Twenty-two years, four international conferences, one 400-page document and a visit from a princess: That’s just part of what it took to land Bethlehem a UNESCO-recognized World Heritage Site.

International leaders joined local and federal officials in Bethlehem on Thursday to celebrate the inscription of four Moravian Church Settlements on the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage List.

Located along Church Street in Bethlehem, the 1741 Gemeinhaus is a National Historic Landmark, home to the Moravian Museum, and is the only 1700s Gemeinhaus in the world. Visitors to Historic ...

outside Central Moravian before he led families who hopped on for a tour of Bethlehem and its Moravian church settlements, which were recently designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.