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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Jul 15, 2019Marine Day in Japan
Mar 27, 2018Macro photograph of a migrant hawker dragonfly
Mar 20, 2019Hello, spring!
Mar 27, 2020Pretty in pink, and purple, and red…
Sep 27, 2018High seas commerce
Jul 17, 2025Lavender fields in Plateau de Valensole, France
Mar 11, 2019You re feeling sleepy
Jul 30, 2022Milford Sound/Piopiotahi rainforest in New Zealand
Aug 17, 2025International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
Mar 10, 2026Bláhver, Hveravellir, Iceland
Feb 19, 2021Colorful cows of the reef
May 22, 2021Blue paradise on the Costa Brava
May 25, 2020Here we mark the price of freedom
Feb 22, 2018Roman theater of Cartagena, Spain
Aug 1, 2020Where fire meets water
Jun 19, 2022Father s Day
May 16, 2018National Love a Tree Day
May 31, 2022World Parrot Day
Jul 22, 2023National Hammock Day
May 30, 2019A day to celebrate the sun
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