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EXHIBITION OPENS AT UT HISTORY MUSEUM PRESENTING HUNGARIAN SITES ON UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST
15.12.2005
After opening the exhibition, the Ambassador will visit the Tartu
Observatory which, as one of the reference points for Struve's geodetic
arc, is since 2005 also part of the World Heritage list.
The information exhibition, assembled by Hungarian National Office of
Cultural Heritage together with UNESCO Memory of the World Hungarian
National Committee and presented at the UT History Museum introduces
visitors to eight Hungarian sites on UNESCO protection list. The list
currently includes the following Hungarian sites: the downtown area of
Budapest, the old village of Hollókö, the caves of Aggtelek Karst, the
Pannonhalma Abbey, the Hortobágyi puszta National Park, the Early
Christian catacombs at Pécs Cathedral, the Fertö/Neusiedlersee cultural
landscape and the famous Tokaji wine region.
The exhibition will remain open until February 20, 2006.
Illari Lään
Head, UT Public Relations and Information Office
Additional information: Mr Urmet Paloveer, UT History Museum project leader, tel. +372 737 5677