The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, that is holding it's anual conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, has already decided some issues on the agenda. The cultural site Hampi in India together with other sites was removed from the red list of World Heritage in Danger, while the Dresden Elbe Valley was added.
At the 30th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, that will take place from 8th to 16th of July in Vilnius, among other subjects the inscription of 37 new World Heritage Sites will be discussed.
The new and old towns of Edinburgh are inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List. While the medival fortress is dominating the central old town the new town was build in neoclassical style.
From May 31st to 3rd of June Prague will host the seventh European Commission Conference 'SAUVEUR' Safeguarded Cultural Heritage -
Understanding & Vialbility for the Enlarged Europe.
On the 5th of May the African World Heritage Fund was founded to support the preservataion of African World Heritage Sites and raise the number of inscriptions in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Interview with Madame Manivone who is a director at La Maison du Patrimoine, the institution which oversees the restoration, conversation and development of Luang Prabang in cooperation with UNESCO.
In Connection with the EU-Project PICTURE a draft Paper was published, describing the Impacts and Risks generated by large Visitor Numbers on single historic Buildings and historic Ensembles.
In the US already for 25 years the Main Street Program tries to revitalize historic commercial districts. The idea is to combine preservation and economic development in one strategy.
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