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UNESCO
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Belarus became part of UNESCO in 1954 and for many years has been maintaining fruitful, dynamic relations with this international organization.
With the help of UNESCO, many interesting projects are being implemented in our country in the field of education, science, information, communications and, of course, culture.
In October 1988, Belarus acceded to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972. And today 4 objects located in our country are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The first of them in 1992 was the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" (natural heritage site) - a unique protected forest in Europe, protected since the XIV century.
In 2000, the Mir castle complex built at the beginning of the 16th century was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The architecture, combining Gothic, Baroque and Renaissance, made it one of the most beautiful castles in Europe.
Two more objects of Belarus joined the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2005. This is the "Architectural and Cultural Complex of the Radziwills Residence in Nesvizh" and the points of the Geodetic Arc Struve.
For centuries, the palace in Nesvizh was the residence of one of the richest and most influential dynasties of Europe - the Radziwills. Today, the magnificent restored castle - the National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve "Nesvizh" - is a visiting card of Belarus.
The world-famous geodetic construction - Struve Arc - connected 265 points in 10 countries of the world: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova. According to historical data, there were 34 points in Belarus: 20 were preserved, and five of them, equipped with special signs, were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
In October 1988, Belarus acceded to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972. And today 4 objects located in our country are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The first of them in 1992 was the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" (natural heritage site) - a unique protected forest in Europe, protected since the XIV century.
In 2000, the Mir castle complex built at the beginning of the 16th century was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The architecture, combining Gothic, Baroque and Renaissance, made it one of the most beautiful castles in Europe.
Two more objects of Belarus joined the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2005. This is the "Architectural and Cultural Complex of the Radziwills Residence in Nesvizh" and the points of the Geodetic Arc Struve.
For centuries, the palace in Nesvizh was the residence of one of the richest and most influential dynasties of Europe - the Radziwills. Today, the magnificent restored castle - the National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve "Nesvizh" - is a visiting card of Belarus.
The world-famous geodetic construction - Struve Arc - connected 265 points in 10 countries of the world: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova. According to historical data, there were 34 points in Belarus: 20 were preserved, and five of them, equipped with special signs, were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Unesco World Heritage Sites:
August Canal (2004)
Transfiguration Church and St. Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk (2004)
Borisoglebskaya (Kolozhskaya) church in Grodno (2004)
Defense-type religious buildings in Belarus, Poland, and Lithuania (2004)
Wooden churches of Polesie (2004)
The architectural ensemble of Independence Avenue in Minsk claims to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the transnational category tentatively titled "Socialist Post-War Architecture in Eastern and Central Europe."
Transfiguration Church and St. Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk (2004)
Borisoglebskaya (Kolozhskaya) church in Grodno (2004)
Defense-type religious buildings in Belarus, Poland, and Lithuania (2004)
Wooden churches of Polesie (2004)
The architectural ensemble of Independence Avenue in Minsk claims to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the transnational category tentatively titled "Socialist Post-War Architecture in Eastern and Central Europe."
