundreds of stone buildings remain its legacy.
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