thousand years to the time of the romans the cathedral and many roman monuments here were declared to unesco world heritage sites in one nine hundred eighty six but he also has another claim to fame it's the birthplace of the philosopher mocks world heritage sites was the wind and a man with a beard have let me i want to find out what the romans wanted to hear what shape the city's most famous son mocks and how it all relates to muzzle one. well also explore the area around which is great for hiking and cruising on the muzzle river. in our meet a local slot will tour a town on george's black sea coast. this week female it's a scare in the celebrations at a temple is unique. india. the city of tear has a new memorial and it's larger than life the statue of german thinker cut marks stands at five and a half meters when you include the base it was a gift from the chinese government to mark the two hundredth birthday of the philosopher in critic of capitalism. this who is that and what's he doing here that i might call mocks he lived in his town and look outside it's called marks and this was th

musical memory germany's organ building tradition that music will make the unesco heritage list. beatles birthplace we told a british city a little cool. we start off today's show with a visit to the netherlands amsterdam boasts a rich cultural history and some of its tucked away in backyards in the private gardens of seventeenth and eighteenth century canal houses normally visitors wouldn't even know that these spaces exist but once a year during the open god and days event tourists and residents alike can get a glimpse into the secret world here max reporter meghan lee took a closer look. these private gardens are small oases in the heart of amsterdam they belong to the city's wealthiest residents and once a year homeowners on the. visitors to get a sneak peek inside for the open garden days. and i was on hand for the experience . so we've just arrived at our first address let's take a look inside and see what awaits us. private addresses where on this year's program visitors can catch a quick glimpse into how the home owners live on their way to the garden some of them designe

that often and is now an industrial historical monument and a unesco world heritage site. it's a setting that poses fascinating questions. how does the colliery work what's a coking plant and what happens in a coal washer e. . these questions are answered on daily guided tours. right in the middle is what must be the most refreshing art installation in the rural valley the complex swimming pool and it's very. above it the sun wheel turns with its gondolas for visitors. here in the decommissioned coking plant coal was converted into coke at temperatures of over a thousand degrees celcius. the coking plant only glows red these days when it's lit up for the open air cinema films are screened against this industrial backdrop all summer long. in the rural museum you can find out all about the history of the rural region from the origins of mining to the present day it sees itself not as an ordinary museum but instead as the region's living memory. and. it's now been thirty years since the last workers clocked out. and it's hard to imagine that this place was once filled with no

it's one of the most beautiful borat's theaters in the world and is a unesco world heritage site. and. it's recently been renovated and is back to its former glory. wagner want to more so he had his own opera house built every here from the end of july to the end of august wagner offense from all over the world come to the famous by a wide festival. loudness fest in the house pool festival theater in by white. every year celebrities and v.i.p.'s graced its red carpet. it's as much a part of the festival as richard wagner's music. does is probably mainly because of this there's his acoustic sound because it's a unique all frantic venue. this theater was built by and for richard wagner well over one hundred years ago now and it's still standing in the same place and basically functions just as it did in the nineteenth century view. that must be a major part of its fascination you know it's one of. the pyrite festival is a media event the british air apparent prince charles queen sylvia of sweden and german chancellor angela merkel have all been hand. celebrities and journalists wagn

biggest and longest class in the alps is also a unesco world heritage site. in the valley the classy has disappeared behind the clowns while the classier pullman express continues on towards the mountain on the passengers probably won't see the mountain at its best but they won't let the cloudy weather get them down. there it's very comfortable. that you can really get away from our hectic everyday life and enjoy the landscape. no stress very comfortable we also had good food definitely do it again it will be them on. the nostalgic journey is coming to an end the passengers arriving happy and relaxed after a trip on the world's slowest express train. when i was growing up making and minnie mouse were all the rage but over here in germany fix and fox they were the competition now they were twin fox brothers who were a hit with the public here now a new exhibition takes a look back at these classic comic characters and what made them so special. a new exhibition in the city of oberhausen in western germany germany's most famous folks in fiction foxy. they were

northern germany and as so many houses from the middle ages around eighty percent of the old town is a unescoworld heritage site the city is also proud of its three famous sons philip hunt good to cross and thomas mann. because that's one of the fascination that comes from having three nobel laureates. lucic is i believe unique in germany i think this is simply a treasure for people who are interested in literature. and shouts i'm going to cast immortalized his love for lubeck in a poem but lou backers have long forgiven thomas mom for the fact the characters in his novel wooden box closely resembled prominent citizens and didn't exactly cut a sympathetic figure says but later did mom for twenty five years she has also worked with this museum the book and pork house which is a magnet for tourists and locals it's also holding a special exhibition for the big anniversary. it's one of the city's hot spots as it was in the middle ages the shopping streets around the city hall unusual businesses such as this more than in shops in an area that was once home to craft guilds make the city so special.

preserved from the middle ages eighteen hundred of them are listed as protected sites making new back a unesco world heritage site but the city has a modern side to it as well which makes its inhabitants quite proud. this is how the northern german city of loopback is advertising its big anniversary . is not a typical big city. but let it work its magic on you the idyllic village it's my beautiful home town. it's cute. this city has been writing its history for eight hundred seventy five years many memorable events took place at mary's church. into shoot the church has played a key role in history if we think of the time the city was part of the hands out of the league the merchants and the various craftsman's associations and their chapels here in this church and were able to immortalized themselves here here all for even he had the task of mayors senators and important figures of the city hang here dished out much has happened here in the church. so mary's is one of the most important churches in northern europe for the anniversary passed of about five for leads visitors through his church i

out of the paris climate agreement deal the un's cultural agency unesco and cutting all funding for the part of the u.n. that helps palestinians most recently she announced the u.s. was withdrawing from the un human rights council the first country ever to do so she said it was in part because of its bias against israel pulling out of the human rights council for the us was a huge miscalculation i mean you can see their influence in the council since it was created in two thousand and six on various different issues by pulling out they don't have that kind of influence anymore so even leading jewish organizations on. when rights have commented that how can an the us continue to support israel inside of the council when and it anymore. a year ago haley visited geneva the home of the human rights council urging major reform before the us pulled out of the body last week the u.s. put forward a proposal to its close allies on a way to reform it but they weren't even prepared to discuss the plan the ambassador herself wrote a letter to human rights groups last month our mission circulated a

they describe as a strain is failure to protect the great barrier reef ever since at the un as the unesco world heritage committee meets in bahrain warming is seen as a major factor in the death of large parts of the reef but environmentalists also accuse a strain is government of adding to the problem this agricultural and mining policies . with all the headlines talk next african heads of state and government will gather in mauritania for the thirty post assembly of the african union ongoing conflicts in the fight against corruption will take center stage al-jazeera will bring you extensive coverage of the summit and its outcomes the african union summit on al-jazeera. international. in the world will be huge you see. income the capital of uganda which is one of the countries where thousands of chimpanzees can still be found in the highland forested slopes because other countries they've already completely disappeared and wherever they live there on the tremendous pressure chimps like humans who live in communities the feelings they used these are qualities that we discovered only in th

to coincide rather with unesco's world heritage committee meeting in bahrain. what exactly are you accusing the australian government of and what are you hoping the un will do. well you string them and is not meeting its commitment to the world heritage committee that it made back in twenty fifteen their commitment was to improve the water quality of the great barrier reef which is very poor and the poor water quality is exacerbated by deforestation in the great barrier reef catchment and unfortunately it's been a huge increase in the ration clearing of the catchment and this training government is just not done enough to stand that problem well what should it be doing and how exactly is land clearing affecting the reef and why do you believe it's turned turnbull's responsibility the government responsibility to do something about. well what happens when they ended cleavage which is mainly what breaking development is that at least three so with a certain and you get a heavy rainfall it results in the sort of washing off into what of course is this inflow into

two viking sites in northern germany have been declared unesco world heritage sites headed by was once the most important trade hub in northern europe it was added to the prestigious list together with the defense fortifications known as the donna vehicle they're among the best preserved viking age science in the world. all right the soccer world cup continues to bring lots of thrills and today's first knockout game is no exception to fully listen to the lead sports joins me now for more on all the actions of problem i actually did get to watch that match up between argentina against france seven goal rollercoaster what a thrilling match that really was it was of one of those matches that you always want to see in the world cope i've had everything i have the drama that you needed out all those goals but you know what we need to do we need to take a look at those goals let's like look at this report. the blistering run from the phenomenal kilian back pay was too much for argentina to deal with marcus were hopeful pay down i'm told griezmann converted the resulting penalty i it was pays

two sets of viking remains in northern germany have been declared unesco world heritage sites had to be was once the most important trading hub in northern europe it was added to the prestigious list together with defense fortifications known us be a day noveck air among the best preserved viking age sites in the world. well the first knockout game all the while cup has just ended. and yes from joins me now in the studio good to see him first game argentina this is francois it's just wrapped up it was a real classic it was a real classic it was an amazing game to say the least incredibly exciting huddle all the elements that everyone wants from a big game at the world cup plenty of gold seven in total and the best thing is if we see them coming in like i mean they were they were great after france had an early penalty was griezmann but then argentina managed to level the scores just before half time with the media and then a clever to. put them in front on forty eight minutes for france resurrected and it was quick spectacular have followed by. followed by two quick goals by nineteen

cultural and education body, unesco, the paris climate records in the grand nuclear deal -- the iran nuclear deal. rochelle: according to the u.n., abuses were committed during heavy bombardments and starving over 260,000 people. the report is based on 140 interviewed, and photos and videos, and medical records. time to bring you a look at other stories that are making headlines spirit afghan authorities say the taliban has killed 30 soldiers in an ambush and a western province. base was targeted. it is the first major assault three-dayeid -- since the three-day eid cease-fire was brokered last week. -- seven were intercepted. three fell prematurely landing inside gaza. no casualties were reported. human rights group say clashes have left six people dead and 34 injured. missilesprojectile were used as the government moved to reassert control over the city. after peaceomes talks to stop deadly demonstrations. man -- armed wiwith they fireeapons, behind brick barricade protesters took control ofof a police station and block a all roads leading to the castle. they demand the resignation

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two sets of viking remains in northern germany have been declared unesco world heritage sites had to be was once the most important trading hub in northern europe it was added to the prestigious list together with defense fortifications known as the danger back they are among the best preserved viking age sites in the world. well the first knockout game all of the world cup is over and the s. from sports joins me in the studio now and probably the first day argentina versus france it was a real classic it was and i mean even before the game started we knew it was going to be one of these big games that i was going to get super excited about and boy did it really live up to the holdout expectation before we really get into the means of things let's take a look at how it actually backed. a blistering run from the phenomenal kilian back pay was too much for argentina to deal with marcus were hopeful about pay down and well griezmann converted the resulting penalty. it was pays paris a german teammate and go di maria who equalize with this outstanding strike just before half time just af

created in the late eighteenth century by the cucumber and how this landscape park has been a unesco world heritage site since two thousand. its equestrian statue of all to the great is in marketable of the city's one thousand two hundred years old the oldest of the elder. its striking landmark is its cathedral and only example of gothic architecture in germany the cathedral contains the tomb of off to the first emperor of the holy roman empire. from here it's a hundred kilometers down river to the next destination. my first stop is a blue stet a so-called stork village in northwestern brandenburg every year more than thirty breeding pairs hatch and raise their young here this year it was over one hundred two. i want to know why so many come here that's why i'm meeting up with you doesn't have that he grew up by the elgood and works as a ranger. work on the wiring in the locals love the stork so much they invest a lot of effort into making the storks feel at home each year dumping it in starting of it with. me it's not just the locals who love storks storks bring good luck as a baby

it's all unesco world heritage listed.ncredibly beautiful, and secondly because the museums and galleries down there have some of the most important and famous works of art the world's ever seen basically. but you'll notice there's a river cutting right the way through it. as you can imagine, it's very important to make sure that never breaks its banks. but tragically, in 1966, it did. 10! people died and it's estimated around ia, 000 artworks were damaged, ma ny lost forever. the fantastic high flood mark is graphically shown by the wrecked jewellers and art shops on the ponte vecchio bridge. whoa! so, this is the high watermark from the flood, which is almost five metres. and just over there, you can see the santa croce basilica, which is stuffed with all sorts of artworks and relics, so you can see that might have caused quite a problem. it's ta ken half a century to restore some of the art inside. only two years ago, work finished on one of the most important masterpieces, giorgio vasari's depiction of the last supper.

the land mass is below the sea level this strong connections or culture has ended a place in the unesco list of intangible cultural heritage. mills are driven by wind power. and that's what krista needs when she wants to grind her flowers she lives near a mill in the northern dutch province of friesland. and i said today i want to bake some bread and i thought oh well familiar now are fairly rich so i went there to buy some flour and. the volunteer introduced me to the meal and showed me around and yeah i just know. so when she's not working part time as a purchasing assistant she's training as a voluntary miller duke sundberg is teaching her everything she needs to know classroom learning is supplemented with practical experience. it takes muscles to operate the mill. so when i started to work i wasn't that strong as i am now but yeah i'm getting stronger after thawing yet. today only about fifty of the netherlands millers are professionals the other fifteen hundred work on a volunteer basis if they didn't most of the mills would stand idle. but the volunteers run them at least a few d

and men are volunteering to help preserve the traditions of millet croft which has made it on to unesco's list of intangible cultural heritage. mills are driven by wind power. and that's what krista needs when she wants to grind her flower she lives near a mill in the northern dutch province of friesland. on a saturday i want to bake some bread and i thought oh we're familiar our favorite so i went there to buy some flour and. the volunteer introduced me to the meal and they showed me around yeah i just know. so when she's not working part time as a purchasing assistant she's training as a voluntary miller son derek is teaching her everything she needs to know classroom learning is supplemented with practical experience. it takes muscles to operate the mill. so when i started to work i wasn't that strong as i am now but yeah i'm getting stronger after thawing yet. today only about fifty of the netherlands millers are professional the other fifteen hundred work on a volunteer basis if they didn't most of the mills would stand idle. but the volunteers run them at least a few days a week. to

be quite dangerous when the water starts rise again since two thousand and nine the wooden sea is unesco natural heritage site as its unique natural phenomena let's take a closer look now and with an expert who knows exactly the movement of the tides. hi no bearing is taking his guests on a special kind of to he's going to show them how to land become sea and the sea land. now we're headed out at the water and seems low point for where we're going now later this afternoon the water will be about this high above our heads. nobody knows the mudflats around the north sea island of houston like hina bearing his father before him was also a mudflats guide and whenever he was ill hina have to take over the first time was when he was just eleven and that was almost six decades ago. all of them are now if you look back there you'll see a pull sticking up on the horizon you see that's where we're headed it's going to be interesting. they walk nearly two and a half kilometers out on to the mt flats. above the water's already rising we have to make sure we arrive on time and go on. high no one says