https://sputnikglobe.com/20220818/fire-guts-unescos-world-heritage-site-in-vietnam-local-media-reports-1099736463.html
Fire Guts UNESCO’s World Heritage Site in Vietnam, Local Media Reports
Fire Guts UNESCO’s World Heritage Site in Vietnam, Local Media Reports
Sputnik International
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A fire has ravaged Vietnam’s ancient Imperial Academy, a UNESCO-recognized world heritage site located in the town of Hue, media said... 18.08.2022, Sputnik International
2022-08-18T15:45+0000
2022-08-18T15:45+0000
2022-08-18T15:45+0000
world
vietnam
fire
unesco
unesco world heritage site
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e6/08/12/1099736318_0:0:1801:1014_1920x0_80_0_0_840b3e6a1589672401ad4b3cb0783202.jpg
The blaze erupted on Wednesday afternoon, tearing through the hundred-year-old building built by the Southeast Asian nation’s last ruling Nguyen dynasty, VnExpress newspaper reported.The academy building is part of a complex of Hue monuments inscribed on the UN cultural agency’s World Heritage List in 1993. It housed a collection of artifacts from Vietnam's war against its French colonial rulers.The flames reportedly destroyed many of the treasures stored inside after part of the roof collapsed. Police are investigation the cause of the fire.
vietnam
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“
2022
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“
News
en_EN
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“
vietnam, fire, unesco, unesco world heritage site
vietnam, fire, unesco, unesco world heritage site
Fire Guts UNESCO’s World Heritage Site in Vietnam, Local Media Reports
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A fire has ravaged Vietnam’s ancient Imperial Academy, a UNESCO-recognized world heritage site located in the town of Hue, media said Thursday.
The blaze erupted on Wednesday afternoon, tearing through the hundred-year-old building built by the Southeast Asian nation’s last ruling Nguyen dynasty, VnExpress newspaper reported.
The academy building is part of a complex of Hue monuments inscribed on the UN cultural agency’s World Heritage List in 1993. It housed a collection of artifacts from Vietnam's war against its French colonial rulers.
The flames reportedly destroyed many of the treasures stored inside after part of the roof collapsed. Police are investigation the cause of the fire.
