The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is committed to preserving the culture and
heritage of major sites around the world. The latest World Heritage list
includes varied places like the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef
of Australia, East Africa’s Serengeti—and Curaçao’s Willemstad.
An Outstanding
Addition
In 1997, the UNESCO World Heritage Site committee
selected the historic city center of Willemstad—one of just six Caribbean
sites chosen—because of its “outstanding value and integrity, which
illustrates the organic growth of a multicultural community over three
centuries, and preserves to a high degree significant elements.”
In addition to Willemstad’s historic city center, other inductees include
the beautiful restored mansions of Scharloo and Pietermaai and Curaçaoan
neighborhoods dating back to the 1700s.
For more information:
www.unesco.org
