#heritage-sites — Public Fediverse posts

"Iranian art historians and #culturalHeritage authorities as well as ordinary citizens have been tireless, while under bombardment, trying to protect these sites and share with the world the destruction they’ve sustained. UNESCO has voiced concern, and even news outlets such as The New York Times—whatever excuses they make for Israel—have had to express dismay over the destruction of glorious monuments of world civilization."

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/mirror-hall-golestan-palace-iran-culture-trump-netanyahu/
#Iran #warOnIran #heritageSites #warCrimes

"As the number of historic sites damaged by US-Israeli strikes in #Iran mounts, Iranian archaeologists have launched an interactive map that geolocates #culturalSites in the country that have been damaged during the war."

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/25/we-are-trying-to-preserve-the-memory-of-our-people-archaeologists-create-map-tracking-damage-to-iran-heritage-sites
#warOnIran #IranWar #heritageSites #patrimonyOfIran #IranianPatrimony #culturalPatrimony #infographics

'[A]ccording to UNESCO, 150 world #heritageSites in #Gaza had sustained damage since the start of the war. [...] "#TrésorsSauvésDeGaza,” which presented 123 works from those crates in Geneva, was both a preview of what a future museum of #GazanHistory might look like and a reminder of everything it will not contain.'

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/02/12/pieces-of-gaza-institut-du-monde-arabe/
https://archive.ph/L0p4h
#Palestine #patrimoine #patrimoineDeGaza #patrimoineDeLaPalestine #patrimonyOfGaza #PalestinianPatrimony #InstitutDuMondeArabe

#FotoVorschlag
“Ortstafeln, -schilder” / Place name signs, signposts

In the historic Imperial Citadel of Huế, Vietnam.

#photography #heritagesites #Vietnam

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=rQcyiTKw3H0

#AlJazeera

#Gaza: Preserving #heritagesites

Urban Geometry at Night

The brutalist architecture of Bishop Lucey Park seems to suit black and white night shots. This was only my first time trying to photograph it in such a way but I’ll try again.

#architecturalPhotography #atmosphericPhotography #bishopLuceyPark #blackAndWhite #blackAndWhitePhotography2 #brutalistArchitecture #cityParks #concreteStructures #contemporaryArchitecture #cork #fluorescentLighting #heritageSites #ireland #modernDesign #nightPhotography #nighttimeUrban #photo #photography #publicRealm #publicSpaces #streetPhotography #urbanGeometry #urbanRegeneration #urbanSpaces

Black hiker calls on others to join him on walk to northern end of the Underground Railway: The 2-week walk will begin July 19 in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and end in Owen Sound, Ont. #undergroundrailroad #thruhiking #canada #blackhikers #ontario #HeritageSites #hiking #blackhistory #kenjohnston

Black hiker calls on others to...

Black hiker calls on others to join him on walk to northern end of the Underground Railway

The 2-week walk will begin July 19 in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and end in Owen Sound, Ont.

#undergroundrailroad #thruhiking #canada #UndergroundRailway #blackhikers #ontario #HeritageSites #hiking #blackhistory #walk #niagarafalls #owensound #kenjohnston

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/black-hiker-calls-on-others-to-join-him-on-walk-to-northern-end-of-the-underground-railway-1.7548562

Embracing 'virtual dark tourism' could help heritage sites at risk of degradation, expert explains

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-embracing-virtual-dark-tourism-heritage.html

#history #HeritageSites #tourism #travel #darktourism

More #heritage report shenanigans. This time: obstacles to visiting #HeritageSites. It features this banger of a response.
Overall, it looks like main obstacles are an over-reliance on car access & parking. We have to seriously re-think how we're doing travelling to, from & around if we don't want to turn the country into a car park. Mostly my personal mantra is: improve #PublicTransport, esp busses in rural areas. Everyone wins, locals & visitors alike.
Source: https://gov.wales/barriers-visiting-heritage-sites-2022