18 April: World Heritage Day

  • 18 Apr 2022

The International Day for Monuments and Sites, also known as World Heritage Day, is observed on 18th April.

  • The theme for World Heritage Day 2022 is "Heritage and Climate".
  • To promote the Day, the Archaeological Survey of India, which maintains 3,693 monuments, has allowed free entry to centrally protected monuments on the occasion of World Heritage Day.
  • The entry is also free on International Women’s Day on March 8 and World Heritage Week celebration on November 19.