saw its 26th unesco world heritage site declared this past summer.storic settlement of the moravian church, along with three other such settlements in germany, denmark, and northern ireland, were collectively named a world heritage site this year. digital video producer tim mcphillips went to bethlehem to see what made this moravian settlement so unique. reporter: this holiday season in bethlehem, pennsylvania looks like it does every year. a christmas tree stands by city hall with a nativity scene at its base. twinkling lights adorn the city's main street. but one thing is new. this summer, the united nations educational, scientific, and cultural organization, or unesco, deemed this place as the united states's 26th unesco world heritage site. >> they date back to 1857. the followers of a catholic priest and reformer formed what they called the unity and bretheren in the czech republic area. they eventually became known as the moravian church. reporter: janelle is the senior pastor at the church, which is still an active church. >> there is no chris

with parts of the area classified as a unesco world heritage site, cappadocia is also a place that celebratesg claims to be the world's first museum concept hotel. hundreds of historical artefacts from the roman and ottoman empires are exhibited throughout the building, giving you a sense of the history of the area. its owner, 0mer tosun, is a local entrepreneur and a la rger—than—life character. welcome. thank you so much. he spent over two decades restoring the ruins to turn the museum into what it is today. i was a carpet dealer but i come across lots of beautiful, beautiful antique stuff. then i decided one day, you know, "i have to put "all these things around and share with the people." i hate that, you know, putting things around and keeping it in a box and nobody�*s enjoying. 0mer is keen for the area to retain its heritage status and couldn't resist showing me some of his favourite pieces. this is from urgup, cappadocia, and made in 19th century. never seen before. very rare and one of the most unique for us, as a cappadocian, history—wise. but i find this, actually, from outside the

why it needs to be on your bucket list. firstly, the whole the whole time is listed as the unesco world heritage site. i'm starting my day here in the old tide, the st. peter's cathedral, which is under construction. okay, but we're working with it, at least this one we get to use to our advantage, the ip access system. when i, as an architect, working on the upkeep of the coffee shop, when he suggested we take the elevator to the top, this wasn't exactly what i was expecting. i'm not gonna lie. i never thought of myself as being afraid of heights, but this is pretty scary. at least the view is it get destruction. so this is quite a huge, unimpressive cathedral for a fairly small 58. can you tell me, elizabeth, but the history of it? yeah, so, so they can see it all you can see today uh installed its, its work and 1273 before sir was a roman s cuz he drove by the bronze down. and you're right sir. so considerable is pretty big for reading support. i'd like to shop more to christian when i bought this amazing building, but the height is honestly becoming difficult. yeah, i think i'm ready to go b

that island hosts a unesco world heritage site, so it is often frequented by tourists that visit thes raising safety concerns over the tourist boats in the area as well. two astronauts stuck in space since the summer will have to wait even longer to get home. suni williams and butch wilmore arrived at the space station injune and were originally due to return to earth after just one week. their initial stay was extended to february 2025 because of technical issues with the experimental spacecraft, starliner. now following a delay in launching a new capsule to the iss the pair won't be back until late march or possibly april. nasa said the delay posed no risk to the astronauts. i have been speaking to a space scientist at open university who told me that if it were true that the delay pose no risk to the astronauts especially as they prepare to be there for only a week. timer;r be there for only a week. they did prepare — be there for only a week. they did prepare for— be there for only a week. they did prepare for a _ be there for only a week. they did prepare for a week - be there f

now, at 51 years old, this unesco world heritage listed performing arts space is more sustainable thanr. and today, i'm going backstage to see the innovation at work behind the scenes. this is building operations, which is where the nerve centre of the opera house is, really. wow, look at this place! around about 66,000 jobs that come through this office, which is manned 21w. as you know, that's one of the busiest arts centres in the world, which we basically don't sleep. so it's a hive of activity. this is where we control everything from the temperature around the building, waste management, all essential services, security services, hvac, mechanical, you name it, it sort of comes out of this particular office. it's all monitored from here. the building management and control system, or bmcs for short. an interactive digital dashboard, engineered by honeywell, and one of the most crucial things for any theatre to get right — temperature. you might have an audience that, you know, we try to maintain 22.5, but if we have a comedian come in, they might want it at 19 degrees. i'm actuall

to the bottom of japan and celebrating the addition of its national alcoholic beverage to unesco . world heritage exist you an agency ability to recognize saca as part of humanities, intangible, cultural heritage. bruce, hoping that designation will help revive domestic consumption, which has been declining. this smooth of rice wine has been viewed as a sacred gift from deities and it's been an integral part of japan's culture. for centuries. originally it was even believed to ward off evil spirits. and now unesco has decided to register japan's traditional knowledge and skills for making saki and it's intangible cultural heritage list. traditional sucky brewing is an ancient technique for, for mentoring. a mixture of rice used and the color for mold, known as koji. the entire process of steaming, stirring for minting and pressing can be grueling and to take several weeks. the technique requires great skill and experience as it involves carefully controlling temperature and humidity to ensure the desired taste and quality. the end results can be serve hot or cold, or at room temperature. saki pla

important locations from arrow and that central syria is known for its ancient city, which is a unesco world heritage site. it holds great cultural significance for syrians and controlling. it's as simple as a crucial to any student government mohammed fall has more phone of all the city and governments have been facing a high value on these treasures. they wanted this place to be safe. actually, this is a place that has 5000 years of history. this was the site of the uptake them to the kingdom of queens and know before it was invaded by the romans. so i mean, it has the same value, probably even economically speaking as oil o and as a treasure that to the country has one other resource. that's why there is a huge importance placed on the space on the government. then you will go from that is a very much aware of that. the visibility of the pep center of the army unit is much more than anything we saw along the road from damascus to displace. so basically uh, probably meter is also, you know, so typically located in the center york is only about a 100 kilometers from where i stand here. uh, the place

enters a new era, wonder if it's most ancient cities is embracing the change. palmera is the unesco world heritage sites, but it's also a strategic location seized by iso fighters in 2015 and partially destroyed. it was later recaptured by the syrian army. the new with ministration is now reinforcing its presence in palmera. how much vol reports from palmera, of all the city and governments have been facing a high value on these treasures. they wanted this place to be safe. actually, this is a place that has 5000 years of history. this was the size of the an uptake them to the kingdom of queens and know before it was invaded by the romans. so i mean, it has the same value probably even economically speaking as oil or any other treasure to the country has one of the source. that's why there is a huge importance uh, based on this, based on the government. the new government is a very much aware of that the visibility of their pets than of, of the army units here is much more than anything we saw along the road from damascus to displace. so basically, uh, pardon me. uh is oh so you know, so typically

that island was a unesco world heritage sites was often frequented by tourists that visit the city ofcerns for the tourist boards in the area as well.— in the area as well. talk us through — in the area as well. talk us through the _ in the area as well. talk us through the geography, i in the area as well. talk us - through the geography, where is this stretch of water and talk us through what we know about it us through what we know about |. , ., us through what we know about it some may have heard about the gateway — it some may have heard about the gateway you _ it some may have heard about the gateway you mentioned i the gateway you mentioned mumbai and this is around five nautical miles from that which is roughly nine km into the sea towards the eastern side, it is into the mumbai harbour area, there are smaller islands there and elephanta island is one of them. the boat was taking tourists from the gateway of india to elephanta island and somewhere in between the incident happened. this is considered to be a very safe water that is why did he harbour is there and we still don't

the unesco world heritage side, which was laid to recaptured by the syrian army. how involved reports all the city governments had been facing a high value on the specialist. they wanted this place to be safe. actually. this is a place that has 5000 years of history. this was the site of the uptake them to the kingdom of queens and nobody had before it was invaded by the romans. so i mean, it has the same value will probably even you caught them equally speaking as oil or any other treasure that the country has one of the source, that's why there is a huge importance placed on this based on the government. the new government is a very much aware of that. the visibility of the person of the army unit is much more than anything we saw along the road from damascus to displace. so basically, uh, pardon me, uh, is also, you know, strategically located in the center. you are ok is oh yeah, about a 100 kilometers from where i stand here. uh, the places of control of the uh see the democratic forces also any of the place is only 200 kilometers from here at the know that a

the syrian capital and palmera and central syria is known for its ancient city, which is a unesco world heritage site. it was seized by i saw fighters in 2015 and partially destroyed before it was recaptured by the syrian army. mom at all reports from palmera, of all the city and governments have been facing a high value on these treasures. they wanted this place to be safe, actually this is a place that has 5000 years of history. this was the site of the uptake them to the kingdom of queens and nobody had before it was invaded by the romans. so i mean, it has the same value will probably even economically speaking as oil or any other treasure to the country has one of the source. that's why there is a huge importance placed on this based on the government. the new government is a very much aware of that, the visibility of their pets and of, of the army units here is much more than anything we saw along the road from damascus to displace. so basically, uh, pardon me, a is also, you know, so typically located in the center york is already about a 100 kilometers from where i stand here. uh, the pl

breaks some in a couple of months ago in beautiful cars on a multi poder city, multi national unesco world heritage site. and here we have residential infrastructure just coming on the explosive, a tax with these funding drugs. you know, despite all that, as you know, russia is always providing evidence of these attacks on civilian infrastructure. yeah. and yet, western players, they stay so quiet on this. and yet, when, when russia strikes ukrainian military or energy targets the u and the us off for us to avoid that condemnation of most of those options in the puppet apparatus, media, you know, they, they, they, they, they push all these narrative stuff. but is it a case of double standards in any way? can you, can you get me there on this? do you think sonya, i mean ons, i'm seems of strange behavior on this matter. it is because, you know, i wasn't the don't bells many, many times and all the time. we so we have the evidence, i so with that there was strikes from the ukrainian army or that time off of battalion all the battalions, either they were, you know, hitting the civilian infrastructure.

still remember the 2004 fire destroyed large parts of the dutch as on a amalia library unesco world heritage site in the german city and find more claims store through the famous rococo hall. an estimated 50000 books were destroyed books or classic repositories of knowledge. that's why the german national library and might say she works to preserve books and other media. since 1913, it has been mandated by the state to collect everything that has been published in for about germany. the only exceptions that makes or publications of temporary significance, such as mail order catalogs or train schedules. the 21000000 items are housed here fiction and non fiction books, encyclopedias, newspapers, no matter the language, the s by should be the 20th of the hoopla here. for example, we have the drum who did a root, but it's a turkish newspaper that was published and it didn't move. so it invited often. and that's why we collected, because it was published in germany or this travel guide written in japanese, published in japan about a trip through europe. i as if there are just 5 pages about german

there are full cities, historic places, unesco world heritage sites that have been shelled into obliviono many conflicts in the middle east t never stays with just that country. very soon after the conflict started, we saw proxy powers starting to get involved. we saw iran and hezbollah backing assad. we see the president right now. we'll go to the white house. >>> good afternoon. a lot happening in the middle east. after 13 years of civil war in syria, more than half a century of brutal authoritarian rule by bashar al assad and his father before him, rebel forces have forced assad to resign his office and flee the country. we're not sure where he is, but there's word that he's in moscow. at long last the asam regime has fallen. this regime brutalized, tortured hundreds of thousands of innocent syrians. the fall of regime is a fundamental act of justice. it's a moment of historic opportunity for the long suffering people of syria to build a better future for their proud country. it's also a moment of risk and uncertainty. as we all turn to the question of what comes next, the united stat

she's a unesco world heritage site. now it was seized by iso fighters in 2015 and partially destroyed, full being re captured by the syria. nami, and file joins us from palmetto. so how much? as i said, you in a very historical city that what is the situation that off of the photo of the acid regime a while saw me. uh so, so we are, i have to, yeah, we have seen a uh, a considerable presence of uh, of the, uh, the government in damascus. the uh, security forces. he is very, very visible and they are very active. the mining around the city. we've had lots of explosives and they told us about that's the, the, the mining process going on. and even i can tell you that we have seen a more of them at patterson and she is on it. anyone, i've seen syria, especially across all along the road. we took this morning to arrive here, so they thought to be they give a very big importance to this place. remember that this space is only about $200.00 . if you want me to stay away from the areas of control of the city and democratic forc

for so started off or in palmera and central syria is known for its ancient city, which is a unesco world heritage site was seized by iso fights as in 2015, partially destroyed before it was recaptured. the cities ami homage vall isn't palmera with this update. all the city and governments have been facing a high value on the specialist. they wanted this place to be safe. actually, this is a place that has 5000 years of history. this was the site of the uptake them to the kingdom of queens and new before it was invaded by the romans. so i mean, it has the same value and probably even you caught them equally speaking as oil or any other treasure that to the country has one of the source. that's why there is a huge importance placed on this based on the government. then you will go from that is a very much aware of that. the visibility of the pep center of the army unit is much more than anything we saw along the road from damascus to displace. so basically, uh, probably, mira is also, you know, strategically located in the center york is only about a 100 kilometers from where i stand here. uh, the

they preserve the material embroidery tradition listed by unesco as an intangible world. cultural heritage in doing so, she's helping the community as i'm keeping towards being not only are they earning money with us when they get a sense that their work is need to know that they're important. and they're part of the community because not quite as much you design embodies a whole attitude toward life in hard. we're one big family doing in the latest episode of small projects, big changes. we're looking at motto, design. the road si bazzi. got the idea to integrate the embroidery she knew from her childhood into contemporary apparel. so how did she turn that into a win win situation for both the craft and the community? the part is a village in northern hungry close to the slovakian border. for generations, the women of the region have embroidered the motto, patterns known primarily for their color, full rows, motifs done in the satin stitch technique, it was listed as an unesco, intangible, cultural heritage in 2012 motto designed commission is not only to keep this traditional live but al

they were made to take right fine clothing and cost you. 2020 unesco declared the chick gloss paper upon the intangible world. cultural heritage. it meant a profound change. carouse has now monica and barbara has opened the doors to give to is too good for the 2000 international visitors annually. the world heritage site has spoken an altercation the felt a big responsibility for the community of the class workers here of our colleagues, because it's a you are totally visible for, for the whole world, for the whole public. and you need to handle that. the passions number, if a 20000 was more being added over time, design is create martin visions around. so it's a single ornament costs from $5.00 to $50.00. you runs school children and 20 all over the decoration. this is true and anticipation of christmas, keeping the tradition of the gloss speeds of life hasn't always been easy for bob or couldn't have thought the people of the valley count on you are the last one is no other choice to serve the if you're craving snow and winter sports climate change has meant heading to higher altitudes, like in switzerland, stunning and gett

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