Showing posts with label world heritage sites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world heritage sites. Show all posts
February 6, 2014

Anniversary of the Ducal Palazzo Theft 1975: “Paintings stolen from palace” (Associated Press, 1975)

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Associated Press headline “Paintings stolen from palace” on February 6, 1975 announced a robbery at the Ducal Palace in Urbino. This is...
February 4, 2014

UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Downtown Jeddah ('Balad') Throws 10-Day Historic Area Festival in an effort to gain protective status

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Beat Nour Wali (Photo by Christiana O'Connell-Schizas) by Christiana O'Connell-Schizas Last month, 16-25 Janua...
January 28, 2014

Norway: Fire Damaged the village of Lærdalsøyri, part of UNESCO's World Heritage listed West Norwegian Fjord landscape

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Borgund Stavkirke , an old church by A.M.C Knutsson At 11 pm on Saturday the 18 th of January a fire erupted in the village of Læ...
August 15, 2013

Postcard from Istanbul: Sultanahmet Archaeology Park (Sultanahmet Arkeolojik Parki)

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Sign for Sultanahmet Archaeology Park by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor Across from the Haghia Sophia Museum and the...
July 10, 2013

Fire Damage: 17th century Parisian mansion Hôtel Lambert once owned by the Czartoryski and Rothschild families burns for six hours

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by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor Hazardous materials from renovation work complicated fire fighting efforts to save the Hôtel L...
April 5, 2012

UNESCO Warns Mali's Cultural Heritage Sites Endangered

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Old Towns of Djenné (UNESCO) On April 2, UNESCO 's Director-General Irina Bokova "voiced concern about the risk posed by fig...
April 4, 2012

Syrian Arab News Agency Reports Claims by Directorate-General for Antiquities and Museums that World Heritage Sites in Syria Suffered Attacks by Terrorists

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"The oasis where the Temple of Bel stands"/ Istanbul Archaeological Museum On Sunday, April 1, SANA, the Syrian Arab News A...