50 years of World Heritage Sites Nov 16, 2022

50 years of World Heritage Sites

At its World Heritage Convention on November 16, 1972, UNESCO adopted an international treaty that for the first time linked the concepts of nature conservation and preservation of cultural properties. The World Heritage Sites program was sparked by Egypt"s plans to construct the Aswan High Dam. UNESCO helped save thousands of antiquities that would have been lost as a result of the dam, which flooded a large swath of the Nile Valley.

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Today in History

Nov 16, 2018Ancient art in the Amazon
Nov 16, 2019Mountain mists over Bavaria
Nov 16, 2020A temple, preserved
Nov 16, 2021Glenfinnan Viaduct
Nov 16, 2023World Philosophy Day
Nov 16, 2024Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
Nov 16, 2025A traboule in Lyon, France

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Mar 7, 2022Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
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Aug 29, 2021Notes from an underground lake
Sep 27, 2020Take me to the river
Jun 17, 2022Grand Teton National Park
Feb 3, 2025Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire, England
Apr 20, 2024National Park Week begins
Sep 25, 2022World Rivers Day
Feb 16, 2020When an ideal microclimate gives you lemons…
Mar 22, 2019Fresh water on the Silk Road
Jan 28, 2021Avatars of the Wolf Moon
Apr 8, 2019Ready, set, read
May 27, 2018Travel Sunday: San Francisco
Aug 27, 2022Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington
May 31, 2025Knuthöjdsmossen, a nature reserve in Sweden
Feb 23, 2019A view from the top
May 3, 2018Nazar amulets, Goreme National Park, Cappadocia, Turkey
Jul 16, 2025Temple of Philae, Aswan, Egypt
Dec 27, 2019 Winterpret on ice
Mar 26, 2019The forecast calls for blooms
Nov 6, 2024Shi Shi Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Jul 23, 2025Vatican City with St. Peters Basilica
Jul 26, 2021The dancing trees of Sumba Island
Mar 26, 2018The Unfinished Obelisk near Aswan, Egypt
Jan 25, 2021Struck by Southwestern beauty
May 24, 2024European Day of Parks
Jan 30, 2024Aýna, Albacete, Spain
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