UNESCO adds Greece’s Mount Olympus, ancient Japanese capitals to World Heritage List
Ahlem Gharbi, France’s permanent delegate to UNESCO, said the Normandy landings marked a turning point from global conflict toward a postwar order built on peace and security, and that the designation of the sites carries added significance at a time of escalating international crises and wars. Advertising “It’s probably the greatest amphibious landing there’s ever been. 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.
- ▪Ahlem Gharbi, France’s permanent delegate to UNESCO, said the Normandy landings marked a turning point from global conflict toward a postwar order built on peace and security, and that the designation of the sites carries added significance
- ▪Advertising “It’s probably the greatest amphibious landing there’s ever been.
- ▪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.
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- ▪ Oh my gods! Mount Olympus added to UNESCO World Heritage Site list amid ‘The Odyssey’ hype — New York Post
- ▪ Joy in Greece as Mount Olympus joins Unesco list of world heritage sites — the Guardian
- ▪ ‘No time to waste’: Greece bids for Mount Olympus to be included on Unesco list of world heritage sites — World news | The Guardian
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Nation & World UNESCO adds France’s D-Day landing beaches, Greece’s Mount Olympus to World Heritage List July 26, 2026 at 12:49 am Updated July 26, 2026 at 1:17 am Listen to article Make us a preferred source By KIM TONG-HYUNG The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — World War II’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 U.N. 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…
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