Tag: UNESCO

Today (25th Sept.) the Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust called for architects and designers to bring their expertise and creativity and enter a competitive Tender process to work with the Trust to create...

As the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature, Edinburgh is pleased to welcome eight new cities from eight countries to its literary family today. Bucheon (Republic of Korea)      Milan (Italy) Durban (South Africa)                  Québec City (Canada) Lillehammer...

I didn’t count them myself but I was told there were 46,000 pairs of puffins on the Isle of May last weekend. I got within three or four metres of these superbly colourful birds,...

The world’s seventh UNESCO City of Literature has been announced today. Krakow, widely regarded as Poland’s cultural capital, has joined Edinburgh, the creator of the title and founding city in the network. Other designated...

A team of experts from Scotland, who have already worked on sites in Edinburgh, is digitally recording the sculptures and terraces of an ancient Indian monument using laser technology in a pioneering partnership between...

The National Library of Scotland has again been selected to have a collection included in a worldwide online database of cultural merit.The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has selected the John...