UNESCO World Heritage List: 5 New Cultural Places Added
SAO PAULO — UNESCO added five cultural sites to its World Heritage
List on Sunday, including the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long-Hanoi in
Vietnam. The citadel, built in the 11th century by the Viet Dynasty,
became the 900th site listed as a World Heritage Property. With the
other four sites added, the total increased to 904.
The new sites are the historic monuments of Dengfeng in China, the
archaeological site Sarazm in Tajikistan, the Episcopal city of Albi
in France and a 17th-century canal ring in Amsterdam.
On Saturday, UNESCO added nine sites to the list, including Bikini
Atoll in the Marshall Islands, home to nuclear bomb testing in the
1940s and 1950s. UNESCO said the tests had "major consequences" on the
geology and environment of the atoll and symbolized "the dawn of
nuclear age.
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