Unesco
Singapore street food added to Unesco heritage list
The city-state’s cosmopolitan ‘hawker culture’ has been added to the prestigious list – welcome recognition after a tough year for vendors. Plus five of the best food centres to visit
Olivia Lee
21, Dec, 2020 @6:30 AM
Saunas to sourdough: Unesco updates culture heritage list
Thirty-five entries from around the world added to 2020 list of national traditions
Angela Giuffrida
18, Dec, 2020 @4:09 PM
The Maradona and child: Naples honours its hero with nativity figurine
A new addition to the Christmas scene in artisan shops shows city’s love for footballer
Angela Giuffrida
13, Dec, 2020 @6:45 AM
Great Barrier Reef outlook 'critical' as climate change called number one threat to world heritage
The outlook for Australian sites including the Blue Mountains and the Gondwana rainforests has deteriorated, report says
Lisa Cox
02, Dec, 2020 @1:01 PM
Campaigners launch legal challenge over Stonehenge road tunnel
Grant Shapps is served with notice of potential action and has been asked to respond within 10 days
Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent
30, Nov, 2020 @6:00 AM
The Guardian view on the Stonehenge tunnel: make it longer | Editorial
Editorial: The road scheme greenlit by Grant Shapps risks damaging a unique landscape
Editorial
22, Nov, 2020 @6:25 PM
Chad halts lake's world heritage status request over oil exploration
Exclusive: African state says it has agreements with oil companies in Lake Chad area
Mélanie Gouby
24, Sep, 2020 @9:14 AM
Erdoğan leads first prayers at Hagia Sophia museum reverted to mosque
Turkish president recites Qur’an at monument as Greece declares day of mourning
Bethan McKernan in Istanbul
24, Jul, 2020 @3:53 PM
Court ruling paves way for Istanbul's Hagia Sophia to revert to mosque
Status of Unesco-listed 1,500-year-old building has been hotly debated for decades
Bethan McKernan in Istanbul
10, Jul, 2020 @3:18 PM
Unesco urged to declare Great Barrier Reef 'in danger'
Environmental groups say Australian government is violating legal obligations to protect reef from global heating and UN committee should hold it to account
Adam Morton Environment editor
10, Jun, 2020 @5:30 PM
Australia lodges world heritage submission for 50,000-year-old Burrup Peninsula rock art
Damage caused by industrial development could undermine efforts to achieve recognition for WA’s Murujuga cultural landscape, the country’s largest collection of rock art
Calla Wahlquist
29, Jan, 2020 @3:44 AM
Welsh slate mining landscape nominated as world heritage site
Government backing raises hopes of preserving ‘place that roofed the world’
Steven Morris
24, Jan, 2020 @12:01 AM
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