18. April 2006: Internationaler Tag der Denkmalpflege
Das Motto für den diesjährigen Internationalen Tag der Denkmalpflege am 18. April ist das Industrielle Kulturerbe:
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We call on ICOMOS members and professionals in the preservation field to make this day a global success. Industrial heritage, like other cultural heritage sectors, is threatened all over the world. Factories, plantations, forges, mines, railways and other forms of industrial heritage are markers of the workplace and production, having equal importance to the religious and domestic sites which are often given priority. Industrial heritage is, in general, at risk of loss through destruction and abandonment, endangering some of the greatest testaments to the creative genius of humanity.
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Quelle:http://www.international.icomos.org/18thapril/2006/18april2006.htm
Auf der begleitenden Website gibt es weitere Informationen und ein Programm mit Veranstaltungen an diesem Tag.
UNESCO-Welterbe Völklinger Hütte Bild: Wikipedia, GNU
