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UNESCO Adds 26 New Sites to World Heritage List
UNESCO added 26 new World Heritage sites in 2025, including ancient tombs in Sardinia, the Carnac megaliths, and sacred Indigenous landscapes. The newly added sites highlight humanity’s enduring connection to the land, ancestors, and spiritual heritage as well as honoring those who suffered under oppression. Continue reading UNESCO Adds 26 New Sites to World Heritage List at The Wild Hunt.
The royal palaces in the German Alps of Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen and Herrenchiemsee, the “built dreams” of Louis II of Bavaria between 1864 and 1886 that came to inspire Walt Disney himself, have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
UNESCO Announces Changes to World Heritage List
Germany’s Neuschwanstein Castle, which famously served as Walt Disney‘s inspiration for Sleeping Beauty’s palace, is one of several new additions to UNESCO’s prestigious World Heritage List. The list, which was established to protect and preserve sites of unique beauty, cultural and historical importance for humanity, now includes 1,248 landmarks and areas across over 170 countries. Sites of cultural importance account for the majority of these …
Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) speaks of a "fairy tale that has come true: the castles of King Louis II have now been recognized as a world heritage.
German castles and French megaliths become UNESCO World Heritage Sites
UNESCO has reviewed the applications of several new World Heritage sites, adding the Carnac Megaliths in France, the Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the Minoan Palatial Centres in Crete, Greece to the list.
The castles of Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee, and Linderhof in the German state of Bavaria have been designated a World Heritage Site by the UN organization UNESCO. The royal residence on Schachenberg in Bavaria is also a World Heritage Site. These so-called fairytale castles were built in the second half of the nineteenth century at the behest of Bavarian King Ludwig II. He sought to evoke the romance of bygone eras. Neuschwanstein, for exampl…
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