UNESCO has added 26 new World Heritage Sites, highlighting African heritage, collective memory landmarks, and humanity’s shared prehistory.

India has officially nominated Sarnath for inclusion under the 2025–26 UNESCO World Heritage nomination cycle.

Once a year, The World Heritage Committee —a panel of 21 elected representatives from different member nations—meets to assess new proposals for inscription on the World Heritage List.

From French Stonehenge to Fairytale Castles, These 32 Sites Just Earned World Heritage Status Prehistoric structures, natural environments, and architecture of note have just joined UNESCO's World ...

Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List. The three locations were inscribed ...

If you experience difficulties in accessing the online form, or have any additional questions, please contact: Francesco Volpini at Better World ([email protected]) with a copy to Inès Yousfi at the ...

The U.S. is withdrawing from UNESCO for a second time under President Trump. Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are among the 1,248 UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Built under the rule of Ludwig II, the grand palace complexes in Bavaria were among 26 new sites granted world heritage ...

The agency is perhaps best known for preserving cultural heritage through its UNESCO World Heritage Sites program, which recognizes 1,248 historic landmarks in 170 countries for protection ...

On 27 -28 June 2022, UNESCO's World Heritage Centre organized an experts meeting on Modern Heritage of Africa and the 1972 World Heritage Convention, with the aim to integrate the modern heritage ...