Nearly 50 new sites nominated to join the UNESCO World Heritage List

The committee that considers requests for inscription on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage List will have 47 nominated sites to choose from when it meets for its annual session next month in Canada.
Nearly 50 new sites nominated to join the UNESCO World Heritage List

UNESCO World Heritage List and Palmyra in Syria

This week the UNESCO-agency of the United Nations is inviting us to make a trip to explore the extraordinary roman remains in Palmyra, an oasis in the Syrian desert, north-east of Damascus in Syria.
UNESCO World Heritage List and Palmyra in Syria

Some of my favorite islands in the Mediterranean Sea

At the China-weblog I published a short introduction to some beautiful islands in the Mediterranean. These are Sicily and Sardinia in Italy, Corsica in France, Corfu and Crete in Greece, Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza in Spain, and Malta and Cyprus among others.
Our favorite islands in the Mediterranean Sea