Six sites from the Middle East and North Africa have been added to the Unesco World Heritage List during the organisation’s 2026 committee session in Busan, South Korea.
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UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee recently voted to grant World Heritage status to two of the most improbable architectural achievements in the history of Latin America, the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, built in 1896, and the Theatro da Paz in Belém, built in 1878, both constructed in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon using European styles…
Gdynia, Poland’s interwar modernist port city, has achieved a significant milestone by securing a spot on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Celebrating its centenary, Gdynia was constructed largely between World War One and World War Two, signifying a period of rapid development and modernization.
Gdynia, a modernist city on Poland’s Baltic coast, has been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, a prestigious recognition that coincides with its centenary celebrations. Once a modest fishing village, Gdynia developed rapidly between the World Wars, becoming an emblem of Poland’s renewed independence and ambitious modernist vision.