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WHEAP
The World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP) is a UNESCO initiative promoting earthen architecture founded in 2007 and running till 2017. Sites At the programme's conclusion in 2017, the 150 World Heritage Sites in its ambit were the following: * Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada * Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata * Ancient City of Damascus * Ancient City of Ping Yao * Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis * Angkor * Antigua Guatemala * Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro * Archaeological Site of Carthage * Archaeological Site of Volubilis * Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes * Asante Traditional Buildings * Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) * At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah * Bahla Fort * Bam and its Cultural Landscape * Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba * Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area * Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site * Canal du Midi * Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom * Cathedr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It has 193 member states and 12 associate members, as well as partners in the non-governmental, intergovernmental and private sector. Headquartered at the World Heritage Centre in Paris, France, UNESCO has 53 regional field offices and 199 national commissions that facilitate its global mandate. UNESCO was founded in 1945 as the successor to the League of Nations's International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.English summary). Its constitution establishes the agency's goals, governing structure, and operating framework. UNESCO's founding mission, which was shaped by the Second World War, is to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights by facilitating collaboration and dialogue among nations. It pursues this objective t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
