The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is not a photobank. The photos that appear on the World Heritage website, in the photo galleries for each World Heritage site, were generously donated by photographers ...

A subterranean maze for fierce gladiators and wild animals. These are just a few of the global destinations given World Heritage status by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

SAN ANTONIO - Remembering our city and when it was founded. The city celebrated the opening of the World Heritage Center off Roosevelt Avenue on South Side. There was an indigenous blessing ...

UNESCO is a non-profit intergovernmental organization. Contributions to UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre—made by individuals like you—are used for projects implemented by experts to protect World ...

The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), located in the Republic of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean, is the largest ...

When one thinks of stunning architecture, it’s easy to be swept away by the romance of Europe—its cathedrals, castles, and ...

Instead of flying to Vietnam and traveling to Ha Long Bay by conventional routes, visitors now have a distinctive and scenic ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world ...

What Is UNESCO World Heritage? From masterpieces of creative genius to beautiful natural landscapes, these sites reveal the most compelling chapters of Earth's history. Pollution threatens some of ...