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This medieval cathedral is about to install solar panels on its roof

Across Europe, historic buildings are balancing heritage and climate action by turning to solar power.

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Watch: the baguette gets UN world heritage status

The humble baguette - the crunchy ambassador for French baking around the world - has been added to the UN’s list of intangible cultural heritage.

Culture news

Shine on: Campaigners save London's historic gas lamps

A 200-year-old nightly ritual nearly became history, but campaigners forced local government to drop plans to replace gas-powered lamps in London.

Cult

European Film Academy highlights 35 legendary film locations

From the Trevi Fountain in Rome to the Notting Hill Bookshop in London, via the Institut Lumière in Lyon and Babelsberg Studio in Potsdam, these are the treasures of European film culture.

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Culture news

Sacheen Littlefeather: From Native American icon to "fraud"

The sisters of the Oscars protestor, who died earlier this month, say that she faked Native American ancestry.

Cult

Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art opens doors after COVID-19 hiatus

After a year-long hiatus because of COVID-19, the Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art is back - with artists inspired to campaign on 'A Manifesto of Fragility'.

Culture news

Moscow 'guilty of destroying heritage', Ukrainian minister says

Ukraine's culture minister Oleksandr Tkachenko says since Moscow's invasion began in February more than 500 cultural heritage sites have been destroyed or damaged.

Scenes

Meet the Qatari farmer growing medicinal plants in the desert

In partnership with Media City

“Torba preserves traditional native plants of the Gulf region. We have heritage seeds and plants, and we grow many other plants from around the world.”

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Libya's underground homes wait for tourism revival

Gharyan's unique underground houses were hewn into the mountainside centuries ago, and many lie abandoned, but residents of the Libyan town are hoping tourism can help restore their heritage.

Culture news

Italy ready to rebuild bombed Mariupol theatre

Ukraine say the theatre was hit by a Russian airstrike on Wednesday while people sheltered there from bombardments. Russia denied striking the theatre.

Design

Ukraine's heritage now under protection from international bodies

Europa Nostra and Global Heritage Fund have launched a joint crowdfunding campaign to support the defenders of Ukraine’s endangered heritage.

Culture news

Mexico calls on France to stop 'brazen' sale of pre-Hispanic artefacts

The President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador says French auction houses had gone beyond the pale with brazen sales of pre-Hispanic artefacts.

Culture news

Greece decries Turkey for allowing DJ performance at Sumela monastery

Turkish authorities are said to have allowed a DJ to play electronic music in the tourist attraction, believed to be over 1600 years old, for a promotional advertisement.

Culture news

UNESCO places Viking-era boats on heritage list in Nordic triumph

Wooden 'Clinker' boats are now represent the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity through a joint bid made by Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden/

Culture news

60 years on: What do we know about the Derveni Papyrus

Discovered by accident, the Derveni Papyrus offers key insights into ancient philosophy and literature. Here's what we know about it.

Art

Italy recovers €10 million worth of stolen art from around the world

Italy’s Culture Minister welcomed the return of more than 200 prized antiquities valued at over 10 million euros that had been located in prestigious US museums and galleries after illegal trafficking.

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Over 16,000 French libraries to be protected in new law

The law was signed in unanimously, with one senator noting the symbolic importance of books in the fight against fascism.

Culture news

The 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony will take place on the Seine

Tony Estanguet, Paris 2024 Organising Committee President and former athlete, revealed the ambitious scope of the city's plans to make this ceremony one to remember.

Art

Banksy designs t-shirts to help Bristol's Colston statue defendants

The world-famous street artist sold the design in stores across the city for £25 each to raise money for the four protestors charged with criminal damage over the disposal of a slave trader statue during a Black Lives Matter march.

Culture news

France's new blue: Which countries in Europe also changed their flags?

After France's new shade of blue was introduced last year without anybody noticing, we look into the flag changes in Europe that caused a stir over the year.

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