AFP: New call to protect Romanian site from gold mine project
Thursday, January 6, 2011
The Romanian Academy on Wednesday urged the ministry of culture to include a former Roman site in its tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage to protect it from a Canadian gold mine project.Two other organisations involved in the conservation of cultural heritage, Pro Patrimonio and the Romanian branch of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), joined the call.The ministry has to send the list to Unesco this month."The historic mining site of Rosia ...