UNESCO World Heritage sites

Many people have heard about World Heritage and it is commonly known that UNESCO is the UN organisation responsible for World Heritage. But how exactly does it work? Which sites are recognised as World Heritage, and when and how? And what does it have to do with the Nile? Over a thousand exceptional monuments and sites of outstanding, universal value around the globe are now listed on the World Heritage List, from the Great Wall of China to ancient Inca ruins and the Great Barrier Reef.

Short video about UNESCO World Heritage 

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Check out the 1121 sites classified in:

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/

https://whc.unesco.org/en/interactive-map

Intangible Cultural Heritage

The term ‘cultural heritage’ has changed content considerably in recent decades, partially owing to the instruments developed by UNESCO. Cultural heritage does not end at monuments and collections of objects. It also includes traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants, such as oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe or the knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts.

Here you can get to know the 549 inscribed elements:

https://ich.unesco.org/en/lists