UNESCO has added Italian cuisine to the intangible cultural heritage list. The first worldwide. TRAVELBOOK has the details. Today is an especially good day for pizza and pasta. The United Nations’ cultural organization,

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA, SILVIA STELLACCI and NICOLE WINFIELD ROME (AP) — Italian food is known and loved around the world for its fresh ingredients and palate-pleasing tastes. The U.N.’s

The agency added dozens of nominees to its annual list of the world’s “intangible cultural heritage,” celebrating international customs and cuisine.

Italian cooking joins French gastronomy and Mexican cuisine on UNESCO’s list of global cultural gems, setting off celebration and snickering.

The honour makes for Italy's 21st item on UNESCO's intangible list, joining Neapolitan pizza-making, Sicilian puppet theatre and Cremona's violin craftsmanship.

The US boasts 26 Unesco World Heritage sites, some of which are globally famous, like the Grand Canyon, while others are less well known.

The Sundarbans is one of the world’s most fascinating natural landscapes. This vast mangrove forest, shared by India and Bangladesh, is a UNESCO site filled with wildlife, mystery and quiet beauty., Travel,

After seventeen years of grassroots youth activities and international cooperation, the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative continue to involve young people, communities and site managers in building together

The public lecture was delivered by Éric Sadin, whose intervention, “The Future of Humanity in an Era of Omniscient Artificial Intelligence,” offered a provocative framing for the day. In a powerful critique of unbridled technological acceleration related to the rise of generative Artificial Intelligence.

UNESCO's session at Red Fort, held under tight security post-blast, focuses on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in India.