Monaco’s Government has reported that the candidacy for UNESCO World Heritage Site listing for the Mediterranean Alps has taken an important step forward. On Friday, February 24, in Cuneo, Italy’s Minister of the Environment Gian Luca Galletti formalised the candidacy of the Mediterranean Alps, the file having been deposited by the Italian Minister a few weeks earlier with the UNESCO Secretariat in Paris. The application is for a transboundary site covering an area of nearly 270,000 hectares, focused on geological values (UNESCO Criterion VIII). The perimeter of the area extends … Continue reading UNESCO status within reach for Mediterranean Alps in Italy, France and Monaco