UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Greece

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Thanks for watching.... 1. Acropolis of Athens :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis_of_Athens 2. Vergina : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vergina 3. Delphi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi 4. Mystras: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystras 5. Olympia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia,_Greece 6. Mycenae: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenae 7. Delos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delos 8. Monastery of Saint John the Theologian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery_of_Saint_John_the_Theologian 9. Rhodes (city): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_(city) 10. Daphni Monastery: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphni_Monastery 11. Hosios Loukas : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosios_Loukas 12. Nea Moni of Chios: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nea_Moni_of_Chios 13. Corfu (city): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corfu_(city) 14. Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleochristian_and_Byzantine_monuments_of_Thessaloniki 15. Pythagoreion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoreion 16. Heraion of Samos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraion_of_Samos 17. Epidaurus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidaurus 18. Bassae : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassae 19. Meteora : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteora 20. Mount Athos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Athos Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Greece Music: The Hours,Topher Mohr and Alex Elena; YouTube Audio Library A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place (such as a forest, mountain, lake, island, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as of special cultural or physical significance . The list is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 UNESCO member states which are elected by the General Assembly. The programme catalogues, names, and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humanity. Under certain conditions, listed sites can obtain funds from the World Heritage Fund. The programme was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, which was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972. Since then, 191 states parties have ratified the Convention, making it one of the most adhered to international instruments. Only Liechtenstein, Nauru, Somalia, South Sudan, Timor-Leste and Tuvalu are not Party to the Convention. As of 2014, 1007 sites are listed: 779 cultural, 197 natural, and 31 mixed properties, in 161 states parties. By sites ranked by country, Italy is home to the greatest number of World Heritage Sites with 57 sites, followed by China (47), Spain (44), France (39), Germany (39), Mexico (32) and India (32). UNESCO references each World Heritage Site with an identification number; however, new inscriptions often include previous sites now listed as part of larger descriptions. As a result, the identification numbers exceed 1,200 even though there are fewer on the list. In 1954, the government of Egypt decided to build the Aswan Dam (Aswan High Dam), an event that would deluge a valley containing treasures of ancient Egypt such as the Abu Simbel temples. UNESCO then launched a worldwide safeguarding campaign. The Abu Simbel and Philae temples were taken apart, moved to a higher location, and put back together piece by piece. Meanwhile, the Temple of Dendur was moved to Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the Temple of Debod was moved to Parque del Oeste in Madrid. The cost of the project was US$80 million, about $40 million of which was collected from 50 countries. The project was regarded as a success, and led to other safeguarding campaigns, saving Venice and its lagoon in Italy, the ruins of Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan, and the Borobodur Temple Compounds in Indonesia. UNESCO then initiated, with the International Council on Monuments and Sites, a draft convention to protect the common cultural heritage of humanity.