Poverty Point to be Nominated as a World Heritage Site
By: Staff
Updated: January 17, 2013
Poverty Point State Historic Site and National Monument in West Carroll Parish is being nominated as a World Heritage List.
The nomination document was prepared by the State of Louisiana in consultation with the National Park Service's Office of International Affairs.
The nomination has been submitted through the U.S. Department of State to the offices of the World Heritage Centre in Paris, France.
If approved by the World Heritage Committee, the prehistoric earthworks would join the Taj Mahal, the Statue of Liberty, Stonehenge, the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef on the list of 962 sites in 157 countries designated as the most significant cultural and natural sites on the planet.
The nomination document was prepared by the State of Louisiana in consultation with the National Park Service's Office of International Affairs.
The nomination has been submitted through the U.S. Department of State to the offices of the World Heritage Centre in Paris, France.
If approved by the World Heritage Committee, the prehistoric earthworks would join the Taj Mahal, the Statue of Liberty, Stonehenge, the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef on the list of 962 sites in 157 countries designated as the most significant cultural and natural sites on the planet.
