Odesa . National Academy Opera and Ballet Theater
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Odesa . National Academy Opera and Ballet Theater
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UNESCO has announced additions to its list of World Heritage in Danger, citing threats to Sites of the Ancient Kingdom of SabaMarib (Yemen), Tripoli’s Rachid Karameh International Fair (Lebanon), and The historic center of the port city of Odesa (Ukraine).
“Odesa, a free city, a world city, a legendary port that has left its mark on cinema, literature and the arts, is therefore placed under the close protection of the international community, ” write Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, “While the war continues, this inscription represents our shared determination to ensure that this city, which has weathered global turmoil, is protected from further devastation.”
Lebanese Pavilion of Rachid Karami-Tripoli . International Fair
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Lebanese Pavilion of Rachid Karami-Tripoli . International Fair
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The Rachid Karameh International Fair of Tripoli in northern Lebanon was designed in 1962 by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. According to UNESCO, “The Fair was the flagship project of Lebanon’s modernization policy in the 1960s. A close collaboration between Oscar Niemeyer, the project’s architect, and Lebanese engineers resulted in the creation of a new project. a remarkable example of exchange between different continents.”
The World Heritage Committee added the site “due to its alarming conservation status, lack of financial resources for its maintenance, and the potential risk of proposed developments that could compromise the integrity of the complex.” fit.”
Ma’rib Ancient City Source: German Archaeological Institute, Faculty of Oriental Studies
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Ma’rib Ancient City Source: German Archaeological Institute, Faculty of Oriental Studies
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Sites of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib in Yemen include “seven archaeological sites that testify to the rich Kingdom of Saba and its architectural, aesthetic and technological achievements from the 1st century AD.st millennium BC until the arrival of Islam around AD 630,” according to UNESCO.
The agency points to ancient Ma’rib’s irrigation system for its “technological prowess in hydrological and agricultural engineering on a scale unmatched in ancient South Arabia, which led to the creation of man-made oases.” greatest ancient.”
These sites were added, “due to threats of destruction from the ongoing conflict.”
According to UNESCO, world heritage sites “must have outstanding universal value” and meet at least one of 10 selection criteria. The criteria include representing “a masterpiece of human creative genius” and bearing “evidence of a cultural tradition or a civilization that exists or has disappeared.”
