Ghadames Removed from UNESCO World Heritage Danger List — “The Pearl of the Desert” Restored
The Old Town of Ghadamès, one of the oldest pre-Islamic cities in North Africa, is known affectionately as “the…
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UNESCO World Heritage Class of 2025: Rock Art, a Disney Castle, and the Memory of a Genocide
The 47th Session of the World Heritage Committee took place in Paris this year from July 6th to 16th,…
Famous Lovers, Moorish Towers, and Ham Make up the Charms of This Northern Spanish City
There’s a joke in Spain that the country has two cities that don’t exist: Murcia, the biggest city that…
Leaning Minaret Destroyed by ISIS Fully Repaired as ‘Symbol of Resilience’
Workers in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul have finished building the famous leaning minaret, destroyed in 2017 by ISIS…
UNESCO Heritage Sites Class of 2024: A Mixed Bag of New Sites
The 46th annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee has just concluded in New Delhi. Keeping with WaL tradition of reporting…
Israel’s Destruction of Gaza’s Cultural Monuments and Heritage Dwarfs ISIS and Taliban
Israel has damaged or destroyed over 100 historic and cultural sites in Gaza since their onslaught began on October…
UNESCO Heritage Sites Class of 2023: Central Asia Winning Out
The 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee took place in Riyadh from the 10th to the 25th of…
A Few Tweaks to Ensure the Best of a Classic Ghanaian Itinerary to Cape Coast
PICTURED: The bustling fishing industry off the Atlantic coast of Cape Coast, Ghana. 2019 brought swathes of enthusiastic, warm-hearted…
Labeled the ‘Cold Winter Deserts of Central Asia’ IUCN Recommends 4 Additional World Heritage Sites
A group of spectacular mountain and desert landscapes were targeted, assessed, and recommended by the International Union for the…
The World Heritage Committee Meets To Determine Class Of 2019
Kafu, Azerbaijan, July 1st, 2019. The 43rd meeting of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee is slated to meet in Kafu,…