Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier‘s work (born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris, 1887-1965) has been inserted today Sunday, July 17, 2016 in UNESCO World Heritage.
UNESCO’s annual session was held in Istanbul.
Nomination was proposed for Le Corbusier’s 17 works, distributed in 7 countries (France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Argentina, Japan and India), as proof of global proportions of his work.
It was not the first time that the foundation tried to achieve recognition: the first nomination was in 2004 and in 2009 and 2011 the honor was denied.
![Le Corbusier](https://www.italydreamdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/Le-Corbusier-300x200.jpg)
UNESCO protected sites list, which already contains 1031 locations in 163 countries, thus extends from today.
![Unesco World Heritage world map](https://www.italydreamdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/mappa-siti-protetti-300x128.jpg)