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Ancient Greece
Greece in UNESCO Bid for Nikopolis Archaeological Site
Greece is finalizing a bid to have the archaeological site of Nikopolis, located in Epirus, inducted onto UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni chaired a meeting with local officials and experts on Tuesday to set out a timeline...
Culture
UNESCO Adds Zagori in Greece to Its World Heritage List
The Zagori region of Greece which includes small stone villages known as Zagorochoria was included in UNESCO's World Heritage List on Tuesday.
The announcement was made at the World Heritage Committee's 45th session taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Zagori in...
Ancient Greece
New UNESCO World Heritage Sites Include Greek Inscriptions in Saudi Arabia
Nine new sites, including Greek inscriptions on a cliff in Saudi Arabia, have now joined the list of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.
Greece
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 site onto UNESCO's World Heritage List.
Colletta gave her remarks to the local authorities, and these...
Archaeology
Ancient Philippi listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Philippi archaeological site in Kavala is to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, in a unanimous decision announced on Friday at the 40th meeting of UNESCO’s international committee in Istanbul, Turkey.
A culture ministry announcement said the...
Archaeology
Philippi's Strong Candidacy for UNESCO World Heritage Monuments List
Greece will travel to the 40th annual meeting of UNESCO World Heritage in Istanbul with a positive recommendation that will probably include the archaeological site of Philippi in the list of the World Heritage monuments.
The meeting will take place...