Thursday, June 20, 2013

Syria crisis: Unesco puts six world heritage sites on endangered list

Sites include the ancient cities of Aleppo and Damascus


guardian.co.uk,
The UN's cultural organisation has placed six world heritage sites in Syria on an endangered list because of the continued violence in the country. The sites include the cities of Aleppo and Damascus, the Roman ruins at Palmyra and the crusader castles of Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah el-Din. In a statement Unesco said: "The danger listing is intended to mobilise all possible support for the safeguarding of these properties which are recognised by the international community as being of outstanding universal value for humanity as a whole."....."

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