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

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Jun 22, 2019Reflections on the mighty Amazon
Nov 20, 2023World Childrens Day
Mar 23, 2018Happy World Meteorological Day
Jun 30, 2019San Francisco’s City Hall illuminated by the iconic colors of Pride
Apr 7, 2024International Beaver Day
May 19, 2019High trekking season in Upper Mustang
Jul 2, 2020All Rhodes lead to the beach
Jan 22, 2022Martinique
Nov 18, 2023Polar bear season in Manitoba
Aug 11, 2019Storm rolls over the grasslands
Nov 3, 2022International Day for Biosphere Reserves
Jan 12, 2025Crescent-tail bigeye fish, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
May 3, 2020World Laughter Day—it s a hoot
Mar 22, 2021Honoring some real heroes of World War II
Apr 26, 2020Red skies at Ruby Beach
Jul 21, 2021An octagonal architectural treasure
Aug 6, 2021Looking down upon Edinburgh
Apr 2, 2023Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
Oct 4, 2024World Space Week begins
Mar 7, 2022Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
May 28, 2018Honoring the fallen
Jun 18, 2020Boating on the Bojo
Jun 19, 2019Glendurgan Garden hedge maze is 186 years old
May 15, 2022Lunar eclipse
Sep 6, 2019The old guard at Old San Juan
Dec 21, 2020Shadows on the solstice
Dec 3, 2020A Carpathian Christmas celebration
Oct 13, 2024Royal Alcázar of Seville, Spain
Apr 14, 2023Mediterranean red sea stars
Jul 9, 2022Dolomites