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International Melina Mercouri Prize awarded to Russian Federation's Borodino Battlefield

Thursday, 4 October 2007
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At a ceremony held today at UNESCO Headquarters Mrs Françoise Rivière, Assistant Director-General for Culture, gave the award for the International Melina Mercouri Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes (UNESCO-Greece) to the Borodino Battlefield (Russian Federation).

This prize, named after Melina Mercouri, former Greek Minister of Culture, is financed by the Government of Greece and consists of a cheque for an amount of US $20,000 for the management of a cultural landscape. A special mention was also awarded to the Grand Bassin (Ganga Talao) (Mauritius). Full details of the laureates and the prize can be found at: https://whc.unesco.org/en/culturallandscapesprize

Thursday, 4 October 2007
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