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Discover UNESCO World Heritage Sites, which have been attacked during wars. We show the Sites before war, and where possible, what they looked after being attacked & how UNESCO has helped to restore them. Culture stands on the frontline of conflicts, deliberately targeted to fuel hatred and block reconciliation. Warlords target culture because it strikes to the heart and because it has powerful media value in an increasingly connected world. Some cultural sites have an outstanding universal value — they belong to all and must be protected by all. Let’s be clear. We are not just talking about stones and building. This is about values, identities and belonging. Destroying culture hurts societies for the long term. It deprives them of collective memory banks as well as precious social and economic assets.
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Protecting culture in times of warIrina Bokova DG of UNESCO
Timbuktu
Mali
Shrine of Cheikh Alpha Moya
2012
Shrine of Sidi Amar Ben Amar
2012
Sacred door of Sidi Yahia Mosque
2012
Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
Afghanistan
1966 2003
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1980
20091998
1993
1980
1993
1998
2009
Temple of Preah Vihear
Cambodia
162011
172011
182011
192011
Samarra Archaeological City
Iraq
Al Askari mosque in Samarra
Iraq
Before destruction
2008
2008
2008
2008
2009
Shrine of Al-Shaab Al-Dahmani in Tripoli
Libya
2012
Ancient city of Aleppo
Syria
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din
Syria
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