UNESCO added 25 cultural and natural landmarks to its World Heritage List during a committee meeting in South Korea, including Greece's Mount Olympus (after 12-year wait), France's D-Day landing beaches, and ancient Japanese capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara. Designations also include South Sudan's Boma-Badingilo area.
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UNESCO adds Greece’s Mount Olympus, ancient Japanese capitals to World Heritage List AP News
The iconic Mount Olympus in Greece and the ancient Japanese capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara were among the sites added to the World Heritage List on Sunday at a U.N. committee meeting in South Korea reviewing dozens of nominations.
UNESCO has added France’s D-Day landing beaches and Greece’s Mount Olympus to its World Heritage List, during a UN committee meeting in South Korea reviewing dozens of nominations.
Mythical home of the ancient Greek gods designated alongside the D-day landing beaches in Normandy After a 12-year wait, Mount Olympus, the mythical home of the ancient Greek gods, has been inducted into a hall of more modern fame as Unesco announced it would be added to its world heritage list. Greece’s highest mountain made the list alongside the second world war D-day landing beaches in norther
Other new additions to the UNESCO list include Greece’s Mount Olympus, the mythical home of the Olympian gods; Japan’s ancient capitals Asuka and Fujiwara; the Boma-Badingilo area of South Sudan, which hosts the Great Nile migration; and the historic theatres of Italy’s Marche region.
From the peaks of Mount Olympus in Greece to the shores of the “D-Day” beaches in France, 25 cultural or natural landmarks from across the globe have been newly inscribed on the World Heritage List, updated annually by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
abcnews.com/Internationa... Mount Olympus, the mythological home of ancient Greece’s 12 Olympian gods, may soon join UNESCO’s World Heritage List