27th -28th September 2008 The first The first Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Festival was held in 2005 and its aim was raise local awareness and appreciation of the unique heritage of the Ironbridge Gorge. Each year, the Festival has gone from strength to strength and last year several thousand visitors, along with traders and entertainers, came [...]
ICOMOS Documentation Centre, Paris- World Heritage News
- The Rapid Response Facility Contributes to avoiding the ecological isolation of Romania's Retezat Massif
- UNESCO and Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock launch 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
- Statement of the United Nations Foundation in Support of the World Heritage Convention's 40th Anniversary
Capturing London’s historic views
Over the last decade, London’s skyline has been changing. Many new, tall buildings have been appearing across the heart of London irrevocably changing the historic skyscape of the capital city. In 2006, the ICOMOS-UK Cultural Landscape and Historic Gardens Committee decided to commission a photographic record of these views with particular reference to the two [...]
School in Derbyshire World Heritage site saved
ICOMOS-UK Member and Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site Co-ordinator, has recently been very successful with the outcome of an appeal against the redevelopment of an early 19th century school in Belper into 15 dwellings. The proposal to redevelop the former private school was been rejected after an inspector, Olivia Spencer, found that it makes [...]
