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UNESCO Urges Return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has made a momentous decision to urge the return of the Parthenon Marbles from the...
Rebetiko Included on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List
Rebetiko has been inscribed on UNESCO's "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity."
Official UNESCO Statement on Reconversion of Hagia Sophia into Mosque
UNESCO, the United Nations body tasked with the identification and preservation of sites with the greatest significance to the world's priceless common heritage, issued...
Greece Nominates Epirus Festivals for UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage Listing
The Greek Ministry of Culture recently submitted an application to UNESCO in hopes that by the time of the traditional village celebrations of Epirus'...
Greece to Propose Epirus’ Zagori Villages as UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Greek Culture Ministry announced recently that it intends to officially propose the traditional villages in Epirus’ Zagori district in northwestern Greece as a...
UNESCO Recognizes Byzantine Chant as Part of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
An important distinction for Greece and Cyprus was announced by UNESCO on Wednesday, when the two countries' proposal to the Organization to include the...
UNESCO Representative on Spinalonga to Review Adding it to World Heritage List
Τeresa Colletta, an architect, and representative of UNESCO visited recently the islet of Spinalonga on Crete to review the application to add the historic...
Rare Art Nouveau Building in Athens Praised by UNESCO Reopens after Full Renovation
Acropole Palace, an emblematic building in Athens that UNESCO has designated as one of Europe's most important examples of art nouveau architecture, is opening again...
French Government Supports Bid to Include Greek in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage
A cultural association from the French town of Autun published a manifesto on Saturday asking for the Ancient Greek and Latin languages to be...
Turning Hagia Sophia into Mosque Requires UNESCO’s Approval, Officials Say
Greek media, citing sources from UNESCO on Wednesday morning, reported that the Paris-based organization has tried to halt Erdogan’s plans to turn Hagia Sophia...