le site d'ANI inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO

Réuni à Istanbul du 10 au 20 juillet dernier, pour sa 40ème session, le Comité du patrimoine mondial a examiné les propositions d’inscription de 27 sites sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO.

Le site archéologique d’Ani fait partie des 5 nouveaux inscrits sur la liste du patrimoine mondial.

Le site est situé au nord-est de la Turquie sur un plateau isolé, en surplomb d’un ravin constituant une frontière naturelle avec l’Arménie.

 

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13 new sites added to UNESCO list

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee’s 40th session held in Istanbul has concluded with some 15 properties being evaluated and 13 of them registered to the World Heritage List, including the Turkish archeological site of Ani located in the eastern province of Kars, near the Armenian border. 

“As of now a total of 15 properties were evaluated and 13 of these were registered in the World Heritage List. I want to express that we have been extremely happy [to be] part of this [and] that our Seven-Doored City of Ani archeological site has been registered to the World Heritage List. With this opportunity, I want to deliver my thanks sincerely to UNESCO, committee members, the World Heritage Center and ICOMOS [the International Council on Monuments and Sites],” said Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Nabi Avcı, as he delivered a speech at the closing ceremony of the session.  

UNESCO’s 40th session was held in Istanbul with the attendance of some 108 member countries, consulting organs, guests of the host country, media members and NGO representatives.

July/18/2016