2010 European Capitals of Culture include UNESCO World Heritage Sites
The selection panel for the 2010 European Capital of Culture have recommended to award the German town Essen, the Hungarian city of Pécs and Istanbul in Turkey with the Titel European Capital of Culture 2010.
Every selected city has a UNESCO World Heritage Site within it's boundaries:
All three of these cities include World Heritage sites: the Historic Areas of Istanbul (Turkey) inscribed in 1985; the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (Germany) inscribed in 2001; and the Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) (Hungary) inscribed in 2000.
Quelle: http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/248
More information on the three cities can be found on this websites:
The Website of the World Heritage Centre provides information on the World Heritage Sites:
- Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs
- Historic Areas of Istanbul
Informationen on the European Capitals of Culture Program of the European Union together with the report of the Selection Panel can be found here.
UNESCO World Heritage City Pécs in Hungary Photo: Wikipedia, GNU
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