Tag: Heritage
In Mosul, the Louvre at the bedside of Iraqi heritage
In the Mosul Museum, here on May 23, the fragments of works are sorted and stored. ADIL BOUKIND In the twilight of the Mosul Museum in Iraq, natural light making…
Unesco sends a red card to Liverpool, removed from the World Heritage list
The Royal Albert Dock in Liverpool, May 31, 2021. These former warehouses notably house a branch of the Tate Gallery in London. PA PHOTOS / ABACA Liverpool, a port city…
New UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Posted today at 6:36 p.m., updated at 6:39 p.m. In images, in picturesAfter a one-year hiatus, Covid-19 obliges, the Unesco World Heritage Committee met from July 16 in Fuzhou (China)…
Baden-Baden, Bad Ems and Bad Kissingen – health resorts in Germany recognized as new world heritage
Unesco has recognized the three German health resorts of Baden-Baden, Bad Ems and Bad Kissingen as new world heritage sites.
Venice and Budapest avoid being classified as “threatened” world heritage
A view from the water of St. Mark’s Square in Venice. Venice and Budapest narrowly escaped being classified as endangered world heritage by Unesco. Despite concerns about the two cultural…
Unesco revokes Liverpool’s world heritage status
It is only the third time in the history of the World Heritage Convention of 1972 that a cultural or natural site has been deprived of its prestigious title. Because…
in Amiens, high school students work on the memory of workers’ heritage
The Cosserat d’Amiens factory, founded in 1794, employed 1,100 workers at its peak. SOMME DEPARTMENTAL ARCHIVES Of course, it lacked the bustle of the thousand workers, the smoke coming out…
Decision in July – the spa town of Baden is on the way to becoming a World Heritage Site
As part of the “Great Spas of Europe”, Baden could soon do the same as the Wachau or Hallstatt: The ICOMOS advisory committee recommends that the association of eleven European…
Ceuta and Melilla, a strange heritage of colonial history
Arrival of migrants in Ceuta, May 18, 2021. MOSA’AB ELSHAMY / AP Calm has returned to the border between Morocco and Ceuta. The Moroccan auxiliary forces have resumed their post…
Soul food, the culinary heritage of African Americans, permeates Paris
Lamb chops with Kankan spices, with fragrant rice, plantain and Creole sauce, at Le Maquis restaurant, in Paris, in July 2020. NEW SOUL FOOD The soul food, literally “food for…
In Morocco, contemporary architectural heritage neglected
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Korean ancestor – Hyundai Pony EV Heritage: classics reissued
Who would have guessed in 1974 that the compact Hyundai Pony would one day achieve icon status? This is exactly what the Korean company has shown twice this year: The…