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The International Day for Monuments and Sites also known as World Heritage Day is an international observance held on 18 April each year around the world with different types of activities, including visits to monuments and heritage sites, conferences, round tables and newspaper articles.
Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. Beginning as a cellist and conductor, Offenbach first wrote small-scale one-act pieces, limited by theatrical licensing laws. These eased by 1858 when he premiered his first full ...
World History Encyclopedia. We are a non-profit organization publishing the world's most-read history encyclopedia. Our mission is to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide. We are always looking for volunteers who wish to lend a voice to our articles.
Explore the UNESCO World Heritage Centre's list of sites that showcase our planet's rich cultural and natural heritage.
27 October 2020 marked the World Audio Visual Heritage day, which was an occasion to raise general awareness of the need to take urgent measures, to acknowledge the importance of audio-visual documents and promote the free flow of ideas by word and image as a representation of our heritage and memory.
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