The Moravian Church settlement in Co Antrim is the region’s second Unesco World Heritage Site following recognition of the Giant’s Causeway.

A village in Northern Ireland has become the UK’s newest Unesco World Heritage Site.

The Moravian Church settlement in Co Antrim is the region’s second Unesco World Heritage Site following recognition of the Giant’s Causeway.

It came at the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee on Friday.

The site was nominated as part of a transnational effort led by the United States to achieve World Heritage Status for Moravian Church settlements founded in the 18th century, alongside other distinctive sites in Herrnhut, Germany and Bethlehem in the US.

Founded in 1759, Gracehill includes distinctive Moravian buildings, including a particular type of congregation building known as the Gemeinhaus, a church, choir houses and a cemetery.

Gracehill has been described as the best preserved example of a settlement representing the Moravian ideal........

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