'World Heritage' site selection is Eurocentric – and that shapes which historic places get love and money
- Written by Victoria Reyes, Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside
The April 2019 fire that engulfed France’s Notre Dame Cathedral, in Paris, led to an outpouring of grief and introspection.
Historians explained how the 800-year-old church had survived political upheaval. Theologians examined its “secret life” and symbolism and architects recounted its structural changes through the centuries.
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