<p>The same number of monuments from Africa and Europe is inscribed on the UNESCO list.</p>

Vilnius - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has included the same number of African and European monuments on the World Cultural and Natural Heritage List for the first time in its history during its conference in Vilnius. This was reported by the AFP agency.
"During the annual meeting, five African and five European monuments were added to the UNESCO list," said the head of the executive council of the organization, Francesco Bandarin, to reporters.
Newly included on the UNESCO list are monuments in Ethiopia, Gambia, and Senegal (Senegambia), Malawi, Tanzania, and Mauritius. Africa now has 70 out of 830 monuments on the prestigious list.
The newly added European monuments include the old town in Regensburg, Germany, the Rolli Palace complex in Genoa, Italy, the mining landscape in Cornwall and Devon in England, the Vizcaya Bridge in Bilbao, Spain, and the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland.
In total, during the conference in Vilnius, which took place from July 8 to today, 18 new items were added to the UNESCO list.