Austrian World Heritage Day Presents UNESCO World Heritage

More+Events ♦ Published: April 17, 2023; 20:27 ♦ (Vindobona)

The joint action day of the Austrian World Heritage Sites takes place on and around April 18 and invites you to rediscover the 12 United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites.

Austria is home to 12 World Heritage Sites, including Schönbrunn Palace. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de [CC BY-SA 3.0 de (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en)]

A total of 1157 World Heritage Sites of Outstanding Universal Value are on the UNESCO World Heritage List, 12 of which are located in Austria. Preserving and communicating their uniqueness is the common mission of the world community and the goal of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention.

Sabine Haag, President of the Austrian Commission for UNESCO announced that on April 18,…