Visitors to the World Heritage Center will learn about the history of the Spanish Missions and the inhabitants of the land ...

The grand opening featured a ribbon-cutting ceremony and dedication of the World Heritage Center veranda, a legacy gift from ...

World heritage is rarely exempt ... which reached its one-year mark this October has claimed more than 200 cultural landmarks and historic site including mosques, churches, libraries, and art ...

"The World Heritage convention has concepts that ... The listing notes there are more than 90 historic sites "that mark humankind's presence on the Moon's surface and testify to some of our ...

An exhibition featuring more than 100 items of cultural relics was held on Tuesday at the Potala Palace in Lhasa of the Xizang autonomous region to mark the ... as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Locations deemed World Heritage sites are of "outstanding universal value to humanity" and should be "protected for future generations to appreciate and enjoy," according to Unesco. The ...

Making UNESCO's World Heritage List means protection and prestige for some of the world's most famous sites—and some of the not-so-famous. See how much you know about these special places.

including registration of the Sado Island gold mine in Niigata Prefecture as a World Cultural Heritage site. That listing increased to 21 the number of cultural landmarks in Japan recognized as ...