United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was born on 16 November 1945. UNESCO has 195 Members and 8 Associate Members and is governed by the General Conference and the Executive Board. The Secretariat, headed by the Director-General, implements the decisions of these two bodies. The Organization has more than 50 field offices around the world and its headquarters are located in Paris.
UNESCO’s mission is to contribute to the building of a culture of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development, and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication, and information.
UNESCO works to create the conditions for dialogue among civilizations, cultures, and peoples, based upon respect for commonly shared values. It is through this dialogue that the world can achieve global visions of sustainable development encompassing observance of human rights, mutual respect, and the alleviation of poverty, all of which are at the heart of UNESCO’s mission and activities.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Greece
Greece joined UNESCO as a member on 04 November 1946. There are currently 18 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Greece and 16 of these are inscribed based on "cultural" criteria, while the remaining two (Mount Athos, Meteora) are inscribed for meeting both "cultural" and "natural" criteria. Five of the sites are located on islands, one is distributed between the islands and the mainland, with the remaining 12 exclusively on the mainland. The first site to be inscribed was the Temple of Apollo at Bassae in 1986, the most recent is the Philippi, inscribed in 2016. There are an additional 14 sites on the tentative list.
List of World Heritage Sites in Greece
Name
Location
Date
Acropolis, Athens
Athens, Attica
5th century BC
The archeological site of Aigai (Vergina)
Imathia, Central Macedonia
1st millennium BC
The archeological site of Delphi
Phocis, Central Greece
8th century BC
The archeological site of Mystras
Laconia, Peloponnese
13th century AD
The archeological site of Olympia
Elis, West Greece
10th century BC
The archeological site of Mycenae and Tiryns
Argolis, Peloponnese
15th century BC
The archeological site of Delos
Cyclades, South Aegean
7th century BC
Historic Centre with the Monastery of St John
Patmos, South Aegean
10th century
Medieval City of Rhodes
Rhodes, South Aegean
Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas, and Nea Moni of Chios
Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
315 B.C.
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
Samos, North Aegean
3rd millennium B.C.
Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
Epidaurus, Peloponnese
4th century
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
Bassae, Messenia, Peloponnese
5th century B.C.
The Meteora
near Kalabaka, Thessaly
Mount Athos
Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain
Philippi
Philippi, Kavala, Eastern Macedonia
4th century B.C. - 14th century A.D.
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