Tucked within the hilltop campus of the University of Coimbra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Biblioteca Joanina is a ...

UNESCO World Heritage Sites are some of the most celebrated destinations on Earth, known for their cultural, historical, and ...

This week, all eyes have been on UNESCO, the France-based body that bestows the ranking of “World Heritage Site” on some of the world’s most beautiful, historic and otherwise important places. In many ...

Each year, UNESCO recognizes culturally significant practices, traditions and customs. 2025's list includes weaving, handmade paper craftsmanship, yurt making, a genre of Cuban music and yodeling.

UNESCO cities in Portugal may be few – there are five in total across the mainland and islands – but they tell a ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the selected projects of the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2023 Campaign, under the theme of ‘World Heritage Volunteers 2023 - Working on the ...

UNESCO World Heritage sites demonstrate the impacts of climate change on cultural heritage and are important resources for traditional knowledge and practices and lead the way for heritage-based ...

In North America and around the globe, 50 UNESCO World Heritage sites are home to glaciers. A new study warns that glaciers in a third of them will disappear by 2050 due to carbon emissions warming ...

Iconic sites like the Statue of Liberty and Grand Canyon are among the 26 UNESCO World Heritage sites in the United States that stand to be affected by the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw ...

Liverpool is only the third site to be stripped of its Unesco World Heritage status. lovestruck via Flickr under CC BY-NC 2.0 A United Nations committee has stripped the English city of Liverpool of ...

This story is co-published with Indian Country Today and is part of The Human Cost of Conservation, a Grist series on Indigenous rights and protected areas. The rivers that run through the steep ...