The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

Alternate names kept coming up as I tried to find my way to the registered UNESCO site documented as the Itsukushima Shinto shrine. I’d ask people for directions and end up getting more confused ...

G7 leaders are visiting the island of Miyajima, home to Itsukushima Shinto Shrine and its famous seagirt torii gate and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.