Ouagadougou: The Royal Court of Tiébélé, an architectural ensemble more than 500 years old in south-central Burkina Faso, was included on Friday on the UNESCO world heritage list, learned AIB.
The 46th session of the World Heritage Committee, held in New Delhi, India, dedicated this Friday, July 26, 2024, the ‘Outstanding Universal Value’ of the Royal Court of Tiébélé; a cultural property located in the commune of Tiebélé in the South-Central region of Burkina Faso.
The inscription of this site was welcomed by the Burkinabè Minister of State in charge of Culture, Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo.
‘Through this decision of the committee, the international community recognizes that Burkina Faso is one of the custodians of the conscience of humanity,’ he rejoiced.
According to him, this ‘historic day’ for the Burkinabè people marks the culmination of continuous efforts and concrete and coherent actions which allow the country of honest men to enjoy the inscription of its fourth property on the world heritag
e list.
‘Despite what is said about the Sahel countries in general, the Burkinabè people have just received here again a testimony of their resilience; a resilience that it has been able to build since time immemorial, and on which, moreover, the government of Burkina Faso intends to consolidate its cultural and national sovereignty, in an uninhibited manner,’ added Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo.
The Minister of Culture promised that Burkina Faso will ensure the preservation of the Outstanding Universal Value of the Royal Court of Tiébélé, while keeping it open and accessible to the whole world.
The Royal Court of Tiébélé, located approximately 175 kilometers from Ouagadougou, in the Nahouri province, South-Central region, is more than 500 years old.
Built on an area of ??approximately one and a half hectares, it is a set of buildings made up of 126 huts, a place of worship and walls grouped into a circular block perched on a small hill.
More than 400 people divided into 54 small families live there,
surrounded by modern housing.
Burkina Faso now has four sites inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, namely the Ruins of Loropeni (in 2009), the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (in 2017) and the Ancient Iron Metallurgy Sites (in 2019).
Source: Burkina Information Agency
