Mali and UNESCO to receive a 'Symbolic Euro' for Timbuktu Heritage Destruction
Mali and UNESCO to receive a 'Symbolic Euro' for Timbuktu Heritage Destruction
Categories History & Culture
Published 6th Apr, 2021
Context
The Government of Mali and UNESCO are to receive a ‘Symbolic Euro’ from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a gesture of its 2017 judgment over the destruction of the cultural site of Timbuktu by the religious extremists, in 2012.
About
About Timbuktu
Timbuktu is a city in the West African country of Mali.
It is situated on the southern edge of the Sahara and North of the Niger River.
It has been an important trading post on the trans-Saharan caravan route and has been a center of Islamic culture.
The city was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988.
In 2012, due to the armed conflict in the region, Timbuktu was added to the UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger.
Architecture: It has famous Mosques of Djingareyber, Sankore, and Sidi Yahia, sixteen mausoleums, and holy public places.
The mosques are examples of earthen architecture and traditional maintenance techniques.
Symbolic Euro: The symbolic euro is a token of the need for redress, though the amount will never be paid.