PALERMO. From the botanical garden of Palermo, on the second day of the Socotra event conference in Sicily, part of the campaign supported by UNESCO in defense of the island of Yemen, a naturalistic paradise that is strongly at risk. Anna Paolini, UNESCO director of Doha, explains: “The aim is to focus attention on the…
The night of 22 to 23 August 1791, in Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) saw the beginning of the uprising that would play a crucial role in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. It is against this background that the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its…
During a ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters, the Organization’s Director-General Audrey Azoulay expressed her condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims of the 10 March Ethiopian Airlines plane crash, among whom were many United Nations staff. Before observing a minute of silence, Ms Azoulay, signaled out one of the victims, Professor Sebastiano Tusa, an…
The country and the world of archeology are dismayed by the sudden disappearance Prof. Sebastiano Tusa (2/08/1952), Regional Councilor for Cultural Heritage, victim with many other people, of the plane crash of 10 March in Ethiopian territory . Sebastiano Tusa, archaeologist of international fame, a man of culture politically engaged for the redemption of his…
The cultural richness and beauty of Palermo issue from its thousand souls, effect of dominations, arrivals and departures, hospitality and interrelations. Its atmosphere, language, monuments, cuisine and urban fabric, all bear witness to this. A stratified and syncretic glory that can be easily seen in the art, in the delicate curves of an arabesque, on a capital,…
Here the call and the application form to participate in the selection of volunteers of the project “WHV – International tourist assistance, promotion and accessible tourism monitoring” promoted by the UNESCO Sicily Heritage Foundation and included as part of the tenth edition of the campaign World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) “Heritage in our Hands”, promoted by the…
Recruitment of young Italian and foreign volunteers to attend the international project “WHV – International tourist assistance, promotion and accessible tourism monitoring” of the UNESCO Sicily Heritage Foundation as part of the international campaign UNESCO World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) “Heritage in our Hands 2017”. UNESCO Call – World Heritage Volunteers 2017 Recruitment of (call…
Palermo. Si inizia allo Spasimo il 26 ottobre con Moni Ovadia per la festa organizzata in occasione dell’apposizione delle targhe per l’iscrizione del sito arabo-normanno alla WHL, e si chiude a Cefalù con le vie dei tesori e la notte bianca dell’UNESCO Ecco il programma completo PALERMO 26 ottobre 2016 ore 21,00 – CHIESA DI…
Palermo. Si inizia allo Spasimo il 26 ottobre con Moni Ovadia per la festa organizzata in occasione dell’apposizione delle targhe per l’iscrizione del sito arabo-normanno alla WHL, e si chiude a Cefalù con le vie dei tesori e la notte bianca dell’UNESCO Ecco il programma completo PALERMO 26 ottobre 2016 ore 21,00 – CHIESA DI…
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