The Wadden Sea is the largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world. The site covers the Dutch Wadden Sea Conservation Area, the German Wadden Sea National Parks of Lower ...

Les représentants des peuples autochtones peuvent désormais déposer leur candidature pour obtenir une bourse du Fonds de contributions volontaires des Nations Unies pour les peuples autochtones (UNVFI ...

UNESCO/WHC makes some of its web content available via syndication (XML/RSS/KML/XLS/GEORSS). An RSS icon appears on the syndication page, indicating those sections ...

Polonnaruwa was the second capital of Sri Lanka after the destruction of Anuradhapura in 993. It comprises, besides the Brahmanic monuments built by the Cholas, the monumental ruins of the fabulous ...

Built in the early 8th century, this exceptionally well-preserved desert castle was both a fortress with a garrison and a residence of the Umayyad caliphs. The most outstanding features of this small ...

Cet étrange paysage lunaire de grand intérêt géologique abrite l’un des plus importants ensembles d’art rupestre préhistorique du monde. Plus de 15 000 dessins et gravures permettent d’y suivre, ...

Throughout the arid regions of Iran, agricultural and permanent settlements are supported by the ancient qanat system of tapping alluvial aquifers at the heads of valleys and conducting the water ...

The ‘World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific’ (WHITR-AP, China) has opened its 2026 ...

L’« Institut de formation et de recherche sur le patrimoine mondial pour l’Asie et le Pacifique » (WHITR-AP, Chine) a lancé son Appel 2026 portant sur les bonnes pratiques dans le cadre du projet « Co ...

The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary is an area within the Central Desert and Coastal Hills biogeographical regions of Oman. Seasonal fogs and dews support a unique desert ecosystem whose diverse flora includes ...

Located in the Germuş mountains of south-eastern Anatolia, this property presents monumental round-oval and rectangular megalithic structures erected by hunter-gatherers in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic ...

Célébrée chaque année le 2 février, la Journée mondiale des zones humides met à l’honneur en 2026 le thème « Zones humides et ...