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30th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee: Debating 37 new World Heritage Sites

Posted on 07. July 2006 um 20:53 Uhr
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At the 30th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, that will take place from 8th to 16th of July in Vilnius, among other subjects the inscription of 37 new World Heritage Sites will be discussed.

Europe celebrates exemplary Cultural Heritage Achievements

Posted on 01. July 2006 um 19:42 Uhr
» Built Heritage Preservation UNESCO World Heritage International

In Madrid on the 27th of June 34 Laureates from 22 countries were honoured with the the prestigious European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards.

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June 2006

Underwater Cultural Heritage at Risk

Posted on 17. June 2006 um 16:13 Uhr
» Publications Preservation ICOMOS International

ICOMOS (The International Council on Monuments and Sites) now published a Heritage at Risk Special Edition on Underwater Cultural Heritage at Risk

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The UNESCO World Heritage City Edinburgh

Posted on 08. June 2006 um 17:12 Uhr
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The new and old towns of Edinburgh are inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List. While the medival fortress is dominating the central old town the new town was build in neoclassical style.

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May 2006

Conference announcement: Safeguarded Cultural Heritage

Posted on 22. May 2006 um 20:49 Uhr
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From May 31st to 3rd of June Prague will host the seventh European Commission Conference 'SAUVEUR' Safeguarded Cultural Heritage -
Understanding & Vialbility for the Enlarged Europe.

The 30th session of the World Heritage Committee

Posted on 15. May 2006 um 17:59 Uhr
» International Conferences UNESCO World Heritage ICOMOS Preservation Built Heritage

The 30th session of the World Heritage Committee will take place in Vilnius (Lithuania) from 8th to 16th of July 2006. On the agenda are some exciting topics.

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African World Heritage Fund launched

Posted on 06. May 2006 um 09:58 Uhr
» Natural Heritage Management Built Heritage Preservation UNESCO World Heritage International

On the 5th of May the African World Heritage Fund was founded to support the preservataion of African World Heritage Sites and raise the number of inscriptions in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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April 2006

The protection and development of UNESCO world heritage Luang Prabang

Posted on 30. April 2006 um 13:36 Uhr
» International UNESCO World Heritage Preservation Built Heritage Management

Interview with Madame Manivone who is a director at La Maison du Patrimoine, the institution which oversees the restoration, conversation and development of Luang Prabang in cooperation with UNESCO.

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Conference on Intangible and Tangible Cultural Heritage

Posted on 27. April 2006 um 18:34 Uhr
» International Intangible Heritage Conferences Preservation Built Heritage

The 7th Annual Cambridge Heritage Seminar on May, 13th is asking the question: Intangible - Tangible Cultural Heritage: A Sustainable Dichotomy?

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2010 European Capitals of Culture include UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Posted on 23. April 2006 um 17:24 Uhr
» International UNESCO World Heritage Built Heritage Tourism

All three Cities that will be European Capitals of Culture in 2010 have UNESCO World Heritage Sites within their boundaries.

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18. April 2006: International Day for Monuments and Sites

Posted on 17. April 2006 um 16:03 Uhr
» Built Heritage Preservation ICOMOS International

18th of April will be the International Day for Monuments and Sites. This year ICOMOS is promoting the industrial heritage.

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China

Posted on 09. April 2006 um 14:05 Uhr
» Tourism Built Heritage UNESCO World Heritage International

In China are 31 UNESCO World Heritage Sites located. The majority of them are cultural heritage sites.

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The ICOMOS International Committee on Cultural Routes

Posted on 05. April 2006 um 18:17 Uhr
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The International Committee on Cultural Routes of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) now tries to agree upon a charter on Cultural Routes.

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Railways in the UNESCO World Heritage List

Posted on 01. April 2006 um 16:31 Uhr
» Built Heritage Preservation ICOMOS UNESCO World Heritage International

ICOMOS already published 1999 a document dealing with Railways as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The special character of this type of monument is described there.

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March 2006

The Modern Heritage Programme

Posted on 29. March 2006 um 18:51 Uhr
» International UNESCO World Heritage ICOMOS Preservation Built Heritage

A joint programme, supported by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS, and Docomomo, aims at the the identification, documentation and promotion of the built heritage of the 19th and 20th centuries. One objective is to raise awareness concerning the heritage of architecture, town planning and landscape design of the modern era.

Heritage at Risk: Allianoi

Posted on 24. March 2006 um 17:07 Uhr
» International Media ICOMOS Preservation

Next Saturday, 25 March at 20:40, the French-German television chain ARTE will broadcast a documentary by Halil Gülbeyaz (Germany, 2006) on the archaeological site of Allianoi in Turkey and the dangers it presently faces.

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The Intangible Heritage Messenger

Posted on 20. March 2006 um 18:51 Uhr
» International Media Intangible Heritage

UNESCO's Section for Intangible Heritage has now, for the first time, published a newsletter with information on intangible heritage issues.

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URBO

Posted on 13. March 2006 um 19:18 Uhr
» Publications Built Heritage Preservation UNESCO World Heritage Media International

The Organisation of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) is operating a website labeled URBO, where Best Practice Examples and many documents and links connected with UNESCO World Heritage Cities are collected.

Key Tourism and Heritage Charters, Conventions and Declarations

Posted on 10. March 2006 um 13:24 Uhr
» Publications Tourism Built Heritage Preservation Urban Regeneration ICOMOS International

The blog Single Planet has now published a nice collection of charters, conventions and declarations on Tourism and Cultural Heritage.

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Africa 2009

Posted on 07. March 2006 um 19:10 Uhr
» International UNESCO World Heritage Preservation Built Heritage

A programme to strengthen the Cultural Heritage Protection Efforts in Africa is a joint effort of African cultural heritage organizations, ICCROM, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, and CRATerre-EAG (Center International of ground construction).

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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Chile

Posted on 05. March 2006 um 14:33 Uhr
» International UNESCO World Heritage Preservation Built Heritage Tourism

In South Amerika four UNESCO World Heritage Sites are located on the territory of Chile. They consist only of cultural heritage sites.

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February 2006

Who Owns the Past?

Posted on 28. February 2006 um 18:50 Uhr
» Built Heritage Preservation Conferences International

The Ename Center (Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation) will hold a conference in Ghent and try to answer the Question: Who Owns the Past?

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Impacts and Risks generated by large Visitor Numbers

Posted on 22. February 2006 um 18:20 Uhr
» Management Publications Tourism Built Heritage UNESCO World Heritage International

In Connection with the EU-Project PICTURE a draft Paper was published, describing the Impacts and Risks generated by large Visitor Numbers on single historic Buildings and historic Ensembles.

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European Heritage Days 2006

Posted on 19. February 2006 um 12:36 Uhr
» International Preservation Built Heritage

Like every year coming autumn the European Heritage Days will link heritage events in several european countries. Few local themes have already been published.

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The Cairns Decision of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee

Posted on 14. February 2006 um 19:19 Uhr
» UNESCO World Heritage International

At it's annual session the UNESCO World Heritage Committe decided in Cairns, Australia in the year 2000 on severeal key issues concerning the work with UNESCO's World Heritage Convention. In the centre of the discussion was the representivity of the World Heritage List

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January 2006

Cultural Heritage Policy Documents

Posted on 25. January 2006 um 19:18 Uhr
» International Media

The Getty Conservation Institute, based in Los Angeles has published a list of charters, conventions, and recommendations on Cultural Heritage on its homepage.

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UNESCO World Heritage Site: Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan

Posted on 17. January 2006 um 19:26 Uhr
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In Afghanistan the vally of Bamiyan is home to numerous Buddhist monastic ensembles and sanctuaries. The Taliban destroyed two standing Buddha statues in 2001.
2003 the cultural landscape was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Outstanding Universal Value

Posted on 13. January 2006 um 20:11 Uhr
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A key-term written in UNESCO's Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage is the idea of outstanding universal value. This concept should help to decide which cultural and natural sites are worth to be included in UNESCO's World Heritage List. Now there are efforts to define this tearm more clearly.

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18 April 2006: The International Day for Monuments and Sites

Posted on 09. January 2006 um 19:58 Uhr
» International Media ICOMOS

This year the International Day for Monuments and Sites, created 1982 by ICOMOS deals with INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE.

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The Main Street Approach in the United States

Posted on 05. January 2006 um 18:46 Uhr
» Urban Regeneration International Management

In the US already for 25 years the Main Street Program tries to revitalize historic commercial districts. The idea is to combine preservation and economic development in one strategy.