Louis Vuitton has unveiled its latest fashion designs at Barcelona’s Park Güell in an homage to one of Antoni Gaudí’s architectural masterpieces.

Workers using cranes have installed two more restored crosses on top of the domes of Kyiv’s 11th-century St. Sophia Cathedral as part of ongoing repair work at the landmark site.

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in northern England in connection with what authorities described as the “deliberate” felling of a famous tree that had stood for nearly 200 years next to the Roman landmark Hadrian’s Wall.

Argentina is celebrating a decision by a United Nations conference to include a former clandestine detention and torture center as a World Heritage site.

France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age.

Recovery efforts are underway in Myanmar and Bangladesh after a powerful cyclone smashed into their coastlines, causing widespread destruction and at least 21 deaths, with hundreds of others believed missing.

Some 200 protesters have gathered beneath Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous Sugarloaf Mountain to protest the ongoing construction of ziplines aimed at boosting tourism, alleging it will cause unacceptable impacts.

The City of San Antonio World Heritage Office announced the upcoming seventh annual World Heritage Festival, celebrating the city’s historic missions as the first and only United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site in Texas.

Protesters are dispersed as riot police fired tear gas behind a makeshift barricade in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, March 7, 2021. AdFactory workers, mostly in the Yangon area, are largely involved in the garment industry, which generates major export earnings for Myanmar. Multiple reports from Yangon said there had been police raids Saturday night seeking to seize organizers and supporters of the protest movement. AdIn Yangon and elsewhere, raids are carried out nightly after the 8 p.m. curfew by police and soldiers. The coup reversed years of slow progress toward democracy in Myanmar, which for five decades had languished under strict military rule that led to international isolation and sanctions.

Turkish police officers guard a monolith, found on an open field near Sanliurfa, southeastern Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. The monolith, 3 meters high (about 10 feet), was discovered near UNESCO World Heritage site Gobeklitepe with its megalithic structures dating back to 10th millennium B.C. Turkish media reported Sunday that gendarmes were looking through CCTV footage and investigating vehicles that may have transported the monolith. (Bekir Seyhanli/IHA via AP)ISTANBUL – Turkish authorities are investigating the appearance of a mysterious monolith in southeastern Turkey. Turkish media reported Sunday that gendarmes were looking through CCTV footage and investigating vehicles that may have transported the monolith.

SAN ANTONIO – Did you know that approximately 45 million Americans are 65 and older? Some of that has gone toward the World Heritage Site right here in San Antonio to help preserve our historic Missions. “In 2015, San Antonio’s five Spanish colonial missions -- San Jose, San Juan, San Concepción, Espada and the Alamo -- all became a UNESCO World Heritage Site,” said Colleen Swain, director for the World Heritage Office. “We are the only World Heritage Site in the state of Texas and one of only 24 in the entire U.S. To learn more about AARP’s grant towards the World Heritage Site watch the video above, or click tap or click here.

SAN ANTONIO Since the San Antonio Missions became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015, the city of San Antonio has held an annual festival to honor the designation and raise funds to preserve the Missions. San Antonio Missions temporarily further modify operations to implement health guidanceThe virtual festival will take place from Sept. 8-13 and will also celebrate Mission San Joses 300th year. The photos will be displayed at Mission San Jose and will be free to the public to see through the fall. Sept. 10Virtual San Antonio Missions Trivia Night - This is free and open to the public, registration is required. Sept. 11Virtual Classical Concert: Celebrating Mission San Jose - This performance by Agarita Chamber Players will be live-streamed from the Mission San Jose Church.