France’s D-Day landing beaches, Greece’s Mount Olympus among sites added to World Heritage List
The sites preserve the largely buried remains of royal palaces, government offices, Buddhist temples and tombs from capitals that influenced the later capitals of Nara and Kyoto. Yoshiyuki Aihara, a Nara University archaeology professor, told AP the sites are significant because they show how Japan’s ancient state was formed through influences from China and the Korean Peninsula. It also provides habitat for elephants, lions, cheetahs and other wildlife while supporting various ethnic communities that have lived by herding, farming and fishing for centuries, according to UNESCO.
- ▪The sites preserve the largely buried remains of royal palaces, government offices, Buddhist temples and tombs from capitals that influenced the later capitals of Nara and Kyoto.
- ▪Yoshiyuki Aihara, a Nara University archaeology professor, told AP the sites are significant because they show how Japan’s ancient state was formed through influences from China and the Korean Peninsula.
- ▪It also provides habitat for elephants, lions, cheetahs and other wildlife while supporting various ethnic communities that have lived by herding, farming and fishing for centuries, according to UNESCO.
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- ▪ UNESCO adds France's D-Day landing beaches, Greece's Mount Olympus to World Heritage List — RFI English
- ▪ D-Day beaches now part of UNESCO World Heritage List — Le Monde (EN)
- ▪ Normandy’s D-Day World War Two beaches become UNESCO heritage site — Investing.com — News
- ▪ Normandy's D-Day World War Two beaches become UNESCO heritage site — Straits Times — World
- ▪ UNESCO adds France's D-Day landing beaches, Greece's Mount Olympus to World Heritage List — ABC News — International
- ▪ 🔴 UNESCO adds Normandy's D-Day landing beaches to World Heritage List — France 24 (EN)
- ▪ 28 years on tentative list, Sarnath now a UNESCO World Heritage Site — The Indian Express
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Open this photo in gallery:Omaha Beach near Colleville-sur-Mer Normandy in June, 2024.Laurent Cipriani/The Associated PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountThe Second World War’s D-Day landing beaches in northern France and the iconic Mount Olympus in Greece were among the sites added to the World Heritage List on Sunday at a UN committee meeting in South Korea reviewing dozens of nominations.The UNESCO committee, which meets in Busan through Wednesday, also inscribed the ancient Japanese capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara and South Sudan’s Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape, host to one of the world’s largest land mammal migrations and the country’s first addition to the World Heritage List.The French designation covers the five Normandy…
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