On #WorldHeritageDay, the spotlight turns to the European Heritage Label.

Since 2011, 80 locations across Europe have been recognised under the Label.

On 22 April, 13 newly selected sites will be celebrated at the EHL award ceremony.

Discover them 👉 http://link.europa.eu/B3YRDm

On #WorldHeritageDay, the spotlight turns to the European Heritage Label.

Since 2011, 80 locations across Europe have been recognised under the Label.

On 22 April, 13 newly select...
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https://nitter.net/europe_creative/status/2045412016400269794#m

“Culture is not only a victim of war, it is also a source of resilience, dignity and hope.”

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/04/18/culture-is-not-only-a-victim-of-war-it-is-also-a-source-of-resilience-dignity-and-hope/

I pulled all my mother’s expectations
with me, like a child’s kite, giddy with stir
of spring…

—Lynn Valentine, “St Kilda Crossing”
from DON’T. EVEN. ASK. TOO. HOT. New Writing Scotland 42 (ASL, 2024)

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws42/

#Scottish #literature #WorldHeritageDay #poem #poetry

But Edinburgh is a mad god’s dream,
Fitful and dark,
Unseizable in Leith
And wildered by the Forth…

—Hugh MacDiarmid, “Midnight”
published in The Complete Poems (1978)

Today, 18 April, is World Heritage Day. Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town & Georgian New Town form one of Scotland’s UNESCO World Heritage sites

https://www.historicenvironment.scot/advice-and-support/listing-scheduling-and-designations/world-heritage-sites/old-and-new-towns-of-edinburgh/

#Scottish #Literature #WorldHeritageDay #architecture #builtenvironment #poem #poetry #Edinburgh #MacDiarmid

Heritage Day Acknowledged With Varied Events

World Heritage Day on April 18 features events in Andhra Pradesh's NTR District, including a toy fair and music, focusing on disaster protection for cultural sites.

#WorldHeritageDay, #AndhraPradesh, #NTRDistrict, #CulturalHeritage, #DisasterProtection

https://newsletter.tf/andhra-pradesh-world-heritage-day-april-18-events/

Andhra Pradesh is holding special events for World Heritage Day on April 18, including a toy fair and a musical night. This is a new initiative to highlight cultural preservation.

#WorldHeritageDay, #AndhraPradesh, #NTRDistrict, #CulturalHeritage, #DisasterProtection
https://newsletter.tf/andhra-pradesh-world-heritage-day-april-18-events/

Zum 20. #UNESCO-​#Welterbetag heute ein Lesetipp aus dem #Heftarchiv:
➡ Stefanie Samida (@st_samida), #Kulturerbe als Herausforderung: Reflexionen zum ›Heritage-Boom‹ aus fachübergreifender Perspektive, #WerkstattGeschichte 64/2014, https://werkstattgeschichte.de/abstracts/nr-64-stefanie-samida/

@histodons @historikerinnen @culturalheritage

#Histodons #CulturalHeritage #WorldHeritageDay #WorldHeritage #Welterbe #WelterbeVerbindet #Kulturwissenschaft #CulturalStudies #DarkHeritage