Image © Karel BalasThe UNESCO World Heritage Committee has announced 25 new inscriptions to the World Heritage List during its 48th session, expanding the international register with sites that reflect a wide range of architectural, cultural, and natural heritage. The inscription highlights Tashkent's contribution to twentieth-century architectural discourse while acknowledging the city's post-disaster transformation into one of the most significant modernist urban ensembles in the region. Their recognition highlights the architectural quality of the buildings themselves and the relationship between monumental public architecture, urban planning, and economic transformation. Gdynia Modernist City Centre, PolandThe inscription of the Gdynia Modernist City Centre recognizes one of Europe's most coherent examples of interwar modernist urban development. Sebastia, PalestineThe inscription of Sebastia recognizes a historic settlement with archaeological remains spanning several millennia of cultural and political transformation.