UNESCO recognizes Amazon theaters as World Cultural Heritage Sites

The Theatro da Paz and the Teatro Amazonas have been designated World Cultural Heritage Sites by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The joint nomination was approved early Monday morning (Jul. 27). Opened in the late 19th century, when the Amazon region was experiencing inte

The listing covers ten buildings and complexes from the 1960s to the early 1990s, recognising how modernist design was adapted to Central Asian traditions, climate and urban life.

India now has 45 World Heritage Sites according to the UNESCO website. The last addition or ‘inscription’ was in 2024, with the Maratha Military Landscapes located Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.

According to UNESCO, the World Heritage Sites in Danger list includes sites that are part of their country’s cultural and natural heritage and are under threat by “serious and specific dangers."

5 min readJul 31, 2026 07:00 AM IST From left, India's Yash Vir Singh, Rohit Yadav and Neeraj Chopra pose for photgraphs at the Commonwealth Games 2026, in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (PTI Photo)Neeraj Chopra will look to win a medal when the India star returns to the Commonwealth Games after missing ou

UNESCO added 25 World Heritage sites during its annual committee meeting, with Brazil's Amazonia Theaters becoming Latin America's only new addition.

UNESCO adds 25 new sites to World Heritage List  CNN

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has demanded an explanation from the Government over the exclusion of the Upper East Region from the US$500 million Ghana Market Access and Connectivity Project (GMACP), financed through an International Development Association (IDA) credit facility from the World Bank.

It’s been 50 years since Canada signed the UNESCO Heritage Site Convention, in order to preserve historical sites with unique cultural, historical and natural importance.

People of the world just got 25 more places they can trample as tourists, as UNESCO has added a slew of new sites to its World Heritage List, including a sprawling US swamp. The latest additions to the list, as reported by Smithsonian, include such sites that you would’ve figured were already on the list,…

Israeli forces heavily shell southern Lebanese town Israeli forces have launched heavy artillery attacks on Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon, the country’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. The artillery fire came from an Israeli military position in the Tel al-Nahas area, near the occupied Leba