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Bavarian palaces, imperial tombs in China and memorials to Khmer Rouge victims are among the sites being recognized by the ...
From underwater pirate cities to secret Chinese tombs, UNESCO just minted some of the planet's most extraordinary ...
Sligo’s campaign to secure UNESCO World Heritage Site status for ‘The Passage Tomb Landscape of County Sligo’ has reached a key milestone, with a first formal Nomination Team meeting which took place ...
The megaliths of Carnac in France and Port Royal in Jamaica are among the new must-visit sites designated worthy of legal ...
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee met in Paris this month to add to its list of cultural sites around the world deemed to ...
The Neuschwanstein castle in Germany’s Bavaria, perhaps best known for inspiring Walt Disney’s fairytale castles, has been ...
Four new African sites entered the UNESCO World Heritage List, bringing the total number to 112. This year, two African ...
One of the world’s biggest assemblages of rock art at Murujuga in Western Australia’s Pilbara has been granted World Heritage ...
Yen Tu - Vinh Nghiem - Con Son - Kiep Bac complex: Recently recognized as Vietnam’s ninth World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO, ...
All of the new places added to the list this year have “outstanding universal value” and meet at least one out of 10 ...
UNESCO has added 26 new locations to its World Heritage List, bringing the total to 1,248 sites recognized globally for their ...
UNESCO World Heritage Sites, numbering 1,223 globally as of 2025, celebrate culture, history, and biodiversity. Italy leads ...